The Super Fantastic Leadership Show

This week’s podcast is about the context of our psychology and choices framed from through science. Based on a paper that I wrote for a class I was recently taking in the Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, Katie and I expand on a model that has been used by her and others in describing the context in which we approach the situations in our lives.… Th...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. In this week’s podcast we talk about giving advice and what happens when we hear the “yeah, but…”. Have you ever had someone come to you with a perceived issue and before you know it, you’ve exhausted every single possible option with the person to only have every option shot down?… The post Podcast 047: Giving...

In this week’s podcast, we take a deeper dive into authenticity. We aren’t just talking about not lying either. Granted, in a survey conducted in 2013, only 18% of people surveyed reported that they trusted business to tell the truth. Nevertheless, when we talk about authenticity we mean first and foremost that our inner experience is matching our outer experience.… The post Podcast 046: Authentic...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week’s podcast is all about our strengths and using them every day. We continue with part two of our episode on using our strengths and living in our genius.… The post Podcast Ep 045: Do You Know Your Strengths and Genius Qualities? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. In this week’s podcast, we start our two part episode on living in our “genius” and using our signature strengths as we do!… The post Podcast 044: Living in Your Zone of Genius And Using Your Strengths appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week we explore this question: Who are we aspiring to be when we are aligned and how this leads us to live more in a state of positive experience in our work and with our teams.… The post Podcast 043: Are You a Positive and Present Leader? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. In this week’s podcast we talk about hiring the right person. We know that people can get a job but can they do the job?… The post Podcast 042: Hiring the Right Person: It’s All About the Interview appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

In this week’s episode of The Super Fantastic Leadership Show, we are talking about meaning in life. Specifically, we are talking about one of the places in life that we can make meaning and that is through our work. We talk a lot about engagement and meaning on teams but one of the things we also want to talk about is the meaning that make as leaders.… The post Podcast 041: Are You Choosing Meani...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week’s podcast is all about relationships and how essential positive relationships are to our well-being. A long, long, time ago in a galaxy not so far away, several scientists discovered that animals and people can’t thrive without connection to others.… The post Podcast 040: Would You Like to Enhance You...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. In this week’s podcast Katie and I talk all about meditation. The concept of mindfulness and meditation have come into vogue more and more in leadership and within organizations.… The post Podcast 039: Want To Enhance the Joy in Your Leadership Life? Meditate. appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This is really episode 38. So, doo you want a bonus or are you responsible for determining who gets one and how much at work? Well this week Katie and I take a dive into the year-end bonus idea and explore the many benefits and issues that can come along with them.… The post Podcast 038: Who Wants a Bonus? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week Katie and I talk about burning out and the lack of vitality that we can experience in life. This is completely different than stress.… The post Podcast 037: Are You A Burnout Heroic Leader? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Did you know that we can be more successful at our own endeavors the more that we interact with other humans? In this week’s podcast we explore our office space and how way we engineer it can impact our productivity and our creative abilities.… The post Podcast 036: Do You Need More Face Time? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. Katie and I talk about stress, optimism and even a little bit of Freud in this week’s podcast. We explore it though from the perspective of stress not being “just” something that is occurring in our external circumstances.… The post Podcast 035: Change Your Mind and Change Your Stress appeared first on Daphne S...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week’s podcast is all about creating your very own picnic of creativity! Doesn’t that sound delicious? We continue our conversation about creativity and in this episode we go further in dispelling some of the myths about it.… The post Podcast 034: Do You Think You Aren’t Creative? appeared first on Daphne...

In this week’s podcast we talk about creativity and specifically creativity at work. This episode is part one of this topic so also be sure to check out next week’s episode too. We especially look at some myths about play and address that old belief that we aren’t creative.… The post Podcast 033: Wanna Be More Creative at Work? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. Have you ever cried at work or had someone cry in your office? We just really never want that to happen do we?… The post Podcast 032: Your Feelings At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

In this week’s podcast we are talking about focusing versus noticing. How many times have we said, “if I could just be more focused?!” But maybe that isn’t what we should really be talking about. Maybe we should be talking about the value of noticing and what that can do for us.… The post Podcast 031: Is It Possible to be Too Focused? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Emotional intelligence is what we’re talking about in this week’s podcast. Also known as the emotional intelligence quotient, it is proposed that this may be even more important that your knowledge or skills on your job. The Carnegie Institute of Technology shows that 85 percent of your financial success is due to skills in “human engineering,” your personality and ability to communicate, negotiat...

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. This week’s podcast is all about the ways we can continue to thrive and flourish through the practices of mindfulness and connecting with nature.… The post Podcast 029: Mindfulness, Connection, and Thriving appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

In this week’s podcast Katie and I are talking about the good life. Dr. Marty Seligman talks about his five part component for leading to the good life This is episode 1 of a two part series we are doing on sleep, exercise and mindfulness.… The post Podcast 028: Do You Want to Grow Your Brain? Get Some Sleep and Exercise. appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week’s podcast is all about emotional contagion. Ever felt like you were catching the negative Nellie’s from someone before? Yes, that’s emotional contagion. Katie and I take this topic all the way down the rabbit hole and even go as far as to say that there aren’t really any such thing as negative emotions; there is only emotion.… The post Podcast 027: Your Emotions are Contagious! appeared...

This podcast is all about play, fun and the myths that we have about this all happening at work. Katie and I explore how having more of this throughout the day will really support you and your teams in getting more done.… The post Podcast 026: If You Want to be Productive…Have Fun and Play appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

If you like to read as much as listen, you can get a transcript of the show right here. In this week’s podcast, we talk about the thing that no one likes to really talk about: competition and jealousy. We blended these two topics together because they both include a belief that there isn’t enough for me and for you and are built on a life of comparison.… The post Podcast 025: Competition and Jealo...

In this week’s podcast Katie and I take a look at ourselves as we talk about self-awareness. We define what it is and what it isn’t. Typically when we talk about self-awareness this is in relation to emotional intelligence and emotional regulation.… The post Podcast 024: Self-Awareness Isn’t Just Regulating Your Emotions appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .