Your Leadership Wake: Is Your Impact Getting the Results You Want? With Grift Krehnbrink, Thoughtium: Show Notes & Transcript

Welcome back to Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business! Looking for Marketing Smarts? You’re in the right place. After almost 4 years of helping to make you savvier marketers, we decided to broaden this podcast to include more business-oriented topics that will make you savvier business leaders.

In this episode of Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business, We wanted you to learn from a guest who coined the term – your Leadership Wake – so we welcomed on Grift Krehnbrink. Listen to the episode on Apple PodcastsSpotify, and your other favorite podcast spots – follow and leave a 5-star review!

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Strategic Counsel: Your Leadership Wake: Is Your Impact Getting the Results You Want? With Grift Krehnbrink, Thoughtium

You’re very familiar with leadership. Do you have a high degree of awareness when it comes to your impact on others as a leader? When teams are in a dysfunctional state, this is always a good place to look first. We wanted you to learn from a guest who even coined a term for this phenomenon – your Leadership Wake – so we welcomed on Grift Krehnbrink. He’s a Partner and the Chief Commercial Officer at Thoughtium, a human-centered experience design firm that helps organizations bring strategy, leadership, and learning to life through immersive experiences. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

  • The conflict between ambition and leadership
  • The power of vulnerability
  • The power of choice
  • The Golden Handcuffs paradox
  • Purpose vs goals

And as always, if you need Strategic Counsel, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at: ForthRight-People.com.

Check out the episode, show notes, and transcript below:

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  • Your Leadership Wake: Is Your Impact Getting the Results You Want? With Grift Krehnbrink, Thoughtium
    • [0:00] Welcome to Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business
    • [0:29] Introduction: Your leadership wake and addressing team performance
    • [1:49] Meet Grift Krehnbrink, Partner at Thoughtium and leadership development expert
    • [3:33] What is a leadership wake? Understanding your impact as a leader
    • [6:40] Case study: High-performing leaders and the wake they create
    • [10:54] The conflict between ambition and leadership
    • [14:06] Choice and agency: Building your own scorecard for leadership
    • [18:13] Leadership as a muscle: Everyone can become a better leader
    • [20:03] Building awareness: How to understand your leadership impact
    • [24:05] The power of vulnerability and authenticity in leadership
    • [28:13] Trust in leadership: Intimacy and other-orientation matter most
    • [32:21] Curiosity as a leadership superpower
    • [36:17] Your personal brand and continued self-development
    • [40:02] The power of choice: Creating your leadership scorecard
    • [47:26] The golden handcuffs paradox and making intentional choices
    • [54:34] Purpose vs. goals: Finding what drives you as a leader
    • [59:11] The high-performer paradox: Why you always feel behind
    • [1:05:25] Quick-Fire Questions with Grift
    • [1:08:39] Connect with Grift Krehnbrink!

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Welcome back to Strategic Counsel by ForthRight Business! Looking for Marketing Smarts? You’re in the right place. After almost 4 years of helping to make you savvier marketers, we decided to broaden this podcast to include more business-oriented topics that will make you savvier business leaders.

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