What guides you as a leader when you are faced with a moral dilemma? In this episode I’m going to call out some of the dilemmas we are faced with as leaders and some perspectives you can take to help you through them.   Thank You to Our Sponsors! Zebralove Web Solutions: Your website tells a story about your business! At Zebralove Web Solutions, Milly and her team are going to make sure your website tells the story you want your customers to hear. Connect with Milly at zebralovewebsolutions.com to create the impression you want to make! Resources Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing: A simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen. Create Goals that are Worthy of you: If you are done with either pursuing vanilla goals, suffering through the struggle of goals that are not aligned with your strengths, or dealing with heartbreak of an unattainable goal this course is for you!

100% Jodi: How to Face Our Leadership Challenges

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What does it truly mean to have a psychologically safe workplace and why do so many organizations struggle to create psychologically safe environments? According to research released last fall by Wiley, only 53% of individual contributors and 55% of supervisors say they feel safe taking risks at their organizations. Risk taking is a required component of creativity, problem solving, and innovation. A low threshold for risk can be concerning depending on the requirements of the job or the industry one is in. In this episode of Women Taking the Lead, we delve into the concept of psychological safety, its profound impact on team performance, the essential behaviors for creating psychological safety, and strategies to overcome challenges. Resources Connect with Jodi Flynn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiflynn Leadership Coaching. Find out more about my coaching process, or how to ask your employer to pay for you to work with a coach. https://calendly.com/d/djm-mnc-2km Apply to be on an “On-Air Coaching” episode. Are you a female leader who has been promoted in the last year? Apply to be on the podcast. https://forms.gle/xiTZt2JAWZnWEiWp7 Leadership Operating System Inventory. Wondering what kind of Leadership traits you have? Take this FREE, FAST self-assessment and find out more about yourself as a Leader. https://womentakingthelead.com/leadership-abilities-inventory Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing. The book containing a simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N3LH7S0

Cultivating Psychological Safety in Leadership

Is finding the right talent a challenge for you? This is a topic that frequently comes up in my coaching and consulting conversations. Regardless of the size of the company or industry, there is a fear (or realized reality) that the people with the skills and experience needed for a particular position is nearly impossible to find. But is that a "Capital T Truth"? In this episode, I’m joined by Leanne Rodd of FlexProfessionals to discuss creative solutions to the talent challenge. Whether you are an individual who needs a part-time work schedule or a hiring manager struggling to find the right-fit new hire, this episode is going to get you thinking. In this episode, Leanne and I discuss:  How the workforce has changed and what it is going to look like in the next 10 years. The Hidden Workforce. The populations and companies that benefit from the flexibility space. Creative solutions to meet unique talent requirements. How part-time employees can be a benefit to companies that are growing or transforming.  Resources Follow Jodi Flynn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiflynn Leadership Coaching. Find out more about my coaching process, or how to ask your employer to pay for you to work with a coach. https://calendly.com/d/djm-mnc-2km Apply to be on an “On-Air Coaching” episode. Are you a female leader who has been promoted in the last year? Apply to be on the podcast. https://forms.gle/xiTZt2JAWZnWEiWp7 Leadership Operating System Inventory. Wondering what kind of Leadership traits you have? Take this FREE, FAST self-assessment and find out more about yourself as a Leader. https://womentakingthelead.com/leadership-abilities-inventory Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing. The book containing a simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N3LH7S0 Where you can find Leanne and FlexProfessionals: Website: https://www.flexprofessionalsllc.com Social links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannerodd/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/flexprofessionalsllc/ https://www.instagram.com/flexprofessionalsboston/  

Leanne Rodd on Creative Solutions to Meet Unique Talent Requirements

 If you could have more time or more energy, which would you choose?  I’m going to get bold and make the case that many of your challenges would be overcome if you had more energy.  If you’re like me trying to control time, you take things off your schedule only to find other things have filled that briefly open space. As a result of your effort, you still don’t have any extra time. What you’ve got is a new routine.  In this episode I’m laying out why you are better served by finding the best ways to renew your energy, rather than looking for more time. Resources  Leadership Coaching. Find out more about my coaching process, or how to ask your employer to pay for you to work with a coach.  Apply to be on an “On-Air Coaching” episode. Are you a female leader who has been promoted in the last year? Apply to be on the podcast.  Leadership Operating System Inventory. Wondering what kind of Leadership traits you have? Take this FREE, FAST self-assessment and find out more about yourself as a Leader.  Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing. The book containing a simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen.

What Do You Need More, Time or Energy?

Most people, without training and mindset work, are uncomfortable giving others feedback. Without training and mindset work, giving feedback is perceived as a hard conversation. This is largely because of uncertainty of how the receiver is going to respond to the feedback. The fear is that the receiver will at minimum take offense and withdraw. They could also become defensive and lash out. I think we can all admit that there have been times when we avoided giving feedback for this reason. We’ve avoided giving feedback to protect ourselves, even though it would give the other person an opportunity to change their behavior and increase their chances of positive outcomes. On the other side of that equation, when we don’t get quality feedback it leaves us with a gap in knowledge and unable to even consider making changes. Trust answers the basic question, can I rely on you? How much trust someone has in you is in relationship to the level to which they believe you can be relied upon. In this episode I’m sharing five things that will cause people to lose trust in you.

5 Things That Cause People to Lose Trust

Have you come face-to-face with any of the prevailing myths about women in the workplace? Last month I interviewed Analiza Wolf, the author of The Myths of Success: A Woman of Color's Guide to Leadership. Analiza’s book, and our conversation, focused on the myths we women, buy into that hinder our growth as leaders. Not too long ago, I was listening to an episode on The McKinsey Podcast, produced by McKinsey & Company. The episode was titled  Busting myths about women in the workplace. Interesting. Not myths that we women hold about ourselves. Rather, the myths that are held about women in the workplace in general. Then recently I came across an article by Gallup titled  The Path to Gender Parity in Leadership, published March 8, 2024. This article complimented and added to the information shared on The McKinsey Podcast. I found the topic of myths about women all so fascinating that I wanted to share it with you. Resources Leadership Coaching. Find out more about my coaching process, or how to ask your employer to pay for you to work with a coach. Apply to be on an “On-Air Coaching” episode. Are you a female leader who has been promoted in the last year? Apply to be on the podcast. Leadership Operating System Inventory. Wondering what kind of Leadership traits you have? Take this FREE, FAST self-assessment and find out more about yourself as a Leader. Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing. The book containing a simple, step by step system that gives you the foundation and structure to take your goals and make them happen.

100% Jodi: How to Face Our Leadership Challenges

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