Seeing Your Blind Spots with Marisa Murray
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Release Date: 03/06/2024
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info_outlineBlind spots—easy to see in others, but how do we recognize our own? Marisa Murray joins Kevin to explore strategies for uncovering and addressing blind spots. Murray outlines seven types of blind spots and shares examples. These include false assumptions, unhealthy detachment, differing views of success, outdated core beliefs, unconscious habits, triggers from past pain, and mismatched mindsets. She highlights the importance of recognizing how others perceive our actions versus our intentions. Murray suggests we move from feedback to impact statements to address blind spots.
Listen For
00:00 Introduction
02:19 Marisa Murray's Latest Book on Leadership
06:50 The Concept of Blind Spots in Leadership and Life
08:22 Misinterpretation of Intentions and Impact
11:23 Types of Blind Spots: False Assumptions
13:04 Types of Blind Spots: Unhealthy Detachment
14:16 Types of Blind Spots: Different Views of Success
14:55 Types of Blind Spots: Outdated Core Beliefs
16:27 Types of Blind Spots: Unconscious Habits
17:16 Types of Blind Spots: Triggers from Past Pain
24:04 Gathering Feedback and Insights from Others
29:13 Small Changes for Big Impacts
Meet Marisa
Marisa's Story: Marisa Murray P. Eng., MBA, PCC is the author of three Amazon Best Selling leadership development books: Work Smart: Your Formula for Unprecedented Professional Success, Iterate! How Turbulent Times Are Changing Leadership and How to Pivot, and her latest, Blind Spots: How Great Leaders Uncover Problems and Unlock Performance. She is also the co-author of the USA Today Bestseller: The Younger Self Letters: How Successful Leaders & Entrepreneurs Turned Trials Into Triumph (And How to Use Them to Your Advantage). Marisa is a leadership development expert and the CEO of Leaderley International, an organization dedicated to helping executives become better leaders in today’s rapidly changing, highly complex world. Marisa leverages her over two decades of executive experience as a former Partner with Accenture and VP at Bell Canada in providing executive coaching, and leadership development services for organizations including Molson-Coors, Pratt & Whitney, and Queen’s University.
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