The Super Fantastic Leadership Show

This week’s show is all about work life balance…and how you will never find it, but not for the reasons that you think. The first issue with work life balance is that it is a false dichotomy. A dichotomy is when we compare two things that are intended to be direct opposites.… The post 123: Why You’ll Never Find Work-Life Balance appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are continuing on part 2 of our journey on scarcity at work and what to do about it. Today we talk about packing, trade-offs and slack and how to make the right resources scarce…in other words, how to change our thinking.… The post 122: Create Slack Instead of Scarcity At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about scarcity and the science of having less and more importantly, how this impacts our thinking, our choices and our lives. This is also Part 1 of the topic too and we’ll continue to cover more in next week’s episode.… The post 121: Scarcity And How It Impacts Your Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week is an all new show with an all new format and is a jump into creativity. If you’ve listened before you know that it used to be myself and my co-host Katie Hendricks. Katie and I had a great time doing the show and it was time for us to end that iteration and now I continue on with a new creation.… The post 120: Creativity: We’re Making Everything Up appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve...

This week brings a special edition of The Super Fantastic Leadership Show. We welcome the ending of an era as Katie and I move into new creations and end our time of co-hosting the show. However, the show will continue with new formatting and some cool stuff.… The post 119: Ending and Beginning appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

-This week we are talking about taking pause. No, not animal paws or meno-paws but how to “pause” during the day and in conversation. This comes to us from the incredible bias we have, especially in the United States, to “doing”. … The post 118: Take A Pause and Be Mindful appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about your morning rituals to achieve a successful day.  Artistotle said, “we are what we repeatedly do”. Rituals; ah, there is something that sounds so nice about that isn’t there? Or, totally confining for some people.… The post 117: Daily Rituals To Support Your Day appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about the “F” word: Failure! And how to really learn from it. It’s a perfect time of year to be talking about it too. Maybe you’re looking at those goals you set out to accomplish way back in January and you’ve found that you have already FAILED. … The post 116: How To Really Learn From Failure appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about the trade-offs at work to decisions we may need to make at work. And, we are specifically looking at the categories of tasks, rewards, social and physical environment. All organizations make decisions about what jobs and tasks to assign, what compensation to offer, and how to coordinate employees’ efforts, and how to protect the physical welfare of employees.… T...

This week we are talking about that dreaded moment when you realize that a person on your team is underperforming and isn’t working out. Now, there is some additional context here; is this a newer employee who’s been on your team for 60 days or someone that suddenly has fallen into the “underperforming” category who has been with you for two years or someone who has struggled since the first...

This week we are talking about conversations that aren’t going very well and what to do about them. We’ve all had those moments when it doesn’t seem like conversations are going well and it feels like a door is closing or a veil is coming down and covering the moment.  … The post 113: Conversations and What To Do When They Aren’t Going Well appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadersh...

This week’s show is about getting less done with less stress. Yes, I said less done with less stress . We are talking about things that don’t usually come up when we talk about productivity and they don’t involve fancy planners, note pads and cool pens.… The post 112: Get Less Done With Less Stress appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

We are talking about succeeding in work and life and keeping calm while we do it. If you’ve had a career crisis, this week’s show is for you. Have you ever had that feeling of anxiety about failure and not being successful? … The post 111: Are You Succeeding or Failing At Work and Life? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about what to do if you hate your job. Of course, quitting is always one option but if that was just the simple answer, you probably would have already done that by now. Every now and again we might find ourselves feeling a bit burned out, sluggish, downtrodden and just a bit “wonky at our job.… The post 110: What To Do If You Hate Your Job appeared first on Daphne Sc...

This week we are talking about getting happier and what to do when things in life don’t feel like they are going quite right. Often  and how our first idea is to do “more” or to add “more” things in.  In other words I need to get more sleep, I need to meditate longer, I need to work more hours this week or I need to get more organized. … The post 109: How to Be Happier: Get Essentia...

This week we are talking about Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene theory which explains a key nuance about how we motivate each other. Whoa! That sounds significant doesn’t it? It basically says this: the things that make people satisfied and motivated on the job are different in kind from things that make them dissatisfied. I… The post 108: Motivate and Demotivate Your Employees appeared first on...

This week we are talking about the “other side” of feedback; receiving it. Isn’t it funny that when we are the giver the receiver isn’t any good and when we are the receiver the giver isn’t any good? Ah the irony!… The post 107: Get Better At Receiving Feedback in 5 Steps appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Will you listen if your team gives you feedback? The belief is that leaders will listen but it may not be as straightforward as we think. I’ve never heard anyone say they have a “closed door policy” so it would seem that people would more willing to share their input right?… The post 106: Two Reasons Your Team Isn’t Giving You Feedback. appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we talk about the emotion of culture and feelings, or emotions, at work and why they matter more than ever.  We’ve covered this topic in a more specific way on the show several times (episodes 27, 30 and 34) so yeah, we think they’re pretty important.… The post 105: The Emotion of Culture appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we talk all about managing complexity in business and what that means for us to stay sustainable and vital. We specifically discuss the work of the Boston Consulting Group and the article the published in the Harvard Business Review .  … The post 104: How To Manage Complexity in Business: There is No Magic Bullet appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

-This week is all about being able to share our opinions, thoughts, judgments and feelings at work without feeling like we have to be right about any of them. This really fits in well with our previous shows on withholding .… The post 103: How To Share Our Opinions At Work Without Creating an Argument appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Our topic this week comes to us from Kristen Van Dinter. She asked how to function as an effective team even when there isn’t a designated leader. How do we know what to do when there is no “leader”; like no one is “in-charge”.… The post 102: How To Have an Effective Team Without a Leader appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

There is a lot of talk about using our strengths and here on The Super Fantastic Leadership Show, we also refer to this as living in our genius. Basically, what are the things that we do naturally that allow us to get the most bang for our buck with the least amount of effort.… The post 101: The Best Way to Discover Your Strengths and Live In Your Genius appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Lead...

This is a very special show this week as it is our 100th episode. We couldn’t think of a better topic to explore than appreciation. If you’ve been a listener to the show, we want to appreciate you and also say thank you.… The post 100: Why You Should Share Appreciation At Work and How appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we discuss one of the most difficult issues that can arise during conversation; someone interrupting you while you are speaking. While it is becoming more commonplace in our culture, it certainly isn’t becoming more tolerable. But, why do we do it and what can we do about it?… The post 099: Stop Other People From Interrupting You At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership...