The Introspective Leader Podcast

Jul 09 2024 96 ep. 42 mins 1
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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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ENCORE: Natalie Catin: Imposter Syndrome and WOC in Leadership

Jul 09 2024 62 mins  
*THIS IS AN ENCORE PRESENTATION FROM MAY 2023*Rachel and Stuart have an engaging, insightful, and entertaining conversation with Ms. Natalie Catin, who has spent the last 20+ years in education as a teacher, a principal, and now as an executive coach for Pennsylvania educational leaders. We discuss:Imposter Syndrome and how and why it manifests in black women Leadership presenceAnd

ENCORE: "The First-Time Manager" Review & Riff

Jul 02 2024 54 mins  
*THIS IS AN ENCORE PRESENTATION FROM 2022*In the first episode of “The Essentials of Management” series, Rachel and Stuart’s discussion builds off of the major themes of the book, The First-Time Manager, 7th Edition, by Loren B. Belker, Jim McCormick, and Gary S. Topchik.Key Moments:• Stuart explains why he has been recommending The First-Time Manager for 20 years • Rache

Profile of a Leader: Dr. Patricia Suggs, a Trailblazing Woman Leader

Jun 25 2024 43 mins  
Imagine it is the 1970’s and you are a young woman just beginning her journey as a minister within a protestant denomination that is comprised of at least some members and leaders who oppose your ministry because of your gender. In fact, imagine that you, as this young woman, had heard a radio minister of the same domination declare that the ‘pulpit was no place for petticoats.

Profile of a Leader: Dr. Merrylue Martin, People First

Jun 18 2024 45 mins  
Hello everyone! This is Rachel and welcome to The Introspective Leader Podcast and to another addition of our Profile of a Leader series, where some of today’s top leaders and leadership experts take us through their personal leadership journeys; highlighting their greatest influences, successes, setbacks, and personal struggles. As an organizational leader and as someone who is

Profile of a Leader: Roy Osing, the Contrarian Leader

Jun 11 2024 54 mins  
Welcome to another addition of our Profile of a Leader series, where some of today’s top leaders and leadership experts take us through their personal leadership journeys, highlighting their greatest influences, successes, setbacks, and personal struggles. There is a minority of people who see our world in a much different way than the rest of us do. As the saying goes, they are

"Comfort Kills More Dreams than Failure," w/ Art Turock

Nov 07 2023 55 mins  
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, and avoiding pushing through the internal barriers we have created f

The Autocratic Style of Leadership and What you Should Know About it

Oct 31 2023 39 mins  
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 autocratic style of leadership; and what it is exactly, and what

Leading with ADHD . . . More Common than you Might Think, w/Dez Rock

Oct 24 2023 37 mins  
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.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resourc

The Agile Methodology of Process Management and Why you Should be Aware of it, w/Daniel Gagnon

Oct 17 2023 48 mins  
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 years has propelled it beyond IT and to fields and industries of al

Putting the HUMAN Back into HUMAN Performance, w/ Culture Shaman, Vanessa Broers

Oct 10 2023 55 mins  
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 contingent of organizational and leadership experts that think this