Out Of The Comfort Zone

Most leaders encourage their teams to speak up, to give feedback and to offer new ideas. They have open door policies and at every presentation they will say they want to hear from people. Yet very few of the team have the courage to speak up. Why? What are you doing to kill the courageous culture in your organization? What can you do to change the culture?

Have you stopped to notice how many subscriptions you have for things like news, music, entertainment, photography and digital services? In fact, it seems that the membership economy is everywhere – and it is. Tune in to hear what this is about, how it works and how you can apply the concepts to your business.

Curiosity seems to be the buzzword of the year. We are told that curiosity is the seed of innovation and well being. Why is there an increased emphasis now? Why is curiosity good for business? And, most importantly, how can you encourage curiosity in yourself and in your team? Tune in to find out.

When you think of selling – a product, a service or yourself – you probably conjure up unflattering images and conclude “that’s just not who you are”. However, in this day and age, sales is really nothing like the image you have in your mind. It’s time to unsell selling. Tune in to learn more and how you can be more effective at “selling” your ideas or yourself.

If you have worked for a manager who seems to elevate your intelligence and bring out the best in you and others, then you were probably working for a multiplier. These leaders attract talent, challenge people to do more, encourage debate and ultimately make everyone smarter. Tune in to hear how you can be more of a multiplier as opposed to a diminisher.

Race is a important topic. Many people are reading, watching movies and trying to understand something they may not have considered before. There are important conversations to have in life and at work. We are going to talk about how to talk about race (and other challenging topics) at work.

With so much uncertainty around us, how does a leader create an organization that can thrive. The answer lies in understanding how to be vigilant so you can see soon and act faster. Sound impossible? Tune in to hear practices that enable you and your organization to survive and even thrive in uncertain times.

If you want to know what it takes to create and sustain a high performance team a winning culture, tune in to learn how some of the best in sports, Formula One racing, achieve exactly that. How do they keep the entire staff committed, engaged and innovating? How do they think about change and transformation? The solutions will surprise you.

In leading and influencing people, having a better language to describe individual styles helps get the best out of yourself and others. Better understanding leads to better conversations and better conversations ultimately drive performance. Tune in to hear the 5 leadership archetypes, the 4 devils of people stuff and how to keep your composure under pressure.

In challenging times right now and in months ahead, leaders need better insight on keeping motivation within their teams. What better example than Antarctic explorers who faced enormous adversity, kept the team moving and lived to tell the story. You may think you know these stories, but do you know the secrets to their team spirit? Tune in to learn how their tactics might apply to you.

80% of managers have at least one person who works in a remote location. Tune in to hear the best tactics for managing remote team members as well as learn what to do if you are working remotely.

It is easy to say that you should give power back to your employees, that is until things turn upside down. If you are like most leaders, the tendency is to take back control and try to direct things to a productive outcome – all with the best of intention. What else should you do instead? Tune in to find out.

Stories are compelling. They are memorable. They are far more persuasive than facts. They capture culture. The power of story and narrative is all around yet we don’t know enough about what stories to tell and when to tell them, neither do we understand enough about own narratives. Tune in to hear more about how to raise your influence game.

Do you struggle with “imposter syndrome”? Have you been told you need to increase your confidence? Do you dislike faking it? Maybe the problem isn’t your confidence as much as it is your definition of confidence. Tune in for a new perspective and new practices.

Why do so many incompetent people become leaders? Why are charisma and confidence so highly valued? What’s broken in our selection processes? How can we better manage the dark sides of our personality to be better leaders? Tune in to hear more.

Rather than talking about the concept of multicultural teams and managing chaos and complexity, we are going to talk instead about one leader’s experiences and lessons learned.

Who doesn’t want more joy from work? At times, work feels out of our control and thus joy seems impossible. How do you manage time, decisions, networks, meetings and digital life to create more joy? Tune in to hear more about the Kondo method at work and why de-cluttering more than just your desk increases joy and productivity.

How effective are you at influencing people? Do you ever wonder why people do not appear to take your ideas seriously? Tune in to learn about who we listen to and why along with how to have greater influence.

How well do you understand what motivates you let alone what motivates your team? Tune in to learn the secrets to motivating and inspiring along with insight on how to bounce back from setbacks.

Do you ever wonder if you were cut out to be a great leader? Have you had a tough start leading a new team? How often to you question whether or not you are doing the right things as a leader? If so, welcome to the challenge everyone faces in leading. Tune in to hear a few tales of the messes one leader has made and hear tactics for getting on a better path.