Key Conversations for Leaders

JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf is the Founder of Manage Global, a business advisory, leadership-management consulting firm.  Over the last few years, she has been recognized as a global influencer being named to lists such as Top 100 Most Inclusive HR influencers, Top 50 Global HR Influencers, to name a few.  She has also been quoted or featured in a variety of media such as NBC News, Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, among others.  She is author of several books including her most recent: The Human Quotient: The Most Potent Force for Your Business Success and Show Me The Money! Solving the Mystery of ROI to Unlock Profits & Increase Company Value.

Inside This Episode

• Finding Your Road Map Out of Uncertainty
• Developing Flexibility and Agility
• Harnessing the Power of Humility
• Why Previous Successes Can Hold Us Back
• A Simple Strategy to Create an Innovative Culture
• What it Really Takes to Develop Your Team
• The Real Cost of Untrained Managers
• Collaborative Leadership
• The Raw Ingredients of Effective Decision-Making
• Creating Boundaries to Stay in the Flow
• How to Unplug to Recharge

Links:

Website

LinkedIn 

Twitter

Rebecca Fraser-Thill is a coach, consultant, speaker, and writer.  She has a Masters in Developmental Psychology from Cornell and is a Faculty Member at Bates College.  She’s been featured in publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek, Business Insider, The Oprah Magazine and is a senior contributor at Forbes.  She works with professionals around the world helping them find more meaningful and fulfilling work and lives.

Inside This Episode

• Finding the Path
• Finding Meaning In the Here and Now
• Why Happiness Doesn’t Fulfill and What Does
• The Role of Difficulty in Finding Flow
• Creating Positive Feedback Loops
• Cultivating a Culture of Flow and Meaning
• A Realistic Approach to Talking About Meaning With Your Team
• A Simple Question to Find Meaning Every Day
• Finding Mentors Hiding in Plain Sight
• How Authentic Listening Can Change A Life

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

Gregg Vanourek is a leadership developer, executive, and award-winning author, delivering training, speaking, coaching, and consulting on leadership and life and work design. Gregg currently runs Gregg Vanourek LLC, a training and development venture and was previously a tech startup exec at K12 Inc, now a market leader with a billion in sales.

Gregg is co-author of three influential books, including “LIFE Entrepreneurs” and “Triple Crown Leadership.” His writing has appeared in or been reviewed by Fast Company, BusinessWeek, NY Times, Entrepreneur, and Harvard Business blogs, among others. He is a graduate of both Yale and the London School of Economics and has a TedX talk called Discover Mode: Find Your Quest.

Inside This Episode

• Overcoming the Disappointment of Traditional Leadership
• The Emerging Value of Social Leadership
• How Values & Vision Can Backfire, If Done Incorrectly
• The Most Essential Aspect of Leadership
• The Key Ingredient to Driving Customer Value
• Balancing the Head and the Heart in Business
• How to Be a Life Entrepreneur
• Developing Organizational Flow
• Why Leaders Need to See the Big Picture
• The Rhythm of Being a Leader
• Don’t Just Delegate & Empower…Unleash!
• The Mindset of Startup Leadership
• Where Effective Leadership Truly Begins

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Books

Dr. Mark Goulston is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. Mark is the author or co-author of seven books including the international best-selling books: "Get Out of Your Own Way," "Just Listen," "Real Influence" and "Talking to Crazy." He has contributed to Harvard Business Review, Biz Journals, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today and appears widely in the media including CNN, Wall St. Journal, NY Times, Fortune and Forbes. He appears frequently as a subject area expert on television, radio and podcasts and he hosts his own podcast called “My Wakeup Call” where he interviews influencers about their wakeup calls.

Inside This Episode

• Listening To vs. Listening For
• Insights Into Imposter Syndrome and the Fear of Irrelevancy
• Surgical Empathy
• The Life-Changing Power of True Connection
• Why You’re Really Listening for 1 1 1 6
• Talking to Crazy and Using FUD CRUD
• Mark’s Personal Story about 2nd Chances
• Change Your Life With the HUVA Technique

Links:

Website

LinkedIn

Twitter

Books

Ted Talk

Dr. Paul White is a psychologist, author, speaker, and consultant who makes work relationships work. He has written articles for and been interviewed by Bloomberg’s Business Week, CNN/Fortune.com, Entrepreneur.com, Fast Company, and many more.

Dr. Paul is the coauthor of three books including, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace written with Dr. Gary Chapman (author of the #1 NY Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages).

Inside This Episode

• Conflicting Realities at Work
• Appreciation Language vs. Love Language
• The Link Between Appreciation & Engagement
• Why Appreciation Goes Beyond Recognition
• Investing In the Long-Term Employee Relationship
• The #1 Feedback People DON’T Want to Hear
• Why People May NOT Want You to Speak Their Appreciation Language
• The Most Common Appreciation Languages
• A Simple Strategy to Create Team Connections Remotely
• Why Investing In Relationships Can Increase Effectiveness
• The Pervasive Problem of Miscommunication
• How to Create Meaningful Investments In Your Employees
• The Key to Getting Started in Creating a Culture of Appreciation
• How Getting a Clear Idea Of Where You Are Can Change Your Future
• The Power of Appreciation in Increasing Performance and Engagement

Links:

Websites: www.drpaulwhite.com & www.appreciationatwork.com

LinkedIn: Paul White, Ph.D.

Twitter: @drpaulwhite

Books: Amazon

Dr. Vikram Mansharamani is a global trend-watcher who shows people how to anticipate the future, manage risk, and spot opportunities. He is the author of the recently-released THINK FOR YOURSELF: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence and BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst. 

He has as PhD and two Masters degrees from MIT and a bachelors from Yale.  In addition to having been a lecturer at Yale, and currently lecturing at Harvard, Vikram advises Fortune 500 CEOs to help them navigate uncertainty.  His ideas and writings have appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, the New York Times, among many others.  He also shares his ideas on his Think For Yourself Podcast and today we have the great fortune of having him here on the show.

Inside This Episode

• Why We Outsource Our Thinking
• The Risk of Being A Specialist
• Finding Data-Driven Insights
• The Double-Edged Sword of Focus
• Knowing When NOT to Focus
• Discovering The Shadow of Your Attention
• The Blind Spots of Expertise
• The Downside of Cohesiveness & The Need for Outside Partners
• Make Better Decisions By Focusing On What You Don’t Know
• The Simple Secret to Strengthen Your Thinking and Broaden Your Mind
• When Planning For Success, Focus on Failure
• When You Might Want to Outsource Your Thinking
• Ethics, Empathy, and a Chance Meeting with Bob Woodward

Links:

Website: http://www.mansharamani.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrammansharamani/

Twitter: @mansharamani

Books: Dr. Vikram's Books

TEDx: https://youtu.be/E5qMFHTs-wE

As the Founder of Distribute Consulting and the Remote Work Association, Laurel Farrer she leverages virtual workforces to solve corporate and socioeconomic concerns. A global thought leader on the topic of remote work, Laurel collaborates with the world's leading businesses and governments to eliminate virtual worker discrimination, prevent policy retraction, increase remote job accessibility, train distributed leaders, and design economic initiatives. Laurel is also a Forbes Contributor.

Inside This Episode

• The Global Implications of Remote Work
• The Evolving Workplace
• Managing the Pendulum of Change Management
• Risk Factors for Remote Work Discrimination
• Maintaining Engagement and Performance with Remote Work
• Who Works Longer Hours? Remote or Onsite?
• A Simple Strategy to Avoid Remote Burnout
• The Truth About Working From Home
• The Implicit Bias Impacting Remote Workers
• Changing The Way We Measure Performance
• Letting Results Speak For Themselves
• The Future of Remote Work

Links:

www.laurelfarrer.com

https://www.distributeconsulting.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-farrer/

Twitter: @laurel_farrer

Scott is a Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond.  He has published over 100 articles and authored numerous books on heroism and leadership, including 'Heroes' and 'Heroic Leadership'.  His work has been featured in USA Today, NY Times, LA Times, NPR, and Psychology Today, among others.  He has received Richmond's Distinguished Educator Award and the Virginia Council of Higher Education's Outstanding Faculty Award.

We’ll be covering

• Tapping Into Heroic Drive
• The Power of Imperfection
• The Role of Relatability
• Heroism is Born From Adversity
• Preparing for the Moment
• The Human Journey is the Hero’s Journey
• Why Learning About Heroism is Trans-Rational (and what that means)
• The Connection Between Stories and Empathy
• Accelerate Your Learning Through Fables
• Courage In Today’s Corporate Environment
• Leadership and Legacy
• Finding Meaning in the Company’s Story
• Roberto Clemente and the Heart of Leadership
• Leaders Grow Leaders

Links:

Website: http://t.co/DI5HqDENuh?amp=1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heroes/

Twitter:  @HeroesToday

Books: Dr. Allison's Amazon Page

Dr. Matthew Hurtienne is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Business and Director of the Doctorate of Business Administration at Concordia University Wisconsin.  He is also the Director of Morph Advisors Consulting.

Inside This Episode

• Becoming a Servant Leader
• Planning For the Unknown
• The Power of Scenario Planning
• A Timeline of Creating Buy-In
• Building Relationships with Authenticity
• Creating a Culture of Transparency
• The End of Punching In and Punching Out
• Commitment, Engagement, and Retention
• Adapting Your Leadership to Your Team
• Overcoming Obstacles with Persistence
• Balancing the Environment and the Individual
• Creating A Unified Organization in a Polarized World
• Humility, Learning, Adaptiveness, and Performance

Links:

Website: www.morphadvisors.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewhurtienne/

Joseph Young is a Software Solutions Architect, founder and CEO of Kuvio Creative, a software, design, branding, and marketing company.  They are location-independent agency serving clients throughout the world.

Inside This Episode:

• Lead Through Relationships, Not Roles
• Creating More Results With Less Effort
• Increasing Commitment Through Emergent Culture
• Developing Your Mission, Vision, and Values
• Stop Erasing the Majority of Your Company
• Getting Into The Zone at 30,000 Feet
• Creating A Self-Engaged Workforce
• If You Want to Get, Learn to Give
• Global Deference in Creating Empowerment
• How Defining Your Own Title Creates Ownership

Links:

Website:  https://www.kuv.io/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephayoungmcsd/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrJosephYoung

Email: [email protected]