Episode Details

What if the most powerful leadership tool isn’t AI… but your heart?

In this episode of Tech Legacies Podcast, host Fanny Dunagan sits down with executive coach, speaker and former Fortune 500 leader, Shaunna Black to explore what it really means to lead with heart in today’s high-tech, high-pressure world.

From running global operations and semiconductor manufacturing plants to coaching executives, Shaunna shares why connection, trust, and humanity are not “soft skills” but rather the foundation of high performance.

Together, they unpack:

• Why people (not metrics) drive results
• How middle managers shape culture every day
• What great bosses, teachers, and coaches have in common
• Why trust is the secret to unstoppable teams
• How to drop the armor and lead as your authentic self
• Why love belongs in leadership conversations

Shaunna also shares insights from her new book, Leading With Heart, and why now, more than ever, we need leaders who create safety, belonging, and purpose at work.

If you’ve ever felt “too soft” to lead…

If you’ve worked under a toxic boss…

If you want to build a culture people want to be part of…

👉 This conversation is for you.

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Connect with Shaunna on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunnablack/

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🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/tech-legacies/id1704049511

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/461kEaQZGqHoAl1nv3W4qe?si=a74e94fa09264828

📖 Get the book: Leading With Heart by Shaunna Black

https://a.co/d/04KcB9yA

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Timestamps:

01:19 Welcome: CEOs & CIOs—How to Lead with Heart in Tech

01:51 Meet Shauna Black: Heart-Centered Executive Coach + Author

02:33 Shauna’s Career Origin Story: Teacher → Mechanical Engineer → Tech Leader

03:58 Texas Instruments Leadership Journey: Global Ops, EHS, and Turnarounds

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