The Leadership Growth Podcast
Timely, relevant leadership topics to help you grow your ability to lead effectively.
New episodes every other Tuesday since January 30, 2024.
Episodes
65 episodes
Adversity Doesn't End Your Story, It Rewrites It
Everyone faces adversity. Today’s guest asks, “If something happens that derails your life, what is the initiative that you're willing to take to pave the road to make things possible?”After losing his sight in 2011, André van Hall learn...
The Friction Problem Nobody's Talking About
From food delivery to dating, much of modern life is designed to help us eliminate friction.But today’s guest suggests that we may have eliminated too much friction.Ross Blankenship is an organizational psychologist, executive coa...
Don't Let Your Organization Fall Behind on AI
By the time you read this sentence, the AI landscape has already changed, says Bala Muthiah, Director of Engineering for Lyft.“It’s like A Tale of Two Cities,” he says, citing the tension between champions and skeptics. “There a...
Strategic Resilience in the Age of AI
Resilience isn't a personality trait, says today's guest, Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier. "It is a state” that runs from high to low on a continuum.Dr. Pelletier, also known as MH, is a leadership psychologist, executive coach, and senior le...
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Navigating Constant Change: A Strengths Perspective
“Change fatigue is real,” says today’s guest, Tiffany Harvey. “And everyone really navigates change very differently.”Tiffany is a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths® coach and client partner to Gallup. She led the CliftonStrengths progra...
Habit Building for Leaders
Between 45 and 50% of your daily actions are habitual, says today’s guest, Dr. Ron Dufresne.Dr. Dufresne is a Professor of Management and Director of the Leadership, Ethics and Organizational Sustainability Program at St. Joseph’s Univer...
Creating Mentally and Emotionally Strong Leaders
What if the same drive that built your career is quietly eroding your relationships at home?When leaders ignore how their behaviors at work are affecting their most important relationships, it leads to exhaustion and burnout, says Lisa S...
What NOT to Do During Your First 90 Days
Whether it’s your first leadership role or one you’ve entered after decades of leading people, one thing is sure: your first 90 days in a new position can make or break your tenure.In today’s conversation, Daniel and Peter look at what l...
How to Become an AI-Native Organization
When it comes to AI, just about everyone is experiencing some “fear of missing out” right now, says Melissa Reeve. “It’s not just executives. It’s not just your average individual. It’s even people who are writing the code.”Humans are “n...
Connecting Strategy with Talent Development, Part 2
Do you have 27 years of experience or one year repeated 27 times?Too many people find themselves stuck on repeat in their careers–doing the same thing over and over without new challenges or opportunities. While it’s true that everyone b...
Iterative Leadership in the Digital Age
What does it mean to be a “flawless” leader?And is “flawless” leadership even possible?Today’s guest believes it is. Christian “Boo” Boucousis is an author, keynote speaker, and CEO of Afterburner, an organization dedicated to bui...
Connecting Strategy with Talent Development, Part 1
Complicated. Difficult. Overwhelming.These are some of the most common words leaders use when facing talent development and succession planning. What positions are most critical, important, or essential? Who are the best candida...
How to Adopt a Leader Mindset
Moving into a leadership role involves a lot more than just updating your e-mail signature with your new title.It requires shifting your mindset from the things that made you a successful individual contributor to things that will make y...
Leading in the Age of AI
“AI might know more than you, but it doesn’t know better than you,” says Dr. Gena Hoxha in today’s episode.Gena is the Chief People Officer and Chief AI Officer at Ignitium, a provider of world-class Account-Based Marketing (ABM) program...
How to Use AI in Hiring Leaders
“It’s not about kind of handing away our decision-making rights,” says Dr. Reece Akhtar. “It’s about using AI as a tool–emphasis on a tool–to help us become smarter humans, not the other way around.”Dr. Akhtar is the CEO of De...
The Myth of Authenticity
When most people say they want to “be authentic,” what they really mean is they want to be comfortable, says Dr. Laura Sicola.But “comfort zones and authenticity have nothing to do with each other when it comes to real performance,” she ...
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Managing Generational Differences
“Whys unite and whats divide,” says Haydn Shaw.Haydn is the founder of People Driven Results and the author of Sticking Points: How to Get 5 Generations Working Together in the 12 Places They Come Apart. Hailed by Time Magaz...
AI's Impact on Leadership Assessment
Imagine being “paid to judge people”!That’s how today’s guest jokingly describes his role. Tom Verboven is a Senior Director of Client Success at Mercer Talent Enterprise, where he advises clients on how to drive value through effective ...
How to Have a Successful Team Offsite
No one attends a team offsite wanting it to be a failure, says Daniel. Unsuccessful offsites are perceived as “a bad waste of time.”So what makes an offsite successful–and how can an offsite have a lasting, positive impact on your team o...
How Do You Measure Success as a Leader?
As a consultant and coach, Lorraine Armijos, founder of LAR Insights, has observed many leaders struggle to respond when she asks how they measure success.The first response, she says, “is just a blank stare.” Some leaders gauge success ...
How to NOT Lose Yourself as a Leader
“If you’re not clear on who you are, then the people around you are not going to be clear on where they’re going,” says Dominic George.Dominic is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and founder of Vision Leadership for Life. He hel...
All Things Delegation
When you don’t delegate, you risk impairing the growth of your organization, says Daniel in today’s episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast.“That is a very limiting, very restrictive mindset,” he says. Choosing not to delegate ...
How to Show Self-Compassion as a Leader
Many leaders grew up with a mindset that encouraged giving 120% all day, every day.But giving 120% all the time is not your best, says Amanda Younts, because it’s not sustainable.Known to her audience as The Midlife Catalyst, Aman...
Leading Through Global Differences
“Each person has their own story,” says Kerim Kfuri, author and host of “The Supply and Demand Show” and President and CEO of The Atlas Network, LLC.In this conversation with Daniel and Peter, Kerim shares insights gleaned from a lifetim...
