Lifting Leaders Podcast

Gems from Elizabeth Leavitt’s Episode: Own What You Know!

In our previous episode, Elizabeth Leavitt offered sage advice to women leaders who work in environmental and sustainability fields. In this episode, we take a deeper dive into the qualities and competencies that make women strong leaders, as well as the tendencies that get in the way. Finally, it’s time to start the clock on the Sensational Summer Challenge. We will provide steps to help you enter the challenge.

Elizabeth Leavitt, On the Business of Saving Our Planet

We talk with Elizabeth Leavitt, retired Senior Director of Engineering, Environment and Sustainability and current Principal at Jacobs about the evolution of the environmental industry, both the challenges and what brings her hope for the future. She also shares what every leader needs to know, about the importance and impact of their decisions on the long-term viability of our own health and wellbeing now and for future generations.

To Mitigate the Impacts of the Great Resignation, Focusing on retention isn’t enough

The Great Resignation is showing no signs of slowing down and many companies are still struggling with retaining employees. In this episode we explore deeper into employee engagement and the role it plays in not just keeping your employees but in ensuring both your company’s and employees’ success.

A Look at Engagement – Today and Beyond

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Michelle Corman, IO Psychologist and Senior Principal at Mercer|Sirota. Dr. Corman engages with us, on the topic of employee engagement, today, including actions that support it and actions that diminish it. We also discuss what it may take, to keep engagement alive, in organizations, moving forward.

Driving Deeper into Dr. Nooravi’s Culture DRIVE IT Model

Tricia and Kristal further explore the second model, DRIVE IT, of Dr. Nooravi’s three model approach to building a culture where employees can thrive. They share their experience working in organizations, with clients and their own life experiences implementing the first two steps in the DRIVE IT Model, Determine the challenge and Reflect on what making this change would mean to me.

Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi on A Powerful Culture Starts with You

Dr. Nooravi talks with us about her game changing new book, A Powerful Culture Starts with you. She shares with us the simple, comprehensive models that leaders can follow to create energizing and engaging environments where people can thrive. She also talks about the challenging and transformative process of writing this important guidebook for all leaders.

How to overcome the challenge of change

Have your idea for our Summer Challenge of making a difference everyday to make a better world but still wrestling with actually making the change?Join us as we explore why making change can be so hard and 3 tips for making it easier.

Networking – It’s One for All and All for One!

In this episode, we discuss the importance of networking, to you as a leader, to those you influence, as well as your greater community. We share why networking isn’t just a “nice to have” element in leadership but an important source of feedback and a critical component of leader effectiveness and well-being. Please join us in this free-flow exchange of perspectives!

Introducing Our Sensational Summer Challenge

We introduce our 2022 Sensational Summer Challenge which we hope inspires you to make a positive everyday impact to our world over the summer. Chance, our technology guru, joins us to kick-off this contest by helping us explore four easy ways you can start today to make a positive everyday impact on our environment. These ideas are just the beginning and we hope you find your own ways that resonate with you whether they are supporting social justice initiatives, innovative ways to work or learn or increasing mental wellness. We hope you join us on this adventure this summer and keep us updated on how your ideas are taking root to make a better world.

Insights from our episode with Will Paisley

In this episode we dig deeper into the challenge that Will Paisley, our previous episode’s guest, gave us. He said that when leaders bring young marginalized individuals into the fold we have to recognize, “you don’t know everything. You need to take the time and give yourself grace and give those people who are following you grace to understand you are going to make mistakes along the way and it might not be pretty and could be pretty messy.” Knowing that leadership begins by looking inward and being self-aware, Kristal and Tricia explore how leaders can show up positively in this uncomfortable space of not knowing. We call this courageous leadership. Join us as we unpack this critical leadership competency.