335: How to Uncover Blind Spots and More Questions, with Bonni Stachowiak
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Bonni Stachowiak: Teaching in Higher Ed
Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, a professor of business and management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, Bonni was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. She joins me monthly to respond to listener questions.
Questions
- Lindsay asked about coaching new leaders to give feedback to former peers.
- Meena asked about how to find her motivation during a difficult time.
- Lana asked about software to track development plans online.
- Stefanie asked about using assessments to uncover blind spots effectively.
- Williams wondered how to end a successful leadership position well.
Resources Mentioned
- Analyzing Performance Problems* by Robert F. Mager and Peter Pipe
- On the folly of rewarding A while expecting B by Steven Kerr
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living* by Dale Carnegie
- Getting Things Done* by David Allen
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team* by Patrick Lencioni
- DiSC Overview
- StrengthsFinder
- Lead Through Strengths with Lisa Cummings
- Thanks For the Feedback* by Sheila Heen and Douglas Stone
- Managing Transitions* by William Bridges
- Difficult Conversations* Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen
Related Episodes
- How to Get Way Better at Accepting Feedback, with Sheila Heen (episode 143)
- Getting Things Done, with David Allen (episode 184)
- How to Manage Former Peers, with Tom Henschel (episode 257)
- Leverage StrengthsFinder for Your Team, with Lisa Cummings (episode 293)
- The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, with Daniel Pink (episode 332)
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| 0:00.0 | I get questions almost daily from the Coaching for Leaders community and once a month we open up the show to respond to your questions. |
| 0:06.5 | Today is that day. This is Coaching for Leaders episode 335. |
| 0:11.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. |
| 0:17.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:37.0 | One of the ways that we work to make this show as practical as possible is to include your voice in it. |
| 0:44.4 | That's why once a month we open it up to your questions and of course your questions are |
| 0:49.7 | constantly influencing the decisions that I make on the invitations that I give to guess to come |
| 0:56.2 | on to the show and the topics that are picked. |
| 0:58.0 | So even if your question hasn't been featured that you've sent in before, I know that I've read it's in some cases responded to you directly, |
| 1:05.0 | but it is absolutely influencing my thinking |
| 1:07.6 | on what we feature here on the show |
| 1:09.0 | as far as some of the experts and the wisdom we bring on. |
| 1:12.1 | And speaking of experts wisdom and of |
| 1:14.5 | course my best friend in the world I'm glad to welcome back to the show Bonnie |
| 1:17.8 | Stovia hello Bonnie. Hello Dave and hello to everyone who is listening I'm |
| 1:21.6 | excited about today's questions and conversation. |
| 1:24.5 | We have a lot. |
| 1:25.6 | We're gonna get through as many as we can. |
| 1:27.2 | We've had a ton coming in the last 30 days. |
| 1:29.3 | So let's jump right into the first question, if I can talk, from Lindsay. |
| 1:34.3 | Lindsay wrote in and said, |
| 1:35.9 | I'm looking for articles to provide to newly promoted leaders |
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