250 How to use language better in leadership with Chris West

February 22, 2022

Businesses spend time, money and attention on visual identity but what about verbal identity? It’s a missing link in leadership frameworks. Language matters. From the disruptive to the dreary, language frames the experience for those both inside and outside of an organisation. With a background in physiology and computer sciences, Chris West leverages his rational thinking to bring the magic and mechanics of language to businesses around the world, helping brands to craft and communicate a verbal identity. Here he shares how words build worlds and language drives change.

229 The power of an experimental leadership mindset with Mike Normant

September 16, 2021

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.

227 Leadership strengths are an inside job first with Jeff Nischwitz

September 2, 2021

Author and coach Jeff Nischwitz is not afraid of asking the difficult questions - of himself and the leaders he works with. This is critical for developing leadership strengths. Jeff believes in impact over intent, rigorous inner work and personal responsibility. In other words - going all-in, always. This commitment is how Jeff radically flipped his perspective to overcome crippling pain and walk backwards on the Camino trail!