Taking on a leadership role can sometimes bring responsibilities and issues that you may have not previously thought about before. What if a great amount of these issues could be solved if you understood just one idea? That’s what today’s guest is here to share with all of us. 

Esther Weinberg is a business growth accelerator that equips executives in high growth industries to create big pivots, big impact, and big returns. As the founder and Chief Leadership Development Officer of The Ready Zone, she powerfully fast tracks an organization’s progress by focusing on the six zone performance indicators that are necessary for growth. Esther's innovative strategies have assisted clients to grow, scale, and thrive in the best of times, and also in the worst. Esther has worked with companies like Netflix, NBC universal, Microsoft, ESPN, Warner Bros discovery, CNN, Dreamworks Animation, Adobe, Disney, IMAX and national geographic.

In this episode, Esther takes a deep dive into the problem that she has seen over and over again in multiple companies- communication, trust, and respect. A lot of us may think we are already great communicators and don’t need help in this area, but taking on a leadership role involves a level of communication that many people are not aware of. As humans, we are “meaning making machines,” as Esther and Eric discuss in this episode, and we are always wanting to extract meaning out of everything we encounter. Being aware of this and taking responsibility for our actions and words, is the first step to creating an environment where psychological safety exists, and that is the key to a thriving company culture. 

Key highlights:

• Intro to Esther Weinberg
• How she came up with “The Ready Zone”
• Her background in Disney and why she left
• Why she lost respect for her boss
• The meaning of “We are meaning making machines.”
• Esther’s framework for taking a different kind of action that can lead to a different result
• The most common mistake leaders make
• Should all companies be bringing everyone back to the office?
• How do we focus on trust, respect, and safety?
• Retention is a massive issue
• Eric’s framework for the subconscious mind
• How can leaders develop more trust?
• What to do if you feel you don't have time to implement all the zones?
• The one thing you can do as a leader that could solve 50% of issues
• Move from a boss to curiosity pilot
• Why is dignity important and how can leaders help people feel like they have dignity?
• Psychology safety is everything- and if leaders can provide that, that’s where dignity comes in
• Creating an environment of human dignity
• We can't control the meaning someone makes of something, but we can take responsibility once we know about it and heighten our awareness to create an environment where it exists

Connect with Esther:

Website: thereadyzone.com

Podcast: https://thereadyzone.com/podcast/

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