The Moxie Mindset: Recent Episodes
The Moxie Mindset
This podcast is designed to help you grow a healthier, growth-oriented mindset. I’ve reached out to college professors and professionals, who have agreed to come into the studio to help us learn more in depth about the communication and leadership skills we need to succeed.
A chat with Noelle Cockett about life lessons learned leading up to her position as President of Utah State University. We talk about her childhood, her family life balance as a president, how she starts her day, and succulents.
Noelle E. Cockett became Utah State University’s 16th president in January 2017. Cockett has built a distinguished career in sheep genomics research, maintaining an active research program even while serving in various leadership positions at USU. Her research program has centered on the identification of genetic markers associated with economically important traits in sheep, as well as the development of resources that advance research on the sheep genome. Cockett grew up on a beef cattle ranch in eastern Montana and is married to John Cockett, AVP of Central Development in University Advancement and director of technology in USU’s Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Noelle and John have two children, Dylan and Chantelle.
This podcast was originally recorded on November 17, 2020.
How do you engage in curiosity and connect with others when there are always pressing matters in your inbox? Lord Dr. Michael Hastings talks with Sierra about ways to engage yourself and others in learning more about the world around us. Lord Dr. Michael Hastings is a member of the British Parliament in the Upper House of Lords and Stephen R Covey Professor of Leadership for the Huntsman Business School at Utah State University. He is also The Chancellor of Regents University London and formerly a senior executive at KPMG International, before that with the BBC. Michael is also Vice President of UNICEF in the UK and President of Zane - a Zimbabwe Aid Charity - as well as serving as a Governor of the Vodafone supported MPESA Academy School in Nairobi Academy for 850 of Kenya's poorest children.
In the whirlwind of life, it is easy to get caught up in our fast-paced life. Professor Craig and Sierra talk about practices for centering on the principles we base our lives upon, and how to implement that in everyday life. We touch on self reflection, spirituality, quiet mornings, and the Law of the Harvest. Boyd Craig is founder, chairman, and CEO of Leader.org, an international education foundation preparing over one million of the world’s children in need to become the most trusted generation of high-impact leaders. In 2020, Boyd was appointed the Inaugural Stephen R. Covey Chaired Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate students and co-hosts The World’s Principled Leaders Series. He is founding vice chairman of the Huntsman School’s Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center and serves on the School’s National Advisory Board. For 23 years, Boyd ran Dr. Covey’s global leadership consulting business, was his chief collaborating partner in writing and publishing ten books on leadership, and was Franklin Covey’s vice president of higher education.
How do you understand those around you better? Start by listening. Clair talks with Sierra about the importance of active listening, and how giving advice fits into the conversation.
How do you create solid mentorships? What can you learn from your past experiences? Joe Ward, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, meets with Sierra in the studio to open a dialogue around how to find mentors that are willing to guide you and what you can learn from your past self.
How do we find peace when feeling not good enough? Perfectionism and shame are mind battles that we face every day. Carlee comes onto The Moxie Mindset to share her story of finding shame resilience. Sierra talks about her own journey as a recovering perfectionist.
How do we make everyone in a conflict situation satisfied? By focusing on needs of others instead of opposing positions. Dr. Merideth Thompson joins Sierra in a conversation about how to expand the metaphorical pie and understanding others' perspective in a negotiation or conflict setting. Merideth Thompson is a Professor of Management at the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Her expertise is in negotiation, toxic workplace behaviors, and the lives of remote workers.
Dr. Romney talks with Sierra about giving purpose to our positions by leading, learning, and finding meaning in organizational life.
Alexander C. Romney is an Assistant Professor in the Marketing and Strategy Department of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. He is especially interested in employee voice and how employees can influence and change their organizations from the bottom up.
Dr. Madsen drops into the studio to talk about the role women play in leadership -- from bias to female confidence, and how to raise our girls in a way that they will become leaders themselves. Dr. Susan R. Madsen is the Inaugural Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She is also the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, which focuses on strengthening the impact of Utah girls and women.
Change has been a constant throughout 2020, and we have found ourselves dealing with each change whether we like it or not. In this episode, I talk with Dan Collett about how to respond to change in order to motivate and thrive. Dan is an internationally know behavioral consultant who has taught and coached senior leaders of organizations, companies, and individuals on their quest in leading purposefully to achieve results.
Dr. Matt Sanders talks with Sierra on the virtues of a leader -- authenticity, integrity, patience, grit, kindness, humility, optimism, and empathy -- and how we can grow into the type of leader people want to follow. How can we manifest these virtues in ourselves? We also touch on constructive feedback and how to instead of taking it personally, use it to positively adapt.
Dr. Bret Crane comes into the Aggie Radio studio to talk about how to grow a growth mindset, and the challenges that we may face while growing to be more purpose centered, internally directed, externally open, and others focused.
Dr. Christy Glass joins Sierra as she discusses defining leadership. What does leadership look like? How can we use these definitions as we move forward?
Alongside Dr. Alison Cook, Christy has led the development of research on the glass cliff & the risks women and people of color face in high status leadership positions. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, Newsweek, BBC, CNN, the Harvard Business Review, top journals in sociology, & many more.