Lolly Daskal's Blog, page 108
April 27, 2017
Wharton Business School Radio With Lolly Daskal
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN
Lolly Daskal, Founder of Lead From Within and Executive Coach, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss her latest book “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness” on Leadership in Action.
The post Wharton Business School Radio With Lolly Daskal appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
April 26, 2017
How to Embrace Your Greatness
Click below to listen
Are you a leader?
From Lolly Daskal’s point of view, everybody is.
As she says: “We are here to be our most valuable.”
Do you agree?
It seems that it is our own responsibility to dig in, discover and express our own leadership qualities.
This week’s interview is very deep.
It will make you feel good, comfortable at time and uncomfortable at others, because it might point out on something that you are struggling with inside of you.
But it definitely gives answers.
Lolly explains what gets between you and your greatness.
Every human being has 2 competing sides, and only one of them leads to greatness.
Sometimes, we pleasantly decide to choose the side that leads to greatness.
And some other times, we sabotage ourselves and choose the other side…
One of my best parts of the interview with Lolly is when she talks about the link between leadership and listening.
Because I find that today, our world is filled with selfish and egocentric people, and that’s in life or in business…
As if we have forgotten that we live in a society when each and everyone of us has the right to exist, to express themselves, to be appreciated, to be loved, and most of all, to be listened to!
Tune in for a fantastic, deep and life changing interview with Lolly.
And if you want to know more about her or to get her latest book The Leadership Gap: What gets between you and your greatness go to: theleadershipgapbook.com AND get GREAT BONUSES.
The post How to Embrace Your Greatness appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
April 25, 2017
Wharton Business Radio
Listen to podcast
Lolly Daskal, Founder of Lead From Within and Executive Coach, joins hosts Mike Useem and Anne Greenhalgh to discuss her latest book “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness” on Leadership in Action.
The post Wharton Business Radio appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
How the Imposter in You Can Derail Your Leadership
How many times in your life have you wanted to achieve something significant but were stopped by an inner voice?
How many times in your leadership have you wanted to move to the next level but heard something inside saying, “No, you’re not ready”?
These voice—the one that tells you you’re not good enough, smart enough, capable enough, worthy enough, or ready for the next step—is the voice of the imposter within you. The imposter wants to hold you back and prevent you from doing the things you dream about. It’s sabotaging you in the guise of protecting you.
The imposter’s voice is the voice of fear—fear of vulnerability, fear of shame—and it will work to keep you from trying new things or taking bold action. Here are five ways the imposter can derail your leadership:
The imposter compares. Most of us spend too much time looking over our shoulder to see how successful, how accomplished, how smart someone else is and how we measure up. There will always be someone who appears to be smarter, better, faster, wiser, leaner than you are. It can be exhausting trying to keep up with everyone, and comparing yourself to others leads to nothing but frustration. Measure your accomplishments within yourself. Don’t look at others but ask yourself daily what you can do better tomorrow.
The imposter wants to please everyone. When you feel insufficient it’s a short leap to wanting to always please everyone, even though you know it’s impossible. Trying to please all is a no-win situation; leadership is not about pleasing people but empowering them—and that means sometimes pushing them to the edge of their discomfort zone. If you’re trying to please everyone you are doing harm to your leadership.
The imposter is an overachiever. When your to-do list that is longer than you can manage, you need to step back. Delegate to the gifted and talented people you’ve surrounded yourself with. When you do, you help keep your own workload manageable and you empower others to lead and grow.
The imposter is a perfectionist. There are few things more unhealthy than an either-or system in which you’re either perfect or a failure. Perfection isn’t real, and the sooner a leader knows that the less they will feel like an imposter. Don’t reach for perfection but concentrate doing your best to the best of your ability in a way that shows people that what you do you take pride in. Remember that your actions send a message to those you lead.
The imposter feels like a fraud. The saying “fake it till you make it” is certainly popular. But it can be a damaging message. Pretending to be something else while you’re trying to figure it out isn’t authentic or genuine. Don’t fight the imposter by pretending that you deserve your success—learn to believe it, and then let the rest fall into place.
Lead from within. The imposter within you will try to sabotage you and play havoc with who you are and what you can accomplish. The only effective way to combat it is to take full charge of your capabilities and competence and lead with confidence, because greatness lies within you.
Check out my new book:
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal 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.
Additional Reading you might enjoy:
The Test Every Great Leader Must Pass
12 of The Most Common Lies Leaders Tell Themselves
Leadership: Claim Your Calling
The One Quality Every Leader Needs To Succeed
To Trust Means To Be Careless
Photo Credit: Getty Images
The post How the Imposter in You Can Derail Your Leadership appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
April 21, 2017
Your Best Manager Podcast: Treasure in the Shadows
Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after 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.
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, and her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, 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.
Click to Tweet: Treasure in the Shadows: Your #Leadership Greatness with @LollyDaskal on the #YourBestManager podcast @jamesdnewman http://yourbestmanager.com/lollydaskal
Lolly Daskal Interview – Key Takeaways:
2:33 Lolly Daskal’s Career Path
Lolly tells the story of how she accidently landed in business consulting as a Navigator
5:32 Why did Lolly write her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness?
9:58 What is a leader?
If you are influencing and impacting someone’s life. If people follow you under any circumstances, you are a leader. It’s not about a title.
10:46 Good vs Evil? Nope.
We all have greatness, but in order to get to that greatness, we sometimes have to go through dark spots. These dark spots or shadows are the gaps
11:46 The Navigator Archetype and The Fixer
The navigator is smart, pragmatic and often trusted because they are good at solving problems and helping people through them.
BUT, if you good at solving problems, you can become a Fixer because “I know best”
13:48 How do you know if you are becoming the Navigator or the Fixer?
Self-Awareness and WHO are you? The Leadership Gap is about WHO you are being
We lean into all 7 archetypes, they are situational. We are able to choose which archetype to be and we can be mindful about the associated gaps.
16:29 Three things you can do when someone tells you that they have a problem
19:50 The 7 Archetypes from The Leadership Gap
R – Rebel, someone who wants to make an impact on the world and they need confidence. The leadership gap is the Imposter of self-doubt.
E – Explorer, someone who wants to try new things and they need to use intuition. The leadership gap is the Exploiter who manipulates.
T – Truth Teller, someone who is about speaking with candor. They have a calling to “tell the truth”. The leadership gap is the Deceiver who creates suspicion.
H – Hero, someone who is courageous and faces their fears. The leadership gap is the Bystander who is fearful. Who sees something and does nothing.
I – Inventor, someone who is very good at their craft, it’s about how they do it – with integrity and excellence. The leadership gap is the Destroyer who is corrupt.
N – Navigator, someone who solves problems. The leadership gap is the Fixer who is arrogant.
K – Knight, someone who is loyal, who serves and protects – servant leaders. The leadership gap is the Mercenary who is about serving themselves.
28:12 Who was Lolly Daskal’s Best Manager?
Lolly shares how three people who she has never met, have made an impact on her
Victor Frankl – With any suffering, people can survive if they find meaning (CHECK OUT: The Man’s Search for Meaning)
Joseph Campbell – In every darkness, there is a treasure (CHECK OUT: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell))
Carl Jung – There are archetypes that exist within all of us, and within those, there are shadows (CHECK OUT: Modern Man in Search of a Soul)
31:42 Lolly Daskal’s Book Recommendations
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, by Lolly Daskal
The Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Fankl
Additional Info, Links & Resources Mentioned:
TheLeadershipGapBook.com – Preorder the book today and access the Leadership Gap Assessment ($97 Value)
LollyDaskal.com – Leadership Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker
[image error]
The post Your Best Manager Podcast: Treasure in the Shadows appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
April 20, 2017
Social Media Business Hour with Nile Nickel
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN
Nile Nickel interviews Lolly Daskal, Inc. magazine’s most popular writer, executive coach Lolly Daskal. In the interview Lolly explains how anyone can recognize and leverage the leadership gaps that stand in the way of greatness. The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
The post Social Media Business Hour with Nile Nickel appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
Seize This Day with Diane Helbig with Lolly Daskal
Listen to Podcast
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.
The post Seize This Day with Diane Helbig with Lolly Daskal appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
OnWard Nation Podcast
Onward nation podcast: Stephen Woessner and Lolly Daskal discusses what gets between you and your greatness
CLICK TO LISTEN
Who is Lolly Daskal?
Lolly Daskal 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, Lolly is one of the most sought after executive leadership coaches and leadership consultants worldwide. Lolly has worked with a top-shelf roster of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies and organizations of all sizes in a wide range of industries. Lolly uses a heart-based leadership approach designed to help people achieve their full potential to make a difference in the world. Lolly was named one of the Top Leadership Experts to Speak at your next event, and Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts by Inc. Magazine — and — The Huffington Post named Lolly the most inspiring person in the world.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
Lolly’s background
Lolly’s approach to coaching: empowering yourself by leading from within
How fixing someone else’s problem can be disempowering
Utilizing your weakness in a way that allows you to stand in your greatness
Why you need to understand who you are being while you are living & leading
Why you need to ask yourself “What did I do great today?”
How failures always have something to teach us
Embracing the whole of who we are – both strengths & weaknesses
Why it’s important to find a mentor that can speak to you at a ‘heart’ level
Why leaders need to embrace who they hire with great skills & ask them to help
Why you need to choose greatness
How to best connect with Lolly:
Website: www.theleadershipgapbook.com
Website: www.lollydaskal.com
Twitter: @LollyDaskal
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lollydaskal
The post OnWard Nation Podcast appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
April 19, 2017
How To Pivot in Your Transformation
LISTEN TO PODCAST
What’s stopping you from pivoting into your next move? Pivoting is essential with any transition in any part of your life. This pivot could be a career change, starting a family, starting a business, or even growing a business. Maybe what’s stopping us from fully pivoting is #TheLeadershipGap.
We are continuing our Season2 of the Balance Boldly Podcast how to stop falling into the trap of Desperate Acts! On this episode, our featured guest expert, Lolly Daskal and I discuss the benefits of figuring out #TheLeadershipGap and its importance in your life’s transitions. Tune in now and learn how to close #TheLeadershipGap
“Allow yourself to be taken to the next level with self-reflection- #TheLeadershipGap #BalanceBoldly” http://apple.co/2mPHNYO
“Sometimes you need someone to challenge YOU and say, ‘You can do better”- @LollyDaskal #quote #TheLeadershipGap #BalanceBoldly http://apple.co/2mPHNYO
“Every strength has a polarity, your shadow, unaware, it cost us our greatness.” #TheLeadershipGap #BalanceBoldly http://apple.co/2mPHNYO
The post How To Pivot in Your Transformation appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
Author’s Corner: Meredith Bell and Lolly Daskal
Author’s corner: Interview with Lolly Daskal and Meredith Bell
The post Author’s Corner: Meredith Bell and Lolly Daskal appeared first on Lolly Daskal.
