Lauren Ready has spent decades as a documentarian and TV journalist. Now she’s become an author, using her foundation in journalism to help business leaders and others to, as she says it, reveal deeper truths.

Ready joined me on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar” to talk about her first book “Ask Like a Leader: A Method for Revealing Deeper Truth and Turning Blind Spots into Breakthroughs.”

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Ready, who is also the co-founder of Forever Ready, a video-production company that works with many local nonprofits and business, spent many years as a TV journalist. And her documentaries have won numerous awards.

Take a listen.

“The Sidebar,” which airs every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. on WYXR 91.7 FM, is also available as a podcast here on the website or wherever you get your podcasts.

Note: WYXR is a partnership between Crosstown Concourse, the University of Memphis and The Daily Memphian. As part of that partnership, I serve on the board of Crosstown Radio Partnership, which owns and oversees WYXR.