Jacob Rooksby was the youngest law dean in the U.S. when he was appointed in 2018 to lead the Gonzaga University School of Law. Eight years later, his leadership journey is taking him to a new role, as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law.

Our conversation with Jacob covered many of the ways in which higher education offers distinctive leadership challenges and opportunities. Jacob also talked about what he learned about leading and what he learned about himself during his tenure at Gonzaga, including a shift in focus from "leading as decision-making" to "leading people to their own source of power."

He reflected on many of the human elements of leadership, including the importance of modeling the behavior that a leader hopes to see in others, the roles of keeping an open heart as well as an open mind, and the challenges of loneliness in the leader's seat.

In all, this episode again confirms the core message of Your Leadership Podcast: context makes all the difference.

Find Jacob:

LinkedIn

Jacob Rooksby's website

The University of Richmond School of Law

What makes Your Leadership Podcast different? Our co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Michael Madison and our guests are down in the trenches, learning and leading by doing, in a broad variety of contexts, and generating leadership takeaways useful for experienced and aspiring leaders alike.

Join us at yourleadership.net!

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Your Leadership Podcast is produced and engineered by Commander Buffalo.

While the Commander may use AI to help us organize our interviews, our podcast features only human voices, and our musical accompaniment is composed and performed by the very human Matt Madison.

You Mon Tsang leads as an entrepreneur. Today, he is the CEO of ChurnZero, an AI-powered software platform for customer success – his fifth startup overall.

This interview with You Mon covers his path from “employee”to “leader,” anchoring his journey in his “lead dog” identity. Your Leadership Podcast consistently emphasizesleading and leadership in context, and You Mon’s private sector experience and success captures that sensibility perfectly.

Find You Mon:

LinkedIn

You Mon on entrepreneurship, at CHURN.FM

ChurnZero

What makes Your Leadership Podcast different? Our co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison and our guests are down in the trenches, learning and leading by doing, in a broad variety of contexts, and generating leadership takeaways useful for experienced and aspiring leaders alike.

Join us at yourleadership.net!

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Your Leadership Podcast is produced and engineered by Commander Buffalo.

While the Commander may use AI to help us organize our interviews, our podcast features only human voices, and our musical accompaniment is composed and performed by the very human Matt Madison.

Ken Inadomi has been a leader in both private sector and nonprofit organizations, and he has spent decades honing his vision and practice through reflection in a journal, now published in book form.

This interview with Ken includes both the sweep of his leadership experience and vision and also concrete examples and illustrations from the different stages of his leadership career. The product is a usable template for a life in leadership, tailored - as Ken has done - to the person and the context.

Find Ken:

LinkedIn

keninadomi.com

Book: The Pen & the Mirror: Wisdom from 50 Years of Journaling (2026)

Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (YANA)

Project Redwood

What makes Your Leadership Podcast different? Ourco-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison and our guestsare down in the trenches, learning and leading by doing, in a broad variety of contexts, and generating leadership takeaways useful for experienced and aspiring leaders alike.

Join us at yourleadership.net!

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Your Leadership Podcast is produced and engineered byCommander Buffalo.

While the Commander may use AI to help us organize ourinterviews, our podcast features only human voices, and our musical accompaniment is composed and performed by the very human Matt Madison.