Key Conversations for Leaders

Mike Horne, PhD coaches leaders to avoid, minimize and reduce poor outcomes related to people and culture actions and decisions. Mike is advancing Authentic Leadership in the world, coaching leaders to close the gap between probable and possible, and to bring their best in every situation to spur innovation. Mike is the author of Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically.

Inside This Episode

The 2 Keys to Leading with Integrity & Authenticity

The Nearly Irrevocable Cost of Lying

Recovering When There is a Break of Trust

Common Barriers to Authenticity

What To Do If Your Organization Out of Alignment

Facing the Realities of Corporate Culture

Why We Need to Make The Grass Greener Where We Are

Using Values to Scale A Growth-Based Culture

The Single Most Important Word You Need to Create Authentic Relationships

Delivering Constructive Feedback

A Simple Question From Edie Seashore To Expand Your Empathy

Links:

Website: https://mike-horne.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehorne1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikehorneauthor

Book: https://mike-horne.com/#ibd-book

Tony Martignetti is a leadership advisor, entrepreneur, idea generator, and people connector. He brings together practical experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity, to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential.

Before becoming a leadership development consultant, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world's leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company. Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of the soon to be released, "Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the Journey to An Inspired Life."

 

Inside This Episode

How Do We Know If We’re Climbing The Right Mountain?

The Power Of Navigational Conversations

Identifying Guideposts On Your Leadership Journey

The Role Of Emotional Intelligence In Leadership

How To Embrace Your Past

Use Struggle To Create Strength

Don’t Just Engage, Enrich Your Employees

How To Evaluate Your Leadership Footprint

How the Ripple Effect Shapes Culture

Links:

Website: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignett1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyMartignett1

Book: https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/book

Over the past 20 years, Julie Bartkus has helped leaders across the globe transform their workplace culture from negative and destructive to happy and productive. Julie has identified over 30 staff de-motivators that drain team members of their motivation and has developed The D.R.I.V.E. Method to help leaders attract the right staff to support their vision. Her Total Team Transformation System has propelled leaders out of feeling stuck and lost to experiencing tremendous joy in attracting, interviewing, hiring, motivating and retaining the team of their dreams.

 

Inside This Episode

Where to Start to Hire the Right People

Challenges of Finding the Right Person

Common Hiring Mistakes

Interviewing Strategies

How to Seamlessly Attract, Recruit and Train a High-Performing Team

Reducing Turnover

Building Connection Throughout the Organization

The Power of Vision in Shaping a Culture

Links:

Website: https://www.juliebartkus.com

Dr. Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. Mark is the author or co-author of several books including the international best-selling books: "Get Out of Your Own Way," "Just Listen," "Real Influence" and "Talking to Crazy.” His latest book is called, "Trauma to Triumph: A Roadmap for Leading Through Disruption (and Thriving on the Other Side)."He has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Biz Journals, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today and appears widely in the media including CNN, Wall St. Journal, NY Times, Fortune and Forbes. He also appears frequently as a subject area expert on television, radio and podcasts. He hosts his own podcast called “My Wakeup Call” where he interviews influencers about their wakeup calls.

 

Inside This Episode

What is Imposter Syndrome?

The Antidote to Imposter Syndrome

The Difference Between Founder CEOs and Professional CEOs

The Danger of Focusing Too Much on Your Exit Strategy

The Difference Between Stress and Trauma

Finding the Lessons From Trauma

The Power of Gratitude through Struggle

The VCG Trifecta

Finding Courage as a Leader

Beyond Fight, Flight or Freeze

How to Handle Bullies

Defeating Self-Defeat

The Real Reason We Procrastinate

Using Accountability to Create Massive Results

Social Leadership

Links:

Defeating Self-Defeat: https://www.himalaya.com/courses/defeating-self-defeat-3129841

Website: https://markgoulston.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoulston/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkGoulston

Books: https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Triumph-Roadmap-Disruption-Thriving/dp/1400228379

David Wheatley is a Principal and Chief Question Asker at Humanergy. He works with leaders who are engaged in transitions to new roles, new scope or improved results. A facilitator, trainer and coach, he has worked for twenty years with government, manufacturing, healthcare, law enforcement, technology and financial institutions. To challenge their thinking and push them ahead, David asks clients the right questions at the right time. He supports organizations through strategic planning and helps them overcome roadblocks using a framework of values-based commitment and stakeholder mapping.

 

Originally from Leeds, England, David is a former Scotland Yard police officer. He is a graduate of Hendon Police Academy in London and is a Senior Fellow at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy. David is the co-author of the books, "50 DOs for Everyday Leadership Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To)," and "What Great Teams Do Great: How Ordinary People Accomplish the Extraordinary."

Inside This Episode

The Power of Asking Questions

What Great Teams Do Great

Why don’t great teams just happen organically?

Creating Personal Responsibility on a Team

Common Mistakes When Leading Through a Transition

The Need for Humility and Vulnerability

A Simple Question to Get on The Same Page

How to Shift from Being a Follower to a True Leader

The Ripple Effect of Culture and Leadership

Getting It Right the First Time

Links:

Website: https://humanergy.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/humanergy/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Humanergy

Books: https://www.amazon.com/David-Wheatley/e/B08BND9B93/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Megan Gerhardt, PhD is a Professor of Management, Director of Leadership Development, and the Robert C. Johnson Co-Director of the Isaac and Oxley Center for Business Leadership at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. She is also the creator of Gentelligence and the founder of The Gerhardt Group, LLC, a leadership consulting practice.

Megan has published widely on individual differences, motivation, leadership, and generational differences in the workplace and her work on Gentelligence has been featured on Forbes.com, NBCNews.com, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Inc. Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, MarketWatch, Business Insider and The Houston Chronicle among others. In 2017, her TEDx talk “Why I Love Millennials...and You Should, Too” was released, kicking off the Gentelligence movement. As the creator of the Gentelligence movement, Megan’s work focuses on leveraging individual differences to achieve leadership impact and extraordinary levels of performance.

 

Inside This Episode

Where Does The Conflict Between Generations Come From? 

What Are Some Of The Unique Challenges When Leading A Generationally Diverse Workforce?

What Do Leaders Tend To Get Wrong When Managing A Generationally Diverse Workforce?

A Framework For Understanding Different Generations

Giving Feedback To Different Generations

How To Use The Right Lens To Avoid Misunderstandings

Encouraging Respectful Communication Between Generationally Diverse Employees

Best Practices For Leading Teams With Older And Younger Generations

Links:

Website: https://profgerhardt.com/

Website: https://www.poweroftheages.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megangerhardt/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/profgerhardt

Books: https://www.amazon.com/Gentelligence-Revolutionary-Approach-Intergenerational-Workforce/dp/1538142147

Dr. David Bradford is Eugene O’Kelly II Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Along with Carole Robin, he's taught interpersonal skills to MBA candidates for a combined seventy-five years in their legendary course Interpersonal Dynamics (affectionately known to generations of students as “Touchy-Feely”) and they have coached and consulted hundreds of executives for decades.

In their book, "Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues," they show readers how to take their relationships from shallow to exceptional by cultivating authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty, while being willing to ask for and offer help, share a commitment to growth, and deal productively with conflict. He has written several other books including, “Influencing Up” and "Reinventing Organization Development: New Approaches to Change in Organizations."

 

Inside This Episode

Building Exceptional Relationships

Why We Often Struggle To Build Solid Connections With Other People

How To Say Anything To Almost Anybody

Getting Back to Choice in Responsibility

The Danger of Attribution

The Sliding Scale Of Authenticity and Vulnerability

Preventing Major Conflicts Before They Occur

How To Handle Disagreement

Strengthening Relationships Through Disagreements

Delivering Effective Feedback To Colleagues And Employees

Testing The Waters Before Managing Up

Role-Modeling Excellence As a Leader

Links:

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Melody Wilding, LMSW is an executive coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers and author of "Trust Yourself: Stop Overthinking and Channel Your Emotions for Success at Work." Recently named one of Business Insider's Most Innovative Coaches for her groundbreaking work on "Sensitive Strivers," her clients include CEOs, C-level executives, and managers at top Fortune 500 companies such as Google, HP, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, IBM, Citibank, JP Morgan, and others. Melody has been featured in the New York Times, O Magazine, NBC News, and spoken at Stanford University, Walmart, Adweek, Burberry and more. She's here to help you break free from self-doubt and imposter syndrome so you can use your sensitivity as the superpower that it is. 

Melody is a licensed social worker with a Masters degree from Columbia University, and a former researcher at Rutgers University. She is a professor of Human Behavior at Hunter College and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, and Business Insider.

 

Inside This Episode

What are Sensitive Strivers?

How Social Awareness is Changing Corporate Culture

The Neuro Science of Higher Sensitivity

The Nature of Being an Empathic Leader

Developing Your Internal Compass

The #1 Thing that Holds Back Sensitive Strivers

Dealing with Imposter Syndrome

How We Hold Ourselves Back from Success

The Danger of Over-Apologizing

Leading a Team as a Sensitive Striver

The Dynamic of Over-Functioning

Creating Interdependent Teams

Links:

Website: www.melodywilding.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melodywilding/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/MelodyWilding

Trust Yourself Book: www.melodywilding.com/book

Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was honored as the #1 Communication Coach in the world at the Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards. She is a keynote speaker and teaches for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School. She is the author of Entrepreneurial You, which was named one of Forbes’ Top 5 Business Books of the Year, as well as Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. magazine. 

A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, Clark has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” She is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and consults and speaks for clients such as Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a producer of a multiple Grammy-winning jazz album, and a Broadway investor. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur

 

Inside This Episode:

The Two Triggers of Personal Reinvention

How to Take Control of Your Own Narrative

Building Your Personal Brand

Tailoring Your Brand to Your Audience

Why Everyone Needs to Manage Their Identity

The Three Main Levers to Becoming a Thought Leader

Balancing Being an Expert and Being Approachable

How to Get Started Even if You Don’t Know Your Passion

The Power of Bottom-Up Conversations vs. Top-Down

Playing the Long Game With Strategic Thinking

Links:

Website: https://dorieclark.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doriec/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorieclark

Books: https://dorieclark.com/books/

Monica Ortega is a professional on-camera host, speaker and author. She created the online travel show Monica Goes in 2014 to inspire others to break out of their comfort zones and go on adventures. As someone who's afraid of everything, she'll put herself through almost anything to show that if an average everyday person like her can do these things, anyone can.

Monica has spoken openly about how her personal setbacks have helped her pivot into creating a life that she loves. She speaks at events around the country helping others to embrace change and create their own dream life. She is a co-host on the podcast Stumblin' Forward which is all about the missteps of entrepreneurship and life.

She is also the author of The Power of Pivoting : How to Embrace Change and Create a Life You Love where she uses humor and wisdom to show you how you can lean into your own pivots and create opportunities from any situation, even the unexpected ones.

 

Inside This Episode

How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot

Signs That You’re Resisting Change

Why People Resist Change

How to Get Started in Making a Big Change

The Importance of Listing to Your Gut and Considering Timing

The Unique Factors to Consider When Thinking About Changing Careers

How Leaders Can Retain Employees and Have Important Values-Aligning Conversations

How to Use the Outside World to Let You Know When It’s Time to Make a Change

Links:

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LinkedIn

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