1 hr 4 min
159. Katie McLaughlin | Lights, Camera, Action: Leadership Lessons and Theatrical Solutions Leadership Junkies Podcast
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Are you looking to grow your leadership? Are you committed to building a people-centric culture? Are you ready to move past the checklists and build an authentic culture?
Our special guest Katie McLaughlin answers these and other questions about engagement, leadership and culture building.
Katie McLaughlin is the Founder, Chief Strategist and Transformation Artist at the McLaughlin Method, an organization that provides leadership and culture transformation for mature startups. They help leaders create inclusive cultures, build emotional intelligence, and work through their assumptions and biases so they can actually connect with and get the MOST out of their teams.
Katie does this all through interactive, experiential, theatre-based exercises. Her bias for action is HIGH so attendees to her sessions always leave with at least one action item to immediately do to shift something in your behavior, relationships, and company. Working with Katie you benefit from the powerhouse combo of her theatre background and over 15 years in the heart of business strategy, organizational development, and change management.
The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com.
Show Notes
Episode highlights…
Culture challenges and opportunities in the dynamics of start-ups
Good culture intention versus great culture execution
Organizations and cultures are ever changing, living, breathing things
Challenges of change management in growing organizations
Understanding two culture inflection points the past two years – COVID pandemic and rapid growth companies due to aggressive hiring or acquisitions
Acquisitions and mergers require inclusive integration conversations and strategies
Living your values versus simply having them posted on the wall
Different perspectives on the concept of out of the box thinking and innovation
Leaders must communicate more of what’s in their heads
The challenges and realities of assumptions and biases in our leadership, reactions, perspectives and decision-making
The intrinsic and insidious nature of assumptions and biases
Learning how to better deal with our emotions and the emotions of others in the workplace
Using theater in growing your leadership, communication, culture and engagement
What it means to really see your people as humans – moving beyond checklists to authentic culture
Culture is in the in-between moments
The critical role of intentionality in leadership and culture building
Role of biases in workplace communication and expectations
Emotional intelligence and leadership
Other people determine our emotional intelligence (not our own self-assessment)
You can’t control how someone feels (at best, you can only influence it)
Authentic leadership beyond leadership performance
Challenges and solutions for engaging a remote workforce
Leadership requires delegating things off of your plate
Resources:
Katie McLaughlin
McLaughlin Method Website
The Leadership Junkies Podcast
Cardivera
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you looking to grow your leadership? Are you committed to building a people-centric culture? Are you ready to move past the checklists and build an authentic culture?
Our special guest Katie McLaughlin answers these and other questions about engagement, leadership and culture building.
Katie McLaughlin is the Founder, Chief Strategist and Transformation Artist at the McLaughlin Method, an organization that provides leadership and culture transformation for mature startups. They help leaders create inclusive cultures, build emotional intelligence, and work through their assumptions and biases so they can actually connect with and get the MOST out of their teams.
Katie does this all through interactive, experiential, theatre-based exercises. Her bias for action is HIGH so attendees to her sessions always leave with at least one action item to immediately do to shift something in your behavior, relationships, and company. Working with Katie you benefit from the powerhouse combo of her theatre background and over 15 years in the heart of business strategy, organizational development, and change management.
The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com.
Show Notes
Episode highlights…
Culture challenges and opportunities in the dynamics of start-ups
Good culture intention versus great culture execution
Organizations and cultures are ever changing, living, breathing things
Challenges of change management in growing organizations
Understanding two culture inflection points the past two years – COVID pandemic and rapid growth companies due to aggressive hiring or acquisitions
Acquisitions and mergers require inclusive integration conversations and strategies
Living your values versus simply having them posted on the wall
Different perspectives on the concept of out of the box thinking and innovation
Leaders must communicate more of what’s in their heads
The challenges and realities of assumptions and biases in our leadership, reactions, perspectives and decision-making
The intrinsic and insidious nature of assumptions and biases
Learning how to better deal with our emotions and the emotions of others in the workplace
Using theater in growing your leadership, communication, culture and engagement
What it means to really see your people as humans – moving beyond checklists to authentic culture
Culture is in the in-between moments
The critical role of intentionality in leadership and culture building
Role of biases in workplace communication and expectations
Emotional intelligence and leadership
Other people determine our emotional intelligence (not our own self-assessment)
You can’t control how someone feels (at best, you can only influence it)
Authentic leadership beyond leadership performance
Challenges and solutions for engaging a remote workforce
Leadership requires delegating things off of your plate
Resources:
Katie McLaughlin
McLaughlin Method Website
The Leadership Junkies Podcast
Cardivera
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 hr 4 min