Years ago, a coach at a leadership retreat handed me a blank piece of paper and asked me to draw my life. Every high year climbing up, every hard year dropping low, one long line from where I started to where I stood that day. I thought I would sail
By Lisa Baue The numbers have dropped for the last two years in employee engagement, and they should stop every funeral and death care service company owner and leader in
Last year, I became an author. That’s still strange for me to write. I didn’t set out thinking, One day I’ll publish a book. I didn’t grow up imagining my personal story in print, held in other people’s hands, discussed in rooms I’ve never entered. And yet, here I am. Writing Wake-Up Calls was one […]
I still remember the sharp ring of the telephone in the dark hours of April 11, 1987. I was 30 years old when I heard the words no daughter ever wants to hear: “Your father died.” My dad, Dave Baue, was the owner of our family’s funeral-home business in St. Charles, Missouri. I worked alongside […]
When Lisa Baue, the former owner and CEO of Baue Funeral Homes, Crematory & Cemetery in Missouri, decided to sell her company to Park Lawn Corp. in 2019, she knew she didn’t want to step away from work – and deathcare – completely. In 2021, she founded Your Funeral Coach, consulting with individuals and their […]
As an author, podcaster, and public speaker with over 45 years of experience as as funeral director, Lisa Baue’s approach of next era, heart-based development recognizes women are the future- and she’s challenging the funeral profession to support them. Read more…
Lisa Baue, founder and CEO of Funeral Women Lead (Parker), has written a new book, Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession. Released nationwide on September 3, the book offers a deeply personal, motivating look at Baue’s decades-long journey in the funeral service profession. As a third-generation funeral director […]
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Lisa Baue, retired CEO and owner of Baue Funeral homes, recently launched her new book aimed to inspire women and professionals in the death care and funeral industry. “Wake-Up Calls” details her life journey that includes personal stories on becoming a business owner and a leader. It also explores her triumphs and […]
