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You can’t be an advocate until you understand your jury, the way that they see the world and what their perspective is, so that you can change it. 

My guest on the podcast learned that in the courtroom. Tune in to listen to my conversation with litigator, speaker and coach Heather Hansen.

Without vulnerability we hide things: 

• We hide what we don’t know

• We hide our mistakes

• We hide from giving feedback

Hiding all those things…they kill a team. So vulnerability is crucial. You need to work at it every single day. 
But while you can’t work your way to vulnerability just through exercises, there is one exercise that could really accelerate things for your team.

My guest on the show thinks one of the greatest things a leader can do is admitting when they’ve made a mistake and apologizing. 

Listen to the interview with former Barack Obama advisor, Anton Gunn.

Everybody deserves coaching when they underperform. 

But let’s say quarterly assessments reveal no progress. That means the coaching is not achieving what you hoped it would. You still think the person needs more coaching? Then you might be the C player.

Yes, it has gotten worse. Our cultural disconnect. But there are easy things we can do to connect with another human. Particularly humans who may seem different from us.

Plans fail when the world changes. And the world changes all the time. But don’t give up on planning just yet. Plan quarterly instead.

When you have a culture of fear, of distrust, or simply of discomfort at speaking the truth within your company, there’s one sure way you can undo it: vulnerability. And it starts with you.

When you have a culture of fear, of distrust, or simply of discomfort at speaking the truth within your company, there’s one sure way you can undo it: vulnerability. And it starts with you.

Have you ever thought about your company culture as a culture of…love? My guest on the podcast, Jeff Ma, explains what a culture of love looks like, and it has nothing to do with romcoms.

Everybody’s doing their best. That’s great! But does that equal success? No, it doesn’t. The gauge to marketing success, for example, is not the new pretty website, but how often the phone rings with new leads on the line?

Of course leaders experience imposter syndrome so often: they push the boundaries on the daily, they are often put on a pedestal by the people around them, and they’re often in sales mode. That makes sense, but how can you overcome that paralyzing feeling?

Are you always frustrated with your team? People around are not willing to tell you the truth? Is your company not learning and growing? Guess where you should look for the solution to these problems?

My guest on the Better Leadership Show, Dr Jenny Susser, explains why burnout is just the result of being resilient for far too long. So, does that mean resilience is bad for us?

Urgency. That’s what it takes to get stuff DONE. And how do we create urgency to support our goals? It’s easy. I talk about it in the latest episode of the Better Leadership Show.

Is there such a thing as healthy conflict in a team? My guest on the podcast, the impressive Jeanne M. Stafford, thinks great conflict is one where we come out on the other side with speed. What does she mean by that?

No agenda, no objectives, no action, no debate. Welcome to the horror show of weekly meetings. Can weekly meetings EVER be done right?

Are there parts of you and your story that you’re hiding from others? What is that hiding depriving you of? My guest on the podcast had to face this question after 25 years of hiding an essential part of her. 

That plaque with your company’s value in the lobby? Great marketing, right? So what else are values good for, other than decor and impressing people? I lay it all out for you in this episode.

Are you one of the CEOs that long for the days when we all go back to the office, and remote work is a thing of the pandemic past? Listen to my guest, Stephanie Harris, and you might change your mind.

What challenges you enough in your work, enough so that you want to show up every day? If you haven’t asked yourself this question in a while, go and have a listen to this episode, where I talk about the importance of keeping that fire in your belly going.