Out Of The Comfort Zone

Trust and inspiration – we know both matter a great deal. Who wants to work for a leader who doesn’t trust you and who isn’t inspiring? Yet, knowing what to do to create a culture of trust and to inspire those who work with you is not so simple as saying the words. Tune in to hear how to shift from controlling to inspiring.

Frustrated with your lack of growth in your career? Or, as a manager, are you frustrated that your team is constantly complaining about their lack of growth? Maybe, we need to think about growth with a new lens – one that affords more than two dimensions. Tune in to learn a new framework to think about your career – or the careers of your team members.

Have you ever failed to get your message across in say a year-end performance review, a job interview or an introduction to a key stakeholder? If so, we have a solution for you. Tune in to hear what to prepare, how to prepare and what to do when you get an unexpected question.

Although, we know the world is changing rapidly, most of our business processes are designed to create stability and incremental change. How should your team be thinking about disruptive forces? What forces should we pay attention to? And how? Tune in to learn how to spot the next rogue wave and how to build a culture that is resilient.

Your company and your team are succeeding; performance is good all around. Now is the time to be vigilant. Why? And how to keep your team alert, vigilant to signs of change before things go wrong? Tune in to hear the answers to both questions.

Do you think you understand the power of your company’s brand? Do you know how to manage the sales cycle? Do you believe your customers are not buying on social media? If the answer to any of those questions is yes, then tune in to have your perspective challenged.

What are the next rules of how organizations work and how do you prepare yourself to lead in this new world? Innovation, growth, hybrid work and new ecosystems require leaving behind old skills and old mindsets and becoming increasingly more agile. In effect, the next world of work demands more out of the comfort zone moments. Tune in to hear the rules and how to lead in that world.

The pandemic has caused a lot of pain for a lot a people. Unlike traditional traumatic experiences that appear as horrendous headline news stories and involve a select set of people, this time the trauma has been shared and therefore more easily ignored. What do you need to know as a leader about trauma and how do you help your team heal? Tune in to find out. It is easier than you might expect.

How do you go up against a giant in your industry and win? How do you spot the next disruption in your industry? The answer lies in thinking about competitive forces in different ways. And that ultimately comes down to understanding and constructing the real ecosystem. Tune in to here why this matters and what to do as a result.

If you need to learn to have greater impact in your communication, this episode is for you. Tune in for great, practical advice regardless your comfort level with communication, influence and impact.

Have you ever received the feedback that you need to learn to “read the room” or that you need to improve your “presence or gravitas”? If so, this episode is for you. We focus on body language – what your body language is saying to others and what others are saying to you. And, we will show you practical tips to have the impact you want to have. Tune in to hear more.

If you have more work than you think is reasonable, you need to put yourself forward or you have a topic that is difficult to talk about; then today’s episode is for you. How do you stand up for yourself and when? How to you say no? How do you talk about topics that we are not supposed to discuss but that matter?

As a leader and manager, you want new ideas and new approaches. Yet, perhaps your own mindset is limiting the creativity you get from your team. What can you do? Why should you care? And how does creativity impact the culture? Tune in to learn how.

You want your team to tell you the truth and you want to create a space of psychological safety. What does that mean you need to do? How do you know if you are doing a good job or not? Why do people trust you? Tune in for practical advice that will make a difference for your organization.

Collaboration is expected in business today. Real collaboration and powerful teamwork requires partnership – a term we use often but rarely analyze. What does it mean to create a meaningful partnership particularly within a team and with your manager? How do we most effectively create partnerships that make a difference? How do we avoid the dreaded 4 D’s? Tune in to learn more about how you can foster strong partnerships with your team, your manager and your peers.

Leading when the team knows more than you means that you must change the nature of your relationship with your team members. Because you are no longer the hero who can fix things or solve every technical problem, people come to you for other reasons. Unless each team member feels you care about him/her as a whole person, there will be no innovation, engagement, sense of purpose and receptivity to feedback. How do you convey that you care? Tune in to hear simple, executable tactics.

Have you found yourself defending yourself, saying “my intentions were good”? In your quest to support diversity, do you find yourself wanting to help but not quite succeeding? Tune in for a solution on how to move from being a believer to a builder. Hint, the answer lies in how you frame your intentions.

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.

Collaboration is how we solve complex problems, innovate, serve customers and ultimately do great things. At the same time, collaboration consumes precious time and adds to the overload. How do you balance competing demands? How do you buy back time? And, what should you do with that time? Tune in for more.

Stress for office workers seems to be everywhere – at home, at work, with family, away from family, and even on vacation. We have been told stress is bad for you and that we should eliminate or avoid stress. But is that true? What can you do to manage stress and build resilience? Tune in to learn from an expert who trains first responders.