Conversations for Fear-less Leaders

In this episode of Conversations for Fear-less Leaders, Rhonda and Dale provide steps to consider when delivering a coaching conversation. Coaching does not have to be time consuming, but does require thought and practice. Start to put these 5 steps into practice during your next Leadership coaching conversation

One of the many skills leaders need to adopt is the coaching technique for helping your team grow. While many think this is a time consuming skill the value can happen in minutes, creating immeasurable growth plus a respectful and trusting relationship. Check out this new series with Rhonda and Dale as they share their thoughts and tips on becoming a coaching leader.

Are you on the EDGE when thinking back on 2021? How do you plan to make 2022 different?
Where did you and your team succeed? Where is there room for improvement?

Dale and Rhonda offer simple, but great tips for helping our Fear-LESS leaders wrap up 2021 and plan for a successful 2022. Pack your bags for a great trip into 2022, however make sure you are not taking extra baggage with you and only have what you need to help you and your team be a SUCCESS!

Check us out again in mid-January after the holidays. Thank you for being faithful listeners. Find us at www.conversationsforfearlessleaders.com

We all have a tendency to avoid certain conversations, especially if we tell ourselves the conversation may end badly. However, Rhonda and Dale provide you some tips on how to approach those conversations and some reasons not to avoid them. Everything happens through communication, you must determine what type of communicator you want to be. How can you move your conversations forward, vs breakdown and avoidance.

Rhonda and Dale would love to hear from you about some of your conversations, good, bad, and the evil. Find us at www.Conversationsforfearlessleaders.com

According to Bruce Tuckman, there are 5 stages of a Team; Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Mourning. Do you know what stage your teams are in? How successful are they traveling through each stage? Are your teams successful or struggling? This episode of Conversations for FearLESS Leaders describes the different stages, how to identify which stage your team is in, and how to manage any challenges you may face in each stage.
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How Secure Is Your Ladder?

How often do your assumptions mislead you? There was more to the situation than you noticed…if only you had realized!...How much difficulty, time, relationship damage could have been avoided if you hadn’t jumped to conclusions?

 In today’s podcast, Rhonda and Dale take you up and down the rungs of the Ladder of Inference. They’ll give you an insight into how it works so you’ll better understand why you think the way you do – and how that thinking can derail or enrich your conversations. Listen as they explain how to stay on the lower rungs to see more clearly, think more deeply and understand more accurately…..before you act.

 The Ladder of Inference was first developed by Chris Argyris (1982) and included in The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Peter Senge (1994 and 2014). Join the coaches as they explore how 

FearLESS Leaders can use this essential tool to reduce conflict, increase trust and build stronger relationships. 

 Listen for the mastery challenge at the end of the podcast. Stay in touch as you experiment. You can find us at www.conversationsforfearlessleaders.com

 “Behind the scenes is the reality of the challenge – how to communicate with each other when we feel we are pushed to the edge? (Judith E. Glaser)  Are you the one who’s pushing? In this episode, Dale and Rhonda share their insights on the fears that push leaders and their clients to the edge. Listen to how they describe what the edge feels like, how false assumptions and beliefs fuel the fear, and how FearLESS Leaders can work with the fear so that it doesn’t hold them back. It’s not that the fear doesn’t come up, but that the Leader learns to navigate it, turning it into a springboard for action. Look out for the Action Insights at the end of the podcast.

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Are you stuck thinking about how to word your questions? When to ask them? How to decide what the ‘right’ question would be? 

 As a FearLESS Leader, you can turn your questioning into a powerful conversational tool to heighten clarity, enhance alignment and evoke trust. Join Rhonda and Dale as they explore and answer these big questions about questions. Listen as they discuss using questions to listen; to measure personal mastery and leadership progress; to prepare and act with intention in all situations; to improve performance; and to protect your brand. 

 Are you up for their challenge? The Coaches end this episode with a challenge to all FearLESS Leaders. Will you take up their call to action? Let us know what you do and what results you get.

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It can be so frustrating! You think you’ve communicated clearly and completely. Then you realize that what you said is not what was understood. You find yourself having to do  more telling and more explaining. Errors are made, deadlines are missed, and people become frustrated with each other.

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” Robert J. McCloskey, a Spokesperson for the Pentagon.

In this podcast, Rhonda and Dale discuss the ways in which the message can get distorted. They explore the power of questions and position them as potentially powerful, multi-purpose conversational tools. Used artfully and with precision, questions become probes that elicit understanding; levers that shift thinking; signals that prompt reflection; magnifiers that evoke new insights and deductions; and catalysts that enhance clarity and  engagement.

Listen, as they outline a questioning process FearLess Leaders can use to improve their influence and impact as communicators. 

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Do not be put off by the title. To be a successful leader, your communications skills need to be top notch. In addition to how you communicate, you want your team members to hear and receive the message you are sharing.
Are your conversations Kind? Do they promote forward movement for your teams? If not, self-check how you communicate and ask for feedback on your communication style.
In this episode, Fear-less leaders will learn to refocus, redirect, and reframe. The quote by Robert J. McCloskey,  Spokesperson for the Pentagon during the Vietman War, will make you stop and think.
Join Dale and Rhonda as they discuss the value of Loving Conversations.

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