Sarah Draper | Embrace the Space: Why Leadership Fails Without Well-Being

Описание: Leadership doesn’t fail because people lack skill — it fails when we ignore well-being.

In this episode of the Delay the Binge™ Podcast, Pam Dwyer sits down with leadership coach, speaker, and retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Sarah Draper to explore why learning to embrace the space — the pause between pressure and response — may be the most important leadership skill we have today.

With more than 30 years in high-consequence environments, from West Point and the U.S. Army to the FBI, Sarah shares powerful insights on how internal state shapes leadership impact, why leadership development falls short when well-being is treated as optional, and how leaders can build resilience, clarity, and sustainable performance without earning it through exhaustion.

In this conversation, we explore:

Why leadership development fails when it ignores well-being

Lessons from high-pressure environments that translate to modern leadership

How Sarah’s Future Walk practice helps leaders pause, think forward, and make values-aligned decisions in real time

What future-ready leadership looks like in a world of constant disruption

Practical tools for resilience, clarity, and sustainable performance

This episode is a grounded reminder that leadership doesn’t begin with pushing harder — it begins with awareness, regulation, and the courage to pause.

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📌 Links to Sarah’s work at Leading Well Strategies and her Future Walk practice are in the show notes.

www.leadingwellstrategies.com;   / sarahgdraper   ;   / sgdcoaching   ;   / sarah.futureyou