Interviews and Podcasts
What does it take to be a Supercharged Leader? On this show we discuss with Gerry Murray leading in a VUCA world:-
Vulnerability
Uncertainty
Complexity
Ambiguity
It takes developing a mind and skillset that helps you deal with anything!
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How do you prepare for things you can’t prepare for?
That was the topic of Elisabet Vinberg Hearn’s and my conversation with Chris Cooper on his BusinessElevationShow.
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You can listen to our “Unfiltered ” podcast with Melanie Stern Institute for Supply Management about Supercharged Leadership.
Spend time in a strategic leadership space with some valuable executive reflection time when you listen to this.
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Join us Elisabet Vinberg Hearn as we run our popular live O’Reilly learning event
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This podcast dives in “How you can have a greater impact and influence”
During this interview we explain the importance of using soft skills to achieve hard results. We emphasise focusing on ‘how to do this‘ rather than on ‘what to do’
Self-awareness around behaviours plays an important role. Using several examples from their work, they explain how our behaviours can bring many benefits and unintended consequences.
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Watch Mandy and Elisabet in action answering questions about culture in the workplace
Mini-Con to Focus on Personal Leadership Potential, Teamwork and Soft Skills
Check out our Institute for Supply Management Interview with Sue Doefler
Leadership in the massively successful TV series Game of Thrones
A few years ago, Elisabet Vinberg Hearn and I were interviewed by FlyBe magazine about leadership in the massively successful TV series Game of Thrones. It remains the most unexpected media request we’ve had so far.
We were asked to share what leadership lessons we can take from watching the show (and its leaders). And we were specifically asked to comment on Daenerys Targaryen, Mother of Dragons.
It ended up being an interesting reflection, and it reminded us that we can find inspiration and insights in all situations and settings – even in fantasy series – as long as we look for it.
This is what we shared with FlyBe’s readers.
“Daenerys is passionate about people. When freeing the slaves, she empowers them and shows them that everyone is, on some level, equal. Here her leadership impact is strong; she believes in people, and that makes them believe in themselves.”
“She is also good at listening to others, her trusted advisors in particular, before making decisions. In doing this, she shows that a good leader doesn’t need to have all the answers and that she values others’ experience and opinions, which boosts them and builds their loyalty.”
“On the negative side, you could argue that she offered freedom, but, in some cases, only if they gave up their freedom to her. This diminishes her positive impact as a leader, as it seems she can only fully get people’s loyalty through threats and ultimatums.”
“Would she have been as powerful without her dragons? Probably not. Her dragons acted as and were used as a very real threat, which enabled Daenerys. She didn’t really allow people freedom; her hunger for power showed that anyone who didn’t support her had to be disposed of. This made her look weak and ultimately sealed her fate.”
Where have you found food-for-thought on leadership recently?
Link to article in the IMPACT Magazine
