How to be a Devil's Advocate without being Evil with Rachael O'Meara

Guest

Rachael O'Meara: Transformation leadership and executive coach who empowers professionals to learn and build the emotional intelligence skills to thrive at work and beyond. Author of Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. More from Rachael at rachaelomeara.com.

Inclusion Card: The Devil's Advocate

Summary

In the Inclusion Meeting Cards, the Devil's Advocate is a role potentially given to a more junior member of the team in the hopes of giving them permission to voice their critiques. For a discussion of why that's useful, we have Rachael O'Meara, author of the book Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Rachel suggests we see this role as the critic with immense ability to change the course of the decision process. Without being a meanie. And Rachael shares her best and worst meeting stories.

Notes

02:22 - What the Devil’s Advocate Card Means

03:38 - Encouraging People Who Don’t Feel Empowered to Speak Up

06:00 - The Role of a Critic

10:11 - Building Cultures of Feedback

13:25 - Advice for Remote Meetings

16:12 - Taking a Pause

19:47 - Good Meeting Story: Speaking Freely

21:23 - Bad Meeting Story: Discussing Burnout

Special Guest: Rachael O'Meara.