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May 8, 2017
What Gets Between You and Greatness
Lolly Daskal: The Leadership GapLolly Daskal is the CEO of Lead From Within and was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine. She is the author of the the new book The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness*.
Key Points
If the situation isn’t working, what can you change about yourself?
Ask yourself what type of person you need to be in a situation.
There are aspects of ourselves that come out in times of stress.
When you’re aware of your actions, you can choose how you’re going to act in the next moment.
Allow your employees to teach you.
Resources Mentioned
The Leadership Gap website
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness* by Lolly Daskal
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Leadership Expert Shares Her Secrets
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With over three decades of experience, Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought after executive leadership coaches and business consultants worldwide. She’s received many honors and accolades including being named one of the Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts on Inc. Magazine, and the Huffington Post named Lolly the most inspiring woman in the world.
QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW
– “The clients I take are making a difference in the world and I feel like by being their coach, I am playing a little part in impacting the world.”
-“People hire you not to fix them, but to empower them.”
-“The truth is I think everybody needs a coach…”
-“I really believe that every single person influences someone and impacts someone”
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May 5, 2017
Expert Interview: What Stands Between You and Your Greatness?
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Based on a mixture of modern philosophy, science and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly Daskal’s proprietary leadership program, Lead from Within, is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Lolly was designated a top 50 leadership and management expert by Inc. magazine. Huffington Post honored her with the title “the most inspiring woman in the world.”
What Stands Between You and Your Greatness?
“More than 30 years ago I started working with leaders around the world. I noticed a pattern within every single person I was coaching: most of them were very successful and had many strengths, but for each one of their strengths, there was something within them that was causing a polarity, which was creating a gap that was sometimes keeping them from their greatness.”
Why Is This Important?
“As I started to take notes on these patterns, seven archetypes emerged that all people have within them, along with seven polarities that come with each of those archetypes. If I was going to effectively coach my clients—to keep them in their greatness at a very high level, to keep them moving forward and taking themselves to one level after the next—we would have to be mindful of these gaps and what they were doing to their lives, leadership and businesses.”
What Is the Key Lesson Learned Here?
“Each of us has an ’inner impostor.’ It’s the voice that tells us we don’t deserve recognition, that we don’t really know what we’re talking about. If we allow this impostor to take over, it ends up costing us our greatness. We have to learn to leverage the imposter, the parts of us that keep us back, in order to become a whole person and stand in our greatness. I came up with an approach that I call a “Re-Think System.” It clearly articulates the seven archetypes and the polarities within them that hold us back. I also teach how to leverage these gaps that come from the polarities.”
Connecting With Lolly Daskal
Website: www.lollydaskal.com
Twitter: twitter.com/lollydaskal
Facebook: facebook.com/lolly.daskal
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lollydaskal
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Pre-order a copy of Lolly Daskal’s book, “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness,” and get a free assessment (worth $97) at theleadershipgapbook.com.
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Achieve Greatness By Filling In The Gaps
Today’s guest, Lolly, is the founder of Lead from Within, a global leadership and consulting firm based in New York City. With more than 30 years of experience in her field, she is one of the most sought after executive leadership coaches and leadership consultants worldwide. She uses a heart-based leadership approach designed to help people achieve their full potential to make a difference in the world. She was named one of the Top Leadership Experts to Speak at your next event, and Top-50 Leadership and Management Experts by Inc. magazine. In addition, Huffington Post named her the most inspiring person in the world.
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Living Fearlessly with Lisa McDonald & Lolly Daskal
Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. Tune in and treat yourselves to what promises to be a riveting show! #LeadFromWithin #Grateful #LivingFearlessly Tune in and treat yourselves to what is guaranteed to be a great conversation! #Grateful #Radio #Podcasts #Living Fearlessly
Her new book, The Leadership Gap is available for pre-order here
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How Leaders Can Overcome The Leadership Gap, with Lolly Daskal
One of the people who was incredibly generous and helpful to Anthony when he launched his book recently was a woman he had heard about but didn’t really know, Lolly Daskal. Lolly helped promote the book, wrote articles about it, and more – which shows a bit of the type of person she is. Lolly has a new book coming out, herself – The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness – and Anthony highly recommends that everyone grab a copy of it. What he loves most about Dolly’s book is that she artfully weaves together stories and data to show that every leader has “shadows” within themselves that inhibit their most effective leadership and that those who deal with those shadows wisely and well will rise to the levels of greatness they truly desire. You’ll enjoy this insightful conversation, so be sure to listen.
The leadership gap is real. Great leaders will admit it and go to work on it.
When Lolly Daskal talks about the “leadership gap” she’s referring to the things about each of us that hold us back from being the best leaders we can be. Saying a statement of that sort is asking for immediate resistance, but Lolly says that the leaders who really get the importance of what’s being said don’t push back, they embrace it as true and get to work on it. Find out how Lolly has outlined her thoughts through the use of 7 archetypes and what she says leaders today need to do in order to step into their greatness, on this episode of In The Arena.
Confidence doesn’t come from affirmations, it comes from capabilities + competence.
Every leader wants to lead from a place of confidence. Lolly Daskal says that what she’s discovered in her years of personal development and leadership consulting is that true confidence does NOT come from standing in front of the mirror each morning, telling yourself how great you are. Affirmations like that simply don’t work. The thing that fuels confidence is the combination of your capabilities and your competence, both of which can be and should be growing all the time. On this episode of In The Arena, Lolly uncovers what she’s discovered about how that growth process takes place in leaders who are diligent in dealing with what she calls, their “shadows.” It’s an intriguing and powerful conversation.
Confidence doesn’t come from affirmations, it comes from capabilities + competence
Great leaders are as great as the people they surround themselves with.
One of the caricatures of leaders you often see is the bossy, know-it-all sort that can’t accept help or even admit it’s needed. Lolly Daskal says that a true leader is exactly the opposite. Great leaders are only great because they surround themselves with others who are great. They learn to make opportunity for and leverage the confidence and capabilities of those around them. As Lolly and Anthony chat about her new book, “The Leadership Gap,” you’ll get a glimpse into the things Lolly has discovered about great leaders and the way they deal with their own limitations, and how that approach enables them to become even greater.
Who leaders are is more important than the what, how, when, and where.
Many leaders think it is their role to provide their teams with the what, how, when, and where. But it’s really not. Who a leader is, is much more important than whether or not they have all the answers. It’s character-backed competence in leaders that inspires people to follow and serve up to the level of their potential, and Lolly Daskal has made a study of how that kind of leadership comes about – and what prevents it from being realized. You’ll learn a lot by listening to her conversation with Anthony on this episode of In The Arena.
Who leaders are is more important than the what, how, when, and where
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Outline of this great episode
[0:44] Anthony’s introduction to Lolly Daskal.
[2:20] What IS the leadership gap and how did Lolly discover it?
[5:11] The 7 archetypes Lolly has discovered.
[11:58] What is the imposter syndrome?
[16:38] Rituals can help you deal with the “shadow” parts of yourself.
[21:10] How Dolly came to understand that trying to fix people doesn’t work.
[24:45] Why is it so difficult for us to see the “shadows” about ourselves?
Resources & Links mentioned in this episode
www.TheLeadershipGapBook.com – Dolly’s new book
https://www.lollydaskal.com/
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May 4, 2017
Women Kicking in The Glass Ceiling Interview
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Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.
As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, Lolly’s proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly’s perspective on leadership continues to break new ground and produce exceptional results.
Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine. Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, and others.
Lolly’s proprietary insights are the subject of her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, and is available for pre- order
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Greatness is a Choice
On this episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart Podcast, I am honored to have Lolly Daskal join me to discuss her book The Leadership Gap. Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world.
In this episode, we discuss:
–The Leadership Gap and shifting concepts of leadership
-Lolly’s RETHINK system which celebrates all archetypes and shadow traits of leaders
-Taking advantage of leadership gaps created by the imposter syndrome
-Making the leap from good to great leadership
-And so much more!
Everyone has a chance to be a leader in their current roles as Lolly states, “If you are impacting someone, if you are influencing someone, if you are advising someone and if people come to you for help, you’re a leader.” The one commonality to becoming a great leader is, “we have to learn to lead from within.”
From Fortune 500 executives to stay-at-home mothers, all leaders can identify with virtues and shadow traits outlined in her book. Lolly reminds us, “These are human beings… It is so universal.”
Leaders can create self-doubt by comparing themselves to others. Lolly believes that to be a strong leader, “We have to stop looking outward… look inward—that is where all the treasure is.”
The potential to be a better leader occurs every day and leaders should always strive to be better tomorrow. Lolly advices, “When we choose greatness, then we take the higher standard of who we are.”
For more information on Lolly:
Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.
As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly’s perspective on leadership continues to break new ground and produce exceptional results.
Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine. Huffington Post honored Lolly with the title of The Most Inspiring Woman in the World.
Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, and others.
Lolly’s proprietary insights are the subject of her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, and is available for pre-order here.
Her previous bestseller, Thoughts Spoken From the Heart, is available here.
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Leadership Starts Within
My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world.
Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.
She has written thousands of articles, columns, speeches and presentations. She is the author of two books: Trust Inc and Thoughts Spoken from the heart, where she brings expertise to her work that is grounded in behavioral and psychological principles along with 30 years of experience.
She has worked across a wide range of industries and organizations within corporate, nonprofit, government, and business development domains, encouraging, pushing and setting guidelines for achieving high and consistent performance
And now after decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, our guest has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits.
But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers and failure persists. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.
And she has bound up all this knowledge within the covers of her new book “The Leadership Gap” what gets between you and your greatness which is coming out shortly.
So of course its great to be great, but how do you push past those feeling of doubt and insecurity that all high achievers struggle with in their lives?
And did she work to get to this point in her life, or as so many guests have revealed…it’s been a pleasant surprise to her, that her dots have led her to this point?
Well let’s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Lolly Daskal.
Show Highlights
During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Lolly Daskal such as:
Why we should realise that when things are hard, the more focus we put in the easier things will become. It may seem the harder route but will get us to where we want to be quicker.
Lolly explains her theory that we all should just go for what feels right in your life, which is where success is waiting. Trust your gut to make the right decisions for you.
Why so many people fail to reflect on their own lives due to their busy schedule, until someone reflects it back on them by their own failures and struggles.
and lastly….
We discuss how the imposter syndrome can hold us back in our lives, unless we accept that perfection wont ever happen, just get on with it.
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