Introducing 'Lead Out Loud': Leadership Development with a Twist

Stephanie Van Assche was one of our guests on The Movement Maker Show. After starting Distracted Driving, we reconnected with her and invited her on the new show. During our chat, she inspired a new approach to leadership development: combining real-life experience, leadership principles, improv comedy, and Agile methodologies. Steph and I worked together for a bit creating a leadership development framework we ultimately named “Lead Out Loud.” Although she’s moved on to pursue other career goals, I continue to develop LOL content and have started making it available through a subscription-based model. This got me thinking...

Lead Out Loud is a much more straight-forward way to brand what this podcast has always been: a celebration of good-natured people who aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo. They understand proven principles of leadership and continuous improvement but also know how to assess a situation, adapt, and improvise as needed to get stuff done. 

Is 'Lead Out Loud' the Leadership Podcast for You?

I’d be lying if I said it’s for everyone, but I think you’ll like it if:

• You enjoy, as I do, the sound of my voice.

• You are a change agent. Continuous improvement is in your DNA and you love to get ideas for new approaches.

• You hate change and want to find out why it is so painful and how to make it better.

• You work in a large organization and constantly feel like you are trying to make a U-turn in a cruise ship.

• You work in a small organization and constantly feel like your speed boat is stuck making left turns and going to capsize on the ocean.

• You like listening to stories, especially if it involves the folly of others.

• You enjoy obscure pop culture references to things like Steve Martin’s Socrates sketch.

• You enjoy useless bits of mostly true trivia (like Lucille Ball actually started podcasting in the mid-1960s).

• You drive a lot and need a whimsical yet inspiring distraction to interrupt the lull of the road.

• You have nothing better to do.

The show covers a lot of ground; sometimes silly, sometimes philosophical, but always through the lens of leading change. I enjoy celebrating people who have found ways to overcome distraction and persevere in the pursuit of improvement. I hope at least one episode provides you some value and helps inspire you to Lead Out Loud.

Subscribe to Lead Out Loud on your favorite podcast platform and join us in celebrating those who drive change in their organizations.

-Sean

Steph Van Assche

Lead Out Loud OG