Podcasts & Videos
Maja has been featured on podcasts and videos exploring leadership, adult development, and the science of lasting change. Watch and listen to some of her recent conversations below.
Why Willpower Fails: The Science of Real Transformation
In this CoachFinder Expert Series session, she breaks down the five parts of the self that must move in concert for real transformation to happen, and why targeting behavior alone almost always fails.
Self-Improvement & The Possible Self
How can you become your best possible self? Learn two false assumptions that will change how you tackle self-improvement, plus, the “Wheel of Self” model that will help you make real change and achieve your goals.
What Leaders Need Now: The Possible Self
Change is hard. Sometimes it feels impossible to change our behaviors, no matter how simple or monumental they might be. Why is that? Dr. Maja Djikic, professor and author of The Possible Self, explains the science behind why we fail and what key ingredients we're missing for sustainable change to occur. And it's not just about setting goals or having tremendous willpower. Yet, it can be done if you truly WANT it.
The Possible Self + Power for All
This episode features two thought leaders – Professors Maja Djikic & Tiziana Casciaro. This conversation is a blend of the thought leadership between Maja and Tiziana. This insightful discussion focuses on self development, its impact on relationships, the balance of power, and how interconnected each of these elements are in your work, and your life.
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The New P&L speaks to
Maja Djikic
This week The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business speaks with Maja Djikic, Author of The Possible Self - a Leader's Guide to Personal Development; Associate Professor and Director of Self-Development Laboratory at the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management.
Emotions and excellence: Why processing feelings is important for leadership
Unprocessed feelings never go away, and they can even harm your career. Associate professor Maja Djikic joined the Executive Summary podcast to talk about how to identify if we're bad at processing our feelings, how we can get better at it, and what role organizations have in helping their leaders and teams understanding that skillset.
Give the episode a listen now.
Maja Djikic on The Possible Self
How do you overcome the feeling of "being stuck" to become your possible self?
A Leader’s Guidebook to Personal Development
As we strive to improve ourselves, to reach our true potential, it is easy to feel stuck. Learning and developing is a natural process for children. However, as adults, we can experience debilitating friction as we try to learn and develop in different areas of our lives. Even after having developed in new ways, we can go back to previous old patterns. How do we change deeply without falling back into old ways of being?
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Maja Djikic on Self-Development
How does your individual leadership style change as you evolve as a person?