Inspirational Leadership for People Managers, Executives & HR Leaders

What are your important goals, and are you willing to take the time to achieve them? Reaching your full potential requires an investment, but most of us are stuck in an instant gratification mindset. The truth is, it is through the process of working towards your goals that you feel meaning, purpose, and satisfaction. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses how to identify what’s important to you and take the necessary action steps to achieve those goals. She explains the importance of understanding that big goals take time, persistence, commitment, and dedication, not solely focusing on instant gratification. Listen in to learn how to stop self-sabotaging by allowing self-limiting beliefs to take over when good things happen, plus how to overcome the upper limit problem. Key Takeaways: How the process of working towards your goals gives you meaning, purpose, and satisfaction.How to identify what’s important to the lifestyle you want to create and stop limiting yourself in terms of what’s possible.How to change old patterns of self-sabotage by lasting longer in the uncomfortable to develop new patterns.How to take small steps towards achieving your goals and becoming who you want to be. Standout Quotes: “Success comes from a lot of consistent hard work, focus, and commitment that a lot of times is happening in the background.”– Kristen [00:56]“If you can get really clear about what those dreams are and start to challenge yourself, you’ll realize how often your mind and thoughts can hold you back from achieving amazing things you never thought possible.”– Kristen [03:44] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

Are you aware that your leadership style is rooted in your past traumatic experiences? Many leaders are operating from a place of distracting themselves from experiencing the full spectrum of human emotions. But to become a more centered, rooted, grounded, and well-resourced leader, you must do the work needed to heal your trauma experiences. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Kelly L. Campbell (they/she) about healing traumatic experiences to become a better leader. Kelly speaks and writes about trauma, leadership, and consciousness— “The New TLC.” The author of Heal to Lead (Wiley, April 2024), Kelly, is a Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach to emerging and established leaders who know they are meant for more. Kelly’s vision is to empower more than half of humanity to heal its childhood trauma so that we may reimagine and rebuild the world together. Listen in to learn the importance of curiosity and exploring different practices to help you find what works to heal and integrate your trauma. You will also learn how, as a leader or organization, you can support your team by doing things that positively impact their health. Key Takeaways: How addressing and healing your past traumatic experiences can lead to conscious leadership.The importance of experimenting with different practices to find what works for you to integrate your trauma.How to do the healing work to become a centered, rooted, grounded, and well-resourced leader.How to support your team in ways that will impact their emotional, physical, mental, and psychological health. Standout Quotes: “The more centered, more grounded, and the more resourced we are, we can show up in a way that might influence the people who haven’t done healing work.”– Kelly [19:22]“When it comes to healing and integrating trauma, you don’t know what’s going to work for you until you try it.”– Kelly [25:23] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/KellyLCampbell

Are you ready to let go of the drama and restore sanity in the workplace? Drama in the workplace is a time and emotional waste, but with tools like self-reflection and accountability, it can be eliminated. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Cy Wakeman about how the ego works, embracing self-reflection, and diffusing drama in organizations. Cy is a drama researcher, New York Times best-selling author, and 2023 World’s #1 Leadership Guru who is recognized for her Reality-Based approach to leadership. Backed by over 25 years of unparalleled experience partnering with top brands spanning all industries, Cy’s philosophy offers a modern approach to leadership in which employees and managers alike can deliver better results with less drama, higher engagement without entitlement, and more happiness in even the most challenging workplace realities. Cy’s avid fanbase online has surpassed 250,000 followers. Listen in to learn about drama in the workplace, the five sources of drama, and how to clear up drama in an organization. You will also learn the difference between self-reflection and venting and how to evolve and give opportunities for self-reflection. Key Takeaways: The importance of questioning your thoughts to stop your ego from controlling your life.How to clear up drama in an organization by getting out of verbal communication and self-reflecting.How to get into a place of neutrality by naming whatever comes your way as an unpreferred reality and changing the story.The importance of understanding and articulating your needs as a leader to avoid working on the wrong thing.The power of doing profound inner work to be able to lead with love and be a great leader and or team member. Standout Quotes: “Surrendering is as simple as naming whatever came your way as neutrally as possible as an unpreferred reality.”– Cy Wakeman [24:30]“I am convinced that very little needs to change in my world for my world to change; all of what needs to change is my thinking.”– Cy Wakeman [29:08]“It takes a lot of evolution to move through the world lovingly because you can’t move through the world lovingly if you haven’t done your inner work.”– Cy Wakeman [42:37] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastCyWakeman

How do you lead with empathy and build a team of people that align with your core values? When you support and add value to your team without micromanaging them, you enhance their efficiency and productivity, and they become your best brand ambassadors. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Julie Cole about her entrepreneurship journey and the effectiveness of the results-only work environment (ROWE) culture. Julie is a recovered lawyer, a mom of six, and co-founder of Mabel’s Labels. She is also a published author, keynote speaker, engaged community member, and winner of countless entrepreneur awards. In Julie’s latest book, Like a Mother, she shares her inspirational stories and lessons learned through parenting her lively crew of kids and building a multi-million-dollar business with her co-founders. Listen in to learn how leading with empathy while still holding boundaries can help you hire right and retain employees. You will also learn how to integrate your work and life by knowing your needs, asking for help confidently, and owning your boundaries. Key Takeaways: How to build a results-only work environment that gives people the freedom to be effective managers.The power of having an empathetic leader who holds boundaries in retaining employees.How to understand and establish your boundaries and respect your time as a leader for work-life integration.The importance of knowing your needs, getting clear about your boundaries, being confident when asking for help, and being less of a people-pleaser.How to make giving back part of your core values, plus how powerful it can be for your brand. Standout Quotes: “You have to get uncomfortable being comfortable because as soon as you think you know what you’re doing, you experience growth.”– Julie [08:36]“Everything about business is personal, particularly your team, and if you create support and build an incredible team of people who align with your core values and lead with empathy, then they will stick with you and be your best brand ambassadors.”– Julie [35:50] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/JulieCole

Have you established a speak-up culture as a leader in your organization? For teams and organizations to thrive, it’s crucial to create a speak-up culture where everyone feels psychologically safe to share their ideas, concerns, feedback, and vulnerabilities. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Stephen Shedletzky, or “Shed,” about the positive impact of speak-up culture on teams and organizations. Shed is a sought-after speaker, coach, and advisor and has led hundreds of keynote presentations, workshops, and leadership development programs around the world. He helps leaders listen and nurture the voice of others and supports humble leaders who put their people and purpose first, all while knowing they are both a part of the problems they experience and part of the solutions they seek to create. As a thought-leader on psychological safety in the workplace, he works with leaders in all industries where human beings work. His latest book is called Speak-Up Culture: When Leaders Truly Listen, People Step Up. Listen in to learn about the hard work that goes into psychological safety and its importance for safety, performance, and innovation in organizations. You will also learn how to be a better leader by studying leadership behaviors, getting constant feedback, and committing to leadership practice. Key Takeaways: Understanding why leaders aren’t born or made but chosen based on the way they behave.The importance of the speak-up culture and how leaders can create a speak-up culture through encouraging and rewarding.How to provide coaching and feedback on behavior and the impact of speak-up culture even as you reward the intent.How to stay committed to your leadership practice and search and find leaders you’d want to follow and work for. Standout Quotes: “Leadership cannot be claimed, it must be earned; culture cannot be declared, it must be lived.”- Shed [13:27]“Wherever you are in your leadership development journey, the fact that you’re committing to a leadership development journey, that’s good news.”- Shed [32:21]“Oftentimes, leaders display toxic deleterious behaviors because they don’t know better and they’re struggling really badly.”- Shed [35:07]  ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/StephenShedletzky

Is your never-ending busyness a way to avoid reflecting and hearing answers to your big questions? Slowing down forces you to get clarity on whether the choices you’re making are aligned with what you say is important to you. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses the power of intentionally slowing down and focusing on what truly matters. She explains bigger questions you need to ask yourself to understand what you’re avoiding by not slowing down, plus how to use the holidays to reflect on your 2023 wins, struggles, and learnings. Listen in to learn how slowing down allows you to hear your intuition, identify what truly matters to you, and get your habits aligned. Key Takeaways: How to de-prioritize and give yourself permission to slow down and connect.How slowing down forces you to get clarity and answers on what’s important in your life.How to use the holidays to reflect on your wins, struggles, and learnings and visualize your future goals.How to get intentional about growth opportunities that will result in more fulfillment, joy, purpose, and connection with yourself and others.How slowing down allows you to hear your intuition and identify what truly matters to you. Standout Quotes: “We all need rest; we need that time and rest where we’re not doing anything.”- Kristen [07:07]“It’s important as you start to think about your vision and goals for 2024 that you’re very clear this is not something you’re doing on your own but something you can do with others and have support in order to feel less alone working on them.”- Kristen [16:04]“As you slow down, it is much easier to hear your intuition; it is much easier to hear your most resourceful self.”- Kristen [16:48] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

What are some of the things you can do as a leader to make your teams more effective? The major reasons why teams fail to be high-performing are alignment-related and dynamic-related issues. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Liane Davey about her experience working with teams and what leaders need to do to improve their team performance. For the past 25 years, Liane has researched and advised teams on how to achieve high performance. Known as the “teamwork doctor,” she’s worked with teams from the frontlines to the boardroom, across a variety of industries, and around the globe from Boston to Bangkok. In working with hundreds of teams, including 26 Global Fortune 500 companies (and counting), she has developed a unique perspective on the challenges teams face – and how to solve them. Listen in to learn about the layers of trust and the critical role of trust in teams to make things easier. You will also learn the difference between tension and friction in conflict and the importance of being aware of healthy tension. Key Takeaways: How to eliminate inefficiency by getting better at time management and creating boundaries.How to be a vulnerable and accountable leader to earn confidence and connection from your team.How to be aware of healthy tension and properly recognize friction and shut it down.How productive conflict enhances psychological safety and strengthens team relationships. Standout Quotes: “We need to address meetings and email problems so that we can create space for focus and flow.”- Liane Davey [16:29]“The more productive conflict we have, the higher the psychological safety gets because people learn that they can come out the other side and the relationship will be stronger.”- Liane Davey [33:01] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastLianeDavey

Are you in a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? A fixed mindset is when you have scarcity thinking, while a growth mindset is thinking from a place of possibilities. You can shift from a fixed mindset at any point; it’s just a matter of choosing and allowing yourself to create new patterns. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset and how to adopt a growth mindset. I explain why we need to show ourselves compassion, patience, understanding, and grace as we work through new things and create space for emotions when they arise. Listen in to learn the importance of having a growth mindset to be creative, innovative, and create new things. You will also learn how to challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone and reach your full potential. Key Takeaways: Why you must have a growth mindset to be creative, innovative, and create new things.How to allow yourself to be in the process of practice by showing yourself self-compassion and grace.How to show up from a place of curiosity in order to adopt a growth mindset.How you can challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone and reach your full potential.How getting feedback from others can help you shift from a fixed mindset and into a growth mindset. Standout Quotes: “Anyone who’s thinking about doing innovation or creativity and trying to create new things cannot do that if they’re staying in a fixed mindset; it has to come from a place of a growth mindset.”- Kristen [04:46]“If you’re not consistently setting goals for yourself and having stretch goals, you’re not going to feel much meaning and fulfillment in your life.”- Kristen [19:10] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

Do you know who you truly are deep inside? Knowing who you are deep inside and your experiences will guide you to your why, and it will stop you from settling with what you think your why is or what other people tempt you to think it is. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Paru Radia about relationship-building with senior decision-makers and owning who you are. Paru is a rare commodity! Most people fall into one camp as either left-brained or right-brained. Paru, however, has always mixed her logical side with her creative side to thrive while navigating challenging environments, whether in the corporate world or as a founder and entrepreneur. Becoming a C-Suite Whisperer® and Execution Ninja was a natural path for Paru as she has a keen understanding of the corporate world, having been both an employee and a consultant. Listen in to learn how to build interpersonal relationships with senior leaders and develop the confidence to make it about them. You will also learn the importance of highlighting the challenges behind success when inspiring others. Key Takeaways: How to build relationships with senior leaders to get their buy-in before you’re in the room.How to develop interpersonal relationships by taking time to analyze others and learning what’s important to them.The power of knowing and owning who you are to have the confidence to make it about the other person. Standout Quotes: “The only way you can feel confident in yourself in order to make it about them is owning who you are, but you can’t own who you are until you know who you are.”- Paru Radia [27:56]“You won’t know your why until you know who you are deep down inside.”- Paru Radia [31:45] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/ParuRadia

How strong are your boundaries at work and in your personal life? Setting healthy boundaries is something most people struggle with due to self-limiting beliefs and patterns you can unlearn. To reap the fruits of setting healthy boundaries, you have to get clear about your needs and stay committed to them. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, Kristen discusses the power of learning to set healthy boundaries by getting clear about your needs at work and in life. She explains how self-limiting beliefs such as people pleasing, hyper-achieving, peacemaking, controlling behaviors, avoidant personality, perfectionism, and victim mentality negatively impact setting healthy boundaries. Listen in to learn the importance of having compassion for yourself when setting boundaries because there are systems set up for you to stay within the unhealthy boundaries. Key Takeaways: How people pleasing negatively impacts setting healthy boundaries.How hyper-achieving can impact your relationship with others and your well-being.Why being a peacemaker in family and work dynamics can lead to being there for others and not yourself.Have compassion for yourself because there are systems set up for you to stay within the unhealthy boundaries.Learning how to set boundaries at work from an empowered place without it always being a yes. Standout Quote: “When it comes to boundaries, this is something that’s constantly evolving, shifting, and it is a journey, not a destination.”- Kristen [01:11]“The clearer you are on what you’d like commitment to look like, the easier it is to recognize when you’re in alignment and out of alignment because you’re really clear on what that commitment is.”- Kristen [13:00] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

When you feel awkward, do you allow it to keep you stuck or to grow? The difference between good and bad awkward is that good awkward allows you to grow when experiencing uncertainty. To start navigating the good awkward, it’s important to understand how you experience it and reframe its role by naming it. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Henna Pryor, a highly sought-after Workplace Performance Expert and an award-winning 2x TEDx and global keynote speaker, virtual presenter, team facilitator, and professional executive coach. Her clients call her their “secret weapon for impossible change,” an honor she wears proudly. She’s also a lifelong learner – she’s been studying human behavior and performance for over 2 decades and loves to bring a fresh energy to business practices and conversations. Her highly anticipated book, Good Awkward, publishes in September and is available for pre-order now. Listen in to learn the importance of owning awkwardness as an individual and normalizing awkward feelings as a team to create deeper connections. You will also learn how to create intentional moments as a leader to rebuild social skills for the desired communication culture in your organization. Key Takeaways: How to navigate good awkward to grow when experiencing uncertainty.The benefits of reframing the role of awkwardness in your life and naming it in those moments.How expressing awkwardness implies confidence and authenticity in the workplace.The importance of owning awkwardness as an individual and normalizing awkward feelings as a team. Standout Quotes: “Confident people feel awkward just as much if not more than people who don’t describe themselves as confident because to avoid awkwardness implies avoiding uncertainty, which is never happening”- Henna [16:19]“When a confident person expresses awkward discomfort, it actually comes across as more confident because their lack of perfection puts other people at ease.”- Henna [16:55] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/HennaPryor

Do you utilize your head, heart, and body as centers of intelligence when showing up as a leader? How do you allow people to show up? Do you create safe spaces where people can evolve despite their traumas? In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Carolyn Swora, a certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, as well as a Trauma-Informed Leadership Consultant. She works with small, medium and large organizations across Canada and the United States on becoming more compassionate, human and empathetic places for members of staff. Carolyn uses the Enneagram Personality System to help clients deepen self- awareness into their behavioral patterns. She has a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and has studied Resilience and Workplace Culture Transformation. She has also developed her own transformational leadership development methodologies, which she breaks down in her second book Evolve: The Path to Trauma-Informed Leadership. Listen in to learn about the three centers of intelligence and the importance of recognizing your dominant one as a leader. You will also learn about three types of traumas and how to be trauma-informed as a leader. Key Takeaways: The head, heart, and body centers of intelligence and how to recognize your dominant one.How to be a trauma-informed leader by recognizing how to create a safe space for people to evolve.How to invest in self-awareness, self-regulation, and co-regulation practices to become an intentional leader.How to embody your imperfections to allow authenticity to show up and be in a space of receiving. Standout Quotes: “When we talk about being trauma-informed, it’s about being mindful of your own actions, how you’re showing up, and creating a space for others to be able to show up so they feel seen, heard, and valued.”- Carolyn [17:36]“Our intention is always going to be different than our desired impact.”- Carolyn [26:08]“The more power and privilege you have (positional or not), the more accountability you have to close this gap and welcome people into the discussion, an understanding, or sharing so that both experiences can be valued.”- Carolyn [30:55] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastCarolynSwora

It’s been over two years now since I stopped drinking alcohol, and I’m loving it and don’t miss it at all! Are you, like me, curious about your relationship with alcohol, or are you recognizing how your unconscious choices are stopping you from showing up as the best version of yourself? In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I share what inspired me to quit alcohol, how I navigated the journey, and the lessons I’ve learned so far. I also explain the never-ending benefits of quitting alcohol and how you can approach this journey. Listen in to learn why you need to ask yourself questions about the role of numbing habits in your life and how your life and purpose can change if you chose to quit. Key Takeaways: How not experiencing hangovers can shift your life and how you relate to others.How quitting a numbing habit can enable you to build healthier habits and stay committed.How you get curious and notice things about yourself when you quit numbing habits.How changing your relationship with alcohol will enable you to feel a deeper connection with yourself and others and show up for your purpose.How your unconscious choices stop you from being who you want to be and where you want to be in this world. Standout Quotes: “This is an invitation to be able to take a step back and ask yourself some questions and see if there are some new conscious choices you might want to make or an opportunity to perhaps shift your current relationship.”- Kristen [20:32]“It’s about recognizing where you might be making some unconscious choices that are not serving you and not getting you to where you want to be and who you want to be in the world.”- Kristen [22:42] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

What steps are you taking to build your emotional intelligence and mindfulness as a leader? An inspirational and mindful leader is aware of their own feelings and their teams’ feelings and how they impact their effectiveness. To become this leader, you must intentionally build your relationships by being accountable and leading with compassion. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Marc Lesser, a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. Before his business and coaching career, Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. He helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Listen in to learn how to become a better leader by building trust and connection with your team to make it easier to have difficult conversations. You will also learn the importance of bringing awareness and curiosity to your feelings and other people’s feelings to become better at solving conflict. Key Takeaways: How to start appreciating your sacredness to become a better human and leader.How to understand other people’s perspectives and our shared humanity with the 3-minute listening exercise.How to build trust and connection with your team to make it easier to have difficult conversations.How to become more aware of your patterns with conflict to notice when you overreact or underreact.How to create psychological safety in the workplace by bringing your vulnerability. Standout Quotes: “It takes some looking inward and some stopping in order to become aware of those beliefs we have beneath the surface.”- Marc [12:08]“Beginning an advanced lesson in working with conflict is separating the impact that someone’s words or actions have on us and being curious about their motivation or intention.”- Marc [25:51] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastMarcLesser

Did you attend this year’s Workhuman conference? If yes, what was your experience, and what were your major takeaways? With many speakers and topics ranging from DEIB to pivoting to workplace relationships, Workhuman Live was inspiring, thought-provoking and empowering. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jackye Clayton and Katee Van Horn. They’re two diversity, equity, & inclusion peeps who love both what they have in common and what makes them different. During the day, they use their superpowers to block bias and end systemic racism within companies and create equitable places to work. They launched the Inclusive AF Podcast in 2020, which is a place where you get to hear real, authentic, and sometimes tough discussions on issues that are important to various communities. Listen in to learn the power of being a professional troublemaker who advocates for others by asking tough questions and speaking up. You will also learn how giving the right energy and interactions can improve innovation in the workplace. Key Takeaways: The importance of being constantly ready for change in the workforce and in your career.How to advocate by asking tough questions and speaking up to give others the space to do the same.The importance of relational intelligence and energy in creating an innovation-driven and better workplace.The need to develop human skills that allow you to gauge what people need and how to best help them.How to maintain individual authenticity in the workplace while still encouraging innovation. Standout Quotes: “Change management isn’t something outside of your natural day job; change is just something that is always constant and happening.”- Katee Van Horn [04:10]“Being the professional troublemaker is about you being part of the change; it’s about you being the change you want to see in the world.”- Kristen [20:06] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/Workhumanpodcast

Who do you want to be as a leader, and how do you want to engage with your team? Conscious leadership is about recognizing your below-the-line thinking and habits and creating new habits that allow you to lead from above-the-line and teach your team members the same patterns. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss the critical role of conscious leadership in creating high-performing teams and organizations. Conscious leadership is about showing up in the world from a place of responding instead of from a place of reactivity. Listen in to learn the difference between the below-the-line victim mentality and the above-the line creator mentality and how to develop the latter. Key Takeaways: The seriousness of below-the-line versus the playfulness of above-the-line leadership.How leading above the line gives you the ability to notice patterns and create new habits.The learning and growth that occur when you engage in healthy communication with others.How to commit to creating new habits that lead to deeper relationships and creative problem-solving with conscious leadership. Standout Quotes: “Conscious leadership is the process by which a leader becomes radically responsible, self-aware, and focuses on building a culture of “we” rather than a culture of “me.”- Kristen [00:47] “The more you can neutrally non-judgmentally notice what you’re feeling, the more you can give space for that.”- Kristen [12:23] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

What can you do to look differently at what leadership means? In today’s world, leadership is more than meeting the bottom line results or operations; it’s about keeping the pipeline of engaged talented individuals who will continue to expand and evolve the organization. Effective leadership is also the ability to support and accept support from your team without feeling the need to be part of every task. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Sabine Gedeon, the Founder of Gedeon Enterprises, an advisory and professional development firm focused on supporting organizations and leaders in transforming how they lead and approach talent strategy & development. In 2021, Sabine launched SHELeads Network, a professional development and training community for women leaders, in response to the overwhelming changes in society, calling on more women to take the lead in their homes, communities, companies, and businesses. Listen in to learn how to effectively advocate for yourself as a leader by embracing coaching and guidance from your team. You will also learn how to build a network of supporters and your brand to strategically grow your career. Key Takeaways: How to shift your mindset and not let fear stop you from taking the risk to pivot your career.How to align with what’s important for you as a leader to allow effective support from your team.Develop the confidence to advocate for yourself and ask for help so you can lead effectively.The importance of having a success circle to advocate and guide your career growth. Standout Quotes: “Start to think about how you’re spending your time, what you’re doing, and how you’re developing your team and find the thing that’s true for you to help you overcome the need to be part of it.”- Sabine [25:52]“You have to fill your cup with whatever it is you need to be and feel whole in order for you to be effective in pouring that out.”- Sabine [27:04] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/SabineGedeon

What does the voice in your head tell you throughout your day? Is it positive and empowering or negative and critical? That inner critic was created through years of conditioning and is self-sabotaging and disempowering. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss how to practice self-compassion to get rid of the negative voice in your head. I explain how to get curious and aware of that voice, ask yourself the right questions, and shift the way you speak to yourself. Listen in to learn how practicing self-compassion allows you to prioritize self-care and achieve your goals and targets. Key Takeaways: How to become aware of the negative voice within and shift the way you talk to yourself.How practicing self-compassion allows you to prioritize taking better care of yourself.How to use journaling to get curious and introspective about your negative patterns and create new patterns.How self-compassion gives you a sense of fulfillment and acceptance as you are. Standout Quotes: “If you’re going to have more self-compassion, that also has to manifest in you taking care of yourself in terms of your mind, body, and soul.”- Kristen [06:20]“You start to be able to build your self-compassion when you create more space and stillness to reconnect with yourself.”- Kristen [07:21] ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

Have you heard of or attended the Workhuman conference? Workhuman Live is the game-changer of conferences, where the world’s best minds gather to share transformative ideas and to inspire a community of thousands to create more human workplaces everywhere. It offers an exciting experience that tackles relevant DEIB topics, actionable ways to reinvent work and creates an empowering space for people to learn and be recognized. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jackye Clayton and Katee Van Horn. They’re two diversity, equity, & inclusion peeps who love both what they have in common and what makes them different. During the day, they use their superpowers to block bias and end systemic racism within companies and create equitable places to work. They launched the Inclusive AF Podcast in 2020, which is a place where you get to hear real, authentic, and sometimes tough discussions on issues that are important to various communities. Listen in to learn the value you can get from attending the Workhuman conference, not just as an HR leader but also as a people leader. You will also learn the importance of creating spaces where others are recognized in an authentic and genuine way. Key Takeaways: How the Workhuman conference is set up to humanize the individuals that attend.The importance of creating spaces where others are recognized in an authentic and genuine way.How the Workhuman conference allows you to create a network of peers to support you in your HR work.How to impact your people by being human and reinforcing them as the most important piece of the organization. Standout Quotes: “It’s a life-changing conference to the experience not just in your knowledge but in your feeling for other people.”- Jackye Clayton [26:57]“It is those after the conversations conversations that are so helpful to know that you’re not alone and there are folks in HR dealing with those same issues.”- Katee Van Horn [21:14] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/Workhumanexperience

What are you doing as a leader to make your organization better in the future? To continuously improve and innovate your organization, you have to explore futures thinking which is about challenging or augmenting your vision. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Nikolas Badminton, a world-renowned futurist speaker and foresight thought leader who mentors leaders to create more connected, curious, and creative teams that embrace futures design to drive more profit and explosive growth. He has spent 30+ years working with leadership at over 300 leading organizations at the frontline of foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Intel, WM, United Way, Bayer, Bank of Canada, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, IDEO, UK Home Office and many more. Listen in to learn why you have to shift your mindset from what is to what if by practicing curiosity, courage, and creativity in your organization. You will also learn the importance of letting go of your biases to build trust and empower people to invest in their mental well-being. Key Takeaways: How to shift your mindset from what is to what if by practicing curiosity, courage, and creativity.The importance of thinking beyond your lifetime and how you can create a better world for generations to come.How to create a people-first organization by making sustainable and ethical decisions.How to let go of your biases to build trust and empower your people. Standout Quotes: “We have to think way beyond our lifetime, and beyond the lifetime of our children, how we can create a better world today that’s going to still be here in hundreds of years.”- Nikolas [20:50]“Anxiety and pressure are not fuel for creativity and business.”- Nikolas [32:39] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/NikolasBadminton