Stop Playing It Safe in the Room
In this episode of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast, hosts Ralph Owens and Terry Baylor engage with Shachella James to explore the transformative power of curiosity in leadership. They discuss how curiosity can drive resilience, enhance decision-making, and foster a culture of growth within organizations. Shachella shares her top curiosity-driven leadership principles, emphasizing the importance of asking bold questions and encouraging open dialogue. The conversation highlights the need for leaders to cultivate curiosity as a vital skill for personal and professional development, ultimately leading to greater creativity and innovation in the workplace.
Takeaways
- Curiosity helps build resilience in the workplace.
- Asking bold questions can challenge the status quo.
- Leaders should encourage curiosity among their teams.
- Curiosity can simplify decision-making processes.
- Engaging in deep learning is more valuable than having all the answers.
- Curiosity can fuel creativity and innovation.
- Promotions often follow a demonstration of curiosity.
- Asking one bold question per meeting can shift dynamics.
- Curiosity is a key component of effective leadership.
- Curiosity is an advanced skill that requires practice.
Chapters
- (00:00) - A Little Friction Is Good
- (00:18) - Curiosity That Builds Resilience and Trust
- (01:15) - Top Three Curiosity-Driven Leadership Principles
- (02:06) - Go Deep on Learning and Elevating Others
- (03:47) - What Makes a Bold Question Bold
- (04:00) - Why Friction Creates Traction in the Room
- (08:22) - The Paradigm Shift: Curiosity Changes Everything
- (09:27) - Lessons on Promotion, Growth, and Influence
- (11:21) - Promotions Follow Curiosity
- (12:34) - Closing Reflections — Stay Curious, Lead Boldly
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00:00 - A Little Friction Is Good
00:18 - Curiosity That Builds Resilience and Trust
01:15 - Top Three Curiosity-Driven Leadership Principles
02:06 - Go Deep on Learning and Elevating Others
03:47 - What Makes a Bold Question Bold
04:00 - Why Friction Creates Traction in the Room
08:22 - The Paradigm Shift: Curiosity Changes Everything
09:27 - Lessons on Promotion, Growth, and Influence
11:21 - Promotions Follow Curiosity
12:34 - Closing Reflections — Stay Curious, Lead Boldly
Shachella James
Vice President, Enterprise Systems
Shachella James is an award-winning technology professional with well over a decade of professional experience across multiple industries, consulting services, manufacturing banking, telecommunications, and now utilities. She is responsible for information and operational technologies, and enterprise architecture. Her expertise also spans strategic and capital planning, cloud services, data center operations and infrastructure operations. She is keen on workforce management and serving up the talent pipeline for the future.
