(un)leaderly—atypical leadership

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson gets personal about preparing now for the future. It's not specifically about leadership but we can all relate to her stories.

We all hope that we will have a future self. We can't know, of course, what our future will look like. But what if we had our future selves in mind when making some present decisions? Like taking care of our bodies, or thinking about downsizing. 

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson shares stories of encounters with two unleaderly leaders. 

The first is a CEO she worked with in a past job. He used an unusual rhetorical quirk to keep underlings feeling small and corrected. The second leader was one she didn't actually even encounter, but experienced their lack of leadership through the behaviors of the staff at a restaurant. Putting ourselves in the role of the observer can allow us to learn valuable lessons from people even when they're not specifically trying to teach us.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson examines what she calls win-win-win conversations and how they differ from those that leave one person feeling small or like they've lost. 

When leaders or people in positions of power enter difficult conversations (which happen all the time!) wanting to win or make the other person feel small, they create breaks in relationship and remove psychological safety. What does a more leaderly approach look like and how do we get there?

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson gets personal with details of a trip to a Berlin museum and the frustration of not being in a space where you are able to do the work that brings you joy. 

Are we really not valuing people (specifically women) after a certain age? In the workplace specifically. Because it seems that the opportunities for women over 45 shrink if for some reason a woman leaves a position (out of choice or not) around that age. If you're feeling this, we hope you find some encouragement or at least you sense visibility in this episode.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson discusses company and team cultures that make work life a nightmare: disruption and hacker mentalities. 

Sometimes team or company cultures develop in ways that are difficult to pinpoint. Disruption and hacker cultures can be like that. They can also gain momentum after bad behavior is accepted and not addressed. In these moments, good leadership steps in to check the behaviors. Poor leadership allows or even encourages the bad behaviors, creating toxic culture.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson walks you through essentially a workshop on resiliency. Barbara has experienced loss and disappointment in her life and has pinpointed tools you can develop before you need them, which will help you be more resilient when life starts kicking you in the teeth, because it tends to do that from time to time.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. We're taking a short summer break, and we have new episodes ready to go the first week of September. So be sure to like, follow, subscribe, leave a review, all the things! And check back in with us in September. If you want to catch up on old episodes, now is a great time to do that.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson continues the series on non-canonical leadership types by looking at what she calls Decider Leaders. She tells the story of Mark, an imaginary leader who gets in way over his head and tries to lead through the strength of his decisions. Tune in to see if the results are good or bad.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson continues the series on non-canonical leadership types by looking at what she calls Equipping Leaders, and especially comparing them to Visionary types. She tells the story of a company she helped get started and the two different men leading the project, one a Barney, one a Fred. Tune in to hear which is which.

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. Every week she offers a challenge or task for listeners, to prompt reflection or growth. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile. 

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Welcome to (un)leaderly, the podcast that looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. In this episode, host Barbara Iverson talks with her friend Nathan Higdon, who is a professor of marketing, among other things. They talk about how they tend to lead, the differences between transactional leaders and relational leaders, as well as the trap of the adage "Fake it til you make it."

Barbara tells stories from her life and looks at the world through an atypical leadership perspective. This podcast is the perfect listen for someone who feels like they don't quite fit to the typical leadership profile.