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
74 episodes
You Are Strong: Leading Through Adversity
Some of the greatest lessons we can learn in life come in the middle of the hardest adversity, says today’s guest, Angie Wiley.Angie is coach, keynote speaker, and founder of You Are Strong, an organization dedicated to helping high perf...
Building Career Growth in Uncertain Times
Most people–and most businesses–try to avoid uncertainty, says today’s guest, Cary Sparrow. “They want to create predictability and they want to manage risk out.”But in today’s world, uncertainty has become the houseguest that shows no s...
The 1-3-1 Tool: The Decision Framework that Stops Overthinking
Making decisions is more than just one aspect of leadership. It’s “the unit of analysis for leaders,” says Daniel. Leadership is “based upon how we make decisions, because leadership equates with decision-making rights.”No matter where y...
Stop Letting Imposter Syndrome Lead
Is imposter syndrome misunderstood–and can it actually be helpful to your career?Originally called a “phenomenon,” imposter syndrome is very common. At some point, everyone experiences that sensation of self-doubt–of wondering, “what if ...
How Smart Organizations Assess Their Leaders
When it comes to leadership assessments, there’s never a “one-size-fits-all” approach, says Peter Stewart.“There are some key questions we need to think about before you begin the assessment process so that you are selecting the right me...
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Why Building a Skill Stack Matters More Than the Career Ladder
In an ever-changing marketplace, career currency won’t be job titles or resumes, says Angela Finlay. “It’s the skills we bring to the table that will be the most critical piece” of career development and growth.Angela is a Chief Human Ca...
AI in Leadership: Two Approaches with Different Results
“If you’re just getting lemmings to vote for cliff diving,” says today’s guest, that may not be the best way to lead in the modern AI landscape.Julian Lighton is an executive coach with over 30 years experience advising, hiring, and deve...
The Fundamentals of Leadership
Lead is a verb, says today’s guest, John Zorbini.John is a successful executive coach, consultant, speaker, facilitator, and adjunct professor and long-time colleague of the Stewart Leadership team. For 30 years, John has held various le...
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The Humanity Gap: What AI Can't Replace
What happens when you stop trusting your gut and let AI do your thinking?Today’s guest says that’s when people start to lose themselves inside AI. “Instead of coming to a problem with your own brief or with your own kind of institutional...
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...
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