What Really Scares You? A Halloween Wake-Up Call Every October, the rest of the world borrows a little piece of ours. Caskets appear on front lawns, skeletons dangle from porches, and someone at every party leans in to ask whether your work gives you the creeps. Those of us in
A year ago, I sent Wake-Up Calls out into the world without knowing what would come of it. Writing that book meant putting words to a lifetime of lessons I’d
Every day in our profession, you give. You give families your compassion, your steadiness, and your full attention in the hardest moments of their lives, and you give your team
The Day My Dad Got His Tie Laminated to His Neck (And What It Taught Me About Leadership) I’m going to tell you a funeral service leadership story that I hope makes you laugh first, and then makes you think. Because the most lasting lessons I received about leading well in this profession came from […]
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 that global employee engagement only […]
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 southern Illinois. Pop didn’t let me quit when I hit the ground. He stood over me, brushed the dirt off his hands, and said, “Now, […]
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 we move through February, the month of love, I find myself returning often to the theme “Lead With Heart, Stand in Your Strength.” It feels […]
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 her Amazon bestselling book, Wake-Up Calls: A Journey of Learning to Lead and Succeed in the Funeral and Deathcare Profession. The audiobook publishes January 20, 2026 and is […]
Proud to be featured in Southern Funeral Director this month on the value of mentoring. Mentorship has been one of the most powerful accelerators in my career—helping me grow, stretch, and lead with more confidence. If you’ve had a mentor (or been one), I’d love to hear what made the biggest difference for you. Click […]
