listening SUPERPOWER podcast

Being a leader in a Vuca (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world is not easy and according to Susanne Marell, requires listening. And listening takes different forms. Listening to the market and customer trends, listening to my team needs, listening to individual needs and listening to feedback from my team, not to mention the questions that arise.   How can we listen in a way t...

Have you ever paid attention to the assumptions we have in our conversations with different people?  Often when we're listening to another person tell their story, we're listening for the things that we want to hear rather than what the other person is trying to show us at that moment. This bias blocks our listening fully to the other person.  Lori Joubert takes us on a deep dive into the art of l...

  Imagine software that can be used to cultivate meaningful connections online. According to Lorenz Sell, this is possible by creating a container where small groups can deeply "listen" to each other, both sync and async. 95% of people who engage in online learning are likely to drop out. In this episode, Lorenz Sell shares how it is possible to create impactful learning experiences online through...

  Our busy minds can get in our way with connecting to ourselves and others. Often we blame it on all of the distractions around us. Yet, have you ever paid attention to your basic physical energy level and noticed that after a good night's sleep you feel like your battery has been charged and you feel open again to the people around you? Understanding and experiencing the difference between liste...

  What does listening have to do with belonging? There is currently a lot of buzz around the cost to organizations when employees do not feel belonging. Yet it's not just buzz. There is more and more research showing that when employees feel like they belong, organizations can reap bottom-line benefits.  In this episode, Sarah describes how listening is the practice of showing people that they bel...

  How do we open up ourselves to possibilities, new ideas, and solutions?   In this episode, Jane shares the impact of generative listening. She speaks about how her life and relationships have deepened and have become more meaningful as she has learned and practiced this type of listening. She shares stories about how listening helps others to think for themselves independently, with courage, ima...

Everyone has had life and work experiences that we are afraid to share with others.  Yet keeping it inside can influence how we feel and impact our behaviors at work and at home. And we may not always fully understand our experiences and our behaviors. This episode is an amazing example of how listening can be healing and transformational even when people experience atrocities that are the toughes...

How do we listen to really know if we are speaking our truth in our daily grind? When do we know if we are using our authentic voice or if we are repeating repetitive, memorized scripts inside our own bubbles of agreement? Elissa shares stories and examples to help us become more connected to our own inner truth, both at work and at home. This helps our ability to problem solve and create new solu...

It's hard to function from a place of care and collaboration when everyone is under pressure. The complexity of different perspectives, opinions, budgets, deliverables, and stresses create even more challenges.  In this episode, Samantha shares about horizontal leadership and how listening plays a key role, along with managing time. She shares stories about how understanding a human being's comple...

Now is the time to start designing effective organizations of the future.  Are you ready to design your organization to be more empowered, innovative, and productive? What designs support organizational structures that create faster and effective decision-making processes, the kind that allows everyone the chance to speak up and be heard. Jodie Goulden is the Founder of Orgdesignworks a company th...

As humans, one of our greatest longings is to be heard. Through listening, we develop a certain connection to people around us in ways only possible through human interaction. These bonds help find solutions to most of the problems facing humanity.  The thing is, there are some issues that we can't handle by ourselves. Yet, even our own immediate family, who might be our strongest support system,...

Each person can be unique in how they show up as a listener. Even if they are at the exact same meeting and listen to the exact same information, each person's perspective may be different from the rest. This is normally frustrating, yet when we understand different types of listening, we can tap into the potential of cognitive diversity so that we can work smarter together. As a leader, teacher,...

Do you feel heard by the organization you work for as an employee? Which companies do you feel listened to as a customer? What have you experienced to know whether your voice is being heard by politicians? Do your employees, customers and stakeholders feel heard...or not? How can we transform 100s, even 1000s of potential critics into super promoters by listening to their needs and responding acco...

Imagine if you would have told your teacher that the way they just taught something was really lame? It probably would NOT be a good outcome. At a school in Austin, Texas, teachers, or as they call themselves, GUIDES would respond differently. They listen, ask questions, and let students co-create the curriculum so that they LOVE going to school. And teachers love going to work because kids love g...

What can happen when three strangers from three different countries come together and listen to each other deeply? They learn to live well and become wiser.  In this episode, Raquel interviews Susanne Conrad, a learning consultant and online coach in Germany, Martin Farrell , an international facilitator and coach in England and Patricia Koste r, a transformation facilitator in the Netherlands. Su...

Listening training can improve workplace performance, creating an environment where employees feel empowered and collaboration is fostered.   Dr. Guy Itzchakov is an Assistant Professor at the University of Haifa, Department of Human Services. He earned his Ph. D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2017. He did research that draws on Carl Rogers's theory focusing on how attentive and non-j...

Listening is one skill that is hard to practice. It goes beyond hearing the person. Truly keeping quiet, having introspection within while connecting with the other person, nurturing that curiosity to wonder, and pondering the impact you make on another are key components. Rebecca Johns is a Personal and Professional Development Coach and Trainer. Her background includes 35 years of teaching in hi...

Niels Van Quaquebeke is an organizational psychologist based in Hamburg, Germany. He is recognized as one of the Top100 German-speaking business scholars under 40 (Handelsblatt). He is the recipient of multiple awards for his teaching and frequently featured in public media. He has a book on the psychology of leadership (currently only in German).    Often leaders are in solution-finding mode and...

  Are the leadership and listening skills needed in life or death situations that different than those needed for organizational agility and success? And what about leaving your legacy and having an impact beyond your immediate environment, often not really knowing the ripple effect our actions of created. Parker Frawley is a 24+ year combat veteran and decorated officer in the United States Army....

Corine Jansen has been Chief Listening Officer for different organizations in the Netherlands and has experienced the value of listening. She says, "We often make the mistake that we think listening costs a lot of time. But listening is creating an encounter and that encounter is made in a few seconds." Corine Jansen  is a Certified Listening Professional and Certified Practitioner of ECHO Listeni...

Can you imagine a job where all you have to do is listen? Corine Jansen has been Chief Listening Officer for different organizations in the Netherlands and this is what she did--she listened. She listened to customers, she listened to patients, she listened to doctors...she listened. And the value of listening even surprised management.  Corine Jansen  is a Certified Listening Professional and Cer...

Kathrin O'Sullivan  is an experienced organization development consultant, facilitator, executive coach and speaker with twenty years of experience in the tech industry.  She is based in Silicon Valley and works internationally.  Kathrin believes that in service of creating a world where everyone can thrive, we need smart leaders who are curious, grounded, open, and passionate about what they do....

Oscar Trimboli is an experienced coach and mentor to senior executives. He has worked with executives at CEO and CFO level and with senior divisional and functional executives in a range of industries. He is the author of Deep Listening: Impact Beyond Words , a professional speaker and mentor, as well. This episode focuses on listening in organizations and to customers that lead to action beyond w...