The Look & Sound of Leadership

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4.8
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244 episodes
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Date created
2008/05/09
Average duration
24 min.
Release period
31 days

Description

An ongoing series of Executive Coaching Tips designed to help you be perceived in the workplace the way you want to be perceived.

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Finding Management Courage
2024/02/01
A vice president, struggling to control his team of artists, learns a technique for managing bad behavior from his coach. He likes it so much, he uses it with his high performers, too. The tool described in this episode is simple to understand but may take a bit of courage to implement. Courage can be taught. Brené Brown created her Dare to Lead course for exactly that purpose. Ready to build your courage? Reach out to us here. Find more resources to build your skills in the podcast archive. Search these categories: Assertiveness Feedback Management Skills Five episodes you might listen to are: #47 Discussing Difficult Behaviors #18 Holding People Accountable #138 Managing Disruptive Executives #127 Managing Performance: Up or Out #65 Sorting & Labeling A free infographic for Sorting & Labeling is in our Essential Tools bin. Help yourself to that and all the others. Thinking about developing someone in your organization, or yourself? Reach out to Tom here. Grab a free transcript of the show here. Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. Sign up here. From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, thanks! #podcast #managingbadbehavior #leadershippodcast #leadershipchallenges  #behaviormanagement  #leadershiptips   #leadershipdevelopment  
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5 Strategies for Dealing with Narcissists
2024/01/11
A leader is so furious with his self-absorbed boss, he considers quitting the company. He asks his coach to help him manage himself and defuse his triggers. In addition to the five strategies Tom talks about in this episode, there are lots more strategies in his conversation with Dave Stachowiak on Coaching For Leaders “How to Deal with a Boss Who’s a Jerk.”  Tom’s wide-ranging conversation with Josh Dittmer can be found here. Free tools to support your professional development are in our Essential Tools bin. Please help yourself. Ready to explore coaching? Reach out to Tom here. Other episodes to help you manage yourself in difficult workplace relationshipsare: The Disruptive Executive – Part OneThe Disruptive Executive – Part TwoDon’t Take It PersonallyHandling Defensive BehaviorsThe High-Maintenance Executive Looking for a transcript of the show? Download it here. Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. Sign up here. Thanks to all of you, from Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership.  Happy, healthy, safe new year!
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Leading with Political Savvy – Part 2
2023/12/07
Tired of losing to more savvy players, a leader seeks to decode the secrets of playing politics, focusing particularly on company culture. Download our free Political Style Chart here. “The Secret Handshake” is a great tool for mastering workplace politics. Looking for a transcript of the show?  Read it here. More tools are in our podcast library. This episode is in three categories: For Women Perception – how you perceive others Relationship Building Here are five episodes to help develop your political savvy: 188 - Boundaries 210 - How to grow your self-management 67 - “I hate politics” 142 - The Mindful Executive 121 - Your Goodwill Bank Account Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. Sign up here. Let us know how we can support you. Happy, healthy, safe new year. I look forward to being with you all in 2024. From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, Happy New Year! And thanks!
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Leading with Political Savvy – Part 1
2023/11/02
A leader feels stuck. She sees others winning resources she felt should have been hers, but she hates playing politics. What to do? Download our free Political Style Chart here. “The Secret Handshake” is a great tool for mastering workplace politics.  Many more tools are in our podcast library. This episode is in three categories: Self-Talk Leadership For Women Here are five episodes to help develop your political savvy: 187 - Agreeable Disagreement 215 - How to Stay Calm Under Fire 192 - Pursuing a Promotion 207 - Tough Conversations 67 - “I Hate Politics” Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. Sign up here. JAPAN! Email me with your suggestions for what we should not miss in Japan this December! tom@essentialcomm.com Let us know how we can support you. Be kind to yourself. Things are rough out there! From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership,  be well! And thanks!  
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Building Consensus – Savvy or Sin?
2023/10/04
A leader, surrounded by people she knows and trusts, can’t seem to get traction with them. In conversation with her coach, she discovers an unexpected cause. Tools for teams abound in this episode.  The four tools Tom suggests as first steps for helping your team openly discuss ideas are: Say ‘thank you’ when people offer an idea;Be curious; don’t dismiss ideas or people;Don’t take differences personally; it’s not about you;Develop your comfort with disagreement. The Gradients of Agreement tool supports the ideas in this episode. Download it for free from our Essential Tools bin along with other communication tools like Sorting & Labeling. Additional tools for team growth mentioned in this episode are the classic Crucial Conversations and Tom’s conversation on The cATalyzing Podcast. This episode is in our podcast library in three categories: Communication Skills Leading Teams Management Skills Specific episodes that will help you develop your team are: Facilitating Open Dialogue How Teams Fight Leadership Behavior in Meetings Power Tools for Teams: Plus/Delta Questions as Leadership Taming Meetings  Our monthly Essential News email provides links to even more resources. You can sign up here. To those of you who post reviews, thank you so much for supporting the show. Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, from Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, be well! And thanks! #podcast #TeamDecisionMaking #Teamwork #Leadership #ConsensusBuilding    #EffectiveTeams  #TeamCommunication #TeamLeadership   
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The Conflict Resolution Wheel
2023/09/07
A co-founder, at odds with his partner (also his best friend!), reaches out to his coach for help saving the business and the friendship.  The episode introduces The Conflict Resolution Wheel. Download it for free from our Essential Tools bin along with other communication tools like the Feeling Words Grid. The Wheel is based on a tool in the Couple Communication course, a program to help you understand and connect with your partner better. The course’s workbook, Talking and Listening Together, is meant for self-study. It’s available for purchase online.  Another book Tom references in this episode is the classic Crucial Conversations. This episode is in our podcast library in three categories: Communication Skills Managing Yourself Relationship Building Five episodes that will help you continue to develop your conflict resolution skills are: Conflict The Conflict Conversation Creating Safety for Hard Talks A Difficult Conversation Resolving Conflict Every month our Essential News email provides links to even more resources. You can sign up here. Thank you thank you thank you to those of you who post reviews. You make such a difference to us. Thanks for supporting the show! Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, from Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, be well! And thanks!  
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Essential Skills that Shaped a Leader
2023/08/03
A senior leader, having risen through the ranks, ends her coaching engagement by comparing notes with her coach about the skills that have helped her most.  This episode identified seven essential leadership skills: Conquer catastrophic thinking;Use fewer words;Value relationships as highly as results;Don’t take anything personally;Commitment to Development;Reflection;Speak for Yourself.Resources to develop those last three: Commitment to Development The Executive Executive – an episode with a different list of essential skillsFour Factors Executives Need to be Successful – another list of essential skills thenschel@essentialcomm.com – my email address if you want help thinking about your own developmentThe Ability to Reflect Mindfulness ResourcesBuilding Self-AwarenessSpeak for Yourself The Four Agreements – Agreement #1: “Be Impeccable with Your Word” Episodes to build assertion: Showing TeethThe Voice of AuthorityAssertion v Aggression This month’s episode lives in our podcast library in these three categories: Executive Presence Leadership Self-Talk Five episodes to help you with different skills are: Building Empathy “Don’t Take Anything Personally” The Executive Executive Personal Connections Short Sounds Confident Our monthly email has links to more resources. You can sign up here. All our infographics are available to you for free in the Essential Tools bin. Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, be well! From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, thanks!
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Taming the Defensiveness Dragon
2023/07/06
At the end of her rope, a leader asks her coach for help managing a direct report who, she says, is the most defensive person she’s ever met.  This episode was packed with tools. We’ve put them into an easy-to-understand infographic. Download it for free here.  Kim Scott, the best-selling author of the electric book Radical Candor, wrote a short, friendly guide with tools for handling defensive employees. Find it here. Harvard Business Review’s Amy Gallo talked with Dave Stachowiak on this episode of the Coaching for Leaders podcast. As with every episode of Dave’s, this is indispensable.  To work on “deserving” dive into The Four Agreements.   To dig deeper into tools for taming defensiveness, search our podcast library in these three categories: Communication SkillsManagement Skills Relationship Building Five specific episodes on this topic you could listen to are: 7 Steps to Stop Emotional HijacksBe Impeccable with Your Word Handling Defensive BehaviorsManaging Bad BehaviorManaging Disruptive Executives Sign up to get our monthly email with links to resources that support each episode. Calling all COACHES! Come join our Executive Coaching special interest group (SIG) sponsored by the Los Angeles Chapter of ICF. Check out our SIG and all the others here.     Or shoot me an email with your questions. I’m at tom@essentialcomm.com. All our free infographics are in the Essential Tools bin. Your reviews supporting the show help us continue as an ad-free podcast.  Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, be well! Thanks from Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership.
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Unlocking Executive Presence through Emotional Intelligence
2023/06/08
During her first C-suite years, a leader burned a lot of bridges. Her boss, who’d traveled a similar path, gets her a coach and sets only one goal: repair relations through emotional intelligence. Lots and lots of tools and resources this month: Free downloads: The Feeling Words Grid EQ Model Books and papers to sharpen your skills “Executive Presence: The Missing Link between Merit and Success”  “The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success” “Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well” “Executive Presence” from Center for Talent Innovation This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library: Executive Presence Managing Yourself Personal Growth & Self-Development Five episodes to help you command a room: 109 Building Emotional Intelligence  146 Building Empathy 155 The Human Element 69 Leadership & Self-Deception 17 Speaking for Yourself  Please help yourself to any (or all!) of our free infographics in the Essential Tools bin. Our deepest gratitude to those who post reviews. Thank you!!!  Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, be well! Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team. 
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Staying Afloat in a Shitstorm
2023/05/11
A highly effective leader finds herself in the middle of a terrible mess, not of her own making. When her coach marvels at her ability to stay calm amidst the chaos, she shares a lesson she learned from her dad. In addition to the tools discussed during this episode, Tom also talks about: “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.” Conversations with Coaches – Episode #184 Executive Coaching Special Interest Group The Feeling Word Grid This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library: Managing Yourself Perception – How You Perceive Yourself Self-Talk Five episodes to help you manage during difficult times: 109 - Building Emotional Intelligence 52 - Coaching versus Therapy 152 - Combating Emotional Hijacks 75 - “Don’t Take Anything Personally” 171 - Taming the Wild Child All our free infographics are in the Essential Tools bin. Your reviews supporting the show help us continue as an ad-free podcast.  Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, be well! Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team. 
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How to Command a Room
2023/04/06
Wanting to command rooms with her voice, a team leader turned to her coach for exercises. She learned the secrets of “RVP.” In this episode, five practices to help you develop a voice that will command a room are discussed: Vocal varietyExpect resistanceRhythmVolumePitch This episode has multiple tips and tools for each of those five development areas. The Zootopia clip that gets so much attention is here:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHKwnUa3txo This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library: Communication Skills Executive Presence Presentation Skills Five episodes to help you command a room: 186 Video Feedback & Executive Presence 120 Captivate Your Audience 77 The Power of Rehearsal 64 I  Talk Too Fast! 34 Keeping Repeated Material Fresh All our free infographics are in the Essential Tools bin. Thanks for supporting us with your reviews. Let us know how we can support you. Until next month, be well! Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team. 
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The Sound of Leadership & Management - 2023
2023/03/02
In conversation with her coach, an executive explores whether leaders and managers use language differently in order to be effective in their roles. There are lots of ideas in this episode. To help you sort the tools and put them into practice, we’ve created an infographic for you to download. It’s in the Essential Tools bin along with all the others. Help yourself! This episode is tagged in three categories in the Podcast Library: LeadershipManagement SkillsPerception – How You’re Perceived Five related episodes you might listen to are:  139Engagement & Performance 138Managing Disruptive Executives 140 Showing Teeth 148Taming Meetings 156The Voice of Authority Much gratitude to the folks who post reviews. We appreciate your support and all your kind words. Let us know how we can support your growth and development. Be in touch with us here.  Until next month, be well! Tom and The Look & Sound of Leadership team. 
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4.8 out of 5
1093 reviews
Hammer_Thyme 2024/02/03
Favorite Podcast
I have listened to all of your podcasts and now I am relistening to them, they are that good! So much wisdom shared in such an entertaining way.I high...
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Dave Stachowiak 2024/01/18
My favorite leadership podcast
I’ve listened to Tom’s show for over a decade and continually recommend it to many leaders. It’s my favorite podcast on leadership. Tom does a master...
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LiuYF68 2024/01/05
Very helpful
This podcast is my favorite. It is very helpful and practical.
A. Maguire 2024/01/03
Bite Size Wisdom
I first heard of Tom through “Coaching for Leaders”, I’m in the lower levels of Management looking to move up, and becoming a better leader is a big p...
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HROhio 2023/12/15
Overall fantastic resource!
I have been a loyal fan of this podcast for years. I love the unique storytelling aspect of the show. It not only keeps me engaged, but the delivery ...
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Weathered25 2023/11/29
Much more than a leadership Podcast
My wife listens to your podcast regularly, which means I listen every so often. Each time I do, I am struck by how relatable your stories and advice a...
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Jdsudy 2023/11/27
Exceeds 5 stars
This podcast is the best tool for professional and personal interpersonal, presentation, and organizational communication and has been since 2014.
OpexLeader918 2023/09/26
Masters class in communication that helps you show up as your authentic self.
When I found Tom’s podcast I was looking for a resource that could help me improve my story telling as a leader. What I found was a masters class on ...
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JGwalt72 2023/09/14
So glad I found your Podcast
I wanted to say thank you for investing your time with such a thoughtful and creative way to teach. I really appreciate the story/ fable format, as ...
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123cnp 2023/09/01
Extremely Helpful!
Not only are each and every one of these podcast helpful, but in addition several resources are given in the show notes! This podcast has helped me to...
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