The Behaviorist

Listening Across the Divide

In a world where we sense so much division, could listening be the superpower we didn’t know we needed? Join us as Mike McKenna talks with Tracy Cutler about concrete ways to truly listen deeply and connect more meaningfully across the many forms of differences in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and social lives. “Listening Across the Divide” will help you understand others even when you don’t or can’t agree.
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Killing Your Darlings At Work: Elegant Leadership

What is the most hard-won, unglamorous, yet high-performance skill in leadership?  It may be one that is almost never discussed: killing your darlings.
How do we recalibrate our bias towards adding?  How do we accept, normalize and even grieve when it is time to let go of a beloved offering, product, department for the long-term health of the organization?  What role does confidence play in creating elegant and enduring companies?  How does 'killing your darlings' enable us to optimally direct the energy in our companies?  How must humility evolve as we scale our organizations and movements towards even higher performance, greater impact and joy?
Join Kedren and Dylan to explore the art of shedding, pruning, and tailoring your organization through elegant leadership
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Reconnecting To Your Intuition

Intuition is simply knowing without fully knowing how you know.  We benefit from accessing ALL of our knowledge (both cognitive and intuitive), yet some of us have been encouraged to undervalue our intuitive knowledge.  Join Kedren and Sarah to learn about the four types of intuition (Expert, Creative, Relational, and Temporal) as well as Kedren's top ten favorite techniques for developing your own intuitive skills so that you have more fruitful and joyful work lives.  You already have this intuition; you just need to clear the obstacles to it.  Choose a few of the techniques, experiment, and let us know how you are reconnecting to your own untapped resource.
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Owning It

Inspired by the leadership book Extreme Ownership, Sarah *convinced* Nate Shea from SecureStrux to return to the podcast and dig into what Owning It means on our teams. “What’s rewarded is repeated.” In a recent March 2024 article by Zenger and Folkman, the research about the culture of empowered teams shows that if we want high engagement and productivity, we need to set the tone and help our teams by trusting them, encouraging them, and letting mistakes be opportunities to grow. It requires a fair dose of humility and willingness to let go of control. Nate and Sarah discuss the wins and the challenges of creating that culture and reveal what they think is the secret sauce to motivation and empowerment.
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The Evolution and Revolution of Executive Presence

Join Ryan Berardi, Mike Mason, and Kedren as they explore recent research documenting the shifts in what we truly want and expect from our leaders.  The necessary and elusive role of 'Executive Presence' is evolving in significant and even some encouraging ways.  What makes a leader now?  What skills should we hone to be a modern leader?  Listen in to learn about both the changing and evergreen facets of leadership gravitas, communication skills, and the 'right' appearance.
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On Confidence

This week on The Behaviorist, join Sarah and Kedren for an impromptu discussion on how to build one's confidence. During this episode, you'll learn what mindsets, behaviors and habits foster sustained, enhanced self-regard. Explore Work Wisdom's experience about the facets and building blocks of MODERN confidence, which include humility, polish and deep listening.
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An Unfiltered Conversation about the Enneagram with Liz Orr

Join us as Janine talks with Liz Orr, creator of the Rude Ass Enneagram, about the best way to discern your number, Liz's process of writing her new book “The Unfiltered Enneagram, A Witty And Wise Guide to Self Compassion,” and how to recognize the negative patterns of your number and move toward Badass Pattern BreakingYou can follow Liz on Instagram @rudeassenneagram and visit her website www.rudeassenneagram.com to preorder her book and get a personalized snarky message according to your enneagram number!
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Learning To Love Uncertainty

We certainly needed to hear this right now, and we hope it’s perfect timing for you, too.  This is possibly the most countercultural business podcast ever recorded. What would our workplaces be like if we learned to love uncertainty?  How do we double down on our inputs, our habits, our practices and let go of trying to predict the future?  Why is our intolerance of uncertainty growing?  How do we actually grow if we don’t expose ourselves to uncertainty? Read this article for more context on this envelope-pushing conversation with Dr. Chris Peterson and Kedren.  We challenge you to share this podcast with your teammates and discuss how this research could positively transform your organization’s culture
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Optimizing Potential

Join us as Sarah talks with Alisa and Alex about three key ways of maximizing potential. If you’re interested in unlocking your potential or, as a leader, unlocking your team's potential, the following episode might interest you. We’re not getting anywhere fast sitting in Zoom meetings in our pajamas. How can we level up and get that boost of energy and performance that makes life exciting and worth getting up and dressed in the morning?! Tune in and find out.
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The Bear, Coach K, Taylor Swift and Learning to Love Yourself

Join us as Work Wisdom’s Real-Time strategy associate, Mike McKenna talks with Work Wisdom Founder Kedren Crosby and Vanessa Philbert, CEO of Community Action Partnership, about lessons in growth mindset from one of Hollywood’s culinary anti-heros. Follow along as we slice and dice the journey of Cousin Richie from Hulu’s hit The Bear.
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