How to Gain Respect on Capitol Hill | Denise Muha

Denise Muha, an industry leader accorded respect on Capitol Hill,  believes that the current conversations about affordable housing should provide a solution to the growing population that is unable to afford to rent decent housing. Denise Muha has been executive director of the National Leased Housing Association for more than three decades. She also discusses dealing with the grief of losing a twin to suicide.

Takeaways
-How to deal with the grief of losing a close family member to suicide
-The power of taking the doors that open when it comes to your career
-The difference between men and women in leadership
-The difference between a lobbyist and an advocate in the affordable housing sector
-How to accept failure as part of the success
-The power of being confident and believing you’re as good as anybody in the room

In this episode you'll discover:
-Denise explains how the housing sector has changed since the 1980s when she started and there were fewer women compared to today [1:47]
-How a recession and job scarcity in the hotel sector in Pittsburg led Denise to Washington D.C. and a career that impacted her whole life [3:36]
-She talks about her first job in DC which was as an association’s administrator at the National Leased Housing Association [5:03]
-How Denise became the executive director for the National Leased Housing Association and how she approached the role with her natural curiosity [6:16]
-Why honesty when working at Capitol Hill is the most important thing, plus understanding other people’s perspective even when lobbying for your own view [14:14]
-She talks about the strong work ethic taught to her by her parents, plus the different struggles she had balancing work and family life [17:06]
-The contribution Denise made in her career lobbying for subsidy programs which she feels made a huge difference in the affordable housing sector [19:23]
-The pain of losing loved ones and learning to deal with the pain through support groups [21:38]
-Denise advises younger people to be confident, learn to trust their instincts, and not be afraid of failure [28:44]

Read more about Denise: https://trailblazersimpact.com/2020/12/denise-muha-2/
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