The Look & Sound of Leadership Essential Communications - Tom Henschel

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:


LeadershipManagement SkillsPerception – How You’re Perceived

Five related episodes you might listen to are: 


139Engagement & Performance
138Managing Disruptive Executives
140 Showing Teeth
148Taming Meetings
156The Voice of Authority


Much gratitude to the folks who post reviews. We appreciate your support and all your kind words.

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 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:
LeadershipManagement SkillsRelationship Building

Five related episodes you might listen to are: 
139Dynamic One-on-Ones
138How Teams Fight
179 Managing Former Peers
148Taming Meetings
156The Voice of Authority


We are so grateful to those of you post reviews. It only takes you a minute or two, but it makes a world of difference for us. 

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 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:
Developing New Behaviors
Managing Yourself
Self-Talk


Here are five episodes to help you get unstuck: 
7 Steps to Stop Emotional Hijacks*
Blind Spots
How to Build Self-Awareness*
How to Grow your Self-Management*
How to Show Up
* 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:
Managing Yourself
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:   


102 – Getting Unstuck
210 – How to Grow Your Self-Management
63 – Positive Opposites
154 – Self-Limiting Beliefs
190 – Thinking Errors

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:
Executive Presence
Leadership
Perception – How You’re Perceived


In addition to the various episodes listed above, five that relate specifically to executive thinking are:


180  Becoming Expert
193  Branding Yourself
202  The Executive Executive
178  Executive Presence – Three Pillars
11  Sounding Executive

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: 
The Mindful Executive
The Focused Executive.


This episode is filed in three categories in the library:
Managing Yourself
Personal Growth & Self-Development
Self-Talk


In addition to the mindfulness episodes, five other related episodes are:
204 Blind Spots
119 Creating Devoted Followers
171 Taming the Wild Child
190 Thinking Errors
96 The Many Parts of You


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.”  


Gratitude to those who POST REVIEWS. You are life-sustaining! Thank you!
Got a question you think a coach could help with? We’re happy to talk! Get in touch with us here. 


Until next month, stay healthy and be well.
Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team.