Episode 4: How to be a Devil's Advocate without being evil with Rachel O'Meara - a podcast by Table XI

How to be a Devil's Advocate without being Evil with Rachael O'Meara
GuestRachael O'Meara (https://twitter.com/romeara1): Transformation leadership and executive coach who empowers professionals to learn and build the emotional intelligence skills to thrive at work and beyond. Author of Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break (https://www.rachaelomeara.com/book). More from Rachael at rachaelomeara.com (https://www.rachaelomeara.com/).
Inclusion Card: The Devil's AdvocateSummary
In the Inclusion Meeting Cards, the Devil's Advocate is a role potentially given to a more junior member of the team in the hopes of giving them permission to voice their critiques. For a discussion of why that's useful, we have Rachael O'Meara, author of the book Pause: Harnessing the Life Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break. Rachel suggests we see this role as the critic with immense ability to change the course of the decision process. Without being a meanie. And Rachael shares her best and worst meeting stories.Notes
02:22 - What the Devil’s Advocate Card Means03:38 - Encouraging People Who Don’t Feel Empowered to Speak Up
06:00 - The Role of a Critic10:11 - Building Cultures of Feedback
13:25 - Advice for Remote Meetings16:12 - Taking a Pause
19:47 - Good Meeting Story: Speaking Freely21:23 - Bad Meeting Story: Discussing Burnout Special Guest: Rachael O'Meara.

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