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Dave Stachowiak

Leaders aren’t born, they’re made. This Monday show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations. Independently produced weekly since 2011, Dr. Dave Stachowiak brings perspective from a thriving, global leadership academy, plus more than 15 years of leadership at Dale Carnegie. Bestselling authors, expert researchers, deep conversation, and regular dialogue with listeners have attracted 40 million downloads and over 250K followers on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Activate your FREE membership to access the entire leadership and management library at CoachingforLeaders.com

Coaching for Leaders

Colin Fisher: The Collective Edge
Since his days as a professional jazz trumpet player, Colin Fisher has been fascinated by group dynamics. Today, he is an Associate Professor of Organizations and Innovation at University College London's School of Management, researching the hidden processes of helping groups and teams in situations requiring creativity, improvisation, and complex decision-making. He is the author of The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups (Amazon, Bookshop).

Most of us assume that the best thing we can do for our teams is to be a great coach as they’re working together. That absolutely helps, but the research says that only 10% of group effectiveness is what we do once the team is underway. In this conversation, Colin and I explore how to get a lot better at the other 90%.
Key Points

 The house always wins. If the structure isn’t right for the team to succeed, little else matters in the long run.
 Leaders tend to put a majority of their attention on coaching teams in progress instead of the more significant work at the start of structuring and launching teams.
 Work on fixing structural problems before you focus on fixing the process.
 60% of group effectiveness is determined by structure, 30% by the launch, and 10% by expert coaching.
 Critical for structure is the team goal being clear, important, and challenging. Be sure to document it.
 Negotiate roles, tasks, and jobs to support structure. Determine early how to articulate progress and highlight small wins.
 Ask yourself if the group has the right people to achieve the objective. Deep diversity that supports the goal is essential.
 Surface discussions about norms at the start, especially related to communication and storage of information.
 At a team launch, articulate why everyone is there, discuss key norms, and schedule a midpoint to reflect and align.

Resources Mentioned

 The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups (Amazon, Bookshop) by Colin Fisher

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748: What Really Matters for Team Success, with Colin Fisher

Dave speaks with Elham Bidar, an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy, on the importance of balancing both technology and people in leadership.

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Embracing Both Technology and People, with Elham Bidar

Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Tiny Experiments
Anne-Laure Le Cunff is an award-winning neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and writer. She is the founder of Ness Labs and author of its widely read newsletter, a researcher at the ADHD Research Lab, and an advisor for the Applied Neuroscience Association. She is the author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World*.

We all get into a rut sometimes. Once we notice we’re in one, our tendency is to work really hard to get out of it. In this conversation, Anne-Laure and I explore how starting with something tiny is often the better bet.
Key Points

 SMART goals assume we know exactly where we’re heading. Most of the time, that’s not clear.
 A tiny experiment focuses on outputs instead of outcomes.
 To build more comfort with uncertainty, find one small place to experiment.
 Our brain uses growth loops to constantly adjust our trajectory. We don’t go in circles; we grow in circles.
 Improving growth isn’t about knowledge or skill; it’s thinking about your thinking, questioning your responses, and knowing your mind.
 A simple, 5-minute tool is Plus Minus Next. It surfaces what’s working, what’s not, and your next steps.

Resources Mentioned

 Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World* by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Interview Notes
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747: How to Get Out of a Rut, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Dave speaks with Anna Bellini, an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy, on how to stop a behavior in order to move forward.

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Stop What’s Holding You Back, with Anna Bellini

Lorraine K. Lee: Unforgettable Presence
Lorraine K. Lee is passionate about helping ambitious professionals go from invisible to unforgettable in the modern workplace. She is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice in workplace communication and presence and spent over a decade as a founding editor at top tech firms like LinkedIn and Prezi, where she worked on core products including the LinkedIn Daily News module and LinkedIn Newsletters. She is the author of Unforgettable Presence: Get Seen, Gain Influence, and Catapult Your Career.

Small talk. We all love to hate it – and we also know that most of us will end up in small talk with someone who’s got a lot of influence. It may be an executive or an external stakeholder. Either way, handling it well can open up doors. In this conversation, Lorraine and I detail how to make small talk go better.
Key Points

 Small talk is the starting point before a deeper relationship.
 Most opportunities for executive small talk are predictable. Preparation will help you speak well.
 Set the tone with positive energy. Rather than dominating the interaction or passively reacting to it, thread your conversations so each party shares equally.
 At the office, be ready with a sentence or two about who you work with and what you’re working on. Relationships and outcomes are more memorable than titles.
 At social events, share a hobby or interest and ask about theirs. Keep questions open-ended as you would with a friend.
 Have a topic ready to go for quick interactions. Sharing a thought about a book or podcast that relates to your organization is a useful resource to have at the ready.
 Review your go-to topics regularly so that you always have a relevant conversation topic.

Resources Mentioned

 Unforgettable Presence: Get Seen, Gain Influence, and Catapult Your Career by Lorraine K. Lee
 Lorraine's weekly newsletter
 Lorraine's career tips on LinkedIn Learning

Interview Notes
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746: How to Make Small Talk with Executives, with Lorraine K. Lee

Dave speaks with Mel Rivera, an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy, on how she built visibility for her team.

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Building Team Visibility, with Mel Rivera

Mort Sherman: Resonant Minds
Mort Sherman is the retired Senior Associate Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators, known for his visionary leadership as a superintendent dedicated to elevating academic standards and promoting equitable education. Throughout his career, he championed initiatives that addressed achievement gaps and empowered communities to foster inclusive, impactful learning environments. He is the author, along with his daughter Sara Leila Sherman, of Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time.

So many of us love music, and it’s often at the core of a lot of our personal lives, celebrations, and emotions. But we don’t often think about how we can leverage its power at work. In this conversation, Mort and I explore how music can help us set the tone for better leadership.
Key Points

 One way to nurture our teams and ourselves is a continual call for leaders, and music is an avenue we don’t often consider.
 Using music as mindful action, coupled with executive function skills, supports the habits of successful leadership.
 Start meetings with music or mindfulness exercises for collective focus, productive discussions, and creative outcomes.
 Create team playlists to build community. Combine playlists with meetings to help support trust and respect.
 Use music to reinforce a message or theme, tied to the needs of the moment.

Resources Mentioned

 Why Cooks Cook from The Bear

Interview Notes
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 How to Better Manage Your Emotions, with Ethan Kross (episode 719)
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745: How Music Can Help Us Lead, with Mort Sherman

Dave speaks with Erann Lincoln, an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy, on how she started small to build stronger relationships with her team.

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The Power of Starting Small, with Erann Lincoln

Jenny Wood: Wild Courage
Over an 18-year career at Google, Jenny Wood grew from entry-level to executive, most recently leading a large operations team that helped drive billions of revenue per year. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own Your Career, which grew to one of the largest career development programs in Google’s history. Her work has since been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, and Forbes, and she’s now the author of Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It*.

Leadership is about serving others – and it’s also ensuring that we take care of ourselves along the way. Sometimes leaders over-index on helping their organizations and teams, to their own detriment. In this conversation, Jenny and I explore where being a little more selfish might actually be better for everyone.
Key Points

 Selfish redefined means having the courage to stand up for what you want.
 People want to join a winning team, even if they don’t say that out loud.
 Guilt is natural, but always caving to it is self-defeating.
 Don’t do work that’s not actually promotable. There’s no prize for an empty inbox.
 A belief like “I owe it to them,” may signal an over-commitment to the organization. They will not love you back.
 Appreciate truth when you get it, but don’t sign up for a burned-out boss.
 It’s inefficient to always be in the lead. Draft in another leader’s wake.

Resources Mentioned

 Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It* by Jenny Wood

Interview Notes
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 The Ways Leadership Can Derail Us, with Bill George (episode 596)
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744: Where Being Selfish is Better, with Jenny Wood

Roger Kneebone: Expert
Roger Kneebone directs the Imperial College Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science and the Royal College of Music–Imperial College Centre for Performance Science. He researches what experts from different fields can learn from one another, including a creative team of clinicians, computer scientists, musicians, magicians, potters, puppeteers, tailors, and fighter pilots. He is the author of Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery*.

Many leaders get into the roles they have because they are the experts in their work. But once you’re leading, the work is less about being the expert and more about teaching your expertise to others. In this conversation, Roger and I explore how to get better at doing this well.
Key Points

 Experts don’t often recognize that they are experts.
 A characteristic of many experts is a dissatisfaction with where they are and an awareness that they could do better.
 Experts should notice what’s missing and what would be most helpful to the less experienced person.
 Effective teachers zero in on one thing at a time, even if they notice many areas for improvement.
 Passing along expertise is not just the skills themselves but the perspective of why each skill matters.
 Land in the zone of proximal development. The skill should neither be too easy nor too difficult.

Resources Mentioned

 Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery* by Roger Kneebone

Interview Notes
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The Power of Starting Small, with Erann Lincoln

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