UpSkill Talks

What is worse:  To be a great leader and assess yourself poorly?  Or, to be a mediocre leader and assess yourself as “great”? As leaders, we must have the skill to see and assess ourselves clearly and accurately, so that we may lead most effectively. In today’s episode, Michel shares the story of an experiment where leaders were asked to assess themselves as leaders. While the results varied, the...

As leaders, we are tasked with "showing up" with confidence to our stakeholders, employees and colleagues as well as in our personal lives.  But how do we know what confidence should look like for everyone? In one word, community. In this final episode of the three-part series on confidence, Michel and Peter Walfall discuss the importance of having a community to help guide us to our mos...

Asking this question, what is the role of confidence for leaders, sometimes is a little "fuzzy" to answer. In today's episode, Michel and Peter Walfall continue with part two of their conversation on confidence for leaders. Looking at the role confidence plays for leaders, very often we reach for the "off the shelf" strategies to lead with confidence.   However, as Michel...

As leaders, we are always searching for the most effective tools to lead with confidence in an ever-changing world. Today on Upskill Talks, Michel sits down with Peter Walfall, fellow UpSkiller in the UpSkill Community for a 3-part conversation on leading with confidence in this new world. Peter and Michel begin this series by looking at how many of the strategies that once "rang true" f...

As we have all seen, the pandemic and the social issues of the past 18 months have rewritten the rulebook for leaders.   Now, more than ever, we need one another. In this episode of Upskill Talks, Michel shares the story of Lucy, who was called out by her employees and felt her confidence shaken. To use her words, she simply felt, "dumb". But with these realizations come growth and renew...

As leaders, many individuals are counting on you.  Yes, your employees and colleagues, but equally as important, your partner and family. In this episode, Michel shares the story of Sam and explores how some of us take our "mask" off at home while others put our "mask" on when we get home.  And it was the pandemic that blended these "separate" lives as we had to learn...

In this inaugural episode of Upskill Talks, host Michel Shah shares the most transformative experience of her career that forever changed her professional trajectory. Yes, as leaders, we are measured by our R esults . But when we focus solely on the metrics and the measurements that determine success, we lose sight of the personal S tories that shape the human experience of our employees and team...

UpSkill Talks is a podcast for leaders.  Leaders who are forward thinking and want to be on the cutting edge, actively seeking innovative and creative ways to interact and lead others.  Leaders who want the most up to date people skills in their toolkit.  And it is especially only for leaders who are willing to explore ideas and perspectives outside of your comfort zone and take the risks to go wh...