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Consciously prioritizing PLAY and following your curiosity with Piera Gelardi
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Never stop playing. Leading with a curious mind with Piera Gelardi
Piera Gelardi is one of the most creative and colorful spirits I have ever met. She is a natural storyteller, a multi-awarded entrepreneur, creative director, advisor, speaker, and mother, passionate about awakening creativity in everyone around her.
In this episode, Piera invites us to explore how leadership looks when we add compassion, creativity, and generosity to it. We learn several ways to talk to and defeat our inner critic, the essential need to incorporate play into our adult lives, and how she managed to knit kindness and generosity into negotiations.
Some Questions I Ask:
- When you are about to get on stage to do public speaking, and your inner critic's voice gets really loud, what's that inner dialogue like? (16:23)
- Have you always been a natural storyteller? (25:45)
- What tools can we give the audience to deal with those days when they feel stuck or need a break? (39:26)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How public speaking turns into something different when we speak about things that are alive in us (11:08)
- About Piera's unique leadership style and how to lead through curiosity and generosity (18:27)
- How compassion can be a great tool to lead groups (23:32)
- What made Piera change her vision about what a negotiation should look like (32:49)
- Love notes to self. Piera shares some of the tools she uses to check in with herself (40:25)
- Creativity is more physical than we think (44:01)
Resources:
- Piera Gelardi website
- Wild Things World
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