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Leading Through Polarization

Leadership in uncertain times requires agency, humility, and the ability to bridge divides. Leigh Morgan joins Tim Staton to discuss practical leadership lessons for polarized organizations, difficult conversations, and leading people through change. Leigh Morgan spent three decades navigating complexity across sectors and organizations. She is CEO of Imaginal Leadership Strategies and has held senior leadership roles including COO of the Gates Foundation, Chief Strategy & Operating Officer at Nia Tero, and Associate Chancellor at UCSF. She also hosts The Space In Between, a podcast about leadership and consequential issues in polarized times. In this conversation, Tim and Leigh explore: - What agency means and why leaders must help people see that their choices and actions matter - How leaders can seek understanding before trying to be right - Why texting and digital communication can weaken human connection - The leadership habits that support humility, empathy, trust, and constructive disagreement - How uncertainty, polarization, and organizational change affect leaders and employees - How storytelling helps people see one another as human - Remembering, reframing, and reclaiming agency as a practical leadership framework - Why leaders have a disproportionate responsibility to shape healthy organizational conditions If you lead a team, manage change, work across divides, or want practical tools for leading through uncertainty, this episode offers a grounded conversation on agency and leadership. CONNECT WITH LEIGH MORGAN The Space In Between: https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/11d798c5-fd30-47c5-8870-445c72075367?d=sy9Q_217z&v=3201 The Space In Between YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceInBetweenPodcast LinkedIn: https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/11d798c5-fd30-47c5-8870-445c72075367?d=sy9Q_217z&v=3201 CONNECT WITH TIM STATON Website: https://timstatingtheobvious.com Professional Reading List: https://timstatingtheobvious.com/products Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timstatingtheobvious YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfDcITKUdniO8R3RP0lvdw Instagram: @TimStating TikTok: @timstatingtheobvious LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-staton-04b41a271/ SKOOL Community: https://www.skool.com/timstatingtheobvious-9537/about

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Leadership in uncertain times requires agency, humility, and the ability to bridge divides. Leigh Morgan joins Tim Staton to discuss practical leadership lessons for polarized organizations, difficult conversations, and leading people through change.

Leigh Morgan spent three decades navigating complexity across sectors and organizations. She is CEO of Imaginal Leadership Strategies and has held senior leadership roles including COO of the Gates Foundation, Chief Strategy & Operating Officer at Nia Tero, and Associate Chancellor at UCSF. She also hosts The Space In Between, a podcast about leadership and consequential issues in polarized times.

In this conversation, Tim and Leigh explore:

- What agency means and why leaders must help people see that their choices and actions matter
- How leaders can seek understanding before trying to be right
- Why texting and digital communication can weaken human connection
- The leadership habits that support humility, empathy, trust, and constructive disagreement
- How uncertainty, polarization, and organizational change affect leaders and employees
- How storytelling helps people see one another as human
- Remembering, reframing, and reclaiming agency as a practical leadership framework
- Why leaders have a disproportionate responsibility to shape healthy organizational conditions

If you lead a team, manage change, work across divides, or want practical tools for leading through uncertainty, this episode offers a grounded conversation on agency and leadership.

CONNECT WITH LEIGH MORGAN

The Space In Between: https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/11d798c5-fd30-47c5-8870-445c72075367?d=sy9Q_217z&v=3201

The Space In Between YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceInBetweenPodcast

LinkedIn: https://link.cohostpodcasting.com/11d798c5-fd30-47c5-8870-445c72075367?d=sy9Q_217z&v=3201

CONNECT WITH TIM STATON

Website: https://timstatingtheobvious.com

Professional Reading List: https://timstatingtheobvious.com/products

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timstatingtheobvious

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfDcITKUdniO8R3RP0lvdw

Instagram: @TimStating

TikTok: @timstatingtheobvious

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-staton-04b41a271/

SKOOL Community: https://www.skool.com/timstatingtheobvious-9537/about

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