Resources
Read, watch, and download these resources from Shannon to support your leadership development journey.
A conversation about questions and curiosity
In 2023, Shannon was invited onto the Wordwise Coaching Podcast to talk about about curiosity – one of the key leadership skills she explores in her book Because. In the conversation with executive coach Rachel Goodwin, Shannon shares her history with action learning, a problem-solving method that combines real challenges with learning and personal development. She shares examples of the impact of this process and exactly how and why it works. This episode is a great illustration of how questions foster creativity, expand our perspectives and help us avoid jumping straight to quick fixes rather than true solutions. Action learning isn’t just a process, it’s a journey towards better leadership.
This podcast will inspire you to bring back the curiosity of childhood, to start asking more questions and really listen to the answers.
You can find the podcast on Spotify, Amazon, Audible and all the usual places as well as at https://lnkd.in/ehQW2ukB.
Unlocking the power of social leadership
Shannon recently sat down with leading strategy consultant Kaihan Krippendorff of Outthinker Networks to discuss the importance of social leadership and how to hone your skills to help your team make an impact through purpose.
Finding your voice: a lesson in personal courage and confidence
Have you ever sat in a room and felt outmatched, outgunned and over-talked? Having the confidence to present your best self and make your voice heard is a common challenge for women in business. In March 2023, Shannon was invited to join the Women in IQPC Group to run this interactive online training session and share some personal stories of courage and practical advice that you can implement in your careers.
Download the Because learning journal
If you are reading Because and would like some extra support to help you go deeper in your reflection, this learning journal is for you. A self-guided coaching document, this learning journal complements Because and helps you get the most from the book.
We have a responsibility around inclusion
As leaders, we have a responsibility to ensure the people around us feel both welcome and included. And we have to remember that for each person, what inclusion looks like may be different.
Why friends at work matter
Research shows that people with a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be motivated and productive. In 2016, Shannon shared thoughts around why friends at work matter with attendees of the Happy Workplaces Conference in London, England.
The power of action learning in a modern workplace
Shannon joined Converge17, the Global ICF Conference in Washington, D.C., to share how action learning helps to develop the key skills needed in the modern workplace.
Clarify your passions
If you are reading Because and working on articulating your purpose, a helpful resource is this “What I love” exercise that helps you reflect on your passions. Passions are observed in activities that we have boundless energy for. We love and never tire of our...
Take a free self-assessment to test your social leadership readiness
To be a social leader means extending your perspective to consider how your decisions impact the broader community around you. If you'd like to check your readiness for social leadership, spend 10-15 minutes and complete this free self-assessment from Be Leadership....
Want to create a Because book club?
This discussion guide is designed to be a resource for you if you are a team, book club or learning circle who are reading Because together. While it’s up to you how you use these questions, it can be helpful to schedule sessions weekly over 2-3 months and meet after each chapter to share reflections and talk through your individual insights. You can use these questions to support a rich conversation. Many thanks to colleagues McKenzie Lane and Stacey Darlington for helping to develop this guide!
Explore your values using our online values discovery tool
Knowing our values, even when we’re not able to live and behave completely in alignment with them, allows us to know ourselves. Use this online values discovery tool to clarify your top values, a process that can be helpful for decision making and in clarifying your purpose.
Impressions can last a lifetime
We might not even be aware of it in the moment, but the impressions we make can last a lifetime. We are making an impact in the way we choose to live, the way we choose to work, and the way we choose to lead.
Building social leadership skills to thrive in a modern workplace
In this session at the 2017 Global Conference for the World Institute for Action Learning (WIAL) in Shanghai. China, Shannon draws upon recent societal changes and learnings from neuroscience to demonstrate why top-down, authoritative leadership styles are no longer adequate and how coaching and action learning can help create an agile, connected organization through the development of new social leadership skills.
The relationship between purpose and personal brand
If we consider that our purpose is an overarching sense of what matters, our personal brand is how we bring this to life in our interactions.
Leading through vulnerability
Vulnerability can cause us shame and grief. But it’s also the birthplace of joy, innovation, creativity and change. In this talk at HR Vision in London, England, in 2014, Shannon shares tales of both personal and company vulnerability and how positive transformation can emerge from these experiences.
Five key skills of an effective context leader
"It depends on the context." How often have you heard a coaching client use this phrase? In the standard definition, context is “the situation within which something exists or happens.” It’s the setting or environment that surrounds an event and provides the framework...
Clarity of purpose can inspire others
If you are able to articulate your purpose and you live in alignment with it, you are more likely to inspire and serve as a role model for others. ...
Highlights from a social leadership workshop
In 2018, Shannon was invited to Budapest, Hungary, to be part of the Coaching Without Borders CHN International Leadership Academy.
Every leader has an impact
Every one of us has an impact. That impact can be positive, or it can be negative; it can be narrow, or it can be world changing.
We are all leaders
Leadership is not dependent on a role. position, or title; instead, it is a mindset. We choose how to lead ourselves and those around us with every decision that we make.
Inspiring individuals lead by example
Inspiring individuals lead by example--acting as good role models who show people what's possible by infusing energy and passion into their behaviors and actions. ...
Think about the what, how, and why of your leadership
Being a true social leader requires a demonstrated ability to think beyond the business to broader society. As leaders we must think not only about what we do but how and why we do it.
