The Virtuosity Podcast
The Virtuosity Podcast
Podcast Description
Every choice builds character. On the Virtuosity Podcast, we explore how to make every day a rep toward excellence. Dr. Corey Crossan, your host and co-founder of Virtuosity, began in sport, where she discovered that strengthening character didn’t just improve her performance—it transformed her entire life. Since then, Corey has been gripped with understanding how we can intentionally build character to fuel both personal and professional success.At Virtuosity, we believe character is like a muscle—it needs consistent training. That’s why we’ve built a research-based system that acts as your character gym, making character development practical, scalable, and accessible—even within the largest organizations.On this podcast, we sit down with participants from our flagship Virtuosity program, where individuals commit to a full year of daily character development, powered by Virtuosity. Our guests will share why character matters to them, how they’re applying it in their personal and professional lives, and the insights they’ve gained along the way.We hope these conversations challenge, inspire, and equip you with new ways to integrate character into your own journey. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes, and if something resonates, share it with your friends and colleagues.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of character development, leadership, and personal growth, featuring topics like building character in educational settings and the impact of character on leadership styles. Episodes may include insights from guests on practical applications of character virtues in everyday life.
Every choice builds character. On the Virtuosity Podcast, we explore how to make every day a rep toward excellence. Dr. Corey Crossan, your host and co-founder of Virtuosity, began in sport, where she discovered that strengthening character didn’t just improve her performance—it transformed her entire life. Since then, Corey has been gripped with understanding how we can intentionally build character to fuel both personal and professional success.
At Virtuosity, we believe character is like a muscle—it needs consistent training. That’s why we’ve built a research-based system that acts as your character gym, making character development practical, scalable, and accessible—even within the largest organizations.
On this podcast, we sit down with participants from our flagship Virtuosity program, where individuals commit to a full year of daily character development, powered by Virtuosity. Our guests will share why character matters to them, how they’re applying it in their personal and professional lives, and the insights they’ve gained along the way.
We hope these conversations challenge, inspire, and equip you with new ways to integrate character into your own journey. Subscribe to stay up to date with our weekly episodes, and if something resonates, share it with your friends and colleagues.
What does character have to do with public service, leadership, and organizational culture?
Drawing on years in government, HR leadership, and the Virtuosity Program, Mélanie shows how character isn’t an abstract idea but a practical lever for courage, accountability, and culture change—whether you’re “acting” in a temporary leadership role or redesigning how organizations hire.
🧠 What you’ll hear:
🔥 Why leadership is about “going first”—and why even whispers from leaders sound like shouts
🕸️ How context stresses different dimensions (humility at the top, courage at the base)
🦸 Why Spider-Man’s “with great power comes great responsibility” is more than a comic line
🧭 The questions leaders should ask: not “What do I do?” but “Who do I want to be?”
👥 Why courage is the most under-activated dimension in employees—and how leaders can spark it
🏛️ The culture–character link: why change feels like pushing a boulder uphill (and how momentum builds)
🗣️ Simple but powerful practices—like team character mapping and everyday conversations—that seed transformation
📝 Inside character-based hiring: why it’s vulnerable, harder than it looks, and worth it
⚖️ How to deliver tough results in character interviews with empathy and integrity
📊 Why internal candidates who “fail” raise vital questions about development vs. succession planning
📲 How Virtuosity’s habit-stacking helps translate lofty virtues into lived micro-moments
🌱 Practical advice for newcomers: start small, keep it simple, and build as you go
Resources
• Make Character Count in Hiring and Promoting (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/make-character-count-in-hiring-and-promoting/)
• Character Quotient Assessment in Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marycrossan/2025/03/26/from-good-to-great-10-ways-to-elevate-your-character-quotient/)
• Leader Character Framework with Culture, Virtues, and Vices (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/organization/storage_production_6e2934b8-3e20-47a7-aa79-59a612f967be/9
About Virtuosity
• Website (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/)
• Monthly Newsletter (https://mailchi.mp/virtuositycharacter/subscribe-to-the-virtuosity-monthly-newsletter)
• LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/virtuosity-character)
• Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/virtuositycharacter/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Host, Dr Corey Crossan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreycrossan/), is a research and teaching fellow at The Oxford Character Project where she develops and facilitates character development programs for students, industry, and university partners. Corey’s love for elite performance developed as she competed in top-level athletics for most of her life, highlighted by competing as a NCAA Division 1 athlete. Corey translated her understanding of elite performance into a passion for helping individuals and organizations develop sustained excellence. She is also the co-founder of Virtuosity Character, a mobile software application created to support the daily, deliberate practice of character-based leadership development.
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