Dan Pink is one of my favorite researchers and writers. In this episode, we dig into one of my least favorite feelings (but one of my best teachers): regret. In his new book, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, Dan shares findings from two large studies on regret. Its fascinating. One big takeaway: We have more regrets about the things we did NOT do than the things we did do. Both Dan and regret are great teachers youll be glad you listened Learn more about your ad choice...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Were back! Its 2022, and were all talking about returning to the office at some point. There are a lot of unknowns, and its going to be awkward. In this episode, Barrett and I discuss how our organization is going to gather again, as well as what we are seeing in companies across the country. We talk through a few of the toughest questions, debunk some remote working myths, and discuss what weve learned over the past two years. Were calling the return to the workplace the Great Awkward its going...
Jan 24, 2022•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast My conversation with America Ferrera was so good that I didnt want it to end, so here we are with the second episode with the renowned actor, director, producer, activist, and leader. We continued our discussion about the importance of integration and how transformative it can be to bring all of our identities to our leadership journey and in the process, the conversation goes where really neither of us expected it to go. Youll also hear that the rapid-fire questions were not so rapid, but they ...
Dec 13, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking with America Ferrera actor, director, producer, activist, and leader in the first of a two-part series about leading with your whole self. I have done a lot of work with integration and leadership over the past decades, and I hadnt heard it so clearly captured and explained as America did in this episode. Every transformational leader Ive ever worked with refuses to compartmentalize who they are, and America has profoundly, publicly, and professionally integrated her identity into her...
Dec 06, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology and the head of Silliman Residential College at Yale University and the host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab. We talk about her experiences with university students and how it connects with the research that Ive done for my new book, Atlas of the Heart. We discuss how that data predicts what we can expect when we return to the workplace, as well as evidence-based strategies for how we can use this moment to create and cultivate meaningful c...
Nov 29, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Its Part 2 of our two-part episode with James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, which has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages. In Part 1 of our series, we talked about building systems to create habits, and in this episode, we talk about how and why habits are atomic and how to build a habit or break a habit. We also look at our environments and how we can tweak them to support the habits we want to have, and then dive in and talk about organiz...
Nov 22, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Even before James Clear and I met, I knew this would be a two-part series. I just had so many questions for the author of Atomic Habits, which has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages. Not surprisingly, this turned out to be exactly the type of conversation Id anticipated. In Part 1 of our series, we talk specifically about developing identity-based habits and how we can become the architects of those habits, not the victims of them. We also t...
Nov 15, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast I am talking with Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist who served as chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Team during the Obama administration and served as the first behavioral science adviser to the United Nations. We talk about what happens when change knocks us off our charted path. How do we get back up? How do we figure out who we are without that path? And how do we start building a new way to walk through the world? We connect on all of these questions and more in this meaningfu...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Barrett is back to talk more about trust and how we approach it at our company. We call it BRAVING trust BRAVING is the acronym we use for the seven attributes of trust. And in Part 2 of this two-part series, we really dig into the core elements of BRAVING: boundaries, reliability, accountability, vault, integrity, nonjudgment, and generosity. We talk frankly about awareness, experiences, and hacks that we have found to be helpful in cultivating trust, and we get really personal about how all of...
Nov 01, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Barrett Guillen, chief of staff at Bren Brown Education and Research Group, is joining me to talk about trust, what trust means, and how we approach it at our company. We call it BRAVING trust BRAVING is the acronym we use for the seven attributes of trust. We have shared this with organizations all over the world, and today, were going to dig into what weve learned about practicing BRAVING trust, what weve learned from teaching it, and what weve learned from the barriers that w...
Oct 25, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Liz Wiseman is an author, a researcher, and an executive adviser, and we are talking about her new book, Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact. Liz has done research across organizations around the world, talking to managers about what impact players look like, what sets them apart, and how they contribute. With this research, she gives us language to recognize the attributes of an impact player and to grow those characteristics in our own lives to make our ...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking with Jodi-Ann Burey and Ruchika Tulshyan about imposter syndrome and the articles they have written together on the topic, including Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome, which is among the Harvard Business Reviews top 100 most-read articles in history. We talk about the contexts in which imposter syndrome was originally defined, as well as how it continues to be defined and experienced. We also talk about the problematic myths, required masks, and systemic mindsets connecte...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Charles Feltman is the author of The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work, which is based on his nearly three decades of work with individuals and teams to build, maintain, and restore trust. I have used his definitions of trust and distrust in every book Ive written, because they are practical and actionable and, at the same time, deep and meaningful. It was important to me to dig into these definitions and explore how they play out at work, in relationships, and i...
Oct 04, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is the second of a two-part series on feedback, and Barrett is back to take it to the next level and dig into engaged feedback with me. As you know, Barrett is chief of staff for Bren Brown Education and Research Group and one of my sisters, and together, we go through the 11 elements of the Engaged Feedback Checklist. Its a practical tool, and we talk about the real and tangible ways its changed how we approach giving feedback and leading tough conversations. Learn more about your ...
Sep 27, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is the first of a two-part series on feedback, and Im talking with my sister Barrett Guillen, chief of staff for Bren Brown Education and Research Group, about professional feedback. We get very honest about the feedback that we have received over the years, as well as how it felt, what weve tried to do about it, where we slip up, and where weve made strides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking to Dr. Amy Cuddy, social psychologist, bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice. We discuss her recently published Washington Post article, Why This Stage of the Pandemic Makes Us So Anxious, and how working through this collective, constant pandemic flux affects us as individuals and as leaders. We also talk about developing a flux mindset and how important it is to facilitate a sense of agency as we ma...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast As Im writing a book and thinking about habits that are getting in my way of being more productive, I call upon Charles Duhigg, who is a New York Times bestselling author on habits and productivity with The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. We talk about how we are in an interesting time to think big picture about what were doing well and what wed like to work on and what he believes is the greatest productivity app that we can all ac...
Jul 12, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is the second of a two-part series with Priya Parker, master facilitator, strategic adviser, and the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. We hold a weekly meeting in our organization that doesnt seem to be serving everyone in a consistent way, so Priya helps me figure out whats going on and why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join me for Part 1 of a two-part series with Priya Parker on gathering together again. Priya is a master facilitator, a strategic adviser, and the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. We talk about the big and small challenges well see when we return to workspaces, the need well have to use our creativity and ingenuity to figure out how to be together, and the opportunity well get to ask how we can be together better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking with Patrice Gordon about reverse mentorship, a practice that sets up a junior team member, often a member of an underrepresented group, to mentor senior staff. Patrice did a TED talk last fall on how reverse mentorship can help create better leaders, and I loved the approach. We talk through best practices and how to set up a program that provides psychological safety for individuals and for the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 10, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Doug Conant is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a Top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and one of the 100 Most Influential Authors in the World. We talk about the principles and practices in the new book he co-authored with Amy Federman, The Blueprint: 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights, as well as how to create an entourage of excellence, how to find our individual leadership stories, and how to bring those s...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of six books, including The Coaching Habit and The Advice Trap. We talk about taming our Advice Monsters you know, those insatiable things that fuel our need to offer advice and answers when curiosity and good questions are way more powerful. We also share a very vulnerable, impromptu role play, where I ask him for help on a real issue that Im struggling with at work and he models incredible coaching and curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking to Dr. Angela Duckworth, professor, founder and CEO of Character Lab, and author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance. We dig into what grit is, but also what grit is not. We talk about taking the windy path, the danger of oversimplifying complex ideas, and why ruling out what does NOT bring you joy is part of finding what does. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is Part 2 of our two-part series on daring leadership, where I unpack four more common types of armor that we use to self-protect when were in fear. These barriers include creating a fitting-in culture versus a belonging culture, fostering a scarcity-based culture versus modeling that we are enough and have enough, leading reactively versus leading strategically, and resisting change versus accepting and embracing change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2021•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast The greatest barrier to daring leadership is not fear; the greatest barrier is armor, or how we self-protect when were in fear. This is Part 1 of a two-part series where I unpack the most common types of armor, including being a knower versus being a learner, tapping out of hard conversation versus skilling up and leaning in, and using shame and blame to manage others versus using accountability and empathy. Join me for a conversation that includes real examples and actionable strategies about h...
Apr 05, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode feels like a conversation with an old friend who happens to be an expert on fear, anxiety, and perfectionism. Pippa is a highly sought-after sports psychologist, a culture coach, and the author of the bestselling book Fear Less: How to Win at Life Without Losing Yourself. As the head of people and team development at the Football Association, she worked closely with the England team for the World Cup in 2018 (remember when they finally broke that penalty kick curse?). Join us as we ...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dare to Lead is Unlocking Us this week. Burnout. Were all experiencing it and were all desperate for a way through it. In this episode, I talk to Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski about what causes burnout, what it does to our bodies, and how we can move through the emotional exhaustion. This has been a game changer for me and for my family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Dare to Lead is Unlocking Us! Emmanuel Acho is a creator, host, and producer of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, a web series about racism to drive open and uncomfortable dialogue. His book with the same name is a thoughtful manifesto, a mandate, and a playbook thats both generous and full of love. We get personal, and we talk about what these important questions mean in the context of history and for culture today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
Mar 15, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Susan David, author of the bestselling book Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. In Part 1, we talked about how emotional granularity and agility benefit us as leaders. This episode is another emotions researcher extravaganza! Susan and I talk about how to build emotionally agile teams, how to lead from a place of awareness, and the power of the choice that we can find in the space between stimulus and response. L...
Mar 08, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Im talking to Dr. Susan David, author of the bestselling book Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life. This is a full-on emotion-researcher geek-out on how emotional granularity and agility benefit us as individuals and as leaders. Its such a good conversation that we made it into two episodes, and this is Part 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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