Learn Speak Teach Episode #77 with Jackie Insinger.

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We’re excited to welcome Jackie Insinger, author of ‘Spark Brilliance’ and esteemed leadership coach with credentials from Harvard and Duke University.

Jackie elevates leaders through her knowledge of positive psychology, neuroscience, and her Platinum Leadership approach. Today, she shares her deep connection to leadership, authenticity, and insights from her academic journey.

She highlights the Platinum Rule from her book, urging us to engage with others based on their preferences. She offers steps to embrace this principle in our lives.

Jackie speaks on her career-defining moments, the nuances between traditional and positive psychology, and the difference between joy and happiness. She also touches on emotional contagion, offering tools to combat its negative effects and emphasizing the value of practical optimism.

Dive into Jackie’s insights with us.

During this episode, you will learn about:

[01:39] Meet our guest; Jackie Insinger

[02:02] “Leadership is connection.” ~Jackie Insinger

[05:10] Where did her interest in connection, leadership, and authenticity begin?

[07:15] The backstory of her educational journey

[16:52] The Platinum Rule (“Treat others the way they wish to be treated”)

[18:45] Action steps to help you integrate ‘The Platinum Rule’ from Jackie’s book, Spark Brilliance: https://bit.ly/3rzm8rZ

[22:02] The pivotal moment that shaped her career trajectory

[26:26] The difference between traditional psychology and positive psychology

[28:55] The contrast between joy and happiness

[30:59] How we can bring more joy into our lives and spread it to others

[31:33] The concept of emotional contagion

[34:47] How to navigate negative emotional contagion from others

[38:38] Cultivating practical optimism

[40:31] Jackie’s Leadership development program

[42:13] Learn more about Jackie’s Leadership development program

Email: jackie@sparkbrilliance.com

Website: https://www.sparkbrilliance.com/

[43:08] Rapid Fire Round

[47:54] Integration assignment

Key Takeaways:

To be successful as a leader, you must have the capability to lead people, not just manage things; you lead the people who manage things. [03:18]
Part of the journey of leadership and building relationships involves asking other people fundamental questions, such as, ‘How would you like to be treated?’ [17:50]
“The absence of sadness is not happiness. The absence of sickness is not health. The absence of poor performance is not great performance.” ~Jackie Insinger [27:14]
“Brilliance begins with you, and it has to be you who makes the first move, and people will follow your lead.” ~Jackie Insinger [45:48]