Andrea Chilcote is CEO of Morningstar Ventures and author of the book What Leaders Need Now. For today’s conversation, Andrea joins Brandon and Randy to discuss the book and her findings from the accompanying assessment.
How do leaders assess their performance on compassion, courage and humility? What do their direct reports say? In which areas do leaders tend to struggle the most? Listen in!
3:00 The interplay between compassion, courage and humility.
5:00 When it comes to showing courage, do most leaders pass the test or fail?
7:30 Speaking truth to power.
9:00 Three courage behaviors: acknowledging reality, speaking truth to power, embracing authenticity.
13:30 “You have to make ‘safe’ okay for everyone. The person speaking truth to power has to make it safe to hear.” Andrea explains.
17:00 Which area(s) do leaders tend to struggle with most?
21:00 The role of values.
26:00 Andrea’s Leadership Hack: Find the courage inside of you to speak up about something.
Show Resources:
- Take Andrea’s free leadership assessment here.
- Watch Andrea’s first podcast episode: What Leaders Need Now.
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