The Super Fantastic Leadership Show

In this episode I officially close out the Super Fantastic Leadership Show and make an announcement about the new podcast I will be starting in 2024.

On today’s show we are going to talk about leading remotely. Before we dive in, let’s take a beat here and recognize that this isn’t necessarily new. There are just a LOT more people doing it, of course many who may have never had to lead in this way at the moment. While many of the same rules of leadership apply, this new context will require even more skills of being present, emotionally intelli...

This week we are talking about resilience and what to avoid doing if you want to be even more resilient. That’s right, even more resilient. Human beings by in large are given much resilience but, some of the things we may be choosing to do can erode this naturally occurring strength to “bounce back” in ways that we may not recognize. First of all, watch out for complaining, blaming and criticizing...

This week we discuss the many ways in which our lives may change due to the pandemic and also, the caution we might want to consider as we begin to get convinced that we should go back to business as usual. Today’s show was inspired by an article that Daphne read on Medium written by Julio Vincent Gambuto. In this article he warns us to be intentional about what we bring back into our lives. Howev...

Today we are going to be offering a lot of tips with how to work with the experiences of anxiety, depression, overwhelm and isolation. First, we want to recognize the experience we are experiencing. So often we do attempt to rush to solutions to “get rid” of our experience or to force it to change in some way. We don’t trust the process as it is happening. We’ve also been told a lot of stories abo...

With the arising of the pandemic and the need to isolate ourselves to protect human lives, the impact on business and unemployment has reached epic proportions. While there have been many who have had the privilege of being able to work from home, there are many who may not possess that ability and thus, are finding themselves not working at all. In today’s show we want to talk about what to do if...

Today we are talking about the simplest of things that we can do as leaders, and beyond, that don’t take too much effort at all to demonstrate acts of kindness. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, the author proposed that great leaders know that small gestures matter. What landed for me though is that any acts of kindness really aren’t small at all. Although, we often may think we need to...

Today’s show was inspired by a blog post from Mr. Money Mustache. Actually, it was inspired by a response to a post on the blog of Mr. Money Mustache by the main Mustachian himself, Pete Adeney. Now, I’ve read his blog for several years and I wish I could remember how I came upon him. I’m sure it was when I was really trying to make sense of how money mattered in my life, or rather “how much”. Tak...

On today’s show we are very fortunate to have with us parenting coach and psychotherapist, Michelle Gambs. She is not only a genius in working with families and parents. She is also wickedly wise and infuses fun and play into the most difficult moments in life. Today we discuss the five needs that all children have. Guess what, they aren’t personal. Michelle also gives us some strategies to front...

This show is our first show since the pandemic came into our awareness and into our lives. Never before have any of experienced a moment in time like this and I’ve been saying to everyone that “this is my first pandemic”. And so it is for all of us. We are going to be doing many shows over the course of the next several weeks and until we feel that we don’t need to do so. We also hope that we prov...

This week’s show we ask a question that is intended to lead us into greater awareness as it pertains to how we relate to the people in our lives and especially in leadership. We are going to explore the idea of unconscious bias, essentially. How do our bias’ lead us to miss the details of what is happening in our leadership? How can we bring greater awareness to these bias’ and what can we do to w...

In this week’s show, we give a nod to the age old ideas of flexibility and freedom. Do you want both in your work and your life? And what does it mean to have these as we navigate our work and leadership? We discussed why the idea of a “flexible” work schedule may not mean what we really think it means in episode 210. It always helps to make some distinctions and to really understand what it means...

We are taking this week’s episode to honor Clayton Christensen who passed away several weeks ago. Ironically, we just did a podcast on one of my all time favorite articles written just by him. Here is a quote from him that represents what he was really about in his life and leadership: “Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved, worry about the individuals you have hel...

In this week’s show we ask a question that you may have never considered before: what brings you peace and joy at work? THis question can shift everything for us when we realize that we want the same experience at work that we want in our overall life; to feel calm, joyful and at peace no matter what shows up. We think you’ll really love the show this week. And, if you want to know even more, we r...

This week Daphne and Marta talk about all of the things they’ve quit lately. Why does it matter? Because choosing what fits and what doesn’t really matters in our lives. Just like a closet full of old shoes we may never wear anymore, if we keep them around too long, all they start to do is stink. As importantly, when we let go of one thing, we are saying yes to something else. They also discuss hi...

This week we are talking about the real root of collaboration and the importance of having many voices in the room. When we think of bringing in the entire team to evaluate decisions and make the best choices possible, we see even more that we are creating a culture of inclusion. In the old school days of getting input, this was used as a means of getting “buy in”. For sure, anyone can see right t...

Ever felt like you’ve had too much to do and you never can seem to feel motivated enough to get it all done? And have you ever found yourself telling people how you wish you didn’t have to do this thing and that? Daphne and Marta know exactly how you feel. This week we are discussing what it means to be living from obligation versus commitment in our leadership and our lives. Daphne talks about ho...

f you’ve ever had your boss tell you to accomplishing something and you’ve been given zero instructions as to the why or how, guess what? You just got dumped! And, if you’ve ever been the boss who has told someone to go ahead and roll out a project with zero instructions as to the why or how, guess what? You’re the dumper! So, let’s not be the dumper. Listen in to Daphne and Marta as they discuss...

Almost every leader I’ve ever worked with has recognized at some point in their career that they need to be better at listening. It is probably true for us all! Well this week we ask you to do a strong self-assessment of your own listening skills and also, how to improve them. You probably didn’t know that there are some real core reasons that we don’t seem to listen to others as well as we would...

This week Daphne and Marta explore the world of complaining. For sure, it seems that much of our day at work can be taken up with listening to others, and ourselves, complain. If you’ve found yourself on either side of the table, here is a little something you want to know about complaints. Complaints are simply the surface of an unmet need. That’s right. When we find ourselves complaining, someho...

Have you heard of “life hacks”? Yeah, we have too and this week we ask an important question; why are you hacking your life? Don’t get us wrong, we love efficiency and assume that some things are all about ways to be more efficient but, to what end? The one thing none of these hacks make salient is what you’re going to be ‘doing’ once you’re done rushing through your emails or laundry? We propose...

In this week’s episode we are going to talk about one of the most important and critical resources that we have in our life and our leadership, our attention. One reality of our existence that is more overlooked than most is that we actually have the ability to train our attention and to also, choose where to direct it. We will discuss the ways to do that and as importantly, the impact that this c...

This week’s show is based on one of my favorite articles and books by the same name; how will you measure your life by Clayton Christensen. I read the article so many years ago when it was published in Harvard Business Review and found this one question one of most profound, nagging and accelerating questions I’ve sat with ever since. It’s the perfect time of year to see what answers may come to y...

his show is our time to talk about one of my favorite aspects of ending the year, completion! I spend the last two weeks of the year giving my full effort to completing anything that’s been “hanging around” and needing to be brought full circle. For example, those pictures that have been needing to be framed, or that file that’s been overflowing for the past month. Yes, it’s the little things that...

In this week’s episode we are going to talk about making mistakes and the paralyzing moments that can ensue once we realized we’ve made one. It sounds simple enough that a mistake is simply a mistake but notice how much time and energy we spend wanting to avoid them?! One of the first things we have to recognize when we’re navigating this question is first and foremost how we define the word “mist...