Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast

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254 Leadership strategies for creating space to think with Donna McGeorge

 
 


Gain back time by understanding your leadership priorities

Picture this: a meeting is unexpectedly canceled and you feel a jolt of gratitude for the time you’ve just been refunded. What if you took control of creating that feeling by designing your day to incorporate a brain buffer for thinking? That’s what productivity and time management expert Donna McGeorge advocates for as a way to engage deeply in what’s important and stop trying to do all of the things, all of the time.

Why you should listen: Leadership that looks forward instead of backwards 

  • Refine your leadership perspective - where is your attention and effort?

We explore designing your day for optimum team development

  • Building a brain buffer for leadership thinking

  • Leadership tips for striking a hybrid team time balance

  • Defrag with a leadership relationships audit

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About Donna McGeorge:

Best-selling author and The Productivity Coach, Donna McGeorge discuss leadership strategies for creating space to think.

Donna McGeorge believes it’s about time we got off the vicious cycle of being out of control, overwhelmed and at risk of failing at the important things.

She is passionate about enhancing the large amount of time we spend in our workplace (too much, for many) to ensure it is effective and productive, as well as enjoyable.

Donna has worked with managers and leaders throughout Australia and Asia–Pacific for over 20 years. She delivers practical skills, training, workshops and facilitation to corporates so they learn to manage their people well and produce great performance and results.

Donna is the author of The First Two Hours, The 25 Minute Meeting and, most recently, The One Day Refund. Find out more about Donna and her books: www.donnamcgeorge.com

Donna’s book recommendation is Think Like a Scientist by Ozan Varol

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217 Dr Amy Silver’s leadership strategies for controlling fear

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About your podcast host, leadership expert Zoë Routh:

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.

Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com