The Deliberate Leader Podcast with Rita Cincotta

In this episode I am joined by Danette Fenton-Menzies.  Danette is a thought leader in adaptable leadership and the Director of Learning at Magical Learning. In this discussion we explore bouncing back from difficult leadership challenges through a curiosity mindset.  What questions can we ask that will enable us to see this situation from a different perspective?  Enjoy!

Joining me in this episode of The Leadership Lane podcast, is author and thought leader, Caelan Huntress. Caelan is an expert in marketing, productivity and communications.  In this discussion, we cover the similarities between leading a team, and influencing a community in marketing.  We look at bringing play into productivity and performance for a team, and what leaders can do to engag...

In this episode I chat with Rebecca Max, Founder and General Manager of Infinite Presence .  Rebecca works with teams and leaders to help them better manage stress and develop mindful leadership practices. She does this by teaching them how to understand their own stress response and provides them with stress management tools such as meditation and mindfulness.  In addition to this, Rebe...

On this week’s podcast, Rita interviewed the wonderful Richenda Vermuelen, CEO of ntegrity. Richenda shares her insights on how her leadership style has evolved, the power in focusing on team development, her meticulous focus on goal setting and why increasing self-awareness is the absolute game changer in elevating your leadership.

In this week's podcast I share with you the 9C's of Leadership.  What they look like and what they don't, how you can tune into them for yourself, and also the impact they have on those around you... colleagues, team members, managers, even your family and friends!

This week's episode covers the common fears that might get in the way of moving up to the executive level, and how a focus on confidence, trust and value can support you in moving across into the Executive lane.

In this week's episode, Dr Tarryn McCarthy shares how we can become happier leaders by focusing on redefining success.   In this discussion, we challenge strongly held mindsets about success in leadership, and we consider what it would take for us to turn the path to success completely on its head.

Jade Lee is a Workplace Engagement expert who is passionate about employee wellbeing and sustained mental health at work.  Jade's new book, "What my Sherpa taught me about teams - A guide to engagement at work" is all about Jade's experience climbing Mt Everest, and what she learned in observing how the Sherpa (now her husband) consistently engaged and motivated the group of travelers as they...

This week we have two special guests on the podcast, Pina Khalaf and Michelle McCubbin-Gannon.  Pina and Michelle are successful award-winning entrepreneurs with a long business history.  In my interview with them, we discussed their leadership journies and they shared some great insights about how they have developed their own leadership toolkit and how they help their team to achieve t...

Special Guest, Elinor Moshe joins me this week for a conversation about leadership on the Leadership Lane.    Elinor Moshe is an ambitious and driven thought leader and dedicated mentor in the construction industry. Her passion to guide, inspire and direct future leaders and industry professionals to construct their career lead to her founding the successful platform, The Construction Co...

In this episode, we look at whether everything is really urgent and important.  We can quite easily make this our default setting.  How do we avoid it and how can we best utilise one of our most important currencies... time.   

Coaching in leadership provides an effective way to build high team performance, trust, connection and authenticity in a team.  In this week's episode, I talk about what the coaching mode in leadership looks like and how easily it can be implemented. 

Welcome back and a happy 2022 to you!  In this first episode for 2022 we talk about energy.  What energy are you bringing to your leadership role, what energy do you need to bring, how can you manage your energy and what energy do you need to manage across your leadership lanes?  

In a farewell to 2021, I share with you some goal setting tips to avoid creating guilt lists, and l also share a practice that I was told about this week called "Six of the best" with full attribution to P.A (who I may just ask to be a guest on one of next year's podcasts!) Happy festive season to you all.  Thanks so much for your support for this podcast this year, and I look forward to brin...

In this episode, I discuss the importance of recommitting to your leadership opportunity.  Does your opportunity still serve your plan?  What is your plan?  Hoiw do you know when you have achieved what you want?  How does failure play a part in this?  Lots of questions, and lots of food for thought in this week's podcast.  Enjoy.

Building a team and encouraging collaboration needs consistent focus and practice. It happens when we intentionally work on it.  This week's podcast is all about how we can continue to build collaboration in our teams in our (here to stay) hybrid working environment. 

In this podcast, I explore the relationship between building confidence and performance effort.  This can be applied to you as a leader or to members of your team.

Empathy. We all know we need to demonstrate it. We call it out as being important. Some organisations have it in their values, behaviours and capability frameworks. But what does it look like in leadership? Organisations that focus on empathy have stronger collaboration, deeper trust, more quality relationships and increased psychological safety. When empathy is abundant there is a deeper desire t...

In this episode, I talk about change.  We all need to implement it at some point as leaders, but how can we do it in an easier way?  

When you're in the leadership lane, your personal performance - that is your performance based on how you take care of your body, mind, heart and soul is fundamental to achieving an elevated level of performance.  In this week's podcast, I discuss why this is important and what you can start doing right now.

In this episode, I talk about the relationship between trust and confidence.  The two are inextricably linked.  They are co-dependent. As one grows the other grows.  We often seek external validation for trust and internal validation for confidence.  the reality is that we need both to be seen in almost if not equal measure from our own view and the view of others. 

In this episode, I share a deeper conversation that I had the pleasure of facilitating between a group of introverts and a group of extroverts.  It was authentic, insightful, and revealed so much!  This group was able to create a deeper connection, they increased their self-awareness and they knocked over lots of myths and stories they had told themselves about the 'other" side.  En...

In this episode, I talk about leadership identities.  In particular which ones do we wear and how many do we wear? Do we know if we are wearing the right one and when is it a good time to decide if we need to change?

Welcome to the very first episode of Leadership Lane.  Now more than ever it is tough to lead.  Leadership is an esteemed path, but for many, the gloss wears off too quickly.  So hang out with me every week or so where I aim to make your Leadership Lane, easier and more fulfilling.