229 The power of an experimental leadership mindset with Mike Normant

The self-leadership principles of being a work in progress Leadership development expert Mike Normant is the founder of Coach Your Self Up and a big believer in identifying and re-writing the self-limiting stories we tell ourselves. A certified engineer who pivoted into the L&D and HR space, Mike's own journey of confronting his beliefs and the resulting behaviours  inspired him to create programs and resources to help people boost their self-awareness. Mike shares his self-leadership insights and explains why we need to take a step up the 'experimental staircase' to reach our potential. Why you should listen: cultivate a learning leadership mindset The importance of scaling leadership development Why leaders need more people stuff skills Approaching leadership growth as an experiment  We explore the leadership responsibilities of self-development Limiting leadership behaviour patterns  Incremental leadership development The filters that blur our leadership perspectives 👉🏼 Find out more about Mike's course, Coach Your Self Up, at Innerplicity. Use code ZOE100 at checkout to save $100 of the course fee. 👉🏼 Want to share your experience? Ask a question? Share a resource? Jump on our podcast Facebook page here. Shownotes: www.zoerouth.com/podcast/leadership-mindset-mike-normant About Mike Normant: Mike Normant is an author, executive coach, and leadership trainer, with a 25-year corporate career that included running global Learning & Development at both eBay and ServiceSource.  He is also the creator of Coach Your Self Up, a training program that teaches self-coaching skills to help individuals make lasting behavior changes in support of their career and life goals. Following his own personal transformation, Mike created this program in service of his purpose: to help as many people as possible achieve more of their potential through heightened self-awareness. Mike has coached leaders from many organizations including: Accenture, Apeel Sciences, Bank of America, BioMarin, Catalent, Demandbase, Dropbox, Ebates, eBay, Gigamon, Lyft, Mercy Housing, Netflix, Nutanix, Oracle, Procore, Samsung Semiconductor, Stripe, Symantec and Western-Union Digital. Mike was born, raised, and has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mike loves to be outdoors whenever possible; walking and hiking are favorite pasttimes. He enjoys live music (especially jam bands) and sees at least 25 concerts a year (at least he did pre-Covid). Mike lives in San Mateo, CA. *** About our sponsor, Innerplicity: Innerplicity is an innovative online professional development and leadership training provider with courses and community to support 'wisdom in the workplace'. There's so much to choose from, from leading through uncertainty to inner wellness and Innerplicity is offering $100 off its programs to our podcast listeners. Follow the link below to find out more and use code ZOE100 at checkout to claim your discount.  www.innerplicity.com/ref/zoerouth *** Related episodes on leadership mindset: 219 A leadership mindset for navigating adversity with John Davis 200 A great leadership mindset begins with meaning and purpose 117 A positive mindset is an important leadership attribute with Khaysan Kimberlin *** About your host,  Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia's leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted staff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards. Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com