Inspirational Leadership for People Managers, Executives & HR Leaders

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

What does life-work integration look like for you? When it comes to life-work integration, there is no one-size-fits-all. If you want to achieve your version of success and feel fulfillment and well-being, you must create space for introspection to get clear on your vision and make more aligned choices. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I discuss what life-work integration means and where ambitious, high-performing leaders can get stuck. I also explain the importance of getting clear on your values, what matters most to you, and your boundaries to have an aligned life-work integration. Listen in to learn how to redefine what success looks like for you to make it easier to develop behaviors, habits and actions that will lead to greater meaning, purpose and self-actualization. Key Takeaways: How to create the space for introspection that allows you to make more aligned choices.How to recognize what is true for you and honor your “Yes” and “No”.How getting clear on your boundaries will help you to make better decisions around life-work integration.How to have daring conversations and ask for what you need as a way to have healthier boundaries. ⇢ Let's connect! I love hearing from my community. Learn more about my programs and services at www.kristenharcourt.com

How do you take action and lead with courage in the middle of fear? When you’re scared of treading tough ground with your team, that’s when you should prepare and take action to set yourself up for success. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Kim Campbell, a retired Air Force Colonel who served in the Air Force for over 24 years as a fighter pilot and senior military leader. She has flown 1,800 hours in the A-10 Warthog, including more than 100 combat missions protecting troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2003, Kim was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism after successfully recovering her battle-damaged airplane after an intense close air support mission in Baghdad. She has experience leading complex organizations and driving cultural change. Kim is passionate about leadership and feels strongly that leaders earn trust by leading with courage and connecting with their team. Listen in to learn the importance of taking a step back in a critical situation and realize that you do have what it takes. You will also learn how to create a high-trust environment where people feel safe to share feedback and connect with you as a leader. Key Takeaways: Get your “step up voice” louder by preparing for failure and practicing some visualization techniques.How to be vulnerable and ask for support when needed to be the best leader you can be.How to show your team the human side of you to connect and create trust between you.The importance of taking a step back in a critical situation and realizing that you do have what it takes. Standout Quotes: “When we’re vulnerable, we create an environment of trust, and people are more willing to give feedback and point out a problem.”- Kim [20:35]“In moments when you’re feeling stressed or anxious, it’s best to take that step back, take a deep breath, and realize that you do have what it takes.”- Kim [30:48]“It is okay to be afraid, it is okay to be scared, but you have to put yourself in a position to now take action.”- Kim [40:37] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/KImCampbell

How do you define emotional intelligence? We talk a lot about emotional intelligence but are you really clear on what it encompasses? Emotional intelligence is a set of emotional and social skills that influence how we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information effectively and meaningfully. In this solo episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I define the different components of Emotional Intelligence and why it matters for you as a leader. I expand on why it is valuable for success in leadership but also for who you are in your personal life connecting with those around you. Listen in to learn more about EQ competencies and how emotional intelligence impacts you and those you interact with. Key Takeaways: How to understand your emotions and have more meaning and purpose personally and professionally as a leader.How to build meaningful relationships with those around you by tapping into empathy and social consciousness.The tools to help you improve your impulse control and be a better problem-solver.How to avoid chronic stress by adopting habits that allow you to work through stress more effectively. Standout Quotes: “Assertiveness is being direct but also being compassionate with the way you’re being direct.”– Kristen [4:55]“As you develop and grow in emotional intelligence, it impacts all of you.”– Kristen [11:41] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/EQpodcast

What does it mean to lead like a girl? To invest in wellness and humanize the workplace? Creating a workplace with more purpose and joy is about leading from a positive place and giving your people the space to achieve a high level of energy and productivity. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Dalia Feldheim, a marketing executive, the author of Dare to Lead Like a Girl, and an adjunct professor at the Singapore Management University, where she teaches The Science of Happiness. She has led some of the world’s most iconic advertising campaigns for Procter & Gamble including: Always #LikeAGirl (2014 winner of 14 Cannes awards and Forbes 2020 10 Most Influential Campaigns of the Century). She is also an organizational psychologist running heart- centered leadership development programs for some of the world’s largest tech companies. She is a co-founder, in partnership with Dr. Tal Ben Shahar, of Uppiness. Listen in to learn about Dalia’s five Ps of building holistic elements of leadership; purpose, perseverance, power up, people/relationships, and positivity. You will also learn about the importance of taking time from work to reflect on your ideas and find a balance. Key Takeaways: The importance of constantly building people resources in holistic elements.How to find your purpose, bring it into your work, and link it to team and company purpose.How to properly invest in wellness at work to achieve a high level of energy and productivity.The importance of resting and taking time off to be more focused and reflect on ideas.How to turn your pain into purpose by growing from where you were to where you want to go. Standout Quotes: “A good leader needs to be rotating between positive feminine and positive masculine traits.”- Dalia [6:11]“It’s magic when we manage to connect personal purpose to team purpose to company purpose.”- Dalia [16:15]“Courage is not the absence of fear; it’s about connecting to our superpowers and going ahead anyway.”- Dalia [47:44] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/DaliaFeldheim

Do you want to positively impact your people as a manager? It’s hard to be a good manager, and it takes work, but it also makes the job more meaningful and fun. To change how you show up and treat your people, you must be committed to setting your mindset correctly. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Jason Lauritsen, who is transforming management as a keynote speaker, trainer, and author. He liberates managers from outdated and inhumane practices, so they can cultivate human potential at work and improve people’s lives. His experience ranges from startup CEO to Fortune 1000 executive. He also spent several years leading the Best Places to Work program for an HR technology company, where he gained deep insight into some of the best workplaces in the world. He has authored two books; Unlocking High Performance and Social Gravity. Listen in to learn how to shift from the production mindset construct to the relationship, conversation, and cultivation mindset as a manager. You will also learn the power of embracing your privilege and choosing to use it for the benefit of the underprivileged. Key Takeaways: How to improve our leadership by enhancing our ability to have conversations that matter.How to shift from a production mindset to relationship, conversation, and cultivation mindsets as managers.The importance of utilizing your privilege and voice to benefit the less privileged and marginalized people.The power of owning your faults and being accountable for how you show up as a person and a leader. Standout Quotes: “At the heart of all of the issues that we have around leadership and management is the fundamental lack of relationship skills and specifically our inability to have the conversations that matter.”- Jason [9:22]“Privilege in of itself isn’t a bad thing; it’s what you do with it.”-Jason [32:44] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/JasonLauritsen

Have you ever thought about the brand principles of your favorite brand and how you can apply them in your own life? Brands focus on doing a lot of deep work to find a brand purpose and connect with people. Borrowing brand principles from brands you love and applying them to your life will help you tap into your emotions and connect with who you are and other people. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Keka DasGupta, a Professional Speaker, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trainer, Marketer, and Founder of the Art of Life-ing. Keka believes in moving people from helpless to helpful through a powerful, free currency called: Gratitude. As a 20-year award-winning PR/marketing veteran, Keka has dedicated her entire working life to studying the emotional undercurrents that connect people to people, and people to brands. She runs Gratitude workshops across North America for both students (with an anti-bullying focus) and corporate audiences (with a focus on building happy corporate cultures). Listen in to learn the power of quiet leadership in transforming individual employees, workplaces, cultures, and brands holistically. You will also learn how to help your people believe in themselves unconditionally so they can bring out the best in themselves. Key Takeaways: How giving ourselves permission to be our own advocate changes everything in our lives.The importance of allowing yourself to feel all the emotions and show up authentically.The power of quiet leadership in transforming workplaces, cultures, and brands holistically.How as a leader you can help your people believe in themselves unconditionally. Standout Quotes: ‘If we start with ourselves and give ourselves permission to be our own advocate, it changes everything.”- Keka [7:40]“Quiet leadership is not just for introverts and not just for extroverts; it is a way of being.”- Keka [29:07]“The most successful CEOs are the ones who see potential in their people before those people even see it for themselves, and then they help them rise to that occasion.”- Keka [33:45] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/KekaDasGupta

What are you doing as a leader to create a safe space for your people? It is crucial in these times for leaders to create safe spaces where their people can bring forth their feedback and concerns without fear. This helps them unload and feel heard and understood, which is, in turn, rewarding to the organization. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Farnoosh Brock, a passionate keynote speaker, high-energy trainer, published author, and the founder of the Serving Mindset. Her mission is to bring the Serving Mindset to professionals and leaders, shifting from driving our interest agendas to serving powerfully in our ecosystem. She believes this shift is key to building our future workplaces and cultures and taking care of our highest asset – our people. Listen in to learn the importance of centering the human element in the workplace for organizations to do right by their people. You will also learn the importance of working through your impostor syndrome to step into your power and own your expertise. Key Takeaways: The importance of the human element in the workplace for organizations to do right by their people.How to bring empathy and compassion into difficult conversations to create safe spaces in the workplace.How to build a feedback culture where people air their concerns and feel heard and understood.How to work through your impostor syndrome to step into your power and own your expertise. Standout Quotes: “The more successful I became in my career, the less fulfilled I was becoming on the inside.”– Farnoosh [2:06]“You can give some difficult feedback and still be compassionate; you separate the feedback from attacking the person.”– Farnoosh [19:00] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/FarnooshBrock

What type of leader are you when faced with a crisis? Are you an optimist, or pessimist, or do you personalize the crisis? How you show up in a time of crisis is a strong predictor of the quality of the leadership that you have. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Dr. Daniel Monehin, a leadership keynote speaker and adjunct professor. He uniquely combines real-world global leadership experience and rigorous empirical research. Dr. Daniel has had a 30-year career where he has held various leadership roles in diverse businesses, from start-ups to global businesses across wide-ranging industries. Listen in to learn why you can never sidestep crisis response as a leader, plus how to develop the skill of pragmatic optimism. You will also learn the importance of taking a pause and asking questions to understand a crisis in your organization instead of being dismissive. Key Takeaways: The power of being compelling in your message as a leader to influence people.How to take a pause and make your emotional side conscious to be able to lead with it.Learn to ask questions and be informed before you dismiss a crisis as a leader.How to harness goodwill from your people during a crisis by learning to externalize your feelings about it in a believable way. Standout Quotes: “In leadership development, if people don’t believe you, they’re not going to take your message.”- Dr. Daniel“You cannot delegate crisis response as a leader, actually, crisis is nothing other than a test of leadership.”- Dr. Daniel [28:14] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/DrDanielMonehin

How are you working towards connecting people in your organization as a leader? Do you have a working strategy in place on diversity, equity, and inclusion? For DEI to work in any organization, leaders must commit to a strategy aimed at connecting people and having them work together. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Tara Robertson, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant and leadership coach. She analyzes qualitative and quantitative HR data to diagnose what companies’ biggest diversity and inclusion issues are and works with internal stakeholders to co-design interventions based on research best practices and experience about what actually moves the needle. Listen in to learn the importance of having an organizational strategy on diversity, equity, and inclusion. You will also learn how to be mindful and fully present in the way you show up as a leader to yourself and others. Key Takeaways: The uncomfortable conversations we need to have to establish a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy.How to engage your body, heart, and spirit to help you notice when things are not working out.How to achieve mindfulness and be fully present for yourself and others around you.Learn and take action to disrupt discriminatory behavior in yourself and others. Standout Quotes: “We need to collectively dream the future that we want.”- Tara [19:28]“We need to engage our hearts, spirits, and bodies; our bodies give us messages when things are not okay.”- Tara [23:22] ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastTaraRobertson

For this week’s Inspirational Leadership Podcast I spoke with Lou Adler who's The Sherlock Holmes of Recruitment and CEO and Founder of The Adler Group. He has over 1.4 Million followers on Linkedin and is one of the top bloggers on LinkedIn’s Influencer program writing about the latest trends in hiring, employment, and recruiting. Lou is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired. He has been featured on Fox News and his articles and posts can be found on Inc. Magazine, BusinessInsider, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. Lou realized that the hiring process was broken so he invented what’s now famously known as the ‘Performance-based Hiring' model. With over 40 years in the recruiting industry, Lou's company ‘The Adler Group’ has trained over 40,000 hiring managers and placed over 1500 executives for many of the fastest-growing companies with clients including Disney, General Dynamics and Paycom. In this episode we discuss how to focus on performance objectives when hiring, clarifying expectations, improving interview skills, assessing emotional intelligence and the most important interview question of all time. ⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/PodcastLouAdler