S5 E16 - New Imperatives — and Tools — for Today's Inspirational Leaders with Anya Wood

10/16/23 • 39 min

In this episode of The Inspire Podcast, Bart welcomes Anya Wood, The Humphrey Group's Vice President of Product. Drawing on their combined decades of experience in the leadership training business they explore the evolving demands and priorities of leaders and how those imperatives are redefining the key skills required today. Anya then shares insights into how leaders can respond to these demands while looking at how AI is providing some compelling tools to help them meet the challenge. A great listen for anyone wondering how to rise to this leadership moment with confidence and energy. 0:17 Welcoming Anya 1:00 Learning and development has had seismic shifts 3:46 Her background 4:35 Is it better for learners now? 5:10 Bart talks about the level of knowledge about training options 5:51 Customize and personalize learning 5:58 Boom and result 7:09 Nature of work is becoming more human 8:06 Institution and hierarchical nature of work in the past 9:25 The demands on leaders 9:49 Opportunity of diversity and inclusions 10:28 Communication demands on leaders 12:05 Style changes in communication 13:22 How direct managers change? 14:20 The burden of communication 15:10 Personalized communications 15:33 RTO example from Bart 16:22 Trends in feedback 16:58 People desire regular feedback 18:18 How AI will shape communication... 19:24 Is AI changing how leaders communicate 20:27 The ability for AI to provide immediate feedback 21:24 What advice is Humphrey Group giving to leaders? 22:02 Being an authentic leader... 23:55 EQ matters 24:04 POP 24:46 Bart talks about an example 27:24 Giving feedback 29:08 How to receive feedback from employees? 30:10 Listen and not be reactive 31:32 Bart reinforces professional context 33:47 How can leaders begin to use AI tools? 33:54 PowerPoint rehearse 37:13 Bart summarizes points 37:56 Thank-yous 38:13 Outro

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S5 E15 - Leadership Lessons From The Schoolyard with Mike McDonald

In this episode, Bart welcomes Mike McDonald, Founder of the charity Recess Guardians and CEO of Activ8, a new play-based educational company helping kids and adults move and learn. Mike shares his experiences creating a school-based leadership charity that empowers youth to lead and teach younger kids, He explains why kids embrace leadership opportunities, different styles of leadership, how to use play to create engagement, and how what he learned inspired him to launch Activ8. A great conversation about kids but perfect for the young-at-heart leader. Learn more about Recess Guardians here: www.recessguardians.org And Activ8 here: www.unboxactiv8.com 00:00 Show intro 01:00 Introducing Mike 01:20 Bart's disclosure 02:49 Recess Guardians 05:36 Are kids losing the ability to play? 06:34 Foundation of Recess Guardians 07:39 How does Recess Guardians actually work in the field? 09:20 How many kids impacted? 09:53 Problems in schools 10:24 Kids are bad sports 11:30 Sedentary behaviour on the playground 12:13 Common benefits of recess guardians 13:32 Mistakes aren't bad - they help you grow 15:29 Activ8 - where did the idea come from? 18:55 Why go from charity to for-profit? 20:47 What is the Activ8 experience like? 22:16 Difference between reaching adults vs kids? 22:53 Partnership with D2L 24:06 Building leadership skills in adults?? 24:35 Different leadership styles 25:05 Spokesperson 25:22 Demonstrator 25:49 The Organizer 26:17 The Role Model 27:15 Transferring these styles to adults 27:22 Don't silo people into one style 28:58 Experiment with different styles of leadership 31:30 Recess time at the office? 33:15 Bart's takeaways 34:52 Where to find out more? 35:16 Thank yous 35:30 Outro

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S5 E17 - Walk Your Own Path To Leadership with Shamin Mohamed Jr

Bart welcomes Shamin Mohamed Jr, founder of LetsStopAIDS and co-founder of Deciem to the podcast. Drawing on his unique journey Shamin shares perspectives on how to be inspired in your own career and life, and how to avoid being bound by stereotypes of career success that hem in so many of us. He also explains how important communication has been in his advocacy work and provides some tips to improve your ability to inspire. Learn more about LetsStopAIDS here: www.LetsStopAIDS.org 00:53 - Introducing Shamin 01:37 - Activism at 15 02:35 - Starting LetsStopAids 04:43 - Bart talks about how unique Shamin's career path is 05:14 - What does "inspiration" mean to Shaman 07:07 - LetsStopAIDS organization 08:39 - What keeps you inspired? 10:18 - Advice on keeping up inspirational tank 11:09 - Who has inspired you to keep going? 13:27 - Deciem journey 14:29 - Corruption in the beauty industry 15:33 - Brandon 16:42 - Thinking disruptively 19:42 - Advice about clarity of purpose 21:07 - Leaders who inspire you? 22:18 - More about Brandon 22:43 - Care and openness - and integrity 23:57 - Leaders in global advocacy 25:39 - Asking for advice 27:02 - Storytelling 29:39 - Telling stories is a full-bodied experience 30:34 - Thank yous 30:45 - Outro