1208: Saying No Allows You to Say Yes to More Things with Craig Dowden

Craig Dowden, Ph.D., a certified positive psychology coach, is on a mission to share evidence-based leadership principles. An inspiring and thought-provoking executive coach and an award-winning keynote speaker, Dowden partners with clients from diverse industries and sectors, who benefit from his drive, passion and insight. Dowden combines the key learnings from these interviews, along with evidence-based principles from the fields of psychology, leadership and organizational excellence in his new book, Do Good to Lead Well: The Science and Practice of Positive Leadership (ForbesBooks, Feb. 8, 2019). The book outlines the return on investment of the six pillars of positive leadership - self-awareness, civility, humility, focus on the positive, meaning/purpose and empathy - and provides a practical and engaging roadmap showing how executives can effectively demonstrate these behaviors within their day to-day leadership practice, for their benefit, as well as for the benefit of the teams and organizations they lead. Dowden received his Doctorate in Psychology with a concentration in Business from Carleton University and completed his Bachelor of Science in psychology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He currently lives in Toronto. "really think about your space. Like what makes you different? What differentiates you? And that isn't qualifications or rarely is it from a qualifications experiential side, it's what makes you different… What's your culture? What's your why? What is it about working with you that's going to make people feel differently? And that is a challenging question and takes a lot of time… Recognising bad business for you as well as good business"…[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-70A