The Leadership & Empowerment Podcast

Interview with leadership expert Stacey Ashley on how to apply self-leadership techniques to be the best leader you can be.

In this podcast, Declan speaks to Stacey Ashley about how to apply self-leadership techniques and habits to be the best leader you can be. Stacey provides practical insights and tips on how to take control of your own leadership development journey, how to grow and how to take responsibility for empowering others along the way.  Stacey also talks about her book “First Lead Yourself; The being of leadership - a practical guide” and provides some sound advice on how to be a master of your own leadership destiny.

Highlights:

• Being of leadership
  • Face Up (take a good look at yourself and your leadership strength and weaknesses)
  • Show up (show up as your best as you are at the moment)
  • Step Up (knowing where you are and where you want to be, grow into the leader you are meant to be)
• Key ways to be a great leaders:
  • Being a master of change
  • Letting go
  • Trust your intuition; and
  • Empower others by developing their leadership skills
• Stacey talks about her new book and shares some tips on how to plan and implement your own leadership journey

About Stacey Ashley:

Stacey Ashley is a leadership expert, high performance leadership coach and best-selling author. Stacey has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence and credibility. Obsessed with possibility, Stacey helps leaders to navigate the complexities of globalisation, technological advancement, social interconnectivity, massively accelerating change, and a multi-generational workforce. Stacey typically speaks at conferences, runs workshops, consults and coaches. To learn more go to https://ashleycoaching.com.au.

Interview with Dr.Maitra on how neuroscience of leadership can help those with competing work-life responsibilities

Declan speaks to Dr. Raka Maitra about how we can apply self-awareness and neuroscience of leadership to become better leaders. This includes tips for individuals, women leaders, emerging leaders and organisations on how to better balance work-life responsibilities including caring for others. Raka’s mantra is that we can all improve our self-leadership abilities if we focus on three key traits: uncertainty, compassion and resilience.

Key takeaways:

“We can all change society and work culture, one resilient compassionate leader at a time”.

 “If we commit to developing uncertainty, compassion and resilience within ourselves, then we are all moving towards a better future for ourselves and everyone else”.

Highlights:

• Covid has made explicit some of the implicit challenges including juggling work and life balance, especially for those with caring responsibilities
• The remit of inclusion (in an organisation) has to increase to include people with more home related responsibilities and facilitate them
• People who are juggling many responsibilities at home and at work need to develop three key self -traits: Uncertainty, Resilience and Compassion
• The Covid situation has magnified the importance of why organisations need to be much more inclusive in their perspective and take it seriously to have the work-life balance of its staff at its core
• Applying CBT principles, mindfulness and meditation can help in building our resilience
• Everything life throws at us can be an opportunity to develop our self-leadership capabilities if we are willing to grow
• To grow we must commit to ourselves, commit to grow and believe in what we can deliver to the world
• We all have the gifts of resilience and compassion within us which we can use to change society and work culture
• The organisation needs to have a clear stand on what it means by inclusion
• Organisations should aim to look after staff well-being, supporting work-life balance and providing flexible ways of working