The Not So Breakfast Show
Listen, laugh and learn as we share our latest thoughts about staying relevant, contemporary leadership and doing life right. Ish Cheyne is the Head of Fitness in New Zealand for global fitness juggernaut Les Mills. Sacha Coburn is the COO of Coffee Culture, a leading group of boutique coffee shops, and the co-founder of The Company You Keep.co.nz.
The Not So Breakfast Show
Episode 210: The leadership skill nobody talks about
Episode 210: The leadership skill nobody talks about
Or maybe we should have called it PAUSE FOR EFFECT! 🤫
Turns out the most powerful leadership move isn't saying something brilliant - it's shutting up at the right time!
In this episode, Ish and Sach dive into the superpower of the strategic pause. That magical moment between someone saying something annoying and you responding with career-limiting honesty!
Main Topics
- From Beast Mode to Brain Mode -- How taking a breath shifts you from emotional reactions to actual thinking (novel concept for Sacha!)
- W.A.I.T: Why Am I Talking? -- The acronym that stopped Sacha mid-anecdote at a business breakfast, forcing her to question if she was actually helping or just uncomfortable with silence (spoiler: the men were just enjoying their bacon)
- The Code Word Intervention -- Sacha's friend implements a brilliant system to stop her sentence-finishing habit without public humiliation (friendship goals!)
Try the Three-Second Rule: Challenge yourself to wait three full seconds before speaking in your next meeting. It feels like FOREVER, but it might just save your reputation!
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P.S.: Sacha is reluctantly decluttering her collection of tiny toys, including a crocheted Bernie Sanders, a Ruth Bader Ginsburg figurine, and a miniature toy coffee maker. Growing up is hard! 🧸
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