For Your Organization - Misti Burmeister

06/30/21 • 59 min

Misti Burmeister is an executive coach and author of four books including “Provoking Greatness” which was a Washington Post best seller. Her TED Talk “The Purpose of Pain – Using Rage to Heal” is powerful and demands tissues be on hand. Misti is a champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and helps business leaders engage their teams to greatness. Misti openly discusses her trauma and challenges thereby creating safety for others and building foundations for trust.

Misti and I unintentionally jumped into the deep end in the first show moments when discussing Pride Month and her thoughts on feeling “different” as a lesbian/lesbian business owner. We joke about how its her straight friends that send their “Happy Pride” wishes first each June! We explored mental health and how organizations need to have their employees’ mental health front and center and we explored a Catalyst white paper on “Emotional Tax” which is linked below.

We delved into how organizations have an opportunity to engage their team members in figuring out the “how to return to work” situation we’re all facing. There’s no one way to do things and those leaders who can be vulnerable and share their uncertainty can build trust. People engage in things they help to create, so engage your teams in crafting solutions that will work for your organization.

Misti and discussed how allyship doesn’t negate the need to hold employees accountable for their performance. We talked about intentions and the art of the question. Similarly, we discussed how nurturing leaders versus task masters are in greater demand today as we move beyond the pandemic. Our hopes that the “human first” mentality remains with us for years to come.

At the end we discussed Misti’s fifth book that she is editing at this point and the story she shares behind its name is priceless!

To Learn More

Misti’s Favorite song: “Alive” by Sia - https://bit.ly/MistisFaveSong

Misti via Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mistiburmeister/

Misti’s TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Zv_6XLfeM

Michael Bungay Stanier’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_bungay_stanier_how_to_tame_your_advice_monster/transcript?language=en

Catalyst Whitepaper: https://www.catalyst.org/research-series/emotional-tax/

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