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When Someone Gives You Every Reason to React: Leadership Lessons from an Unlikely Place
Episode 29: When Someone Gives You Every Reason to React: Leadership Lessons from an Unlikely Place
"People-forward leadership is about consistently showing up for your people when they give you every reason not to."...
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What Your Team's Not Telling You And Why It's a Psychological Safety Issue
Episode 28: What Your Team's Not Telling You And Why It's a Psychological Safety Issue
"Psychological safety isn't about lowering standards. It's about raising relational and learning standards so your people can...
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The Reorg Playbook - How People-Forward Leaders Can Turn Disruption Into Opportunity
Episode 27: The Reorg Playbook - How People-Forward Leaders Can Turn Disruption Into Opportunity
“Restructuring, while disruptive, can be a catalyst for growth when leaders are intentional about the right...
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The Brain-Smart Feedback Loop: Your Operating System of High-Performing Teams
Episode 26: The Brain-Smart Feedback Loop: Your Operating System of High-Performing Teams
“Feedback isn’t an HR ritual; it’s the operating system of your culture.” ~Dr. Carol Parker Walsh
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Most...
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Driving Culture Change: Trust, Growth, and the Power of People-Strong Leadership – Melinda Adams, Executive Director of Island Transit
Episode 25: Driving Culture Change: Trust, Growth, and the Power of People-Strong Leadership – Melinda Adams, Executive Director of Island Transit
“Leadership begins with an investment in your people, focusing on...
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People-Forward Leadership™ in the Age of AI - 4 Skills That Can’t Be Automated
Episode 24: People-Forward Leadership™ in the Age of AI - 4 Skills That Can't Be Automated
"AI tools aren't what create value, your leadership does." ~Dr. Carol Parker Walsh
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AI adoption is happening...
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Rising Through Complexity: Leading with Authenticity and Trust – Lori Kahikina, CEO of HART
Episode 23: Rising Through Complexity: Leading with Authenticity and Trust – Lori Kahikina, CEO of HART
“As a leader, you have to take all the hits publicly and give your team the credit privately. That’s how you...
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Leading Through Chaos: 4 Ways to Create Calm in Unpredictable Times
Episode 22: Leading Through Chaos: 4 Ways to Create Calm in Unpredictable Times
“You can’t control the chaos, but you can absolutely control how your team responds to it.” ~Dr. Carol Parker Walsh
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In...
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Operator-to-CEO: Dottie Watkins’ Playbook for People-Forward Transit Leadership - Dottie Watkins, CEO, CapMetro
Episode 21:Operator-to-CEO: Dottie Watkins’ Playbook for People-Forward Transit Leadership
“You can’t say you’re committed to the customer if you’re not committed to the people who serve that customer. Leadership is...
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Catalyst Field Guide: 9 Guest Lessons That Redefined People-Forward Leadership
Episode 20: Catalyst Field Guide: 9 Guest Lessons That Redefine People-Forward Leadership™
"Leadership is not about perfection, it's about being perfectly willing to grow.” ~Dr. Carol Parker Walsh
Welcome to a very...
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Rebuild the Container – The Mid-Year Leader Awareness Reset
Episode 19: Rebuild the Container – The Mid-Year Leader Awareness Reset
"Goals thrive, or starve, inside the container you create. When you rebuild it, when you expand your emotional capacity to sit momentarily in...
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Strategy Meets Empathy: How Data-Driven Leaders Can Build People-Forward Cultures with Dr. Nadia Anderson
Episode 18: Strategy Meets Empathy: How Data-Driven Leaders Can Build People-Forward Cultures with Dr. Nadia Anderson
"Feedback is a gift. That's the only way that you learn. You're never done growing, you're never...
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