Listen "Decoding AQ with Ross Thornley Feat. Dr. Johanna Dahm - Decision Making & Leadership"
Episode Synopsis
A warm welcome to our listeners, today I'm proud to welcome Dr. Johanna Dahm, CEO of Dahm International Consulting. Johanna is a leading expert in decision-making and leadership, with over two decades of experience researching, advising, and publishing on effective decision-making strategies. She is renowned for helping leaders navigate complexity and uncertainty. Johanna was recommended for the show by our mutual friend, Olga Troeger. Olga is a Founding member of our Decision Making Institute based in Germany. We developed an VUCA readiness assessment focusing decision-making competencies. Ross and Johanna talk about decision making over planning, decision delivery, committing, getting things done, adapting to environments, responsibilities, expectations, listening, pioneering, being responsible, finding solutions, customer orientation, knowing your customers, empathising with customers and understanding how people live. The pair also discuss adapting, learning, growing, fear, merging HR, company development, transparency, measuring return of investment, transformation, everybody in it together, reacting to change, constantly adapting, demarcation, knowing our boundaries, leading teams, pets, having enough and trying new things. Timecodes:00:15 Intro to Johanna02:31 Communicating decisions effectively in business04:51 Decision making during Johanna's early career10:31 Decision making evolving14:30 Organisations keeping pace and nurturing talent20:25 Customers changing and adapting to it24:37 Dealing with difficult shifts and bravery29:41 Insights to help large scale change in companies and HR35:54 Redesigning of roles and flexibility38:45 Evolving in the future of work42:27 Staying mentally healthy at work47:35 The last time Johanna did something for the first timeConnect with Dr. Johanna:WebsiteLinkedInEMAIL - [email protected] with Ross:WebsiteLinkedInMoonshot Innovation
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