227 The Power of Radical Self-Acceptance: Interview with Dr. Laura Gallaher
Release Date: 02/28/2025
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231 Mindset Shifts for Playing Your Best Game: Interview with Devon Bandison
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230 Unlock Your Authentic Voice: Interview with Molly Tschang
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229 A Radical Guide to Reality: Interview with Jude Currivan
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228 Leading Change with Confidence: Interview with Karen Ball
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227 The Power of Radical Self-Acceptance: Interview with Dr. Laura Gallaher
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Have you ever wrestled with an inner critic that berated you for any perceived flaws and prevented you from celebrating your strengths and achievements? While it can be difficult to fully accept yourself exactly as you are, self-acceptance is essential not only for your own happiness, but also the health of your relationships with others – and for leaders, self-acceptance is one of the keys to building high-performing teams. Dr. Laura Gallaher is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, USA Today best-selling author, and leadership coach. After the space shuttle Columbia...
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226 How Energy Shapes Your Reality: Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Fannin
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225 Win Clients by Going the Extra Mile: Interview with John Dwyer
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224 Master the Sales Hunter Mindset: Interview with Mark Hunter
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223 Overcoming Addiction in a World of Temptation: Interview with Anna Lembke
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info_outlineHave you ever wrestled with an inner critic that berated you for any perceived flaws and prevented you from celebrating your strengths and achievements? While it can be difficult to fully accept yourself exactly as you are, self-acceptance is essential not only for your own happiness, but also the health of your relationships with others – and for leaders, self-acceptance is one of the keys to building high-performing teams.
Dr. Laura Gallaher is an organizational psychologist, keynote speaker, USA Today best-selling author, and leadership coach. After the space shuttle Columbia exploded upon reentry in 2003, the NASA Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy. She worked for eight years with NASA to positively influence the culture, develop leadership capacity, and improve organizational performance at Kennedy Space Center, and was then hired by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts to help manage radical changes with their performance management process and philosophy. Laura's company, Gallaher Edge, applies the science of human behavior to organizations so they can gain an edge, achieve together, and enjoy the journey. As our guest in Episode 227 of The Mindset Game® podcast, Laura shares the following:
- Why psychological safety, which begins with self-acceptance, is crucial for workforce success, as well as tips for leaders seeking to cultivate both
- Why self-acceptance should also include accepting your inner critic and striving to create harmony between them and your inner champion
- The relationship between self-improvement and self-acceptance, and why accepting yourself as you are will not necessarily prevent you from continuing to grow and improve
To get in touch with Dr. Laura Gallaher, find her on LinkedIn or take her quiz designed to assess your current level of self-acceptance at www.selfacceptancequiz.com.
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