65: Leading From Within with Stephani Roy McCallum

Stephani Roy McCallum is a leader who helps people have difficult conversations. In this conversation she navigates a deeper of understanding of what leadership really is and how to be an effective leader. Conversation Highlights Bigger Game Live put on by Rick Tamlyn Leadership is needed to move forward after a conflict has been resolved Taking complete ownership is necessary, however to be fully effective you have to go somewhere (lead) “Leadership is an inside job” — Rick Tamlyn Leadership is available to everyone Leaders inspire others to take action towards positive change To lead you must stand for something and lead from it Personal leadership often starts with a “reckoning” What do I stand for? Who am I? Questioning the status quo Self-awareness is key to becoming a leader Stephani’s own reckonings Publicly Personally The different faces and forms of empathy The path to courage and being brave is owning your fears, short-comings and inadequacies and being honest about them The combination of bravery and vulnerability creates connection which then encourages others to take action A vision isn’t anything unless it’s tied to the essence of who you are The interplay between our thoughts and feelings and notion that each can originate in either direction Leaders inspire and empower others to make positive change because the believe in something and lead from that Stephani’s real world examples of leading courageous public conversations How to have difficult personal conversations The stories we tell ourselves and how unproductive they can be The value of telling a new story The power of combining a new story with choosing A productive story is not necessarily the opposite of the unproductive version Learn More About Stephani Roy McCallum and Leadership Website: https://www.bravelylead.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravelylead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedheadSteph Blog: https://medium.com/@RedheadSteph Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephani.roy.mccallum/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephani-roy-mccallum-b627646/ Credits Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod All songs licensed under Creative Commons The post 65: Leading From Within with Stephani Roy McCallum appeared first on John Poelstra.