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Sophie Wade: The Future of Work is Already Here – Here’s How to Adapt
The “future of work” is not in the future – It’s already here, so let’s start calling it the new era of business and work. Especially coming out of the Pandemic, many leaders struggle with how to adapt to changing work requirements, current business challenges,…
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Saira Rao: Why White Women Need to Talk About Our Racism
Talking about racism is hard. But ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. Empathy requires us to be humble and curious and to sometimes have hard, honest, emotional conversations. Only in acknowledging wrongs can we make things right -and that actually benefits all of us. …
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Anita Nowak: How to Engage in Purposeful Empathy Whenever You Need It
You don’t have to wait for empathy to strike.You can intentionally choose to engage in what my guest today calls Purposeful Empathy to change the dynamic of any interaction. But how? And how do you maintain your own boundaries when being empathic is part of…
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Berwick Mahdi Davenport: The Solution to Ending Racism and Building Stronger Teams
Racism was designed to keep us apart, It was designed to create conflict and a scarcity mindset. When we’re socialized to hide our authentic selves and not bring who we really are to every interaction, we just cannot connect. Leaders, whether tackling diversity and inclusion…
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Brandon Miller: Leaders: Do You and Your Team Really Know Your Strengths?
Great leaders are self-aware about their own strengths and encourage their teams to be as well. They harmonize everyone’s strengths, including their own, so folks know when to lean in or rely on others. These leaders actively leverage strengths to achieve high performance, but it…
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December Hot Take: Who Do You Want to Be Next Year?
It’s already time to make space in your exceedingly full schedule to plan your goals for next year. So why does this happen to us, every year? I propose it’s because we go about planning all wrong. We start with all the things we think…
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John Buford & Sean Georges: On Mission Leadership
We all know that when it comes to leadership and accomplishing a mission, the US Military is hard to beat. But we think we understand what that means – it’s actually not about cold commands or ranks and titles. If you want to become a…
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Hot Take: Empathy for the Real Story of Thanksgiving
As we slide into Thanksgiving here in the United States, I’m facing mixed emotions about this holiday as I get older and wiser. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have a lot to be thankful for, but let’s talk for a second about the myth…
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Esther Weinberg: How to Grow, Scale, and Thrive Through Change You Never Asked For!
We’ve been through some serious business and culture shifts the last few years. But this is the way things always are. If it’s not COVID, it will surely be something else in the future. Remember, the only constant is change, even if you don’t ask…
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Andrea Nakayama: How The Empathy Trap Impacts Healthcare – and Leadership
If you’ve ever experienced the healthcare system due to a medical emergency or a chronic illness, then you know the system is often set up to deliver cookie cutter outputs based on inputs. There is little room for “true empathy” even though many healthcare professionals…
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Cori Lovejoy: A Trans Woman’s Journey Transforming Self and Organizational Culture
What is it like to go through life as a man, build a successful career, get married and have kids – and then come out as a woman in your late 40’s? What is it like to experience life from a different gender vantage point?…
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Mónica Guzmán: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Divided Political Times
How often do you challenge your assumptions about others and get curious – especially about those in your workplace or your family who have different views than you, political or otherwise? In our increasingly polarized society, my guest today, Mónica Guzmán, believes that we can’t…
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