121: How We Could Book Series Part 1: Love People Up - Sharing Favorite Insights and Quotes from My New Book

In this episode, Alex discusses his favorite quotes and insights from his new book, How We Could. He goes deeper into everything that influenced what he wrote about in Part 1 and why he thinks it's important for your leadership and your team. This is Part One of a 3-Part Book Series discussing the biggest breakthrough insights from each part of the new book, from Alex's perspective. Pre-order How We Could for you and your team (official release date is September 22nd): https://www.realitybasedleadership.com/pre-order Episode Highlights: 00:00:20 Welcome back and two weeks from the launch of How We Could 00:01:29 Why Alex decided to do a three-part series through the book 00:03:03 Certification event announcement for November 12th and 13th in Dallas 00:03:11 A leader's story of using the framework during a sudden team transition 00:09:01 Introducing Part One, Loving People Up, and the structure of the book 00:11:23 The difference between empathy and sympathy 00:16:37 The keys to validating someone's experience and being a soft place to land 00:20:17 How rushing to fix a problem robs someone of the chance to evolve 00:26:36 Every frustration holds a call to greatness 00:30:29 Wrap up and closing thoughts on Part One About Reality-Based Leadership keynotes, trainings and workshops: Based on 25 years of delivering research and delivery of leadership development programs in top companies in the world, Reality-Based Leadership helps leaders and teams ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace and turn excuses into results. RBL's keynotes, workshops, leadership development programs, virtual courses, assessments and tools equip leaders to recapture the 2.5 hours per day the average person is spending in drama and put that energy back towards achieving goals and high employee engagement.