The Global Leadership Podcast Ep 176: GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft on De-Cluttering Your Leadership
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Jun 3, 2025 Discover the art of de-cluttering leadership as David Ashcraft shares strategies to maintain clarity in your role. Learn how prioritizing commitments can transform your leadership style and make way for effective decision-making. Explore the impact of COVID-19 on organizational dynamics and the importance of communication. Uncover the power of simplifying tasks and leveraging team strengths for better results. Finally, reflect on unexpected moments of free time as opportunities for reassessment and renewed purpose.
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Closet Decluttering as Leadership Metaphor
- Whitney shares how decluttering her daughters' closets was a turning point due to overwhelming accumulation.
- She relates this to leadership, where responsibilities can become too much, requiring decluttering.
Decluttering Family Legacy
- David recounts downsizing his home and dealing with inherited clutter from his parents.
- He warns that decluttering is a hard, necessary task often postponed to future generations.
Eat the Frog First
- Prioritize by tackling the biggest, hardest tasks first, a concept known as "eat the frog."
- Recognize personal rhythms for when to focus on demanding tasks like preparing talks.
