Key Conversations for Leaders

JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf is the Founder of Manage Global, a business advisory, leadership-management consulting firm.  Over the last few years, she has been recognized as a global influencer being named to lists such as Top 100 Most Inclusive HR influencers, Top 50 Global HR Influencers, to name a few.  She has also been quoted or featured in a variety of media such as NBC News, Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, among others.  She is author of several books including her most recent: The Human Quotient: The Most Potent Force for Your Business Success and Show Me The Money! Solving the Mystery of ROI to Unlock Profits & Increase Company Value.

 

Inside This Episode

Finding Your Road Map Out of Uncertainty

Developing Flexibility and Agility

Harnessing the Power of Humility

Why Previous Successes Can Hold Us Back

A Simple Strategy to Create an Innovative Culture

What it Really Takes to Develop Your Team

The Real Cost of Untrained Managers

Collaborative Leadership

The Raw Ingredients of Effective Decision-Making

Creating Boundaries to Stay in the Flow

How to Unplug to Recharge

Links:

Website

LinkedIn 

Twitter

Rebecca Fraser-Thill is a coach, consultant, speaker, and writer.  She has a Masters in Developmental Psychology from Cornell and is a Faculty Member at Bates College.  She’s been featured in publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, The Oprah Magazine and is a senior contributor at Forbes.  She works with professionals around the world helping them find more meaningful and fulfilling work and lives.

Inside This Episode

Finding the Path

Finding Meaning In the Here and Now

Why Happiness Doesn’t Fulfill and What Does

The Role of Difficulty in Finding Flow

Creating Positive Feedback Loops

Cultivating a Culture of Flow and Meaning

A Realistic Approach to Talking About Meaning With Your Team

A Simple Question to Find Meaning Every Day

Finding Mentors Hiding in Plain Sight

How Authentic Listening Can Change A Life

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

Gregg Vanourek is a leadership developer, executive, and award-winning author, delivering training, speaking, coaching, and consulting on leadership and life and work design. Gregg currently runs Gregg Vanourek LLC, a training and development venture and was previously a tech startup exec at K12 Inc, now a market leader with a billion in sales.

Gregg is co-author of three influential books, including “LIFE Entrepreneurs” and “Triple Crown Leadership.” His writing has appeared in or been reviewed by Fast Company, BusinessWeek, NY Times, Entrepreneur, and Harvard Business blogs, among others. He is a graduate of both Yale and the London School of Economics and has a TedX talk called Discover Mode: Find Your Quest.

 

Inside This Episode

Overcoming the Disappointment of Traditional Leadership

The Emerging Value of Social Leadership

How Values & Vision Can Backfire, If Done Incorrectly

The Most Essential Aspect of Leadership

The Key Ingredient to Driving Customer Value

Balancing the Head and the Heart in Business

How to Be a Life Entrepreneur

Developing Organizational Flow

Why Leaders Need to See the Big Picture

The Rhythm of Being a Leader

Don’t Just Delegate & Empower…Unleash!

The Mindset of Startup Leadership

Where Effective Leadership Truly Begins

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Books

Dr. Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. Mark is the author or co-author of seven books including the international best-selling books: "Get Out of Your Own Way," "Just Listen," "Real Influence" and "Talking to Crazy."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 appears frequently as a subject area expert on television, radio and podcasts and he hosts his own podcast called “My Wakeup Call” where he interviews influencers about their wakeup calls.

Inside This Episode

Listening To vs. Listening For

Insights Into Imposter Syndrome and the Fear of Irrelevancy

Surgical Empathy

The Life-Changing Power of True Connection

Why You’re Really Listening for 1 1 1 6

Talking to Crazy and Using FUD CRUD

Mark’s Personal Story about 2nd Chances

Change Your Life With the HUVA Technique

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Books

Ted Talk

Dr. Paul White is a psychologist, author, speaker, and consultant who makes work relationships work. He has written articles for and been interviewed by Bloomberg’s Business Week, CNN/Fortune.com, Entrepreneur.com, Fast Company, and many more.

Dr. Paul is the coauthor of three books including, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace written with Dr. Gary Chapman (author of the #1 NY Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages).

 

Inside This Episode

Conflicting Realities at Work

Appreciation Language vs. Love Language

The Link Between Appreciation & Engagement

Why Appreciation Goes Beyond Recognition

Investing In the Long-Term Employee Relationship

The #1 Feedback People DON’T Want to Hear

Why People May NOT Want You to Speak Their Appreciation Language

The Most Common Appreciation Languages

A Simple Strategy to Create Team Connections Remotely

Why Investing In Relationships Can Increase Effectiveness

The Pervasive Problem of Miscommunication

How to Create Meaningful Investments In Your Employees

The Key to Getting Started in Creating a Culture of Appreciation

How Getting a Clear Idea Of Where You Are Can Change Your Future

The Power of Appreciation in Increasing Performance and Engagement

Links:

Websites: www.drpaulwhite.com & www.appreciationatwork.com

LinkedIn: Paul White, Ph.D.

Twitter: @drpaulwhite

Books: Amazon

Dr. Vikram Mansharamani is a global trend-watcher who shows people how to anticipate the future, manage risk, and spot opportunities. He is the author of the recently-released THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst. 

He has as PhD and two Masters degrees from MIT and a bachelors from Yale.  In addition to having been a lecturer at Yale, and currently lecturing at Harvard, Vikram advises Fortune 500 CEOs to help them navigate uncertainty.  His ideas and writings have appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, the New York Times, among many others.  He also shares his ideas on his Think For Yourself Podcast and today we have the great fortune of having him here on the show.

Inside This Episode

Why We Outsource Our Thinking

The Risk of Being A Specialist

Finding Data-Driven Insights

The Double-Edged Sword of Focus

Knowing When NOT to Focus

Discovering The Shadow of Your Attention

The Blind Spots of Expertise

The Downside of Cohesiveness & The Need for Outside Partners

Make Better Decisions By Focusing On What You Don’t Know

The Simple Secret to Strengthen Your Thinking and Broaden Your Mind

When Planning For Success, Focus on Failure

When You Might Want to Outsource Your Thinking

Ethics, Empathy, and a Chance Meeting with Bob Woodward

Links:

Website: http://www.mansharamani.com/

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

Twitter: @mansharamani

Books: Dr. Vikram's Books

TEDx: https://youtu.be/E5qMFHTs-wE

As the Founder of Distribute Consulting and the Remote Work Association, Laurel Farrer she leverages virtual workforces to solve corporate and socioeconomic concerns. A global thought leader on the topic of remote work, Laurel collaborates with the world's leading businesses and governments to eliminate virtual worker discrimination, prevent policy retraction, increase remote job accessibility, train distributed leaders, and design economic initiatives. Laurel is also a Forbes Contributor.

 

 

Inside This Episode

The Global Implications of Remote Work

The Evolving Workplace

Managing the Pendulum of Change Management

Risk Factors for Remote Work Discrimination

Maintaining Engagement and Performance with Remote Work

Who Works Longer Hours? Remote or Onsite?

A Simple Strategy to Avoid Remote Burnout

The Truth About Working From Home

The Implicit Bias Impacting Remote Workers

Changing The Way We Measure Performance

Letting Results Speak For Themselves

The Future of Remote Work

 

Links:

www.laurelfarrer.com

https://www.distributeconsulting.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-farrer/

Twitter: @laurel_farrer

Scott is a Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond.  He has published over 100 articles and authored numerous books on heroism and leadership, including 'Heroes' and 'Heroic Leadership'.  His work has been featured in USA Today, NY Times, LA Times, NPR, and Psychology Today, among others.  He has received Richmond's Distinguished Educator Award and the Virginia Council of Higher Education's Outstanding Faculty Award.

We’ll be covering

Tapping Into Heroic Drive

The Power of Imperfection

The Role of Relatability

Heroism is Born From Adversity

Preparing for the Moment

The Human Journey is the Hero’s Journey

Why Learning About Heroism is Trans-Rational (and what that means)

The Connection Between Stories and Empathy

Accelerate Your Learning Through Fables

Courage In Today’s Corporate Environment

Leadership and Legacy

Finding Meaning in the Company’s Story

Roberto Clemente and the Heart of Leadership

Leaders Grow Leaders

Links:

Website: http://t.co/DI5HqDENuh?amp=1

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

Twitter:  @HeroesToday

Books: Dr. Allison's Amazon Page

Dr. Matthew Hurtienne is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Business and Director of the Doctorate of Business Administration at Concordia University Wisconsin.  He is also the Director of Morph Advisors Consulting.

Inside This Episode

Becoming a Servant Leader

Planning For the Unknown

The Power of Scenario Planning

A Timeline of Creating Buy-In

Building Relationships with Authenticity

Creating a Culture of Transparency

The End of Punching In and Punching Out

Commitment, Engagement, and Retention

Adapting Your Leadership to Your Team

Overcoming Obstacles with Persistence

Balancing the Environment and the Individual

Creating A Unified Organization in a Polarized World

Humility, Learning, Adaptiveness, and Performance

Links:

Website: www.morphadvisors.com

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

Joseph Young is a Software Solutions Architect, founder and CEO of Kuvio Creative, a software, design, branding, and marketing company.  They are location-independent agency serving clients throughout the world.

Inside This Episode:

Lead Through Relationships, Not Roles

Creating More Results With Less Effort

Increasing Commitment Through Emergent Culture

Developing Your Mission, Vision, and Values

Stop Erasing the Majority of Your Company

Getting Into The Zone at 30,000 Feet

Creating A Self-Engaged Workforce

If You Want to Get, Learn to Give

Global Deference in Creating Empowerment

How Defining Your Own Title Creates Ownership

Links:

Website:  https://www.kuv.io/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrJosephYoung

Email: [email protected]