Out of the Comfort Zone

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  The Power of Pace with Elizabeth Svoboda 05.08.2026 37min

  Send us Fan Mail The pace of everything today in every aspect of life takes a toll eventually. How do you know when enough is enough? What can we learn from athletes about pacing? What do you do without damaging your reputation? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandatwallace/ ► Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wandawallace/ ► X: https://x.com/AskWanda ► Website: https://www....
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  Phenomenal Communication with Jennifer Logue 29.07.2026 38min

  Send us Fan Mail Communication is everything in business – getting people to understand, to change, to see an opportunity, to buy into your approach, to buy into you – everything. The more effective you are at communication the more successful you will be as a leader. All the skills are learnable, contrary to popular fears. What do you need to know and to do to be phenomenally persuasive? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthos...
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  Data-Inspired Organizations with Sebastian Wernicke 22.07.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail Data is king – or is it? What pitfalls should we watch out for as we move towards a more data-centric, AI world? What are we getting wrong about how we use data to drive decisions? What do we need to do as leaders to create a culture that is data inspired? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandatwallace/ ► Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wandawallace/ ► X: h...
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  How Your Brain Creates Reality with Daniel Yon 15.07.2026 42min

  Send us Fan Mail What if what you think you see is not actually what is really present? What if you knew that your brain was constructing reality? Would that cause you to re-think your decisions, how you see people or your interpretations of what is going on? Would it cause you to be better capable of managing disagreement? It turns out that humans make all sorts of mistakes as our brains create a world that makes sense, in a unique way to each of us. Want to know more? Want to know how this ...
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  The Elevated Leader with Laurie Maddalena 08.07.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail I know you are busy, are you having the impact you want to have? Are you stuck in too much execution without enough time to see the larger landscape? How do you shift into facilitation mode as a leader and leverage yourself out of execution mode? Finally, how do you avoid the six barriers that keep far too many leaders stuck? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wanda...
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  How the Marvel Characters Influence Your Leadership with Sy Islam 01.07.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail All of us are influenced by others in what we think is the right way to lead, collaborate, team up or even ask for help. Some of those influencers are other people in life, particularly in early life. Some of those influences come from movies and books. Often we don’t stop to analyze why we are comfortable with some choices over others, and we do not stop to question whether it’s time to move away from our comfort zone or not. In this episode, we are taking a fun dip in...
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  Surviving the Aftershock with Caroline Stokes 24.06.2026 41min

  Send us Fan Mail The shock forces are coming from all directions and they are powerful. How ready are you as a leader to navigate not just the shocks but also the aftershocks? What do you need to do to be mentally, emotionally and socially prepared? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandatwallace/ ► Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wandawallace/ ► X: https://x.com/AskWanda ► ...
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  Making Decisions in an Uncertain World with Haywood Spangler 17.06.2026 41min

  Send us Fan Mail There is never enough data to be certain any given decision is a good one or not. The more senior you become, the harder it is to be sure. Data is incomplete and unclear, there are competing interpretations, and advice goes in different directions. It is uncomfortable admitting you don’t know or you don’t know what the data means? So, we seek certainty. There is a better way to approach such situations. How do you reach a decision when there is conflicting information?...
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  Wired on Wall Street with Tom Hardin 10.06.2026 39min

  Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the choices we make work out brilliantly, for the “greater good”. Sometimes the choices we make do not work out so well. And sometimes those choices are a slippery slope that puts you making more choices you never expected to make. It could happen to any of us. How would you react? What would you do to bounce back from a tough situation? How could you muster the courage to talk about the situation publicly. Listen in for the real story of someone who had to make suc...
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  Keeping Your Team Engaged with Nick Smallman 03.06.2026 36min

  Send us Fan Mail A Nightmare Scenario: You have a massive project to deliver, you and your team are just barely managing the tasks, and an important team member resigns unexpectedly. It’s more common than you might think. So what can you do to make sure it doesn’t happen to you? What are the reasons people leave? What should you do to keep your team engaged, committed, thriving even? Listen in for an insightful conversation. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wa...
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  Jolts That Leave You Wanting to Quit with Anthony Klotz 27.05.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail One day, something happens and you snap. Maybe you loved your work yesterday, but today you are ready to just walk away. Maybe it’s a new manager you are not happy with, maybe it’s some other change, maybe your colleagues are leaving. Everyone is one jolt away from quitting their job. What are those jolts? How common are they? What should you do if you are experiencing a jolt? And the ultimate question, do you quit or do you stay? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https:/...
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  Calming Your Brain in an Always On World with Shaady Harrison 20.05.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail You think you can handle the stress in your life. Your team will tell you otherwise because they live with the consequences. As a leader, you cast a long shadow that destroys the team’s productivity. An off-handed comment by you because you are rushed or overwhelmed leaves the recipient worrying for several hours which means they are not being productive or strategic. Being in a constant state of reacting and fire-fighting is not good for you and it’s not good for anyon...
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  Leading at Edge of Familiarity with Amy Clark 13.05.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail Breaking out of your comfort zone is breaking away from the need to know everything about the work your team is doing. It is also about breaking away from the familiar, the known, the day-to-day and facing that edge of uncertainty. How do you do that? Where do you start? How do you get comfortable with the uncomfortable? That’s what this episode is about. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: h...
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  Hidden Project Drivers with Kursten Faller 06.05.2026 45min

  Send us Fan Mail AI will force us to be “more human or be obsolete”. So what does it mean to be more human as a leader and still drive results, get great performance, keep a team engaged and motivated? Especially in a world that is driven by project after project, how do you lead project teams effectively when team members don’t formally report to you? ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram...
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  Understanding the Impact of Your Past with Ilona Cepelakova 29.04.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail To lead well, you must maintain some degree of emotional balance. Otherwise, people stop wanting to tell you the things you most need to know and they stop creatively solving problems just to name two consequences. Sometimes though what is causing stress is more about past events than about current circumstances. In those cases, it’s time to take a deeper look. One of the exciting new ways to understand and heal from past traumas (big and small) involves somatic therapy...
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  Thriving & Feeling Alive at Work with Aoife O’Brien 22.04.2026 46min

  Send us Fan Mail Thriving at work sounds like a pipe dream. The question for the day is what you can do as a manager to create the conditions for each of your team members to feel that they can truly thrive at work. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandatwallace/ ► Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wandawallace/ ► X: https://x.com/AskWanda ► Website: https://www.wandawallace....
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  High-Altitude Leadership with Chris Clearfield 08.04.2026 38min

  Send us Fan Mail Too often leaders create more problems for themselves and for the team by being the one who solves problems, is in the middle of KPI’s, juggling multiple priorities. It’s a well-intentioned trap but a trap nevertheless. How can you get out of it to create the kind of value that is most needed? Stay tuned for an approach that just may be a game changer for you. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/ ► Instagr...
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  Speaking Out, Speaking Up and Collaborating with Betsy Kauffman 01.04.2026 46min

  Send us Fan Mail Suppose you are charged with a challenge and you know there are obstacles that are not being addressed. How can you speak out to your leaders without risking it all? How can you encourage your team to speak up to you? How can you get your peers to align, speak the truth, hear each other and truly collaborate? None are easy, but none are impossible either. Tune in for advice and wisdom from the trenches on tactics that will make a difference. ⬇️ Connect with me! ► Linked...
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  Men (and Women) at Work with Jennifer McCollum 25.03.2026 42min

  Send us Fan Mail Women are struggling at work for a host of known reasons: volume overload, creating visibility, responsibilities outside work and much, much more. However, men are struggling too for a host of unexplored reasons including expectations about masculinity. We will not create the kinds of organizations and cultures that allow everyone to thrive, innovate, collaborate, stay engaged and produce great results if we don’t understand what is not working for men as well as for women. H...
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  How People First Leads to Strong Results with Josh Block 18.03.2026 38min

  Send us Fan Mail We often talk about the importance of caring for your employees – leaving them feeling that they matter more than for just the output they produce. In this episode, we hear from one of the few leaders who has built a strong business really putting people first. How did it happen? What makes it work? And why do so many companies fall short when they claim to be people-first? Listen in for a powerful story about getting out of your comfort zone along with great advice on how to...