Life, Leadership and Change with Kara Hawkins

Kara Hawkins

Real stories about who we are, how we lead, and the world we're creating together. Life, Leadership and Change brings together entrepreneurs, creatives, academics, and changemakers for honest conversations that move from the deeply personal to the boldly systemic. Together, Kara and her guests everything from leadership, complexity and emotional intelligence to career fulfilment, social change, and the structures that shape how we live and work. If you're curious, purposeful, and believe in better, this show is for you.

  1. APR 6

    Rising to the Occasion: Part 2: Leadership Skills for the Modern Era with Dr Aiden M. A. Thornton

    In Episode 1 we established that complexity is increasing. Now we go one step further to ask: are we as humans actually built to handle this level of complexity? And what skills do leaders need to navigate it moving forward? In Episode 2 of this mini-series, Dr. Aiden M. A. Thornton shares eye-opening research on the gap between what leadership roles demand and what most leaders are cognitively equipped to handle. Then we go beyond the problem to explore the emerging leadership skills needed to thrive amid increasing complexity in today's hyper-connected, unpredictable world. We cover: - What 700 leaders revealed about the relationship between cognitive capacity and role complexity - The key skills leaders need to navigate complexity effectively - What regulating your own nervous system has to do with navigating organisational complexity Whether you lead a team, drive change, or simply want to show up more effectively in an increasingly complex world, this episode will shift how you think about what leadership actually requires of us. This was Episode 2 of 4. Next up: leading through colliding worldviews and the culture wars. You can connect with Aiden here: https://au.linkedin.com/in/aidenmathornton Link to Aiden's research on the complexity gap here: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/facing-the-complexity-gap-developing-leaders-reasoning-skills-to-/ BONUS Ask Aiden Anything Q&A session: Submit your questions here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/rQdcvQadga

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Real stories about who we are, how we lead, and the world we're creating together. Life, Leadership and Change brings together entrepreneurs, creatives, academics, and changemakers for honest conversations that move from the deeply personal to the boldly systemic. Together, Kara and her guests everything from leadership, complexity and emotional intelligence to career fulfilment, social change, and the structures that shape how we live and work. If you're curious, purposeful, and believe in better, this show is for you.