Today’s first episode for 2024 is a little different. I recently launched my White Paper – The Social Factor – The Science Behind the Future of Effective People Leadership and today I present it to you in audio format, as some people prefer to listen than to read.

The White paper introduces you, the listener, to the concept of Social Leadership. It opens with the big picture and the challenges faced by todays leaders, examples being the gap between what leaders believe that employees want and what they really want and need. We explore the myriad demands of today's leader and the potential cost, mentally and emotionally.

We cover the people leadership journey - 'from Crisis to Conviction' and why the focus needs to be on developing leaders both formally and informally.

The Changing Face of Leadership tracks leadership Development over the ages and what 21st Century leadership looks like today in the Social Age.

The White Paper then introduces you to the concept of Social Leadership and the social cognitive neuroscience underpinning this approach.

The SOCIAL Model of Core Needs is presented in terms of elements, scope, detail and a detailed description of each element; how the absence of these needs can create a 'threat' response, and ways we can reduce this to create 'reward' responses in our people (the concept of threat and reward and also explained).

We each have a unique 'point in time' hierarchy of needs and this is explained in the paper, together with applications of the model and a case study of how it is being used by a global engineering consultancy.

Finally we look at balancing the focus on people and performance and the consequences of focusing too much or too little on one or the other.

If you would like a copy of the white paper, please head over to https://brain-smart.com/social/ and if you would like to complete the Hierarchy of Needs self-assessment here is the link https://brain-smart.com/hierarchy-register/

Finally - we'd love to hear your feedback so please engage with in the Social Leadership Conversation on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/beingbrainsmart/

Clare

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Episode 40 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is a conversation jam packed with wisdom from lived experience and deep reflections.

My guest in conversation is Danielle Ballantine, CEO of Your Side Australia, a not-for-profit organisation specialising in providing total care for vulnerable Australians, in particular the elderly and disabled.

Our chosen topic of conversation centres on a much-needed skill in leadership – coaching

Here are some of the many topics and stories we explored and uncovered:-

• Danielle’s approach to coaching in business and what influenced it
• Role models in coaching leadership
• The many benefits of a coaching culture
• How coaching sits on a continuum
• When a coaching style of leadership is not appropriate

• The challenges of switching leadership styles
• Helping natural problem-solvers to develop a coaching approach
• The horse in the hole analogy!
• Creating a culture of problem-definition
• Empowering decision-making
• Drawing our strengths – the benefits of investing in training
• When leaders are too time-poor or cognitively overloaded to coach
• The greatest barriers to creating a coaching culture
• How coaching can facilitate managing and leading change
• What happens when we work and walk together
• Exploring differing coaching styles and finding the right fit
• The power of storytelling in coaching – when it works and when it doesn’t!
• How coaching builds confidence
• Coaching and decision-making autonomy
• Coaching and succession planning

You can follow Danielle here https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleballantine/

You can visit Your Side Australia here https://yourside.org.au/

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Episode 39 of the Rawthentic Leadership Podcast is an insightful exploration into the world of Diversity and Inclusion in leadership, with a focus on Inclusion.

My guest is D&I consultant Toby Mildon, who I worked with when he was working at the BBC. Our conversation has many levels of depth and covers a broad area, which makes it the perfect resource for any manager or leader wanting to get to grips with this critically important topic and also hear from Toby’s lived experience.

Here are some highlights from our conversation:-

• How Toby ‘fell’ into D&I
• The 10/90 Iceberg analogy
• The scope of diversity
• Micro aggressions and micro inequities – what’s the difference?
• Why some people don’t challenge micro-inequities
• Representation unpacked
• The criticality of representation (in leadership and throughout)
• Fear of causing offence and its impact
• Diversity washing a.k.a. window dressing – the rhetoric gap
• Calling out and calling in – what’s the difference?
• The ‘where D&I sits in the business’ conundrum
• One of the first questions Toby asks when consulting with new clients and the critical follow up question
• Essential elements to achieve ‘the golden standard’
• The difference between equity and equality
• Integrating D&I into ‘the way we do business – and a clear comparison
• The hierarchy, chronology and priorities of D&I

We ran out of time to cover intersectionality so here is a link to an explainer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1islM0ytkE

You can follow Toby on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobymildon/

Here are the links to Toby’s resources

Inclusive Growth Book UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inclusive-Growth-Future-proof-business-workplace/dp/178133448X

Inclusive Growth Book Australia - https://www.booktopia.com.au/inclusive-growth-toby-mildon/book/9781781334485.html

Free workplace diversity assessment - https://mildon.scoreapp.com/

Inclusive Growth Podcast - https://inclusivegrowthshow.buzzsprout.com/

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