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Are you living life FULLY? Are you ALL IN? Or do you mute yourself because of fear? Self doubt? Today we are talking about the importance of COMMITTING and why you should go kayaking.

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As leaders, we are constantly sharing our story and the stories of others even if we don’t realize it. Michelle Auerbach joins us today and shares details of research behind storytelling so that we can be more intentional in sharing stories that make an impact. She provides ways to improve our storytelling and therefore the world.

Michelle Auerbach solves problems and creates change through story. She works with businesses on change management, leadership, and creativity through story. She works with communities on creating social good, connection and working across differences through story. She coaches and teaches individuals through workshops, training, and one-on-one explorations. She writes for the New York Times, The London Guardian, and is the author of three books: Resilience: the Life Saving Skill of Story, Alice Modern, and The third Kind of Horse. 

Connect with Michelle: www.michelleauerbach.com.

Tips and tricks on how to create change with story

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QUESTIONS ASKED:

• What do you mean when you say you wouldn’t be where you are if you weren’t good at storytelling?
• How do we create empathy?
• How does storytelling build resilience? 
• What can a good storyteller learn from a great storyteller?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Asking good questions so you can hear a good story
• Storytelling for nonwriters
• The simplicity behind what makes a good story
• Getting people to remember what you say by telling stories
• Non-theoretical learning

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Sometimes we forget to do what brings us joy and makes us come alive, even though those paths can lead us unexpectedly to where we want to be as leaders. Sam Jones  joins us today to share his perspective on pursuing what we enjoy (and makes us curious) even if we don’t know how it will help in the future. 

Sam Jones is an acclaimed photographer and director whose seminal portraits of President Obama, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Bob Dylan, Kristin Stewart, Robert Downey Jr, Amy Adams, Jack Nicholson, and many others have appeared on the covers of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ, Time, Entertainment Weekly and Men’s Journal.

Jones is also an acclaimed director, creating numerous national commercials for Skype, Sonos, Canon, Target, Dove and many others. Jones’ is a sought after music video director who won MTV’s music video of the year for Foo Fighters “Walk.” He has directed videos for Mumford and Sons, Tom Petty John Mayer, and many others. 

In 2013 he launched Off Camera with Sam Jones on Directv’s Audience Network. Off Camera is an hour long show created out of his passion for long form conversational interviews. Jones shares his conversations with the artists, actors, and musicians who fascinate and inspire him most. Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Silverman, Dave Grohl, Laura Dern, Tony Hawk, Matt Damon and Will Ferrell have all appeared on the show.

Variety called Jones “one of the few intelligent filmmakers destined for serious artistic success,” and Rolling Stone named I Am Trying To Break Your Heart the fifth best rock film of all time. (Abviated Bio taken from https://www.samjonespictures.com/)

 

Connect with Sam: https://www.samjonespictures.com/

Watch Off Camera: https://offcamera.com/

QUESTIONS ASKED:

• Have you always been comfortable in your own skin, or is that something you developed?
• How do you move a project forward without being attached to an outcome?
• How did you make the leap from hobby to career?
• How were you able to make connections as an outsider?
• Have you seen patterns recurring through your interviews?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Following a path you won’t lose interest in
• Not knowing you’re on the right path
• Focusing on more than one thing
• Confidence in trying something new
• Constant challenges and feelings of not belonging as a creative

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Today we are talking about why you should sometimes HONOR THE FUNK! The funk is there for a reason sometimes y’all. Telling you to step back and allow space for something to move in..

 

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As leaders, we have a heart for helping people, but many times we don’t reach them with our message because we don’t know how to share the best we have to offer. Linda teaches us to value ourselves and communicate who we really are in a way that gets other people’s attention without sounding like we’re bragging.

Linda Raynier CPA, CA is a Career Strategist, Speaker and Coach for corporate professionals who want to enhance their personal brand and pursue careers they'll truly enjoy. She is a former CPA turned top-performing recruiter/headhunter in Toronto where she's successfully placed hundreds of individuals in permanent career opportunities from Analyst up to C-Suite levels. 

 Now, Linda works with international clients globally, with a key focus on professionals in the US, Canada and Australia through her website, LindaRaynier.com. Linda is a thought leader in the career and professional development space and has a popular YouTube channel (with millions of viewers), where she shares her insights on anything career-related, from interview and resume tips to personal branding and confidence-building strategies. Thousands of individuals have successfully landed exciting career opportunities within a short time after taking Linda’s courses and programs, by executing her unique strategies.

 Linda has partnered with leading organizations in the field of job search and careers, including LinkedIn Learning and YouTube Learning to create impactful courses for thousands of students. She has also been a keynote speaker and panelist for various conferences, professional organizations and universities. 

 

Connect with Linda: Http://www.lindaraynier.com

 

QUESTIONS ASKED:

• How do we get comfortable with who we are when surrounded by people who intimidate us?
• How do we start mastering our physical presence in addition to the words we say?
• What common struggles have you seen in the people you work with?
• What advice do you have for people who have invested in one career and now want to pursue something different without it all being a waste?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Finding a career you love and find meaning from
• Switching careers over and over
• Communicating in a way that allows your strengths and talents to shine
• Self-awareness and how to focus on the person in front of you
• Storytelling and keeping a list of good stories to share

 

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As leaders, we have an audience whether it’s through social media, an email list, a congregation, or even our own family. Howard Ross encourages us to re-establish integrity so that we can lead people well and speak up about important issues in a healthy and effective way.

 

Connect with Howard Ross: https://howardjross.com/

QUESTIONS ASKED:

• How is our need to belong tearing us apart?
• What’s our personal responsibility in navigating change?
• How can we restore hope for this generation?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Being part of something bigger than yourself
• Changes in agreeing and disagreeing with others
• Connecting and supporting each other and recognizing unconscious bias

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BIO:

Howard Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate and is considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing unconscious bias.  He is the author of ReInventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose and Performance, (published by Rowman and Littlefield in conjunction with SHRM in 2011), and the Washington Post best seller, Everyday Bias:  Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives, (published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2014).  His latest book, Our Search for Belonging:  How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart, released by Berrett-Koehler in May of 2018, won the 2019 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal for Social Change and Social Justice.

Howard has specialized in the synthesis of neuro-cognitive and social science research and direct application re: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Accessibility work.  His client work has focused on the areas of corporate culture change, leadership development, and managing diversity.  Ross has successfully implemented large-scale organizational culture change efforts in the area of managing diversity and cultural integration in academic institutions, professional services corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and retail, health care, media, and governmental institutions in 47 of the United States and over 40 countries worldwide.  In addition, Howard has delivered programs at Harvard University Medical School, Stanford University Medical School, Johns Hopkins University, the Wharton School of Business, Duke University and Washington University Medical School and over 20 other colleges and Universities.  Howard served as the 2007-2008 Johnnetta B. Cole Professor of Diversity Professor of Diversity at Bennett College for Women, the first time a white man had ever served in

Are you willing to ask yourself? What is it that you really want? What would you go after if not one was looking?

 

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Being a leader fills our days with decisions that affect others. In this episode, we learn how to make helpful decisions and avoid reactions that damage our relationships and businesses.

Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, intentionally-recognized thought leader Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is on a mission to protect leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies. 

He has over two decades of consulting, coaching, and training experience as CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, and over 15 years of experience in academia as a cognitive neuroscientist and behavioral economist. Dr. Tsipursky writes for Inc. Magazine, Time, Scientific American, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur. A best-selling author, his new book is Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters. 

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https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/NeverGut/

Free Assessment on Dangerous Judgment Errors in the Workplace https://disasteravoidanceexperts.com/subscribe/ 

LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gleb-tsipursky/

QUESTIONS ASKED:

• What’s your reaction when people say to just go with your gut?
• What are cognitive biases, and how do they affect us?
• Is it possible to operate free of all biases?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Avoiding disasters in leadership
• How to make good decisions
• Emotional control and Mindfulness
• The importance of working with pessimists when you’re an optimist

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As leaders, we often feel pressure to portray ourselves a certain way. Scott Miller joins us today to share how to lead well while being yourself and constantly improving. He reminds us that there are many kinds of leaders and leadership styles. He gives us permission to focus on what matters to us rather than what we think others believe we should care about. 

Scott Miller is a 24-year associate of FranklinCovey and serves as the executive vice president of thought leadership. Scott hosts the world’s largest and fastest growing podcast/newsletter devoted to leadership development, On Leadership. 

Additionally, Scott is the author of the multi-week Amazon #1 New Release, Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow, and the Wall Street Journal best-seller, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team. 

Scott authors a weekly leadership column for Inc.com and is a frequent contributor on podcasts, and webinars. Previously, Scott worked for the Disney Development Company, and grew up in Central Florida. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife and three sons.

 

Connect with Scott: www.managementmess.com

QUESTIONS ASKED:

• Have you always considered yourself to be a leader?
• Where did you start tapping into your own leadership potential?
• Who is the leader people want to follow?
• How has your day-to-day shifted as you’ve learned more about leadership?
• How do we become a better listener?

 

FROM TODAY’s EPISODE:

• Specialists vs. Generalists
• Humility that’s born out of confidence
• Being willing to change strategy but not character
• Why we all struggle with confidence

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