Leadership Speaker, Facilitator and Advisor

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Leadership Lessons From Prison

A FREE LIVE SESSION WITH SHANNON TALBOT

Exhausted by Leadership? It May Not Be the Workload.

Join me live for an honest hour on what is really draining you, and one thing you can start doing

about it right away.

BEHIND THE MASK

**What if the hardest part of leadership isn't your workload but the role you've learned to play?**

Join me for a virtual 60-minute session to uncover the leadership habit that may be making your job harder than it needs to be, and leave with one practical strategy that you can use right away to change it.

Thursday, September 24th at 12:00 pm ET

60 minutes, live and interactive

Friday, September 18 at 12:00 pm ET | 60 minutes, live and interactive

You Look Like You Have It Handled. But Does It Always Feel That Way?

You replay conversations long after they’re over.

You rewrite emails three times before hitting send.

You solve problems before your team has a chance to.

You feel responsible for everyone’s emotions after a difficult meeting.

You walk into executive meetings looking confident while quietly questioning yourself.

These habits may have helped you succeed. But over time, they can make leadership feel much heavier than it needs to.

That is what I call The Leadership Mask: the protective habit you may rely on when the stakes feel high.

Once you can see it, you can start making clearer decisions, having the conversations you’ve been avoiding, setting stronger boundaries and leading without carrying quite so much.

Just imagine what you could do with all that mental space you'd get back.

In 60 Minutes, You Will:

Identify which Leadership Mask may be showing up most for you, whether that means overthinking and overpreparing, avoiding tension to keep the peace, taking on more to prove your value, or acting like you have it all handled when you don’t.
Learn how to reduce the unnecessary mental load while still doing great work and being the leader people can count on.
Walk away with one practical shift you can apply in your next meeting, email or conversation.
Learn how to lead with more confidence and less second-guessing, ideally without needing half a Gravol before the meeting.

You’ll have time to reflect, ask questions, and apply what you’re learning to your own leadership situation. Plus, we'll have some fun, and you'll get a chance to win some prizes!

Your Homework

Before the webinar, I’d love you to take the Leadership Mask Assessment.

It only takes about 5-10 minutes and will help you see which habit may be showing up most in how you lead, whether that’s perfectionism, people-pleasing, proving yourself or pretending you have it all together.

Bring your result with you. It will help you connect the session to what’s actually happening in your own work, rather than sitting through an hour of leadership advice that feels like it was written for everyone and no one.

TAKE THE ASSESSMENT

Where This Comes From

For 17 years, I led teams and complex projects at companies including Scotiabank, Loblaw and Publicis Groupe. From the outside, I looked calm and in control.

The truth was less tidy. Before big meetings, I would sometimes take half a Gravol to settle my stomach. Nothing says “confident leader” quite like motion-sickness medication before a presentation.

I hid how much I was struggling because I worried people would question whether I could handle the role.

When I finally stopped pretending I had it all together, leadership started taking less out of me.

For the past five years, I’ve worked with hundreds of leaders to uncover the habits that may be making leadership harder than it needs to be, and help them lead with more confidence, clearer communication and less second-guessing.

Leadership Doesn't Have to Take This Much Out of You.

Join me live and leave with a clearer understanding of the leadership habit that may be draining your energy, affecting your decisions and making your job harder than it needs to be.

You’ll also leave with one practical shift you can use in your next leadership conversation, meeting or decision.

Friday, September 18 at 12:00 pm ET | 60 minutes, live and interactive

BEHIND THE MASK

Honest leadership insights for the weeks when the polished version isn't cutting it. Stories from the boardroom, the prison, and everywhere in between.

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