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What happens when a 34-year public servant, known for leading with empathy, retires—and reinvents herself through wellness, cooking, and daily character practice?
Trish Lee—former senior leader at the Canada Revenue Agency and co-creator of the award-winning Aspiring Leaders program—joins us to share how a life of service evolves into a journey of personal growth, purpose, and flourishing.
🧠 What you’ll hear:
🏛️ How embedding character into hiring transformed a massive public institution
🧭 Why writing your eulogy can be a powerful compass for your values
🧰 Creative ways to build self-awareness—like crafting a personal coat of arms
🧘‍♀️ How Tai Chi, nutrition, and reflection became pillars of post-career growth
📱 Why the Virtuosity app became her new morning ritual
🌱 The surprising link between leadership, lifestyle, and lifelong learning
If you’ve ever wondered what comes after career success—or how to lead and live with deeper intention—this episode is for you.
Resources
• Podcast on Embedding Character at CRA (https://www.questionofcharacter.com/episodes/episode-01-leader-character-101a-r9rxc-3r552-3y9df-baf3j)
• Character Quotient Assessment in Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marycrossan/2025/03/26/from-good-to-great-10-ways-to-elevate-your-character-quotient/)
• Leader Character Framework with Culture, Virtues, and Vices (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/organization/storage_production_6e2934b8-3e20-47a7-aa79-59a612f967be/990340a0-9980-4919-9456-ab5640b405a0.pdf)

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Host, Dr Corey Crossan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreycrossan/), is a research and teaching fellow at The Oxford Character Project where she develops and facilitates character development programs for students, industry, and university partners. Corey’s love for elite performance developed as she competed in top-level athletics for most of her life, highlighted by competing as a NCAA Division 1 athlete. Corey translated her understanding of elite performance into a passion for helping individuals and organizations develop sustained excellence. She is also the co-founder of Virtuosity Character, a mobile software application created to support the daily, deliberate practice of character-based leadership development.