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In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 34: Thinking Better to Lead Better

Woo-kyoung Ahn

August 2, 2023

Woo-kyoung Ahn, professor of psychology at Yale University and author of Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better, discusses how our brains are hard-wired to make quick decisions in order to keep us safe. These cognitive shortcuts can lead to misguided decision-making and stifled innovation in the short-term while costing us time, energy, and money in the long run.

Ahn received Yale’s Lex Hixon Prize for teaching excellence in the social sciences in 2022, and her research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.

Off Paper – Episode 24: An Extraordinary and Compelling Compassionate Release Story

Mark A. Sherman, Dani Hourani, Terrence G. Berg, Bernard A. Friedman, Steven Fishman, Anthony Merolla, David J. Smith

June 8, 2023

Dani Hourani served twenty-eight years of a mandatory life sentence before being granted compassionate release on the basis of “extraordinary and compelling reasons” under the First Step Act. Dani is now Director of Community Development for Team Wellness Center, a provider of social and health care services to the Detroit area’s low-income community, including wrap-around services for returning citizens. We hear Dani’s story through his voice and those of his case’s lead prosecutor, the sentencing judge, Dani’s defense attorney, and the chief U.S. probation officer and intensive supervision probation officer specialist who supervised him after his release. Dani also discusses what can be done to enable others like himself to return successfully to their communities.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 33: Leading Outcomes, Others & Ourselves in Remote or Hybrid Workplaces

Kevin Eikenberry

June 7, 2023

In remote or hybrid workplaces, leaders must be more intentional about building relationships that engender commitment, rather than just compliance, and focus more on accomplishment rather than just employee activity. This episode explores how to do that with organizational expert Kevin Eikenberry.

Kevin Eikenberry is founder and Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group and co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. He has improved the communication, leadership, learning, teams and teamwork of organizations worldwide for over twenty-five years. Kevin’s been named one of Inc.com’s Top 100 Experts Worldwide in Leadership and Management and is the author of several books including The Long Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership, and The Long Distance Team: Designing Your Team for Everyone’s Success, released in 2023.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 32: What Matters About Generations

Bobby Duffy

April 5, 2023

Today on In Session: Leading the Judiciary, we talk with public policy expert Bobby Duffy about his book The Generation Myth: Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think. Duffy discusses what’s real and not-so-real about differences among generations. Stereotypes like “Baby Boomers hate technology” and “Millennials are lazy” not only lack support but can be dangerous: creating division and distracting from real issues. Duffy argues that to understand how different generations shape society, it’s essential to consider the political, economic, and cultural contexts impacting everyone, and the lifecycle changes common to all generations.

Bobby Duffy is professor of public policy and director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London, and previously was director of global research at Ipsos MORI and the Ipsos Social Research Institute. His first book, Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything, published in 2019, examined the causes and consequences of human delusion.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 31: Finding Your Inner Warrior and Leading Courageously

D.J. Vanas

February 1, 2023

In this episode, we explore how leaders can find their inner warrior and lead with courage. D.J. Vanas, author of The Warrior Within: Own Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, and Heal, explains that being a warrior is not about steely-eyed individual toughness. Rather, it is about practicing aggressive self-care, openness, and collaboration so that you’re emotionally, mentally, and physically prepared to serve and support your “tribe.”

D.J. is a former U.S. Air Force officer and a member of the Ottawa Tribe of Michigan. He has inspired thousands of public sector and Fortune 500 company leaders to find courage and lead with their inner warrior. He hosted the 2021 PBS television special Discovering Your Warrior Spirit and delivered the closing keynote at the FJC’s National Leadership Conference for Circuit and Court Unit Executives in Oklahoma City in October 2022.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 30: How Recognizing Bias, Headwinds, and Tailwinds Lifts Everyone in an Organization (Including You)

Dolly Chugh

December 7, 2022

In part two of our discussion with author Dolly Chugh, we discuss how unconscious bias reveals itself in non-verbal ways, signaling feelings and beliefs we don’t intend to convey. Dr. Dolly Chugh, author of The Person You Mean to Be, How Good People Fight Bias, says this “leakage” often occurs during times of stress and in fast-moving environments. Dolly says taking the time to consider influential aspects of our own and others’ identities and acting with intention can help us to consistently convey who we mean to be. Part one, Good-ish to Great: How the Best Leaders Continue to Grow, was released October 11, 2022.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 29: Good-ish to Great: How the Best Leaders Continue to Grow

Dolly Chugh

October 11, 2022

Author Dr. Dolly Chugh discusses how striving for good keeps leaders and organizations from being better.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 28: The Power of Expectation: Mindset Does Matter

David Robson

August 3, 2022

David Robson, author of the The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World, explains the science behind how what we think will happen changes what does happen. Leaders who understand and leverage the mind-body connection can enhance their own and others’ focus and increase engagement and workplace performance.

David Robson graduated from Cambridge University and is a science writer featured in publications like the Atlantic and the Washington Post. In 2021 he received awards from the Association of British Science Writers and the UK Medical Journalists' Association for his writing on misinformation and risk communication during the COVID pandemic.

Robson edited for New Scientist and was a senior writer for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He is also the author of The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes, released in 2019.

Off Paper – Episode 23: A Conversation with Chief U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Officer Wade Warren (Ret., D.N.D.)

Mark A. Sherman, Wade Warren

July 8, 2022

Wade Warren, retired Chief U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Officer from the District of North Dakota, discusses the changes he has seen and spearheaded during his 25 years in service, along with lessons learned from 28 years of service in the Army National Guard, which included deployment to Iraq. Wade was an early adopter of evidence-based practice and worked to implement it in partnership with Canadian counterparts and researchers. He received the AO Director’s Leadership Award for his efforts to destigmatize officer stress and trauma, create opportunities for officers to seek help, and make officer wellness a national priority.

In Session: Leading the Judiciary – Episode 27: Dealing with Disruption

Henna Inam

June 1, 2022

Henna Inam, author of Wired for Disruption: The Five Shifts in Agility to Lead in the Future of Work, identifies five innate agilities we can develop to help us lead during times of disruption and prepare organizations for success in the new workplace.

Listen to Henna’s Transformational Leadership podcast, which covers topics such as building resilience and growing focus. Browse Henna’s website for additional resources on leading during disruption.

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