10 | Unleash Your Leadership Superpower [with Shawn Carner]
Feb 7, 2024
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Shawn Carner unlocks leadership potential and accelerates engagement across organizations. Learn about the power of intention setting, coaching questions, and intentional leadership behaviors. Discover how to foster a culture of development and growth through learning and continuous improvement.
By shifting from telling people what to do to asking coaching questions, leaders can develop their own problem-solving capabilities and create a leader-led learning culture.
Aligning Lean practices with an organization's existing culture is more effective than trying to mimic Japanese culture, and leaders should focus on developing people within their organization.
Deep dives
Developing leadership skills for transformational change
Sean Carner, director of operational excellence at Genentech, shares his journey from being a technical operational excellence practitioner to becoming a transformational change leader. He discusses how he shifted his approach from telling people what to do to asking questions and coaching them to develop their own problem-solving capabilities. By focusing on setting direction, providing support, and developing self, Sean has been able to create a leader-led learning culture at his organization. He emphasizes the importance of purpose, reflection, and learning from experiences, and highlights the power of creating a positive learning environment through engaging and empowering people.
Leveraging Japanese culture and Lean principles
After participating in a study trip to Japan, Sean Carner gained insights into the connections between Japanese culture and Lean principles. He emphasizes the importance of aligning Lean practices with the existing culture of an organization, rather than trying to mimic Japanese culture. Sean explains that leaders need to set direction and provide support, but also focus on developing the people within their organization. He shares how he has incorporated elements of Lean, such as leader standard work and the use of visual tools, into his coaching approach to foster engagement and growth.
The power of purpose and reflection
Sean Carner highlights the significance of purpose and reflection in leadership development and creating a people-centered learning culture. He encourages leaders to start with understanding their own purpose and aligning it with the culture they want to cultivate. Sean emphasizes the importance of asking questions rather than telling people what to do, allowing for individual growth and enabling a culture of continuous learning. He shares how daily intention setting and reflection, as well as journaling, have helped him and his team navigate their leadership journey and drive positive change.
Learning from failure and embracing growth mindset
Sean Carner discusses the value of embracing failure as a learning opportunity and cultivating a growth mindset within organizations. He shares a story about giving his team the space to set their own goals and learn from their mistakes, despite initial doubts about the outcomes. Sean emphasizes the significance of patience, supporting employees through learning cycles, and encouraging ongoing reflection and improvement. He also highlights the connection between leadership development, cultural transformation, and the continuous improvement process, illustrating the power of learning from experiences and nurturing a mindset of continuous learning.
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What if you had a new superpower that would unlock your leadership potential?
One so simple yet will amplify your impact, open doors to the C-suite, and accelerate engagement across your organization so that you deliver more business results while realizing your vision for a people-focused learning culture?
This episode unveils your superhero cape so you can unleash your leadership superpowers today to lead organizational change.
Tune in to go beyond leadership theory to actual practice of how to pair your technical expertise with the power, influence, and relational skills to become a transformational change leader.
My guest, Shawn Carner, describes how he moved from an operational excellence practitioner to a senior transformation leader at a global biotechnology company – and gives you real examples of how you can too.
You’ll Learn:
The importance of a leader’s purpose in Leading to Learn®: set direction, provide support, and develop yourself
The power of daily intention setting, reflection, and journaling to unlock your leadership superpowers
How to Break the Telling Habit® and the impact of asking coaching questions
What Shawn learned with me on the Japan Study Trip and how he’s applied lean concepts at Genentech
The value of intentional leadership behaviors to positively influence organizational culture
Dive into this episode now to discover the transformative superpowers that will amplify your impact and drive success in your organization!
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About my Guest:
Shawn Carner, MBA, is the Director of Operational Excellence at Genentech, part of the Roche Group. An accomplished change agent with a proven ability to develop and implement business process transformations, lead people and deliver business results, Shawn has worked with Genentech since 2005. Shawn is also a talented visual communication expert, a certified ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, and Master Scuba Instructor.