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    Out of the Comfort Zone

    There is no growth in comfort and no comfort in growth. Business today typically values and promotes leaders for their subject expertise. Leaders who have command of the details and execute based on knowledge and experience are highly respected. However, to grow as a leader you have to get out of your comfort zone – that means learning to lead without just being the expert. Learn to gain the trust and respect of a team that might know more than you do. Get comfortable with ambiguity and with not having all the information. Develop the skills and confidence to lead in a different way. For female leaders, subject expertise is usually the source of their confidence. Learning to lead outside your comfort zone is one step for breaking through the glass ceiling. The show’s purpose is to give you tips on how can you develop the capability to lead – to get out of your comfort zone?
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    Episodes (461)

    Motivation and Personality with Ryne Sherman

    Motivation and Personality with Ryne Sherman
    One of the most common questions I get is about how to motivate a team, and yourself as a leader. In this multi-part series, we address that question with the best in research and in practice. In this episode, we are asking what really motivates and drives people and how is that related to personality. Then we will talk about the practical implications in the workplace. Listen in to hear some of the best advice on how to keep yourself and your team motived.

    Incentives That Drive Change with Bruce Rigal

    Incentives That Drive Change with Bruce Rigal
    This is part of a series on motivation where we explore what you can do to motivate your team and yourself. The focus in this episode is incentives. What does the research say about incentives as an means of motivating and driving change? What does experience say about how to use incentives to create change? What works and what doesn’t work? Listen in for significant insights.

    The Leaders We Choose with Moshik Temkin

    The Leaders We Choose with Moshik Temkin
    Which leaders do we gravitate to in time of stability versus in time of crisis? Are leaders changed by events or not? What does that say about how you should think about your leadership and situation in which you are leading? Listen in for a fascinating, extremely relevant perspective from history and answer the question of whether events make the leader or vice versa.

    Winning in the People Age with Kate Bravery

    Winning in the People Age with Kate Bravery
    Being a people leader has never been more important and never more difficult at the same time. Demands, expectations, work load, burn out, complexity, hybrid working, quiet quitting to name a few have altered the landscape for leaders and employers. What does it take to succeed and to win in this climate? Tune in to hear the 10 truths you need to master to be an effective people leader.

    ur Sense of Self with Brian Lowery

    ur Sense of Self with Brian Lowery
    Those giving you advice about how to improve your leadership typically start with the advice to “know yourself”. But have you ever stopped to think about what constitutes your sense of self? How do you define your self? What does that say about how you can change yourself or can you change? How does this help us understand how we find meaning? How does this help us understand identity and conflict between groups? Listen in to hear what the latest thinking has to say about how you understand who you are.

    Conversation and Social Presence with Jeanine Turner

    Conversation and Social Presence with Jeanine Turner
    Regardless where you sit in an organization or the part of the world in which you reside, I think we can all agree that the quality of our conversations has declined in the last few years. Time is in precious supply, the task list is unending, the coordination burden is high and the channels have multiplied. All of which put pressure on our ability to talk. There are four ways to engage with someone else but we are not using all four effectively. Listen in to hear what the four are, how to develop capability and thus, how to have better conversations.

    Great Leadership with Tim Elmore

    Great Leadership with Tim Elmore
    Great leadership involves a complex set of demands – often ones in conflict with each other. In this episode we begin with the eight biggest paradoxes leaders must learn to balance to be truly exceptional. Then we turn to a more recent paradox – that of trying to understand and manage multiple generations in the workplace while being fair to all and still driving performance. Tune in for insight and tactics.

    Resilience with Marie-Hélène Pelletier

    Resilience with Marie-Hélène Pelletier
    Getting out of your comfort zone means learning to cope with mistakes and set-backs – in other words being resilient. In fact, senior leaders often give the feedback that people in the organization need to be more resilient particularly given the change, uncertainty and chaos around all of us. But, what does that mean – being resilient? Why? Beyond sleeping well, what else can you do to develop resilience? Tune in to find out.

    Accelerating Careers and Leadership with Jennifer McCollum

    Accelerating Careers and Leadership with Jennifer McCollum
    Advancing your career today is harder than ever for many reasons from economic pressures to competition, uncertainty, changing expectations, leadership commitment – the list is a long one. How do you tackle the problems that plague individuals such as perfectionism, exclusion, aspiration and confidence? And as a leader, how do you navigate the changing expectations of what you should be doing? Tune in for great advice based on an extensive data base analysis.

    Radical Respect with Kim Scott

    Radical Respect with Kim Scott
    Respect, being valued, feeling like you belong, appreciating your contribution – these are things all of us want from our employers. Some of us get that respect, too many don’t particularly if you feel like more of an “other”. Why is respect such a key component of motivation? What do you need to be doing as a leader? What should you do if you get it wrong with someone? How does respect create a more inclusive environment? Tune in to learn how to do the right thing.

    Your Confidence Superpowers with Lisa Sun

    Your Confidence Superpowers with Lisa Sun
    Who doesn’t want more confidence, especially when you have stepped out of your comfort zone and are trying to do something you haven’t yet mastered! That’s when most of us begin feeling like an imposter. Today’s episode is focused on the 8 confidence super powers – the mindsets that make all the difference to sustaining confidence. Tune in to hear how you can build more confidence.