Isogo TV :: Fuel Your Story, Live Your Strengths

Is it cliche or an effective business strategy? Make safe space as a leader. In this last episode in the 4-part series about Leaders Who Give a Damn, Isogo TV Podcast Episode 93, Murray Guest and I get to flesh this out. We chat through stories and stats about: *What does it mean to make safe space as a leader? *What happens when you do it well? *And what are some practical first steps you can take to move toward safety and trust in ways that allow {and get!} people to move toward greater success for your team and organization?

We are epidemically BUSY. So when we even mention the idea of doing less to do more, eyes start rolling. It is such a nice thought. And totally undoable. Yet, the very best leaders do this very thing -- do less of what does not matter to do more of what does matter and eliminate the waste. Listen+Watch Isogo TV Podcast Episode 92, Part 3 in Leaders Who Give a Damn, for the conversation between Becky Hammond and Murray Guest about leaders who truly care and inspire others to follow.

Leadership impacts people's lives. Together, Murray Guest and I chat about some aspects of leadership that are perhaps LEAST talked about yet have the opportunity to be MOST impactful in your role as leader. Today in Episode 91, we get into how you show up as a leader, what impacts the way you show up and why that even matters. We chat about your family, your health, your commute into work and even about the status of your messy desk. You'll walk away with real takeaways that you can apply right away.

Leaders have the power to devalue and crush or the power to inspire and ignite. And really, that's the bottom line, leadership is all about the people. Isogo TV Podcast Episode 90 and the next three to come are a part of a four-part series called Leaders Who Give a Damn -- all about effective, inspiring leadership. Together, Murray Guest and I are chatting about some aspects of leadership that are perhaps LEAST talked about yet have the opportunity to be most impactful in your role as leader. Today, we get into the "little things" of leadership. Great leadership is made up of all of the small, frequent behaviors that you intentionally bring into your role every. single. day.

For the first time in his life, Eduardo Villavicencio clearly saw and could articulate his own value, so he could confidently say "yes" to the right career role and "no" to the others. Today, on Isogo TV Podcast Episode 89, you get to hear from the middle of Eduardo Villavicencio's career journey. He shares about the unknown challenges that his strengths revealed and the career clarity and trajectory they created for him---even directing him closer toward his IKIGAI, his reason for being. It's relatable and real, and you're sure to take away a nugget for your own career, right here from Eduardo today.

It all started with a food fight --- teenager style. Out of no where, chicken and potatoes were flying, right at her head. She was humiliated, confused, and...mad. As Ciera Tyler says in Episode 88 of Isogo TV Podcast, this was a defining moment in her life. She had no idea what went wrong. But her parents had a clue. They had her "strengths". Ciera has been living the Strengths perspective for almost half her life already, and today she tells a story that we can all not only learn from but also be inspired to take action with the teenagers and tweens in our lives.

At Southwest Airlines University, they are equipping leaders to have the tough conversations that must be had in order to advance the mission and stay happy at work. But they do not need to be impossible. And that's what today's guest, Mark Wolfe of Southwest Airlines University and his team have set out to show -- and lead by example they do! He even leaves us with an inspiring message from their founder Herb Kelleher that has everything to do with taking a risk to be crazy and live a life that matters.

Could it be that even someone with a proven track record, success at every level, and an unabashed drive to win could find a lack of confidence at his core? When you meet this guy, you'll find it unlikely. Yet, that's not what his story says. Dr. Santor Nishizaki shares about how "asking what is right" with himself and the people around him has paved the way for not only removing the bias amongst generations and building happier workplaces, but personally giving him a better sense of confidence as a young leader and a level of productivity he had never yet before achieved.

Today on the Isogo TV podcast, Shauna Sobers -- Assistant Director of Residence Life at University of Texas at Austin -- shares stories + paradigms from her strengths journey that speak to breaking down cultural divides, the resiliency of women executives of color, and giving yourself permission to live from your best place. It's a fascinating and powerful journey from a positive and confident leader that you don't want to miss.

It is what she had always been taught. Assess the gap, fix it, and you're on the track to improve engagement, safety, patient care outcomes and beyond. Yet, Margaret Smith found, it didn't make sense. Today on Episode 84 of the Isogo TV podcast {audio + video}, Margaret joins us to share of this very journey in her role as a consultant and talent manager in healthcare systems -- from deficit to strength. And, ultimately, she says, the impact goes beyond the teams and directly to the quality of patient care which is what makes all the difference.