Leadership Presence:
Mastering The Inner Work Of Leadership
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E89: Leverage the Power of the Pause to Become a Better Leader
“Leadership is full of moments where your first reaction is not your best reaction. And I know you know what I mean. But when you pause, you create space to lead with clarity, empathy, and purpose.” In this episode, I talk about why pausing is so powerful, how it can...
E88: Harness the Transformative Power of Storytelling to Elevate Your Leadership with Annette Simmons
“ Storytelling is, of course, the best way to influence someone. People don't care about your facts. They don't want any more of your damn information. They’ve got too much to deal with right now. But what they need and what they crave in you is faith.” In this...
E87: Self-Mastery: the Inner Work of Leadership
“Great leadership begins with mastering the inner work.” Welcome to the first episode of the new season of Leadership Presence | Mastering the Inner Work of Leadership. In this episode, we're going to dive into the foundation of self-mastery: the inner work of...
E86: Power Talks Recap: Mastering the Voice Within and Overcoming Self-doubt
“Every great leader begins by mastering the voice within.” - Janet Ioli Welcome to this special and last episode of the season. In this episode, we're tackling a challenge even the most successful leaders face: self-doubt. We’ll revisit important lessons from my Power...
E85: The Secret Sauce for Leading Transformational Change with Ian Ziskin
“People and organizations collectively can waste a lot of time being in denial and not facing reality, or explaining away why things are the way they are, rather than dealing with reality and taking action.” If you are leading change and transformation in any...
E84: What to Do When You’re Underestimated as a Woman in Leadership
“He said, ‘Well, Janet. I'll say what I really thought of you when I first saw you. The first thing I thought is, “Oh, here's blonde bimbo. And what is she going to say?”’ [...] Then he goes, ‘You talked and I thought, Wow, Barbie has a brain.’” In this episode, I...
E83: Be Convincing! Get Better at Influencing Others with Adele Gambardella & Chip Massey
“The research shows that many of us do not develop new convincing techniques past the age of six. So, wherever your set point is in kindergarten or first grade, that's pretty much what you're going to do from a convincing strategy as an adult because most of us are...
E82: Bridging the Generational Gap an Interview with Gen Z
“That 90-year-old woman was once 9 years old. I think people forget that they were once that age.” In this episode, I talk to my goddaughter, Ariel Debeniotis, a 16-year old high schooler, to get her thoughts about what Gen Z is expecting from the world of work. As...
E81: Exploring Human Development and Humanity with Dr. Susanne Cook-Greuter
“Look for the extraordinary, the simple, delicate extraordinary. But to see, to find it in nature and in other people and in situations, and in organization state, there's almost always something you can find that is precious, but you have to look.” When I first...