How We Can Get Beyond Personality Problems | Zoe Routh | Episode 149

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff in leadership. She helps leaders and teams overcome silos and turf wars to work better together. She has worked with individual teams internationally and in Australia since 1987. From the wild rivers of northern Ontario to the remote regions of Australia, Zoë has spent the last thirty years showing teams struggling with office politics and silos how to work better together. Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact, Moments - Leadership when it matters most and Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates. Her fourth book, People Stuff - Beyond Personality problems - An Advanced Handbook for leadership, was released July 2020. Her past leadership roles include Chair of the Outdoor Council of Australia, President of the Chamber of Women in Business, and Program Manager at the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.

Topics

During this interview, Zoe and I discuss the following topics:

• Her background and story 
• How adversity can help develop leadership skills
• The inspiration beyond her fourth book
• The systems which cause personality conflicts in an organization
• The devils of personality clashes
• How to deal with the devils within organizations
• Different personas leaders can use throughout their time

For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website:

https://movingforwardleadership.com/149