How Anxiety Can Be a Leadership Asset

Marketing Podcast with Morra Aarons-Mele

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, we interview Morra Aarons-Mele.she is the host of Anxious AchieverThe Top 10 Management Podcasts to Help People Rethink the Relationship Between Mental Health and Leadership. Founded Women Online and The Mission List.

The title of her next book is Anxious Achievers: Turning Your Greatest Fear into a Leadership Superpower Our mission here is to normalize anxiety and leadership in today’s workplace.

Important points:

In today’s workplace, anxiety is a constant challenge that can hinder the potential for high performance, but it doesn’t have to be. should. Morra shows us that anxiety is a part of life, in fact fundamental to leadership, and that with the right tools, that power can be harnessed and turned into a strength rather than a weakness.

Questions to ask Morra Aarons-Mele:

• [01:29] Now describe leadership and mental health in the same sentence. Can you explain your idea of ​​bringing these two topics together?
• [03:29] What brings to the conversation that helps people see anxiety as a strength?
• [04:43] Are you feeling more anxious today? If so, what’s causing it? Or are people just talking about it more freely?
• [06:14] You are talking about turning anxiety from a weakness into a strength. So what is the process someone might go through?
• [12:06] I’ve read that if you’re not stressed at all, it’s either because you’re not trying or not pushing yourself hard enough. Do anxious achievers have such thoughts?
• [12:53] What physical symptoms do people experience because they are not coping with anxiety or stress?
• [14:17] Do you think true leaders should be coaching about mental health now? Do they somehow coach, or at least give people the opportunity to coach, instead of obviously offering treatment?
• [15:20] There are many managers in the same age group as me who are managing younger people. Are there real challenges across generations?
• [18:00] Do you do any work within the organization? Where are you going to help organizations trying to change their culture?

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