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From Me to We to Us: The Journey to Collective Leadership community leadership murmuration teamwork Aug 15, 2025

In many organizations, the journey from “me” to “we” feels like a challenge, and “us” can seem like ...

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Seeing Leadership Through the Eyes of Nature: Lessons from Murmuration leadership murmuration organizational culture teamwork Aug 13, 2025

When we think about leadership, boardrooms, strategies, and quarterly reports come to mind, not a fl...

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Don’t Let AI Replace You—Let It Make You Better ai identity jarred truschke leadership macro leadership mypurpose prioritize reflection Aug 08, 2025

One of the standout moments in Episode 4 of the Engaged By Design Podcast came when Jarred Truschke ...

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How AI Helped Us Tell Better Stories ai coaching feedback leadership macro leadership podcast storytelling Aug 04, 2025

Storytelling is a leadership skill—but like any skill, it takes feedback to get better.

In this epi...

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PPP vs. Explosion – Two Simple Storytelling Frameworks communication kindra hall leadership macro leadership ppp framework storytelling Aug 01, 2025

In our latest Engaged By Design podcast episode, we explored two simple but powerful storytelling fr...

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The Three Stories Every Leader Should Tell engaged by design founder story leadership macro leadership purpose story storytelling value story Jul 30, 2025

In leadership, influence starts with connection—and there’s no better way to connect than through st...

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Coaching Without Authority in Complex Projects coaching first-year experience influence leadership Jul 14, 2025

In our latest episode, we reminded ourselves—and our listeners—that leadership isn’t about having a ...

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Why Your Team Might Be Hiding Chocolates burnout culture leadership macro leadership May 30, 2025

There’s an old I Love Lucy episode that still gets laughs today. (Note: The image above is an AI gen...

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Launching a Podcast with Purpose: Why We Created Engaged By Design higher education leadership podcast theory-to-practice May 12, 2025

Why Engaged By Design?

Vernon and I have both spent decades leading change in higher education — as...

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