Sal Silvester on the Future of Leadership

The Courage Edge: Finding A Way Through Uncertainty

Overload. Overwhelm. Fatigue. Relentless.

These are some of the most recent words people are using to describe today's world.

To navigate these complex times, it takes more than just mental fortitude, grit and sucking it up. It takes courage and resilience.

Today's special guest, Jan Jenkins, is an executive coach who works with leaders to help them successfully navigate today’s unprecedented speed of change. Jan’s understanding of what it takes to be a resilient leader was forged in the depths of a personal tragedy. Throughout the long journey of seeking justice for her son, Jan demonstrated consistently, for thousands of people on national media, what it looks like to stand up for what you believe in with courage, commitment, and resilience.

In this episode Jan shares her Courage Edge model to help leaders build resilience within their organizations.

And, you can access a number of resources to help you implement the concepts we discuss in this episode. They are free. Just go to our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

How Can You Development Resilience?

We’ve been through so much this year – a global pandemic, a divisive political environment, weather calamities and economic uncertainty for so many.

Not to mention, all of the normal volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of our normal workplace.

Resilience is a critical capacity to successfully navigate today’s world.

In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews Dr. David J. Palmiter, a Full Professor of Psychology at Marywood University, Fellow of the American Psychological Association and board certified clinical psychologist with over 30 years of private practice experience.

Sal and Dr. David Palmiter share strategies on how to develop resilience in yourself and others, both inside and out of the workplace.

And, you can access a number of resources to help you implement the concepts we discuss in this episode. They are free. Just go to our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

Season 3 Opener: The Bounce Back Season

Sal Silvester, host and executive producer, kicks off Season 3 of the podcast to help leaders think differently as they respond to the increasing complexity and pace of change of our workplace and world.

Season 3 is going to be focused on Resilience. We’ve been through so much this year – a global pandemic, a divisive political environment, weather calamities and economic uncertainty for so many. Not to mention, the complexity and pace of change in our workplace. Resilience has turned out to be critical to successfully navigate today’s world.

Our entire focus for the season will be about the ability to face adversity head on and then bounce back stronger!

This season is going to provide you with practical and actionable tools and best practices. With almost every episode, we’ll have a framework or a toolkit that you’ll have access to so that you can immediately apply the concepts that we discussed in the episode in the your workplace. Additionally, our blog posts at 512solutions.com will provide further content and resources to help solidify your learnings.

Season 2 Closer: 12 Insights to Help You Emerge Stronger

In this Season 2 closing episode, we have a very different format.

Given the complexity and unprecedented experience that we’ve all had in the first half of 2020, we are sharing highlights from Season 2 to bring you the most valuable insights that will help you emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever.

And don't forget to check out each of the episode pages on our website at www.512solutions.com to access the 12 downloadable leadership tools we introduced throughout the season.

How to be a Mindful Leader In a Distracted World

As our world grows in complexity and the pace of change increases, it will be incumbent upon leaders to be mindful. To be aware of how they feel internally so that they can show up in life and in leadership externally with more intention and purpose.

In this episode, Sal Silvester interviews best selling author and global business thinker Achim Nowak about the importance of mindfulness to the leader of the future.

You can download our Change The Way You Think toolkit to help you implement the concepts we discuss in this episode. It’s free. Just go to our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

The Future of Work - Are You Ready?

Today’s episode will help you think differently about how our society and our future of work is changing. As Sal Silvester interviews his special guest Heather McGowan, a Future of Work Strategist, you'll gain insights into how we all need to evolve our thinking so that we create a society and a workplace that actually works for more people.

The bottom line is that we all have to think differently about the future if we want to remain competitive and create businesses that will thrive in our rapidly changing world. This interview will blow you away and provide a better understanding of some of the things that are happening in our society and workplace.

You can download our Change The Way You Think toolkit to help you implement the concepts we discuss in this episode. It’s free. Just go to our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

How to Reset Your Business Strategy (and Emerge Stronger!)

Business conditions have changed dramatically since January, and the strategic priorities you defined at the beginning of 2020 may now be temporarily or permanently obsolete. 

We aren’t going back to the way things were, and as we approach the end of Q2, this is the perfect time of the year to consider the current state of your business and the gap between where it is and the original aspirations for the year.  For most businesses, it’s time to make new choices - choices about what to do and choices about what not to do. 

During this episode, Sal Silvester and John Wittry explore how leaders need to reset their thinking, business strategy, and culture to emerge stronger in the second half of 2020.  

You can download our Business Reprioritization toolkit to help you implement the concepts we discuss in this episode. It’s free. Just go out our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

How to Connect with Different Personality Styles in a Virtual World

We are into our third month of working virtually and different personality styles are responding very differently to our new way of working. Some team members are absolutely thriving, working independently, and with less distraction at home. Others are only surviving, missing out on the connection and community that comes with being in the office.

In this episode, Sal Silvester connects with top DiSC expert Tammy Krings to talk about the four primary personality styles in the workplace using the DiSC model and how to connect with each style in a virtual environment. During this episode, you'll walk away with insights on how to remain a caring and connected leader while adapting your style to what others need as you drive performance and productivity.

You can download the Using DiSC to Connect Virtually Toolkit on our website. It’s free. Just go out to our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.

How Managers Can Address Loss and Grief in the Workplace

It is normal to not feel normal during this time. Our grief may be a response to losing our familiar way of living and working. As we enter the third month of this crisis, the topic of mental health is arising more often in the workplace. The challenge for leaders is knowing how to respond effectively as a manager and coach without stepping into the bounds of being a counselor or therapist. During this episode, Sal Silvester speaks with executive coach and psychotherapist Barry Shapiro about (1) a normal reaction to trauma, (2) what managers should do and not do in response to trauma, and (3) how can you take care of yourself so that you can be there for others.

To help you implement ideas from this podcast, download the Manager's Guide to Surviving the Pandemic Toolkit on our website. It’s free. Just go out out our podcast and episode page at https://512solutions.com/category/future-of-leadership-podcast/.

How to Lead with Deep Humanity

We are interrupting Season 2 to provide tangible and actionable tools to help leaders during these difficult times.I know that many of you are feeling isolated right now. You are probably trying to work productively from home, maybe with a spouse or partner who is also trying to do the same. And on top of that getting your kids through their homeschooling class.

Ultimately, we all want to emerge from this crisis stronger and more united in our common goals. To do that, leaders at all levels have to recognize that what we are all going through a deeply human experience. And we can thrive and we can help our team members thrive if we truly recognize the humanity in all of this.

This episode provides some strategies based on our Human Workplace Needs model - it’s a model we created long before this crisis that enables a deeper level of your humanity to shine through to your people and your organization.

You can download the Leading with Deep Humanity toolkit on our website. It’s free. Just go out out our podcast and episode page at www.512solutions.com.