Julie and Casey sit down with master executive coach Katia Verresen of KVA Leadership to talk all about leadership, your zone of genius, how "optimizing" can be related more to fear and anxiety than productivity, and most importantly all about the power of PLAY.

TOP TAKEAWAYS

• Your "zone of genius" is your super power. It needs to be nurtured with awareness, noticing, and codification.
• Being generous and generative is the answer to the zero sum power game of "I win, you lose".
• Fight or flight is diametrically opposed to your zone of genius. Soothing your nervous system is critical to your best thinking.
• Good leadership inspires rather than commands followers.
• The shadow side of "Optimization" is deep dissatisfaction
• And bonus: What being an gen x'er can teach us about boredom, and why during Covid -19 it can be your friend.

Katia Verresen coaches C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. Her passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential. Her practice is both in Silicon Valley and NYC with clients such as Amazon, Facebook, Figma, Spotify, Stanford Business School, Thrive Capital www.kvaleadership.com IG @katiastreasures Twitter @kvaleadership