Original air date: March 9, 2023

When you are a leader who KNOWS a culture change is needed to keep pace with competitors and sustainable growth, the most important question to ask yourself: are you willing to leave?

As command and control leaders spend millions on performance trainings, the root of underperformance remains virtually unchanged: toxic culture. In this highlight episode, I pull out a moment in our conversation where Liz gets very specific about the dynamics that traditional leadership styles generate and the inevitable outcomes. Good news is, you don't have to be an executive or even in a leadership position to help turn the tide. #personalculture #microculture

More about Liz:

Join me as the incomparable Liz Kislik discusses the critical steps to creating real change that impacts engagement, retention and the bottom line.

More about Liz Kislik:
Liz Kislik is a management consultant and executive coach, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Her TEDx “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It” has received more than 400,000 views. She specializes in developing high performing leaders and workforces, and for 30 years has helped family-run businesses, national nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Girl Scouts, Staples, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems.

Liz’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Morning Download, the Washington Post, Business Insider, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her articles have been included in Harvard Business Press books Guide to Motivating People, Dealing with Difficult People, and Guide to Power and Impact, as well as in Entrepreneur, the European Financial Review, and the Forward.

She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches initiative, which brings together the world’s top coaches and thinkers; has taught at Hofstra University and New York University; and is a frequent podcast guest. She received her BA from Yale University and earned an MBA in Management from NYU.

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