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What if better relationships were just a few [intentionally considered] questions away? In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Jeff Wetzler to discuss his brilliant new book, Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life . We Asked Dr. Wetzler to help us unpack the Ask Approach™, his five-step method designed to help leaders uncover the untap...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Huggy Rao shares the impact of bad friction on our relationships at work and beyond – and shares two examples of how this damage can be avoided. For more, check out the full conversation with Huggy at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with Huggy R...

Working with difficult people can be one of the most challenging things we all face at one point or another in our career. So how do we navigate difficult people in a way that’s productive and maintains our own sanity? We explore just this with workplace conflict expert Amy Gallo. In this podcast episode we unpack the 8 Archetypes of difficult people at work from Amy’s brilliant book ‘Getting Alon...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Claude Silver shares how to ensure we don't get trapped in Toxic Positivity but instead can bring Emotional Optimism to our lives and our leadership. For more, check out the full conversation with Claude at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with C...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Amy Edmondson shares with us how we go about ensuring the right conditions for intelligent failure and success for our teams and workplaces. For more, check out the full conversation with Amy at the link in the show notes. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with A...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, George Kohlrieser shares how to become aware of, acknowledge and process grief for leaders – and how this process is one we need to undertake in community. For more, check out the full conversation with George at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders...

What will it take to thrive as a leader in 2025? The answer isn’t rooted in authority or credentials—it lies in six transformative qualities that are reshaping the very essence of leadership. To uncover these qualities, we engaged with 24 of the foremost experts in workplace dynamics—renowned researchers, authors, and thought leaders. From these conversations, a clear picture emerged: six defining...

Welcome to Brain Snacks, bite sized learning moments from We Are Human Leaders. In today's Brain Snack, Urs Koenig shares the foundations of Radical Humility – and why one of the four matters most. For more, check out the full conversation with Urs at the link below. For now, enjoy. Find the full episode of We Are Human Leaders with Urs Koenig here https://www.wearehumanleaders.com/podcast/ra...

We live in a world that feels so divided. Where cancel culture is rife. And where righteously offering our own opinion rather than trying to find common ground has become the norm. So how do we connect to those around us, how do we find the common thread that can bring us back together? In this conversation we extend to you the invitation to rethink and recalibrate how we treat one another in what...

When you think of Buddhist meditation, you might not immediately see the connection with great leadership and a healthy workplace culture. And yet, today's guest illuminates just how profound and perhaps even essential a consistent meditation practice is for modern leaders. And the good news is it's also highly accessible for all of us. In today’s episode we’re speaking with Lodro Rinzler, the awa...

In this episode we’re speaking with Edward van Luinen and Tricia Cerrone - two former Walt Disney Imagineering leaders on Authentic Collaboration. In this conversation Edward and Tricia share the five key behaviors of Authentic Collaboration, and help us understand these by by exploring their real world experiences. Together they’ve developed a new way to work based on five behaviors, and teach pr...

A few years back, a best selling book appeared about why we shouldn’t worry about the little things in life: Don’t Sweat the small stuff. And it's a tempting premise: as leaders we often focus on the macro. Our guest today poses the question: what if some small stuff is worth sweating? What if sometimes it's the micro-interactions that can lead to maximum impact in how we build relationships, fost...

How can we work together better? Well according to today’s guest there’s a critical ingredient needed for this to happen: Radical Respect. Radical Respect occurs when we honor individuality, while collaborating together - the keys to unlocking the best in people and creating a culture where everyone thrives. In this episode we unpack what Radical Respect is, with Kim Scott and she shares what each...

Neurodivergent people face drastic barriers in  the workplace, and even to entering the workforce. Like canaries in the mine, neurodivergent people are impacted first by issues that ultimately harm everyone. In this conversation with Dr Ludmila Praslova we explore how when you look after the people who are most vulnerable in the organisation, the most susceptible to toxic culture and poor sys...

It’s an undeniable truth that you only die once . And yet as today’s guest explores with us, many of us are already living like the un-dead. Each day passes by with a distinct lack of meaning and vitality. So how can Memento Mori - remembering we must die - actually make our lives better? In this conversation we explore the very real reality that we'll all die someday in the future with speaker an...

As a leader, we’re tasked often with empowering others and coaching them to become the best version of themselves at work, and beyond. But how can we create the space for ourselves to become more coachable, and expand our leadership capabilities as a result? In this conversation we explore what it takes to become coachable with Jacqueline Lane and Scott Osman, Co-Authors of Becoming Coachable alon...

All humans go through transitions, and many of us experience challenges that cause us to question who we are and evolve into a more authentic version of ourselves.  This is certainly true for every member of the LGBTQIA+ community, who face adversity not once, but as an ongoing experience, in a plethora of ways and situations. And yet, these same experiences can forge incredible leadership qu...

Humility often gets a bad rap in leadership. Our guest today unpacks how humble leadership leads to incredible outcomes for teams and organizations, and in fact complements your confidence, decisiveness and ambition as a leader. Bestselling Author, Ultra Endurance Champion, Widely Published Professor Urs Koenig has identified a new leadership framework – Radical Humility – that replaces the top-do...

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, you’re creative. We all are. And the capacity for innovative and creative ideas has never been more important in our work lives and beyond.  Our first idea is often not our best. And yet many of us get stuck in the ‘good enough’ rut, rather than pursuing something magical. So what does it take to be truly innovative? How can we nurture fertile gro...

We tend to think of belonging as something that occurs in a group context, like belonging to a team, an organization, or a community. But what if belonging really starts as an inner journey? A journey of self leadership and radical curiosity towards deeply belonging to yourself, first and foremost. In this episode with Kim Dabbs we unpack what it means to belonging, and how we step into this power...

Who do you think of when I say the words rebel or insubordination? Perhaps someone who’s disagreeable, maybe even aggressive, someone who sits outside society or the popular norm? What if I told you that insubordination, when done well, isn’t just useful – but should be encouraged? In this episode we’re learning how to dissent and defy effectively with Dr. Todd B. Kashdan, Professor of Psychology...

How does healing your trauma help you to connect with your most authentic self? Learn how to moving through your trauma can help you live a fuller life, and be a more authentic, human-centered leader. No one is a stranger to trauma. We have a tendency to think of trauma as separate from our professional lives. And yet, unhealed trauma impacts our leadership, our teams, and our workplaces. It can h...

We’ve been sold the candy that flow is the ideal state of being. But how often is it even possible to find flow, is this a realistic goal? Chasing flow is like trying to hold water in our bare hands – it’s possible, for a short while, but elusive and ephemeral in nature, and if we bank on it occurring regularly we’ll wind up disappointed. Instead our guest today argues we should concentrate on fin...

What does it take to not only survive in business during volatile and uncertain times, which let’s face are almost constant conditions in our modern world, but actually thrive? In this conversation we’re unpacking the incredible research from Dr Rebecca Homkes, author of Survive, Reset and Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times. Rebecca’s work will have even the most experi...

One of the most traumatic experiences we can have in the workplace is being made redundant. From one day to the next, your life drastically changes and you don’t have a say.   Being made redundant raises all kinds of questions, as well as feelings like shock, anger and shame.  Sometimes leaders handle redundancies well. More often, they don’t, making the process immeasurably harder for t...