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THE DRIVE HOME
The Drive Home with Kristen Kavanaugh is a candid podcast exploring the emotional cost of modern life. Each episode examines how politics, work, relationships, and the digital world shape how people think, feel, and show up. Designed for the drive home, the show helps listeners make sense of themselves in a world that makes little sense, through honest conversations with storytellers, experts, and voices navigating the same questions.
COURAGE OVER FEAR
Courage Over Fear: Harness the Power of Agency to Lead in Uncertain Times is a rallying cry for a different kind of leadership—one that rejects control and fear in favor of clarity, conviction, and courageous action. Rooted in real-world experience and designed for today’s high-stakes environment, the book offers leaders a powerful framework to navigate uncertainty and build what’s next.
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MEET KRISTEN
A courageous leader. A principled public servant. A builder of what’s next. Kristen Kavanaugh is shaping the future with courage and conviction. A Marine Corps veteran, former senior executive at Tesla, and founder of a leadership firm dedicated to building trust and resilience in high-stakes environments, Kristen has spent her life serving people and building systems that work—for everyone.
She is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Agency Initiative, an Austin-based consulting firm focused on organizational effectiveness and courageous leadership. Dedicated to creating a world where more leaders choose courage in their most critical moments, Kristen equips executive teams to navigate complexity with clarity, integrity, and impact.
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