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Radical Humility: How to be a Good Human and a Badass Leader with Urs Koenig
Bestselling Author, Ultra Endurance Champion, Widely Published Professor Urs Koenig has identified a new leadership framework – Radical Humility – that replaces the top-down, “heroic” leadership of the past with a more human-centered approach, viewing humility as a strength and key to achieving goals in today’s complex world.
Urs’ latest best selling book, Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human, centers on five Shifts that will help you elevate your leadership from the old Heroic narrative to the modern, dynamic of radical humility.
This conversation is packed with insight, tools and practical takeaways, giving you an actionable blueprint for your own journey of radical humility. Urs’ message draws on his world-spanning career growing leaders on four continents including as a UN peacekeeper, top consultant and a sought after executive coach. Learning from Urs left us delighted, smiling, inspired and invigorated to tap deeper into our own radical humility as humans and as leaders.

Ideaflow, Innovation and AI: How to Get to Truly Great Ideas with Jeremy Utley
At Human Leaders, we are always looking for new ways to tap into our innovative potential. Recently, we got to wondering: what does it take to be truly innovative? How can we nurture fertile ground for game changing ideas and an environment where ideas flow? And what role can AI play in innovation at work and beyond?
These questions brought us to a global expert on these very topics: Jeremy Utley, co-author of the brilliant book, “Idea Flow, The Only Business Metric That Matters”, and founder of Standard University’s Masters of Creativity series.
In the latest episode of We are Human Leaders, our rollicking and insight-packed conversation with Jeremy explores what Ideaflow is, and how we can create environments that maximize our innovative potential as individuals, teams and organizations.

You Belong Here: The Power of Being Seen, Heart and Valued on Your Own Terms with Kim Dabbs
Belonging is often thought of in an external context: belonging to others, community, a workplace. Global expert in belonging and purpose, and Global Vice President of ESG and Social Innovation at Steelcase, Kim Dabbs takes a different view. Namely, that belonging is first and foremost a journey of inner work to belong to yourself. This radical reframe of belonging immediately caught our attention at We are Human Leaders. And in the latest podcast episode, we speak with Kim and unpack her incredible new best-selling book, “You Belong Here: the Power of Being Seen, Heard and Valued on Your Own Terms.”

Are you really being productive, or are you just busy?
Busy-ness and productivity are not the same thing. Are you stuck in a busy-ness trap?
Find out how to understand what’s a priority, what’s suck your energy, and how to realign to kick goals.

Mastering The Art of Insubordination: A Conversation with Todd Kashdan
The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
In the latest episode of the We are Human Leaders podcast, we learn how to dissent and defy effectively with Dr. Todd B. Kashdan, Professor of Psychology at George Mason University and author of The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively.
During this thought-provoking and inspiring conversation, Todd shares the language and the tools to not only understand how to challenge norms in our workplaces and societies, but support and amplify the voices of others doing the same.

Heal to Lead: How Integrating Trauma will Uplevel your Leadership
If you think trauma has no impact on leadership, think again.
In the latest episode of We are Human Leaders, we speak to author, coach and sought-after speaker Kelly L. Campbell about their powerful new book, Heal to Lead on the importance of integrating your trauma for leaders at work and beyond.

A Conversation with Daniel Goleman: How to Use Emotional Intelligence for an Optimal Day, Every Day
How can we utilise our emotional intelligence to have an optimal day, every day? Find out with the man behind EQ himself, Daniel Goleman.


Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Growth in Uncertain Times
Even the most experienced business strategists should be rethinking strategy and execution during volatility. In this article we explore Dr Rebecca Homkes Survive-Reset-Thrive framework gives organizations and leaders a new model to continue growth even through the most uncertain of times.

Layoffs & Redundancies: A Human-Centered “How-To” for Leaders
Layoffs, Redundancies and workplace change — challenging for all impacted. In this episode we explore what Leaders need to do to navigate these types of workplace changes, and how individuals can support themselves and colleagues, too.

The Workplace Revolution: Work Less, Prevent Burnout, and the Leadership Roadmap to get us there
Help us bring We Are Human Leaders podcast live to SXSW in 2024 for a conversation on The Future of Work.

How Can I Create my own Definition of Success?
How to define success for yourself in four simple steps.

From Ideas to Impact: How do you drive change? With Michael Sheldrick
How to drive real change in the world, taking your ideas to impact with global changemaker Michael Sheldrick.

Here’s our favourite recent We Are Human Leaders podcast episodes!
Here’s our favourite recent episodes from We Are Human Leaders so far in 2024!
From leading with vulnerability, to unseen leaders and AI bias — there’s something for everyone.

Why giving Feed-forward is more powerful than feedback. And, how to do it well!
Feedback can cause a detrimental impact on employee performance. Try feed-forward instead!

The Unseen Leader: Finding Leadership Inspiration in History’s Hidden Heroes
What does it really take to be a great leader?
As human beings we’re addicted to the heroes tales of the past, but are they really the leadership lessons we should be drawing from?
Learn from Author and Professor Martin Gutmann Ph.D. from his research.

Performative Equity gets kicked to the curb with pay transparency data
In the wake of the gender pay gap data revealing a startling gap still existing between men and women, it’s time we kick performative equity to the curb once and for all.
Ensuring that workplace initiatives are designed to target root causes of inequity, are data driven and transparent help us do this.

The Truth about Vulnerability for Leaders: What you Need to Know to Successfully Lead with Vulnerability
What is the difference between being vulnerable and leading with vulnerability?
One allows us to clearly identify the gap between where we are, and where we want to be so we can take discerning action towards it.
Lean more from expert and author on vulnerability Jacob Morgan in this comprehensive article.

What does the Gender Pay Gap data really tell us, and what can we do about it?
What the new gender pay gap data tells us about the state of equality in Australia, and what we can do about it.

The Potential and the Dangers of AI for Leaders with Tracey Spicer
What are the benefits and pitfalls of AI and how does it impact how we lead and work? In this We Are Human Leaders podcast episode we explore the built-in bias AI possess with award-winning journalist and author of ‘Man Made’, Tracey Spicer.