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Submit ReviewWanting to command rooms with her voice, a team leader turned to her coach for exercises. She learned the secrets of “RVP.”
In this episode, five practices to help you develop a voice that will command a room are discussed:
This episode has multiple tips and tools for each of those five development areas.
The Zootopia clip that gets so much attention is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHKwnUa3txo
This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library:
Five episodes to help you command a room:
186 Video Feedback & Executive Presence
34 Keeping Repeated Material Fresh
All our free infographics are in the Essential Tools bin.
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Until next month, be well!
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
In conversation with her coach, an executive explores whether leaders and managers use language differently in order to be effective in their roles.
There are lots of ideas in this episode. To help you sort the tools and put them into practice, we’ve created an infographic for you to download. It’s in the Essential Tools bin along with all the others. Help yourself!
This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library:
Five related episodes you might listen to are:
138Managing Disruptive Executives
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Let us know how we can support your growth and development. Be in touch with us here.
Until next month, be well!
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
An executive, in conversation with her coach, wonders if leaders and managers are different. And whether it matters.
This episode has lots of ideas flying around. To help you sort the tools and put them into practice, we’ve created an infographic for you to leadership-versus-management.pdf">download. It’s in the Essential Tools bin along with all the others. Help yourself!
This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library:
Five related episodes you might listen to are:
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Our purpose is to support your growth and development. Let us know how we can help. Be in touch with us here.
Until next month, be well!
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
A leader, stuck in an unhealthy cycle, searches for a way out. In conversation with his coach, he learns a four-square tool that just might work.
A new free Essential Tool illustrating the four-square model is available for How-to-Gain-Perspective.pdf">download in the Essential Tools bin. No login required. Help yourself.
The model in this month’s episode is a variation on The ACT Matrix. Here’s our favorite YouTube video about The Matrix.
The creators of The ACT Matrix wrote a book to help practitioners use the tool.
This current episode is tagged in the library in three categories:
Here are five episodes to help you get unstuck:
7 Steps to Stop Emotional Hijacks*
How to Grow your Self-Management*
* Indicates there’s a PDF in the Essential Tools bin to support the ideas in that episode.
We are so excited to dive into the new year with you all!
All the best,
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
A team leader had a habit of jumping to conclusions. His most recent leap landed him in hot water. In conversation with his coach, he learns a tool for making better choices.
We created a new free Essential Tool illustrating The Ladder of Inference. It’s in the Essential Tools bin along with all the others. Please help yourself.
The “Don’t Judge Too Quickly” ads are on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP8NRgWtPaE&t=18s
This current episode is tagged in the library in three categories:
Perception – How You Perceive Yourself
Personal Growth & Self-Development
In addition to the various episodes listed above, five that will help you think about your thinking are:
210 – How to Grow Your Self-Management
Safe and sane holidays, everyone. See you in the New Year!
With gratitude,
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
A senior executive worries that his lieutenants are not being taken seriously by the senior leadership team. He discusses with a coach how to help his rising leaders accelerate their growth. This is that conversation.
We created a new free Essential Tool for you called “Executive Thinking.” It illustrates the “altitude” analogy Tom told during the episode. It also supports one of the four exercises you can do with your team.
Additional Essential Tools that support other exercises are “Before You Write Your Presentation” and “Sorting & Labeling.”
Liberating Structures is the free resource Tom was raving about. The specific exercise he mentioned was TRIZ.
Tom has talked about Liberating Structures in the episodes “How to Re-engage a Team” and “Leading Offsites.”
If you’re approaching year-end performance reviews, there are tools to support you – no matter which side of the review you’re on! – in Performance Reviews.
Tom referenced two shows that can help you learn Sorting & Labeling.
Coaching For Leaders with Dave Stachowiak: The Way to Make Sense to Others.
The Everyday Innovator with Chad McCallister: How Product Managers Look & Sound like Leaders.
This current episode is tagged in the library in three categories:
Perception – How You’re Perceived
In addition to the various episodes listed above, five that relate specifically to executive thinking are:
178 Executive Presence – Three Pillars
As we hurtle in our year-end traditions, stay mindful!
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
A leader causing upset among her people is given a coach. In conversation, they examine what might be triggering people to be upset with her. The exploration leads to a simple, yet difficult, idea.
Transcripts of every episode are available for download in our library.
Tom mentioned two episodes with mindfulness tools. They are:
This episode is filed in three categories in the library:
Personal Growth & Self-Development
In addition to the mindfulness episodes, five other related episodes are:
119 Creating Devoted Followers
Listen to Tom’s conversation with Kim O’Hara on “You Should Write a Book About That.”
Listen to Tom’s conversation with Marcel van de Hoef on “The Happy Investor.”
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Until next month, stay healthy and be well.
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
A team leader is tired of kerfuffles. In conversation with her coach, she learns to use a simple chart that generates almost miraculous results.
The chart is available to you here. Please, help yourself.
Other tools for leading your team that Tom mentioned in this episode include The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
You can download a sample of the team development tool based on the book that Tom mentioned. The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team assessment is available to you here.
If you’re looking to pick Tom’s brain a little more, all his interviews are available to you in Conversations.
His conversation on Keys to the Shop is available here. His conversation on Next Gen Leadership is available here.
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As ever, we cannot give enough thanks to those of you who post reviews. Thank you for your support and kind words.
Got a question about your career and how coaching might help? Get in touch with us here.
Until next month, stay healthy and be well.
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
What’s helpful to say when you’re in an argument? How can you prepare to have an argument? This month’s coaching conversation dives deeper into the topic of “Conflict” which began last month. This episode has scripts and concepts for mastering The Conflict Conversation.
We’ve created another PDF to support your leadership development. It’s a feedback model detailing actions and intentions for you. If you’re serious about your leadership, you have to be serious about mastering the art of feedback. Grab this Essential Tool and dig in. It’s waiting for you in our Tools bin.
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#27 Repairing Damaged Relationships
Thanks this month, and every month, to those of you who post reviews. We are so grateful for your support and kind words.
If you have a question about your career and how coaching might help, be in touch with us here.
Until next month, stay healthy and be well.
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
Conflict is inevitable, but most of us were never taught skills to help us find our way through the dark corridors of this house called “Conflict.” This month’s coaching conversation illuminates predictable patterns and practical tools to navigate successfully through Conflict House.
If you’re looking to develop your executive presence, our latest PDF is for you. It talks about the four factors every executive needs to be effective. It’s free. You can find it in our Tools bin. Help yourself.
This month’s episode is tagged in the Podcast Library under
Related episodes you might listen to are:
27 Repairing Damaged Relationships
Tom references the book “Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most” by Stone, Patton and Heen, from the Harvard Negotiation Project.
As always, thanks to the folks who post reviews. We are so grateful for your support and kind words.
If you have a question about your career and how coaching might help, be in touch with us here.
Until next month, stay healthy and be well.
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.
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