Episode Summary: In the third episode of our new season of Love Life, Live Well, our host Emma Cartmell is joined by Zachary Ames, Founder & CEO of XYZ Leadership, a consultancy specialising in coaching, facilitation, program design and D&I training.
Zachary is also the host of the Expand Your Zone podcast.
Episode highlights:
- Where the idea for his podcast came from and the premise behind it
- What Zachary refers to as ‘bright spots’ and how to make these work for both personal development and leadership
- Zachary’s advice on how to deal with the pressures that can come from leadership positions
- Zachary’s view on the evolving nature of leadership in the workplace and the impact this is having on the development and support offered to co-workers
- His advise on how to stay connected as a leader
- The work current leaders should be doing with the pipeline in their organisations to identify and develop future leaders
- The shift towards a workforce that wants to feel aligned to a company's values and culture
- The three ‘a’s’ that Zachary always looks at in relation to change management
- The advice Zachary would give someone looking to move into their first leadership role
Key Takeaways:
- Let's understand the anatomy of what is an effective team even amongst their current constraints, and try to replicate that, pull on the good stuff. - Zachary
- There are ways that you can find a safe place to voice and vent or more importantly, also, how do I brainstorm? How do I get creative? It doesn't all have to be the negative stuff too. We sometimes need a space to just go and explore. - Zachary
- I think there's now a duality. You still need to lead from the front, but now many times you're leading by the side and even at times leading from behind. - Zachary
- What is actually worthwhile to people and what is the new value set, especially when we look at generational work between the millennials and Gen Z, those priorities have shifted dynamically. - Zachary
- I promise you, no one is ever fully prepared for their first leadership role. There is just some stuff you will not know until you are in the ring. - Zachary
- Leadership is a privilege because if you can get to mentor somebody, teach them how to do things, make them feel great at their jobs and make them want to come to work, what an absolute pleasure and honour that is in life to be able to do that. - Emma
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