119 - Conscious & Courageous Leadership with Joanna Howes

In this episode, I had a brilliant conversation with Joanna Howes, and we look at the evolving landscape of leadership in 2025, exploring key themes around people-centered leadership, conscious leadership, global team communication, and personal responsibility.  

Joanna Howes is an award-winning international coach, host of The Courageous Leaders Podcast and No 1 best selling author, specialising in leadership and team performance coaching. Her focus is to help leaders and teams find their unique voice by leading as their true selves to take the action needed to become high performers and future fit leaders. 

Joanna shares her insightful experiences and practical strategies for leaders to step into self-leadership, and build high-performing, empowered teams in a rapidly-changing, global world.

What you will learn in this episode:

• The shift to people-centered leadership- understand the humans you work with
• Conscious self-leadership- becoming, not just doing
• Navigating cross-cultural leadership- creating an equitable experience
• Why leaders need courage
• The power of vulnerability in leadership- embracing imperfection
• Letting go- breaking free from reliant leadership, shifting from constant busy-ness to intentional leadership
• The leadership vision for 2025- tackling misalignment and siloed teams

Resources:

• Connect with Joanna Howes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/
• Visit Joanna Howes' website: https://thechangecreators.com/
• Listen to Joanna Howes' podcast: https://thecourageousleaderspodcast.buzzsprout.com/
• Learn more about my Global Leader Communication programme: https://culturecuppa.com/individuals/
• Sign up to receive future episodes of the podcast as soon as they are released: https://culturecuppa.com/get-free-insights
• Follow me on LinkedIn for more strategies, skills and tips: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-rennoldson 
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• Website: https://culturecuppa.com

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