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Karen is the CEO of Eber Leadership Group, an organization that works with Fortune 500 companies on how they build their leaders, teams, and culture. 

You all know we love to chat about leadership, teams, and culture on The Communicative Leader, but Karen takes us a step further to integrate storytelling.

Want your employees to:

• Connect with and more easily comprehend your messages
• Remember what you said
• Feel safe at work

If you answered yes to any of these, then my friends, this episode is for you! 

Until next time, communicate with intention and lead with purpose.

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Leaders,

Welcome to the season 3 finale of The Communicative Leader. 

This was a fun one! Why? I got to revisit the thoughtful insights season 3 guests shared with us. 

In reviewing the season 3 episodes, I pulled out ten leadership takeaways and each of our guests speak to at least one of the takeaways. 

Our takeaways include:

1. Embrace a growth mindset
2. Seek feedback and learn from failures
3. Cultivate self-awareness 
4. Foster a learning culture 
5. Be curious and stay open-minded
6. Develop effective communication skills
7. Build strong relationships and networks
8. Continuously update skills and knowledge
9. Adapt to change and embrace innovation
10. Lead by example 

And who do we hear from in this season recap? 

• Steve Marcinuk, Co-Founder and General Manager of Intelligent Relations
• Bob Gaydos, CEO of Pendella
• Brenda Harrington, Executive Coach and Founder of Adaptive Leadership Strategies, LLC
• David Birkam, Graphic Designer at Western Michigan University 
• Aneace Haddad, Executive Coach & Advisor to the C-Suite 
• Dan Joseph, Author and former Army Combat Engineer
• Dr. Ryan Bisel, Professor of Organizational Communication at the University of Oklahoma 
• Ulrike Seminati, Leadership Communication Coach 
• Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry, Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Health and Human Potential 
• Nick Greif, VP, Go-to-Market Strategy & Communications at InStride

This episode is full of insights and pragmatic tips from world-renowned experts.

We look forward to chatting with you again soon in Season 4. 

Until next time, communicate with intention and lead with purpose.

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Nick makes the link between continued education and leadership explicit. 

We talk about ROI and other traditional tangible outcomes, but we also talk about other benefits of lifelong learning - including more diverse and more capable workplaces. 

What else? 

Nick chats with us about rethinking the traditional bachelor's degree required approach. Why? 

Well, a lot of really intelligent, really motivated folks can bring a lot of good to your organization if we unpack what we assume comes along with an individual who has a degree in hand. 

Here are the links to some of the success stories we talk about:

• Ashley (we discuss specifically): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuaKvvj21Wo
• Additional learner success stories: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLenXzvOJi0EkRLPPmRRy3JKskCMgA-zHt

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Tough conversations are, well, tough.

That's why we call them that -- tough, challenging, hard, sensitive, etc.

While these types of conversations aren't going away my friends, there are specific, pragmatic steps you can take that will make these more manageable.

Guess what?

Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry does us one better than manageable, he helps us to see how embracing these conversations in an audience-centered way can transform our workplace culture in really positive and transformative ways. 

I had a lot of fun chatting with JP, and more importantly, I learned soooooo much from him.

Y'all, I have a PhD in this, write in this area, teach it and I still walked away with so  much new knowledge -- this is a powerful conversation, for sure.

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Ulrike Seminati shines great insight into something all of us struggle with to some extent -- Procrastination.

We might find ourselves dragging our feet for a certain task we don't love, or we might find that procrastination has become our go-to.

Regardless, Ulrike provides some specific advice to help us get out of the mud and into the work. 

She also leaves titled leaders with some specific tips for better understanding themselves which can help open the gates for stronger relationships and more effective output. 

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Dr. Ryan Bisel has been doing really important and really innovative work related to leadership, business ethics, and employee voice.

What's employee voice?

In short, it is communicating bad news upwards. More specifically, it may be disagreeing with your manager, voicing concerns about policy or practices, or otherwise articulating issues up the chain of command.

What happens when we have a workplace where employee don't feel safe expressing concerns?

We create a culture that is conducive to ethical breaches. Little oversights can morph into larger ones quickly, especially when employees think their concerns are not shared by the majority.

What then?

Silence.

Ryan walks us through the ins and outs of employee voice, how it impacts ethics talk, and the role leaders play in shaping healthy, prosocial work environments.

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Dan Joseph, a former Army Combat Engineer, talks to us about some important and heavy aspects of leading.

It is a nice reminder that leading is hard, because it is hard -- not because you are doing it wrong.  

Inspired to help others after a soldier in his platoon attempting suicide, Dan wrote a book entitled, "Backpack to Rucksack: Insight into Leadership and Resilience by Military Experts."

Dan draws from his vast experience to leave us with some pragmatic self-care and resilience building tips.

I really enjoyed this conversation, and I think you will too!

Until next time, communicate with intention and lead with purpose.

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What do you get when you integrate your experience as a two-time CEO into Executive Coaching?  An incredibly rich, thoughtful, and effective perspective.
 
Aneace Haddad brings so many thoughtful, leadership insights to the this episode!

He talks to us about integrating mindfulness into our leadership, teams, and workplace, but he also stresses the importance of listening and embracing your influence (regardless of title or role). 

Aneace also shares some insights from his recent book: The Eagle That Drank Hummingbird Nectar: A Novel About Personal Transformation in Business Leaders.

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David Birkam, a professional creative,  shares his experiences and empirical research with us regarding how to successfully navigate virtual ad hoc work teams. 

Being appointed to a project team can be challenging in a best case scenario. 

But what about when these teams are comprised of individuals from several different work units with likely with no shared history who are then tasked with solving a complex, often emergent problem? 

Want to complicate this further? 

What about when these teams function fully in a co-located, virtual space? 

David shares his insights and leaves us with insights related to building trust, the importance of co-leadership, and the potential of knowledge generation and sharing. 

David Birkam is a Graphic Designer at Western Michigan University working in teaching and learning support in addition to a recent communication program graduate.

Until next time, communicate with intention and lead with purpose.

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Our guest, Brenda Harrington, is what my daughter calls "a kick-butt girl."

Case in point, check out a quote from her recent book, Access Denied:

"Playing to win requires an understanding of the game, knowing who the star players are and developing and executing a playing strategy." 

Brenda is beyond knowledgeable in terms of adaptive leadership and personalized leadership coaching and leaves us with tangible tips to better navigate our teams and our workplaces in an inclusive and persuasive manner. 

Until next time, communicate with intention and lead with purpose.

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