The Ability to Lead Strong
2020 has been a really interesting year with a lot of ups and downs and challenges and leaders are really being called to lead to their highest potential. So today…
Leverage the Next 90: Goal, Grit and Grind
How do you leverage the next 90? In the Innovative Leader Podcast today, we are focusing on three keys to get and stay in action. 1) Have Challenging Goals: The…
Leveraging the next 90 days
After an unpredictable and ever changing year (2020), many leaders and business have found themselves adapting for the majority of the year. With the unknown of COVID and other challenges…
Three Leadership Keys for Hiring Great Talent
Often when we have challenges with a underperforming team member, we can quickly feel frustrated at the gap. When team members are struggling in their role it can drain time…
4 Leadership Skills for a VUCA World
VUCA is an acronym that was developed out of the leadership theories by Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus in 1987. The acronym is used to help describe and reflect on…
Lead through the Mess with Less Stress
How does stress show up? Why is it a problem? Ineffective leadership Overwhelm/overloaded Can’t make decisions confusion Sleep · #1 – TAKE CARE OF SELF: SLEEP: Tylenol, melatonin, (sleep tracker)…
What you allow, you promote
There are several versions of this adage: “What you celebrate gets repeat.” Or, “What you reward gets repeated”. Well here’s another to consider: What you allow, you promote! So the…
Embracing uncertainty as the new norm
Covid is pushing organizations to live and function within uncertainty. We don’t know when restrictions will end, when people can congregate again, when it will all be over (if it…
Leading when your team is in survival mode
The Covid pandemic has made life difficult for so many. It’s emotionally and mentally tiring. We have to worry about the health of our family and friends. But there are…
Leading Better with the Healthy Mind Platter (Part 3)
The Healthy Mind Platter is a brain health model developed by David Rock and Dr Dan Siegel. It describes seven daily essential mental activities to optimize brain matter and create…
Leading well using The Healthy Mind Platter (Part 2)
The Healthy Mind Platter is a brain health model developed by David Rock and Dr Dan Siegel. It describes seven daily essential mental activities to optimize brain matter and create…
Leading well using The Healthy Mind Platter (Part 1)
The Healthy Mind Platter is a brain health model developed by David Rock and Dr Dan Siegel. It describes seven daily essential mental activities to optimize brain matter and create…
When Things Go South
What do we do when things go south? In this episode of the Innovative Leader, we talk about leadership awareness and how to navigation of the frontal lobe (sage) vs…
How 4.0 Organizations Get Things Done
Here’s the struggle: How do we get things done? Why do some companies get things done and others struggle? As a leader you can be in a car or on…
Moving Forward when your Team is Stuck
The challenge: How can leaders navigate forward with innovation while followers are still in SCARF mode in the present and not ready to move forward. Leaders can help themselves in…
Leadership 4.0 vs 2.0 in Planning and Decision-Making
Leaders have to deal with planning and decision-making during challenging times. In this episode of The Innovative Leader, we look at the differences between 4.0 leaders and 2.0 leaders in…
Leadership 2.0 vs Leadership 4.0
In this episode of The Innovative Leader, we look at the differences between leaders with a 2.0 framework and leaders in a 4.0 framework in these three areas: How we…
Applying Organizational Change Theory
In this episode of Innovative Leaders, we look at how we can apply Organizational Change Theory to support leaders to innovate and adapt in challenging times. The steps to this…
Innovation in Times of Crisis and Pandemic
During this period where everyone is telling us to be patient, that doesn’t mean we have to hit the pause button on innovation. In fact, in some areas, there has…
What Leaders Need to Focus On Right Now
Make sure you subscribe to our podcast: @ iTunes @ YouTube As April 2020 opens, and the Covid-19/Corona virus pandemic has unleashed its global impact, Christy and David consider the…