How to Be Present as a Leader and Stop Distraction | Stephanie Wachman

What does it cost your team and your family when you are in the room but not really there? Learning how to be present as a leader starts with noticing your own distractions, especially the phone, and the message they send to the people around you. Executive coach and author Stephanie Wachman shares the moment her two year old son ran to his dad instead of her, and how it led her to leave a big corporate job, go to coaching school, and help people own their time.

In this conversation:
- Why every distraction costs roughly 25 minutes, and what checking your phone tells the person sitting across from you
- A simple method Stephanie uses with clients: tell people exactly when they get their phone back so being present does not create anxiety
- Why she sees one life rather than work life balance, and how to find the distractions that are costing you
- How leaders can protect culture and manage change as AI disrupts professional services

Stephanie also talks about her volunteer work with the Association for Corporate Growth, NextStep, a new no cost mentor program for young professionals, coaching veterans reentering the corporate world, and teaching time and stress tools at the University of Colorado Law School.

Connect with Stephanie Wachman, founder of Symetree Strategies:
stephaniewachman.com
linkedin.com/in/stephaniewachman

Stephanie's books:
OWN Your Time
Sell Without Being Salesy

Thank you to InteraWorks for sponsoring the Servant Leadership Podcast.

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