Episode 006: Awareness Matters to Business

The People Dividend Podcast

Unlocking your full professional potential hinges on a profound understanding of your character. Brad Smith, the Founder and CEO of Stellar Insight, offers a unique perspective shaped by his analytical chemistry background as he transitions into executive coaching. He delves into the concept of character, emphasizing its critical role in achieving personal success and driving organizational excellence.

It began with a health crisis at 18, leading Brad to explore the connection between mind and body. This exploration led to a commitment to personal transformation and emotional intelligence, which he now sees as essential for effective leadership and driving change within organizations. He suggests that leaders often hit a ceiling that mirrors their own limitations and challenges listeners to reflect on their contributions to their frustrations.

The discussion covers the value of self-awareness and developing intuition, with Brad presenting intuition as a skill that can be enhanced through meditation. He introduces the Johari window as a coaching tool to better understand oneself and one's impact on others. Brad recommends that businesses prioritize aligning a candidate's character with the fundamental requirements of the job during the hiring process, instead of merely considering their skills.

This episode of The People Dividend delves into the critical role that individuals play in the success of any business venture. Offering actionable strategies on both personal and professional transformation, you will learn the importance of accountability and overcoming internal challenges to achieve success. Learn more about Brad Smith and Stellar Insight here.

Quotes:

• "Look at who you are and all the patterns in your life, whether it's your health, whether it's your wealth, whether it's your relationships, all of those are a product of who you are. All your relationships in business, all relationships and skills are there." (08:00 | Brad Smith)

• "If you take a perspective that everything is something you've created to learn from and take the learning process as the core of it, that is what I've discovered about life and about character. We're here to learn." (12:49 | Brad Smith)

• "In a lot of my executive coaching work with C-suite leaders, aspirants to the C-suite, that people are often worried about, well, how do I do more of this, do more of that? By the time we're into our work, it is really about interpersonal issues, about self-awareness, about this ability to grow, to be able to hold yourself out as an object so that you can see it and to your earlier points around being able to learn about yourself." (26:30 | Mike Horne)

• "Whatever it takes, and however you're built, take on the task of becoming more self-aware. If you want, I recommend meditation, and there's three or four types that are useful. And take on the task of becoming Put it this way, pick a hero, pick several heroes that you admire, that are really good people, and then list out all the different character traits that they have that you want, and learn to grow in those. Integrity being the top." (28:04 | Brad Smith)

Links:

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Learn more about Brad Smith:

Website: https://www.stellarinsightinc.com/

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