Episode 104 - The Five Most Popular Episodes of 2020

<h2 data-pm-slice="0 0 []"><strong>Summary</strong></h2> <p class="">As we draw the year to a close for the Leadership Today podcast, we pause and take a look back over the five most popular episodes based on downloads.</p> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"> </p> <h2><strong>Transcript</strong></h2> <p class="">Hello and welcome to episode 104 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we bring research to life in your leadership.  What a year, hey? A one-in-a-hundred year pandemic sent us all scrambling to figure out how to lead effectively through a truly global crisis. Nearly every organisation around the world ended up with the majority of their people working from home. We grappled with Zoom meetings, lockdowns, uncertainty and confusion. And as we draw the 2020 to a close for the Leadership Today podcast, we pause and take a look back over the five most popular episodes based on downloads. I think they provide an insight into what leaders have been focusing on, and what has been the most helpful.</p> <p class="">Number 5. Way back in mid-February in <a href= "https://leadership.today/episodes/2020/2/15/episode-66-a-leaders-role-in-removing-frustrations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode 66, we explored A Leader’s Role in Removing Frustrations</a>. We learnt that frustrations aren’t just bad for the individual, but can increase negative workplace behaviours. A key role for leaders is to help people to remove frustrations. We do that by accepting frustrations are normal, and recognising that they can always be reduced either at the cause or point of impact. While our impulse might be to avoid talking about frustrations, we are far better off encouraging people to raise them, provided we take a continuous improvement focus.</p> <p class="">Number 4. At the start of March we discussed <a href= "https://leadership.today/episodes/2020/3/7/episode-69-five-key-leadership-challenges-for-2020-and-beyond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Five Key Leadership Challenges for 2020 and Beyond.</a> I highli