The Modern People Leader: Forward-Thinking HR 193 - Brené Brown: Every day is leg day as a leader
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Aug 6, 2024 
Brené Brown, a prominent professor, author, and podcast host, shares her insights on leadership and vulnerability. She discusses the powerful concept of metacognition and how it can transform leadership dynamics. Brown emphasizes the importance of creating space between stimulus and response, allowing for thoughtful reactions. The conversation touches on the challenges of implementing a four-day workweek and the delicate balance between striving for excellence and embracing imperfection in leadership.
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Unconventional Path To Research
- Brené Brown described her non-linear path: leaving for Europe at 17, failing out, working odd jobs, then returning to finish college and earn a PhD later.
- Those experiences shaped her research focus on shame and leadership rather than a tidy academic origin story.
Leadership Is Daily Leg Day
- Leadership research is easier than doing leadership; practice requires daily hard work and hard conversations.
- Brown compares leadership to constant 'leg day' that demands curiosity, humility, and accountability every day.
Give The Five Cs Before Asking
- Slow down decisions and provide the five C's: color, context, connective tissue, cost, and consequence.
- Create space for people to understand how a task ties to bigger goals before asking them to execute.