22 min

Appetite for uncertainty with Alan Robertson - The Potential for What? Podcast The Potential for What? Podcast

    • Careers

In this week's podcast, Jo Taylor MD of Let's Talk Talent speaks with Alan Robertson, creator of VoicePrint.
Alan shares his definition of potential and discusses how he has used it in his career. He also speaks to the importance of compassionate leadership and the factors that organisations should be thinking about in order to realise someone's potential.
Alan also explains the Voiceprint model and how it can be used to create successful teams.
In today’s episode we talk about:
📚 Definition of potential: “An apparent capability to do something that you're not currently doing”
❓ In order to realise potential, two qualities are needed: tolerance for uncertainty, and active reflective learning
🔓 To unlock potential, leaders should manage expectations, use one-to-ones for reflective learning sessions, and be compassionate and empathetic
🗺 In teams, there is a tendency to underinvest in exploration and to instead focus on advocating and advising

In this week's podcast, Jo Taylor MD of Let's Talk Talent speaks with Alan Robertson, creator of VoicePrint.
Alan shares his definition of potential and discusses how he has used it in his career. He also speaks to the importance of compassionate leadership and the factors that organisations should be thinking about in order to realise someone's potential.
Alan also explains the Voiceprint model and how it can be used to create successful teams.
In today’s episode we talk about:
📚 Definition of potential: “An apparent capability to do something that you're not currently doing”
❓ In order to realise potential, two qualities are needed: tolerance for uncertainty, and active reflective learning
🔓 To unlock potential, leaders should manage expectations, use one-to-ones for reflective learning sessions, and be compassionate and empathetic
🗺 In teams, there is a tendency to underinvest in exploration and to instead focus on advocating and advising

22 min