Everybody Leads with Tim Lupinacci

Laura McDonald – Senior Vice President, Chief Mortgage and Real Estate Officer, Protective Life Corporation

Episode Summary

In this episode of the Everybody Leads podcast, Laura McDonald, Senior Vice President and Chief Mortgage and Real Estate Officer at Protective Life Corporation, joins Tim Lupinacci to discuss her leadership journey and foundational leadership principles. Laura highlights the value of hard work, cultivating relationships, and leading with intentionality and emotional intelligence.

Episode Notes

This week, the Everybody Leads podcast welcomes Laura McDonald, Senior Vice President and Chief Mortgage and Real Estate Officer at Protective Life Corporation. Laura has over 31 years of commercial real estate lending and corporate banking experience. She currently serves on the University of Alabama’s Culver House College of Business Board of Visitors and the advisory board of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Laura has served in many leadership capacities with organizations in her community and other charitable organizations.

Our host, Tim Lupinacci, asks Laura to discuss her leadership journey, leadership principles she embraces, learning from mistakes, and leadership inspirations. Laura provides insights into cultivating and maintaining relationships, leading through adversity, and developing a leadership style. 

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