Leadership, Loss and the Strength to Keep Going

The Workforce Alchemy Show · Sep 22, 2026 · 32m

What happens when a leader is hit by devastating personal loss, but the business still needs decisions, direction, and stability?

Steven Ferrara spent 25 years as CEO of a financial services firm, helping build a small family insurance business into a much larger organization. Then his 23-year-old son, Christopher, died in a car accident. Later, Steven also lost his wife, Allie.

In this episode of The Workforce Alchemy Show, Steven joins Mason Duchatschek for a deeply personal conversation about leadership, grief, resilience, delegation, responsibility, and how to keep functioning when your…