Out of the Comfort Zone

Send us Fan Mail When we think of well-being, we usually think of mindfulness and relaxation. Being free from pain is just as important. What you do today to your body, particularly your spine, can greatly affect your long term well-being, experience of pain and even your executive presence. Tune in to find out how and what you can do to make a difference. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://w...

Send us Fan Mail If you are struggling to hold people accountable, then this podcast has the solution for you. It turns out that both compassion AND accountability are needed to drive performance. Tune in to hear why and what you can do about both? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wand...

Send us Fan Mail Do you admire leaders who have courage and who seem to make bold moves without enormous stress? Do you wish you had more courage? Or, do you wish your team had more courage? If so, we have good news for you. Courage is a developable skill like any other skill. The secret is in understanding the components that lead to courage. Listen in to learn about those skills and how you can...

Send us Fan Mail Perhaps you have been asked to be a mentor or to be part of a mentoring program. Perhaps you have mentored before and probably had a couple of great mentors. Most likely you haven’t thought about the many different ways you could mentor. And if you are looking for a mentor, perhaps thinking about the different roles mentors play would help you find the ideal mentor for you. Tune i...

Send us Fan Mail Leaders faced with decisions often ask if they made the “right” call. Winning athletes and coaches make a constant series of calls. What can we learn from studying how they make the “right calls’? What does it tell us about how to be a better leader? Tune in for fun stories and brilliant insight. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeak...

Send us Fan Mail Do you wish you worked in an organization with no hierarchy – where each employee determined their path to achieving stated goals? Are you debating about the ideal organizational structure for your business? Or, do you wonder what you most need to do as a manager that truly helps your team? The debate about hierarchy versus agile or bossless organization is not new. Tune in to lea...

Send us Fan Mail No doubt you have heard about mindfulness and may have attended a workshop at your organization. If you are not yet a devotee, tune in to hear why mindfulness has such a powerful impact for leaders given today’s workplace challenges. If you want to start a practice without devoting hours, we will show you how. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-walla...

Send us Fan Mail Do you think you are good at multi-tasking? Do you wonder why you can’t stay focused and what to do about it? Do you really need to take breaks and for how long? Tune in to hear about the research on the how our attention spans are decreasing and what we need to do to reclaim our well-being? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-au...

Send us Fan Mail How you think about a situation impacts how you feel about the situation and ultimately how you interact with people. The problem is that you will only see part of the data, confuse data and judgment, and ultimately act on your beliefs and feelings, leaving you feeling out of control. Changing your understanding, gives you more power than you might appreciate – power to show more...

Send us Fan Mail If you are looking for an inspirational story on the power of one or two words of encouragement, this is the episode for you. We talk about facing intense adversity, controlling your mindset, surrounding yourself with people who celebrate you and whom you celebrate and focusing on the next tiny step. And, there are a few ideas on how to find mentors and build those relationships....

Send us Fan Mail Neuroscience has a lot to say to us today about how our brains default to habits that are not conducive to productivity, motivation, thinking, resilience and ultimately to our reputation as a leader. What does the latest science say? And what practical changes can you make that will increase your performance and that of your team? Tune in to hear more. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► Linked...

Send us Fan Mail No doubt your organization has a diversity and inclusion effort and it may go by any number of acronyms: DEI, IED, DEIB, etc. What do you need to understand as a leader? More importantly, what do you need to do to ensure you have a team that has diverse points of view, that values those differences and that creates an inclusive culture where everyone has a fair shot and an equal v...

Send us Fan Mail Changing the culture is among the top plans for many leaders whether they lead a large organization or a small team. Yet few really succeed. What do leaders get wrong when they think about culture? What are they missing in the steps? What can be done to more effectively shift a culture? How do generational differences affect culture and culture change? Tune in to hear more. ⬇️ Con...

Send us Fan Mail The impact of stress is not a new topic. However, have you stopped to think about all the tiny, almost unrecognizable things that happen in the course of the day. They hardly register as typical stress but they do add up. The phenonmenon is called “Microstress”. Tune in to hear what you can do about it. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publ...

Send us Fan Mail Diversity matters for innovation and performance at a minimum. Why do so many who are part of a minority group within the organization feel so disenfranchised? What is happening that we need to understand as leaders? What can you do as a colleague or a leader that will make a difference? And, if you are part of a minority group, what can you do to build a strong career path? Tune...

Send us Fan Mail Regardless of what you have done, when you get out of your comfort zone to do something new, your confidence will take a hit. How do you claim your confidence? How can you learn to accept change, take things less personally and not obsess about what other people think? Tune in to hear more. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-aut...

Send us Fan Mail Millennials will make up 75% of most workforces by 2025 and Generation Z is right behind them. The differences in perspectives between the four generations at work today can be frustrating to say the least. What do you need to know about Gen Z and millennials? What can you do as a leader to truly develop the next generation? And if you are a young talent, what do you need to know...

Send us Fan Mail What if you had a methodology for looking into the future, drawing implications and taking actions that matter today? Tune in to hear how to apply Future Back in general. Then stay tuned for how we apply that process to think about the future of your office place. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagra...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you are talking about your brand or your big idea, being able to show a specific measure of success helps others invest in you and helps you be persuasive. But, where do you start? How do you build a great metric? And, how do you use the process to sell others on you or your project? Tune in to hear the process and learn how to use this process to define the value you add....

Send us Fan Mail Building a culture where diverse opinions are heard, debates happen in the room and people feel comfortable saying what they think in a constructive way generates better communication and better results. For decades we have talked about how to foster diversity and build inclusive cultures without a great deal of progress to show for the efforts. What do we need to do next? Tune in...

Send us Fan Mail Debate, disagreement, different perspectives, different priorities and even different sets of facts make persuading others extremely tough. In addition, when the outcome matters a great deal, emotions always run high. What is needed to win an argument, how can you persuade someone else of a different point of view? Tune in to hear master tips from a world champion debater. ⬇️ Conn...

Send us Fan Mail Conflict, tension and disagreement are part of every team and every organization. Those that can navigate through the tension can achieve superb results. However, too many of us aren’t comfortable with conflict and either over react to conflict or avoid it totally. And of course, when the conflict really matters, it does feel personal. There is a way to get more comfortable with c...

Send us Fan Mail How often has you questioned whether your team was accountable? How many times have you told someone on your team to hold others accountable? Accountability may be as important as trust and integrity. But what do you need to do as a leader to drive accountability? Tune in to hear what you need to do. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publics...

Send us Fan Mail How do you find the courage and the strategy to persuade people in positions of power to do something different? So many people have great ideas and can’t get leaders to listen to the ideas let alone consider them seriously and even adopt them. So many also give up on their ideas too quickly - they fail to understand what the process of change requires and how to stick with the me...

Send us Fan Mail You know you need time to think and to plan, you know you have a very important future-focused task to work on in the next 6 months, and you probably are so busy you have no time to do what matters for long term success. Tune in for fabulous tactics and advice on how to change that pattern for yourself for good. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wal...