Hindsights and Insights Podcast Donna Lendzyk

Can a role can be both manager and leader or it's only one or the other? It was an interesting question, as I too have seen these terms used interchangeably in the past, or seen someone with a leadership title and yet to me the behaviour doesn’t exemplify leadership but more management. In this episode, I discuss how to discern between the leadership and management parts of a role, focusing on the KPIs that align. The questions I share to assess a specific role can be f...

In this episode I delve into how we often find ourselves frantically preparing for the holiday season and with all this crazy-busy-ness, we can lose sight of the underlying values that define the true intent of this season, the core values of hope, peace, joy, love and gratitude. As a result, as the holiday season approaches, it's a perfect time to carve out a wee bit of time for some self reflection on these core values that make this time of year so special.I have included a self refl...

In this episode, I delve into an issue leaders often encounter: candidates who possess talent but also hold expectations about compensation and titles that don't align with organizational norms. I discuss how this is rooted in our societal norms and influences, including tv and movies. I then provide seven solutions that one can take in these instances to best manage the situation for all involved for reflection. If this episode spurred some questions for you, please re...

In this episode I share about the visionary leadership I observed in a Netflix series “Partner Track” - which I loved. No matter how extreme the change is, visionary leadership is key to strategic change with telling the story of why the change is needed and inspires others to embrace it versus resist. In this spirit, as usual, at the end I share some question for you to incubate on in:To what extent do you have the forward thinking, plan orientation, optimism, creativity and effective c...

In this episode, I share about a lesson I learned awhile ago at an online training event about being an optimistic and how that can limit progress. It’s a lesson that all of us who are driving change can leverage, especially in times like this. And in today’s episode I am going to go a little deeper with this and share questions for you to reflect on to apply to your situation In this episode, I shared 3 quotes from Jeffrey Walker:“Optimism is about hoping the storm won...

Often when we lead significant change, others around us don’t agree with the need for the change that we see and they can resist. When we look deeper though, it’s not that they don’t agree with the need for change, it’s that they actually don’t see things the same as us - in light of their belief systems. And in today’s episode I am going to go a little deeper with this. I mention a great quote from Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson, authors of the book “The Cultural Creativ...