“Learning The Ropes Without Hanging Yourself”
Join me and my guest Elizabeth Freedman, Vice President Executives and Team Performance at BTS (bts.com). She is the author of Learning the Ropes of the Workplace Without Hanging Yourself and a regular contributor to Forbes, where she writes about leadership strategies for C-suite executives. Her expertise on leadership has also appeared in Chief Executive, The New York Times, Fortune, The Boston Globe, and the Rotman Management Journal. We discuss the challenges faced by leaders in maintaining connection to their organization’s core values amidst changing demographics in the C-suite and the need for continuous self-development. Our dialogue also highlights practical strategies for developing future leaders and fostering a culture of ownership and engagement within organizations.
Summary
In this conversation, Blaine Bartlett and Elizabeth Freedman explore the multifaceted nature of leadership, emphasizing the importance of understanding the soul of a business, the role of values, and the necessity of creating meaning in the workplace. They discuss the challenges faced by leaders in maintaining connection to their organization’s core values amidst changing demographics in the C-suite and the need for continuous self-development. The dialogue also highlights practical strategies for developing future leaders and fostering a culture of ownership and engagement within organizations.
Takeaways
- Leadership is about causing effective movement and is not dependent on title.
- The soul of a business is its permanent truth.
- Co-creating values leads to better alignment and engagement.
- Meaning in work is essential for employee motivation.
- C-suite leaders face unique challenges in today’s complex environment.
- Values must be operationalized to be meaningful.
- Self-awareness is crucial for effective leadership.
- Smaller organizations often overlook the importance of meaning.
- Language reflects internal realities and shapes perceptions.
- Developing future leaders requires practical, hands-on approaches.
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Blaine Bartlett consults, advises and coaches globally with leaders, executives, companies, and governments. He is internationally recognized as a leadership development master and through his work has personally delivered programs to and worked with more than 300,00 individuals, directly impacting more than one million people worldwide.
As CEO of Avatar Resources, a global leadership consultancy he founded in 1987, he’s worked with entrepreneurs and leaders of many of the largest (and smallest) companies and organizations on the planet to change the way leadership is used to foster thriving through Compassionate Capitalism.
Blaine is a co-host of Office Hours on AppleTV as well as being featured in the TV series World’s Greatest Motivators and the movie and book Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Managing Director of the Global Coaching Alliance, a Chancellor at Napoleon Hill Institute, a longtime member of the Transformational Leadership Council and serves as a member of the teaching faculty of the American Association for Physician Leadership. Blaine sits on numerous Boards including the Board of Directors of the World Business Academy and the Unstoppable Foundation. In 2012, he was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.
Blaine is the author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. His newest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.
