What can leaders learn from horseshoe crabs, cottonwood trees, and polar bears?

This episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast takes a fascinating dive into the lessons that leaders and organizations can take from nature. Guest Ron Amodeo, Chief Strategy Officer at UC Davis Health, shares some examples and insights from nature that can inform the way leaders direct their organizations.

Join us for this fresh and unique perspective that takes us out of the stale, gray conference room and into the lively and ever-changing world around us.

Tune in to learn:

• How concepts such as evolution and extinction apply to business
• Why operating with new constraints can help innovation
• How a new environment changes everything

In this episode:

2:49 – Topic: How Nature Informs Strategy

Resources:

Ron Amodeo Bio, UC Davis Health

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen Jay Gould

Burgess Shale

Square-Cube Law

Great Expectations: The Saturn Cars Story

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• 4 Strategic Planning Pitfalls to Avoid
• 4 Ways to Focus Your Strategic Action Plan
• Scenario Planning for an Uncertain World
• Leading Through Change: How to Future Proof Your Team
• Prescribed Burns
• Processionary Caterpillars
• The Power of Imagination in Planning
• Leadership Lessons

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Why do people want to work for you?

And perhaps more importantly, why do they want to continue to work for you?

In this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast, Daniel and Peter look at how both external and internal onboarding can make or break the employee experience.

As Peter points out, the talent market will continue to experience generational shifts for several years to come, and the number of people entering the workforce isn’t enough to fill all the gaps. Attracting and retaining talent is more important than ever, and a great onboarding process can help everyone avoid unmet expectations, uncertainties, and unknowns.

Tune in to learn:

• The three different levels of onboarding
• The value of a team charter
• The biggest mistake to avoid with onboarding

Plus, wisdom from an old proverb, and how skiing is like many onboarding experiences.

In this episode:

2:11 – Insight of the Week

10:05 – Topic: Onboarding: How to Help Prepare People for Success In Their Roles

37:10 – Lightning Round

Resources:

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• Employee Retention: Use the First 90 Days to Keep Your Best New Talent
• Employee Experience: It’s the Moments That Matter
• 6 Reasons Employee Retention Should Matter to Your Organization
• Top 10 Reasons Why Your Competitors are Getting Your Candidates
• 5 Takeaways for Improving the Employee Experience Lifecycle
• The 7 Elements of Employee Experience
• 4 Ways to Improve the Onboarding Experience in a Remote Environment
• 4 Vital Considerations for Your Team Charter

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“I don’t know what I’ve said until I’ve learned what you heard.”

Daniel kicks off a robust discussion about communication with this provocative insight. He and Peter are joined in this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast by executive coach and communication expert Yosi Kossowsky.

“That’s something I coach leaders on 80% of the time,” says Kossowsky. Leaders often believe communication has happened, but really, it’s only the illusion of communication.

“We are often in the habit of talking, but not validating,” he says.

Our three leadership experts discuss barriers to understanding and perception, the value of open-ended questions, and the most common leadership objection to clarifying communication.

Tune in to learn:

• Techniques to solicit more interaction, feedback, and engagement from listeners
• Why curiosity is vital to understanding
• The most important question leaders should use to improve communication

Plus, how developing good communication skills is like brushing your teeth, why perceptions can change from day to day, and how Daniel and Peter really felt about childhood piano lessons.

In this episode:

2:52 – Topic: How to Not Assume People Understand You

26:18 – Practical Guidance to Improve Communication

33:38 – Lightning Round

Resources:

Yosi Kossowsky LinkedIn Profile

Stewart Leadership Insights and Resources:

• 6 Tips for Improving Your Active Listening Skills
• The 3 Most Important Factors in Building Trust with Others
• The Two Types of Questions Great Leaders Ask
• The 2 Levels in Every Conversation
• Please, Help Me Communicate Better!
• 7 Types of Difficult People (and How to Communicate With Them)

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