ML69- Skating on Thin Ice With Workplace Gender Roles with Christie Garcia

Christie Garcia is a Leadership Coach and the founder of Mindful Choice. She works with men to help them maximize their impact, improve their relationships and be more successful at both work and home. She believes good men can become great by making a 1% personal improvement each day. You know how much I love Good to Great!!

Christie is the organizer of The Manifesto Adventure Retreat, a life-changing adventure experience that challenges men mentally, physically and emotionally. Her list of clients includes. AirBNB, Oakley, and Twitter.

Christie Garcia

Top Takeaways: Skating on Thin Ice With Workplace Gender Roles with Christie Garcia

  • Men have the mindset tools, but don’t know how to use them
  • There is confusion in the workforce as to gender roles
  • Are we silencing the “good” man’s voice?
  • Men and women both have egos, they just look different or manifest differently
  • Don’t let your ego take you down in the workplace
  • The confusion of masculinity in the world today
  • Masculinity is a trait, how we show up in the world
  • Avoid toxic masculinity, it creates and feeds “drama”
  • Masculinity is not abrasive and abusive
  • The change in masculinity is a change in leadership
  • When people feel cared for, taken an interest in, it will effect productivity, retention, and profitability
  • Awareness- an observation and acknowledgement of your role in the solution as well as the problem
  • Take ownership for your role in the relationship
  • We all play a role in everything happening around us
  • Take action, play the creator not the victim

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Learning From Leaders: 

Current Book: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

Leadership Superpower: The ability to call out someone’s ego and not create defensiveness

Motivational Mantra:

[shareable]If you don’t control your own mind someone (or something) else will[/shareable]

Book Most Often Gifted: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck

Additional Items Mentioned

Special offer from Christie: Mindfulchoicecoaching.com/ML

Power of TED*: *The Empowerment Dynamic by David Emerald

 

About the author

Jake Carlson is a popular speaker, accountability partner, and host of the Modern Leadership podcast. Jake built his business while traveling with his family around the world. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn. Read more about him here.