Ep 270 Authentic Leadership, Fear, and the Neuroscience of Real Influence w/Caroline Webb
What if the greatest obstacle to your leadership isn't your experience? What if it's the disconnect between how you think you're showing up as a leader and how your team experiences you?
Caroline Webb, economist turned McKinsey partner turned executive coach, and author of the brand-new book Leadership Intelligence joins show host, Tyler Dickerhoof to discuss her time at the Bank of England forecasting national economies. And later spending three decades inside the world's most high-stakes boardrooms studying one question: what is the human brain doing when a leader tries to lead?
What emerges from this conversation is something rarely discussed: the most important variable in any organization isn't market conditions, competitive pressure, or strategy.
It's the interior life of the person at the top. You, the leader of it all.
In this episode:
Caroline shares the moment she stopped hiding an 8-month health crisis from her boss and colleagues
What that period taught her about the same hiding pattern she sees in leaders every day
Why being promoted for individual brilliance is often the thing that derails great leadership
And the neuroscience of why stress makes leaders either aggressive or invisible — and how both responses shrink the very solution space they need most.
Meet Caroline
Caroline Webb is a leadership coach, economist, and speaker known for being one of the world's leading experts in using insights from behavioral science to improve professional life.
She is the author of Leadership Intelligence and of How To Have A Good Day, a global bestseller published in 20 editions and over 60 countries.
Caroline is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey, where she was previously a Partner. She has been rated one of the top 50 leadership and management thinkers by Inc. magazine, and one of Thinkers50's top 50 executive coaches in the world.
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On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewebbauthor
Website: https://carolinewebb.co/
Grab a copy of her book Leadership Intelligence: Science Backed Strategies for Mastering 21 Everyday Management Challenges
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