Join strategy expert Alicia McKay and leadership guru Digby Scott for real-world conversations about the changing demands on leaders and society - through COVID-19 and beyond.
When something happens, it's all about how you make sense of it that determines how you feel and how you choose to respond.
Is there a hot water cylinder about to blow in your life or work? We talk about the inevitability of disaster in our lives.
Nothing matters. Or does it? How in tune are you with what really matters?
How do we empower the disempowered, and give responsibility to those who need it?
What are the steps to handling a breakdown, once we've decided to sit in the mush? How do we start to see the light?
The core is that set of people who stay because they believe in the work of the organisation. They get the work done. They live the values. They are what make it all happen, day-in, day-out.
Alicia has been thinking a lot about breaking down. And also HAD a breakdown.
What are you trying to prove? Who are you trying to prove it to?
Alicia and Digby have different ideas on the distinction between listening and hearing.
Do you notice how metaphors might be limiting you or those around you? Might you be stuck in the waiting room?
How do we be more like girls in line for the toilet at the pub?
If you're doing good stuff and getting off on it, Alicia will be your mate.
What do we do when we don't know what's around the corner?
Leading change is leading learning. How are you going about doing that?
Digby helps Alicia get clear on meaning and the link to joy. What's it about, and how do you get more of it?
Are you trying to put more into your container than it can hold? Alicia and Digby have different reactions when their respective containers overflow.
Do you spend enough time celebrating the success of yourself and those around you?
What coping strategies do you turn to when things aren't going your way?
Alicia and Digby discuss the differences between transactional relationships and partnerships.
What strategies do you need to adopt to get to the end of the year with fuel left in the tank?
Are you clear on the impact you want to have on others, or are you internally focussed on your inputs?
Alicia and Digby discuss the power of metaphor, and how our language shapes our experience of the world.
Alicia & Digby talk about the metaphor of "ping pong", and how to cultivate discomfort whilst finding joy in the struggle.
Alicia and Digby explore the concept of time, and realise that it is a made up concept. The good news? That we can change the way we relate to it.
What are your values, and how can you find ways to live them, in your work and life? What experiments could you run?
Things get a little feisty as Digby and Alicia explore different ideas about how ownership works in professional relationships.
What's the difference between talking about something and actually being able to DO something?
It's not always easy to answer the question "What do you want?". What DO you want? What do YOU want??
How can you be a translator and build understanding between two worlds?
It's not your fault, but you'll have to fix it. Alicia and Digby have a problem with resilience training.
Alicia and Digby discuss stress. The good kind, that gets you motivated and into action... and the bad kind.
If we spend all of our time problem solving, we're robbing ourselves of time for possibility generation.
Alicia has a problem with heroes, and the system that puts them on pedestals. Heroes beat the odds, but changing the system can change the odds.
What conditions do you need to create for people to feel safe in productive disagreement?
When you're having new ideas or creating plans, should you be thinking big picture from the get-go, or starting small? And what does broccoli have to do with this?
Are you trapped in a loop of being too busy and trying to justify your own existence?
If you catch yourself thinking or saying things like “why people don't realise..” or “I wish people would understand”, perhaps you're the one in the wrong.
The return of COVID makes Digby wonder whether New Zealand's relatively easy ride has stifled opportunity for growth and change. Alicia has other ideas.
Alicia and Digby discuss the idea of transitioning to become a better version of yourself.
Alicia and Digby talk about the importance of building connections at work.
How do you respond to disappointment? Are you too quick to fix?
If you're experiencing the same problem repeatedly, it's probably you. Digby and Alicia discuss tiredness, responsibility and patterns of behaviour.
How do you bounce back better than before when things get hard? Digby and Alicia discuss the idea of being anti-fragile.
Sometimes the things we're great at can hold us back. Alicia and Digby discuss curly identity transitions, and how to break through ceilings.
What's the benefit of listening well? What's the cost of not listening well?
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