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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Most leaders believe that their teams are totally aligned behind the stated strategy. However, when you ask more specific questions of team members, the misalignment becomes apparent. In principle, they may agree but in the details they don’t agree. How does this happen? How can you determine how aligned your team is with your strategy? What are the steps to move towards real alignment?
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With workload demands and AI tools, what it means to work efficiently needs a revamp. How can we help our brains work best on the work that matters most? How do we change gears? How do we work most efficiently?
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In any organization, if you want opportunities to advance, you need people who will help you open doors that matter to you. Those people become sponsors – but it’s not just the senior most leaders that can help you open doors, peers can as well. How? What can you do to foster better sponsorship at all levels? How do you build an authentic network that works for you? Listen in for tactics and a new perspective on spons...
Systems are usually well intended but over time create more hassle than value. Often we think there is nothing we can do as an individual to change the systems that frustrate us – whether that is at work or in society. However, there are things you can do. In fact, there are 7 habits you can deploy. Listen in for what they are and how to use them, from the person who helps enemies collaborate.
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We see people that we say have great “wisdom”. What gives them wisdom, what does it mean to have wisdom? And, how can you develop more wisdom for yourself? We will tackle those questions via a fascinating research project that interviewed people others say have wisdom. What do they hold in common? Listen in to understand the 8 dimensions of wisdom and how to develop these in yourself.
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As a manager, you have to deliver bad news – probably more of it than you would like to deliver. If you like making people happy, delivering bad news is probably even more difficult. So how can you say no, deliver negative feedback, go back on a promise or any other difficult news and survive, whether you are talking to senior leaders, your manager, your team or your customers? Listen in for tips.
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Trying to persuade someone to change their mind isn’t for the faint of heart. Some days it seems nearly impossible. You could be trying to persuade someone that the path you have outlined as the best way forward, or that the change program is “right” for the company, or that facts align with your view. Regardless of the circumstance, how can you more effectively get someone to change their mind, see your perspective o...
It seems every organization is expecting it’s leaders to be more agile, flexible, versatile, adaptable, “anti-fragile” – choose your favorite word. What does it mean to be more flexible? How do you get to that state of being? What behaviors should you focus on? How do you change your mindset and your habits?
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Let’s say you have just been promoted at any level. How do you manage the pressure and the power as you go up the hierarchy? How do you manage up? What traps do you need to watch for and how do you avoid them?
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If you follow my work, then you know that I am a massive fan of having great questions for any occasion. They are every leader’s secret arsenal. When you step out of your comfort zone, you have to ask even more. And, asking questions will lead to greater ability to persuade, to solve problems and to deliver results. How do you ask? What can you do to make sure people tell you what’s going wrong? How do you tap into th...
No doubt you have heard that 20% of your team delivers 80% of the results. But just how true is the adage? And how deep does it run? What if it is a fundamental law by which most of the world is organized? If it were universally true, what would you do differently in your work to maximize your impact? In a world where it seems everyone is overwhelmed by the volume of work, perhaps we all need to rethink. Listen in for...
You may believe that only the rare, unique individuals like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk can innovate. And you may believe that only the radial, industry disruptions really count as innovation. Neither are true. Innovation can be big or small, radical or incremental. Anyone can innovate and anyone can learn to be more innovative. How? That’s the topic for this episode. How can you encourage innovation on your team? What’s...
Impact is the watchword lately. In a jammed schedule, with extensive demands, how do you make sure you have the right kind of impact and in the right places? Which decisions do you need to focus on? How can you avoid the micromanagement trap? How do you create the right kind of transparency? How do all of those help you have a greater impact? Those are the questions we are addressing with proven advice from a business...
Pressure is a double edged sword. It can spur you to get things done, push yourself to new heights and it can damage your motivation and your health. How can we be smarter about pressure – applying pressure or navigating pressure filled moments – whether that is for ourselves or our teams? What have we learned from sports coaches that we can apply to our business teams? And how can we think about star players who put ...
Have you been thinking about how to better motivate your team? Do you believe money is the primary driver for engagement and performance? Do you wonder how to make work more human and why you should try to do so? We have answers. Listen in for a lively discussion on what truly motivates people at work and why employees are the “new customer”.
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With daily microstress, a heavy workload and a constant juggling of priorities, most leaders feel depleted. Add an out of the comfort zone role change and you can begin to feel that you can’t cope. If that isn’t enough, listen to the global news. Yet, I know that you will be a far better leader if you find a way to rebuild energy. One of the practices to build energy involves finding joy. It is possible, it isn’t jus...
Far too often, work is overly demanding, unrelenting and a source of stress. Add a negative experience with a manager or co-worker and you have microtraumas that pile up – eventually depleting your capacity to lead and to thrive. How can you heal from these microtraumas? Listen in for tactics to apply now.
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This is a real life, business transformation story from the person who led and is still leading the company. If you are thinking about how your business can be more hi tech regardless the current level of technology, this is the conversation for you. And if you are wondering how to get others on board, this is also the conversation for you.
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The expectations and experiences of the youngest generation in the workforce (Gen Z) is, to put it simply, different. You may be frustrated or worse. However, to have an effective, productive, engaged workforce you must learn to lead them and lead them well. What does that mean you should do and can do? Fortunately, we have suggestions. Listen in for great examples and sound advice. By the way, it works for everyone e...
In our comfort zones we do the same routines and engage in the same habits. To move out of the comfort zone, we have to change habits. One of those habits is trying to separate emotions from any situation. When the outcome matters, you can’t take the emotion out. Further, there is information in those emotion – both yours and the other person’s. In negotiating a solution, or in any disagreement about the path forward,...
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