The last few weeks of the year are an ideal time for self-reflection and review as on the one hand, there’s an understandable eagerness to plan and map out goals for the upcoming year.

But at the same time, it’s a perfect moment to take note of both the successes earned and lessons gained over the past 12 months.

It’s in the vein of the latter that I wanted to look back at the numerous conversations I had with my guests on my Leadership Biz Cafe podcast to select my favourite guest moments and insights from 2023.

To be sure, this wasn’t an easy task as I’ve had the privilege of speaking with some insightful and knowledgeable experts over these past 12 months.

Combing the perspectives of looking back and looking ahead, here are my favourite highlights from some of the conversations I had on my podcast in 2023:

John Baldoni – Why great leaders take care of their employees by creating community and why grace is the how to making that happen.

Adam Bryant – Why your ability to offer feedback and give recognition is key to your ability to make the leap to leader and why so many of us struggle with this form of communication.

Tamara Sanderson – How leaders can address concerns over loneliness when offering remote work options, and what the shifting dynamics of Relationships at work tell us about the future of work.

Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick – What leaders should be doing to retain a diverse workforce during today’s uncertain economic conditions to ensure they can attract key talent needed to grow the organization when the Economy roars back to life.

James Burstall – How creativity can help leaders be better prepared for the next crisis by treating it as an opportunity for Growth and not just a time to hunker down.

Erika Andersen – What leaders need to do to make their organization more agile and responsive following a major change.

If you’re looking for some inspiration and guidance on how to be better prepared to address the challenges your organization will face in 2024, I want to encourage you to listen to this year-end retrospective episode, and to check out upcoming episodes of my podcast that we’ll be releasing in 2024.

My thanks to John, Adam, Tamara, Bertina, Susanne, James, and Erika for these insightful moments shared in this last episode of my podcast for 2023.

Episode links:

John Baldoni | Leading Through Change And Crisis With Grace

Adam Bryant | How Managers Can Make The Jump To Leadership

Tamara Sanderson | How Leaders Make Remote Work A Success

Bertina Ceccarelli & Susanne Tedrick | Innovating For Diversity

James Burstall | How Leaders Can Prepare For The Next Major Crisis

Erika Andersen | Addressing Change From The Inside Out

Noteworthy links:

Buy James’ book “The Flexible Method” on Amazon*

Buy John Baldoni’s book “Grace Under Pressure” on Amazon*.

Buy Adam Bryant’s book “The Leap to Leader” on Amazon*

Buy Tamara Sanderson and Ali Greene’s book “Remote Works” on Amazon.*

Buy Bertina Ceccarelli and Susanne Tedrick’s book “Innovating For Diversity” on Amazon.*

Buy Erika’s book “Change From The Inside Out” on Amazon.*

*sponsored link that helps to support this podcast. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Tanveer Naseer Leadership Keynote Speaker and Corporate Trainer, Podcast host "Leadership Biz Cafe"

Tanveer Naseer is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and award-winning leadership writer. He is also the Founder and CEO of Tanveer Naseer Leadership, a leadership corporate training and consulting firm that works with executives and managers to help them develop practical leadership and team-building competencies to drive organizational growth and development.

Tanveer is the recipient of several awards and recognitions as one of the world's top thinkers in the leadership sphere, including being recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts.

Tanveer has been very active on speaking circuit, giving keynotes and workshops on leadership and empowering employees to audiences across Canada, United States, Europe, and the Middle East in a wide range of industries in both private and public sectors.

Tanveer is also the host of the popular and long-running "Leadership Biz Cafe" podcast, which Inc Magazine has described as feeling "like you're sitting down for a cup of coffee with two leadership experts to learn about how to become that leader our employees need us to be."