Podcast Episodes

Design Yourself 110: Creative (vs. Reactive) Leadership

Love the podcast? Join the conversation! Don’t miss out on this free webinar series, Design Your Work.  * This week’s show reflects on what it means to lead with purpose and alignment. Sharon discusses the differences between creative and reactive leadership borrowing from a favorite 360 tool (The Leadership Circle Profile). She also notices the …

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Design Yourself 109: Compassion and Love

This week Sharon talks about the power of compassion and love – for ourselves, our colleagues and our communities. Inspired by a recent gathering of colleagues focused on compassionate coaching, Sharon shares her reflections from the day. Hear about the importance of beginning this process with yourself, ways to play with shifting the mood of …

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Design Yourself 108: How To Ask For Help

Asking for help is one of those things that most of us know we could be better at, but almost as many of us don’t know where to begin to make a change. This week’s podcast is here to help. Sharon breaks down the concept of asking for help into 4 more manageable steps. We …

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Design Yourself 107: Care

This week Sharon shares why her October Design Myself theme is “Care.” You’ll hear about the importance of taking care of what needs attention, pausing for self care and how you can still scratch your Type A itch by bringing an active approach to caring. Learn about the seasonal connection Sharon attaches to this theme …

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Design Yourself 106: The Art of Allowing

Driving to get to the goal, pushing for results and taking action towards your objective all have pretty good track records in getting to a desired outcome. But this week host Sharon shares what some of the downsides are to always efforting your way to the finish line and how the art of allowing has …

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Design Yourself 104: Create Your Learning Game Plan

September is here and we are all about the back to school vibe around here. This week Sharon invites you to create your own school of learning and shares just how you can do so. Hear about the difference between a growth and fixed-mindset and why being open to learning is key to leading a …

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Design Yourself 103: Listen

This week Sharon introduces September’s theme of Listen. She shares updates on her move upstate, how the design myself approach to 2018 has facilitated this transition and why Listen best captures what is serving her this month. She also shares 5 reflection questions to prompt you to listen to your own inner wisdom and her …

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