Stepping Into your Leadership
by Leadership Development Partners
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The Third Element: Why Emotions Belong in Leadership
The Third Element: Why Emotions Belong in Leadership
About this podcast
Are you ready to step into leadership with clarity, confidence, and authentic impact?
Stepping into Leadership is your go-to podcast for practical strategies, real-life insights, and inspiring stories that empower you to lead with intention. Hosted by leadership mentor Christine Courtney, each episode blends genuine warmth, relatable experiences, and actionable advice designed to help leaders navigate challenges and embrace growth.
You’ll gain fresh perspectives, tools for real-world scenarios, and a supportive framework to turn bold ideas into tangible results—bridging vision and execution seamlessly. Whether you're an experienced leader or stepping up for the first time, this podcast equips you to drive meaningful change in your life, your team, and your organization.
Subscribe now and step confidently into your next level of leadership!
Episodes
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- The Third Element: Why Emotions Belong in Leadership · 31 minWhat happens when the emotions you’ve spent years pushing aside start showing up in the way you lead? Christine Courtney sits down with physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, and…
- The Human Connection: Why People-First Leadership and Marketing Work · 36 minWhat do great marketing and great leadership have in common? They both start with understanding people. Christine Courtney sits down with Sally Mildren, founder and CEO of…
- Leading Without Authority: How to Manage Up and Sideways · 33 minLeadership isn't just about managing the people who report to you. Some of the most challenging relationships at work are with the people you don't have authority over. Christine…
- Leading with Purpose: People, Projects, and the Power of Relationships · 43 minWhat does it take to lead complex projects, navigate tough conversations, and build a successful career without losing sight of the people behind the work? Christine Courtney…
- What Do You Want? The Question at the Heart of Leadership · 38 minWhat do you want? It’s a simple question, but according to leadership strategist and business coach Julian Lighton, it may be one of the most important questions a leader can…
- You Can't AI Your Way Through a Room · 34 minWhat happens when AI can write the perfect presentation — but you still have to walk into the room and deliver it? Christine Courtney sits down with longtime collaborator Greg…
- The Human Edge: Presenting in the Age of AI · 32 minAs AI becomes increasingly capable of writing proposals, presentations, talking points, and executive summaries, a new question emerges: What happens when you’re the one who has…
- Four Careers, One Through-Line: Joy Brown Kirst on Reinvention and the Skills That Travel · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 22What does it look like when every career you've had was quietly preparing you for the one you're building now? Joy Brown Kirst spent 23 years in executive search, earned an MBA…
- The Leadership Alignment Problem No One Wants to Fix · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 21What if the reason your AI adoption — or any major transformation — is stalling has nothing to do with the technology? Betsy Kauffman has spent 25 years leading large-scale tech…
- Stop Faking it: Authentic Branding, Burnout Recovery, and Intuitive Leadership · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 20In a world obsessed with data, metrics, and AI-generated everything, Elizabeth Rosenberg is making the case for something radical: trusting yourself. Elizabeth is a serial…
- Right People, Right Moment: How Beth Ward Studios Uses Working Genius to Lead Better · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 19What happens when a founder with Wonder and Invention leads a growing team — and finally names what's actually going on? Christine sits down with Beth Ward (Founder & CEO) and…
- Meetings Are Broken. Let’s Fix Them. · 32 min · Season 4 Episode 17Meetings before meetings. Meetings that run over. Meetings where no one knows why they’re there. Sound familiar? Christine Courtney and Tom Armstrong take on one of the biggest…
- Human Connection in AI Buzz Everywhere · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 16What happens when efficiency goes up… but connection starts to slip? In this episode, Christine sits down with Erica Petrelli-Bayh4 to explore one of the biggest tensions leaders…
- Stop Reading Slides, Start Moving People · 40 min · Season 4Most leaders spend hours perfecting their slides… and almost no time practicing how they show up. In this episode, Christine sits down with Greg Shamie, communications expert and…
- What Great Leaders Do When Average Thinking Takes Over · 31 min · Season 4 Episode 107What does it take to stand out as a leader when everyone has access to the same tools, the same information, and now, the same AI? In this episode, Christine sits down with Scott…
- Team Building That Actually Works, No Ropes Course Required · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 106When you hear “team building,” do you immediately picture trust falls and ropes courses, then quietly try to escape the calendar invite? In this episode, Christine is joined by…
- Be Different-er, How Everyday Leaders Build Legendary Brands · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 105What makes a person, company, or idea truly unforgettable? In this episode, Christine sits down with Mark DiMassimo, founder and creative director of DiMassimo Goldstein, to…
- Working Genius in Real Life, A Live Team Coaching Session · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 104What really happens when a team understands how each person works best? In this episode, Christine sits down with the three co-founders of The Menopause Monologues, Carrie…
- The Human Side of Leadership and Brand Building · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 103In this episode of Stepping Into Your Leadership, Christine sits down with Toni Clayton-Hine, Chief Marketing Officer for EY Americas, to talk about what it really takes to lead…
- When You See It, Say It, Leadership in Real Time · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 102What do you do when you notice the same old pattern in a meeting, the interruptions, the credit-swapping, the quiet expertise getting skipped? In this episode, Christine sits…
