{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66677cafc446540011f2a41c/69f7b6bc8beeba53100fdb53?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EP98 Alignment Over Agreement: The Leadership Skill Most People Miss with Céline Williams","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66677cafc446540011f2a41c/1777946093529-cddc4061-2f86-4211-966a-f6cefc9cc1da.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Agreement is not the goal. Alignment is.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Mike sits down with Céline Williams, a business strategist, executive coach, and leadership development expert who has spent more than 15 years helping fast-growth companies and Fortune 500 organizations build stronger cultures, improve communication, and lead with greater clarity.</p><p>This conversation starts where most leadership advice does not, with self-awareness. Céline shares why understanding your own reactions, patterns, and internal drivers is the foundation for everything else, including empathy, communication, and decision making.</p><p>From there, they explore the difference between listening for agreement and listening for understanding, and why that shift can change how we navigate conflict, relationships, and team dynamics.</p><p><br></p><p>They also get into:</p><ul><li>Why empathy starts with curiosity about yourself</li><li>A simple two-question framework to approach difficult conversations</li><li>The relationship between people and systems, and why one cannot be prioritized at the expense of the other</li><li>The false choice between kindness and accountability</li><li>Why leaders need to acknowledge power dynamics to build real psychological safety</li><li><br></li></ul><p>This is a grounded, practical conversation with ideas that feel clear once they are named, but are easy to miss when you are immersed in the day to day.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode Resources:</p><p>Connect with Celine on <a href=\"linkedin.com/in/celinewilliams?originalSubdomain=ca\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/revisionary/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reVisionary</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Mike Desjardins"}