#196 | Leadership Requires More Than Competence with Andrea Mancuso

In this episode of the Contagious Culture Podcast, Kyle King sits down with Andrea Mancuso, trauma-informed leadership and emotional intelligence coach, licensed mental health counselor, and founder of Intentional Healing and Wellness. Andrea shares why healthy, high-performing teams cannot exist if leaders have not done their own internal work. She explains how burnout, avoidance, people-pleasing, hustle culture, and emotional disconnection show up in leaders, teams, schools, and organizations. Kyle and Andrea also discuss trauma-informed leadership, psychological safety, emotional capacity, rest, self-awareness, and why leaders must learn to slow down, disconnect, and lead from a healthier place. Episode History 00:00 — Introduction 00:15 — Meet Andrea Mancuso 01:15 — Andrea’s work and mission 02:00 — Who Andrea is beyond the titles 03:30 — Mental health, trauma, and what leaders misunderstand 04:45 — Why society is navigating a mental health crisis 06:30 — Technology, overstimulation, and exposure 07:00 — What trauma-informed leadership really requires 08:00 — The power of awareness 09:30 — Patterns that lead to burnout 10:00 — Busyness and the inability to slow down 11:30 — Avoidance and why healing matters 13:00 — People-pleasing as a leadership pattern 14:30 — Unsubscribing from hustle culture 16:30 — Rest, fear, and trust 18:30 — Why there are no real emergencies in most businesses 20:30 — Scheduling focused time and creating boundaries 23:00 — Competent leaders versus emotionally equipped leaders -- Learn More About the Contagious Culture Conference Subscribe & Leave a Review to The Contagious Culture Podcast Subscribe to Apple Podcasts 📞 Schedule Your Call Here 🖥️ Join the #1 Community for Leaders and Change Makers 👉🏽 Apply to Be in the Growth Alliance 👉🏽Connect with Kyle S. King