The Super Fantastic Leadership Show

Making a request and asking for what we want is often a big deal for any of us. Have you ever had that moment when you have too much to do already and then your boss asks you to do one more thing?… The post 098: How To Make A Request At Work appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

What do I do if my boss is a jerk? Well, that’s a great question and it is obviously the topic of this week’s show. We found some pretty interesting research on this topic and one thing that was fascinating is that this topic itself is being researched more now than ever in history.… The post 097: What If My Boss Is A Jerk? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week Katie and I discuss the realities of what we call “task management”. Often people talk about attempting to manage time because we can feel “at the effect” of the clock. But really, we don’t manage the clock. I mean, we could move the hands around and put them where we want them but that probably wouldn’t ultimately help us.… The post 096: You Can’t Manage Time…You Can Manage Tasks appear...

This week Katie and I talk about six ways that we know you can be an even more amazing leader. This list has been cultivated from our many year’s of coaching and supporting leaders and seeing what worked well for them and what didn’t.… The post 095: Six Ways To Be An Amazing Leader appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week Katie and I talk all about the ways our family life impacts our relationships; even those at work. This isn’t regularly talked about in leadership although it is often talked about in intimate relationships. Considering that leadership is all about relationships, it is likely that understanding more about who we are in our family just might help us to know who we are in our leadership.…...

It isn’t June yet but soon it will be and it may also be that those goals you had for yourself and your team are already taking a back seat to this thing we call life. The only thing to do in moments like these that we know to be effective is to recommit.… The post 093: Recommitment or What Happened to My Goals? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

Each day we look at our list of things to do and each day we tend to pay more attention to all of the things that didn’t get done versus the things that we did. It seems to be an age old phenomenon and the truth is, it is.… The post 092: Zeigarnik and Why We Focus on What We Didn’t Get Done appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

In this week’s show we discuss the compulsive use of the words, “I’m Sorry” and why saying it isn’t really helping anyone. We’ve all said it and had it said to us as we go along on our travels and in almost every single instance, it is incredibly inappropriate and inaccurate for the situation.… The post 091: I’m Sorry…and Why You Should Stop Saying It appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leaders...

This week’s show is all about perfectionism. We thought it was a perfect time of year to discuss this topic as it is likely that you’re reviewing how the year went for you and possibly, just possibly judging yourself for all of the things you didn’t get done versus the things that you did accomplish.… The post 090: Perfectionism Helps No One, Especially You appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve L...

This week Katie and I talk about reflecting and completing. In particular, we talk about reflecting as a part of our learning process in life and also what supports us in knowing what direction we want to move. However, we also talk about living in completion and how this is just as necessary if we want to truly be able to move our life forward.… The post 089: How to Increase Your Vitality through...

Here is a funny thing you may not think about very much at work; fear. Most people wouldn’t say they are afraid when they are at work but they use other clever words such as anxious, overwhelmed or “busy”. Now, you may not think of some of those statements or descriptions as expressing the emotion of fear but read on.… The post 088: Fear At Work and What To Do About It. appeared first on Daphne Sc...

If you’re not clear about what is expected of you at work, you’re not alone. It turns out that according to a Gallup poll of over 550 organizations and 2.2 million employees, 50% of employees and even their managers say that their expectations are unclear and do not know exactly what is expected of them at work.… The post 087: Does Your Team Know Your Expectations? Do You? appeared first on Daphne...

This week we are talking about how to handle those annoying setbacks when they arise, as they will. For sure, we have expectations about how we want things to go in life and also, how we think they “should” go. Nevertheless, setbacks will show up and how we approach them can have just as much influence on our success as much as things going as planned.… The post 086: How to Handle Those Daily Setb...

There are just those times that you need to say “no” and it is probably the one word that makes us feel incredibly uncomfortable. The truth is, we love to help people and for some of us we may also have that part of us that just loves to please people too.… The post 085: How to Say “No…and” appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we are talking about how to keep the flow going and how to build effective teams by using “yes, and” as a response to requests, suggestions and creative solutions. I was first exposed to the “yes, and” concept as a young improvisational theatre trainee at the famed Second City in Chicago.… The post 084: Use “Yes, and” To Build Effective Teams appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leader...

This week is about the recent explosion of the idea that we may need more empathy in leadership. It is an interesting idea for sure and when we think of the experience that we could inadvertently treat each other like robots, it seems that empathy may be the solution.… The post 083: Do We Really Need More Empathy In Leadership? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week is about the dynamic balance found between structure and innovation. Some of the questions that we explore are does having structure support or inhibit our creativity and how do we harness our creativity in an environment that requires a certain level of structure?… The post 082: Structure or Innovation? Do We Need Both? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week Katie and I get to answer your questions and we are particularly excited about this week’s show. We are specifically addressing two common issues that have been posed by our listeners. First, how do we get our boss to listen to our ideas?… The post 081: Your Questions Answered: How To Get Your Boss to Listen appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

How do you measure your success? This is the question that we are exploring this week and taking a deeper dive on the evaluation of success and what it means in our lives. Sometimes, we can make certain things a referendum for our approval and security and we wanted to devote some of our show time to this topic this week.… The post 080: How Do You Measure Your Success? appeared first on Daphne Sco...

This week we discuss yearly reviews or performance appraisals or whatever you want to call them. Most people just call them “miserable”. There has been so much research and discussion on these with everyone attempting to either get really good at conducting them in some way and other advocating for their abolishment all together.… The post 079: Yearly Reviews: The One Question No One is Asking app...

This week’s show is all about the questions we ask. Do we ask questions to come up with solutions or only to address problems. Now that may seem like sort of a strange question but as research shows, the questions we ask guide our attention and of course, our actions.… The post 078: Are Your Questions About Problems or Solutions? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we explore what occurs when we only focus on the positive. Does this mean that we are ignoring reality and being genuine? Well, it can. The author who really brought this phenomenon to light was author Barbara Ehrenreich in her book “Bright Sided: How positive thinking is undermining America”. … The post 077: Are You Too Positive? appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we discuss incentive plans and why they really don’t work to change long-term behavior or get us what we ultimately want. Now, if you want to hear a previous show on a similar topic you can also listen to Episode 38 .… The post 076: Incentive Plans Are Stupid appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

This week we talk about the only time you will benefit from asking the question “why”. Asking this question in this way allows you to identify the fuel that drives the engine but it doesn’t necessarily do a whole lot for you beyond that as we will see in later episodes on the show too.… The post 075: The Only Time To Ask “Why”. appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership .

In this week’s episode we talk all about being more than just a “boss” and how to be a “Superboss”. We talk about being what Dr. Sydney Finkelstein calls being a “Superboss”. As the author of “Superboss” and “Why Smart Leaders Fail”, this guy knows a thing or two about what it takes for leaders to really be great and how to stay that way.… The post 074: Are You A Superboss or Just a Boss? appeared...