Practical Wisdom for Leaders with Scott J. Allen, Ph.D.

Send us a textEd O'Malley is the President & CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC). KLC is a non-profit organization committed to fostering leadership for stronger, healthier, and more prosperous Kansas communities. We discuss how KLC is exploring the activity of leadership and its unique and innovative approach to education. My favorite quote from our chat - "Leadership is about intervening skillfully so that others become mobilized to take up the cause." Yes!Quotes from This Episode"We're saying that leadership and authority are two totally different things. Sometimes people in authority, exercise leadership, sometimes they don't.""But we also believe that leadership is incredibly risky. And therefore we think it's incredibly rare. So we think leadership is an activity. It's a risky one. And therefore it doesn't happen very often.""It's mobilizing others to make progress on their most daunting challenges.""So that's what we're about at KLC. We work with thousands of people a year, building their capacity to solve problems and to seize opportunities."Resources/Links to Discussion Topics:Ed O'Malley - President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas Leadership Center.On The Balcony - KLC Web SeriesKLC PublicationsKLC Teaching Resources♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Jon Wergin is a Professor of Education Studies at the Graduate School of Leadership & Change at Antioch University. We discuss Jon's latest book, Deep Learning in a Disorientating World, and his thoughts on creating an environment where deep learning can occur. We explore the notion of a "deep learning mindset" as a way of being and the notion of constructive disorientation.Quotes from This Episode“We cannot learn deeply without feeling something.”"If you want people to learn deeply, it has to be with others…we all need other people to challenge our world view through dialogue.""Probably the most important skill that people need to learn to be able to help others is to master the skill of empathy."Resources/Links to Discussion Topics:Jon Wergin - Deep Learning in a Disorientating WorldDaniel Kahneman - Thinking Fast and SlowJohn Dewey - Art as ExperienceRon Heifetz - Leadership Without Easy AnswersDavid Blight - Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. Kathy Allen of Kathleen Allen & Associates and I explore the fascinating relationship between systems thinking, nature, and leadership. We discuss practical tips for people interested in developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities. We also explore considerations for leadership educators and program architects. The insights Kathy shares will keep your mind full and your priorities oriented toward a generative place.Quotes from This EpisodeFor educators - "Do an audit of the theories that you are teaching and see if they are whole system frameworks...any theory implies that you can control the outcome is a theory whose time has passed.”For Learners - "Stop giving away your personal responsibility and power to initiate and organize your own learning.""Leadership is about optimizing the whole system.""Profit equals the evolution of the whole system."Resources/Links to Discussion Topics:Purchase Leading from the Roots by Kathy AllenArticles by Kathy Allenhttps://kathleenallen.netA Leader’s Framework for Decision Making♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.

Send us a textDr. David Rosch is Director and Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Rosch is an expert in the study and practice of developing student leaders. We discuss practical tips for people interested in developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities. We also explore considerations for leadership educators and program architects.Quotes From This Episode“I fear that we're not doing anything that matters.” “It’s not my ability to create great curriculum, it’s about my ability to create connections with the people that are a part of my curriculum that’s really going to make a difference.”We need “better mental models and mental representations of leadership.”“We need to create communities in stronger ways for these learners to be able to stay in engaged in a process of learning, to stay agile, in their context after the program...after the formal intervention.” ResourcesWe discussed the following in this episode: Lego Masters, Somm, Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell, & Neal Stephenson: Anathem.Learn more about David's work by visiting the Journal of Leadership Education - David Rosch, Google Scholar - David Rosch, or Illinois Leader Lab.  ♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.📜 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter featuring four hand-picked articles.🌎 You can learn more about my work on my Website.