Modern Leaders Build Trust By Managing Themselves with Russell Robinson

About this episode

Bill Bannham discusses with Russell Robinson the importance of self-awareness and personal well-being in building trust as a leader.

The fastest way to lose trust as a leader is to pretend you’re fine when you’re not. Bill Bannham sits down with leadership strategist and emotional intelligence practitioner Russell Robinson to unpack a deceptively simple idea: leadership has to be “selfish” first. Not selfish in the ego sense, but selfish in the disciplined sense of knowing your values, naming your non-negotiables, protecting your well-being, and building the self-awareness needed to show up consistently for other people.&n...

People in this episode

Host: Bill Bannham

Guest: Russell Robinson

Topics covered

• leadership
• emotional intelligence
• self-awareness
• trust
• well-being

Keywords

• leadership
• trust
• emotional intelligence
• self-awareness
• well-being

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HRchat Podcast, The HR Gazette

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