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Listen "Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Andrew Tallents - Self-coaching & Conscious Leadership"
Episode Synopsis
Andrew Tallents, has built an impressive career, starting with his early roles at prestigious firms like Spencer Stuart and Warren Partners, where he honed his expertise in executive search and leadership development. His journey has led him to founding The Tallents Partnership, where he now empowers leaders globally to excel and achieve transformative results. As a trusted advisor, conscious leadership coach, and best-selling author, Andrew is dedicated to helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success while living their personal and professional dreams. It's an honour to have him on the show today!Ross and Andrew talk about thinking as a leader, getting triggered, being in the present, intentional leadership, situational leadership, Shirzad Chamine - Positive Intelligence, saboteurs, facing emotion, controlling things, pleasing people, self coaching, self discipline, self accountability, the power of questions, reconnecting with who we are and refocusing. The pair also discuss positive mindset, reflecting, daily meditation, slowing down to speed up, being efficient, keeping people calm, accountability, blaming people, disconnections, safe environments to speak, peoples energy, judging people, out of comfort zones, role playing, MyIntent bracelets, communicating principles, taking responsibility, reflecting, why do we do things, desire, motivation, ultimate goals, laziness, naivety, skydiving and joy.Timecodes:00:15 Intro to Andrew01:26 Conscious Leadership explained03:13 Conscious Leadership in moments of pressure08:33 Techniques to help self coach12:26 Getting the work done15:06 Examples of leaders doing it well16:37 Examples of leaders getting it wrong19:00 Vulnerability and coaching people's struggles22:27 Self coaching against pushback and relationships25:16 Modelling behaviour29:52 Loving in relationships31:28 Valuing family36:17 AI coaching making leadership decisions41:41 Limits to self-coaching44:49 Following through51:02 The last time Andrew did something for the first time53:56 Andrew's podcast - Confessions of a successful leader54:40 Andrew's favourite podcast episodesConnect with Andrew:LinkedInWebsiteSelf-coaching for leadersBookConnect with Ross:WebsiteLinkedInMoonshot Innovation
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