Podcast appearances and mentions of doug hensch

Curiosity is a superpower for leaders, and in this engaging conversation, Doug Hensch shares insights from his latest book, "Rethinking Curiosity: How to Lead When You Don't Have All the Answers." With a background in psychology and organizational development, Doug emphasizes the importance of asking questions and embracing uncertainty in leadership. He discusses his personal journey from athlete to executive coach, highlighting how his experiences shaped his views on humility, curiosity, and connection. Throughout the episode, Doug provides practical advice on fostering a culture of curiosity within organizations, including the power of effective questioning and the significance of psychological safety. As the dialogue unfolds, listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own leadership styles and the value of understanding others, ultimately aiming for a more connected and compassionate approach in today's complex world.In this engaging conversation, Doug Hensch discusses the pivotal role of curiosity in leadership, drawing from his experiences and insights as an executive coach. He emphasizes the importance of humility, connection, and the ability to ask questions as essential traits for effective leadership. Through examples from popular culture, such as Ted Lasso, and real-world scenarios, Doug illustrates how curiosity can lead to better decision-making and foster a positive organizational culture. He also addresses the challenges leaders face in implementing curiosity and offers practical advice for aspiring leaders to cultivate this vital skill.Keith engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Doug Hensch, exploring the critical intersection of curiosity and leadership. Doug, an expert in executive coaching and author of a new book, emphasizes that effective leadership is rooted not in having all the answers but in fostering an environment where questions are welcomed and encouraged. Drawing from his extensive experience in psychology and organizational development, Doug articulates how curiosity can lead to innovative thinking and stronger connections within teams. The discussion unfolds around the premise that a leader's ability to ask insightful questions can unlock new pathways for collaboration and growth, ultimately enhancing overall team performance.Throughout the episode, Doug shares compelling stories from his career that highlight the transformative impact of curiosity on leadership dynamics. He explains that many leaders fall into the trap of micromanagement, often driven by their own success in previous roles. This tendency can stifle creativity and discourage team engagement. Doug advocates for a shift towards a more inquiry-based approach, where leaders actively seek input from their teams and create a culture of psychological safety. By doing so, leaders not only empower their team members but also position themselves to make more informed decisions based on a broader range of perspectives. The conversation also touches on the challenges leaders face in uncertain times, where the need for clarity can often overshadow the importance of curiosity.As the episode concludes, Doug offers practical strategies for leaders looking to cultivate curiosity within their organizations. He proposes actionable steps such as asking open-ended questions and actively listening to responses, all while being mindful of how questions are framed to avoid defensiveness. The insights shared in this conversation are particularly relevant in today's complex and often polarized environment, underscoring the idea that curiosity can serve as a powerful tool for connection and understanding. Doug's ultimate message resonates with leaders at all levels: by embracing curiosity, they can become more effective, adaptive, and compassionate, fostering a work culture that values collaboration and innovation. This episode serves as an essential guide for leaders seeking to enhance...

The World's #1 Personal Development Book Podcast!  Today's episode is sponsored by Ken Rusk, if you're ready to get UNSTUCK check out the links below: https://courses.kenrusk.com/ https://www.kenrusk.com/ In today's episode we have the pleasure to interview Doug Hensch author of “Re-Thinking Curiosity: How to Lead When You Don't Have All the Answers” Doug is an Author, executive coach, entrepreneur, President and founder of the DRH Group which is an executive coaching company that inspires individuals and organizations to reach their potential. Their consultants and coaches have worked with organizations of various sizes, industries and sectors. But, they all have something in common – they all believe that with the proper tools and coaching that individuals and teams can learn and improve.   Doug is also a father of two boys, coaches his sons sports teams, and is always striving to live out his strengths in his daily life and empower his family to be the best they can be. In this episode, you'll learn about Doug's book, why curiosity is the key to greatness in all aspects of life, how to be a better leader, why psychological safety is so important when leading teams, why it's important to give people autonomy, why you should approach hard situations with curiosity instead of judgment, and how asking questions leads to more growth. We hope you enjoy this incredible conversation with Doug Hensch!   To learn more about Doug and buy his book follow the links below: The Book: https://a.co/d/2mLbbwu Website: https://www.drhleadership.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/doughensch LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughensch/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/drhensch ________________________________________________ Join the world's largest non-fiction Book community! https://www.instagram.com/bookthinkers/ The purpose of this podcast is to connect you, the listener, with new books, new mentors, and new resources that will help you achieve more and live better. Each and every episode will feature one of the world's top authors so that you know each and every time you tune-in, there is something valuable to learn. If you have any recommendations for guests, please DM them to us on Instagram. (www.instagram.com/bookthinkers) If you enjoyed this show, please consider leaving a review. It takes less than 60-seconds of your time, and really makes a difference when I am trying to land new guests. For more BookThinkers content, check out our Instagram or our website. Thank you for your time!

Doug Hensch, executive coach and author, shares insights into building resilience. He shares lessons learned from his mentor Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology. Doug also shares some insights into resilience that he gained as a college athlete. www.drhleadership.com and www.lookingforand.com

Seems with every passing day the list of reasons to become more resilient in the face of all the change and chaos grows. So, we decided to rebroadcast this wonderful episode of the TalentGrow Show podcast featuring executive coach and resilience expert Doug Hensch. Author of the recently published Positively Resilient and host of the Searching for AND podcast, Doug shared some of his key tips on how to develop more resilience as a leader, both in yourself and in your team. We discussed Doug’s interesting career journey and major shift (and what book catalyzed a huge change for him), as well as lots of insights and stories that bring to life some of the research from the world of Positive Psychology that you can apply to the world of work. Be sure to check out Doug’s “front door and back door” strategies that he shares at the end of the episode to help you become more resilient, starting today! Listen and don’t forget to share with others. Shownotes: http://www.talentgrow.com/podcast/episode189 Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/1NiWyZo Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=62847&refid=stpr Google Play Music: Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ijwlgz7lklnxqnfzjna7gcr65be  iHeartRadio Podcasts: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-The-TalentGrow-Show-Gr/ Soundcloud:   https://soundcloud.com/talentgrowshow Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2CpgIk1  TuneIn: http://tun.in/pjuHL Download the free guide: 10 Mistakes Leaders Make and How to Avoid Them http://www.talentgrow.com/10mistakes Don't forget to LEAVE A RATING/REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS! http://apple.co/1NiWyZo

Executive coach, author and consultant Doug Hensch gives a quick overview on the goals of the podcast and his background. This bi-weekly podcast will rely on interviewing really smart people who have an interesting point of view. We'll rely on a dose of curiosity to help us all go Looking for AND.

Today's featured guest is Doug Hensch. The topic is "AND." Let the show begin. Biography and Connect Doug Hensch, brings a wealth of experience and passion to the work he provides for his clients. His philosophy is simple: Set meaningful goals. Identify your strengths. Work in them regularly. This philosophy helped him launch a leading self-improvement website, helping thousands of people increase their well-being and resilience. His expertise is in coaching, facilitation, instructional design, and consulting. He has created workshops that focus on resilience, strengths, well-being and goals. As an executive coach, Doug relies on his curiosity, experience and in-depth knowledge of human potential to help individuals set and exceed their goals. He is the author of Positively Resilient: 5 1/2 Secrets to Beat Stress, Overcome Obstacles, and Defeat Anxiety which was published in October 2016. Connect with Doug here at DRH Leadership.

This podcast is a reunion of sorts with Doug Hensch, my 11th podcast guest on an episode I produced 9 months ago. And Doug and I go waaay back beyond that. We used to work together at Nextel, which is now Sprint, before we both shifted our career paths. Doug is the father of two active boys, an executive coach, and an author. When we last spoke, Doug was writing a book about resilience and today he’s joining us to share some of the wisdom from his book, Positively Resilient: 5 1/2 Secrets to Beat Stress, Overcome Obstacles, and Defeat Anxiety.   Listen to this episode to hear Doug discuss what resilience is and the importance of being resilient as you go through life. He encourages the principles of resilience to create happy and healthy habits in his sons’ lives as well as in his own life.   Doug shares ideas that he uses for himself and with his kids to set intentions for the day so that you are always working towards achieving your larger goals, and are less likely to be diverted by social media, the news, and other distractions. We talk about optimism, and why too much of it can be a problem, and ways to track your progress to reinforce what you’re achieving. In our last discussion, Doug and I shared our views on free-range parenting, and this time, we get into helicopter parenting, which is now a problem in the workplace. Parents are actually calling their adult children’s supervisors to complain about performance evaluations and raises! As an expert in resilience, Doug always returns to one of his favorite sayings about a black belt in Jiu Jitsu: “A black belt is a white belt that never gives up.” Listen to the conversation to hear us discuss: Feedback: Why the good, the bad, and the ugly is important to make thriving. However, it can be difficult to accept feedback on your own work. Doug's new book! Positively Resilient: 5 1/2 Secrets to Beat Stress, Overcome Obstacles, and Defeat Anxiety The importance of resilience in life in order to live a healthy, happy, and meaningful life! How resilience can be both a natural and learned life skill Neuroplasticity and the ability to rewire the thoughts and habits you create for yourself The effects of over-parenting on developing resilience in our children How parenting styles have evolved from the “good ol’ days” Participation medals" How they are a disservice to today’s youth by rewarding them without achieving anything or showing an exemplary effort How a parent’s fear of failure on their child’s achievement will ultimately end up holding their child back from becoming happy, healthy members of society to find their own way Carrying the theme of “Rising to the top through resilience” with the balloon imagery on the cover of Positively Resilient and throughout the book Goal setting as a positive force in your life Tracking your progress by breaking down a large goal into smaller incremental goals to help you realize your success along the way Diet and sleep - critical to resilience especially as you get older Using an index card and the question,“What are you going to do today?” to improve your family life Using an intentions journal to release the overwhelm and stress people feel daily Psychological flexibility - All the hats you can put on in life to help you diversify your way of thinking, so you’re not stuck in one perspective including: Pessimistic Hat Detective Hat Cowboy Hat Optimistic Hat Green Hat Visualization: Most effective for achieving short-term goals by providing positive emotions that are motivating and energizing. However, visualization can also be considered fantasizing and this can be counter-productive for achieving long-term goals Common traits of resilient people: Constantly trying to improve, being willing to learn new things, and experimenting while not being afraid to fail Getting over fears of starting something new Re-frame your thinking and asking yourself, “What can I do to experiment as a scientist of my own life?” The concept of being a lean startup. Taking small actions to test something new, get early feedback and adjust your plan as needed Quotes from Doug: On resilience: “It’s this foundational quality that I think is necessary to live a healthy, happy, meaningful life. And I look at it as bouncing back from obstacles, learning from our mistakes, our adversities, our wins in life. Reaching out to other people and connecting with other human beings. And I think it’s also finding this really interesting place in life where, at times, we can be motivated by the challenges in front of us in a really positive way as opposed to finding ourselves in this deep state of stress and anxiety.”   “I believe that we praise for effort but to give trophies or medals when kids don’t achieve anything, or put forth an exemplary effort, is harming them.” On the balloon imagery in the book: “I think the whole idea is that even when things look difficult there is a way to re-frame it. There is almost always a way to learn from your adversity and to continue to increase your resilience [....] The balloon rises through every chapter. It just goes a little bit higher until it gets to the top of the page in the last chapter.”   “By simply paying attention to the things that are important in my life, I am more likely to do them and then reap the benefits of those.”   “Your best project managers in my mind, for instance, have that realistic optimism, where they believe the team can achieve it, but they’re not blind to the risks and the issues that the team faces.”   “Not everything works for everybody. Find things that you can gravitate towards and have a couple of strategies ready to go. Be prepared to habituate to some of those and then move on to other strategies.”   “One of the hallmarks for people who achieve their goals is, wait for it, THEY GET STARTED.”   Contact Lisa: Lisa@EverBetterU.com @EverBetterU   Contact Doug: @DougHensch    

In this episode we interview consultant and executive coach, Doug Hensch, and we discuss his brand new book, Positively Resilient: 5 1/2 Secrets to Beat Stress, Overcome Obstacles, and Defeat Anxiety. Doug shares with us lessons learned over 20 years of experience that can help you increase your resilience, so that you can grow in the face of change, and thrive in the midst of adversity.

Why do some people hit obstacles and derail while others create advantage and leverage from the challenges? While there are many factors, Doug Hensch, Executive Coach, Organizational Consultant, and author of Positively Resilient: 5 1/2 Secrets to Beat Stress, Overcome Obstacles, and Defeat Anxiety, would say that resilience is at the top of the list. In this CareerCast, Doug shares his insights, perspective, and how resilience is way more than just an ability to bounce back.

Grace Freedson is a leader in the book publishing world who represents authors as a literary agent and works with publishers to shape their offerings. She was Managing Editor and Director of Acquisitions for Barron’s. (The company that publishes SAT and AP prep books.) But she recognized that her future career prospects there were limited and crafted a plan to start her own company by the year 2000. And sure enough, her Y2K plan was fulfilled when she formed Grace Freedson’s Publishing Network.    In our discussion Grace shares her journey through the publishing and entrepreneurial world, and helps to demystify the publishing process. She explains the steps an aspiring author would follow to secure a book contract including writing a proposal and developing a following to market the book. Learn more about the authors that Grace represents through listening to Podcast 011 with Doug Hensch.    Listen to the podcast to hear Grace discuss:   Finding a job that suits your personal needs. Grace began her publishing career at a job close to home that allowed her to be home with her daughter in the afternoons. The elements of a book proposal, The importance of building a following before submitting a book proposal, Practices for meeting deadlines, Why she works with non-fiction books, Bookstores, libraries, and the new places where books are being sold, Maintaining a balanced life, and  Her involvement with the Women's Media Group.   Contact: Lisa@EverBetterU.com  

  This Ever Better episode isn’t my typical podcast where I share an in-depth discussion with one amazing guest. It’s a short journal episode where I share two practices common to every guest I've had on the show: Follow your interests and teach what you've learned. In their own voices, Jeff Davidoff, Tasia Valenza, Doug Hensch and Jessie Marshall describe how they apply these practices. As you might suspect, I relate to these practices because I’m following my interest in podcasting – evident in my weekly episodes. On the teaching side…I’ve been asked to share my knowledge and lessons learned with other podcasters and appreciate and enjoy the opportunity to help - as others helped me.  This is the second in a series of journal episodes where I share practices that my guests have in common. The first journal episode is Ten Practices From the First Ten Episodes.   Ever Better Guest: Jeff Davidoff  From his first job out of college, Jeff was drawn to marketing. He earned an MBA and then went on to found Upshot, a marketing and advertising agency, and to be the Chief Marketing Officer of Whirlpool, Orbitz, the ONE Campaign, and now Donuts, Inc.   Jeff teaches what he’s learned through creating marketing departments and even an agency that approach things differently. In doing so, he’s teaching those who work with him and those who are influenced by his work how to represent and position products, but more important, how to make a difference in the world. Jeff says he’s more interested in “writing the book” than “reading the book.” Listen to the full podcast with Jeff Davidoff. Ever Better Guest: Tasia Valenza Tasia Valenza had a very successful acting career that started when she was discovered by Louis Malle and cast with Sean Penn and Donald Sutherland in her very first film. She went on to star in All My Children and numerous other television shows - and then she discovered voice overs. She found that work interesting, rewarding, and healthier! By following what interested her, Tasia became one of the most successful voice over artists in the country.   Tasia donates her talents to help non-profits communicate their mission, donates her voice through Vocal ID, and teaches others through her program, Giving Great Voice. Listen to the full podcast with Tasia Valenza.    Ever Better Guest: Doug Hensch Doug Hensch was working for Nextel on eCommerce projects when he realized his interest in positive psychology and helping others improve. He followed another practice of discussing his ideas and interests and landed a job that was a critical stepping stone to where he is today – a public speaker, author, and executive coach. When it comes to sharing what he’s learned with others, Doug’s got that covered on several fronts. I asked Doug what aspect of his work he most enjoyed and he described using his knowledge and skills to help others improve their lives.   Listen to the full podcast with Doug Hensch.    Ever Better Guest: Jessie Marshall Jessie was pursuing a career in fitness but she hadn’t planned on becoming a Pilates instructor until one day she discovered a room full of intriguing equipment. She followed that interest and is now a Mind/Body Fitness Director.    Jessie continues to develop her understanding of Pilates, yoga, and recently added barre classes to her repertoire. At this time next year, she’ll probably have added another class to her list. As my instructor, Jessie has helped me to improve my strength and flexibility and has helped hundreds of others as well including one client with Parkinson's who proudly shared that after he was once again able to mow the lawn.   Listen to the full podcast with Jessie Marshall.     I hope as you listen to Jeff, Tasia, Doug and Jessie that you consider what interests you and how to fit more of it into your life. Give it some thought over the next couple of weeks. You just might end up writing a book, teaching a class, coaching, starting a company or creating a podcast!    Learn more practices for continuous improvement! For my listeners, I created a downloadable version of my eBook, only available on Amazon until now. Request a copy and I’ll send you the book in a format you can print or read online.    http://www.EverBetterU.com/Book    

Throughout his life, Doug Hensch has helped people to be more resilient, happier, and to achieve greater levels of success. His journey began with coaching football at University of Chicago, progressed to organizational development for telecom companies like Sprint Nextel, and evolved to creating online resources for increasing happiness. He was co-founder of Happier.com, a web site that launched in 2008 that helped thousands increase their happiness and resilience. And now, he’s an executive coach and writing a book on resilience, due to be published in early 2017.   We discuss:   Career stepping stones including coaching youth baseball Achieving success by following what interests you rather than pursuing the expected career path. In Doug's case this meant pursuing a job applying positive psychology rather than website product development.   Being in the right place, at the right time, with the right attitude Benefits of talking to people wherever you are - at Starbucks, a taxi cab, an airplane... Making a role your own Meditating  The evolution of Doug's book deal Resilience practices  Perceptions of luck Three addictions in life (as defined by Peter Worrell):     1) Carbohydrates   2) Heroin   3) A Paycheck   Doug's Recommended Resources   Books Love 2.0, by Barbara Frederickson, Ph.D. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, by Martin Seligman Made to Stick, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath The Upside of Your Dark Side, by Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age, by Sherry Turkle Free Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children, by Lenore Skenazy   Connect With Doug DRH Group LinkedIn   Thanks for listening! Learn more about Ever Better at http://www.EverBetterU.com.    Join the Ever Better Facebook Community or follow us on Twitter @EverBetterU.