The Hard Skills

In today’s episode, we delve into how to trust yourself even when facing uncertainty. This is one aspect to consider within Season 1’s theme of Facing Uncertainty, the first stage in Dr. Brancu’s Strategic Leadership Pathway model of leadership development.In this episode of The Hard Skills, we will explore what self-trust, how to connect with it, and how to use it to navigate uncertain times or situations. Our guest, Jesse Janelle, will help us explore why so many of us have lost trust in ourselves and how this broken trust impacts leaders. The audience will learn about her 3 part framework for rebuilding self-trust (aligned, alive, and authentic) so that they can face uncertainty with greater confidence and grace. Jesse Janelle is an executive coach, TEDx speaker, and organizational development consultant who helps high-potential people reach new realms of possibility. Jesse has been in the coaching world for a decade, consulting with and coaching leaders from top organizations such as McKinsey, Mass General Hospital, The Walt Disney Company, Harvard Medical School, and Amazon, among others. In 2022, she was selected to join Forefront, powered by Marshall Goldsmith and the 100 Coaches agency, for her impact on the field of leadership development. Jesse coaches, teaches, writes, and speaks to share the insights she’s gained from two decades of her own somatic work and deep inner healing. You can see this in action in her TEDx Talk titled, The Power of Self Trust. Tune in for this empowering conversation at TalkRadio.nyc

The audience will learn one aspect of Facing Uncertainty, which is the first stage in Dr. Brancu’s Strategic Leadership Pathway model of leadership development. The aspect of Facing Uncertainty we will delve into for this episode is all about trying to take important calculated risks even when the future in unclear and it’s difficult to plan it all out.In this episode of The Hard Skills, we will explore when and how leaders can take calculated risks even if they don’t have a full plan or when it’s difficult to see 10 steps ahead. Our guest, Kerri Patterson, will share her framework for thinking about these issues and how she helps others proceed through these murky waters. Kerri is an engineer by training who applies the agile framework to her work with leaders and teams navigating uncertainty.#Uncertainty #LeadingWithUncertainty #Leadership Development #TheHardSkills #DecisionMakingTune in for this empowering conversation at TalkRadio.nyc

Dr. Mira Brancu will introduce The Hard Skills, a new show on TalkRadio.nyc. She will cover her personal, educational, and work background to set the stage for the goals of the show, as well as what the show will cover during the first season.Welcome to “The Hard Skills” radio show and podcast, a practical and research-driven show that explores the core leadership skills needed to fuel leadership to activate real change, such as creating inclusive and healthy workplaces. In this inaugural episode, your host, Dr. Mira Brancu will take you back to her early childhood years after she immigrated to the US as a refugee, what that taught her about leadership identity development, and how that led her down the path of developmental, clinical, and organizational psychology to develop her current thinking about how to help leaders move from the hard technical skills they needed to become subject matter experts in their field, to the new set of skills required to serve in leadership roles. Some call those "soft skills," but we all know they aren’t that soft or easy. That’s why we call it like it really is: The Hard Skills. She then shares her 5-stage leadership identity development framework, the questions she'll tackle with expert guests and leaders on the show, and get you ready to start thinking deeply about Season 1's topic: Facing Uncertainty as a Leader.#TheHardSkills #LeadershipDevelopment #Psychology #OrganizationalDevelopmentTune in for this empowering conversation at TalkRadio.nyc