DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley - Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Andrew Tallents - Self-coaching & Conscious Leadership

Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Andrew Tallents - Self-coaching & Conscious Leadership

11/12/24 • 56 min

DECODING AQ - Adaptability For The Future Of Work With Ross Thornley

Andrew Tallents, has built an impressive career, starting with his early roles at prestigious firms like Spencer Stuart and Warren Partners, where he honed his expertise in executive search and leadership development. His journey has led him to founding The Tallents Partnership, where he now empowers leaders globally to excel and achieve transformative results.
As a trusted advisor, conscious leadership coach, and best-selling author, Andrew is dedicated to helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success while living their personal and professional dreams. It's an honour to have him on the show today!
Ross and Andrew talk about thinking as a leader, getting triggered, being in the present, intentional leadership, situational leadership, Shirzad Chamine - Positive Intelligence, saboteurs, facing emotion, controlling things, pleasing people, self coaching, self discipline, self accountability, the power of questions, reconnecting with who we are and refocusing. The pair also discuss positive mindset, reflecting, daily meditation, slowing down to speed up, being efficient, keeping people calm, accountability, blaming people, disconnections, safe environments to speak, peoples energy, judging people, out of comfort zones, role playing, MyIntent bracelets, communicating principles, taking responsibility, reflecting, why do we do things, desire, motivation, ultimate goals, laziness, naivety, skydiving and joy.

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00:15 Intro to Andrew
01:26 Conscious Leadership explained
03:13 Conscious Leadership in moments of pressure
08:33 Techniques to help self coach
12:26 Getting the work done
15:06 Examples of leaders doing it well
16:37 Examples of leaders getting it wrong
19:00 Vulnerability and coaching people's struggles
22:27 Self coaching against pushback and relationships
25:16 Modelling behaviour
29:52 Loving in relationships
31:28 Valuing family
36:17 AI coaching making leadership decisions
41:41 Limits to self-coaching
44:49 Following through
51:02 The last time Andrew did something for the first time
53:56 Andrew's podcast - Confessions of a successful leader
54:40 Andrew's favourite podcast episodes

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Timecodes:

00:15 Intro to Andrew
01:26 Conscious Leadership explained
03:13 Conscious Leadership in moments of pressure
08:33 Techniques to help self coach
12:26 Getting the work done
15:06 Examples of leaders doing it well
16:37 Examples of leaders getting it wrong
19:00 Vulnerability and coaching people's struggles
22:27 Self coaching against pushback and relationships
25:16 Modelling behaviour
29:52 Loving in relationships
31:28 Valuing family
36:17 AI coaching making leadership decisions
41:41 Limits to self-coaching
44:49 Following through
51:02 The last time Andrew did something for the first time
53:56 Andrew's podcast - Confessions of a successful leader
54:40 Andrew's favourite podcast episodes

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Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Francis Cholle - Master Trainer & WSJ Best Selling author

Francis is a Master Trainer, WSJ Best Selling author and is driven to help executive coaches take their business & clients’ businesses to the next level.
He is the Founder & CEO of SQUIRCLE ACADEMY where he helps executive coaches and leaders rapidly elevate their businesses by leveraging the innovative SQUIRCLE framework. Francis also founded 'The Human Company' over 26 years ago.
With such a treasure trove of experience advising Fortune 100 executives, he is known for his ability to shatter the linear mould, driving transformation and accelerating growth in just a few months. I’m thrilled to share these insights and strategies with you all on the show today.
Ross and Francis talk about dream analysis, dreams driving life choices, connecting peoples thoughts, creativity combining with management, visualisation, logic, perception, improvisation, imagination, knowledge, development, dynamic imbalances, illusions of balance, expectations, reaching a process, decision making, controlling your mind, knowledge and deep intelligence. The pair also discuss duality, experience in the workplace, environments, nature, new principles in action, leadership, assessing, awareness of what's not working, limitless capacity of human beings, humans ability to solve things, universal principles, willingness to be curious, managing problems, faith, life, dealing with intensity, facing reality, desire, our value, relaxing over tensing up, endless possibilities, abundance, swimming with wild sharks and extraordinary experiences.
Timecodes:

00:16 Intro to Francis
01:53 Francis' dreams as a young boy
04:34 Technology replicating dreams
05:24 Subconscious training
06:20 Scientific models of training
10:28 SQUIRCLE's framework
15:10 Models taking people through experiences
21:39 Francis' coaching
27:51 Unlocking better performance
31:56 Looking forward to 12 months ahead
35:31 Blockers to full potential
42:05 Authority being transferred to value
45:57 The last time Francis did something for the first time

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Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Charles M Jones - The Emotion Decoder & Emotion Scientist

Charles is a Leadership Coach and Trainer on his own specific frameworks.
I'd like you all to join me in welcoming Charles M. Jones, a pioneering emotion scientist with over 40 years of groundbreaking research on flow, empathy, negativity, trauma and stress.
His journey began with a life-changing experience that set him on a path to understanding how we can transform fear and trauma into powerful tools for leadership and personal growth.
Charles has developed innovative frameworks like Emotional Response-AbilityTM that are revolutionizing how organizations cultivate empathetic leaders and improve workplace dynamics.
Ross and Charles talk about near death experiences, protecting people, subconscious mind, state of flow, peek experiences, cultivating flow, intuition, natural states, negative emotions, causes of stress, interpreting emotions, needs driving behaviour, subconscious needs, fear, anxiety, valuing assets, optimising emotions, uniting with subconscious, Joe Dispenza, cohesion, creativity producing new options and emotional victimhood. The pair also discuss awareness of subconscious, evaluating disruptive emotions, unlearning, supressing awareness, consciousness, Amanda Blake - Your Body is Your Brain, theory of emotion, trauma, inheriting trauma, asserting your rights, fulfilling needs, team conversations, meeting needs, leaders resolving conflict, feedback, empowerment, anger, Gandhi, peoples rights, courtesy, achieving goals, resolving conflict, tactical empathy, Chris Voss, effective strategies, reflection, film - 'The Source' and their pets.
Timecodes:

01:33 Charles' life changing experience
07:08 Charles' first journey into understanding emotions
11:03 Discoveries of outcomes from stimulus in the brain
18:33 Emotional Intelligence related to people at work adapting to change
27:35 Positive signals blinding us from unexpected change
34:04 Dealing with tension and not realising we are stressed
42:37 Emotional responsibility for self, management and organisations
50:34 Seven key emotions at work
56:45 Adaptive mastery
01:53 The last time Charles did something for the first time

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