The Livermore model of Cultural Intelligence is now complete: Drive, Knowledge, Strategy, and Action. Listen to the book review in season one, and then parts one and two for a deeper dive on practicing cultural intelligence. Consider adding cultural intelligence to emotional intelligence emphases and see more benefit in cross-cultural interactions. The bottom line is this, leaders: it is easy to grow. There is much we can to do improve our serve -- first to self, then to others, then to entities. A little practice consistently goes a long way. Give these thoughts a try, and add the Livermore book to your libraries. Take the quiz to determine your current CQ, practice some, and then take the quiz again. Let's plan for cross-cultural interactions and when we show up, be willing to learn and receive feedback. Reference: Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success (2nd ed.) by David Livermore The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

How willing are we, leaders, to transform ourselves by addressing our biases and assumptions? This is the bottom line of our cultural competence in leadership, to work from the inside out on our views of others. In this episode, Dr. Shaunta uses David Livermore's book on cultural intelligence to discuss the first to quadrants of his CQ model: Drive and Knowledge. There are several ways to see the impact of culture in our workplaces and we are challenged to consider culture in our interactions with our teams. Cultural intelligence is not just for "overseas travel." Cultural intelligence applies to interstate travel, intrastate travel, locally in our cities, and with our next door neighbors. Let's be honest with ourselves, leaders, and push ahead in transformation. For the review of the Livermore text, see the first season of episodes. Reference: Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success (2nd ed.) by David Livermore The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

All people bring baggage into the workplace. Some people manage well, disassociating to get the work done. Others have permanent baggage that cannot be resolved or escaped, and can have lingering effects in the workplace. Or, there could be simple bad habits like tardiness and a lack of consideration for others. How long do/should leaders wait to address patterns through coaching? In this episode, Dr. Shaunta presents three scenarios where team members demonstrate patterns that long term, could inhibit morale, productivity, or the team member's promotability. Keeping in mind that there are factors over which leaders have neither influence nor control, what is the best practice for action when observing patterns? The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic is about the combinations of behaviors we can observe in the work environment. When it happens, how do we know with certainty which behaviors we see and experience from team members? When is the best time to take action, and which actions should we take? People who are shy can be limited without support and some understanding. Quiet quitters will not flourish in an organizational culture that prizes doing more that what is required. Listen as Dr. Shaunta considers these scenarios. The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic is about pulling rank in today's work environment. When it happens, why does one pull rank? Longevity is not as big a prize as it once was in the working world. Depending on the industry, changing roles every two years or less is the norm. So then, is pulling rank a toxic behavior? Listen as Dr. Shaunta considers potential reasons why pulling rank is problematic. The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic considers whether hoarding information is a toxic behavior. Dr. Shaunta presents a few scenarios where, if leaders withhold information to sadistically experiment with teams, hoarding information is toxic. Leaders, what is your conviction about sharing information? Do you enjoy having the information simply because others do not have the information? Do you want to see how innovative your teams will be only partially informed? How open is too open to be with your teams? Has a previous experience shaped your conviction about sharing information? References mentioned: Servant-Leadership Characteristics in Organizational Life by Don De Graaf, Colin Tilley, and Larry Neal The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic is inspired by a statement of my coworker. "Sometimes, you have to treat them like your kids." Yes, you read that right. In an intergenerational office setting, younger workers (and the rest of us too, if we're honest) act like children in the workplace. We become needy or destructively resistant: whining, excessive complaining, avoiding responsibility, making excuses, claiming a lack of understanding, and placing motivation in the same bucket as preference. Dr. Shaunta considers the question "where is the line" for accountability, policy, and action in the workplace. How long is long enough for coaching, training, and repeating? When is the right time to act -- from demotion, to work reallocation, or termination? The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic is about Marquet's idea of empowerment versus emancipation and team members who resist the challenge to autonomous work. Younger workers enter established office environments for the first time or are new to the industry. They perform well in interviews, look great on resumes, but have difficulty adjusting to a free work setting. Dr. Shaunta considers the ideas of empowerment, emancipation, accommodations, and reciprocation in the leader-teams dynamic. Why can't everyone lead? References mentioned: Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic asks whether toxic leadership is terminal. The answer is no, toxic leadership can be addressed successfully and replaced with transformational policies and practices. Dr. Shaunta refers to Alma Ortega's six scenarios that are not toxic leadership from Ortega's book Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership (2017). These scenarios inspire leaders to think more broadly about defining toxic leadership beyond opinions and experiences. Dynamic leaders with high and reasonable expectationsSelf-starters who value discipline and set realistic deadlinesAbsences for good reasons, such as overlapping duties on committeesLeaders who ask for transparency when teams do not fulfill responsibilitiesPersonality clashesIncompetence References mentioned: Academic Libraries and Toxic Leadership by Alma Ortega; Transforming Toxic Leaders by Alan Goldman The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Today's topic is addressing toxic leadership. It's best done from a systemic approach, and not an individual one. Leaders can be distracted from addressing toxic systems for two reasons: 1) individuals seem more controllable so resources are directed toward specific cases and 2) there are so many factors at play that nurture toxic behaviors that leaders can cave to the overwhelm and not know where to begin. What are you doing to change the system that enables and emboldens toxic behaviors? References mentioned: Transforming Toxic Leaders by Alan Goldman The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Welcome back Leaders! It's season five of the Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins.  There'll be more commentary than book review this season, with discussions on toxic leadership, crafting a philosophy of leadership, what our experiences and opinions need to ground our leadership practice, and possible gaps in the literature observed in leadership practice. Let's continue growing together!  The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership. Sharing the language of leadership through toxic leadership awareness and prevention, and leader development. Follow us on social media @legacyleadershipcenter.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

We made it to the end of season 4! This is a recap episode. When the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by Aaron Hinkston, IIIComandante by Rory CarrollNight, Dawn, and Day (trilogy) by Elie WieselTurn the Ship Around! by L. David MarquetThought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. Seven different books with wonderful themes of personal experience, processing, and responsibility. There are leadership nuggets to stretch us as we work out our leadership evolutions. Thank you for listening and sharing and reading, leaders. Thanks for taking a chance on books new to you. Thank you for your leadership.  The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~ Let's stay connected: @LegacyLeadershipCenter on IG, Facebook, and YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of "Brainwashing" in China by Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. This tome is organized in four parts: The Problem, Prison Thought Reform of Westerners, Thought Reform of Chinese Intellectuals, and Totalism and its Alternatives. Dr. Robert Lifton met with 25 Western and 15 Chinese subjects in 1954-55, and had some follow-ups in 1958. Thought reform consists of two basic elements: confession and re-education. This book is laid out in such an orderly way for readers. Listen to learn about Dr. Lifton's book and let us know what you think when you read it! The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through  theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~ Let's stay connected: @LegacyLeadershipCenter on IG, Facebook, and YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins reviews Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by retired Navy Captain L. David Marquet. Learn more about the process of moving people from followers to leaders. Learn more about Captain Marquet's work at https://davidmarquet.com/. The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through  theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~ Let's stay connected: @LegacyLeadershipCenter on IG, Facebook, and YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

In this episode, Dr. Shaunta Scroggins interviews retired Navy Captain L. David Marquet to learn more about his book Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. To take in the interaction, click here to watch the interview on the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership's YouTube channel. Listen as Captain Marquet explains parts of the journey that inspired him to implement a leader-leader model with lasting results. Moving people from followers to leaders is possible. Listen to learn how, and stay tuned for my review of Turn the Ship Around! in the next episode. Learn more about Captain Marquet's work at https://davidmarquet.com/. The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through  theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~ Let's stay connected: @LegacyLeadershipCenter on IG, Facebook, and YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Elie Wiesel is the author and was a journalist, professor, Congressional Gold Medalist in 1985 and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Night, Dawn, and Day (formerly titled The Accident) are a trilogy with the first being a memoir and the remaining two as fiction books. Listen as Dr. Scroggins shares her appreciation for and insights from these books. Consider adding them to your library and sharing your opinion with us.  The Leaders Lead, Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness.~ Let's stay connected: @LegacyLeadershipCenter on IG, Facebook, and YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Take a wild ride through the world of Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, subtitle for the book Comandante by Rory Carroll (2013).  Not quite a dictator, but definitely a toxic leader, learn the lessons Dr. Shaunta extracts from the final chapter of the book and scholarly research.  The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through  theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~ IG, Facebook, & YouTube: @LegacyLeadershipCenter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

In this episode, Dr. Shaunta reviews When  the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty by indie author Aaron Hinkston. Episode one is the interview with Aaron to discuss the leadership themes in his faith-based book. Make sure you listen to episode one! The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing  the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~ BIO: Aaron Hinkston, III is a licensed Texas  Real Estate Agent and also an independent author. His first book, When  the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty, captures his redemptive journey in giving and growth in Christ. To  learn more about Aaron and the book, please visit his website: www.aaronhinkston.com. You may also purchase the book on Amazon, at Brown Sugar Cafè & Books (Katy, TX), and White Steeple Books & Music (Alexandria, LA). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Kicking off Season 4 is an interview with indie author Aaron Hinkston. Listen as he and Dr. Shaunta discuss the leadership themes in his faith-based book When  the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty. Come back for the review of this book in episode two.  The Leaders Lead Leaders Read Podcast with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins is sponsored by the Center for Legacy Driven Leadership, LLC. ~Sharing the language of leadership and training the future through theory-driven leader development and toxic leadership awareness~ BIO: Aaron Hinkston, III is a licensed Texas  Real Estate Agent and also an independent author. His first book, When  the Gift of Giving Leaves You Empty, captures his redemptive journey in giving and growth in Christ. To learn more about Aaron and the book, please visit his website: www.aaronhinkston.com. You may also purchase the book on Amazon, at Brown Sugar Cafè & Books (Katy, TX), and White Steeple Books & Music (Alexandria, LA). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support

Season 4 is coming October 1st! New reads, new insights, and better leaders -- these are the goals! Listen to seasons 1-3 now and mark your calendars for the upcoming season.  LEADERS LEAD, LEADERS READ with Dr. Shaunta Scroggins! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drshaunta-scroggins/support