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The Leaders Ecosystem

On this episode of the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast, Craig Johns speaks with Dr. Paige Williams about The Leaders Ecosystem, antifragility and psychological safety.

We also dive deeper into how we should manage our team’s strengths and weaknesses, address difficult situations, and navigating leadership transitions.

Paige Williams – The Leaders Ecosystem

Dr. Paige Williams is a world leader in positive psychology, an organizational psychologist, Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne and the author of the newly released book The Leaders Ecosystem.

Her career includes roles at University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School, The Michelle McQuaid Group, Centre For Workplace Excellence and Geelong Grammar School.She has studied a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of Bournemouth, Graduate Certificate in Change Management from the University of New South Wales Business School and a PHD in Organizational Behaviour and Development from the University of Melbourne. 

Paige Williams talks about:

• The Leaders Ecosystem


• Being a natural leader


• Characteristics that make you a leader


• Her mom as her key role model, mentor, guardian, and inspiration


• Building resilience


• Antifragility is a superpower


• What is psychological safety and how is it built?


• Creating a constellation of strengths


• Becoming a role model


• Addressing difficult situations


• Where does care start and stop when it comes to being a leader?


• Staying true to yourself amidst transitions

Tweets

“We’ve got to stop pretending that everything’s okay and be prepared to listen to what people are saying. We might not find that comfortable. It might not be what we want to hear, and yet this is the way that we start the journey with psychological safety.” Dr. Paige Williams talks about psychological safety on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“Compassion is understanding the perfectly imperfect nature of each of us and holding space for people to bump around against the edges of their humanness and be okay with that. And then help them move through a better place and better performance.” Dr. Paige Williams talks about compassion on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

“As a leader, it’s about setting an example and then inviting accountability around others, following that example in their roles.” Becoming a role model by Dr. Paige Williams on the Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this show:

Dr. Paige Williams www.drpaige.au/
Dr. Paige Williams  LinkedIn
Dr. Paige Williams Youtube
Craig Johns www.craigjohns.com.au
Craig Johns craig@nrg2perform.com
Craig Johns LinkedIn
Craig Johns Facebook
Inspiring Great Leaders Podcast
NRG2Perform www.nrg2perform.com

Book – The Leaders Ecosystem