Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Dr. Megan Reitz - I Explore Phenomena

Aug 28, 2024

Dr. Megan Reitz, an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, specializes in transformative dialogue and leadership. She discusses fostering 'spaciousness' in workplaces, balancing productivity with reflection. The importance of psychological safety and open communication is emphasized, highlighting how power dynamics affect dialogue. Reitz shares insights on collaborative leadership, encouraging curiosity and vulnerability. Additionally, she reflects on influential works and the significance of mindfulness practices, offering resources for further exploration.

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Megan Reitz

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Transformative dialogue in the workplace is crucial for effective leadership, allowing teams to innovate and build relationships collaboratively.

Psychological safety fosters a culture where employees feel empowered to voice their opinions, counteracting the silencing effects of power dynamics.

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The Importance of Dialogue in Leadership

Creating conditions for transformative dialogue in the workplace is essential for effective leadership. Engaging in meaningful discussions allows leaders to reflect, innovate, and foster relationships within their teams. A leader's approach to communication can significantly influence whether employees feel safe to express their thoughts or ideas. When leaders are open to dialogue, it promotes an environment where teams can flourish, enabling them to learn and experiment collaboratively.

Ontological Perspective on Organizational Gaze

02:37

Intro

3min

Fostering Spaciousness in Workplaces

6min

Fostering Psychological Safety in the Workplace

28min

Collaborative Leadership Conversations

3min

Reflections on Influential Works and Mindfulness Practices

2min

Exploring Practical Wisdom through Action Learning

2min

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Dr. Megan Reitz is Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult International Business School. She focuses on how we create the conditions for transformative dialogue at work and her research is at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 ranking of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing.

Megan has written Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time and she has just published Speak Out, Listen Upwhich is the second edition of her bestselling book Speak Up, with Financial Times Publishing. Speak Up was shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.

Megan is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. She has presented her research on the BBC, CNBC and Deutsche Welle and she writes for numerous academic and practice-based journals. Her research on employee activism was nominated for the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award 2021 and her TED talk on the topic has been viewed more than one and a half million times.

Her latest research focuses on ‘spaciousness’; how, whilst attending to the task, we can also create, hold and value the space to innovate, reflect, learn and develop relationships, in workplaces that are increasingly experienced as instrumental and addicted to busyness.

She is mother to two wonderful teenage daughters who test her regularly on her powers of mindfulness and dialogue.

A Quote From This Episode

"Many leaders and managers I work with are lovely...but they've got these titles and labels that mean that they're intimidating."

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Megan's Website (Books, Articles, Podcasts and more!)
Book - How to Do Nothing by Odell
Book - Saving Time by Odell
Guided Meditations by Tara Brach
Guided Meditations by Michael Chaskalson

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