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Episode 01: Psychological Safety In The Boardroom with Carolyn Grant
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When you're a leader, it's easy to get wrapped up in the big picture. You're focused on moving your company forward and doing what's best for your team. But while you're busy looking ahead, sometimes problems can develop in the boardroom without you even realizing it.
In this episode, we'll outline some of the most common boardroom issues and how to spot them before they cause too much damage with Carolyn Grant. Carolyn Grant is an organizational designer with a marketing and organizational neuroscience background.
According to Carolyn, it's very common for leaders to overlook problems in the boardroom because they're so focused on other things. In between meetings, they're thinking about the next big project or what needs to be done to meet their goals. And when they are in meetings, they're often thinking about how to present ideas in the best light possible.
Indeed, a leader's main job is to focus on the future and make sure their company is moving in the right direction. But that doesn't mean they can afford to ignore what's happening in the present. In fact, many of the most serious issues faced by companies today come from problems that were left unaddressed in the boardroom.
Listen to this episode now to hear Carolyn Grant discuss some of the most common boardroom issues and how to spot them before they cause too much damage.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
- Modern-day problems that business leaders are facing (03:35)
- Psychological safety in the boardroom (10:30)
- Creating a healthy workplace environment (16:40)
- One thing board members fail to do (18:40)
- The challenges industry leaders are facing right now (20:28)
- Solutions to the most common corporate problems (25:58)
- Understanding emotional intelligence (31:02)
- The importance of adding the human element (33:19)
- Carolyn’s annual psychological safety in the boardroom survey (37:15)
QUOTES
“Psychological safety isn't just being nice. It's having that accountability as well because, without it, you don't know where your boundaries are.” -Carolyn Grant
“We need to coach people and mentor them, not tell them what to do and how to do it.” -Carolyn Grant
“A lot of the times, we don't want to know how bad things are, because there's no sort of remedy anyway.” -Sally
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