ILI Class Content

Joy at Work!

Featured Guest: Roxanne Brown & Edward Cook
85% of employees worldwide are not engaged in their workplaces. That takes an obvious toll on morale…and productivity. What can you do? Roxanne Brown and Edward Cook have some compelling answers. They cofounded The Change Decision, a change and culture consultancy focused on growing Joy at Work. Their mission sounds simple, but after decades of disengagement, there is both art and science in boosting your staff. They’ll explore insightful change leadership tips, including strategies for managing ongoing changes; what to do when facing change resistance; how to inspire teams and managers; and navigating deeply personal, complex feelings that come with being a change leader. For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on Twitter: @IL_Institute .

Adapting Your Leadership Skills for Uncertainty

Featured Guest: Greg Moran
Leaders now face a level of uncertainty most of us have not seen – or could foresee – earlier in our careers. The world is in flux. How should leadership adapt in response to the changes happening in the world? We need to combine the wisdom of the past with new perspectives and tactics. With his past in Fortune 100 corporate America and his present in the innovative start-up world, Greg Moran’s experience and vision provide a guide. Greg and Maureen discuss the changes and foundational skills that are more important for you than ever before.

Mindset Training for Organizational Success

Featured Guest: David DeRam
David DeRam, co-founder and CEO at Greenlight Gurus, joins Maureen to discuss actionable insights on using autohypnosis and mindset to achieve elite performance. He wants to help other business leaders learn the less-than-conventional methods he's used to achieve incredible results and how they can replicate them in their lives.

The SHORT List of Communication Skills EVERY Leader Needs

Featured Guest: Jonathan Reitz
Google “leadership communication skills” sometime. You get 3.5 BILLION results. How does a leader know where to start improving their skills? Today, Jonathan Reitz, CoachNet's FLUXIFY's Director for Training/CEO, joins Maureen to discuss how to build a roadmap every leader can use to gather useful feedback, make a self-assessment and raise their own communication game.

The Five Lost Superpowers

Featured Guest: John Reid
Adulthood is kryptonite. We’re all born with superpowers. Curiosity is the most easily recognizable. As children, we’re flooded with it. But as adults, instead of being rewarded for having a million questions, we’re expected to have the answers. Leaders, in particular, believe they should have all the answers. Your superpowers are still there, and truly great leaders know how to unlock them. John Reid will help you rediscover yours, too! Author of The Five Lost Superpowers, Reid joins host Maureen Metcalf to identify the powers we’re all born with…and to provide some basic tools to reactivate them so you can achieve your full potential, personally and as a leader. And when you do that, you’ll help the people around you achieve their potential, too!

How to Own the AI Revolution

Featured Guest: Neil Sahota
Many people fear the Artificial Intelligence revolution that’s underway. But like every other major societal revolution in history, you can play it to your favor. The key? Innovative thinking. In reality, these upheavals create newer, better jobs for people – though, from the sabot to the Luddite, people who don’t think differently, innovatively, even disruptively miss the opportunities these advancements create. IBM Master Inventor Neil Sahota joins host Maureen Metcalf to detail the key strategies for thriving through the AI revolution. For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on Twitter: @IL_Institute .

Why Digital Transformations Fail

Featured Guest: Tony Saldanha
Digital transformations can be made routinely successful and is more important than ever now that we’re in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The lines between the physical, digital, and biological worlds are becoming more blurred. This however does not eliminate the fact that 70% of digital transformations fail. That failure is not due to technology or innovation itself but in fact comes down to the details. The lack of clear goals and having a disciplined process for achieving them is what leads to failure of digital transformations. Tony Saldanha will join us to discuss his new book, Why Digital Transformations Fail.

Growing a Powerhouse City: Leading Together

Featured Guest: Kenny McDonald
It takes a village to raise a city. That twists traditional wisdom, but it’s true: no one leader can improve an urban landscape alone. It takes a group of leaders in public and private partnership. When they’re united by one vision, their city can grow into a powerhouse. Kenny McDonald oversees that for Columbus, Ohio – a city that’s launched into a bold future…most recently, as the site for Intel’s newest, largest chip plant. As president of the Columbus Partnership, McDonald upholds and advances the shared vision of the city’s CEOs. He shares how that works so effectively – and what other urban leaders can learn from the Partnership’s example.

Facing Uncertainty: It’s VUCA

Featured Guest: Chris Nolan
One look at the headlines on any given day makes it clear: the world is UNclear. How can an organization navigate through the volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity to survive – much less succeed? By understanding VUCA, a concept developed by the Pentagon in 1987 to give our military an edge in chaos. Filmmaker Chris Nolan joins Maureen Metcalf to share how this military technique directly applies to businesses and non-profits – information drawn from his new documentary and book: It’s VUCA!. For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on Twitter: @IL_Institute .

The Good Fight: Using Productive Conflict

Featured Guest: Liane Davey
Business today is more competitive than ever; staying ahead requires you to make tough calls, face hard choices, and work through conflict. But productive conflict is so rare. Why? Because productive conflict requires a different mindset, new skills, and repeatable processes -- none of which come naturally.  Liane Davey joins Maureen to discuss building a productive conflict culture.