96. Conscious Leadership and Male Allyship at Work and the World - Carley Hauck

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Overview

Meet Carley. This author and adjunct faculty at Stanford University and UC Berkeley teaches leadership and business as a platform for positive change in the world. Carley shares her passion for inclusive leadership and creating a workplace and world that works for everyone while prioritizing people and planet first. She's even walking us through male allyship and how men can be partners in the fight for gender equality.

Today’s Guest

Carley Hauck, Author, Shine, Faculty, Stanford and UC Berkeley

“When there’s more psychological safety, there’s more trust, inclusion, and belonging. Most companies want that because if we feel safe, we’re going to actually feel safe to take a risk, we’re also going to feel safe enough to say, hey, that idea is not a good one.”

— Carley Hauck, Author, Shine, Faculty, Stanford and UC Berkeley

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Episode Highlights

Carley’s background - 3:15
Where do we start to bring conscious leadership in the nonprofit space? - 8:10
Leaders who live out leadership consciously - 12:13
Advice on where to start regarding the internal “game” - 17:02
Allyship and women empowerment - 22:13
Carley’s One Philanthropic Moment - 33:45
Carley’s One Good Thing: We need to lead from more love and that with you. - 36:36

Powerful Quotes:

“The best way that I can impact and influence the world in the most positive ways is working with people with power and influence.” - Carley

“You want to have the leaders on board.” - Carley

“When there's more psychological safety, there's more trust, there's more inclusion, there's more belonging. Most companies want that because if we feel safe, we're going to actually feel safe to take a risk, we're also going to feel safe enough to say, hey, that idea is not a good one.” -Carley

“It has to be something they’re committing to for the long run.” - Carley

“How are you holding (those) new practices accountable?” - Carley

“Leadership isn’t about a title.” - Carley

“It’s so beyond the checkmark that we are inclusive.” - Jon

“The inner game rules the other game.” - Carley

“How is our emotional intelligence? Are we able to really tune into our feelings and needs and then be aware of the other person’s feelings and needs?” - Carley

“Can we manage our own emotions when we’re in the midst of conflict and trigger and calm ourselves down?” - Carley

“How can I actually be a benefit to you, (and) your life?” - Carley

“If you are someone who wants to subscribe to being a conscious leader, one of the first steps you have to do is come at it with a level of humility.” - Becky

“I want to empower women to stand up, have the hard conversations that we need to have with men, and to enroll them to be allies. There are lots of men that say, I don't want to be that kind of man, I don't actually even get along with those kinds of men.” -Carley

“I very much feel that we're sitting in this space right now where the nonprofit industry is rife for very bold thinking. For people who want to have a table where everyone is included, feels empowered, and we need to have conscious leadership.” -Becky

“We’ve got to raise our expectations about education and inclusion.” - Becky

“When there’s fear… we are often focusing on the ‘me,’ not the ‘we.’” - Carley

“How can I come from curiosity, because there is a lot of healing that we need to do in this country and in this world.” -Carley

“When we can acknowledge the fear and breathe… we see the ‘we.’” - Carley’s One Philanthropic Moment

“We need to lead from more love and that starts here.” - Carley’s One Good Thing

“There is a lot of healing we need to do.” - Carley