Episode 36: Improv Leadership, with Christina McFadden
Danielle and Kristy talk to Christina McFadden, an experiential facilitator who uses improv to teach leadership. We talk bout the rules of improv and applying them to how you show up as a leader. We do an improve activity related to compliments. Christina challenges Danielle and Kristy to know what delights each other as part of working together. Christina also shares some highlights of her travels. She has been to all 50 US states and 30 countries.
Notable Moments and Ideas:
3 Rules of Improv that apply to your leadership at work:
Yes, and. This is about acceptance. Make the other person feel seen.
Willingness to fail. Ride out mistakes, don’t shut down and beat yourself up.
Make your partner look good. To do this you have to know what delights them.
8:30 Think about lifting the 1lb weight. Practice is what builds skills
22:00 Kristy and Christina do an improve exercise about compliments.
24:45 Leadership is vulnerable.
27:00 People forget that step of connecting and seeing each other so that we can move forward together fast
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