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Podcast: Getting Unstuck – Cultivating Curiosity
Episode: How and Why to Be Your True Self as a Leader
Description: As leaders, we can often fall into the trap of focusing most of our attention on the work of achieving desired outcomes. While achieving outcomes is critical for organizational success, authentic leaders also focus on how they are showing up to lead the people doing the day-to-day work to achieve those desired results. Focusing their attention there forces the leader to be vulnerable, to think more in terms of "we" than "I." Focusing their attention on the staff doing the work engages the leader's innate curiosity, and that curiosity gives rise to empathy. Empathy nourishes emotional intelligence, which is...