Overwhelm to Owning it
by Ally Nitschke · 33 episodes
BusinessEntrepreneurship
One of the most frequently asked questions i get as an Executive Leadership Coach is ‘how do I have those tough conversations?’ It never fails to amaze me that leaders struggle with communication so much when quality communication is the number one driver for staff engagement. This season of the overwhelm to Owning it show i’ll be sharing my Communication tips for business leaders and people leaders. If you need to scrub up your communication, join me each week as we unpack another Communication technique and strategy to use straight away.
Latest episodes
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49 min
Courageous Conversations Framework
Ever walked away from a tough conversation, then thought of 81 better things you could have said?That is not a character flaw. It is biology. In this episode, Ally explains what ha…
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37 min
Mastering Your Stories
Most tough conversations go wrong before a single word is spoken.We tend to rehearse difficult conversations in our own heads first, and that is where a molehill becomes a mountain…
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49 min
Communication For Leaders: Climbing The Ladder To A Courageous Conversation
"I'll park that conversation until Monday." Then Monday becomes Friday, and Friday becomes Monday again.For more than a decade, the question Ally has been asked most is how to have…
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38 min
Communication for Leaders: What is a Courageous Conversation
You said the same thing to five people. Four understood it. The fifth did not.Communication is the creation and exchange of meaning. It is far more than transmitting information. I…
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49 min
Season 5 Kick Off
Kick Off Season 5: Communication for Leaders"How do I deal with difficult people?" is usually code for "how do I talk to someone I clash with?"In this Season 5 kick off, Ally intro…
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49 min
Season 4 Wrap Up
Courage might be one of the simplest levers a leader can pull. It is just not always the easiest.In this Season 4 finale, Ally recaps every episode of The Rise of the Courageous Le…
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49 min
Courageous Cultures
Courage is the first of all virtues, because it guarantees all the others.Throughout Season 4, Ally has explored how to become a courageous leader. In this episode, she shifts the…
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49 min
Leading with Influence
Influence is not about being the boss. It is about why people choose to follow you.Influence is the ability to personally affect the actions, decisions, opinions or thinking of oth…
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50 min
Organisation-aware Leader
The Organisation-Aware LeaderGrowing a business means going from wearing all the hats to leading the people who wear them.In this episode, Ally introduces the third and final pilla…
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49 min
Leading with Impact
Leading with Impact: Creating a High Performance CultureCulture is simply the way we do things around here.It is not a process or a vision statement on the wall. It is the set of b…
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49 min
Balancing Empathy and Productivity
Empathy and productivity are not opposites.It is one of the questions leaders ask Ally most: how do I keep showing up for my people and still get the work done? The short answer is…
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49 min
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Every time your team changes, your team starts again.Bruce Tuckman's model of group development is usually used when a brand new team comes together. But as Ally explains, the cycl…
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49 min
Team-aware Leader
You cannot push people who are not connected to you.Once you have done the work on yourself, the next pillar of courageous leadership is becoming team aware. There is no one size f…
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49 min
Leadership Blueprint
Do you know what you stand for as a leader?It never fails to surprise Ally how many leaders are unsure of their own values or leadership mission. Company values on the wall are imp…
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47 min
Leading to Inspire
Motivation pushes. Inspiration pulls.We often use these words interchangeably, but they are worlds apart. Motivation comes from an external force, like rewards or deadlines. Inspir…
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49 min
The 3 Key Pillars to the Self-aware Leader
You cannot lead a team until you can lead yourself.Too often, people are promoted into leadership because they are technically great at their job, then handed a team with no suppor…
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49 min
The Leadership Landscape for 2021
Leadership has moved from overseeing compliance to overseeing potential.Drawing on her white paper on the leadership landscape, Ally maps how leadership has evolved and what leader…
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49 min
Season 4 Kick Off
You cannot do today's job with yesterday's methods and still be in business tomorrow.What was once a five to ten year shift in leadership has been condensed into weeks. In this Sea…
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49 min
Season 3 Wrap Up
Before you race into a new year, stop and look at how far you have come.Recorded on New Year's Eve, this Season 3 finale is an invitation to reflect, celebrate and reset. Ally asks…
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49 min
Your Most Valuable Asset
When a great person leaves, their knowledge, skills and experience walk out the door with them.You have found them, recruited them and trained them. So now what? In this episode, A…