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Episode 29 – Leaders Who Give a Damn | Safe Spaces

murray — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 04:11:37 +0000

Episode 29 – Leaders who give a damn | Creating safe spaces

Leadership Conversations with Becky Hammond

This conversation is part 4 of a special podcast series where Becky Hammond and I discuss effective and inspiring leadership.

In the final part of the Leaders Who Give a Damn podcast series, we delve into the role of leaders creating a culture where people feel safe.

Over this series, I partnered with Becky from Isogo Strong and if you know her at all, you know that she is a maven in the Strengths world. Becky partners with organisations across the USA to build cultures where people are more engaged and thrive. Becky also inspires couples and mums to look at life differently through a lens of strengths, focussing on what’s right and getting more flow back into their lives.

Together, we get to chat about some aspects of leadership that are perhaps LEAST talked about yet have the opportunity to be MOST impactful in your role as leader. Whether you are in that role as a leader now or it is in your future, this series is for you.

In this episode we discuss how creating safe spaces is all about trust – and freedom. The freedom to fail, to make mistakes, to have tough conversations and resolve conflict, and the freedom to talk about how you feel and not be judged by your leader or your peers. The greatest success with implementing this is everyone knowing the difference between freedom and expectation.

We also discuss examples of spaces that are not safe and the further impact this had on the team and even the customers – it’s a long game that has far reaching effect.

Other key takeaways from this episode include:

The steps leaders need to take to start creating safe spaces – hint, it starts with how you show up!
How we build a culture of trust and meeting the four needs of our followers
How to create an environment where there’s a collaborative and ongoing conversation.

So, catch this conversation about Leaders Who Give a Damn on your favourite podcast app.

Check out www.leaderswhogiveadamn.com to download your free infographic of 90 tips to be a Leader Who Gives A Damn. Also check out the quiz to find out if you’re a leader who gives a damn!

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Episode 28 – Leaders who give a damn | Being more effective by doing less

murray — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 01:59:26 +0000

Episode 28 – Leaders who give a damn | Being more effective by doing less

Leadership Conversations with Becky Hammond

This conversation is part 3 of a special podcast series where Becky Hammond and I discuss effective and inspiring leadership.

In the third part of this special Leaders Who Give A Damn podcast series, we unpack the notion of doing less in the realm of leadership.

When you think about the role of leaders, there are a broad range of responsibilities, tasks and activities that leaders need to do. Often leaders can feel overwhelmed with all the stuff they need to do and how this gets in the way of the role of being a leader for the people that need their leadership every day.

There is a different way and in this conversation, Becky and I explore achieving a bigger, more effective impact in your leadership through doing less.

We explore why it is so easy to stay in the notion of ‘busy’ especially where you are using the momentum of the busyness to keep all the plates spinning. But is it about doing and rushing and being busy…or should it be about enjoying the journey and being connected with people, too?

With busyness we can often get caught up in excess things filling our day. We need to start by asking, is this element that is filling my day really needed? We can also explore Professor Sidney Dekker’s concept of asking yourself (or your team!), “What’s the stupidest thing I have to do?” to open up the conversation around what is not effective in a role or task, and perhaps do something about it. Providing opportunities where your team feels like they can be more effective by doing less is also an important part of leadership.

It was such a great conversation, with real takeaways that you can apply right away, some of the key highlights on this episode include:

How can we implement the Lean strategy within leadership – achieving more with less and removing waste.
Strategies to analyse your daily tasks and achieve more through less.
The leadership mindset to embrace to be an effective leader, here’s a hint – it’s not always about doing more! 😉

So, catch this conversation about Leaders Who Give a Damn on your favourite podcast app.

Check out www.leaderswhogiveadamn.com to download your free infographic of 90 tips to be a Leader Who Gives A Damn. Also check out the quiz to find out if you’re a leader who gives a damn!

Next up is the final conversation in this four-part series, where we explore the importance in leadership in creating safe spaces.

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Episode 27 – Leaders who give a damn | How you show up

murray — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:25:16 +0000

Episode 27 – Leaders who give a damn | How you show up

Leadership Conversations with Becky Hammond

This conversation is part 2 of a special podcast series where Becky Hammond and I discuss effective and inspiring leadership.

In the second part of the Leaders Who Give a Damn podcast series, we delve into the importance in how you show up, how relationships are so interconnected and affect each other.

In this episode we discuss just how much your personal relationships impact the relationships you have at work, and why we also mustn’t forget our relationship with ourselves AND our own health as well.

Are you picking up and taking action on early health signs, just as you would take action on metrics not being delivered on at work?

We also jump into planning and preparation, including how your physical environment looks (inbox, desk space, etc), so you can continue to show up and give your best to your team, your family and your self, and why there is an important emphasis on a solid and inspiring morning routine to get your mind into work mode – including being purposeful about your journey to work and how you spend it.

Key takeaways from this episode include:

Whether you like it or not, as a leader, you’re on show. You influence others whether you like it or not. It becomes a ’trickle-down’ culture.
Why it’s super important to prepare and plan for the next day or next week, reflecting on what has gone well and what the new focus is.
As a leader, showing up for your team is directly affected by your relationships outside of the work environment, how you treat your health, the status of your environment and how you show up for meetings.

So, catch this conversation about Leaders Who Give a Damn on your favourite podcast app.

Check out www.leaderswhogiveadamn.com to download your free infographic – 90 tips to be a Leader Who Gives A Damn. Also check out the quiz to find out if you’re a leader who gives a damn!

Next up is part three of this four-part series, where we focus on being a better leader through doing less.

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Episode 26 – Leaders who give a damn | It’s the little things

murray — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:49:24 +0000

Episode 26 – Leaders who give a damn | It’s the little things

Leadership Conversations with Becky Hammond

This conversation is part 1 of a special podcast series where Becky Hammond and I discuss effective and inspiring leadership.

When Becky and I get together it’s like a powerhouse conversation, and this first episode in the Leaders Who Give a Damn (LWGAD) podcast series is no different. We discuss what are the little things that superstar leaders do on a daily basis (and your mindset around it), how to lead when your Strengths don’t lie within the relationship building category, and how breath work can enhance leadership skills.

In this episode we also delve into the awareness that leaders have around where they’re investing their time, and how much time they’re investing into the technical aspects of their role versus the leadership elements of the role. And why every time you have a chance to interact with someone in a small way, starts to create a culture – whether you are present to it or not.

Key highlights include:

Why you need to have a workplace morning routine too – it sets the tone for the culture of the day
Leadership is not just a role, it’s not an aspect that you ‘tick the box’ on a daily/weekly/monthly basis – it’s a way to show up
Why the old style working relationship between managers and people isn’t working – the practice of command and control is just not inspiring.

So, catch this conversation about Leaders Who Give a Damn on your favourite podcast app.

Check out www.leaderswhogiveadamn.com to download your free infographic of 90 tips to be a Leader Who Gives A Damn. Also check out the quiz to find out if you’re a leader who gives a damn!

Next up is part two of this four-part series, where we focus on how you show up within your leadership role.

Listen in your favourite app

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