611: The Power of Courage in Leadership Growth, with Jorge Alzate

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jorge Alzate Jorge Alzate is a senior R&D manager at PepsiCo, an active leader in Toastmasters, and an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. In this conversation, Jorge and I discuss what brought him to the podcast, how he utilized the Academy to help his career move forward, and the critical nature of courage for leadership growth. Key Points One action a day (the blue marbles for Jorge) is the way to create a new habit that can develops into a skill. Accountability is key to move us forward, even if it does not feel comfortable in the moment. Courage is the ability to act in spite of fear — and almost always necessary before confidence. Resources Mentioned Feel the Fear...and Do It Anyway* by Susan Jeffers Winning Conditions: How to Achieve the Professional Success You Deserve by Managing the Details That Matter* by Christine Hofbeck Related Episodes Leadership Through Consistency, with Joseph Getuno (episode 490) How to Build Confidence, with Katy Milkman (episode 533) How to Protect Your Confidence, with Nate Zinsser (episode 573) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	Leadership growth requires courage for all of us.
0:04.0	On this Saturday cast, the power of moving forward in the midst of discomfort.
0:10.0	This is Coaching for Leaders, Episode 611.
0:14.0	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:22.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:25.0	This is Coaching for Leaders, and I'm your host, Dave Stahofiac.
0:29.0	Leaders are born, they're made, and this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversation.
0:37.0	This is one of the Saturday casts.
0:40.0	A few times a year here, I air an episode on a Saturday that's a chat with one of our Academy members or listeners.
0:48.0	The next regular episode is still coming on Monday, so this is a bonus conversation.
0:52.0	The Saturday casts are sponsored and brought to you by the Coaching for Leaders Academy.
0:57.0	The Academy is an intensive cohort of participant leaders who work personally with me to create movement in their leadership development and organizational results.
1:07.0	You can discover more and find out about future opportunities to apply for the Academy by going over to CoachingFor Leaders.com slash Academy.
1:17.0	Today, I am pleased to be able to welcome an alum of our Academy, George Azate.
1:23.0	He is a senior manager for R&D at PepsiCo.
1:27.0	He's been an active leader in Toastmasters for 12 years and is an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy.
1:34.0	George also goes by Jorge, or George, it just depends on the day, right, George?
1:39.0	That's right, Dave.
1:41.0	I am so glad to have you on the podcast. Welcome.
1:46.0	Thank you so much, Dave. First of all, this is an honor and privilege to be able to be on this podcast as a member of the Academy.
1:53.0	I got an opportunity to know you and to understand you better after having listened to so many podcasts, so I'm truly grateful for this opportunity.
2:02.0	Well, I feel the same way. I mean, the thing that I... I don't know if I've said this on the podcast before.
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