Lead from Anywhere: Recent Episodes
Julie Bee
The Lead from Anywhere podcast gives leaders the tools and skills they need to lead their teams regardless of where and how they work. Whether you own a small business that operates virtually, or you are an entrepreneur with an office, you’ll find this podcast helpful. Join Julie as she discusses virtual leadership, leadership in general, virtual workplaces, workplace culture (virtual and office settings), small business and entrepreneurial leadership, and software that helps facilitate those items. While content will have a small business and entrepreneurial tone, leaders in any organization will likely find it helpful!
All good things must come to an end, and today is the day for the Lead from Anywhere podcast. While this is the final podcast episode for Lead from Anywhere, something new is on the horizon. A new podcast focused on entrepreneurial leadership that will incorporate Julie’s own thoughts, but also interviews with other leaders, and content around topics that impact business owners every day.
In this episode, Julie recounts why she started Lead from Anywhere to begin with, and what’s next for her on this podcasting journey. Thank you so much for your support since March 2020, and be sure to sign up for weekly emails –https://www.thejuliebee.com/resources/ . It’s the best way to keep track of what’s next.
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Leaders have a lot on their plates, and sometimes it is hard for them to focus on what’s next. At times, it can feel downright impossible for leaders to make sure everyone is focused on the right “next step”. In this episode, Julie shares three questions every employee and staff member, or key contractor, should be able to answer about the company and their own work. If they can’t answer these three questions, the leaders will know exactly where they need to focus their attention to get everyone on the same page, rowing in the same direction.
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Every leader and manager’s dream is to have a team of capable, self-reliant individuals who answer their own questions on a regular basis. Who can make judgement calls without bringing them to their boss. However, a lot of leaders and managers struggle to get to that point with their team. In this episode, Julie shares a personal story to illustrate how it should go, and then gives advice to both current AND aspiring leaders to achieve this goal.
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Part of the job description for any leader or manager is that they delegate effectively. But how does one delegate effectively when you know a mistake is likely to be made by those you delegate the work to? In this episode, Julie shares a personal story about her own challenges with this, and when this scenario is likely to show up. She also shares a few ways to deal with the challenge of delegating when it’s likely mistakes will be made.
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At some point, every successful business owner faces the decision of what their role in their business will be. It usually comes down to one of two choices – focusing on business growth (sales, marketing, and operations) or focusing on building the team that will make the business grow. In this episode, Julie reflects on this journey, shares her own choice, and offers some insights that might help you make the decision for yourself.
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Life happens, and leaders aren’t excluded from that statement. What happens when leaders are unexpectedly unavailable, but a big decision must be made? Who makes the decision? Who fills in for the leader until she’s back to work? In this episode, Julie shares when this might happen and provides a detail plan to make sure that if this happens to you, your team will be prepared to make those decisions in your absence.
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The story of why Julie wasn’t available to make a decision – https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/20689271
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A question that often comes up for business owners is how to identify future leaders for their business. The need shows up in various ways, but the way to address it is often more art than science. In this episode, Julie shares her insights into how she identifies future leaders without adding any extra work on her plate.
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Sometimes leaders know burnout is coming. Sometimes they know the warning signs. But sometimes, they don’t. In this episode, Julie shares a recent story of her own burnout that she should have seen coming, but didn’t. The end result was that she resigned from the leadership role (after a trip to the emergency room).
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At some point, most leaders need to promote a new leader. In this episode, Julie identifies the three scenarios when a new leader is needed. She also provides several examples of how you can give employees leadership opportunities before promoting them. Finally, she shares how you, the current leader, can support those employees while they are developing into leaders.
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Leaders are usually great at hearing feedback – both good and bad. They know that feedback is how they get better at their craft. However, there is a specific type of feedback Julie recommends leaders ignore. In this episode, Julie covers that specific type of feedback, and how to handle it. She also shares why it is important for leaders to ignore this type of advice.
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We have all heard the phrase “showing up is half the battle” applied to many life scenarios – parenting, school, working out, being a good spouse. The same can be said for leadership, that showing up is a big part of being a leader. In this episode, Julie takes that idea step further and expands it to discuss the importance of how a leader shows up.
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A lot of leaders, especially business founders and owners, struggle with knowing how to nurture and grow leaders within their companies. They will often have a key employee with whom they have had casual conversations about leadership, but have not formalized a plan. In this episode, Julie discusses the first step in bringing up new leaders in your team or organization.
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If you’ve been a leader or manager, you have had an employee disappoint you. On this podcast, Julie discusses what to do when this happens. Managing your own feelings about the disappointment is the first step; Julie shares the other steps she takes to lead through a disappointment.
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Every successful team has 3 types of people on it – visionaries, leaders, and managers. In this podcast, Julie dives into these 3 character-types, how to identify each one, and the importance of knowing in which category you fall.
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Other podcast on roles - https://leadfromanywhere.libsyn.com/website/3-roles-needed-to-achieve-a-vision
What if you don’t want to lead? https://leadfromanywhere.libsyn.com/website/if-you-dont-wantto-be-a-leader
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In this episode, Julie shares a story about a recent conversation with another business leader. The business leader said that she had to do all the client meetings because her employees would often say, “I don’t know,” to some client questions. Julie discusses how she advised this business owner to proceed, and the outcomes that followed.
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Sometimes leaders or managers will find themselves taking work back from their employees. This is often due to a manager who likes to micromanage and hasn’t been taught effective ways to handle this challenge. In this episode, Julie covers the two times this usually happens, and how a leader can approach each scenario to make sure her team members do the work themselves.
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In today’s workplace, one skill a leader must have is how to read the nonverbal communication in a Zoom group meeting. A leader must also know how to change meeting direction, how to reign their own nonverbal cues in when needed, and when to not say anything more. In this episode, Julie explains some common things to look for when reading a Zoom room.
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Delegating can be a slippery slope towards abdicating. When leaders do not stay plugged into the work they think they’ve delegated, sometimes the abdication storm hits. In this episode, Julie shares a story of a recent experience her team, and how a leader can recover from the abdication storm.
Delegating’s Evil Cousin, podcast episode -
https://leadfromanywhere.libsyn.com/delegatings-evil-cousin-abdicating
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In this episode, Julie shares a trend she’s noticed recently – leaders who do not call themselves leaders – and the consequences that come from it. If a leader doesn’t accept that he or she is a leader, the team can suffer for it. In this episode, Julie shares her thoughts and insights on the challenges this presents, and a few ways to overcome them.
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Every workplace has a culture; leadership holds the responsibility for the quality of that culture. It's important to create a space where you, your team, and the company can all be a part of a great culture. In this episode, Julie shares insights on how leaders can embody the culture, set the tone, and make sure their teams understand and believe in the culture as well.
Core Values Episode – https://leadfromanywhere.libsyn.com/identifying-core-values
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In this episode, Julie shares her take on the thought that leadership is sexy. She discusses the difference between leadership and visionaries, why leadership can sometimes be a thankless job, and how to not romanticize the role. She also shares her thoughts on why people continue to become leaders despite the role’s challenges.
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Core values are at the root of a company culture, but how does a leader identify them? In this episode, Julie shares how a leader can figure out the core values of their organization. She also discusses how to find your personal core values, finishing with step by step instructions that leaders can use right away.
Why this is important - podcast episode - https://leadfromanywhere.libsyn.com/values-aligned-leadership-decisions
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No matter how you inherited a dysfunctional team, it is a challenge that must be dealt with right away. In this episode, Julie shares the two circumstances that usually create dysfunctional teams. She also provides a roadmap to deal with the dysfunction to return to a productive and happy workplace environment.
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It’s tough to be the new kid on the block, especially for new leaders. Earning the trust of a the new team they lead is paramount to the entire organization’s success. In this episode, Julie shares a few tactics leaders who are new to a team can implement to earn trust more quickly (and also give it).
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We’ve all heard that people are often promoted to their level of incompetence, but it’s more than that. Just because someone was great at their job before doesn’t mean they will be great at their newly-promoted role, but the reason isn’t skill incompetence. In this episode, Julie discusses promoting people to their level of leadership and management incompetence. She also shares a few ways to get back on track and then prevent this issue going forward.
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In this episode, Julie shares a recent conversation she had with a business founder who did not want to be a leader. She discusses how a current leader can be sure that they no longer want their leadership role. Julie also shares ways to move through the challenge, all while making decisions that are in the best interest of the staff and team.
Read this podcast - https://www.thejuliebee.com/if-you-dont-want-to-be-a-leader/
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Have you ever had a list of projects that were all really important and you didn’t know how to prioritize them? All leaders and managers face that challenge at some point. When everything seems important, or when you’re overwhelmed, it can be hard to prioritize. In this episode, Julie shares one very easy tip that she recently used to help her prioritize her work.
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What do you do when a customer asks you to make a decision that would side-step the authority you’ve delegated to your team? In this episode, Julie addresses this challenge that all managers and leaders face eventually. It may seem like a simple decision needs to be made, but the repercussions of inserting yourself into an established decision-making process can be costly. Julie shares a personal story to illustrate this, then shares some ways to avoid the problem altogether.
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Past podcast – Micromanaging Destroys Company Culture - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/lead-from-anywhere-micromanaging-mixdown
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In leadership, most leaders also manage. In this episode, Julie discusses the importance of knowing what role you are in whenever you are engaging with your team, and how you can’t really manage people. She also shares three tips to help you navigate going back and forth between both roles – manager and leader – to be more effective in both.
Episode transcript: https://www.thejuliebee.com/leader-or-manager-which-hat-are-you-wearing/
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In this episode, Julie talks about the importance of making values-aligned leadership decisions. She shares a very personal story of how her business almost went out of business because of decisions she made that weren’t aligned with the company’s values. She also offers 5 steps to help you start making values-aligned leadership decisions.
Check out the blog post: https://www.thejuliebee.com/values-aligned-leadership-decisions/
Resources mentioned:
The Greedy Leader’s Hell in the Hallway - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/greedy-leaders
Angie Stegall’s (my coach) Website - https://angiestegall.com/
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In this episode, Julie discusses the fourth transition managers must make to become leaders – going from team captain to coach. Using a sports analogy, Julie shares several differences between the roles, and also gives you actions to take to make the transition.
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In this episode, Julie shares her thoughts on how leadership, birthdays, and reflection tie together. Julie has a big birthday coming up, and she shares a story about a recent reflection she went through that tied together work, leadership, management, her birthday, and what her next decade holds. She also shares a few ideas about topics for leadership reflection.
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In this episode, Julie discusses the third mindset shift a manager must make to go from the manager role to a leader mindset. To step into the leadership role, one must focus on the why a lot more. Connecting the dots from what a team does at work, to why they are doing it, has many benefits to a team and organization. Julie also shares one simple action you can take to make this change today.
Other episodes mentioned:
Going from tactics to strategy – https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/from-manager-to-leader-tactics-to-strate
Changing from project manager to culture caretaker - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/pm-to-culture-caretaker
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In this episode, Julie shares a few stories of when she knew she was a leader. It is important for a leader to know these stories because it is part of their leadership foundation. It is also nice to have these stories to fall back on when a leader doubts themselves, has imposter syndrome, or just needs to look back for a leadership win.
Other podcasts episodes mentioned:
Imposter Syndrome for Leaders (episode 48) -
https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/imposter-syndrome-leaders
In this episode, Julie discusses a key mindset transition that managers must make in order to become a leader. Managers are usually focused on managing resources to complete a project. To step into the leadership role, though, one must also focus on caretaking for the culture. In this episode, Julie shares some insights on how a manager can make this crucial transition.
Other podcasts mentioned:
An overview of going from manager to leader - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/from-manager-to-leader-an-overview
From manager to leader requires a shift from tactics to strategy - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/from-manager-to-leader-tactics-to-strate
When Culture Shows Up episode - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/when-culture-shows-up
Listen to your people episode - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/listen-to-your-experts
Respectful Feedback Culture episode - https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/respectful-feedback-culture
In this episode, Julie shares the three things that elevates a good leader to a great one. Julie is often asked, “How do I get my people to do what I want them to do?” It isn’t about incentives or training. It’s about leadership. If you master the skills mentioned, you will become a leader your people will follow anywhere.
In this episode, Julie shares one of the mindset shifts a manager must make in order to become a leader. This podcast can help managers ready for a bigger role. It can also help if you’re already in a leadership role, but find yourself managing too much. In this podcast, Julie shares three practices to help anyone step more fully into a leadership role.
In this episode, Julie shares her insights about patience in leadership. Patience is often one of a leader’s greatest tools because it will often yield faster results than trying to push a change through your team. Julie offers some insights about how leaders can practice patience while also working towards a big goal or making a big change.
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In this episode, Julie shares some insights as to why leaders need to embrace their failures. How well one fails determines how well they succeed, and this is especially true for leaders. Julie shares her insights, a recent failure, and how leaders can look at missteps and mistakes in a different light.
Other resources mentioned:
I Failed as a Leader, failure in communication - episode: https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/lead-from-anywhere-leadership-failure-mi
My Worst Day Ever as a Leader – first time I fired someone - episode: https://www.spreaker.com/user/thefunone/my-worst-day-ever-as-a-leader
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In this episode of the Lead from Anywhere podcast, Julie reveals a piece of advice she frequently shares with other leaders. Reflecting on moments from both personal and business, Julie explains why her theory is important for leaders to embrace to maximize innovation, organization growth and legacy building.
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Being a leader comes with a lot of responsibility. Mastering leadership comes with learning some important mindset shifts. The process of transitioning from a manager to a leader can be a struggle. No matter where you are right now in the process, if you want to go from manager to leader – these four changes must happen in your mindset and in your daily work.
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What started as a “how to lead from home” podcast has turned into so much more. No matter where you are in your career or in geography, you can lead from anywhere. This is the 100th Lead from Anywhere Podcast episode. In this episode Julie will touch on highlights of the first one hundred episodes and talk about what can you expect next. More podcasts. More connection. Nurturing more leaders. Stay tuned for the next 100 episodes!
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In this episode, Julie flips the script on some popular, familiar advice – “Don’t Look Down!”. We’ve all heard that advice before and we have probably applied it when dealing with a major challenge or conflict. Instead of focusing on the ravine, what if we “Focus on the bridge”? When you focus on the bridge, the thing that connects point a to point b, everything else fades away. The divide seems much smaller, the ravine not nearly as threatening.
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Have you ever let a lack of process hold you back? In a perfect world, there would be a process for every role, and every recurring task in your organization. But we know the world isn’t perfect, and sometimes you have to take a risk. In this episode, Julie shares her struggle with process, and how she moved forward with hiring anyways.
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How are your relationships with those you lead, while working remotely due to COVID? Over the past year, Julie has talked to a lot of employees, managers, and leaders. She discovered that many workers felt that their relationships with their managers and leaders are better. On the flip side, leaders and managers felt that their relationships with their people feel disconnected. If you’re one of those leaders who feels their relationships worsened - you may have some work to do.
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Sometimes culture shows up unexpectedly. If you’ve built the right culture, in the right way, your employees will live into the culture of your company without you needing to be there. In this episode, Julie shares an experience one of her employees recently encountered and how company culture SHOWED UP without her presence.
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In a virtual environment, how do you make sure your people feel heard when using a messaging software like Slack? In this episode, Julie provides actionable steps to ensure your team will feel connected, no matter where they are working from.
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This episode, join Julie in exploring InnoPLAYtion - the intersection between innovation and play. More importantly, it’s where leaders can have a little fun while giving their mind and imagination the space and time it needs to find a new path
In this episode, Julie shares the one question she asks her team more than any other question: What do you think we should do? This question is a big part of her success and can be for your business, as well. It requires a solid company culture to be effective but asking this question can elevate the trust your team places in you.
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In this episode, Julie discusses a recent experience with her team that has elevated her leadership style and how she delegates. It’s important to share the results of your team’s work with them, so that they can see the impact. This is especially important if a project spans several months (or years).
In this episode, Julie talks about the leadership of Casey Crawford. Julie has admired Casey’s leadership style from afar for several years. Casey is the founder of Movement Mortgage and has many accolades to his name. On this episode, Julie shares her thoughts, admiration, and lessons learned from Casey, as a person on the outside, looking in.
Casey Crawford on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseycrawford/
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LOVE in Leadership episode - https://www.spreaker.com/user/11840885/love-in-leadership
This episode shares a story about the visionary, the translator, and the builder. Leaders need these 3 roles on a team to see achieve a mission or vision statement. Julie shares actionable insights about these roles to move a vision from fairy tale to reality.
In this episode, Julie shares what it means to lead from anywhere. It doesn’t matter your title, role, or location. Anyone can lead from anywhere if they have a desire to do so. Julie shares her thoughts about this, and what’s required to become a leader they will follow anywhere.
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Most of us are ready for 2021 to start! In this episode, Julie shares a few things she’s working on to improve her leadership and management skills in 2021.
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In this episode, Julie shares insights for when new leaders and managers can make changes. Whether you are a new manager or leader, or a practiced leader starting with a new organization, this podcast episode can help. Julie discusses a timeline for when to make change, how to know if the team and organization are ready for changes sooner than the timeline, and the most important thing to remember as a leader who wants to make changes.
On getting buy-in - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/39799288
On being a change agent - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42128145
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In this episode, Julie shares how she reflects on her past as a manager and leader, and what she tries to learn each time. Winter is a great time of year to practice reflection, and Julie shares 3 easy
steps with you so that you can make it happen.
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Most leaders are big-picture thinkers. They can see the end result but often have a hard time getting to that end result. In this episode, Julie shares the one key role those big-picture thinkers need to turn their ideas into a reality.
In this episode, Julie discusses how the greed cannot lead. If you are a leader in any capacity, do everything you can to prevent the greed from leading. It will crush morale, hinder performance, and make work miserable for everyone – most of all, you. Julie gives some practical advice on finding the balance between growing (and making more money) and generosity.
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In this episode, Julie shares some leadership lessons she learned from her dog, Lacey. While there are many lessons Julie learned from her pooch, there are a few that really stand out. Pets do indeed make us better people; Julie learned that her dog also made her a better leader.
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In this episode, Julie shares another one of her tools in her leadership toolbox. Harvest time tracker helps Julie stay on course, working on the big, strategic items while also getting the administrative to-do’s done.
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In this episode, Julie shares several questions that leaders can ask the people they lead. The answers to these questions provide valuable insights into how the organization can run better, and how leaders can improve their own leadership skills.
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In this episode, Julie shares one of her daily affirmations and how she lives into it through leadership. She also shares how unapologetic and compassionate can co-exist in a leadership style, and what that looks like when a leader addresses her team.
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In this episode, Julie shares how some elements of leadership can feel like pushing boulders. There will always be the easy and quick work, and then there’s the big and slow work. It’s the big and slow work that leaders must focus on every day to make sure their organizations and teams move forward.
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In this episode, Julie discusses what she is grateful for, and reflects on 2020. She also mentions upcoming changes you don’t want to miss!
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In this episode, Julie discusses the difference between change agents and change implementors. It might surprise you to hear that leaders don’t make change – tune into the podcast to get more insights on that statement (and more).
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In this episode, Julie shares how the Clifton Strengths Finder assessment has helped her be a better leader. Julie believes that to be a great leader, one must know their personal strengths and weaknesses quite well.
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In this episode, Julie discusses how leaders can get more ideas (and better ideas) from their people. She shares a process her team set up (their idea!) and how she envisions it working in the future. If you’re a leader who suffers from decision fatigue or innovation fatigue, you definitely need to listen to this episode.
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In this episode, Julie talks about one of a leader’s top 5 jobs – making the hard, and right, decisions. Julie shares a few experiences where she had to make a hard &right decision in a leadership role and gives some insights into how you can do this as a leader, as well.
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In this episode, Julie discusses how a leadership compass can guide leaders through good times and bad. Knowing your true North as a leader is crucial to effectively using your leadership compass. Julie also shares a few times she was lost or off the path, and how her leadership compass, and her true North, guided her back on track.
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In this episode, Julie shares one of her leadership tools to ensure she gets the most important work done. Despite having ADHD, Julie is very productive. She uses the Pomodoro method, in combination with a Tabata Timer, to ensure she manages her time well and is a productive leader.
In this episode, Julie shares her thoughts on voting – and how it relates to leadership. Voting is a rare privilege where those who vote get the chance to select their leaders. That’s not something most have – usually you’re not selecting your leaders at work or in other parts of your life. A non-political look at how awesome it is for leaders to choose their leaders.
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In this podcast episode, Julie shares why it is important for leaders to have high-level conversations with other leaders. She shares six questions that can start these conversations, and will help you avoid the small-talk pitfalls. These conversation starters will help you learn from other leaders to become a better and more effective leader!
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In this episode, Julie discusses the lost art of respectful disagreement. To make progress with a group of people who don’t always agree with each other, the ability to respectfully disagree and make a decision about moving forward is required. The problem is, many people have either lost this ability, or were never taught the skills to create this space. In this episode, Julie shares a personal story about a recent interaction that brought this to light, tips for leaders to practice this, and how a leader can teach their teams to practice respectful disagreement.
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In this episode, Julie shares one of her leadership tools – the Big Five Assessment. She likes it better than DISC because it tells her how employees will most likely “show up” with 5 distinct characteristics. The Big Five assessment also shows leaders which employees they can rely on for the hard truth, the pep talk, to get the work done no matter what, and who might challenge their assumptions.
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In this episode, Julie talks about the final habit that puts leaders into the Hell in the Hallway – inaction. A leader struggling with inaction has a hard time making a decision. They over-analyzing everything. The challenge, though, is how to move beyond this. It’s not as easy as, “Just make a decision,” because the inaction often has a deeper cause.
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In this episode, Julie discusses the concept of foreboding joy, and how it impacts leaders. Foreboding joy, a phrase Julie first heard from Brene Brown, has been a struggle for Julie. She shares some insights on how she has overcome foreboding joy, and why it is crucial for leaders to do the same.
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Indifference in leadership has a lot of negative consequences, but none are bigger than the impact it has on a leader’s people. In this episode, Julie discusses how being an indifferent leader, one who disregards their people’s input, sets up the organization for failure. Julie also discusses signs it is an issue, and how to address it.
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In this episode, Julie shares a few things marriage has taught her about leadership. She shares what L-O-V-E looks like in marriage and in leadership. Celebrating her anniversary this month, Julie was inspired to create this episode to have a little fun and also deliver a very real message about what leaders who love look like.
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In this episode, Julie shares why beginning with the end in mind is sometimes the wrong approach. While most managers and leaders do want a productive team, starting with the why of the project, and compassion and empathy, is a better way to start the conversations.
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Delegating has an evil cousin – it’s abdicating. Abdicating authority and power will land a leader in the Hell in the Hallway. It’s a slippery slope for leaders because it’s easy for delegating to turn into abdicating. Episode 62 of the Lead from Anywhere podcast discusses what abdication looks like in a workplace, and how to correct course.
In this episode, Julie discusses a part of her Why that some have called soft. Love is necessary in leadership, and it’s anything but easy. Julie believes we need more love in leadership today than ever before – the question is, are you on board to do the hard, good work?
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In this episode, Julie discusses what a selfish leader looks like, how to know if you’re selfish, and how to change into a selfless leader. Selfish leaders who remain in that space will continue to find themselves in that Hell in the Hallway Julie has been discussing over the past few weeks. In this episode, Julie shares how to get and stay out of that Hallway, for good.
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In this episode, Julie shares a story about how a recent client would not take the advice of their internal experts (also known as long-standing and trustworthy employees). Before leaders turn to outside expertise, they should first ask those who work the processes, who do the job every day for their insights and opinions. Often times, that next best step is already in the employees’ minds – all leaders need to do is ask, and then implement.
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In this episode, Julie discusses the Drama Triangle, which was created by Stephen Karpman in 1968, and how leaders can use it to resolve conflict. Julie discusses the three roles people can play in the Triangle – Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer. She also shares ways to overcome being in those roles, as a leader, to reach a drama-free workplace.
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Greed and leadership shouldn’t go together, and yet, we often find greedy leaders in our world. In this episode, Julie discusses how greed is another characteristic that will land leaders in the hell in the hallway, until they address their greediness. In this episode, Julie delivers several ways greed shows up in leadership, and how to move beyond it to become a great leader.
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In this episode, Julie shares where she found out about September 11th and how that experience helped form how she leads. As we take some time over the next few days to remember, reflect, and honor those who lost their lives, Julie hopes you too can find a silver-lining lesson amidst the sadness we still feel.
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When leaders allow themselves to get burned out, they find themselves stuck in between a door closing and another opening. In this episode, Julie discusses what burnout looks like and how it continues to land leaders in that hell in the hallway until they address it. Julie also shares personal stories about how this has impacted her business and her life, and how she finally overcame it.
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In this episode, Julie shares her why with you (as inspired by Simon Sinek). Leadership, compassion, empathy, and love all play a role in Julie’s why. Her vision is one of a better world where the good guys always win, but to get there, leadership must change. A call-to-action episode, Julie wants to know if you’ll join her on this mission.
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There are seven leadership characteristics that repeatedly put leaders in the Hell in the Hallway. Until leaders address those issues, they keep finding themselves in those hallways – in between when one door closes and when that window opens. In this episode, Julie discusses ego and pride – one of the characteristics. She shares how to identify it, where it comes from, and how to overcome it as a leader so that you never end up in the Ego hallway again.
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Most of the time, leaders need to be unselfish. They need to be selfless to be able to lead with compassion and empathy. However, there’s one time when leaders do need to be selfish. In this episode, Julie discusses when that time is, and how being selfish up front makes is so leaders can be selfless when leading those who follow them.
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Almost every business owner, leader, and HR person will tell you to hire slowly, fire quickly. Julie disagrees, in most cases, with the firing quickly part. In this episode, Julie discusses why she disagrees, how to fire slowly, and also the few times when she does fire fast.
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By definition, leaders must have followers to be considers leaders. To gain followers, a leader must have influence. To keep followers, a leader must build loyalty. How can leaders build loyalty, though? In this episode, Julie discusses how to gain loyalty from those you lead.
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Servant leadership requires a level of selflessness that does not come naturally to many. It requires leaders to make decisions that are in the best interest for the most people – even if that decision isn’t what is best for the leader. In this episode, Julie discusses this philosophy and gives a few examples of how it works in real life.
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Imposter Syndrome is a real issue for many people in positions of power and influence, including leaders. It leads us to question if we should have the roles we have, sometimes making us think we’re frauds. In this episode, Julie discusses how imposter syndrome can show up for leaders, and how to move past it.
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Waba Sabi is a Japanese design principle that means you implement what’s imperfect, constantly making improvements. In leadership, it looks like getting better, not perfect, before implementing a decision. In this episode, Julie discusses how she uses this philosophy in her business and as a leader.
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In this podcast, Julie discusses how her idea of strong leadership has changed over the years. It used to be ego-driven, arrogant, and dictator-style leadership was viewed as strong. Today, strong leaders serve their people with compassion and empathy.
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One major difference between good and great leaders is how they view, and speak about, time. Good leaders will talk about how they spend their time. Great leaders talk about how they invest their time. This slight change in perspective can have a big, positive impact on how well you lead your teams. In this episode, Julie discusses the differences and how to make the change from spending to investing time.
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Who makes the better leader – a rule follower, or a rule breaker? The answer might surprise you. In this episode, Julie discusses the differences between the types of rules a leader must decide to follow (or not), and gives her insights into who makes the better leader.
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Change is never easy. In a company, a successful change requires buy-in from everyone the change impacts. In this episode, Julie discusses how to get buy-in for big changes from those you lead, and shares a recent story with you to highlight the how it works.
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Leaders need to be led from time to time. If you are a follower in some part of your life, you can help lead your leaders with one action – speaking up. In this episode, Julie gives a framework to help followers lead, no matter where they are in an organization.
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