Why Good Leaders Struggle: Closing the Intent-Impact Gap

About this episode

The episode discusses the shift in leadership from technical skills to human-centered skills and how leaders can align their intent with impact through self-awareness.

People in this episode

Host: Maheen Bari

Guest: Shilpa Bains

Topics covered

• leadership
• self awareness
• team performance
• human centered skills
• intent-impact gap
• organizational growth

Keywords

• leadership
• intent-impact gap
• self awareness
• team performance
• human centered skills
• organizational growth

Sponsors

UPS, ADP Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leadership Intelligence Inc.

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