The Healthy Mind Platter is a brain health model developed by David Rock and Dr. Dan Siegel. It describes seven daily essential mental activities to optimize brain matter and create well-being. In this episode of The Innovative Leader, we look at the first two of these, Focus Time and Play Time.
Feedback can be challenging to give and receive…. use some tips from neuroscience to help make it more powerful and positive! 🙂 (I was honored to get to contribute this article)
Climbing the leadership ladder? Hoping for the promotion? Feeling a little critical of the owner, boss, CEO, CXO team? Having a moment when you feel like you can do it better? In line for the Executive Chair? Being groomed to replace the CXO or owner? Child in line to take over your parent’s business? Here are 12 ways to assess if you are ready to move up. If you are a current, budding, or aspiring leader, use this list to strengthen your leadership readiness and aptitude today.
THE INNOVATIVE LEADER PODCAST WITH DAVID PHILLIPS AND CHRISTY GEIGER (www.InnovativeLeader.co) What do we do when things go south? In this episode of the Innovative Leader, we talk about leadership awareness and how to navigation of the frontal lobe (sage) vs limbic system (lizard). Emotions are real, and play a very
Here’s the struggle: How do we get things done? Why do some companies get things done and others struggle? As a leader, you can be in a car or on a plane. The car has to travel on a road, with boundaries and roadblocks. Planes, however, travel in multi-dimensional lanes, with coordinates and altitudes, and speeds. Sometimes we grow attached to the “vehicle” we are used too, which for many of us has been the car. We’ve been there for a long time and we struggle to understand how to pilot a “plane”.
Leadership can be challenging to say the least. As good leaders, we work on developing our emotional intelligence, leadership maturity, and skills daily. Despite this constant journey of growth and maturing, it can be perplexing in the midst of leadership challenges to discern what is “me” and what is others. In the crosshairs of conflict, is that “my” issue or theirs? As great leaders, we are taught to own our 1%, 10%, 25%, 50% …. Or whatever percent of the issue might be ours. Often it is additionally challenging as “followers” might not have the same development and skills and take potshots, spread rumors, lies, immature perspectives and are unable to see a two-way street. They rather stand convicted in their “victim-ness” as a result of your poor leadership. This is a challenging place from which to lead.
The challenge: How can leaders navigate forward with innovation while followers are still in SCARF mode in the present and not ready to move forward.
Leaders can help themselves in 3 ways:
Leaders are in a constant state of learning and change. Leaders come to executive coaching to help gain insight for themselves to identify blind spots, to fill in leadership ditches, and to better achieve their goals. An accelerant to this is understanding how the brain works. Neuro awareness and skills can help a leader personally, and then as they hone their skills, they can practice, share, and mentor with their followers. Understanding how the brain works supports ourselves and our team to get the best results for human performance. Why? Because really, we are our brains.
Leaders have to deal with planning and decision-making during challenging times. In this episode of The Innovative Leader, we look at the differences between 4.0 leaders and 2.0 leaders in these two areas.
Businesses are growing and opportunity is rich in many places in the world today. As more start-ups and business owners are able to get traction and “make it” as a business, the question “should I franchise” rises. What is your business model? What is the best way to grow? Would that help? Would that be an easier way to expand? Here are some questions from the Forbes Coaches Council that leaders can ask themselves as they consider growth and direction for their business.
