Future-Proofing Leadership with Dr. Rosie Ward

It's the one year anniversary of Show Up As a Leader, and during this time we've interviewed some amazing guests to help you maximize your positive impact on the world by becoming your best, fully authentic self. Can you believe it? It has been such a fun and challenging year of podcasting, and to celebrate, I'm revisiting some of my favorite moments with past guests. Listen and learn six leadership lessons you can apply right now to show up as a leader.

What stories are you telling yourself keeping you safe and small? What would happen if you told a different story? Show Up as a Leader focuses on helping you maximize your positive impact on the world. Author, Consultant, Speaker, and Coach Dr. Rosie Ward explores how to step into your greatness and stop playing small. Through in-depth, story-rich interviews with leading influencers and experts, each episode seeks to empower you to become your best authentic self.

Howie Milstein, CEO/Provocateur - the Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously!

Howie Milstein decided early in his career to question conventional thinking and seek the truth that is rooted in unbiased observation. As the world of medicine tries to evolve towards a system of evidence-based care, so Howie believes that it's more meaningful to live an evidence-based life and lead evidence-based communities.

As the Twin Cities' first personal trainer in the 1980's, Howie found that available resources that promoted certain ways of motivating his clients did not resonate with his observations. Spawned from this curiosity to learn the bases of the human condition was a passion that guided his studies and leadership principles. These principles have been implemented in many roles since his personal training days, including over 25 years managing teams in the medical device industry, with titles including Distributor, National Sales Manager, Sr. Vice President of Sales, Chief Operating Officer, President, and The Gangster of Love (his favorite). Now re-invented as a leadership consultant, author, and career coach, his titles are Vocational Irritant and Provocateur. Proudly annoying, Howie has many victims including his clients, audiences, community stakeholders, and non-profit agencies and board members.

A strong adherent to the ideas of Self Determination Theory - including the principles of autonomy, mastery and purpose - Howie learned that acquiring an understanding of motivation was only half the battle. In order to optimize culture, employee engagement, and predictable outcomes, he had to become deeply introspective and choose the best leadership style to nurture innovation, passion and growth. When he stopped taking himself so seriously, things got better. Much better.

As the CEO/Provocateur with the Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously!, Howie's message is that, while there are myriad options to attempt cultural change in organizations, perhaps the only thing is for individuals to seriously manage their egos. Jobs and careers aren't just for economic sustenance, rather they are a means to access and contribute to healthy communities where individuals are emotionally bolstered, challenged, and valued.

Howie takes a lighthearted approach to life and brings that to his writing and speaking style. He encourages questions and spirited discussions that challenge dysfunctional paradigms, to which he has developed a serious allergy. Believing that change is not possible without discomfort, Howie ensures that those in his sphere will never have so much fun while being encouraged to step outside their comfort zones.

Howie holds degrees in biochemistry and exercise physiology, as well as certifications in Intrinsic Coaching (Totally Coached/Intrinsic Solutions International) and as a Job and Career Transition Coach. He has a wife and three adult children with minds of their own. Residing in Plymouth, Minnesota, Howie likes to golf, garden, motorcycle, and keep himself in reasonable physical (and mental) condition. He is a strong advocate for community and has held many non-profit volunteer leadership positions. He is addicted to entrepreneurism and new ideas, which drives his wife and friends crazy.

Show Notes

Don't Be A F*cking Dick: Leadership for Vibrant Communities by Howie Milstein

After many years participating with a multitude of communities, such as corporations, non-profit organizations, boards of directors, and bowling teams, Howie had finally mustered up the nerve to address the enormous elephant in the room. When leaders are dicks, the community is unhealthy, stakeholders are disengaged, and outcomes are marginal. DBAFD makes a concise, compelling case for treating others with respect and dignity, striking a balance between the lighthearted perspective that helps people swallow the sometimes bitter pill of self-awareness, and the serious message that we all abut, and occasionally cross, the line of being a dick. The book is perfectly suited to anyone in a leadership role, without regard to whether they possess a formal leadership title. In other words, it's for everybody.

The Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously! This is where you can learn more about Howie's workshops and speaking engagements designed to help foster greater emotional intelligence while being fun and entertaining.

Launchpad Career Coaching - Whether you're looking for your first big job, or are currently employed as a young professional, Launchpad's high-touch coaching methods guide you through the process to bring your story to light, enabling candidates to exude the quiet confidence that hiring managers find endearing.

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Author and keynote speaker Mark Kenny works with leaders who want to eliminate territorial thinking, create an unstoppable strategic alignment, and build a stronger leadership team. For over 25 years, he has worked to improve the results of teams in hundreds of organizations, originally in IT and operations, and later in keynote speaking and consulting. Mark is the author of The Hippo Solution: Eliminate Territorial Thinking and Unleash the Power of Teams.

Mark's passion for teamwork extends beyond the workplace as a high school basketball coach and volunteer leader. Mark is a member of the National Speakers Association, an aviation enthusiast, an avid basketball player, and a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan. Mark lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, daughter, and three adult sons.

Show Notes

The Hippo Solution by Mark Kenny

Did you know that hippos are one of the most territorial, hostile animals on the planet? This book provides a roadmap for leaders to transform their organization from hippo-esque territorial thinking to a culture of teamwork that breeds speed, adaptability, and peak performance.

Mark Kenny Speaks - this is Mark's speaking page where you can learn more about how he inspires and equips leaders to eliminate territorial thinking and align their teams together to survive in this period of disruption.

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Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work

Choosing Courage is an inspirational, practical, and research-based guide for standing up and speaking out skillfully at work.

As the world's foremost expert on workplace courage, Jim Detert leverages his 20 years of research and work on workplace courage – why people speak up or stay silent – to help unpack why courage matters and how we can build our skills to choose courage more often. The reality is that we all have opportunities to be courageous at work. But since courage requires risk—to our reputations, our social standing, and, in some cases, our jobs—we often fail to act, which leaves us feeling powerless and regretful for not doing what we know is right. There's a better way to handle these crucial moments.

Doing for courage what Angela Duckworth has done for grit and Brené Brown for vulnerability, Jim Detert explains that courage isn't a character trait that only a few possess; it's a virtue developed through practice. And with the right attitude and approach, you can learn to hone it like any other skill and incorporate it into your everyday life. Choosing Courage will give you a fresh perspective on the power of voicing your authentic ideas and opinions. Whether you're looking to make a mark, stay true to your values, act with more integrity, or simply grow as a professional, this is the guide you need to achieve greater impact at work.

The work I do to rehumanize workplaces and equip all types of people to show up as leaders anchors on courage-building skills. This book is a great build on Dare to Lead's courage building skills to bring tactical actions people can take to specifically show up more competently courageous in the workplace. Similar to 11+ years of research by Brené Brown, Jim Detert's research has found that being competently courageous at work is essential for progress.

He also acknowledges the challenges that our human DNA brings us with wanting to self-protect and avoid the perceived risks that acts of courage at work can bring. He provides a framework to think about various levels and steps of what our own workplace courage journey looks like and to find a path where we can start building our courage competence.

1. Where does your own need for self-protection get in your way of acting courageously at work?
2. How can you use your core values as a Lighthouse and guide to ground you and help you decipher when it's the right time and situation to speak up and demonstrate courage?
3. What would open up for you and what do you see is possible if you did the work to start showing up a little more courageously?

Adam is an organizational psychologist at The Wharton School, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. His books have sold millions of copies, his TED talks have been viewed over 25 million times, and his podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant has topped the charts. His pioneering research has inspired people to rethink fundamental assumptions about motivation, generosity, and creativity. He has been recognized as one of the world's ten most influential thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40, and has received distinguished scientific achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. Find out more at adamgrant.net.

We are planning for another Ask Me Anything episode at the end of summer where I take your questions and share my thoughts. This time, YOU get to be part of the episode. Simply leave a message with your name and question for me at: 877-373-6850, extension 1.

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