2.5 "Daring Greatly" with Stephanie Lee

Our guest for this podcast is Stephanie Lee. Stephanie holds a a Masters in Philosophy and currently, works at Buffer, a fully remote and distributed company. As the Team Experience Manager, her role revolves around crafting an impactful company experience through events and engagement, and she also manages Buffer's remote work toolkit and operations. She speaks on topics such as vulnerability and psychological safety in the workplace as well as how to optimise your remote team operations for effective and efficient collaboration without losing the human element. 

As a professional coach as well, Stephanie helps individuals get unstuck in order to achieve their personal and professional goals. She is all about creating a safe space for her clients to be vulnerable and engaging both the head and the heart to bring about an impactful change.

Stephanie also has 2 podcasts:

Entre Nous, co-hosted with her friend Marcus, is all about the baffling and fascinating things about human life. Every Human Heart, is a more personal one, focusing on life, love, mindset shifts, the choices we make, and how we can stay in the driver’s seat of our lives. 

To check out the book, Daring Greatly, that we talk about click here.
Based on twelve years of pioneering research, Brené Brown, dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is a weakness and argues that it is, our most accurate measure of courage. She uncovers ways in which we can embrace vulnerability for ourselves, in the workplace or as parents and the benefits of doing so. 

Connect with Stephanie on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
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Timestamps
3:09- Summary of Daring Greatly
4:26 - How Stephanie became passionate about this topic
7:21 - The myths of vulnerability; it's a weakness and it's all about sharing everything?
16:30 - Our defending mechanisms against vulnerability
22:28- Shame, Self Worth, Shame resilience
32:45 - Vulnerability in the workplace
41:44 - Difference between shame and guilt
45:15 - Stephanie’s advice to managers and employees of the workplace on being vulnerable
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