What Makes a Great Leader? (with Ron Ashkenas)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Release Date: 10/13/2020
Hoe gaat het echt met jou? (een gesprek over mentale gezondheid)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Welkom bij deze speciale aflevering over European Mental Health Week (13-19 mei 2024). In een klein kwartier vertelt Marlies Zegelaar over haar mentale worstelingen en hoe die haar hebben gevormd tot de persoon die ze nu is. Na een loopbaan in onder andere de communicatiesector werkt Marlies sinds enkele jaren met veel plezier als taaldocent op het mbo. Door haar verhaal te delen, wil Marlies bijdragen aan de normalisering en de-stigmatisering van mentale kwetsbaarheden. Ook hoopt zij, en ik met haar, dat we anderen kunnen inspireren om hierover met elkaar in gesprek te gaan. Note to English...
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Update for listeners - May, 2024
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
This is a quick update for listeners. In this short episode, I explain what I've been up to and why I chose to occasionally publish episodes in my mother tongue, Dutch. Talking about episodes in Dutch, today I’m launching my first episode in a long time. It's a conversation to raise awareness for European Mental Health Week (May 13-19, 2024) and discuss the impact of mental health in our lives. If you don’t speak Dutch and you find this topic interesting, please check out the shownotes at , get in touch with me via LinkedIn () or email me at . Please let me know what you are...
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Introducing The Happy Investor
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Here's a short episode about what I've been up to and what you can expect from me going forward. The biggest news is that I'm launching a new show: The Happy Investor, a podcast about leadership and personal development for people in the asset management and investment industry. To listen, go to:
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Thuiswerkers, kom los van je Teams-scherm (Dutch)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
[Bonus episode in Dutch] Bram van den Hoogen deelt zijn ervaringen en lessen als thuiswerkende manager van het compacte marketing- en communicatieteam van de Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM). Hoe communiceer je op afstand met je team en andere collega’s? En hoe kun je als communicatieteam op afstand je voelsprieten uitsteken en zorgen dat je op tijd bij projecten wordt betrokken? In de afgelopen acht maanden leerde Bram als thuiswerkende manager belangrijke lessen. Zijn oproep: ga niet gelijk naar de inhoud, maar maak eerst contact met de mens. En: plak niet zo vast aan je...
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Ron Ashkenas on Coaching Effectiveness
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
“The purpose of an organization isn’t to make leaders feel good about themselves and make their subordinates feel like ‘gee, I’ve got a really nice leader, I like that person’. The purpose of an organization is to get something done.” Ron Ashkenas is a seasoned executive coach and boardroom advisor and the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and five books, including the ‘Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook’. You might have already listened to episode 20 in which Ron and I discuss the six practices that define great leaders and the challenges they are facing...
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What Makes a Great Leader? (with Ron Ashkenas)
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
What is leadership, how is it different from management and what does it take to succeed as a leader in today’s virtual environment? My guest on this episode is Ron Ashkenas, an executive coach and boardroom advisor with more than 35 years of experience in supporting leadership growth and organizational transformation. He’s a Partner Emeritus at Schaffer Consulting and the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and five books, including the ‘Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook’ and the ‘GE Work-Out’. This conversation consists of three parts: In the first 10 minutes...
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Exploring Bias, with Chaya Mistry
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Wikipedia defines bias as “disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.” In this episode, fellow communication coach Chaya Mistry and I explore this important topic and how it affects our ability to lead, communicate and build human connections. Contrary to what many people might think, bias is not just about race or gender. It relates to any human attribute such a person’s height, fitness, clothing, pronunciation, writing skills and even the car he or she drives. Within milliseconds of being exposed to...
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REPLAY - The Preparation Paradox: High-Stakes Meetings with David Rudolf, The Staircase
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Summer break! Time to replay one of my most downloaded episodes. In 2018, I invited David Rudolf onto the show because of the communication excellence he demonstrated as Michael Peterson's attorney in 'The Staircase' on Netflix. But when listening to our conversation again nearly two years later, I'm equally impressed by David's personal leadership. He has a strong sense of purpose (fighting the Abuse of Power), he's very open about his strengths and weaknesses and how they impact others (sometimes it almost seems like he's citing a 'How to Handle Me' memo) and he's well tuned into his...
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How to Talk About Race, with Kwame Christian
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Kwame Christian, the author of 'Finding Confidence in Conflict', talks about the role of leaders in tackling systemic racism and inequality in our societies. This episode can be broken up in two parts: In the first 14 minutes or so, we discuss Kwame's personal story, his view on the Black Lives Matter movement and his own experiences with systemic racism. In the second part, we focus on the role of leadership and how to have conversations about race in the workplace. Visit the show notes for more information: To learn more about Kwame's work, go to
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Weaving Coaching into Your Leadership, with Michael Bungay Stanier
Meeting Strategist - Conversations on Leadership & Communication
Michael Bungay Stanier, the best-selling author of ‘The Coaching Habit’, returns to the show to talk about how to blend coaching into your lifestyle. Coaching is the most underutilized leadership skill, but it can be highly effective in engaging and empowering employees – and making sure that the right people are working on the right things. Of course, we also discuss Michael's latest book ‘The Advice Trap’. Most of us are hardwired to add value to each conversation and offer our advice without being asked. And why not? Our knowledge helped us rise through the ranks and is one of the...
info_outlineWhat is leadership, how is it different from management and what does it take to succeed as a leader in today’s virtual environment?
My guest on this episode is Ron Ashkenas, an executive coach and boardroom advisor with more than 35 years of experience in supporting leadership growth and organizational transformation. He’s a Partner Emeritus at Schaffer Consulting and the author or co-author of more than 100 articles and five books, including the ‘Harvard Business Review Leader’s Handbook’ and the ‘GE Work-Out’.
This conversation consists of three parts:
- In the first 10 minutes Ron reflects on his experiences with former GE CEO Jack Welch: was he the best or the worst leader in corporate history?
- In the second part of the conversation we discuss authentic leadership and the six practices you need to succeed as a leader.
- In the final 15 minutes we explore how leaders can lead effectively in today’s virtual environment.
Visit the show notes for more information:
http://www.meetingstrategist.org/ron-ashkenas
To learn more about Ron's work, go to
https://www.schafferconsulting.com/biography/rAshkenas