The Introspective Leader Podcast

Updated: 07 Nov 2023 • 91 episodes
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Listen in as Stuart, Rachel, and their varied and frequent guests talk about the most pertinent and critical leadership ideas and practices for TODAY's Organizational Leaders! Through insightful discussions with a variety of organizational leaders and experts, deep and wide-ranging analyses of the most critical leadership and management methods in use, and book and article reviews, hosts Stuart and Rachel take a deep-dive into the ideas and practices that will help you become a more effective and respected organizational leader.  Stuart is a regarded leader, manager, teacher, and coach, with almost 30 years of experience managing and leading at virtually all levels of an organization, and over 15 years as a management and leadership instructor.  As a former Army Officer, a current medical practitioner, and a budding entrepreneur and leadership coach, Rachel is a talented young leader who brings a fresh and insightful perspective to the show.  

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We at The Introspective Leader Podcast know that there have been times in our lives when we have desired something big, something well beyond our current realities, but were hesitant to push beyond our self-imposed limitations to achieve it.  Can you relate?  We bet you can, because staying within our comfort zones, an

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Have you ever worked for a leader who had a high need for control?  You know, the type of leader who holds all the power and is reluctant to share it?  Perhaps even, you are that type of leader.  Well, whether it be your style or the style of someone you worked for, it is what Kurt Lewin identified in the 1930’s as the

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Having been diagnosed with ADHD, Dez Rock is a neurodivergent leader who knows that having ADHD has been anything but a detriment to her career because her ability to see the world as a puzzle—and manage all of the pieces to that puzzle—has made her an exceptional leader.  To help support our show, visit: https://www.b

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At the risk of sounding like a brag, I have to say that by now there are few management and leadership concepts about which I don’t have at least a cursory knowledge.  However, an exception is the Agile methodology of project management.  Agile began in the IT field, but the success it has helped create through the yea

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We suspect that most of you are familiar with some version of the phrase, “As an employee, it is important to be able to separate home from work.”  But just how accurate is that statement?  Is it truly the standard for company professionalism that we think it is?  And what if we told you that there is now a strong cont

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One of the more intriguing and relevant motivation theories we have come across is Deci and Ryan"s Self-Determination Theory.  We can very much relate to its wholistic approach and its emphasis on an individual"s fundamental need for autonomy and I suspect that you will too. LINKS Management Works Article Professor Dec

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