Ep. 13 Voices from the Top Rung with Lynette Turner

Voices from the Top Rung: A Conversation with Lynette A. Turner In this episode of We Come to Lead series Voices from the Top Rung , host Nataki Garrett sits down with trailblazing arts leader, consultant, healer, and author Lynette A.

Turner . For more than three decades, Lynette has shaped American theatre and the national arts landscape—as one of the first Black women Producing Directors at a major PWI regional theatre, a senior associate at AMS Planning & Research, and now as founder of Positive Bliss , where she supports leaders through mindfulness, healing, and intentional living.

Topics We Cover: • Lynette’s journey from actor and choreographer to Producing Director in the 1980s • Being one of the first Black women in executive theatre leadership • Her 26-year consulting career at AMS and the impact of lived expertise • Coaching Nataki during her OSF tenure and navigating unprecedented scrutiny and resistance • Rest, breathwork, and mindfulness as essential leadership tools • The spiritual, emotional, and political realities of leading inside systems not built for you • How Lynette reclaimed her voice and calling through healing work • Her vision of legacy, joy, and meaningful dialogue Featured Resources: • Lynette’s website (Positive Bliss): • Lynette on LinkedIn: • AMS Planning & Research tribute: • Book by Lynette Turner: The Ten Be’s of Positivity: 10 Steps to a More Positive Way of Living • Referenced book: Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey This is a powerful, honest, and deeply grounding conversation about leadership, rest, resilience, and the courage to stay whole while leading through change. Subscribe to Nataki’s newsletter: Be a Ladder Leader on Substack — join a growing community committed to liberatory leadership and systems that help people thrive.

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