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Building Resilient Leaders for Today's Challenges with Jodie Rogers
In this episode of Connected Leadership Bytes, Andy Lopata talks to Jodie Rogers, founder of Symbia and author of The Hidden Edge. With two decades of expertise in human behaviour, Jodie shares how leaders can navigate uncertainty and build emotionally intelligent, agile teams. She emphasises the value of emotional and social intelligence, strong professional relationships and mental fitness in driving performance and resilience.
“The Edge” is Symbia’s practical, low-cost program designed to help teams develop key skills like focus, prioritisation and stress management. Jodie explains how their benchmarking tool measures progress and impact across organisations like Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and L'Oréal. The episode highlights the growing importance of mental well-being and proactive development in today’s fast-changing work environment. Jodie’s insights offer leaders a practical path to foster empowerment, engagement, and adaptability in their teams while preparing for the challenges of tomorrow.
Key Takeaways:
1. The Importance of Soft Skills in Leadership: What are often called
"soft skills" – such as emotional intelligence, communication, and
influence – are actually critical life skills necessary for effective
leadership.
2. Navigating Uncertainty and Change: Jodie Rogers highlights that helping people understand how their brains respond to uncertainty can empower them to better navigate it by experimenting, exploring, and creating their own paths forward.
3. The Edge Programme’s Approach to Professional Development: The
Edge programme was discussed as a comprehensive professional development initiative designed to create lasting behavioural change. It focuses on four key phases: enhancing mindsets (self-leadership), driving performance (skills application), growing influence (relationships) and expanding impact (leadership and mentorship). The programme combines diverse expert trainers and practical, interactive sessions to ensure participants can apply what they learn.
4. Wellbeing and Mental Fitness: Jodie stressed the importance of focusing not just on addressing mental ill health but also on building mental fitness—developing tools and skills when people are in a stable state so they are better equipped to handle stress and challenges later
5. Leadership Accountability and Autonomy: Both Andy and Jodie
touched on the necessity for leaders to foster accountability and autonomy within their teams.
To find out more about The EDGE programme, please visit
https://symbiapartners.com/edge
Connect with Andy Lopata Website
Connect with Jodie Rogers Website LinkedIn
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In this episode of Connected Leadership Bytes, Andy Lopata talks to Jodie Rogers, founder of Symbia and author of The Hidden Edge. With two decades of expertise in human behaviour, Jodie shares how leaders can navigate uncertainty and build emotionally intelligent, agile teams. She emphasises the value of emotional and social intelligence, strong professional relationships and mental fitness in driving performance and resilience.
“The Edge” is Symbia’s practical, low-cost program designed to help teams develop key skills like focus, prioritisation and stress management. Jodie explains how their benchmarking tool measures progress and impact across organisations like Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and L'Oréal. The episode highlights the growing importance of mental well-being and proactive development in today’s fast-changing work environment. Jodie’s insights offer leaders a practical path to foster empowerment, engagement, and adaptability in their teams while preparing for the challenges of tomorrow.
Key Takeaways:
1. The Importance of Soft Skills in Leadership: What are often called
"soft skills" – such as emotional intelligence, communication, and
influence – are actually critical life skills necessary for effective
leadership.
2. Navigating Uncertainty and Change: Jodie Rogers highlights that helping people understand how their brains respond to uncertainty can empower them to better navigate it by experimenting, exploring, and creating their own paths forward.
3. The Edge Programme’s Approach to Professional Development: The
Edge programme was discussed as a comprehensive professional development initiative designed to create lasting behavioural change. It focuses on four key phases: enhancing mindsets (self-leadership), driving performance (skills application), growing influence (relationships) and expanding impact (leadership and mentorship). The programme combines diverse expert trainers and practical, interactive sessions to ensure participants can apply what they learn.
4. Wellbeing and Mental Fitness: Jodie stressed the importance of focusing not just on addressing mental ill health but also on building mental fitness—developing tools and skills when people are in a stable state so they are better equipped to handle stress and challenges later
5. Leadership Accountability and Autonomy: Both Andy and Jodie
touched on the necessity for leaders to foster accountability and autonomy within their teams.
To find out more about The EDGE programme, please visit
https://symbiapartners.com/edge
Connect with Andy Lopata Website
Connect with Jodie Rogers Website LinkedIn