Welcome back to We Are Human Leaders! Creating a psychologically safe workplaces begins with the one who leads the work environment. 
Today we are sharing our conversation with Leadership Coach, and CEO of Weiss International, Dr. David S. Weiss, Ph.D., ICD.D, CHRE.  Dr. Weiss has coached numerous  leaders throughout his career changing the narrative that leaders should always do the talking, to leaders talking less and listening more.
Giving your team an opportunity to contribute their ideas first before you pitch in yours will create an output of diverse ideas. He discusses that the highest level of psychological safety in the workplace is when all individuals are able to challenge a concept in a way of conflict without contempt, getting rid of the unnecessary artificial boundaries. We also talk about creating an environment where employees are not afraid to speak up knowing that their workmates and leaders will listen.
As Dr. Weiss shared, it’s not about building innovative leaders, it's about building leaders of innovation. Leaders who are able to draw out the innovative capacity of others, and work with diverse teams to create psychologically safe environments. 
A human leader is a humane leader who prioritizes the psychological welfare of every individual in the team.
Episode Highlights: 

• Psychological Safety and Coaching 
• Defining what a psychologically safe workplace is
• The issue of a psychologically unsafe environment 
• The role of a team coach 
• Key ingredients to achieve psychological safety 
• Innovative intelligence
• Listening skills of a leader 
• The V.U.C.A Framework 
• Being present to build psychological safety 
• C.L.E.A.R. Leadership coaching 
• Traps that human leaders often fall into 
• How the pandemic and technology affected leadership coaching  
• The place to start changing our ways of leading

More about Dr David Weiss:

Dr. David Weiss. David is the President & CEO of Weiss International Ltd, an international coaching and consulting firm based in Toronto that focuses on leadership coaching and leading innovation. David is also a Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, and a Certified Life and Wellness Coach. He also is a regular guest faculty at the Executive Development programs at the Schulich School of Business and St. Mary’s University.
Previously, David was an Affiliate Professor at the Rotman School of Management, Senior Research Fellow at Queen’s University, and VP and Chief Innovation Officer of a multinational consulting firm. David’s doctorate is from the University of Toronto, and he has three master’s degrees. He was honoured as the first lifetime Fellow of the Institute for Performance and Learning, the recipient of the “HR Leadership Award” at the Asia-Pacific HR Congress, and the recipient of the “Distinguished Lecturer” certificate from the Government of Canada.
David has published over 60 professional articles and he has written seven books including the best-selling books The Leadership Gap and Innovative Intelligence. He has provided coaching for leaders throughout the world, and he has facilitated executive and leadership sessions in Canada, USA, England, France, Hungary, China, Russia, Malaysia, Israel, Uganda, South Africa, and Chile. 
Connect with Dr. David Weiss:Website | www.weissinternational.ca LinkedIn | ca.linkedin.com/dr-david-weiss Twitter | @DrDavidWeiss Book | Innovative Intelligence: www.amazon.com/Innovative Intelligence 
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If you're ready to become the Leader who can drive truly psychologically safe workplaces this is your invitation to join us at Human Leaders to learn how, be part of the chance at www.wearehumanleaders.com

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In this episode we speak with Jean Marie DiGiovanna about the role of personal transformation in leadership, how being a generalist can positively impact the way we lead, the intersection of emotional intelligence and psychological safety, and the essential innerwork that is required of us if we want to lead with authenticity and alignment. 
Jean Marie DiGiovanna is an international keynote speaker, leadership development expert, certified executive coach and best-selling author.  With her work on Renaissance Leadership and over 25 years of experience across the globe, she helps leaders and their teams shift the way they think, lead and communicate rapidly creating a culture of increased trust, collaboration and innovation.
Jean Marie speaks from the heart, sharing her direct insights and our conversation was peppered with insights and practical takeaways for both Alexis and I. We’re sure it will be for you too. Let’s delve in.
This conversation was packed with powerful insights about speaking up when something feels off hit home deep - having the courage to listen to our intuition without blaming or attacking. By simply observing what we’re feeling - ‘something doesn’t feel right here’ - we open the dialogue to dig into what’s really happening in the present moment, creating that psychologically safe space to explore, and come to a deeper mutual understanding. We’d love to hear what stood out most about this conversation for you!
You can find and follow Jean Marie’s work at www.jeanmariespeaks.com
Find her Amazon best-selling book 'Stop Talking, Start Asking' here: https://workshopuniversity.lpages.co/stsa-book/
Connect with her via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandigiovanna/
If you're ready to be part of Human Leaders and evolve the way you lead in community, join us now at www.wearehumanleaders.com 

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Welcome to the We Are Human Leaders podcast. Today we’re taking a deep dive into what being a human centred leader looks like in action.
Today’s guest is none other than CEO of Global Company WD40, Mr Garry Ridge. Garry is nothing short of an incredible Leader having lead WD40 since 1997 and transforming the companies revenue into a multi-billion dollar publicly listed company whilst keeping human beings at the central core of the companies priorities.
This conversation was nothing short of awe-inspiring as Garry left both Sally and myself with a multitude of learning moments. Garry shared his entire career history including humble beginnings to taking over the helm of WD40 n 1997 and driving it forward to the multi-billion dollar company it is today.

This conversation shines a light on the walked path of a Leader who vehemently put human beings first and at the core of all business decisions and how business has flourished as a result - Garry Ridge is a true blue print for all Human Leaders globally.  

If you loved this conversation and would like to connect further with Garry and his powerful consultancy work, reach out at https://thelearningmoment.net/

If this conversation has inspired you to lead in a Human centric way, we invite you to join us at our global Leadership Community and be part of the change at www.wearehumanleaders.com

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Welcome to We Are Human Leaders. Today we are sharing our conversation with Hema Vyas on Heart Intelligence in Leadership. We discuss in depth the impact of Heart Intelligence on how we lead, how we communicate, how we evolve and how we live, as humans and leaders.
Hema Vyas is The Omnipreneurial Psychologist, and an international speaker and mentor. Hema guides the path to commercial success, evolutionary and inclusive leadership, wellbeing and positive impact for diverse global audiences. Her work is centered on connecting with ancient wisdom to solve the problems of modern times, especially by understanding the significance of the heart. Hema helps leaders connect to their own personal truth and build towards a life of joy, love, mindfulness, and prosperity. She is trusted by clients from Deloitte, EY, Google, Guardian News & Media, Parliamentary Digital Services and Visa. Her vision closely aligns with the core components of Human Leadership.
You can find more about Hema and her work at www.hemavyas.com

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In this episode of We Are Human Leaders we explore the all-to-common struggle for women in business, the issue of Self-Sabotage and stepping into our authentic power.

Iman Oubou is a Moroccan American self-made entrepreneur, former beauty queen, and published scientist on a mission to change the women's media landscape. Through her diverse experience with business, pageantry, and STEM, Iman noticed gender disparities in the workforce and an omnipresent bias across printed and digital media. She founded SWAAY, an all-in-one publishing platform for women, to champion the voices of female change-makers through the power of storytelling. She is author of the 2022 book “The Glass Ledge: How to Break Through Self-Sabotage, Embrace Your Power, and Create Your Success.”
This conversations explores the personal, professional and practical elements of self-sabotage, how it may lead to burnout in our professional lives and how we recognise, acknowledge and overcome it with strategic behaviour changes which we each have the power to take ownership of.

Iman Oubou's latest book The Glass Ledge: How to Break Through Self-Sabotage, Embrace Your Power, and Create Your Success is now available internationally.

With THE GLASS LEDGE, Oubou offers a disruptive guide to help women explore and resolve the internalized oppression and self-sabotaging beliefs that rob them of realizing their true potential. Rather than prompting women to break the glass ceiling and ask how society needs to change to empower women, this book helps them reclaim their power by asking themselves, “What can I do differently?” Oubou explores the 10 most common themes around which women tend to derail themselves, including power, likability, authenticity, conflict, and more. They are organized according to when women are most likely to face them head- on, as some issues present earlier in one’s career while others tend to appear later. Each chapter focuses on one of these nuanced themes, incorporating counterintuitive and eye-opening information, including:
• Anecdotes from Oubou’s personal journey from beauty pageant queen to medical missionary and scientist to entrepreneur
• Stories from other high-profile successful women in a variety of industries
• Academic and scientific research
• Lessons and tips to overcome negative self-perception and avoid slipping off the ledge while working
your way toward your own definition of success
• Exercises that will help women turn the teachings into self-reflections and actionable next steps

Find The Glass Ledge available now at all good books stores or directly through Sounds True: https://www.soundstrue.com/blogs/authors/iman-oubou 
Connect with Iman Obou and find out more about her work and company SWAAY:  https://swaay.com/

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Welcome to the We are Human Leaders Podcast, In today's episode we're diving into a topic that every single human being on earth has experience with - stress. In our wide ranging conversation with Dr Delia McCabe, we explore how to navigate stress using nutrition and neuroscience and the intersection of the two.

Stress is a natural occurrence in everyday life, however its impact can be detrimental to ourselves, and how we lead others. Dr McCabe helps us understand the relationship between our nutrition and its impact on our brain and our ability to manage stress. This session is incredibly insightful and sheds light on the power of nutritional neuroscience and how we can take practical steps in managing our stress just through what we eat.

Delia McCabe (PhD) shifted her research focus from clinical psychology to nutritional neuroscience upon discovering nutrition’s critical role in mental wellbeing while completing her Masters. Delia’s research into the neurological effect of specific nutrients on female stress has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, she is a regular featured expert in the media and her two internationally available books are available in four languages. Using her background in psychology, combined with evidence-based nutritional neuroscience and neurological perspectives, Delia supports behaviour change and stress resiliency within corporates, and for individuals who want to optimize their brain health, via online courses, workshops and tailored events internationally.

We hope this episode has underscored the importance of nutrition to your capacity to Lead yourself and others, and perhaps has inspired some shifts in your own behaviors and habits. If so, let us know what those are! If you’d like to feel connected and supported in your Leadership journey, we invite you to join us at www.wearehumanleaders.com - thanks for being with us for this episode.
If you would like to connect with Dr Delia McCabe's work further, find her two incredible cookbooks with recipes backed by evidence-based nutritional neuroscience and her full suite of programs at her website https://www.lighterbrighteryou.life/ 
Connect with her via Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lighterbrighteryou/ 

Become part of the Human Leaders community and learn live from expert like Dr Delia McCabe every month and much more at www.wearehumanleaders.com

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This conversation shares a new perspective of the power Leadership can have in creating positively impactful organisations that can act as vehicles for change and peace in our world. As Leaders tune into their purpose and align with a more empathic and mindful leadership style, business can shift focus from being profit centred to true drivers of positive global change - it all begins with us. At Human Leaders this speaks to our pillar of Human Leaders called Leading Others, an opportunity for Leaders to become more aware of their impact on those around them, choose mindful communication over reactivity to drive more connection in their teams. Mandar Apte is joining us from Mumbai, India for this conversation where he currently manages the Cities4Peace initiative that actively promotes peace and nonviolence in cities worldwide. Prior to this, Mandar was a scholar at George Mason University and also managed Shell’s prestigious GameChanger social innovation program investing in ideas that create shared value – business value and social impact. For nearly two decades, Mandar has taught leadership programs using meditation practices for the International Association for Human Values (IAHV). Mandar won the inaugural League of Intrapreneurs award for his work to facilitate an innovation learning program using meditation practice at Shell to over 2000 colleagues.

Thanks for being a part of this potent conversation with Mandar Apte on the power of Mindful Leadership. As Mandar mentioned in his closing comments of the conversation, as a global leadership community we can support each other to mobilise for change, as we each have an individual responsibility for being the change we wish to see in the world around us. If you resonated with this conversation and want to connect with others sharing your journey of Human Leadership, join us at www.wearehumanleaders.com. 
We hope you enjoyed listening to this conversation as much as we did having it, see you again very soon. 

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Welcome to the We are Human Leaders podcast. Today we’re taking a very raw and candid deep dive in this conversation with Dr Tahnee Bridson around mental health and the power of peer support in the workplace.
Dr Bridson has a story that for many of us, including other healthcare professionals, will likely hit very close to home. It’s one of struggle, hidden mental illness and the challenges that come from caring for others in a high stress and high stakes environment. In this conversation Tahnee shares her experiences candidly, and opens up about her journey to being a part of the change in fighting the growing mental health crisis our health providers face.
Tahnee is the Founder of Hand in Hand Peer Support; a visionary solution in combating the mental health crisis and surrounding stigma in healthcare, by connecting medical professionals in Australia and New Zealand with free and confidential peer support. It was through this inspiring work that she was named Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021 and Queensland's Young Australian of the Year in 2022. Tahnee is a Psychiatry Registrar at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and studied medicine at James Cook University in North Queensland where she graduated with First Class Honours and was awarded the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland Prize. 
Tahnee is not only an incredible mind, but she’s an incredible heart. Her Leadership style is so deeply human and so innately connected to her purpose in advocating for mental health support and reducing the stigma.

As a content warning, sensitive topics such as suicide, mental illness, eating disorders and other personal struggles are discussed which may be triggering and distressing for some listeners. 
This episode is not in any way psychological advice and should not be substituted for mental health advice. 
If you or someone you know is suffering with mental illness, don’t do so in silence, please reach out for help. In Australia you can access 24/7 counseling through LifeLine, and wherever you are in the world, support is available. Please take care of yourself and know that you matter.
Reach Dr Tahnee Brisdon and the Hand-n-Hand Peer Support Network here: https://www.handnhand.org.au/
We hope this episode has brought to the fore the power of peer support in life and business, and the power of community in helping to break the stigma and address mental health. If you’d like to feel connected and supported in your Leadership journey, we invite you to join us at www.wearehumanleaders.com - thanks for being with us for this episode.

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Welcome to the We are Human Leaders podcast. In this episode, we are talking to Megumi Miki about the superpowers we have which lie beyond the traditional lens of leadership and how as leaders we can step into our power and own our voice, through the framework of Quietly Powerful Leadership.

Megumi is an author, speaker and consultant in leadership, culture and diversity and inclusion, with a background in strategy, economics and finance. Megumi challenges the status quo in leadership to unlock the hidden talent and collective potential. She is the author of Start Inspiring, Stop Driving: Unlock your Team's Potential to Outperform and Grow and Quietly Powerful: How your Quiet Nature is your Hidden Leadership Strength, which received the Australian Career Book Award for 2020 and Best Leadership Book of 2020. 

This episode is a real invitation to tap into the power of our unique authenticity as leaders at work and beyond. 

For more information about Megumi Miki and her book Quietly Powerful visit her website at https://megumimiki.com/ and access all of the information about her book here https://www.quietlypowerful.com.au/.

To be a part of Human Leaders, join us at www.wearehumanleaders.com

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Welcome to the We are Human Leaders podcast. Today is the first half of our conversation with Eitan Sharir of Dynamic Achievement as we deep dive into Ego and the role it plays in Leadership.

Eitan takes us on a deep dive into the process of understanding how our Ego impacts our thoughts and behavior - whether we are aware of it or not. He delivers practical tools and insight so we can truly embody a Co-Creator Mindset in our thoughts, words and actions at work and beyond.

Eitan Sharir is President of Organizational Culture and Performance at Dynamic Achievement. For more than 20 years, Eitan has worked with many leading organizations including: Starbucks, IKEA, Avis, ISM/IBM, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Mercedes Benz, and lululemon. To enable organizations to achieve the real, and sustainable business results they are looking for, Eitan applies The Co-Creation Activator Process which is an advanced approach unique to Dynamic Achievement.  In addition to his consulting work, Eitan shares his knowledge and insights as a keynote speaker for association conferences and organizational retreats on how to Develop a Culture of Excellence in the areas of Culture, Leadership, Service Excellence and Teams. Eitan is the author of Activate Your Power – How to Unlock Your Full Potential and Direct Your Own Success.  

Eitan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a double major in business economics and economics, and a post-graduate commerce degree in general management and international marketing. He has also reached the Masters level in Neuro-Linguistic programming and is a certified Business Coach with the Behavioral Coach Institute. 

This episode is candid, enlightening and uncomfortable, all in one! Welcome in, and enjoy.

This is the first half of this powerful conversation with Eitan Sharir, be sure to tune to part two where Alexis and Eitan dive deeper into imbuing egolessness into organisational cultures and the critical steps for doing so.

For full access to Eitan Sharir's work and ebooks, visit his website here: https://www.dynamicachievement.com/

Join us at www.wearehumanleaders.com and be a part of the conversation! 

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