Leadership, Disrupted

Harris Jensen, MD joins the "Leadership Disrupted" podcast to discuss how leaders can be drained by negative overthinking that causes problems to look more significant and more overwhelming than they need to be – leading to self-doubt, anxiety and self-sabotage. Harris also discusses his new book "Prescription for Positivity" which offers clinically proven techniques he's seen work for 30 years. A...

Scott Margason has more than 30 years of experience as a consulting partner working with Fortune 500 senior leaders across the globe, and that cumulative experience has given Scott a unique and broadly informed perspective on leadership. In this episode Scott shares the values and core beliefs that drive him professionally and personally. His approach to leadership is human-centered, highly empath...

The CEO of Infopro Learning shares his experiences and insights gained from leading a global organization of creatives and innovators. Sriraj Mallick discusses the impact of AI on leadership, the challenges of leading a global/remote/hybrid work team, and the importance of transparency in driving a high-growth business culture. Sriraj also shares his own journey of evolving as a leader, learning t...

Larry Julian, bestselling author of "God is My CEO," joins us to discuss the challenges many leaders face when trying to integrate their faith and business. When the demands of business seem to be at odds with the guidance of one's faith, how does a business leader make decisions? Larry has been coaching leaders for more than 20 years and shares insights from a lifetime of experience helping these...

Today's episode is focused on leading a team, a department or an entire organization AFTER a large layoff. I studied more than 8,000 employees who survived a corporate layoff and discovered that, on average, their productivity, work quality and engagement all declined significantly. Retention rates of these employees also declined sharply, so employers were losing more of those they had planned to...

The phrase “First Wave DEI” refers the time period before May of 2022, with many decades of slow (and unsteady) progress toward greater awareness (and in some cases, appreciation) of the societal importance of diversity, equity and inclusion. Race, gender and sexuality were the primary focus of DEI initiatives during this period. In the workplace, Human Resources departments were primarily respons...

Once again I was NOT invited to the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland this January. So while government leaders were rubbing shoulders with big business, big philanthropy, big media, and other cultural leaders to, as they say, SHAPE global, regional and industry agendas, for the rest of us, I was having conversations with what I like to call WORKING leaders. People like the CEO...

We look back at the year 2022. There were plenty of interesting and unexpected things that happened this past year to provide us with leadership lessons and observations IF you are paying attention and asking the right questions.

In this episode we will help leaders understand the approach of an optimal leader coach, and align coaching style with the employee’s competency/skill level. Performance coaching starts with a strong coaching relationship of trust, going in both directions. Followed by clearly defined performance objectives and standards. Good coaches measure individual and group contributions against clearly defi...

As a leader, if you are wondering what to do about quiet quitting, I suggest you start by focusing on yourself. Because the most recent research and survey data shows that LOUD Leaders have 30-40% fewer quiet quitters. "Quiet Quitters" are disengaged employees who choose to stay in their jobs, but are doing only what is specifically required of them at work and nothing more. Many of these employee...

Quiet quitting is just the latest popular term referencing employees who put no more effort into their jobs than absolutely necessary. The bad news is that employee engagement has been in decline for more than 20 years, and yet there is GOOD NEWS because employees have told us EXACTLY what it takes to drive their full engagement. In this episode we start with the role of leaders in boosting (or de...

We are living and working in disruptive times: technology-driven upheavals, economic recession and inflation and supply chain issues, global pandemics, terrorist attacks, trade wars, culture wars. Employee expectations for their relationship with employers and leaders are evolving.  And as employees needs and priorities change, it makes sense that leadership would need to evolve as well. In this d...

This is a brief introduction to the "Leadership, Disrupted" podcast which explores the art and science of high-impact leadership in a disrupted world where the future  – of business, of capitalism, of our society, and yes, of leadership – is changing and evolving and where none of us can be certain what the future holds, but we are sure that it will be fundamentally different. All of this will be...