What Happens When a Leader Puts the Human First | Laura Roach

Laura Roach is a partner at McCathern and one of the most recognized family law mediators in Texas. In this conversation, Laura shares what her breakdown taught her about leadership, why she tells her young attorneys to go home to their families, and the business case for doing your own work: better talent, stronger teams, and more revenue.Beth explores how Laura’s story connects to tone at the top—the leadership behavior that determines whether people feel safe to be human at work.Chapters:0:00 Cold Open0:13 Intro0:50 Who is Laura Roach?4:05 The protector and the blunt truth-teller8:20 Laura’s breakdown and the road to recovery12:45 What vulnerability changed about her leadership14:00 Why her team isn’t afraid to bring her problems22:45 Fighting ego to get help26:00 The people you lose and the people you find29:40 “Go home to your babies” — human-first leadership in practice32:40 Work-life balance vs. life-work integration36:15 The ROI of recovery: revenue, talent, and the cycle that repeats38:30 CloseConnect with Laura Roach: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-roach-09563467/ | [email protected] The HEAL Framework™ — to Hope, Evolve, And Love, each as an action — Beth helps leaders, high-performers, and organizations understand that the survival patterns running leadership styles can be recognized, examined, and changed.Connect with Beth: [email protected] | http://empoweredsurvivors.com | Substack: @‌bethjoneshealingmentor