The Naked Leadership Podcast
 

The Naked Leadership Podcast

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Leadership is often lonely. This conversation reveals the unspoken challenges at the top, and creates resources for connected leadership.

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Live Your Word

Sunday Feb 07, 2021

Sunday Feb 07, 2021

You will learn about:

  • The detrimental effects of lying to ourselves.
  • Why executives feel they can’t reveal their truth. 
  • The importance of transparency in business.
  • Firing people with grace.
  • Living the lie too long.
  • The long-term benefits of living in your truth. 

 

Show Notes:

Today we’re tackling the theme of truth, a touchy subject in the public and personal sphere, but a necessary one to deal with if you’re trying to live your life authentically.

Through trial-and-error, we’ve discovered that the truth doesn’t have to hurt (contrary to popular belief). Instead, striving towards a clean conscience by having those tough conversations can really set you free.

 

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Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

Sunday Jan 31, 2021

Sunday Jan 31, 2021

You will learn about:

  • How obstacles can show you meaning.
  • Professional and personal issues coming up for us right now.
  • When we should confront vs. walk away from complicated situations.
  • Finding opportunities during the pandemic.

 

Show Notes:

What obstacles are you facing in your life right now?

Take a moment to reflect on them whilst listening to today’s episode, where we’ll be examining the potential opportunities that exist within roadblocks and breaking down a few obstacle-to-opportunity case studies for your reference. 

So next time you’re faced with a problem in your personal or professional life, just remember the Stoic principle ’the obstacle is the way’ in order to push through. 

 

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Goals That Matter

Sunday Jan 24, 2021

Sunday Jan 24, 2021

You will learn about:

  • How to harness the power of a ‘fresh start’ 
  • The danger of making excuses and not showing up for yourself or your business
  • The pros and cons of sharing your goals with other people
  • The hard conversations we need to be having 

 

Show Notes:

2021 has arrived. So, what’s changed for you?

Many of us are still digesting what came to the surface last year and contemplating how to press forward. Today, we’re dissecting the theme of goals and how best to approach this ‘fresh start’ in a conscious way, especially when it comes to business. 

No crystal ball can predict what will unfold this coming year, but by confronting the things we’re most scared of, having those tough conversations, and unblocking self-sabotaging behaviors, we can all make this year count. 

 

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Changing the Way We Think About HR with Gameday HR CEO, Katrina Ghazarian

Sunday Jan 17, 2021

Sunday Jan 17, 2021

You will learn about:

  • The sports philosophy behind Gameday’s business approach 
  • Creating meaningful connections between HR and employees
  • How to humanize the HR role 
  • The downside to traditional office perks 
  • The safety of being yourself in the workplace
  • How Gameday is changing the way people think about HR



Show Notes:

Hands up if you avoid all HR people.

HR sucks. Even Katrina Ghazarian, CEO of Gameday HR, will agree with you on that one. 

However, what would happen if businesses transformed their HR models and put the human back into Human Resources?

Enter Gameday HR, the forward-thinking HR consultancy firm helping businesses empower their teams with data-led, connection-focused leadership. Forget the ping-pong tables, bean bags, and blow-out retreats — real employee engagement comes from meaningful interactions that scratch beyond the surface of a template questionnaire.

HR doesn’t have to be a dirty word if you’re willing to calibrate how to integrate it with—not against—your workforce.

After this, you’ll have your HR department on speed dial.

 

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Slowing Down to Speed Up with Adrian Koehler & Dan Tocchini

Sunday Jan 10, 2021

Sunday Jan 10, 2021

You will learn about:

  • Why slowing down in business helps you connect with what you need to see
  • The importance of teams being committed to the same outcome 
  • Case examples of how the ‘slowing down to speed up’ dynamic can play out 
  • The difference between slowing down and being stuck 
  • How intentional conversations can speed up productivity and profitability 
  • Collaboration vs control 
  • Creating space to make room for great ideas

 

Show Notes:

It may sound counter-intuitive, but if you really want to get somewhere fast, you have to take your foot off the gas and to reconnect with your business intentions and long-term goals every now and then. We break down what it means to slow down and surrender the need for speed for a slower but ultimately more productive and profitable way to take your business objectives to the next level. 

In our experience, the results speak for themselves. What are you waiting for? Time’s (not) running out...



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Ignoring the Problem | with Adrian Koehler & Dan Tocchini

Sunday Jan 03, 2021

Sunday Jan 03, 2021

You will learn about:

  • The conversations we know we need to have (but continue to avoid)
  • Why you can’t always just hire the problem away
  • Why calling it a “problem” is probably making things worse
  • Our tendency to villainize people who aren’t doing what we want
  • Becoming aware of our default orientation in relationships
  • How to identify the signs that you’re unwittingly ignoring a problem

 

Show Notes:

We come across so many leaders who are aware that they have problems or breakdowns within their organization, and they think it’ll just go away or fix itself if they ignore it. We tell ourselves it’s not a big issue, we try to convince ourselves that it’s not really a problem worth our time, but we’re just making excuses because having the difficult conversation makes us uncomfortable.

But what actually happens when you ignore a known problem? It becomes bigger and more pervasive, until it’s so big that it simply can't be ignored anymore — and, at that point, it’s a much more difficult problem to solve.

 

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360° Feedback | with Adrian Koehler & Dan Tocchini

Sunday Dec 27, 2020

Sunday Dec 27, 2020

You will learn about:

  • What is a 360?
  • Why 360s often don’t work...
  • ...and why they work really well if you know why you’re doing it
  • The problem with anonymous feedback
  • Slowing down to go faster
  • Is it an opportunity or a threat?
  • Creating a culture that wants feedback
  • How you can start implementing 360s in your organization

 

Show Notes:

One of our listeners recently asked us how to set up and execute a 360° evaluation, and we’ve mentioned the 360 tool in the past but we’ve never gotten into how they can be used most effectively.

If you’re not familiar, a 360° evaluation is a mechanism for giving feedback within an organization. But, in contrast to a typical performance evaluation, the feedback is solicited from all levels and perspectives within the organization, not just from an employee’s supervisors. This can be a transformative and powerful tool for empowering your people, but be warned — if a 360 is not done correctly, it can do more bad than good to your organization and culture.

 

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Bringing Work Frustration Home | with Adrian Koehler & Dan Tocchini

Sunday Dec 20, 2020

Sunday Dec 20, 2020

You will learn about:

  • How we rationalize taking work home with us
  • Not bringing your frustrations home when you’re working from home
  • Advice from an entrepreneur who has been married for over 40 years
  • The conversations that you need to have with your partner to establish non-negotiables
  • Relationship advice that you SHOULD NOT take
  • Why natural problem solvers struggle with issues at home
  • When marriage therapy doesn’t work (and when it does)
  • Resisting the temptation to vilify
  • The fear of missing out
  • Transforming your home from a burden to a refuge

 

Show Notes:

We’ve talked a lot about frustration in the workplace, but we haven’t addressed what happens when we bring that frustration home — or how we can avoid doing that in the first place. And let’s get one thing clear: you WILL get frustrated if you are a founder or an executive. It’s a matter of when, not if. 

But why did you start a business in the first place? Most of the people we work with say they want the freedom to spend more time with the people who are most important to them, or they want to create a legacy that those people will remember fondly, so we can’t let our business life erode at our family life — that completely defeats the purpose of submitting yourself to the road less traveled in the first place.

 

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Why Did You Call This Meeting? | with Adrian Koehler & Dan Tocchini

Monday Dec 14, 2020

Monday Dec 14, 2020

You will learn about:

  • Is there just one leader in a meeting?
  • What happens when people complain about meetings
  • You are hired to produce what isn’t — and meetings help you do that
  • Getting past our default mode of survival
  • Having the “How are we gonna play ball?” conversation

 

Show Notes:

Back in episode 18, we talked about how you can structure meetings to get the most out of them. We’re revisiting the topic of meetings today, but this time, we’re going to talk about the best way to show up in meetings; how you need to be in order to have effective meetings.

 

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From Entrepreneur to Executive: The Evolution of Leadership | with Jeni Britton-Bauer, Adrian Koehler, & Dan Tocchini

Sunday Dec 06, 2020

Sunday Dec 06, 2020

You will learn about:

  • The evolution of leadership
  • Not getting it right the first time
  • Pioneering a new kind of ice cream shop
  • Do what you can now, but get better every day
  • At a certain point, you can’t grow by yourself
  • How the founder-CEO relationship is like co-parenting
  • Where does virtue come from?
  • Building trust (and fixing it when the trust’s not there
  • Ice Cream dating advice

 

Show Notes:

We don’t often have guests — so, when we do, you can be sure they have some valuable insight to share. And Jeni Britton-Bauer has had an incredible evolution as an entrepreneur and leader since founding Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in 2002. We learn about what went into her personal transformation, as well as the often-unspoken challenges that come with transitioning from being a creative entrepreneur to being the leader of a huge organization.

 

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