July 1, 2024
975: Elevating Leadership through Radical Humility with Urs Koenig
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Urs Koenig reveals how to level up your leadership through the five shifts of radical humility. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why leaders win more when they’re humble 2) Two tricks to getting better quality feedback 3) How to make any tough conversation less intimidating Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep975 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT URS — Urs is a former United Nations military peacekeeper and NATO military peacekeeping commander, a highly accomplished ultraendurance champion, a widely published professor, bestselling author, and a seasoned executive coach and keynote speaker with more than three decades of experience helping hundreds of leaders and dozens of executive teams unlock new levels of achievement across four continents. He is the founder of the Radical Humility Leadership Institute and speaks frequently on the topic of leadership to corporations and associations across the globe. His message of Radical Humility in leadership has inspired teams from across the spectrum, including Amazon, Starbucks, the Society of Human Resource Management, Vistage, the University of Melbourne, and Microsoft. He holds a PhD in geography and a Master of Science from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Urs is the loving father of two teenage boys who make commanding soldiers look easy. He lives in Seattle, Washington. • Book: Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human • LinkedIn: Urs Koenig • Website: UrsKoenig.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Anniversary Edition) by Alfred Lansing • Book: Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell • Past episode: 707: Amy Edmondson on How to Build Thriving Teams with Psychological Safety — THANK YOU, SPONSORS! — • Harvard Business Review. Get 10% off your subscription at HBR.org/subscriptions with the promo code AWESOME • Hello Bello. Get 30% off your first customizable bundle with HelloBello.com/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .