Aug 21, 2023
Amy L. Riley is an internationally renowned speaker, author and leadership development consultant. She’s worked with organizations such as Deloitte, Cisco Systems and Aon Hewitt and has over 20 years of experience working with leaders at all levels.
In this episode, Amy shares effective ways of
identifying your strengths, finding solutions to people's problems,
and quantifying the results of your solutions. By doing so, you can
accurately assess your ability to bring about transformation for
your clients and determine your true
worth.
What you will learn from this episode:
- Learn to know your strength and what value you bring so you know your worth
- Discover the benefits of receiving feedback to identify areas for improvement and areas to maintain to enhance your leadership skills
- Find out how to develop people skills so you become a more effective leader
"Encourage leaders to get feedback all the time."
- Amy Riley
Topics Covered:
00:57 - What Amy is helping people with
02:09 - The value you bring--what's your worth?
04:22 - Best means to identify your strengths
06:49 - How does feedback benefit you as a leader and how to deal with self-delusion?
09:49 - Figure out your leadership legacy
10:52 - Fighting to be right versus fighting to be effective
11:49 - The thing with leaders admitting their mistakes
12:43 - What is a pivot and why pivot?
13:35 - The easy ways to find out where your strengths lie
14:50 - How to develop effective people skills
17:42 - Why the need to be open to feedback
20:00 - Amy sharing what her strengths and what problems she helps solve
24:22 -The potential outcome and its financial value that can be attained with Amy's expertise
Key Takeaways:
“The value that we bring is inherent in our strengths." - Amy Riley
"When we're looking to that leadership legacy for guidance, then we act bigger and bolder than any of our normal human considerations that might hold us back." - Amy Riley
"If you do find yourself in those moments where you're fighting to be right instead of fighting to be effective, do give yourself some compassion, because we're human beings, and that's a human tendency.” - Amy Riley
People/Resources Mentioned:
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The Courage of a Leader®: How to Inspire, Engage and Get Extraordinary Results by Amy Riley: https://courageofaleader.com/products/
Connect with Amy Riley:
- Website: https://courageofaleader.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyshoopriley/
Connect with Mark Stiving:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiving/
- Email: mark@impactpricing.com