I met Annie McKee, one of the world’s top advisors on leadership, at a conference in Dubai last year. I was excited to meet her because her work as the founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute focuses on creating large-scale change  in organizations to evolve and do more great work.

Annie is the co-author of several groundbreaking leadership books: Primal Leadership, Resonant Leadership and Becoming a Resonant Leader.

Annie has been dubbed the “High Priestess of Executive Coaching” by Business Week. With a title like that, you may picture her dressed in flowing white robes and carrying a sacrificial dagger. But the truth is—her approach to finding meaning (at work and in life) is incredibly down-to-earth.

In our conversation, we discuss:

• How all people wake up with intentions to do good work, and how to rekindle their spark when they get knocked off balance
• 3 magic words that could revolutionize every conversation you have at work
• Tools for defining a “noble purpose” to drive you forward in your personal and professional life (believe it or not, this may include tarot cards!)
• How playfulness, taking a walk, and the “perceived weird index” can get you from good to great work

Listen to my interview with Annie McKee

NB-Although Annie’s voice comes through nicely in this interview, I sound a bit like I’m standing in a wind tunnel. Sorry about that.

If you enjoyed this post, you'll also like:

1. Great Work Interview Stew Friedman, author of Total Leadership
2. Great Work Interview: Kevin Cashman, author of Leadership from the Inside Out
3. Great Work Interview: Susan Scott, author of Fierce Leadership
4. Great Work Interview: Lance Secretan, leadership expert
5. Great Work Interview Raj Sisodia, author of Firms of Endearment

Tags: Author, Business, Change, Coaching, Leadership

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.