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Coaching for Leaders · 2025-12-15 · 39 min · 7,288 words

763: Leading with Poise When the Stakes are High, with Eileen Collins

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We all have times in our careers when all eyes are on us. My guest today knows that reality better than anyone. On this episode, Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a US space mission, on leading with poise when the stakes are high. This is Coaching for Leaders, episode seven hundred sixty three. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.

Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is Coaching for Leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stehoviak. Leaders aren't born. They're made. And this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.

One of the realities for almost every leader is being able to keep poised, to perform, and to do our best when the stakes are high. Every single one of us navigate that at some point in our careers, and, if you're like today's guest, at many points. in your career. Today's guest is an example of someone who has done this so beautifully in so many different situations. I'm so pleased to introduce Colonel Eileen Collins.

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