Authenticity in Leadership
May 25, 2023
Hosted by Monique Daigneault
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Episode Description
Never before has leadership effectiveness been so reliant on a person’s ability to exercise influence. The convenience of depending on formal authority, position or a title to gain buy-in and increase engagement has been replaced with the need for leaders to establish meaningful relationships across their professional network. This calls for a willingness to be vulnerable, working to build trust on an individual level, and fostering the development of psychological safety at a group or team level. Embracing this approach to leadership begins with authenticity, and a commitment to developing the professional habits needed to amplify your personal and unique strengths. Its requires asking the sometimes difficult questions about how you will need to show up in order to achieve desired outcomes, accepting and making meaning of feedback to help chart your course. In the end, being authentically you will help you develop meaningful, relevant and durable relationships that position you to gain respect and buy-in, and ideally build a reputation for knowing how to get things done. During our conversation, Authenticity in Leadership, we will talk about what makes authenticity so important to 21st century leadership, why some leaders find it so daunting, and how leaders can take steps toward becoming more authentic and developing a meaningful capacity to exercise influence.
Leading with Intention
Thursday at 9AM Pacific on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
Challenges in the workplace and within teams is only increasing as companies struggle to transition to a post-COVID 19 remote work situation. These unstable times have stretched companies and their leaders beyond their capacity, and they do not know how to maintain a balance of authority, empathy, compassion, and assertiveness toward their coworkers, much less continue their own career trajectory. Leading with Intention offers support, encouragement, and tools to help corporate leaders address their personal shortcomings and emerge from these unprecedented times as well-rounded, self-assured leaders. The show focuses on execution - helping leaders learn how to improve soft skills, leadership competencies, and work-life balance. Most importantly, how to ensure that their organization is in alignment from the top down, including leaders and their direct reports.
Monique Daigneault
Monique Daigneault is the President and CEO of MD Consulting. She has been a trained executive coach since 2003 and, as an Accredited Master Coach, has logged over 3,000 coaching hours with corporate executives on six continents, in over 15 industries. Monique helps clients set goals, pinpoint the root cause of business problems, explore solutions, address workplace dysfunction, and implement sustainable and measurable changes. She helps clients unpack how their conscious and unconscious behavior impacts their leadership abilities. The outcome of her process gives them more acute insights about their workplace relationships and the ability to drive bigger change throughout the organization. By engaging in her proprietary process, Monique’s clients also build business agility, resilience, and influence. Monique is a survivor of childhood trauma, workplace micro-trauma, and has Complex PTSD. Despite that she has achieved seven business certifications, an Associate and Bachelor of Science in Management, and a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is a contributing author of two self-published books, as well as the author of her newest leadership book which she is currently pitching to publishers. Monique has leveraged her traumatic past and made it her mission to shift behavior in the workplace and empower leaders to be more impactful and influential.
