Kelli Thompson, Women’s Leadership Coach and Speaker joins Cy on this episode to talk all things confidence. Her new book: Closing the Confidence Gap is hitting bookshelves on November 1st. Kelli and Cy talk about ways to close the confidence gap that will boost your peace, your potential and maybe even your paycheck. They also chat about their takes on imposter syndrome, quiet quitting and the difference between ego and confidence. This episode will help you.
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr
If there is one thing we have learned in recent times, it's that we do not have to do it alone! Resiliency is not about being the toughest in the room, it's about finding the genius in the collective. In this interview, Cy talks with social workers Lori Gunther and Melissa Gehl, co-owners of Synova, whose mission is to create rewarding programs for Nurse Leaders. Listen in for tips to help hope make a comeback, lead a revolution of recovery, and succeed in spite of the facts. You will also learn...
Oct 27, 2022•51 min
In this episode, Cy talks with Robert Pardi, Transformational Life Coach, Author, Speaker about the power that self-reflection plays in healing ourselves and curating the life that fuels happiness in this messy world. Robert shares from experience how his wife’s death fueled both deep despair and also an incredible redesign of his current life. He shares the path he took to reconnect to his personal power and to the wonder of life and the power of questioning limiting beliefs while challenging h...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Keith Ferrazzi, the networking guru and author of “Never Eat Alone” joins Cy on this episode to share the findings and very practical high value practices for succeeding in the new world of work that resulted from his intensive research conducted during the pandemic. Keith’s new book, “Competing in the New World of Work” is HBR’s top pick in post pandemic books and Keith shares highlights for transforming your business models, redesigning you workforce and going forward to work in this new world...
Jan 17, 2022•58 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Ali Novitsky, M.D. joins Cy on her last podcast of 2021 with counter intuitive strategies to optimize your well-being. As a life coach and health enthusiast, Dr. Ali encourages us all to learn to relax and overcome perfectionism with a whole new take on your To Do list, preaches planning for and celebrating 10% performances on the daily, and ways to enhance your life by doing a whole lot less! You got to listen before you make any New Year’s Resolutions.
Dec 21, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Jessica Tietjen, author of Exceptional Life R-Evolution and founder of Evolving to Exceptional joins Cy to talk about strategies to not only reach peak performance levels in your life and the life of your teams, but to call for a Revolution founded in each person’s evolution. Join us as Jessica shares the innovative techniques she used at her organization for building personal accountability in all aspects of life, even in your engagement efforts at work as well as how the Great Resignation can ...
Dec 13, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 17
People are not a means to an end and aren’t fulfilled being cogs in the wheel achieving some stated objective for the business and the Great Resignation is stating that loud and clear. In this episode, Cy had a great conversation with Robb Holman, Founder of Inside Out Leadership about how to use these times as a great wake up call for leaders - a call to do the inner work, to radically simplify, and put people over procedures to build something beyond engagement - true devotion, to the leader, ...
Dec 02, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Connections are the antidote to feeling burned out…. In this episode, Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS and Cy get together to chat about burnout, resiliency, and living big, peaceful lives in current times. Sasha is the founder of Brave Enough and a fantastic leader in the Department of Anesthesia at UNMC.
Nov 16, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Alli Myatt and Courtney Tungate, the co-founders of The Equity Practice join Cy in this episode of the No Ego Podcast to share what they have learned along the way to help others make equity work. Alli and Courtney give concrete and pragmatic recommendations on how to move beyond conversations about race to actions that support racial equity. https://www.theequitypractice.com/team-who-we-are
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 14
Richard Medcalf is Founder of Xquadrant and an executive coach to some of the world's most impressive and successful CEOs and their teams. In this episode Richard shares four key insights that help his clients make real transformational progress in this area and become champions of transformational change. https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardmedcalf/ Free course: "Freeing Yourself Up For Strategic Activity: An Executive's Productivity Paradigm" https://xquadrant.com/go/productivity Impact Multipl...
Aug 30, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Jared Narlock, Speaker and Talent Development Coach, and author of Becoming a Peaceful Powered Leader, joins Cy in this episode to share the habits and dedications one needs to practice to be a peaceful powered leader - one transcends their own ego to build team members who can meet the challenges at hand in a state of contentment. https://www.peacefulpoweredleadership.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-narlock/ https://twitter.com/JaredNarlock?s=20 https://www.instagram.com/jarednarlock/?hl=...
Aug 17, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Cy is joined by her favorite IG licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Jamie Zuckerman to talk all about her observations on the pandemic ’s effect on our mental health, ways to stop trying to fix and instead manage anxiety, suggestions for supporting others in ways that actually help, and avoiding toxic positivity all together. IG @Dr.Z_psychologist https://www.drjaimezuckerman.co
Aug 04, 2021•33 min•Season 4Ep. 11
The last year has revealed to many of us that the current state of our boundaries is disordered and in need of repair to avoid exhaustion and burnout. Join Cy and guest Terri Cole, MSW LCSW as they talk about how to become a boundary boss so you can live an authentic and fulfilled life. http://boundaryboss.me/noego
Jul 21, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 10
With the vaccine situation improving, you are likely thinking about, or in the process of returning to the office. Gleb and I cover helpful benchmarking and best practices to aid in your return plan. Find the full white paper here: https://tinyurl.com/TheOfficeReturn
Jul 07, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Erica Dhawan, author of Digital Body Language, joins me this week to discuss her new book and building connection in the digital era.
Jun 21, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Frank Calderoni - Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan joins Cy on this episode to talk about how he has used company character to align brand, strategy and experience to build a foundation for success at Anaplan. Preorder Frank's new book, Upstanding , at https://www.amazon.com/Upstanding-Company-Character-Catalyzes-Hypergrowth/dp/1119746493
Jun 04, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 7
We are certainly heading towards some pleasure, some decadence. Many predict something similar to the roaring 20’s that followed the Spanish flu pandemic – pleasure does most certainly follow pain but the two are kindred spirits in the same cycle that is predictable and always returns to pain – why?
Apr 06, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Feelings have good information – goal is to experience them completely. Important for leaders to develop the ability to hold space for people to share their experiences AND important for individuals to learn to self-regulate and take ownership for their own feelings and their own emotional experience.
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 5
This week we break down Projection and how it is showing up in our hybrid workplaces. We need to change the way in which we are having conversations and managing our energy to open up the opportunity for the BIG conversations that will determine how we move forward. Join me as we work through the Thinking Inside-The-Box Tool as well. Newsletter Sign-Up: https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/newsletter/ Thinking Inside-The-Box Tool: https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/...
Mar 23, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Season 4 is in full swing! In this episode I break down ways to build your inner wisdom using some tools and tricks adapted to today's challenges.
Mar 15, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Today I have a short version of my most recent keynote addressing living Reality-Based in these challenging times!
Mar 08, 2021•19 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Uncertainty and ambiguity are universally difficult mind states for all human beings that inevitably produce stress, anxiety, and fear. If this is pervasive in the culture, we are all affected. It is pervasive now. Join me as I discuss these challenges and more with Jacqueline Anderegg, LCMSW.
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 1
When I hear people talk about trust in the workplace, I get concerned because we make it sound like something we can create for another. But that leaves us dependent on other people and creates situations where people end up waiting to be offered something. When you say there is a lack of trust in your organization, is it due to leadership or due to your own choices? That's what I want to get into today. Whether or not you trust someone has a lot to do with you.
Feb 08, 2021•37 min
When you are blaming others for your circumstances and not taking control of your own actions, that is when your ego really comes out swinging. And I want to get into today one of the major factors of blame, something I like to call learned helplessness. Learned helplessness is the opposite of accountability, and personal accountability is the death of the ego. And we all know that when you ditch your ego, it allows for growth and collaboration.
Feb 02, 2021•27 min
In today's episode, I want to talk about conflict. As a researcher, I've spent so many hours dissecting and trying to understand conflict and why it happens. What I've found is this: so much of the time, the root cause of conflict is ambiguity. And a leader's job is to facilitate clarifying conversations. Listen in for more on this and what else I've discovered are the best ways to fix it.
Jan 18, 2021•51 min
In today's episode, I talk about why you should live your life with great expectancy instead of expectations. There's a big difference, so I want you to dive into it with me and see how drastically different it can make your day-to-day.
Jan 11, 2021•26 min
Accountability: it's a topic I bring up a lot because I believe it is one of the most misunderstood words in today's workplace. How do you measure for it? What is the end goal? And how do you introduce it to your company? I sat down with Jackie Froendt from Home Instead Senior Care to talk about all these things and so much more. Sidenote: we were meeting to film my new Facebook Watch show, Life's Messy Live Happy! Check out my Facebook to tune in to that as well.
Jan 04, 2021•16 min
With the holidays approaching, and the added stress that can come with them, I thought I'd focus on one big topic of mine today: that suffering is completely optional. I don't say this to be insensitive or trite - it's just that so much of our suffering comes from stories we make up in our own heads and not reality. In today's episode, I'll show you tools you can use to fix that and be stress-free this holiday season.
Dec 21, 2020•36 min
In this week's episode, I answer the often asked question, “How do I make someone change?” with a surprising answer. You can’t make anyone do anything - but, you can stop enabling them. When you stop enabling your teammates, it 's the quickest way to ensure that their relationship with reality is a direct one and that they have the best information possible with which to make better decisions.
Dec 14, 2020•24 min
I got wind of a fan who was starting their own Reality-Based leadership Revolution at their company so I surprised them with a phone call. We managed to capture the conversation and get great tips on how to start from where you are, even if it's not a company-sanctioned program.
Dec 07, 2020•24 min
