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Lead Like YOU! The Courageous Leadership Podcast
by Anne Koopmann-SchmidtWelcome to Lead Like YOU! The Courageous Leadership Podcast with Anne Koopmann. This podcast supports emerging leaders and small business owners to step up with confidence and lead with impact! Anne is a former engineer and senior leader in the manufacturing industry and now Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Lecturer and Speaker. Throughout her 10 year career in the corporate world, she has learned first hand what it takes to become a courageous leader. Anne will be your coach to support you to gain confidence, have the difficult conversations, and build your courageous leadership brand.
Copyright: Anne Koopmann-Schmidt
Episodes
023. How to set your Boundaries as a Leader
8m · PublishedIn today's episode, I am sharing powerful strategies to set boundaries at work, especially as a leader.
Why is it important to talk about boundaries as leaders?
Setting boundaries is a significant leadership skill. As you move up the leadership ladder, you will have increased demands on your time. You will have to manage your own work, the work of your team members and manage relationships at all levels of the organisation.
Setting boundaries means defining what is "ok" and what is not "ok". It means defining where you place your attention, which habits you want to build, and which processes you set with others.
Enforcing boundaries can be difficult. It also often comes with consequences and might disappoint people. But by managing your boundaries, you will build trust, manage your emotional energy and lead by example.
In today's episode we dive into why boundaries are important and how you can implement them in your leadership.
The different types of boundaries I mention:
- Emotional
- Material
- Time
- Physical
- Mental
These questions are here to help dive deeper into how you can implement these boundaries and discover more about where you stand with them. Try them for yourself:
- Where do I need to set and define better boundaries for myself?
- What are the areas that I am finding I have not really defined for myself? But are very important to me?
- How much do I want to give myself?
- Which area do I need to define and set better boundaries with others?
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep listening?
Discover your leadership values in Episode 5
Learn more about psychological safety in Episode 10
Ready for more?
Download my free workbook - Lead with your values
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
022. 5 Tips to Navigate Difficult Conversations
6m · PublishedHow do you navigate difficult conversations in the workplace?
As a leader, you often have to engage in difficult conversations. It can feel tempting to avoid the conversation and wait for things to pass. This does not lead to any resolution and can cause more issues in the future. So how do you handle difficult conversations in the workplace?
Avoiding these conversations can have a negative impact on the relationships with your peers, with your colleagues, with your manager and with your team members. It's important you engage in difficult conversations because it shows you have the courage to speak up, to be vulnerable and to talk about things that might cause discomfort at the start. However, they can lead to great progress.
Your direct reports also need your feedback. They want feedback.
In todays we look at five tips that will help you to make this a little bit easier for the next time you have to prepare and engage in a difficult conversation.
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep learning?
Watch: Navigating your emotions at work
Ready for more? Download my free workbook - Lead with your values Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me: Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
021. How to regulate your emotions in the workplace
12m · PublishedHow do you manage emotions in the workplace?
We all get emotional. We are human beings. We express emotion daily. There are times in our day to day where we can struggle with emotions. Where they can get the better of us. In these moments we can often say or do things we regret later. So, how can we manage emotions in the workplace to prevent conflict?
You might need to learn how to regulate your emotions in the heat of the moment. Whenever you are overwhelmed, angry, frustrated or sad, it is important to recognise but then regulate in the workplace.
In todays episode we dive into the things you can keep in mind when you need to manage your emotions at work.
Self regulation is a big part of Emotional Intelligence, which starts with self-awareness. Self-awareness means that you are aware of what your emotions are doing with your body. Let’s go through some questions that can help:
- What is the trigger for your emotional reactions?
- What are certain situations that always set you off?
- What are things that are important to you?
- If you're feeling a certain emotion, how does that impact the thoughts and the things you tell yourself and impact your behaviour?
- How does it feel when you start to lose control?
- How does it feel in your body?
In todays episode I also share some techniques to calm yourself down. Including:
- Breathe deeply
- Take a step back, literally
- Take a break/ Remove yourself from the situation
- Go for a walk/ Take a shower
- Distract yourself/ Shift your focus
- Write about it
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep listening?
How to lead with your Values
https://www.annekoopmann.com/podcast/ep005-how-to-lead-with-your-leadership-values/
How to create Psychological Safety in your team
https://www.annekoopmann.com/podcast/010-how-to-create-psychological-safety-in-teams/
Ready for more?
Download my free workbook - Lead with your values
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
020. 8 Tips to Create a Positive Workplace Culture
9m · PublishedHow do you create a positive workplace culture?
A positive workplace culture at its core is an environment where team members really enjoy coming to work. A place that provides inspiration, creativity and team members are engaged in their roles. Everyone is contributing towards a similar goal and are in the business to make a difference.
What does a positive workplace culture look like for you? What is your own definition of a positive work environment?
If you aren’t sure where to start to achieve this, or are looking for inspiration to create a positive place of work for your team, today on the podcast I’m sharing my top 8 tips to create a positive workplace culture.
Including:
- Why knowing your values, your team values & the company values are so important
- Building trust and creating psychological safety
- Fostering workplace relationships and connection
- Why having a common purpose is important
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep listening?
Ep 5 - How to lead with your Values
Ep 10 - How to create Psychological Safety in your team
Ready for more?
Download my free workbook - Lead with your values
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
019. Mindful Leadership with Laetitia Andrac
44m · PublishedWhat is mindful leadership?
Today we’re joined by Laetitia Andrac who shares that a mindful leader is someone who first has awareness about their own needs, and stops when they need and sets clear boundaries and so on. It’s a leader who waits to respond, who holds the space for their team, and allows for everyone to just be still and trust that the right plan is coming.
Laetitia is a holistic business coach and a ‘soul+biz doula’. She helps womxn leaders and entrepreneurs in creating a soul aligned business, career and life. She is making ancient spiritual wisdom accessible for busy modern-day women. She has a solid grounding in mindfulness (started meditation at 5-year-old) and spirituality (lineage of healers), along with an authentic ‘say it as it is’ approach and impressive business savvy and strategic background (with her 12+ years in business and leadership).
Together we explore:
- What is mindful leadership
- How do you cultivate a more mindful work environment
- What are the benefits of mindfulness
- How the mindful leader experiences stressful times in a more peaceful way
- How to make a meeting and collaboration more mindful
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Ready for more?
Join the new 12-week Courageous Leadership Group Coaching Program. Click here
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
Connect with Laetitia:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essential.shift/
Website to access Free Rituals Guide : www.essentialshift.co
The Essential Shift podcast: https://anchor.fm/essential-shift
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
018. 10 things I with I knew before I became a Leader
20m · PublishedIn this episode, I’m sharing ten things I wish I had known before becoming a leader.
Because I've been there. I've been a leader in the engineering and corporate world for 10 years and in that time, I really quickly moved up the leadership ladder. I started with a small team and then I got to lead bigger teams all the way to senior leadership role, where I actually managed teams in different countries in Australia and Southeast Asia.
I've learned many things along the way. There were a lot of challenges that I had to face on this journey in a male dominated environment. I set myself really high targets and was often very self critical. I was doubting myself and I was really hard on myself as well. There were many moments where I struggled, where I didn't know how to manage difficult employees, where I had to have really difficult and tough conversations. So there's a lot that I learned along the way and some things I wish I had known just a little bit earlier, so that could either release some pressure or use some really beneficial strategies straight away.
So today, I share some of those things, including:
Invest in your own training and development (especially if you’re employer won’t) Your relationships may change and it can be lonely at times Check your unconscious bias regularly Strong leadership is about influence not authority And of course, lead like you because being authentic & vulnerable builds trust
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep learning?
Learn more about Unconscious Bias in this YouTube Series
Ready for more?
Join the new 12-week Courageous Leadership Group Coaching Program. Click here
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
017. The Secret to Leading Hybrid Teams: Emotional Intelligence
25m · PublishedIn this episode, we're going to talk about how we can make hybrid teams work by tuning into our emotional intelligence. Now more than ever, is it going to be important to focus on the human connection. To really focus on powerful relationships and on the wellbeing of our employees.
By now we all have come to the conclusion that our way of working has changed and potentially has changed forever. There's going to be some mix of working from home and working in the office.
So, how can we make this work? There's a real challenge now for leaders and managers to start to look at: how can I, as a leader, support my team remotely, but also support my team when there are some people in the office and some are working from home, how can I build the connection? How can I understand my team better?
Today, we’re going to talk about how to answer those questions.
In this episode, I talk all about:
- The logistical and practical challenges of managing a hybrid team
- Tips to supporting your team members both in person and remotely
- Three key strategies to communicating with your hybrid team and boosting human connection
- And tuning into the emotional intelligence of ourselves and our team members
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep listening?
3 ways to use Emotional Intelligence to communicate with Impact in Episode 2
5 Steps to build an Effective Team in Episode 3
4 Tips To Lead Through Uncertainty And Change in Episode 4
Ready for more?
Join my free masterclass "How to become a confident leader in a hybrid work place" on 17 February. www.annekoopmann.com/hybridleader
Join the new 12-week Courageous Leadership Group Coaching Program. Click here
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Download the free guide - 20 Tips to develop your EQ
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
016. 8 Characteristics of Authentic Leaders
8m · PublishedWhat are the benefits of authentic leadership? How does it support those around you?
If you are authentic, if you're vulnerable, you're also creating an environment that lets others be themselves and show more of themselves and feel safe to be themselves. And that will lead to a lot of amazing benefits.
These benefits include bigger trust, better relationships with colleagues and with the leader. Higher employee engagement, boosted productivity. If we can start to focus more on what's right with ourselves and other people, instead of what's wrong and what we have to fix. So by creating this authentic leadership and this environment of psychological safety, we can fully step into this leadership and create a culture that is just so powerful.
So let's look at the key characteristics of authentic leaders and help you to step into your authentic leadership a little bit more today.
In this episode, I talk all about:
- The benefits of authentic leadership
- 8 key characteristics of authentic leaders, including:
- How authentic leaders have self-awareness and are transparent
- How they are courageous and ready to step into discomfort
- And how they create a psychologically safe environment for others to step into their authenticity
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Want to keep listening?
Discover your leadership values in Episode 5
Learn more about psychological safety in Episode 10
Ready for more?
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Want to lead with your values, grab the Values workbook here.
Join the new 12-week Courageous Leadership Group Coaching Program. Click here
Register for my monthly Lead Like YOU! Newsletter by clicking here
References:
Article: ‘Most Employees Feel Authentic at Work, but It Can Take a While’
Article: ‘Great Cultures Begin With Authentic Leaders’
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
015. 4 Myths of Authentic Leadership
16m · PublishedHave you ever been told to fake it until you make it? I'm sure that a lot of you have heard that before.
The thing though, and the problem with faking it until we make it or wearing a mask is that we can't really keep that up. And then the real problem here lies, that the people that you lead, they wouldn't really know the real you. And they will see through that mask.
And that will lead to a lack of trust because they don't really know who you are.
Today, we are talking about four big misconceptions of authentic leadership and learning how to remove that mask and lead authentically.
In this episode, I talk all about:
- Four big myths of authentic leadership
- How authentic leadership doesn’t equal oversharing unnecessarily
- How authentic leadership is not a permission slip to be rude
- A new approach to finding your unique leadership style
If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your IG stories and tag me @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Ready for more?
Discover your Authentic Leadership Superpower. Take the quiz now!
Join the new 12-week Courageous Leadership Group Coaching Program. Click here
Register for my monthly Lead Like YOU! Newsletter by clicking here
Connect with me:
Follow me on Instagram @annekoopmann_leadlikeyou
Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annekoopmannleadlikeyou
Let’s connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/annekoopmann
Check out my website: www.annekoopmann.com
If you enjoyed this episode, please let me know by leaving a 5 star review on iTunes. I really appreciate it and it helps others to find us and listen too!
014. Understand Your Leadership Style with Amy Lezala-Zahr
40m · PublishedLead Like YOU! The Courageous Leadership Podcast has 25 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 8:20:22. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 26th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 5th, 2024 10:49.
