HeyJaredShotcast - Slingshot25's bite-sized podcasts that feel like an espresso shot to your brain.
Slingshot25's leadership and change experts, Jackie Pelland and Courtney Smock share their views about great leadership, change management and some of the messy "people" issues in business today. Slingshot25.com
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Shotcast S6 Ep9: Sense-making (opens the original)
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We all think we're the hero of our own story...so what happens when the story is transformational change, and nobody's writing a coherent plot? In this episode of Slingshot25's Shotcast, leadership experts Jackie Pelland and Courtney Smock talk about why leaders shouldn't internalize the chaos of a messy integration, how to "give it back to the system" instead of carrying it alone, and why senior leaders need to go see the reality of their organization instead of trusting information that's been
Shotcast S6 Ep8: Uncertainty & Resilience (opens the original)
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In this episode of Slingshot25's Shotcast, leadership experts Jackie Pelland and Courtney Smock ask: what if the answer to uncertainty isn't more resilience, but a better environment? They dig into why "planned change" is a misnomer, why resilience training is a great personal skill but a bad leadership prescription, and how leaders can offer real "certainty anchors" when everything else feels unsteady. Want more? Drop us a line at Slingshot25.com/contact-slingshot.
Shotcast S6 Ep7: Leadership Skills Needed to Get It Right (opens the original)
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Last episode, we challenged leaders to stop worrying about being right and start focusing on getting it right. But that raises an important question...How do you actually get it right?In Part 2 of this conversation, Slingshot25's leadership and change experts, Jackie Pelland and Courtney Smock, explore one of the most overlooked leadership skills: influence.Getting it right isn't about having all the answers. It's about bringing people with you. Whether you're leading change, making a difficult
Shotcast S6 Ep6: Being Right vs. Getting It Right (opens the original)
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Are you more focused on being right... or getting it right?It's a simple question, but one that can completely change the way you lead.In this episode of Slingshot25's Shotcast, leadership experts and coaches, Jackie Pelland and Courtney Smock, explore why our desire to be right can sometimes get in the way of making the best decisions. From ego and competition to influence and collaboration, they unpack why the strongest leaders aren't obsessed with proving themselves—they're committed to findi
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