About this episode

Dr. Becky Kennedy shares her insights on leading through difficult moments by applying parenting strategies to the workplace.

You can't lead a team through a hard moment if you can't manage yourself first. That's the core of Dr. Becky Kennedy's work. The clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside built a global movement teaching parents how to navigate the hardest moments with their kids. It turns out those same skills are exactly what the modern workplace needs. This week, Dr. Becky joins Jessi in the studio to translate her parenting playbook for managers, leaders, and anyone who's ever had to deliver hard news, hold a line they didn't fully believe in, or hold it together when someone on their team fell apart.  In this episode, Jessi and Dr. Becky discuss: Why conviction matters more than confidence, and how to tell if you actually have it before walking into a hard meeting The AVP method (acknowledge, validate, permit) for regulating your own emotions before they spill into the room Why self-regulation isn't a two-minute fix, and what Dr. Becky calls "the road to reactivity" How to separate behavior from identity when giving feedback, and why conflating the two is what makes hard conversations go wrong Why sturdiness is the key to managing a team through uncertainty and layoffs The…

People in this episode

Host: Jessi Hempel

Guest: Dr. Becky Kennedy

Topics covered

• leadership
• emotional intelligence
• self-regulation
• communication
• team management
• parenting

Keywords

• leadership
• self-regulation
• empathy
• communication
• team management
• feedback
• emotional intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Good Inside, LinkedIn

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