Leadership lessons don’t need to be reserved for formal classroom and online trainings, they can be extracted from the stories we encounter every day. Join the Center for Creative Leadership’s Ren Washington and Allison Barr as they uncover and highlight the leadership lessons in today’s headlines and popular culture.
Meet the hosts of our leadership podcast, bringing you fresh insights gleaned from today’s headlines.
Ren Washington, MA
Ren is a Leadership Solutions Partner and co-host of our Lead With That podcast, which highlights the leadership lessons in today’s headlines and popular culture. He’s committed to helping people and organizations address their most challenging and complex issues around organizational change, innovation, resilience, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and executive presence.
Allison Barr, MBA, MAP
Allison is a Leadership Solutions Partner and co-host of our Lead With That podcast, which highlights the leadership lessons in today’s headlines and popular culture. She enjoys supporting clients with their most complex obstacles, from organizational change, to psychological safety, to the nuanced nature of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Throughout her career, Taylor Swift has demonstrated leadership qualities which have helped her rise to the top of her field, from her ability to connect with her fans, to her willingness to take risks and reinvent herself. Taylor is an artist, an advocate, and a businesswoman — so much more
In this episode, Allison and Ren discuss Corrine Diacre’s leadership style in the wake of her firing earlier this month. They talk about the importance of wellbeing and purposeful leadership in creating a culture where people can thrive, and lead with that.
In this episode, Allison and Ren are diving into the exciting world of artificial intelligence and its impact on leadership, communication, and human development. They discuss the groundbreaking work being done by OpenAI, including their famous language model, ChatGPT, and the new
In this episode, Alison and Ren discuss some leadership highlights and low points of 2022 and what they’re most looking forward to when it comes to leadership in 2023. They explore examples of leaders who have used their power and influence to give back to others, and those who have
In this episode, Alison and Ren talk about the importance of curiosity, compassion, and courage, and how they foster an environment of gratitude, build psychological safety, and promote innovation.
Whether it’s quietly doing only what your role demands of you, or getting a new job and leaving before the year is out, things are shifting in the American workforce. In this episode, Allison and Ren talk about quiet quitting, quick quitting, and quiet firing, all of which have been in the news
