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Lakeshia Ekeigwe on Leadership as a Solemn Charge, Knowing Why People Hire You, and Not Tolerating Struggle Energy
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- Forward-Looking Leadership
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- Feb 20, 2024
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- 3592
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Summary
Lakeshia Ekeigwe (leaderthinking.com [https://www.leaderthinking.com/], linkedin.com/in/lakeshiaekeigwe [https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakeshiaekeigwe/]), CEO and Founder of LeaderThinking Global LLC, joins host Dan Freehling (contempusleadership.com [https://www.contempusleadership.com/]) to discuss modern leadership and the qualities and characteristics required for it. Lakeshia emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and the responsibility of leaders to create a healthy workplace culture. She also highlights the need for leaders to share the vision with their teams and help them understand their value and contribution. Lakeshia also discusses the unique challenges that lawyers face in leadership, such as the focus on legal excellence rather than leadership excellence and the impact of malpractice fears on decision-making. Lakeisha shares insights into her own success as a coach and consultant, attributing it to her belief in her abilities, her understanding of her zone of genius, and her clarity on why people hire her. She also discusses the life-changing concepts of emotional intelligence and finding one's own zone of genius. Recommended Reading: "Coach Yourself to Success" by Talane Miedaner, "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks, and "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" by Jean Greaves and Travis Bradberry. Show notes at forwardlookingleadership.com [https://www.forwardlookingleadership.com].