Episode #45: Leading at the Edges: Noticing Power, Listening for Care, and Making Space for New Perspectives: A Conversation with Lynette Winter

What if the challenges your team is facing right now are actually the doorway to more light, more connection, and more goodness in the world? In this eye-opening episode of Missing Conversations, Altus executive coach, Lynette Winter, joins Amy Vodarek and Steven Jones to disrupt conventional leadership talk and offer something rarely heard—an inside-out perspective on power, presence, and navigating conflict. With her rare ability to see what others miss, Lynette reveals how awareness of power, clear team agreements, and understanding what trust requires can cultivate deeper connection and drive greater performance. Lynette offers both insight and practice, encouraging leaders to listen for care. Not complaints. Not competence. Care. This episode isn’t about fixing people. It’s about seeing again—through new eyes, new voices, and even moments of tension—as a way to create more of what the world needs now. Key Moments You’ll Want to Hear 03:27 – Charting a new path: Lynette shares what led her to this work—and how it connects to what matters most in leadership and team development. 06:14 – The move that changes everything: How leaders can help their teams see more, be more, and do more of what matters. 09:25 – Leading with power, on purpose: Why understanding your influence is essential—and how to use it to grow, develop, and empower your team. 13:12 – Clear requests. Clear promises. Lynette breaks down the leadership practices that unlock alignment and effectiveness. 14:27 – Team agreements that stick: What they are, how to create them, and why they’re essential for empowered collaboration. 21:47 – Welcoming new voices: Lynette’s experience joining Altus reveals what real inclusion and respect look like in practice. 26:26 – The one mantra Lynette shares with every team she works with—and how it transforms how people show up together. 27:37 – Reimagining a team from the inside out: How Altus reshaped its team with honesty, care, and shared purpose. 33:18 – Rethinking conflict: How to move from tension and division to shared understanding and generative possibility. 37:34 – Leading through challenge: What if the hardest moments could create more connection, clarity, and light? 39:30 – Deeper listening, stronger leadership: Lynette shares her multi-level listening framework—and how it reveals what your team truly cares about. 43:26 – Trust isn’t one-sided: Lynette explores the balance of being trustworthy and willing to trust—and how to uncover what’s missing in your trust relationships. When we can listen for the underlying care or need, we start making connections, and the path forward is much, much easier. If you’re in the C-suite or leading a team, pause here. This conversation is your chance to reimagine what your leadership could generate. Listen now. 🎧 About Lynette Winter Lynette partners with executives and their teams to build high-performing organizations. She provides a supportive space for leaders to be heard and offers practical strategies to navigate challenges, emphasizing respect, accountability, and trust as the foundation for achieving strategic goals. You can find her on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynette-winter/ About the Book Growing Groups Into Teams: How do you turn a group of individuals into a highly effective, productive team? Growing Groups Into Teams is an unusually useful book written by a team of generative consultants and coaches who have helped thousands of groups become effective teams. Through real-life stories combined with pragmatic advice, this book strengthens your ability to see what’s needed and take effective action: What two promises turn a group into a team. How to engage people to make those promises. How to invite responsibility and accountability. How to include and inspire people across differences. How to build and rebuild trust, and more! Regardless of how productive your teams are today, the insights in this book will help you grow to the next level to drive your business or organization forward. Order your copy today! Order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Groups-into-Teams-Real-life-ebook/dp/B0CJLC23VS Order directly: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?l8SxF4Aexn9gq08iz7jFBbwutleujrftoZ2wAOFzCVH If you're looking to expand your leadership influence, shift your results, and develop a highly engaged, accountable team, we’d love to talk to you. Schedule a conversation with an Altus Team Member here: https://calendly.com/prollin-altusgrowth/zoom-video-30-min Follow us on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altus-growth-partners https://www.facebook.com/AltusGrowth https://www.instagram.com/altusgrowthpartners/ Keywords: #Leadership #TeamDynamics #TeamAgreements #ConflictResolution #Trust #Power #LeadershipChallenges #TeamDevelopment #LeadershipDevelopment #EffectiveLeadership