Kerry Siggins Podcast

Kerry Siggins
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This show is about exceptional leadership. Game-changing leadership. Learn from peers, experts, authors, and more on how to be an uber successful leader…one that stands out from the rest. One that inspires others to do great things. One that others want to follow. How does this podcast fit into exceptional leadership? You can only become great at what you do by deliberately creating your future by reflecting on the past and present…what you did well, mistakes you’ve made, and lessons you’ve learned. Kerry Siggins is the CEO of StoneAge, the global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of high pressure waterjetting tooling and automated equipment. Kerry is also a member of Young President's Organization (YPO) and sits on several boards. She is a sought-after speaker, thought leader, leadership blogger and podcast host.

  1. 4d ago

    What Happens When Leaders Get Triggered

    Kerry has been making high-stakes decisions and leading people through difficult situations for years. And even when she considers herself open to feedback and emotionally grounded, there are still moments when something hits a nerve and she can feel herself defending against things that have not even been said. That moment happened the same day Kerry recorded this episode. And it became the starting point for a deeper conversation about what emotional intelligence actually looks like under pressure. Not as an abstract leadership concept, but in the seconds after something triggers you. Kerry explores what happens when leaders misread comments, react to stories they have created, or let their emotions take over the conversation. Because when a leader cannot manage themselves, their team starts managing them instead. Kerry’s new book, Talk With Trust, is now available: https://a.co/d/05mNRnJH To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    What Happens When Leaders Get Triggered

  2. Aug 11 ·  Video

    How to stay calm when someone gets EMOTIONAL at work

    Kerry has given a lot of difficult feedback over the years. And the conversations that went sideways almost never fell apart because she said the wrong thing. They fell apart because she stopped managing herself. The moment emotion entered the room, she started explaining too much or softening the message or rushing through because she just wanted it to be over. This episode is the final one in the SHARES model series, and it covers the last S: stay emotionally grounded. Kerry almost called it stay emotionally regulated when she was writing the book, because that is the language psychologists use. But she chose grounded because everyone knows what it feels like to lose their footing. And grounded does not mean you stop feeling things. It means you do not let those feelings run the conversation. The thing Kerry keeps coming back to is this: emotions do not always tell us the truth. When you are activated, you stop listening, you misinterpret, you react. The tiny pause, the moment before you respond, is the only thing that gives you enough space to choose differently. And that choice is where trust is actually built. Kerry’s new book, Talk With Trust, is now available: https://a.co/d/05mNRnJH To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    How to stay calm when someone gets EMOTIONAL at work

  3. Aug 4

    The Leadership Mistake That Keeps People Stuck

    In her twenties, Kerry was struggling in a sales role when her manager sat her down and told her she was not getting in front of the right people. He asked her to come back with a plan. Her immediate reaction was: she already knew that was the problem. What she did not know was how to solve it. Rather than asking questions, understanding what she had already tried, or offering support, her manager handed the problem back to her without helping her build the skills or confidence to work through it. Already navigating a difficult period in her life, Kerry left that conversation feeling more discouraged than before, and eventually decided to leave the company. Years later, she found herself repeating that same pattern with the person who is now her COO. When he came to her with questions, she responded by asking why he was asking her to do his job for him. He had the experience to find his way, but Kerry realized she had not helped him think through the challenge. She had simply handed the problem back instead of creating a path forward. In this episode, the fifth installment of a six-part series on the SHARES model, Kerry explores the “E”: Endorse a Path Forward. Endorsing a path forward is not about solving someone else’s problem or giving them an answer disguised as collaboration. It is about creating enough clarity and support for someone to take ownership of the next step. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    The Leadership Mistake That Keeps People Stuck

  4. Jul 28

    The Biggest Lesson From Decades of Running a Company | Kerry Siggins

    Kerry runs a company. People are constantly reading into things she does: a look she gives in a meeting, a question she asks, even her silence. And most of the time, what they conclude has nothing to do with what she was actually thinking. Kerry has learned over many years of leading that the most damaging relationship problems inside an organization rarely start with bad intentions. They start with a story someone told themselves that nobody ever thought to check. This episode covers the R in the SHARES model: Reflect with Questions and Dialogue. It follows directly from last week, when Kerry talked about articulating your experience. That step says: Here is what I experienced. This one says: Now help me understand what you experienced. Without that second part, articulating your experience becomes a speech. And nobody wants to receive feedback as a speech. The most important relationship problems do not start with bad intentions. They start with stories we told ourselves that we never bothered to check. And dialogue is the only thing that interrupts those stories before they become someone's reality. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    The Biggest Lesson From Decades of Running a Company | Kerry Siggins

  5. Jul 21

    Your Team Isn’t Defensive. You’re Giving Feedback Wrong | Kerry Siggins

    Most leaders assume that when someone gets defensive during a feedback conversation, it means they cannot handle feedback. Kerry used to think that too. Years of leading as a CEO have taught her that defensiveness almost always has the same cause. The person sitting across from you has just been handed a conclusion about their intentions instead of a description of what you actually experienced. Those are two very different things to receive. Kerry is not sharing this as someone observing leadership from the outside. She runs a company and has these conversations every week, sometimes in situations where she does not know walking in whether someone will still have a job when the conversation ends. This is work she lives every day, not just something she teaches. In this third installment of the SHARES series, Kerry explores the A: Articulate Your Experience. She also shares a story about someone who repeatedly canceled meetings with her and the assumptions she built around why it was happening. What she discovered was a powerful reminder for every leader: your experience can be real while your interpretation can still be wrong. When you stop presenting your assumptions as facts, you create space for curiosity, understanding, and trust. Because that is where better leadership conversations begin. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    Your Team Isn’t Defensive. You’re Giving Feedback Wrong | Kerry Siggins

  6. Jul 14

    I Did Not Know If I Was Firing Someone Until the Conversation Was Over | Kerry Siggins

    Kerry Siggins has given feedback the wrong way. She remembers a specific conversation, someone brought into her office, Kerry upset about the way they had been showing up, ready to express it. The person asked for specific examples. Kerry did not have any. She had prepared her feelings and nothing else. The conversation spiraled. The relationship was damaged. And the lesson stayed with her. This episode is the second in a six-part series on the SHARES model, and it covers the H: have your facts and feelings ready. It is the preparation step, and it is the one most leaders skip. Kerry also shares a recent conversation that could have gone very differently. Someone on her team had breached confidentiality, shared something they should not have with people who should not have had it. Kerry did not know, walking into the room, whether she was going to fire this person. The outcome depended on the conversation. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, comes out August 4th and is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    I Did Not Know If I Was Firing Someone Until the Conversation Was Over | Kerry Siggins

  7. Jul 7

    I Spent a Week Stressed Over a Comment That Was NEVER About ME | Kerry Siggins

    A comment in a leadership meeting rubbed Kerry Siggins the wrong way. She did not react. She told herself it was not worth bringing up. And then she spent the next week noticing she was on edge every time she interacted with the person who said it, unable to shake a story she had built about what he meant. This episode is the first in a six-part series on the SHARES model, and it starts with the step Kerry has found most leaders skip without realizing it: specify your outcome. Before any difficult conversation, before any hard truth needs to be said, there is a question worth sitting with. What do I actually want when I walk out of this room? Kerry walks through exactly how she used this with her own team. Not to give feedback. Not to correct anyone's behavior. Just to be honest about how a moment had landed and to protect a relationship she cared about. She specified three things she wanted from the conversation before she ever had it, and that clarity changed everything about how the conversation went. What she discovered when she finally said something is the part of this story that stays with you. The story she had been carrying in her head for a week was completely wrong. The intention behind the comment was not what she assumed. And the miscommunication, like most miscommunications, came down to one simple thing: nobody had said clearly what they meant. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, comes out August 4th and is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    I Spent a Week Stressed Over a Comment That Was NEVER About ME | Kerry Siggins

  8. Jun 30

    Stop Performing Your Life. Start Owning It.

    A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my therapist's office with my son. I didn't expect to walk out of the session thinking about myself. But that's what happened. We were there to talk about my son, about being an empath, about how he absorbs the feelings of everyone around him, about why that can feel isolating when the people closest to him don't experience the world the same way. And in the middle of that conversation, his therapist looked at us and said, "Your mom is the main character in her own life. That's the disconnect." She wasn't wrong. But I had to sit with it for a while before I understood what it actually meant. I've spent most of my career as a performer. That's the honest version. I built things, led things, proved things, and a lot of that was driven by a quiet belief that my value came from what I could achieve. Not from who I was. From what I could show. That role worked. It made me successful. It also made me exhausted in ways I didn't fully name until recently. In this episode, I talk through the archetypes that shape how we show up: as leaders, as parents, as people trying to figure out who they actually are versus who they've learned to be. The performer. The caretaker. The empath. The peacekeeper. The victim. The main character. Each one is real. Each one solves a problem. And each one can become a trap when it stops being a choice. What I keep coming back to is this: the roles we play aren't the problem. The problem is when they start making decisions for us, when what began as a survival strategy becomes an identity we can't see around. I'm still working through this. I don't think that's a bad thing. To learn more, visit http://kerrysiggins.com Her new book, Talk With Trust, comes out August 4th and is available for pre-order now. Let’s connect on LinkedIn, Instagram, or TikTok! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-siggins-166b66/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry.siggins/ TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@kerry.siggins

    Stop Performing Your Life. Start Owning It.
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This show is about exceptional leadership. Game-changing leadership. Learn from peers, experts, authors, and more on how to be an uber successful leader…one that stands out from the rest. One that inspires others to do great things. One that others want to follow. How does this podcast fit into exceptional leadership? You can only become great at what you do by deliberately creating your future by reflecting on the past and present…what you did well, mistakes you’ve made, and lessons you’ve learned. Kerry Siggins is the CEO of StoneAge, the global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of high pressure waterjetting tooling and automated equipment. Kerry is also a member of Young President's Organization (YPO) and sits on several boards. She is a sought-after speaker, thought leader, leadership blogger and podcast host.

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  • Creator
    Kerry Siggins
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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