312. Less Control, More Conscious Influence: The Leadership Shift We Need Now with Mick Spiers

About this episode

This episode discusses leading with conscious influence rather than control, focusing on self-leadership, emotional fitness, and meeting design.

Feeling busy yet strangely stuck? We pull together a month of conversations to reveal a clearer path: lead with conscious influence, not control. Across three standout themes—self-leadership, emotional fitness, and meeting design—we show how small, intentional choices create outsized cultural ripple effects. We start by reframing where leadership lives: not in titles or dashboards, but in behavior and micro moments. Tracy Clark’s lens on self-awareness challenges us to look for where we unin...

People in this episode

Host: Mick Spiers

Topics covered

• conscious influence
• self-leadership
• emotional fitness
• meeting design
• cultural ripple effects

Keywords

• leadership
• conscious influence
• self-awareness
• emotional fitness
• cultural change

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