Creating a Leadership Pipeline w/ Laura Knights

People Business w/ O'Brien McMahon

Laura Knights is an executive coach, speaker, and facilitator with 19+ years of experience creating personal and professional development programs that have touched leaders all over the world. Her expertise and background in business, human resources, adult education, and social work uniquely equip her to teach others how to deal with both the "head work" and "heart work" required to succeed at work and in life. Laura is the creator of the Black Woman Leading® programs and podcast, and the Founder and CEO of Knights Consulting LLC, a leadership development consultancy that provides customized training and coaching programs to organizations to create more confident leaders and high-performing teams.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Connect with Laura E. Knights on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraeknights/
• Learn more about Knights Consulting: https://knightsconsultinggroup.com/
• Visit the Black Woman Leading® website: https://blackwomanleading.com/
• Listen to the Black Woman Leading® podcast: https://www.pod.link/1561551317
• Laura referenced leadership and conflict resolution books by Amy C. Edmondson and Timothy R. Clark
• Read about the study Laura referenced about peer impact on the careers of Black women: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/asymmetric-peer-effects-work-effect-white-coworkers-black-womens-careers

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• Connect with O’Brien McMahon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienmcmahon/
• Learn more about O’Brien: https://obrienmcmahon.com/

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Timestamps
(2:27) - Welcoming Laura Knights.
(2:39) - What kind of work do you do?
(3:08) - Tell us about your podcast and conference work.
(4:13) - What are people learning from the Black Woman Leading conferences?
(8:01) - How much of the problem is racism vs other issues?
(13:02) - How does being a licensed therapist get applied in the work you do?
(15:49) - Do you have an example of how systems thinking applies to leadership problems?
(22:58) - Where do you draw the line between caring and coddling?
(30:17) - How are forward-thinking companies developing a pipeline of talent to continue to sustain leadership over time?
(33:33) - Is there anything they’re doing around incentivizing people?
(45:54) - Is there anything in particular we should address about moving people up through the organization and develop them?
(48:25) - How are you seeing companies able to maintain this and work through issues across global boundaries?
(51:45) - Do you have any frameworks for managing conflict?
(59:16) - How can people get in touch with you?