A corporate culture is only as safe as its least safe leader
As Sam Mather ascended the leadership ladder in her 20 year L&D career, she realised that work was not working. Taking the opportunity to pursue a PhD in Organisational Psychology, researching psychological safety and resilience in the workplace, Sam gained a deep understanding of how leadership and culture impacts performance but also where personal responsibility has a role to play. In pursuit of peak performance, Sam advocates for brain fitness, being selective with our attention and safeguarding our finite mental resources.
Why you should listen: Wellbeing doesn’t replace leadership
Encourage brain fitness through your leadership choices
We explore ditching leadership buzzwords
Communicating safety is a leadership responsibility
Embracing servant leadership to boost safety
Creating a corporate culture around storytelling
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About Dr Sam Mather:
Author and Leadership Coach, Dr. Sam Mather, talks about leadership strategies for psychological safety.
Dr Sam Mather is a global Leadership development consultant, neuroscience practitioner, author and coach. Dr Sam Mather has three decades’ experience enabling leaders to create workplace environments that enable employee performance – supporting multinational organisations to transform their working environments, from Sky, the United Nations and NHS to Kraft Heinz, Dell, Lloyds Banking, HSBC and Fujitsu. She is the author of Rise Together: A leaders guide to the science behind creating innovative, engaged and resilient employees.
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About your podcast host, 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 stuff 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.