What goes with wine and beautiful scenery? Music and leadership, of course!
As a conservatory trained bassist and widely certified productivity and culture consultant, Gerald Leonard leverages the synergies of music and business to help teams deliver outstanding performances. Replicating the flow and connection of a jazz ensemble in a sprawling project team doesn’t faze Gerald, who thrives on organising chaos. Whether it’s getting the band together or satisfying the boardroom, it’s all a beautiful process that results in sweet music!
Give a musical leadership mindset a spin
Why you should listen: a leadership perspective on measuring what matters
Leadership skills for identifying key metrics and work patterns
We explore leadership strategies for teams that hum along
Leadership means laying down the rhythm – then let others shine
Corporate cultures need stories for buy-in
Be a virtual team development virtuoso by building trust
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About Gerald Leonard:
Author and Executive Coach Gerald Leonard shares a leadership framework for cultures that deliver.
Gerald Leonard is a certified PMP, PfMP, and C-IQ Coach and founder of the Leonard Productivity Intelligence Institute. Gerald helps CIOs, VPs, Directors, and Managers of Project Management build, engage, and sustain a more mature project practice. He helps them create productive project teams that can accomplish more every day through consulting, coaching, and online assessments.
He's the author of Culture Is The Bass: 7 Principles for Developing A Culture That Works and Workplace Jazz: How to IMPROVISE – 9 Steps to Creating High-Performing Agile Project Teams.
Gerald’s book recommendation: Conversational Intelligence by Judith E. Glaser
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About your host, Canberra leadership expert Zoë Routh:
Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets inway 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 staff 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.