Dan Pontefract: Being a Leader who Matters

Dan Pontefract shares how we find the leader within us, and why it matters? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Dan Pontefract – Potential Seeker, Benevolent Behaviorist, Bald Guy.

Timestamps
2:10 – How do you get employees to from only 33% engagement to 90% engagement?
3:26 – “Don’t forget: there are always-in every organization a host of people who are awesome.”
4:50 – “How do we switch from training as event to learning as a lifelong curiosity?”
8:10 – “Leadership is a daily action.”
14:10 – “When there’s no empathy in leadership, we tend to lose the humanity of the situation thus we lose the employee.”
19:25 – Is COVID a phenomenal leadership opportunity?
21:12 – “I hate the whole ‘new normal’ terminology.”
23:40 – Windshield Time is my best parenting time.
24:55 – “I’m a hugger on hiatus.”
26:55 –  Family Meeting is the most important meeting of my week.
31:00 – How did you first get interested in leadership?
32:30 – “I don’t tell this story very often, and I might get emotional.”
35:39 – “Global and Worldwide in the same title? I’m in!”
41:34 – “Being emotional is okay.”
45:30 – “The Declaration of Purpose: We’re not here to see through each other, we’re here to see each other through.”
53:50 – “If you wanna win the hearts and minds of your team, you must care in your leadership.”

Links
https://www.leadcarewin.com
https://www.instagram.com/dan.pontefract
https://www.facebook.com/DanPontefrac…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danpontef…

Dan Pontefract’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwmK…

Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.

She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.