100 Episodes of MeetMyPotential podcast!! Wow!!! Thank you so much for being a part of this journey with me and for taking the time to listen to each show. I truly wish that you are inspired after listening and get ideas on how you can unlock more of your potential. Thank you to all of the amazing and fascinating guests we have had on the show from Episode #1. I’ve been so honored to speak with so many different leaders across many industries. It has enriched and inspired my life, thank you again to our guests. I’m very happy today to say that one of our very first guests on the podcast is back. Sam House is an Executive Coach, a Leadership consultant, a Senior Faculty Member of the Co-Active Training Institute and my personal coach. What a treat to have him join again to celebrate this occasion.In this episode, Sam and I discuss what is spiritual leadership and why should we be interested in starting a journey. Don’t confuse spiritual with religion here; we speak of spiritual in a very broad sense of being connected to everything in the world. It is a big conversation, both conceptually and literally, so get ready! And stay open to what might show up for you. Key Points to this Episode:Spiritual Leadership is Leadership with a broad lens. It asks, what is the thing that needs to be done in our organization that is aligned with something bigger in the world? It’s a holistic approach. There is room for holding onto a goal and moving toward it as well as being open and flexible to what actually shows up in our lives.Control is an illusion.You need to observe yourself, without judgment. Appreciate yourself and others, especially those who you disagree with. Appreciation does not mean “to like”.As humans, we will become attached to an idea or an opinion but you need to realize when you become attached and know how to recover from attachment.Highly Driven individuals always have a goal in mind and the drive to move forward to achieve them, but if something happens to derail their progress to that goal they can get lost or frustrated. We need to get to a place of balancing the drive forward with flexibility and moving with flow.We are in constant relationship with everything in our world. Sometimes we make up that we are alone and that we are in isolation. Three practices that will allow us to be more receptive to messages from the universe are: meditation, be in connection to nature, or any kind of physical movement. Stay open to receive anything or nothing. Make sure you start by making a decision that these practices will be valuable to you no matter the result. This leads to an expanded relationship with everything in our world.Don’t look for evidence, look for the experience.Spiritual leadership is a path to see wholeness instead of separateness. We have a need to work this path instead of sitting back and doing nothing. Shift from evidence gathering as the only way to see we are making progress as the only way to a decision process where we decide we are on the path and are ready to yield and be open to what comes to us. About SamSam House is an Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant. He is the Founder of Soulutions Leadership and Coaching. Sam is a Senior Faculty Member and Course Designer with the Co-Active Training Institute. Formerly a psychotherapist and social worker, Sam has extensive experience in multiple settings, specializing in individual, family and couples therapy.

Did you know the peak of our curiosity is at the age of 5? After that, there is a quick decline in how curious we continue to be. This is part of my conversation today with Dr. Diane Hamilton, author of Cracking the Curiosity Code and Behavioral Expert. Diane walks us through the four inhibitors and shares examples of how they show up in our lives. Curiosity is needed now more than ever in our world. I hope you enjoy this show and I hope it encourages you to ask more questions. Key Points of this Episode:There are four inhibitors to curiosity - Fear, Assumptions, Technology and Environment.If you don’t take the time to look at what factors are stopping you, then you won’t know how to move forward. Curiosity requires us to have compassion and to be courageous. Time and experience help with this.Curiosity is the spark that lets leaders create whatever they want to make. For instance, if you were going to bake a cake, you not only need the ingredients but you also need the oven. Think of curiosity as the oven.The biggest step is to realize what behaviors you are exhibiting and seeing if they are rational or not. Ask yourself, what stories are you telling yourself? Are they working for you?To build your emotional agility and curiosity, you need to ask questions because that will develop your empathy. Asking questions is the foundation of curiosity.About Dr. Diane HamiltonDr. Diane Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of Tonerra, and Co-Founder of DIMA Innovations, which are consulting and media-based businesses. She is a nationally syndicated radio host, keynote speaker, and the former MBA Program Chair at the Forbes School of Business. She has authored multiple books which are required in universities around the world, including Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human Potential, and The Power of Perception: Eliminating Boundaries to Create Successful Global Leaders. Visit her website here. I hope you liked this episode! Please rate and leave a comment on the podcast wherever you download your podcasts. Let me know in the comments what you think is the biggest inhibitor of your curiosity!Thanks for listening and stay cool!Visit the show website at (http://www.meetmypotential.com)Follow me on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepanatarajan/)

When we are young, it is so easy for us to try new things and get out of our comfort zone. But as we grow up, different situations happen where we start to learn to stay where we are comfortable. Perhaps we have a big failure and lose something dear to us. Maybe we do something wrong and get criticized harshly. No matter the way it happens, we become conditioned to not take risks. Today, listen to the show to hear Andy Molinsky speak about his formula, The Three C’s, to reach out of your comfort zone. Get inspired to discover your conviction, customize your approach and gain clarity on what your reality might look like!Key Points from this Episode:We all have different zones: comfort, panic, learning, etc. Different tasks fall into different zones and they can change over time. Anxiety does serve a purpose; too much might paralyze you from action but a little bit might provide the right amount of motivation for you to step outside your comfort zone.The Three C’s: Conviction, Customization and Clarity. Think about a situation that is outside of your comfort zone. First think about the why, this covers Conviction. Next you can figure out a way to make stepping outside a little easier for you, customize it. Finally establish the realistic outcomes of this step outside of your comfort zone, this provides clarity.Babies have a learning orientation, they get feedback from parents and the outcomes of what they try. Over time, we shift from learning orientation to a performance orientation. Psychological safety plays a big part in stepping outside of comfort zones within organizations. Think about how you can contribute to your organization's psychological safety.We are really good at avoiding anything outside of our comfort zone, but if we try and reflect on what happens then every time it will get easier. When stepping outside our comfort zones it is very common to have some kind of physical or body response (like a knot in your stomach). Normalize this! About AndyAndy Molinsky is a professor, consultant and keynote speaker. He helps individuals and teams reach their potential by learning to step outside their personal and cultural comfort zones. He is the author of two popular business books (Global Dexterity and Reach)and was recently chosen as one of Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 50 World Leaders in Coaching. He has two different coaching and training certification programs based on his books. Check out his website - www.andymolinsky.com. 

What is needed to make a transformation in your organization? What’s the difference between working with individuals and groups when trying to make a successful change? What is easy to forget when working with organizations and change? Join Reshma Ramachandran and I as we discuss transformation - what is hard about it, how it changes from individual to a group and what are the key ingredients to make it successful.Key Points from this Episode:Human beings naturally do not like change.Change requires us to get out of our comfort zone.Every change makes you a better person.Organizations are not inanimate objects. Organizations are like humans- they have emotions, egos, ambitions and desires. You don’t try to change individuals; you create change agents. When making change, it is most important for the leader to change first. Walk the talk from the top down.Build trust by giving trustSpeed is never at the cost of trust.There is no finishing line for transformation. Change has to become part of the DNA of the company. Change cannot be at the cost of the team.Challenge your thoughts and bring out your biases, then put the facts next to your biases.Life is what you make of it. We all have choices but we must be willing to accept the consequences of the choice. Change the narrative - can I accept this consequence?About ReshmaReshma Ramachandran is the Vice President of Hitachi ABB Power Grids. She grew up in rural India without access to reliable power, clean drinking water and other basic needs, her purpose to empower people to believe they have the power to choose and to enable people to go beyond their self-limiting beliefs has shaped Reshma's journey as a business leader over the last two decades.I hope you liked this episode! Please rate and leave a comment on the podcast. If you’d like to dig more into transformation and how to make the sustainable change you need to become the leader you desire to be, come watch my masterclass! You can find it here. 

Did you know that most people fail at making change in their life? Even when told that the change will save their life, a majority of people still do not effectively make the change they want. So how does effective and sustainable change happen? What do we need to pay attention to in order to make the change and have it stick? Listen as I dive into how we all need to rethink leadership.Key Points from this Episode:Don’t fall into the common mistake of thinking you can make change just by setting up a task list to get it done. Making change is about you! Sit with yourself and figure out what your personality is telling you about how you can effectively make changeHighly driven people are action-biased, a perfectionist, a problem solver, self-sufficient or future-focused.Oftentimes, we repeat our patterns of success. What trait has helped you achieve success in your life so far?Now, It’s time to look at what the negative effects are of these traits. Because we repeat these patterns of success, we often overuse the trait. This leads to negative effects. So, if you are so focused on everything being perfect, what have you lost? If you are always looking at the future, what are you missing in the present? These are some good reflection questions to ask yourself as we close out the year.Complexity asks us to slow down to sense what’s happening while speeding up to test quickly. If mindset and personality were the biggest factors in thriving in complex times, which one of the opposing traits do you need the most? Stillness, cyclic nature, more presence, more co-creation, or more co-responsibility? Take some time to think and journal about what you are looking for more of in 2021.Would you like a thought partner with you on this reflection? Book a strategy call with me and we can walk through what traits are making you successful and what they may be holding you back from. Book a call with me here!If this episode piqued your interest about how you can rethink leadership and make sustainable change in your life, please come watch my masterclass! You can find it here.I would appreciate it if you posted a review of the show! And leave a comment, what does rethink leadership mean to you? What highly driven trait do you most identify with?

We live in a complex world and as humans, our brains often try to find ways to break complex things down into simple, manageable tasks. But what if instead we embraced the complexity and the chaos around us? What would happen if we let go of needing to know every answer to every question? Today I’m speaking with Dave Snowden, Founder of Cognitive Edge. Dave has been a pioneer of complexity and encourages us to let go of some of the ideas we may think are serving us and our brains. Get ready to be challenged!Key Points from this Episode:Cynefin Framework - there are five different domains where five different types of Leadership are needed.Good leaders take those with them that compliment their weaknesses.Complexity is the new simplicity.You won’t know what you need to change, you need to have a team around you to see where you are intentionally blind.Collective leadership is necessary in complex adaptive environments.Hear about small experiments you can implement at your company.Consciousness is a distributed function in the body, it’s not just in the brain.There’s a difference between giving people direction and having goals.Hierarchy does not help in complexity.Leaders need diversity around them. Remember, cynics are the ones who care- keep them around.Be more connected and engaged in the world.Accept things as they are, don’t fight against them.About DaveDave Snowden is Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge. Dave is currently working on the application of natural sciences to social systems through the development of a range of methods and the SenseMaker® software suite. Cognitive Edge is the pioneer of the field of complexity, charting the way before complexity became “mainstream”.

This Thursday (10 December) is Human Rights Day. We are celebrating this year by speaking with Aron Le Fevre, the Director of Human Rights at Copenhagen 2021. He has a profound range of international politics and a solid knowledge of inclusion and equality with focus on the LGTBQ+ community. Take a listen and hear how you might be able to widen your perspective of inclusion. Key Points from this Episode:Inclusion means that every person can be him/her/themselves and not have to live in fear about being accepted. It is very broad.Many times, we hide certain parts of ourselves because we are afraid of having this difference from our colleagues.Diversity needs to be embraced.If you accept yourself, it will be easier to accept others.Systemic change is needed. Everything starts with the individual though.There is a need for shared responsibility and to be in service of others.Visibility is key to inclusion.Get out of your comfort zone and experience the world. Go see how other parts of the world live.We need to move faster to this place of inclusion. We all need to be more curious to always be challenging our own biases. Change can only be made when we look at ourselves.About Aron Le FevreAron is a passionate and multilingual champion of human rights, with experience in international politics and the global LGBTI+ and Pride community. He is leading the Copenhagen 2021 Human Rights Forum with the goal to elevate the international LGBTI+ agenda, working together with a multitude of governments, civil society and non-governmental organizations both in Denmark and abroad. Check out Copenhagen 2021 on their website.

On this week’s episode I am honored to share with you a recent interview I had with Suzie Lewis on the Let’s Talk podcast. It was a pleasure to speak with Suzie and speak about why I created MeetMyPotential and the need to rethink leadership. I hope you enjoy this episode and after you listen, go take a look at Suzie’s podcast, Let’s talk. She has some great interviews so that you can stay connected to the changing digital world.Key Points from this Episode:Find out why I started MeetMyPotentialFind out who I work withTechnical challenges are easy to solve with your expertise, time and/or money.Challenges with other human beings take more work to solve.Highly Driven people usually can identify as a perfectionist, a problem-solver, being action-oriented, being future-focused, and/or being self-sufficient. These are the exact reasons why they have been promoted.All of these highly driven traits can be taken too far, it’s important to balance them with their duality. Listen to my example of balancing between being a problem-solver and having co-responsibility. This is what I mean when I say we need to rethink leadership.Hear my definition of balanceAsk yourself: Is the way I’m functioning sustainable? I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek into MeetMyPotential and my journey to create the Rethink Leadership program. Please reach out if you’d like to learn more about what your highly driven traits are and what gaps you may have! Find out how to listen to Let’s talk here.

Are you always on the move? Running to the next meeting or get the next project done? Do you find yourself relying on your logical, problem-solving mind? So many of us do! And to be honest, the world and society has rewarded this behavior for too long.Today I’m joined by Joel Monk, co-Founder of Coaches Rising, to discuss the inadequacies of our rational minds. Take this time for yourself, maybe go out for a walk or find a place to sit and take in Joel’s words of wisdom. It is so important to not only take time for ourselves, but also listen to our bodies and make sure we connect so we can use the intelligences of our emotions and bodies. Let this podcast be a gift to you today.Key Points from this Episode:The rational mind brings many gifts to us, we need to use it. Over the years though, we have placed too much emphasis on our rational minds. There are limits of the rational mind, we cannot depend on it for everything. There needs to be a balance.We need to develop emotional intelligence, body intelligence, and cultivate presence. This can open creativity and new solutions to problems you were encountering when you were stuck in your rational thoughts and ways.We get socialized in a certain way - performance and achievement are defined based on our upbringing. It’s so important once we are grown to take time to stop and get curious about what we as our own person define success as and what we need physically, mentally, and spiritually in order to feel our best. Our world is so prone to action and doing instead of stillness and silence. We need to slow down and give space to feeling into nonverbal cues. Naming what is the feeling of the room or a meeting is a valuable leadership skill. And yes, you can do this without using your sight!Cognitive overload surrounds us; look for ways to bring simplicity into your life and work.Expand your window of tolerance with practices like going out in nature, breathing exercises, meditation, or any activity that slows you down and takes you out of your rational intelligence.Once we are open to sensing, we will be more open to welcome uncertainty and the unknown. This is truly how we live in complexity.Welcome all emotions. They are all valid.Take a pause, breathe and feel into your body. Notice what shows up without judgement. Remember to take moments of stillness throughout your day. Let us know what you felt from this conversation. What are you recognizing? What is stirring inside of you? Thank you so much for listening!About Joel MonkJoel Monk is a leadership coach, educator, facilitator and entrepreneur. You can get in touch with Joel by emailing him, joelmonk@coachesrising.com. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of nearly 50,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching.

Did you know every time you speak you are having influence on those around you? Did you know that your behaviors can unconsciously be picked up by your colleagues, friends and family? How much are you aware of your influence? Are you being intentional? Join Jayson Krause and me as we look at the places where we are having influence and how we can become more aware of what impact we are creating on our environments. Make sure you listen to the end to hear 3 important questions we should all be asking ourselves to deepen this practice of intentional influence!Key Points from this Episode:Learn about behavioral viruses and become aware of themYou are responsible for everything in your environment either by the actions you have taken or the actions you have not taken.You are always having an impact, you just need to become intentional about itAs a leader, you are a walking advertisement. Be careful what message you are spreading!Every behavioral virus you spread is your legacy.The biggest challenge to being the best version of yourself is giving the time to being intentional.Get clear about your brand - yes, you have a brand whether you like it or not. Once you know the qualities that make you you, that’s when you can dive in and start being intentional about how you show up.About Jayson KrauseJayson is a leadership strategist who specializes in helping organizations develop high-performance leaders and grow strong leadership pipelines. His experience spans from tech startups to Fortune 500 companies. Check out his company, Level 52, here.