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Episode 48: 5 tips for making your high-stakes pitch feel relaxed (opens the original)
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Kristiana recently sat down with a small business banker to talk through funding for her business, and something unexpected happened. Instead of feeling like she was walking into a test, the whole conversation felt like a relaxed collaboration - building a plan for the future. She used the exact storytelling principles she teaches inside Fortune 500 companies to prepare, and it turned a nerve-wracking meeting into one of the most enjoyable financial conversations she's ever had. In this episode,
Episode 47: Executive Influence and Strategic Storytelling (opens the original)
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Kristiana has spent the past twenty years leading innovation for design and technology teams at Fortune 500 companies, and there is one pattern that keeps showing up no matter the company or the team. Brilliant leaders bring ideas that could genuinely change the business, and they have no idea how to pitch those ideas in a way that earns buy-in. So the ideas die in the conference room before anyone even gets to explore them. In this episode, Kristiana breaks down seven of the most common influen
Episode 46: FRICTION: How Tension, Emotion, and Change Reveal Better Leaders | with Dr. Maggie Sass and Dr. Ross Blankenship (opens the original)
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Dr. Maggie Sass and Dr. Ross Blankenship are consulting psychologists and executive coaches who have spent decades working with executives and senior leaders, and they came to a conclusion that changed how I think about emotions at work entirely. We’re often taught to push past tension or ignore the defensiveness that spikes during tough meetings. But Maggie and Ross argue that friction isn't a problem to solve, but critical information for making decisions. Emotions are the medium through which
Episode 45: Building Company Culture That Thrives with AI | with Dr. Kevin Sakamoto (opens the original)
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Dr. Kevin Sakamoto and I go way back. We worked together at Target, we've spent years comparing notes from our different corners of the world (he's a professor and product leader, I'm a design leader), and we enjoy diving deep and nerding out over leadership and innovation. We recently sat down to challenge how leaders are thinking about leading through AI. We get into the fear that some leaders are feeling right now: the quiet worry that their role, their relevance, their whole reason for being
Episode 44: INTEGRITY is NOT a Liability in the C-Suite. It’s Your Competitive Edge | Interview with Rusty Atkinson (opens the original)
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Rusty Atkinson spent twenty-five years climbing into the highest levels of corporate technology, including time as a CIO, and he vowed not to stop caring about his people in order to get there. In this Worthy to Lead podcast conversation, we get into the real cost of leading with integrity: the rooms Rusty wasn't invited to and why he'd make the same trade every time. He walks us through the six stumbling blocks he identifies in his book, The Integrity Edge , from lack of trust and unchecked amb
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