Remarkable Leadership Lessons

When was the last time you listened to what your nervous system was trying to tell you? Do you know how to work with your bodily reactions to conflict in the workplace? Throughout the workday, your nervous system can come in and out of activated states as you enter into challenging conversations with your boss, colleagues, and vendors. More often than not, our reactions to difficult situations at...

What is trust? What factors make up trust? What factors make others feel trust towards us and vice versa? When the trust factor goes up, the work gets done. But how can we move towards building it authentically during times where people are more politically divided than ever before? In this week's episode, Denise Cooper interviews Pamela Brooks-Richards for her take on how we can build genuine tru...

Have you considered how your tone of voice impacts your executive presence? When we think about growing our influence and presence in the workplace, we often think of driving business metrics, increasing sales, or making ourselves more visible to higher-ups. However the numbers are simply one facet of your contribution to your team. Have you considered that the language, tonality, and volume and i...

Do you know how to set the pace for change in your organization? Are you aware of the ways in which our brain prepares us to embrace change? In this episode, Dr. Evian Gordon, founder of Brain Resource joins Denise Cooper to discuss the importance of change and innovation in today's rapidly evolving world. Listen in to hear Dr. Gordgon's strategies for individuals and leaders to develop the necess...

What does it take to thrive as a female CEO? This week we're discussing how to thrive as a woman CEO in a male-dominated world. Although women have made significant progress in breaking through the glass ceiling, there is still a significant gender gap in leadership positions, especially at the CEO level. In this episode, Deborah Snow Walsh leads us through exploring some of the challenges that wo...

We know social determinants of health play a role in 80% of healthcare outcomes. What about workplace outcomes? In this episode of our podcast, we have the pleasure of interviewing Jean Drummond, a seasoned healthcare professional with over three decades of experience in the industry. Jean is an expert in healthcare equity and disparities, and in this interview, she shares her insights on how soci...

Do you know how to improve your own sense of motivation? Why are some people more motivated than others? Is it possible to become more intrinsically motivated over time? What do we do when our potential doesn't seem to be matching up to our outcomes? In this week's episode, Denise Cooper interviews Pamela Brooks-Richards for how we can use neuroscience research on motivation to move closer towards...

What role does technology play in abolishing pay gaps? Pay discrepancies have long been a barrier to achieving gender equity in the workplace. In fact, studies show that it will take 208 years for women to achieve equal pay. This is a sobering statistic, but our guest Dan Kopp, cofounder of Dinamico is determined to change it. Through his work, he is on a mission to abolish pay gaps one employer a...

How can Gen-Z and Millenial workers grow their careers? With pensions and 30-year work tenures being a thing of the past, our approach to work has changed. This is especially true for younger workers, who have experienced a uniquely tricky entrance into the world. In this week's episode, Deborah Snow Walsh discusses the impact of the current generation, Gen-Z, in the workplace. This generation has...

Do you know how to build goals that motivate instead of shame? As we start the new year, we've been talking about the importance of gratitude when it comes to setting goals for 2023. Goal-setting can often have an unfortunate effect on people, with many developing habits of setting unrealistic goals and spiraling into feelings of shame when they don't achieve them. In this episode, Pamela Brooks-R...

Are you afraid to give your team your best? In this episode, we interview Kyle Mcdowell, author of Begin With WE: 10 Principles for Building and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence , on what it really takes to create a culture that is focused on collective success vs. individual wins. This week, we discuss how picking each other up, taking action, making mistakes, and leading by example all works t...

What would you do if you found yourself being slowly bullied out of your organization? Psychometrics is what we call the science of measuring someone's personality in a specific context. What does this mean for you? Personalities and values are all unique to each individual, and when you bring people together for a shared goal, you start to experience the culture of an organization. Psychomet...

94% of respondents in a recent study by Bamboo HR think that culture is the most important thing in an organization. Many executives think that if their organization has a good culture, it will result in higher productivity. But when it comes down to it, do we know what "good culture" really is? Can we put our finger on it? "When you start diving into what workplace culture really is, you're...

How does the healthcare industry address issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion? Healthcare systems are run on data. This data can include anything from number of falls, number of infections, to how long it takes patients to enter and leave healthcare locations. This data also shows us that the number of wrong site surgeries go up when people don't feel psychologically safe to speak up. T...

Allyship produces fair-weather commoraderie. Allegience is about supporting historically marginalized groups, even when it doesn't serve you. In today's episode DEI Strategist, Dethra Giles, talks us through how allyship is not enough when it comes to progressing the DEI movement. Allyship is only present when it's beneficial for the person holding the most privilege to be supporting others. The m...

You know how to prioritize hiring, but do you know how to build a successful talent strategy? How do we want to hire? Who do we want to hire? Who will work successfully? What areas of the organization need the most significant impact in order to grow the company? This week's episode is part of a 12-month-long series, where Deborah Snow Walsh will be a repeat guest on the show. Have a question you...

80% of people prioritize their personal privacy over their organizational security. The average person is overloaded with passwords to remember. What if instead of giving the same old online security training, we started making it about personal privacy? When you think about it, your company has your salary information, your social security details, and your home address, and they have an obligati...

How did my Family get into my Office?! What role does your upbringing play in how you address conflict at work? Emotional landmines, abrasive leaders, and lack of emotional intelligence can spell a recipe for disaster in the workplace when left unchecked. This week's guest, Bonnie Artman Fox, shares her experiences as a coach helping leaders develop healthy interpersonal skills to stop dysfunction...

Is your self-talk helping you or hurting you? The way we think about ourselves plays a huge role in the outcomes of our lives. Our behaviors, actions, and non-actions are all influenced by the thoughts we hold about ourselves. The human mind on average thinks of 6,000 individual thoughts in 24 hours. How many of these thoughts are serving you? Our self-awareness and our ability to make decisions i...

55% of communication is body language, 38% is tone, only 7% is the words you use. Are you leading deliberately in the workplace? The term deliberate means on purpose, it's an intentional action. And that usually also means that we have considered how we want to show up as a leader in the workplace and we're actively making choices to be aligned with that vision of who we want to be in the wor...

How do you assess your self-awareness as a leader? In this episode we cover, the five fundamental skills all great managers and leaders master, from motivating people to developing self-awareness. We cover three distinct tools at your disposal as a boss—and when to use each. Thrasher also covers proven approaches to the key manager responsibilities, from setting clear goals with employees to keepi...

Do you know your own process for decision-making? ? Do you know how judgment shows up in your thought process? Judgment is human, we don't (yet) live in an AI world, where all decisions are powered by data and statistics. Instead, we're synthesizing information ourselves, often through the lenses of emotion, bias, and past experiences. When you're coming up with solutions to a challenge - do you g...

What does a strong talent strategy look like in 2022 and 2023? It's easy to check skills boxes - it's harder to tell how well someone will adapt, collaborate, and evolve. Will they be able to play well with others in the sandbox of your organization? Some people are great with complex matrix organizations, while others thrive in small businesses. How do you know what your organization needs in ter...

How do you know if your organization is ready to give peer-to-peer feedback? How does feedback delivery need to be adjusted for remote vs. in person environments? Often times, organizations will launch a new peer-to-peer feedback initiative, without first training employees on what good feedback looks like and feels like. Toxic feedback is much more damaging to workplace morale than a culture wher...

How would you rate your collaboration skills? Do you have what it takes to "have a vision" and grow into a leader in your line of work? The good news is - we can teach you how to be a leader. In many ways, teaching someone to be an individual contributor is harder. As an individual contributor, you're hired for the technical skills you bring to the table. Hiring managers look at your resume and ca...