Visionary Leadership in Blue Collar Spaces with Traci Austin - 87
What if every complaint in your company was actually a doorway to possibility? In this episode of the Leading Visionaries, host Anjel B. Hartwell sits down with leadership strategist and founder of Elevated Talent Consulting, Traci Austin, to explore how HR can become a powerful tool for vision, alignment, and transformation. Traci shares her evolution from nonprofit HR leader to founder of a firm that partners with small and mid-sized trade businesses to redefine leadership, build future-ready teams, and develop people-first cultures that retain top talent.
Whether you're growing past the $3M or $10M mark in your business, or you're a mission-driven founder navigating growth with intention, Traci’s wisdom will help you reframe what’s possible. She dives deep into how to turn frustration into innovation, and how visionary leadership is as much about curiosity and enrollment as it is about structure and systems.
What You Will Learn
How to transform common workplace complaints into clear, empowering requests.
The difference between urgent culture and visionary leadership.
The key indicators that your company needs leadership support or HR realignment.
Why HR doesn’t have to be the “organizational cop,” and what it looks like to lead from partnership.
How to move from compliance-heavy HR into people strategy and growth planning.
The impact of multi-generational dynamics in trade businesses and how to evolve them.
Why outlining talent pathway plans helps employees feel invested and aligned with company goals.
What business owners can learn from the trades about practical leadership development.
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Resources
Be Heard by Millions and Live Your Destiny: A Creative Age Leader’s Guide to Speak, Sell, Serve & Succeed by Anjel B. Hartwell