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Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being PodcastNavigating Overwhelm in a Complex World with Dr. Mira BrancuIn this episode of Nine to Thrive, Julie dives into the concept of learned helplessness with Dr. Mira Brancu, exploring its implications in today's divisive climate. What is learned helplessness?
Learned helplessness is a psychological concept originally identified by psychologist Martin Seligman in the 1960s. It describes a condition where individuals believe they have no control over their situation and that whatever they do is futile. As a result, they stop trying to change their circumstances, even when opportunities for change become available.
Mira and I delve into how learned helplessness manifests in individuals, particularly i...2025-05-061h 00
The Hard SkillsNavigating the Belonging Paradox: Culture, Crises, and Relationships, with Dr. OtitoHow does it feel to be in a space where everyone offers belonging to themselves and others? In this episode, we will learn about Dr. Otito's Belonging Framework.Belonging is a universal human need, yet not everyone feels like they belong, even when they should. What leads to belonging and non-belonging? Dr. Otitio's framework will discuss environmental and personal factors to foster and practice belonging, with a focus on work spaces where we spend much of our adult lives. ***ABOUT OUR GUEST:Dr. Otito Iwuchukwu, is an organizational p...2025-03-181h 00The Hard SkillsGirding Resiliency Through Spiritual Practices, with Linda MarsanicoIn this episode, we explore how love, compassion, playfulness, visualization, meditation, and stillness can be healing spiritual practices that gird resiliency. The Hard Skills is hosted by TalkRadio.nyc, a global live Podcasting Station focused on Empowering, Inspiring, Uplifting, and Educating our audiences and importantly, offsetting the fear and negativity that is so common in traditional programming. In this episode, I introduce Linda Marsanico, one of the newer hosts on this platform. She hosts The A Train to Sedona podcast and we'll be exploring resiliency through the lens of various spiritual practices. Lin...2025-03-111h 00The Hard SkillsProfessional Equity: How to Take Charge of Your Career, with Dr. KarenAre you sitting on a goldmine of skills, experience, and connections… but still treating it like loose change? Let’s be real—if you’ve spent years climbing the corporate ladder, leading teams, and solving problems, you’ve built serious Professional Equity. But are you cashing in on it, or just letting it collect dust?In this episode, we’ll break down how to strategically leverage your expertise, influence, and network to open doors, command higher pay, and create new opportunities—without starting from scratch. Learn how your experience is worth way more than just another "great job" email fro...2025-03-041h 01The Hard SkillsWhen the Soul Feels Heavy: Healing from Moral Injury with Dr. ByrneIn this episode, we'll take a deep dive into the unseen wounds we carry—those moments when something inside just doesn’t feel right. We’re talking about moral injury, a struggle that goes beyond physical or emotional pain. Whether it's from a difficult decision, a betrayal of values, or witnessing something that shook you to your core, moral injury can leave a lasting impact.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:This conversation is for anyone who has ever questioned, "Why doesn’t this sit right with me?" and is looking for a path forward. ...2025-02-251h 00The Hard SkillsClient Q&A: Empower Your Team and Maintain Morale in the Face of Fear and UncertaintyIn this episode, Dr. Brancu begins by sharing two leader scenarios - one in which the leader felt stuck and unable to take action and a contrasting one where a leader felt empowered to take action. She will explore differences between feeling empowered vs disempowered and then provide a 3-Part solution:Part 1: Identifying How You Want To Show Up- Includes five mechanisms: reflect, temper responsiveness, be present and steady, manage your energy, and practice self-care and compassionPart 2: Communicating Clarity Even When You Don’t Have Cl...2025-02-181h 00The Hard SkillsExplicit Expectations: Better Navigate Work Relationships and PoliticsWHAT YOU WILL LEARN:What if you could actually figure out what people want of you in a way that would help you become more successful professionally and in your personal life? The greatest challenge to that is how different each person's reality contributes to confusion, misunderstandings, conflict, and missed opportunities. In this episode, we'll learn how to break into those insights. In this episode, you'll have a chance to reflect on the influence of your values and drivers, and how to identify, tap into, and integrate those of others to create a...2025-02-1159 minThe Hard SkillsHow Much Does Identity and Culture Matter and Shaping Team Dynamics and Outcomes?In this session, we'll delve into how cultural and identity orientations shape workplace behavior and impact job and team fit. Gain fresh insights into how cultural attributes influence workflow, team collaboration, and decision-making. By understanding these dynamics, you can build a team that aligns with your workplace culture goals and ambitions. We will touch on issues such as:- How cultural backgrounds shape priorities, decision-making, and interactions in the workplace.- Strategies for matching leaders' attributes to organizational functions and team goals to enhance performance.- How individual contributors navigate their w...2025-02-041h 00The Hard SkillsFeedback with Finesse: Mastering the Science of Constructive CoversationsDo you only give performance feedback once a year as a “feedback sandwich” or even avoid it all together? Are you holding back important positive and critical feedback from team members? If so, you and your team are likely underperforming. Learn science-backed ways to provide effective, constructive employee feedback so it lands well and elevates your performance and that of your team. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Many of us have a love-hate relationship with performance discussions. Feedback giving and receiving is critical to your organizational success. Today, we’l be talking with Dr. Sarah Porter on how...2025-01-281h 00
Immigrant ConversationsRedefining Your Leadership Identity as an Immigrant with Dr. Mira BrancuAre you an aspiring leader looking to enhance your influence especially when you are the minority? Do you struggle with belonging in rooms where decisions are made? If so, this episode is for you! If so, this episode is for you. Mehran Sorourian the Immigrant Conversations host sits with Dr. Mira Brancu and talk about being a minority as an aspiring leader.
"Are you an aspiring leader striving to enhance your influence, especially in spaces where you’re the minority? Do you struggle with finding a sense of belonging in rooms where crucial decisions are made? This episode is for yo...2025-01-2838 minThe Hard SkillsOvercoming 6 Unhelpful Mindsets That Hold High-Achieving Women BackJoin Dr Sohee, the mindset expert, best-selling author, and leadership coach as she discusses how you can overcome the professional anxieties that disrupt your peace and hold you back.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Decision-making dilemmas, Feelings of overwhelm, fear of the unknown - we've all experienced these challenges as leaders and women sometimes experience these more often due to unhelpful scripts we've learn to believe are true about us. How do we flip the script? Dr. Sohee Jun will how to craft your own authentic definition of success, a framework to deal with fear, and...2025-01-211h 00The Hard SkillsThe Power & Pitfalls of SponsorshipWHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Sponsorship is the game-changer for career growth, but what makes it so powerful? And how can it go awry? In this episode, we explore how sponsorship differs from mentorship, the unique barriers women face in securing sponsors, and the critical role men play as allies and advocates. That’s what we will be delving into on this episode. ***ABOUT OUR GUEST:Dr. Linda Lawrence, founder of People Always Healthcare Consulting, is a Certified Executive Coach and leadership development expert. With over 25 years of experience as...2025-01-141h 00The Hard SkillsClient Q&A: Helping Your Team Manage Change Through Feedback, Boundaries, and PreppingListeners will gain insights around navigating change and how to set boundaries, prep your people for change, and provide effective feedback. Listeners will also be provided with access to a free resource: a checklist for evaluating the readiness for feedback giving within a given situation. If you are a seasoned leader who is facing a critical transition who must lead your department through, and you are facing both external resistance as well as internal tensions for how to best manage it, this might be the episode for you. In this episode Dr. Brancu talks through a current c...2025-01-0759 minThe Hard SkillsFrom Strategy to Impact: Catalyzing Change and Communication for Hybrid Organizations, with Katy Herr HewWhen organizations undergo change and transformation, such as mergers, reorganization, executive transitions, crisis events, or even rebranding, leaders sometimes overlook how aligning leadership, engaging stakeholders, and communicating clearly can be the difference between superficial change and real impact. Why do traditional communication models fail to engage employees in today’s hybrid and distributed work environments? How can companies craft authentic, compelling messages that better resonate? We'll delve into that on this episode.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:As workplaces evolve, especially in hybrid or distributed environments, leaders are often trapped by outdated assumptions about communication and co...2024-12-171h 00The Hard SkillsFrameworks to Improve Your Influencing and Communication Skills, with Zachary AmesHow do you balance influencing to make an impact with listening to make connection? In this episode, we'll talk with Zachary Ames about multiple frameworks from the Socratic method, current marketing approaches, and storytelling to his framework around giving and receiving feedback. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:We often talk about how important it is for leaders to communicate well, gain alignment through inspiration and influence, and listen well to gain insight and connection. But sometimes these are at odds with each other. For example, if you are trying to influence, you do not always listen. If yo...2024-12-101h 01
Lead with LevityWomen in Leadership and Institutional Challenges: Insights from Dr. Mira BrancuSend us a textWelcome to the Lead with Levity podcast, where we explore the complex world of leadership and the nuances that come with it. Hosted by Dr. Heather Walker, today’s episode delves into the delicate balance many leaders strive to maintain—particularly in the face of burnout and overwhelming expectations. Joining Dr. Walker in this discussion is Dr.Mira Brancu, a clinical psychologist and expert in leadership dynamics, especially for women.Understanding the Leadership Juggling ActDr. Walker introduces the metaphor of juggling different types of balls—rubber ones that b...2024-12-0945 minThe Hard SkillsCelebrating the Launch of the Millennials' Workbook for Navigating Workplace Politics!Have you ever wondered when it might be time to leave your job? Or how to keep repeating the same mistakes at work? Set yourself up for success? Make your voice heard? Create a healthy workplace for your team/employees? This episode is the virtual launch party for the "Millennials' Workbook for Navigating Workplace Politics" where we'll interview the co-authors, get a sneak peek into their framework and process, challenges for writing about these topics, and activities the audience can try right after listening. Have you just graduated from school and are entering the workforce for the f...2024-12-031h 01The Hard SkillsThe Body Knows: Trauma-Informed Strategies to Shape a More Human-Centered World, with Laura PhoenixWe often talk about boundary setting and leading with authenticity and integrity as ways to create healthier work cultures. But why? What is the deeper reason behind this and how can leaders, especially those holding marginalized identities, attend to their own inner experiences to ultimately shape a more human-centered world? That's what Laura Phoenix will be sharing this in episode and we explore the the intersection of trauma-informed practices, leadership, and organizational health.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:This episode explores the intersection of trauma-informed practices, leadership, and organizational health. Many leaders holding...2024-11-261h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Navigate Tensions, Paradoxes, and Core Dilemmas of Inclusive Leadership, with Dr. Bernardo FerdmanWhat makes diversity and inclusion—seemingly so simple—also so complicated and difficult to achieve? Truly bringing inclusion to life can sometimes feel quite challenging, especially when there seem to be forces pulling in many directions, and various inherent dilemmas involved in working with and across differences. In this episode, we will explore how to bring inclusion to life and how to understand and manage some of the paradoxes and tensions of inclusion. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Leading in a diverse organization can often feel very challenging, especially given some of the pulls and pushes these...2024-11-191h 01The Hard SkillsWhen Should Leaders Increase Visibility Using Thought Leadership?, with Emily CrookstonWhat is a thought leader? And why is is important even when you are happy in your job and have no interest in becoming a social media influencer or starting your own businesses? Do you ever get frustrated by how some people gain visibility and others do not in an organization? In this episode, you will learn 3 reasons why it's a smart idea to promote yourself and share your big ideas, even if you're happy in your position and never want to apply for another job.WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Whatever your professional goals, it's...2024-11-121h 01The Hard SkillsClient Q&A: "How Can I Better Regulate My emotions When I Get Triggered at Work?"If you are generally a high performing leader who is generally calm but find yourself struggling to hold back with specific people or triggers, this is the episode for you. In this episode Dr. Brancu responds to a client question, offering us multiple nuanced ways to think about the problem while also offering simle, straightforward solutions."Emotion regulation" can mean different things to different people. In this episode, a client asks, "How do I improve my emotion regulation?" Dr. Brancu breaks down what is an is not emotion regulation, what it requires, 3 types of emotion-laden responses we...2024-10-291h 00The Hard SkillsEmpowering Economic Development in Underserved Areas, with Dionne McGeeWhat does it take to raise up an unserved community and build its economic infrastructure? That's what we will learn in this episode with Dionne McGee. ABOUT OUR GUEST:Dionne McGee is the Cohort Director of the Eastern North Carolina Entrepreneurial Promise (ENCEP), where she and her team bring diversity and stimulation to the eastern NC economy through a virtual regional incubator for companies owned by minorities and women in underserved counties of North Carolina.In the past, Dionne held executive leadership roles in corporate America leading sales organizations. She i...2024-10-221h 01The Hard SkillsActionable Strategies to Maximize Your Impact Without More Time, with David Shriner-Cahn"I want to make a greater impact but there are only so many hours in a day!" If you have found yourself wondering if you could ever reach your goals with the limited amount of time you have, this is the episode for you. You will learn the Mindset Shifts, Actionable Strategies, Time Management Insights, and Scalable Solutions required to make it happen. This episode applies to both entrepreneurs and organizational leaders within any industry. ***WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:In this episode, we explore how to expand your reach and impact without increasing y...2024-10-151h 00The Hard SkillsThe Missing Pieces to Building Inclusion: Is Your Organization “REDI”? with Dr. Gena CoxWe have put much effort into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work over the last four years, but the results have been disappointing. Why? What should we be doing differently? Discover why many well-meaning leaders are left scratching their heads as underrepresented talent slips through their fingers, and employees push back against diversity initiatives. In this eye-opening episode, we'll unravel the mystery behind failed DEI strategies and reveal the missing pieces of the inclusion puzzle. This isn't just another DEI discussion – it's your roadmap to meaningful, lasting change built on psychological science, with our guest expert today, Dr. Gena Co...2024-10-081h 00The Hard SkillsHow To Retrain Our Brain To Address Toxic Divisiveness (and Save Humanity!) with Dana AckleyListeners will learn how the evolution of the human brain makes us vulnerable to things like emotional manipulation, toxic conflict, misogyny, and dysfunction. Can we re-train our brain to become immune to this manipulation and bring the best out of ourselves and whom we lead? YES! Dr. Dana Ackley will show us how. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:We have been experiencing a rise in dangerous and toxic divisiveness in our country. Why does it happen? What can we, as individuals, do about it? How does this impact success for leaders, followers, organizations, and our society a...2024-10-0159 minThe Hard SkillsHow Team Empowerment Models Impact Large-Scale Outcomes, with Lorraine MargheritaIf you have been wondering if there is a better way to develop an engaged, empowered organizational culture - one where employees feel a sense of ownership and power to make a difference, both internally on their teams and even as far as making a global impact, this is the episode for you. ***WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:In this episode, you will hear practical examples of how various organizations developed engaged, empowered corporate cultures, how these organizations got started, and the impact it can have on people and the planet, including how this c...2024-09-241h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Build an Impact Business Without Burning Out, with Rebekah MielIn the impact space, there is often pressure to work for free or support every cause. You can easily find yourself having to make tough decisions about which projects to take on. Our guest, Rebekah Miel of Miel Creative, will share practical tips pulling from years of experience about how she has managed these experiences, lessons she has learned the hard way, what she learned about how to avoid the overwhelm, and how to make decisions that still align with your values. “In my younger years, I aspired to changing the world. Then reality kicked in, and I s...2024-09-171h 00The Hard SkillsLeadership Presence Preparation: Unlocking Joy and Impact Under Pressure with Christopher RawdenDo you get stage-fright, performance anxiety, or tongue tied whenever you need to deliver a presentation, whether on a large stage or even in a meeting? Do you get stage-fright, performance anxiety, or tongue-tied whenever you need to deliver a presentation, whether on a large stage or even in a meeting? Are you so worried about your audience’s reaction that you over-prepare and read from the slides for fear it will go off the rails if you don’t? Or under-prepare and then kick yourself for not being fully ready for the questions? We will address these challenges in t...2024-09-101h 00The Hard SkillsIs My Community Facing Social Justice Cannibalism? with Dr. Kim CaseWhat do you do when you are part of a marginalized group trying to make a greater impact but your own community is imploding? This is unfortunately not uncommon in today's public cancel culture and polarized black-and-white society. In this episode, we unpack when it's toxic and when it's simply constructive feedback and how you can handle it. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:How do we distinguish toxicity from supportive critical feedback? What can people from marginalized underrepresented communities who are passionate about making a great impact do to avoid or address this situation in an e...2024-09-031h 00The Hard SkillsThe Impact of Self-Care: How to Lead Employees Toward Well-Being, with Taylor Elyse MorrisonWHAT YOU WILL LEARN:We often talk about self-care at a surface level. We have images of drinking latte's, taking baths, and silent retreats. But that is the full picture of self-care at work and for your leadership. How can you support true wellbeing at work? That's what we'll be delving into in this episode.Well-being at work is more than yoga classes and mental health days. Our daily actions as leaders have an outsized impact on employee well-being. In this episode we'll explore how to care for yourself as a leader and how to...2024-08-271h 01The Hard SkillsMaking a Greater Impact Through Great Job and Team Design, with Andrés PetersIf you are experiencing a conflict on a team or across the organization, today, Andres Peters offers a unique way of looking at understanding and managing change and conflict in organizations. For example, how are quiet quitting and bad job design related? How can we enhance employee engagement and performance, both led by them and led by the leader? You’ll find out this and more on this episode. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:This episode will dive into how to set clear expectations and boundaries, great team and job design and many other frameworks used in...2024-08-201h 00The Hard SkillsMaking a Greater Impact in Your First 90 Days in a New Leadership Role, with Nancy HarrisWhen we want to make a greater impact in a new leadership role, we know that initial impressions go a long way. It's why so many books have been written on the subject of what to do in the first 90 days of a leadership role. What do we need to know about the systems, policies, and cultural mechanisms that could either help or hurt us as news leaders? That's what we'll be discussing in this episode. Nancy Harris will share her New Leader change framework to help leaders get up to speed quickly and learn what they s...2024-08-131h 00The Hard Skills8 Indicators of Whether Coaching Could Help You Make A Greater Leadership Impact, with John ReedWHAT YOU WILL LEARN:Is this the right time for me to invest in executive coaching? Do I need an executive coach? Why or why not? And how do I find a good one that is also right for me and who can help me make a greater impact as a leader? That is what we'll discuss in this episode with guest, Dr. John Reed, author of Pinpointing Excellence.Our guest will share 8 practical indicators that will help determine whether they are at the ideal point in their leadership development to engage an executive coach...2024-08-061h 00The Hard SkillsCelebrating 50 Episodes & How to Create Lasting Leadership Impact Through Group CoachingThis episode will be part celebration, part reflection, and part insight. We will be celebrating what we learned from 1 year of hosting a live radio show and podcast, looking back at some of the highlights, and also sharing specific data on a group coaching program that follows the framework that our seasons have been focusing on this past year: Navigating Uncertainty, Developing Leadership Identity, Mapping a Strategy, Navigating Complexity, and Making a Greater Impact. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:How do you make an impact on leadership development in a large healthcare system w...2024-07-301h 00The Hard SkillsFit in, Stand out, and Oh Yeah, Be Yourself: Embrace the Paradox of Complex Workplace IdentitiesIn work and life, many of us encounter groups with different norms, expectations, and beliefs. As we navigate the workplace, this flexibility can be helpful, except when it causes us to lose touch with our truer selves or deprives us of our deepest connections. We may be so responsive to others that we lose what makes us special. On the other hand, we may protect our identities so fiercely that we close ourselves off to the potentially positive influences of others. Based on personal and professional experience as psychologist in federal corrections, Dr. Lyn will help us learn how...2024-07-231h 00The Hard SkillsUnpacking Intersectional Feminism, Mental Health, and Advocacy, with Christian F. NunesWhat is intersectionality, and why does it matter when it comes to leadership development? And how might things like mental health, body autonomy, reproductive health affect our success as leaders and the success of organizations? Intersectional leadership and creating inclusive workplaces require a unique skills set: understanding structural barriers and social justice, promoting mental health, and connecting these to large scale impact and outcomes. Christian Nunes’s unique blend of experiences as NOW’s National President, a mental health professional, and a dedicated social justice advocate will offer actionable strategies for dismantling structural barriers and promoting mental health in lead...2024-07-161h 01The Hard SkillsThe Four Timeless Roles of a Leader and How They Address Universal Human Needs, with Dr. Jamie RamsdenWHAT YOU WILL LEARN: What is at the heart of leadership? Are there universal aspects of leadership that have withstood the test of time? Are there things we gain through leadership? Are there things we move lose or let go in order to lead better? Ever wonder what it takes for executive leaders to lead at the highest levels? That’s what we will be delving into today with Jamie Ramsden.In a world that is crying out for better leadership, we uncover universal aspects of leadership that have stood the test of time and their connection to...2024-07-091h 01The Hard SkillsNavigating the Complexity of Managing Up, Down and All AroundWe talk a lot about "managing up." Why is it important? What does it look like when it's successful? How can you navigate complex office politics? That’s what we will be delving into on this episode. In this episode, Roberta Matuson will share her personal experience with what happened to her promising career when she failed to recognize the importance of managing up, and the impact for her, and later her clients, when she learned how to do it well. As she astutely puts it, "If you don't manage up, you won't have to worry about man...2024-07-021h 02
Smashing the PlateauHow to Break Free from Job Titles to Personal Identity Featuring Dr. Mira BrancuDr. Mira Brancu is a consulting and coaching psychologist specializing in leadership identity development and in building adaptive, cohesive, high-performing teams. She is also an Associate Professor, the author of "The Millennials Guide to Workplace Politics," a "Psychology Today" columnist for the blog series "A New Look at Women’s Leadership," and the host of "The Hard Skills" internet radio show and podcast. Her award-winning social impact firm, Towerscope, focuses on empowering and elevating women in leadership within the education and innovation industries.In today's episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn about the intricacies of le...2024-07-0126 minThe Hard SkillsIntegrating Technology with People and Processes into Thoughtful Business StrategyWe often talk about people and processes on this show. But in today’s world, technology has added an additional layer of complexity that requires its thoughtful integration into the strategies connecting people and processes. How can we do this in a way that doesn’t add chaos and still supports effectiveness and efficiency? That’s what we will be delving into on this episode. In this episode, the focus will be on the critical integration of people, processes, and technology into a cohesive business strategy. Dr. Ernest Wayde will first delve into the significance of each of thes...2024-06-251h 00The Hard SkillsHow Responsive Leadership Offers a New Way to Navigate ComplexityWe often think about the many competing responsibilities that we have as leaders. But do we have to take responsibility for them all? Can we instead be responsive? In this episode you will learn the guiding principles of Responsive Leadership. This includes the seven core values and seven essential skills to approach leadership through a stance of being Responsive TO rather than taking Responsibility FOR in your work.We will discuss the ways in which many of the pressures of work are often framed from an assumption that we have to take responsibility for expectations that are...2024-06-181h 01The Hard SkillsNavigating the Complex Health Care System Labyrinth, with Frank R. HarrisonWhat complex changes are happening in the healthcare sector and how does that affect patient, provider, and organizational success? In this episode we talk with Frank R. Harrison about the rapid post-pandemic changes experienced by hospitals, opportunities and challenges with technologies, including AI, and navigating the labyrinth of the system. Using New York City as an example, we will look at their current hospital systems and show the pros and cons of being vertically integrated or acquired through traditional M&A Activity. We'll also explore which systems serve different needs best, how to succeed within those challenging e...2024-06-111h 02The Hard SkillsHow Leaders Can Enhance Trust and Create a Resilience Culture, with Dr. Ken NowackIn the face of work and life challenges, there are three distinct possible long-term outcomes including harm, resilience, and growth. In some cases, people can experience positive change because of overcoming challenges and crises, as expressed in the aphorism “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” Dr. Ken Nowack will help us understand how resilience and growth occur as a set of personality and evidence-based personality traits, lifestyle practices and specific habits/behaviors that characterize such hardy individuals, and the leadership practices that can enhance a trusting, psychologically safe, and a positive mental health culture. Kenneth M. Nowack, Ph.D...2024-06-041h 00The Hard SkillsWhere to Start: The Importance of Sequencing in Leadership StrategiesListeners will learn what factors might get in the way of their leadership and business success related to having a poor strategy around where to start and why. We'll connect how Michelle Warner thinks about business development strategy with how Dr. Brancu thinks about leadership strategy when it comes to decision-making and actions for success. Do you ever feel like, “I don’t even know where to start!” Like you have so many different paths you can take, you’ve gotten so much advice, but now you are left feeling overwhelmed with which path is right? Well, this migh...2024-05-281h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Address the Traumatic Experiences of LeadershipListeners will learn a new way to think about traumatic experiences of leadership, as well as multiple approaches to identify and address these experiences. What do leaders do when the act of being a leader is traumatic? Leaders navigate enormously challenging situations, including moral dilemmas that force the leader to choose between the organization’s welfare and that of individual staff; poor behaviors such as sabotaging and gaslighting; no-win situations, and bias, discrimination, and exclusion. In this episode, Clinical Psychologist Jennifer Wisdom discusses the nature of distressing experiences leaders face in the workplace, the strategies they use to...2024-05-211h 00The Hard SkillsClient Q&A: When and How to Say No, Manage Up, Adjust Work Relationships, & Future-Proof Your CareerIf you are a high-achieving, goal-oriented, socially conscious person who has found themselves spinning in some weird toxic waters at work, or simply wondering how to avoid getting sucked up into it, this might be the episode for you. In this episode Dr. Brancu answers four common questions about navigating these murky waters: when and how to (1) Say No, (2) Manage Up, (3) Adjust Work Relationships, & (4) Future-Proof Your Career.If you are a high-achieving, goal-oriented, socially conscious person who has found themselves spinning in some weird toxic waters at work, or simply wondering how to avoid getting sucked up...2024-05-141h 01The Hard SkillsHow to Develop a Compass to Navigate Complexity and UnknownsListeners will walk away with unique and creative insights on what it means to change, how understanding our limitations can become a strength, and fascinating research on learning, curiosity, and rewiring habits. Lisa will also share some of her frameworks for navigating change, including tools and guideposts that strengthen our ability to face change, important resources for expanding our sense of direction, and her ALIGN system of core values to establish sustainability in growth (and change).How do you navigate through uncertainty and unchartered territory toward change when the path is unclear and seems to be far...2024-05-071h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Cultivate Your Professional Identity to Strategically Map Your CareerHave you ever wondered how to go from one career to a very different one? Or how to integrate all of the interests you have into a professional career? This is the area of professional identity development and formation and Dr. Williams will lead us through how to do this. Listeners will gather information on how to start building the career they want by assessing themselves, understanding their unique skills and talents, and taking calculated risk with a supportive community. Have you ever wondered how to go from one career to a very different one? Or how t...2024-04-3057 minThe Hard SkillsStrategically Designing A Career That Matters: A Lifetime ToolkitListeners will get a roadmap for how to face any career decision and make choices that support them and their stakeholders throughout the course of their lifetime. We’ll also cover practical tips for what to do when there are competing things that matter to you and your stakeholders, and how to resolve those conflicts in the best way possible.Have you faced a really difficult career decision and found it challenging to figure out which path to take? If so, this is the episode for you. Our guest, Dr. Sharon Hull, will offer a roadmap she ha...2024-04-2359 minThe Hard SkillsHow to Strategically Optimize Your Work Performance, Resilience and Mental HealthCan you be strategic in developing your resilience? Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier, a business and clinical psychologist says yes and offers the audience a strategic framework of resilience, practical tips, and exercises for creating their own custom resilience plan, a new way to think about burnout, resilience, and your mental health as a leader.Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier and Dr. Mira Brancu will discuss new ways to think about resilience. Mapping a strategy starts from within. Dr. Pelletier provides a new framework full of exercises to create your own customized, strategic resilience plan. Throughout her career in business management...2024-04-161h 01The Hard SkillsAt Your Core: How to Lead with Intention, Authenticity and IntegrityAre you walking the talk? Do people interpret your actions as you have intended? How do you know? Becoming the leader you aspire to be takes much more intentionality and practice than simply creating a strategic plan. In this episode, executive coach, Miki Feldman Simon will share her CORE 4 step process from her upcoming book to help listeners live and lead with intention, authenticity and integrity. Miki will provide practical tips that the audience can immediately implement. Are you walking the talk? Do people interpret your actions as you have intended? Becoming the leader you aspire to b...2024-04-091h 01The Hard SkillsFrom Idea to Impact: Mapping Out Your Leadership StrategyIn this episode, listeners will learn how one young social entrepreneur transformed an idea into an implementable action plan, scaled it up to reach a broader audience and have a wider impact, and is now developing her leadership identity and vision for the future. In this episode, Aynsley Szczesniak and Dr. Mira Brancu will walk through the steps of taking an idea and turning it into reality. They will discuss tips for crafting a vision of the future, effective strategies for setting achievable and time-bound goals, and ways to get back on track when a challenge forces y...2024-04-021h 02The Hard SkillsMastering the Expecting Parent Experience: Mapping a Strategy to Retain This Top Talent DemographicIn this episode, we'll map out strategies to support employee transitions into parenthood. What do they need? Are there generational differences in trends and expectations? How does this impact team culture, retention, and productivity? Sarah Olin will provide insights into the impact of making this a priority, how to do it gracefully and align it with company goals, and creative methods for maintaining team productivity during extended leaves.The collision between parenthood and career presents critical retention issues for companies. Becoming a parent leads to shifting priorities. This requires leaders to understand what their employees might need...2024-03-261h 00The Hard SkillsThe Power of Adaptive Planning and Creativity in Strategic Decision-MakingIn this episode, we speak with Dr. Liz Sweigart who will share with us about the importance of Adaptive Planning, practical frameworks for strategic decision-making, and how to embrace innovation and creativity in that process. Given the ongoing uncertainties we face, our ability to infuse flexibility, continuous adjustment, and creativity into thoughtful scenario planning, risk management, and other strategic tools can help navigate ambiguity and mitigate potential challenges, and empower us to to know what to do, when, and how. In this episode we delve into how to strategically navigate the complexities of uncertain futures without fear o...2024-03-191h 00The Hard SkillsAuthenticity Life Audit: When and Why it Matters in Your CareerThere is a lot of hype about authenticity, making us feel like unabashed authenticity is the panacea: a path to success for all. That’s not the case, and we’ve all met the people that we wish would be a little bit *less* authentic. Listeners to this episode will be invited to consider:1. What authenticity actually is (and is not)2. That being authentic is a form of privilege (we don’t all have equal access!)3. That authenticity is important if and only if authenticity is important to you (values matter). 4. If authenticity is impo...2024-03-121h 01The Hard SkillsHow to Stay on Track in Your Career Growth in the Face of Obstacles and UncertaintiesThe audience will learn Tammy Gooler Loeb's "C.E.O. of Your Career" framework to grow a sustainable career through an employment marketplace that requires us to be more fluid, flexible and creative. (C = Be Curious; E = Be Engaged; O = Take Ownership). We spend a lot of time at work, more than we do with our families, sleeping, or in other important areas of our lives. As we are living longer, many of us are working later in life too. We have invested significant resources and made sacrifices to meet our highest professional goals. Yet, our expectations o...2024-03-051h 00The Hard SkillsHow Leaders Add Strategic ValueListeners will gain insight into a practical, easy to digest framework for understanding and celebrating your unique personality strengths and applying them to add strategic value to people and organizations. In this episode we talk about how to leverage your unique personality, accurately gauge your own strengths and weaknesses, increase your self-knowledge, and learn to identify and address the ‘shadow” side of your personality traits. We’ll offer a way to analyze your own personal leadership style and utilize your personality to its greatest advantage. Don’t change, grow! Become more of who you are when you’re at your...2024-02-271h 00The Hard SkillsMapping a Leadership Strategy Using Smart Assessments for Insight-BuildingHow can your personal self-awareness help your career and performance success? How do I hone this? Our guest Nancy Parsons will share her insights on this question along with assessment and data-based ideas for mapping a strategy for effective development.Deep self-awareness is critical to mapping an effective strategy for development and performance improvement. Research shows that leaders tend to lack the clarity and personal objectivity needed to recognize, build upon, or leverage their inherent character talent, gifts and acumen; while understanding, managing and neutralizing their risks and short sides. This means that leaders spend a lot o...2024-02-2059 minThe Hard SkillsHow Organizations Can Harness the Energy of BelongingWhat is belonging? How can organizations harness the energy that comes from true belonging? Wendy Gates Corbett will share her 3-pillar framework of belonging along with tactical ideas to foster a culture of belonging.What is belonging? How can organizations harness the energy that comes from true belonging? Wendy Gates Corbett will share her 3-pillar framework of belonging along with tactical ideas to foster a culture of belonging.Wendy Gates Corbett is a bestselling author and belonging researcher. She works with organizations worldwide to identify the specific behaviors that build belonging in thei...2024-02-1356 minThe Hard SkillsWho Drives Your Leadership Identity?Who Drives Your Leadership Identity?How do expectations, relationships, and changes in identity related to how leaders are perceived and how they might develop their personal and personal brand? What if the brand we intend as leaders is damaged or needs to be intentionally transformed to meet the needs of customers? We talk with a lawyer who has a passion for intellectual property to get a unique perspective on this.We hear about branding and intellectual property protection as methods to developing and protecting our work and reputation. But we don't often think about how...2024-02-0659 minThe Hard SkillsHow to Leverage Technology While Staying Authentic as a LeaderListeners will learn how leadership is changing globally, what leaders need to know more than ever, how leadership identity connects with these global changes, and how technology can be leveraged to get there.Dr. Jonathan Kirschner is the Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting - a global business psychology consulting firm dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of leaders around the world. He is also the CEO of AIIR Analytics, a people analytics organization focused on building great assessment tools and technology to drive the next generation of talent and succession planning solutions. He is a leadership expert an...2024-01-301h 00The Hard SkillsEmbracing Your Leadership: How to Step into Your Power with Mentorship & Actionable StepsWhat if you lead a business, department or team, but find it unnatural to see yourself as a leader? It's hard to fully step into your power when your personal identity as at odds with how others see you in your leadership roles. In this episode, we explore the power of mentorship in leadership identity and non-traditional leadership paths. We'll learn how well-matched mentoring relationships paired with systematic skills-based personal growth strategies can help leaders with marginalized identities conquer their dreams.Dr. Sara Rabinovitch is a clinical psychologist, as well as an expert trainer, supervisor, and consultant...2024-01-231h 00The Hard SkillsFrom Margin to Mattering: How To Lead NeurodivergentlyListeners will learn how leaders from marginalized groups - specifically, neurodivergent leaders - can change the old "rules" and lead authentically, without assimilating. Ludmila N. Praslova, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, is the author of “The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work” (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, April 2024). A Professor of Graduate Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Accreditation Liaison Officer at Vanguard University of Southern California, she is a global inclusive talent strategy expert with extensive experience in global diversity and neurodiversity. Her current consulting is focused on creating organizational systems for inclusion and wellbeing and providing neuroinclusion traini...2024-01-161h 00The Hard SkillsYour Leadership Signature: Mapping Your Personal Pursuit of Influence and ImpactListeners will learn to define leadership in a way that incorporates your personal experience - The first step in your leadership signature. They will get a preview Dr. Pennington's six key areas to "signature leadership" with an example of a pathway to their areas of identification and development.Dr. Greg Pennington is an expert in leadership and team development and Managing Partner of Pennpoint Consulting Group, and has a mission "to help you be the leader you imagined you could be". Dr. Pennington's experience includes leadership roles in Human Resources, diversity consulting, consulting psychology, high potential development...2024-01-0957 minThe Hard SkillsRinging in the New Year with Towerscope Leadership Academy Founding Member InsightsListeners will celebrate closing out 2023 and starting out 2024 thinking about how to set goals related to their leadership development.As a way to celebrate wins from 2023 and ring in 2024, we will be inviting some founding members of our Towerscope Leadership Academy to share their personal insights about what they took away from last year that they plan to apply this coming year. We are in open application season for the next few weeks and this will be a chance for listeners to get a sneak peak into the current members' experiences, outcomes, and importantly, hear from multiple...2024-01-0256 minThe Hard SkillsHow Women in Senior Leadership Roles Lead with Impact & AuthorityThe most important skill women (especially) need to succeed and thrive at all stages of their careers.Whether you're starting out in your career, in the market for a promotion, or simply trying to show up as the best leader you can be, you're going to be asked what you bring to the table, why you matter, why YOU are the boss. Answer these questions well and you will unlock incredible potential. Answer them poorly and you will close the door on life-changing opportunities. In this episode, Mira & Alessandra talk about speaking up, show-casing your value, why i...2023-12-121h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Build Bridges in a Polarized WorldLearn to build bridges within your communities, families, and workplaces in which polarization might otherwise result in division. This is a new way to think about the alignment of inner change and social change. You will be invited to recognize that empathetic and emotionally intelligent leaders have first built bridges in their inner worlds. We will explore example of leaders who show up in wholeness, revealing how they build the capacity to celebrate societies polarizing forces as dialectical challenges and optimize the fertility of diverse ecosystems with centeredness and connection.How can storytelling, authentic relating, and inductive...2023-12-051h 00The Hard SkillsSelf-Reinvention: Thinking Strategically About Your CareerThe audience will learn about long-term thinking, Career Reinvention, and the real reason you feel so busy!How can you finally take control of your busy life? Dorie Clark shares how long-term thinking and Career Reinvention helped her and many others have a career transformation and the challenges we must overcome to get there. Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She was honored as the #1 Communication Coach i...2023-11-281h 00The Hard SkillsUsing Your Core Values to Build Your Leadership Identity and Team CultureThe audience will learn Laura's Values First Framework (6 steps); How to use your values to build your leadership identity and culture; and How to use your values to make decisionsIn this week's episode, we are talking about how you can use your core values to build your leadership identity and your team culture. You'll learn from Laura Eigel, Ph.D., who will teach us about the Values First Framework with tangible examples of things you can do to build your team culture including modeling your values and rewarding and incentivizing behaviors aligned with the team culture...2023-11-211h 00The Hard SkillsBecoming Coachable: Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your LeadershipWhat does it take to truly transform your leadership and life? The authors share a new understanding to executive coaching and a framework for a coaching relationship.What the world’s most influential leaders know is that the secret to achieving that effectiveness is becoming coachable. And in order to do so, one must be ready to engage in the process of betterment, starting with investing in yourself in order to give the most back to your organization, team, and the world. That’s where executive coaching comes in. Jacquelyn and Scott use decades of experience at the...2023-11-141h 00The Hard SkillsAuthenticity vs Authority: The Tricky Balance of Mastering Both1) Why authenticity is one of the most essential skills to be a successful leader in our new world of work. 2) How to show up authentically while not undermining your authority3) Tips for developing a more authentic professional identityIn this new world of work, it's essential for leaders to be changing the way they show up in the world - to stand out from the noise, connect with younger generations, create thriving cultures, gain influence, and create their greatest impact. But it's often a balancing act between showing up "authentically," yet still with yo...2023-11-0759 minThe Hard SkillsHaving Crucial Conversations: A Live Coaching Session for People-Pleasers and Neurodiverse LeadersIf you are identify as neurodivergent, queer, or a woman leader and find it challenging to walk that "narrow band of acceptable behavior" between people-pleasing, kindness, and holding others accountable, this episode is for you. Dr. Brancu gives you a sneak peek into a live coaching session with such a leader and aims to offer a way to validate the challenges, find a way to lean into your strengths, while also learning some practice tips for effective communication within such a complex context.This is a live coaching call with a leader, Alisa Herr, who identifies as...2023-10-311h 01The Hard SkillsLeading with Emotional Intelligence and StrengthHow we act in challenging situations depends on our emotional triggers and our personality strengths (and weaknesses). In this episode, we aim to equip you with the tools to thrive in leadership roles by examining the influence of emotional triggers and personal strengths and weaknesses on making strategic decisions. The audience will learn several frameworks to help them navigate such situations, while grounded in their own sense of sense and proactively rather than reactively. In this episode, we aim to equip you with the tools to thrive in leadership roles by examining the influence of emotional triggers a...2023-10-241h 00The Hard SkillsHow to Combat Ageism and Regain Confidence in Middle Age, with Nori JabbaThe audience will learn how to navigate the uncertainty of how to balance our experience with growth. Women especially find themselves feeling dismissed, looked over, and passed over, due to the true impact of gendered ageism. Our guest Nori Jabba will share how she navigated this experience and regained her confidence. She will share 1. Practical tips for regaining confidence in middle age to help you keep your seat at the table. 2. Strategies to develop a more age-inclusive organization. 3. How to combat ageism if you experience it.As we grow older as leaders, we often to face uncertainty...2023-10-2056 minThe Hard SkillsHow to use Subtle Strength and Motivational Capital to Navigate Nebulous Organizational Politics, with Rob FazioFeeling the nebulous uncertainty of addressing bad workplace behavior? Join us as our guest, Dr. Rob Fazio provides a roadmap to protecting yourself and others from dysfunctional dominance at work!There are often two ends of the relational spectrum when it comes to leadership styles. On one end of the extreme are those who err too far into being supportive / passive / non-confrontational and as a result have difficulty addressing problematic workplace behaviors, such as narcissistic bullies. On the other end of the spectrum are those very bullies who steamroll over everyone. How do you separate the good...2023-10-1359 minThe Hard SkillsJourney Through Uncertainty: The Path to Global Tech and Philanthropy with Olivia NadasanThe audience will learn through the direct experiences of a global tech leader how she decided to move to different countries for her career and how she grew her career over time by making some wise and strategic decisions.In this episode we interview a leader, Olivia Nadasan, about her career path and decision making process in the global tech and philanthropy space. She'll also share how she has remained visible and relevant as her career continued to progress despite the uncertain global environment. Olivia Nadasan is a Global Business Leader, with a...2023-10-061h 00The Hard SkillsThe Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions the Workforce Needs to Face an Uncertain WorldListeners will learn how to maximize their ability to manage the complex "infodemic" of the modern world and what knowledge, skills, and dispositions are needed to be an effective and critical learner.How can leaders and employees maximize their ability to manage the complex "infodemic" of the modern world? In this episode, we're talking with Dr. Jeffrey Greene about the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to be an effective and critical learner in the modern world. We'll also debunk some learning myths and gain practical tips. Jeffrey A. Greene is the McMichael P...2023-09-291h 00The Hard SkillsNavigating Leadership Role Changes During Uncertain TimesPractical tips and suggestions for making leadership role transitions during uncertain or turbulent times; e.g., how can a technically oriented manager of individual contributors (ICs) shift from leading a team of other managers when an organization is restructuring and culture is evolving? How can a subject matter expert (SME) become a Team Lead when their manager leaves with a mess to clean up? Dr. Mockler will pull from her years of experience coaching leaders and her organizational psychology expertise to share advice and common ways she's helped them navigate through these challenges.In this episode, we...2023-09-221h 00The Hard SkillsUnlocking Leadership Amidst Uncertainty: When Your Gut is Compromised, with Dr. Vanessa RoddenberryDiscover how heightened stress response and cognitive biases can impact decision-making and team dynamics for leaders. But fear not! This episode equips you with evidence-based strategies to overcome these challenges, learn to differentiate between a stress reaction and intuition, empowering you to make informed decisions and build trust within your team. Perfect for mental health-savvy professionals, innovative leaders, and anyone seeking to master the art of trauma-informed leadership in today's dynamic world.Join a trauma expert who helps us delve into the fascinating world of managing uncertainty when your gut is compromised by PTSD...2023-09-151h 00
Work From The Inside Out232: Lead Today to Navigate for Tomorrow with Mira BrancuDr. Mira Brancu was born in Romania when it was under a communist government. At six years old, her family emigrated to the U.S. as Jewish political refugees. Mira needed to learn English and navigate a new culture. She credits this early experience as providing the foundation for her strong observational skills and her ability to understand people’s nuanced behaviors and make deep connections.Over the course of her career, Mira developed a keen interest in how various dynamics, such as relationships, groups, organizations, and societal factors, impact successful outcomes. She started her career as a...2023-09-1350 minThe Hard SkillsLeading with Uncertainty in Engaging in DEI Efforts - with Dr. Rehman AbdulrehmanThe audience will learn how to identify and manage the anxiety and uncertainly of addressing equity inclusion and belonging in any organization and society.One of the greatest feelings of uncertainty leaders experience is how to have important conversations and take critical actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Many leaders believe that these are some of the hardest skills to learn. This episode will help leaders learn how to identify and manage the anxiety and uncertainly of addressing equity inclusion and belonging in order to be better able to engage in the actions required to...2023-09-081h 00
The Hard SkillsHow To Counteract (Unhelpful) Societal Messages When Leading With Uncertainty, With Dr. Patti WeiterWe will talk about some expectations leaders place upon themselves, based in schemas handed down about leadership and how to tease out whether those messages fit today's work landscape. We will identify several unhelpful societal messages that hold leaders back from leading as successfully through uncertainty. We will consider ways leaders can extract themselves from falling trap to those unhelpful messages and what they can do instead to meet the needs of today's worforce, especially when leading through uncertainty.Dr. Patti Weiter is a dynamic executive coach who aims to create and sustain work environments that maximize...2023-08-251h 00
The Hard SkillsEmbracing Uncertainty: The Benefits Of Leading With AmbiguityIn today's ambiguous work landscape, uncertainty is an ever-present challenge that paralyzes or propels careers. But what if we told you that embracing ambiguity could be the key to unlocking potential and achieving unprecedented success in your professional journey? As leaders and experts in your field, you understand that avoiding ambiguity is not an option. Instead, we invite you to harness the power of the unknown to fuel your growth and drive innovation in your organization. This podcast explores the psychology of uncertainty and how embracing ambiguity can be your ultimate secret weapon for navigating complex business environments.2023-08-1859 min
The Hard SkillsSelf-Trust & UncertaintyIn today’s episode, we delve into how to trust yourself even when facing uncertainty. This is one aspect to consider within Season 1’s theme of Facing Uncertainty, the first stage in Dr. Brancu’s Strategic Leadership Pathway model of leadership development.In this episode of The Hard Skills, we will explore what self-trust, how to connect with it, and how to use it to navigate uncertain times or situations. Our guest, Jesse Janelle, will help us explore why so many of us have lost trust in ourselves and how this broken trust impacts leaders. The audience will l...2023-08-1156 min
The Hard SkillsWhen To Take A Risk Even If You Don’t Have A Complete PlanThe audience will learn one aspect of Facing Uncertainty, which is the first stage in Dr. Brancu’s Strategic Leadership Pathway model of leadership development. The aspect of Facing Uncertainty we will delve into for this episode is all about trying to take important calculated risks even when the future in unclear and it’s difficult to plan it all out.In this episode of The Hard Skills, we will explore when and how leaders can take calculated risks even if they don’t have a full plan or when it’s difficult to see 10 steps ahead. Our gues...2023-08-041h 00
Psych in BusinessSupporting women in leadership with Dr. Mira BrancuIn this episode, your host, Dr. Ernest Wayde, interviews Dr. Mira Brancu, founder and CEO of Towerscope. Dr. Brancu is a leadership consultant and coach who helps executives and their teams lead well today and better navigate tomorrow. She focuses her efforts on the professional and economic empowerment of female leaders.Dr. Brancu describes her own leadership journey and the challenges she faced as a woman. She shares how she uses that experience to fuel her desire and expertise to help other women in aspiring for leadership positions.Dr. Brancu also talks about the challenges...2023-07-2928 min
The Hard SkillsIntroducing: The Hard Skills Show!Dr. Mira Brancu will introduce The Hard Skills, a new show on TalkRadio.nyc. She will cover her personal, educational, and work background to set the stage for the goals of the show, as well as what the show will cover during the first season.Welcome to “The Hard Skills” radio show and podcast, a practical and research-driven show that explores the core leadership skills needed to fuel leadership to activate real change, such as creating inclusive and healthy workplaces. In this inaugural episode, your host, Dr. Mira Brancu will take you back to her early childhood year...2023-07-2856 min
HR MixtapeElevating Women Leaders: Tools and Strategies for Success with Dr. Mira BrancuExplore how to help women shatter the glass ceiling and unleash their full potential in the workplace.
We’ve all heard the phrase “women in leadership” but how do we help them break through and rise to their full potential? When striving for better representation of women in top-level positions, it is essential that Human Resource directors, managers, and other leaders are working towards creating an environment of support. By encouraging genuine inclusion and providing the resources needed to succeed, we can begin to see a shift in gender equality within organizations.
Guest(s):Dr. Mira B...2023-04-1124 minHR MixtapeElevating Women Leaders: Tools and Strategies for Success with Dr. Mira BrancuExplore how to help women shatter the glass ceiling and unleash their full potential in the workplace.
We’ve all heard the phrase “women in leadership” but how do we help them break through and rise to their full potential? When striving for better representation of women in top-level positions, it is essential that Human Resource directors, managers, and other leaders are working towards creating an environment of support. By encouraging genuine inclusion and providing the resources needed to succeed, we can begin to see a shift in gender equality within organizations.
Guest(s):Dr. Mira B...2023-04-1124 min
ForefrontEmpowering Women in Work with Karyn Edwards & Mira BrancuIn this episode we are joined with inaugural Forefront cohort members, Dr. Karyn Edwards and Dr. Mira Brancu. Both share their journey to where they are today and their work with empowering women in the workforce.About Karyn Edwards:Dr. Karyn Edwards is an award-winning organizational development and I/O Psychologist and is the founder of Abloom Coaching, a firm that supports leadership development, executive coaching, and human capital consulting. Karyn has worked across multiple industries and organizations to support leaders, teams, and organizations with growth and development. Karyn is certified in several leading assessments and...2023-01-3039 min
PCTY Talks: HR, People and CultureHelping Women in Leadership Stay Engaged with Dr. Mira BrancuA recent study by the Pew Research Center found that women are now just as likely as men to hold managerial jobs. While this is a great step forward, it also brings new challenges for both companies and women in leadership. One of the most important issues facing managers today is keeping these leaders engaged and motivated. Join Dr. Mira Brancu and host Shari Simpson as they discuss tips for helping women in leadership stay on track and achieve their goals.
Guest: Dr. Mira Brancu, Consulting Psychologist & CEO/Founder, Brancu & Associates
Dr. Mira Brancu helps...2022-12-1515 min
The Audacity to Fail: Misstepping Into Success!S2E8: Consultant Connection: The Power of Managing Up with Dr. Mira BrancuOn this inaugural episode of Consultant Connection, Dr. Shari Dade sits down with Dr. Mira Brancu a Senior Organization Development Psychologist for VA’s National Center for Organization Development (NCOD). Prior to working at NCOD, she also served in several leadership roles supporting the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention’s Mental Health Centers of Excellence, including the one in VISN 6 where she served as Deputy Director for 10 years. Mira is also an Associate Professor at Duke University. She specializes in team development, women’s leadership, and navigating workplace politics. Listen in for a moment to connect with a...2022-08-0833 min
Elite AchievementHow to Lead Well Today and Navigate Tomorrow with Dr. Mira BrancuToday's guest is Dr. Mira Brancu, the CEO and founder of Brancu & Associates, a leadership team and organizational consulting firm that serves as a strategic partner to executives and their teams. Mira brings over 20 years of experience in academia and healthcare, including an award-winning career at the US Department of Veteran Affairs. Mira is a licensed psychologist who holds a PhD in clinical psychology and a Master's degree in counseling. She is passionate about leadership, organizationational development and helping others better understand themselves and the people they work with.Mira is a leadership expert and has worked...2022-07-1438 min
Made For More053: Effective Ways to Tactfully Navigate Office Politics with Mira BrancuOffice politics exist in virtually all organisations in the world. They often get a bad rep because, more often than not, people use them to push their agendas or grow their power and influence. But what are they, and what's their role in today's office environment? First, workplace politics are defined as the complex social structure of a workplace. They involve team members using their powers, authority, and delegation to push personal agendas. The thing you need to understand here is that workplace politics can be difficult to navigate. And while they have their flaws, y...2022-03-1439 min
My Favorite Mistake: Business Lessons from Failures and SuccessDr. Mira Brancu’s Long Email About an Ethics Situation Was Not Well ReceivedCEO of Brancu Associates
Episode page and links: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake145
My guest for Episode #145 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Dr. Mira Brancu. She is the Founder & CEO of Brancu Associates and is a Consulting Psychologist, Speaker, and Author.
Dr. Brancu helps leaders expertly navigate complexity in the workplace and help organizations make it easier for leaders to navigate. Dr. Brancu has 20+ years of experience in large, complex organizations, including federal government, academia, and healthcare.
She has a Psychology Today blog focused on women's leadership and is...2022-03-0337 min
Work Revolution19. How To Be Politically Savvy With Mira BrancuMost of us have tripped over workplace politics at some point in our career. Many think they can take the high road and avoid playing the political game altogether. Perhaps, though, a better approach is to take the high road AND engage with workplace politics, since really, it can't be avoided.
In this episode, executive coach and psychologist Mira Brancu shares her definition of workplace politics, and gives her sage counsel on how to navigate political systems while remaining authentically ourselves. In doing this we can all help build a workplace culture that elevates everyone—and creates posi...2021-10-2150 min
20MinuteLeaders | The Human Zero DayEp566: Mira Brancu | Founder & CEO, Brancu & AssociatesDr. Mira Brancu is a consulting psychologist, leadership coach, writer, and speaker. She leads Brancu & Associates, a boutique consulting firm that aims to help leaders lead teams and navigate large, complex organizations and helps organizations make it easier to navigate. She has a special passion for helping women gain the influence, power, leadership, and resiliency skills needed in today’s diverse, complex, and ever-changing workplace. She has written about this in her new book, Millennials' Guide to Workplace Politics. Dr. Brancu is also an Associate Professor at Duke University, an Associate Editor of the Consulting Psychology Journal, and has a...2021-09-0822 min
You Belong in the C-SuiteLeading and Thriving Through Workplace Politics with Dr. Mira BrancuIn today's conversation, Dr. Mira Brancu gives a masterclass on how to successfully navigate politics in the workplace. If you've ever wondered whether it's possible to do politics with integrity while honoring your values and making a positive impact on those around you, this episode is for you. Dr. Brancu begins by sharing her experience dealing with politics in the early stages of her career. She then delves into what we can do to understand organizational systems, shares tips on how to lead positive problem-solving processes, how to identify people who don't have official positions but still...2021-08-2546 min
The B.M.W. Life™ (Boss Mom Wife Life)Episode 38: Are you being kind to yourself? w/ Dr. Mira BrancuLet me tell you a little bit about the podcast. In short, I show women in "high demand" aka BMW's, how to find their rhythm, discover their God given purpose and do this thing called life with Less Grind and More Grace! The podcast is totally unscripted as I share my real life experiences (both triumphs and defeats) along with practical advice, tools, and resources.
This month I want to dive a little more into self-care and being kind to yourself. As BMW’s wearing so many hats and managing multiple people and projects it’s pretty easy to get over...2020-09-2557 min
Limit Up! PodcastThe Psychology of Leadership, Risk Management and Emotional Intelligence With Dr. Mira BrancuWelcome back to Limit Up!, the podcast exploring markets, trading strategies and psychology. That last word is so important to becoming a better trader that we have a very special guest for you, Dr. Mira Brancu, joining Jeff on the podcast this week. Dr. Brancu is a clinical psychologist with experience in risk management and leadership development. She and Jeff get deep into all these topics and more. Lastly, this week was the TopstepTrader company StepUp Day where we give back and volunteer to our community. So no MARKet Reaction or Wise Words from Jack this week, but d...2019-07-2056 min