About She's A Leader

The Purpose and People Behind the Cirlces

Our Philosophy

Leading well requires time to learn, reflect, and connect. Yet too often, leaders are expected to figure it out on the fly, squeezing their own development between interruptions and urgent demands. Making room for leadership development is one of the most valuable investments an organization can make, with benefits that ripple out to every leader, team, and person they serve.

She’s A Leader offers a dedicated space to hit the pause button and grow intentionally, alongside peers who understand the work.

What We’ll Explore

Each circle blends practical leadership topics with plenty of time for discussion and sharing. Topics will evolve with each group, and may include:

Building a healthy culture: Defining the culture you want, developing it intentionally, and understanding how culture drives performance.
Mindset: Recognizing your own mindset and your team’s, and how both shape what’s possible.
Feedback: Giving and receiving feedback with clarity and care, including the difference between being nice and being kind.
Keeping good people: Understanding the “stay” factors that help employees feel valued and want to remain.
Hitting the pause button: Time management, self-care, and self-compassion, because leaders can’t pour from an empty cup.
Learning from each other: Time to share, reflect and learn from peers, because the conversation is as important as the contentearning from each other: Time to talk, reflect, and learn from peers, because the conversation is just as important as the content.

Meet the Team

Lisa Leary, MS, CCWBS, Founder and Lead Circle Facilitator

Lisa has spent more than 20 years working with healthcare providers to build healthy, productive workplaces. Her approach is rooted in a simple belief: performance is driven by culture and wellbeing, and both require intention, practice, and ongoing support. As a former veterinary technician and longtime healthcare consultant, she knows firsthand the pressures of doing the work and leading it. And understand that when leaders get the right support, teams grow more connected, people find more joy in their work, and performance follows.

She holds a master’s in Evaluative Clinical Sciences from Dartmouth College and is a Certified Corporate Wellbeing Specialist. She draws on a wide range of wisdom, from W. Edwards Deming to Pema Chödrön. The result: circles that are practical, compassionate, and grounded in the realities of the work.

Chelsea Kendrick, LCSW

Chelsea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Hampshire and Maine and the owner of Headwaters Mental Health LLC. She graduated with her MSW from the University of New Hampshire. Chelsea worked in Community Mental Health before starting Headwaters Mental Health LLC. Prior to becoming a therapist, Chelsea worked for twelve years as an outdoor educator for Outward Bound and the Appalachian Mountain Club which inspired her to integrate her love of the outdoors with her therapeutic practice. When she isn't working, Chelsea is out on the trails mountain biking, hiking, or skiing.

Gus

Gus oversees all paper shredding, desktop clearing, and lap warming at She’s A Leader headquarters. He has never been asked to take on these duties, and has never once let that stop him. A dedicated mindfulness practitioner, Gus meditates daily in a sunny window, often for several hours. He is living proof that hitting the pause button is a leadership skill. Performance reviews are not accepted.

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