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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 their tracks. Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace: 2026 Report, the world’s largest ongoing study of the employee experience, found

Spring Didn’t Ask Permission. Neither Did You.

There’s something about spring that reminds me of a lesson I learned a long time ago. Sitting on the back of a bucking Shetland pony on my grandfather’s farm in

This Year, I’m Choosing to Simplify

February invites us into a quieter kind of leadership. Not the loud kind. Not the performative kind. But the kind that leads with heart, and stands firmly in strength. As

Amazon Bestselling Memoir Wake-Up Calls by Funeral Industry Leader Lisa Baue Launches as Audiobook January 20, 2026

PARKER, Colo., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Acclaimed funeral industry leader, entrepreneur, and advocate for women in deathcare, Lisa Baue (https://lisabaue.com/), announces the upcoming release of the audiobook edition of

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A Much-Needed Wake-Up Call

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 […]

Professional Spotlight: Lisa Baue

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…

Baue Pens Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession

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 […]

Lisa Baue’s new book aims to inspire women in death care industry

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 […]

Lisa Baue Publishes Memoir for Women in the Deathcare Profession

Parker, Colorado — Lisa Baue’s first book, Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession, will be published on September 3. Baue recently established the Funeral Women Lead Foundation, the first nonprofit dedicated exclusively to advancing women’s leadership in the funeral profession. Read more…

Lisa Baue Pens Her First Book “Wake-Up Calls,” A Powerful Memoir for Women in Funeral and Death-Care Professions

PARKER, Colo. – Acclaimed funeral industry leader and entrepreneur Lisa Baue (lisabaue.com) is proud to announce the release of her new book, “Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Death Care Profession,” publishing nationwide Sept. 3, with 100% of book proceeds being given to industry charities including Funeral Women […]

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Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession

Lisa Baue recounts her transformative journey from a grieving daughter to a successful business owner in a male-dominated industry.
Through a series of pivotal “wake-up calls,” she learns invaluable lessons of the heart, the head and becoming a woman of courage and grit in grief, empathy, resilience, mentorship, and leadership, eventually turning her family’s modest funeral home into an industry-leading firm.