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Hosted by Diana Lauritson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 18 episodes
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Breaking Rank is a bold leadership podcast redefining what it means to lead with authenticity, courage, and identity in today’s workplace.Hosted by Diana Lauritson, a seasoned business development leader, storyteller, and advocate for authentic leadership, Breaking Rank spotlights nontraditional and underestimated leaders who are reshaping industries by breaking away from traditional expectations and leading on their own terms.If you’ve ever felt underestimated, overlooked, or out of place in professional spaces, this podcast is your reminder that you’re not alone, and you’re not wrong for wanting more.Because the best leaders don’t fall in line — they break rank.
Diana Lauritson hosts Breaking Rank, a business show with 18 episodes published.
Black. Queer. Reverend. In this episode of Breaking Rank, Rev. Don Abram refuses to choose between the parts of himself the world keeps asking him to separate. Don grew up in a hand-clapping, toe-tapping Baptist church o
What if we looked for the remarkability in people instead of the disability? July is Disability Pride Month, which marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, so there is no better time to share this co
What does it take to stop proving your worth to everyone else and finally live on your own terms? In this episode of Breaking Rank, I sit down with my longtime friend Nicole Steiner, someone I've watched grow over 20 yea
In this episode of Breaking Rank, we sit down with Nadira Ford-Robbins for a conversation about courage, adversity, and the kind of leadership that gets built in the middle of a crisis instead of before one. Nadira takes
Reinvention isn't a one-time event. Just ask David Ackert. David Ackert is the co-founder and CEO of PipelinePlus, bestselling author of The Short List, Gold Award winner for nonfiction book of the year, and one of the m
What does it actually look like to build wealth, lead at the highest level, and never lose yourself in the process? Shomari James, Founder and CEO of Equity Now, Inc., is living proof that success without selling out is
What does it mean to build something that outlasts you when no one built it for you first? In this episode of Breaking Rank, Diana sits down with Carl Gray III, founder and CEO of Raising Founders and Launch with Carl. C
The legal profession has never made it easy to be a present father. Matthew Korn decided to change that. Matthew is a partner at Fisher Phillips and the founder of Dad, Esq., a community built specifically for lawyer dad
What happens when the plan falls apart and you build something better? In this episode of Breaking Rank, host Diana Lauritson sits down with Jessica Aries, founder of By Aries and Legal Marketing Association Internationa
What happens when you stop chasing titles and start choosing yourself? In this episode of Breaking Rank, Diana Lauritson sits down with Laura Gutierrez for a deeply human conversation about leadership that is not driven
What does it mean to build a life with intention when the odds are stacked against you? In this episode of Breaking Rank, I sit down with Sofia DeMartino for a powerful conversation about leadership shaped by lived exper
What does it mean to stop asking for inclusion and start building power? In this episode of Breaking Rank, Diana sits down with Aneka Jiwaji, a racialized woman lawyer who refused to let the industry define her value. In
Breaking Rank with Diana Lauritson featuring Lindsay Ellis What separates transformational leaders from the ones people quietly endure? In this episode of Breaking Rank, Diana Lauritson sits down with Lindsay Ellis, exec
In this episode of Breaking Rank, Roy Sexton reflects on what it looks like to lead differently and why conformity was never the goal. Roy shares how he has pushed back against systems that expect leaders to shrink, soft
What if leadership has nothing to do with titles, authority, or being in charge? In this episode of Breaking Rank, Jeffery Epting shows what it looks like to lead from clarity, values, and self-knowledge. No corner offic
What happens when you stop pushing through and finally listen to your body? In this powerful episode of Breaking Rank, I sit down with Tahisha Fugate to talk about the power of the pause—what it really means to step away
Choosing Myself: Trauma, Power, and the Refusal to Shrink is a deeply personal and unapologetic opening episode of Breaking Rank. In this conversation, host Diana Lauritson is interviewed by her longtime friend and guest
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Breaking Rank is hosted by Diana Lauritson. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 18 episodes.
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