September 23, 2020

Brené Brown

on Dare to Lead with Brené Brown Trailer

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Brené’s podcast based on her book Dare to Lead, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists and has become the ultimate courage-building playbook for leaders at every level. Brené writes, “The Dare to Lead podcast will be a mix of solo episodes and conversations with change-catalysts, culture-shifters, and as many troublemakers as possible. Innovating, creating, and building a better, more just world requires daring leadership in every part of our daily lives—from work to home to community. Together, we’ll have conversations that help us show up, step up, and dare to lead.”

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Brené Brown

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She also holds the position of visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

Brené has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers and is the host of two award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.

Brené’s books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and her titles include Atlas of the Heart, Dare to Lead, Braving the Wilderness, Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection. With Tarana Burke, she co-edited the bestselling anthology You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience.

Brené’s TED talk on the Power of Vulnerability is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world, with over 60 million views. Brené is the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix, and in March 2022, she launched a new show on HBO Max that focuses on her latest book, Atlas of the Heart.

Brené spends most of her time working in organizations around the world, helping develop braver leaders and more courageous cultures.

She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie, and a weird Bichon named Lucy.

Transcript

Brené Brown: Hi, everyone. I’m Brené Brown, and welcome to my new Dare to Lead podcast on Spotify. We are in our 10th year of a study on the future of leadership, and the big finding is that courage is teachable, observable, and measurable.

BB: Courage is actually a collection of four skill sets, and those skill sets are the foundation of this podcast. First skill set, how do we learn how to rumble with vulnerability? How do we lean into uncertainty, tough conversations, difficult feedback, hard decisions? How do we lean in rather than tapping out? Second skill set, how do we live into our values, I mean actually practice them, not just profess them? Third, how do we talk about trust and build trust with our teams, with our colleagues, and how do we build trust within ourselves? Self-trust is a non-negotiable for leading. And last, the fourth skill set of courage, how do we reset after setbacks, failures, and disappointments? Look, we have to know how to do this because innovation and creativity don’t exist without failure and setback.

BB: We’ll unpack these skill sets of courage building by talking to researchers, talking to leaders who are actually walking the talk, and, you know me, by asking a lot of questions. Leadership is not about corner offices or titles. I define a leader as anyone who holds themselves accountable for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential.

BB: The Dare to Lead podcast will be a mix of solo episodes and conversations with change-catalysts, culture-shifters, and as many troublemakers as possible. Innovating, creating, and building a better, more just world requires daring leadership in every part of our daily lives – from work to home to community. Together, we’ll have the conversations that help us show up, step up, and dare to lead.

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Brown, B. (Host). (2020, September 22). Dare to Lead Podcast with Brené Brown Trailer. [Audio podcast episode]. In Dare to Lead with Brené Brown. Parcast Network. https://brenebrown.com/podcast/dare-to-lead-with-brene-brown-trailer/

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