The StrongLead Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the StrongLead Podcast, where we build strong leaders. This is the show that helps you master the craft of leadership so you can contribute something truly amazing to the world. Pull up a chair as the owners of StrongLead LLC pack 50+ years of leadership wisdom into 15-minute segments. Get the insight, encouragement, and lessons you need to grow into a strong leader.
Strong Leaders think critically. Let's discuss four major obstacles to critical thinking and how to overcome them.
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Strong leaders take the initiative. In this episode, Chad shares three kinds of people when it comes to taking the initiative, plus four areas that are ripe and ready for you to show some initiative.
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A paycheck might get someone on your payroll, but if you want to build a strong company, you've got to understand—and meet—all four workplace needs that every person has.
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Leaders at all levels resist doing the right thing because of how others will (or might) react. In this episode, Chad explores the challenging truth that you are not responsible for other people’s emotions.
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As a leader (especially if you are THE leader), it's tempting to try to do too much. However, unlike a business, you can't grow your capacity to do more. In this episode, Chad shares how smart leaders determine which things to do and which things to let others do.
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Anxiety is the hidden force behind many workplace problems. In this episode, we unpack what anxiety really is, how to spot it, and how leaders can respond with courage and clarity.
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Leading some Gen Z-ers can be challenging. Complaining or coddling is not the answer. Instead, understanding them and making four moves to support them as they mature is the topic Chad explores in this week's episode.
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Old sayings aren't outdated—they're battle-tested. In this episode, Chad dusts off four classic pieces of wisdom that today's leaders need to remember, respect, and actually live out.
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If you want to up your leadership game, you need to add compassion to your toolkit. In this episode, Chad shares the importance of compassion for leaders as well as five valuable expressions of compassion.
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Success is the bullseye that you're aiming to hit in life. In this episode, Chad shares five important shifts that will improve your definition of success and improve the true quality of your life.
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There are five areas where (too!) many companies lack clarity. In this week's episode, Chad examines these five areas and details the importance of getting and keeping clear so your company succeeds.
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Most leaders struggle with time not because they don't know how best to manage it, but because they fall into wrong thinking about time. In this episode, Chad shares five common confusions we must avoid when it comes to time.
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Lots of leaders wish they were more patient. Why? Because it's a valuable character trait that has a huge upside. In this episode, Chad shares three areas we need to exercise patience as well as three reasons we are not more patient.
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It's easy to assume certain highly valued leadership qualities pretty much guarantee success, but the truth is they don't. In fact, these qualities can be overrated and overdone. In this episode, Chad examines four such qualities and how to balance them out with four even better qualities.
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Usually a blind spot is a bad thing. But sometimes it's to your advantage. In this week's episode, Chad explores how now knowing something can lead to curiosity, creativity, and great results.
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Great leaders don't just inspire—they define reality first. In this episode, we break down why facing the truth is a leader's first responsibility, how to balance brutal facts with vision, and the steps to communicate and act with clarity.
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Some people are fragile. Some are robust, which is better. Others are resilient, which is even better. But did you know there is an even better way of dealing with life's difficulties? In this episode, Chad outlines what it means to be anti-fragile and how you can become stronger as a result of stress, strain, and struggle.
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Poor communication is one of the biggest contributors to low trust and lackluster results. In this episode, Chad shares 5 ways to improve your communication.
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Steve Jobs famously said, "Real artists ship." It's tempting to get stuck overthinking, polishing, planning, and just plain procrastinating. But strong leaders resist that temptation. In this week's episode, Chad shares four ways to push for progress.
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Now that you have the foundation laid for knowing your purpose, it's time to clarify your purpose. This isn't easy, but in this week’s episode Chad shares 4 essential activities that will help you get the clarity you need to live on purpose.
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What's the purpose of your life? That's a big question! In this episode, Chad addresses five questions that will lay the groundwork for knowing your purpose.
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Money isn't everything, but it is an important thing, which is why we want to ask the question posed in this week's title. Whether you're an employee or the employer, you want to make sure there is an equity of exchange in the relationship.
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This week we are not talking about sugar, nicotine, or those kinds of addictions. Instead, we're exploring three addictions that many leaders need to deal with in order to strengthen their leadership and improve performance.
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You've heard, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." In this week's episode, Chad shares three ways strong leaders take that proverb up a notch and develop a taste for lemonade.
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Billion-dollar businesses and startups on a shoestring budget are all smart enough to do annual business planning. Smart leaders also do business planning for their personal life. In this week's episode, Chad shares about an upcoming workshop (stronglead.org/business-plan-for-life) and four reasons it's important to have a business plan for life.
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A quick follow-up to our announcement from mid-October.
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This is our shortest episode ever by a lot! So please listen so you don't miss this important update!
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Why would anyone follow you? Or why should you follow anyone else? Only fools follow those who haven't earned the right to lead. In this week's episode, Chad shares four ways you earn the right to influence.
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When something goes wrong, it's never the victim's fault, and the victim never steps up to take responsibility. Even if you think you don't play the victim, you most likely do. In this week's episode, Chad explores a tool called the Drama Triangle and how it explains the temptation of seeing yourself as the helpless victim.
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If you're going to step up and lead, you have to give yourself permission to do so. In this week's episode, Chad shares four things that must be true in order for you to give yourself the necessary permission to lead others.
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Great leaders take care of business, and one of the most important but overlooked ways to be successful is your surroundings. In this episode, Chad shares the power of surroundings and five specific areas of life where you can leverage the power of surroundings.
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Strong leaders leverage the power of habits to not only be their best, but to grow into even stronger, better leaders. In this episode, Chad shares six habits that will help you keep growing.
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Strong leaders are good at relationships, which requires them to be good at boundaries. When we're not good with boundaries, we create problems. In this week's episode, Chad shares four kinds of boundary problems from the best-selling book, Boundaries (https://amzn.to/3yLbGBj).
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Your personality is both your biggest strength and your most significant liability as a leader. In this week's episode, Chad shares some common mistakes to avoid when it comes to your personality, along with how to make the small adjustments that get the biggest positive returns.
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The podcast title this week says it all. Listen and learn how being nice is sometimes the worst thing you can do for a relationship.
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If you want to get leadership right, you have to get yourself right, which requires getting your relationships right. In this episode, Chad shares how beliefs are the highest leverage change you can make to get your relationships right.
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To be a great leader, you need strong, solid sources of influence. This means you need quality relationships with the people around you. In this week's episode, Chad shares four questions to help you evaluate your relationships.
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If you want to get leadership (and life) right, you want to get your relationships right. Strong leaders don't just accept the relationships they have, they exercise intentionality to get the relationships they need. In this week's episode, Chad shares four relationship moves that will help you make the most of your relationships.
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You can't be an authentic leader without knowing who you are and what drives you. Without this level of self-awareness, leaders stumble. In this week's episode, Chad explores three areas where inauthentic leaders are susceptible to weak leadership.
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There is a maturity milestone that every leader has to reach in order to be a truly great leader. In this episode, Chad shares how leaders balance and blend the external pressure to be fake and the internal pressure to serve ego.
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Putting up a skyscraper or a mansion or even a toolshed on a shaky foundation is not a good idea because the final building is only as strong as its foundation. The same is true for leaders. In this episode, Chad shares how self-awareness is the foundation for all truly strong and capable leaders and illustrates the four things you need to know about yourself to be strong in your foundation.
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The best techniques cannot overcome the challenges of having the wrong tool for the job. And if you're the wrong kind of person, all the leadership techniques in the world will be of little value. In this episode, Chad examines three aspects of your being that will determine your potential in leadership (and in life).
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Sometimes we make things too complicated, and it's great to get back to the basics. In this episode, Chad shares the three essential elements of leadership. These three ingredients will support strong leadership wherever you're leading.
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Where is leadership needed? Pretty much everywhere. In this episode, Chad shares four places to look for the opportunity to lead. You'll be a stronger leader when you learn to spot these opportunities and step up to provide leadership.
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We can learn to be strong leaders by noticing the consequences and causes of weak leaders. In this episode, Chad discusses the results of weak leaders and four kinds of weak leaders. Don't be weak!
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Sometimes different people bring different meaning to the same word. When it comes to leadership, there are two popular but very different ideas about what leadership means. In this episode, we'll get clear on which of these definitions best fits you and your approach to leadership.
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Are you "emotional"? The answer is yes. Everyone has emotions. Leaders don't try to eliminate their emotions, instead they seek to domesticate them. In this episode, Chad shares some practical ways to get your emotions working for you, not against you.
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Leadership is a relationship between leader and followers, which is why credibility is the foundation of leadership. Without it, nobody is going to follow you. In this episode, Chad unpacks the four characteristics that followers look for in a leader to know he or she is credible.
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At our recent leadership conference, one of the speakers used a wall as a metaphor for community strength. In today's episode, Chad builds on that metaphor by describing the importance of having a wall to (re)build and three things it takes to build your wall as a leader.
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It's the leader's job to help drive performance. In this week's episode, Chad discusses the many things that can get in the way of performance and why it's the leader's job to reduce these interferences.
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If you're in any kind of leadership situation--either formally or informally--one of the items on your job description is to challenge. In this week's episode, Chad shares why challenging is so important and four people every leader must challenge.
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Vision is a good thing, and any good thing can be overdone. In this episode, Chad shares how vision is essential to great leadership and three ways it can be overdone.
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A big mistake we can make in life is to think life should be frictionless. Instead, we need a philosophy of pain that helps us make the most of adverse events. In this episode, Chad shares such a philosophy and how you can apply it in your life and leadership.
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Leadership starts with you, and there's nothing you can do to earn people's respect more than modeling what really matters. In this episode, Chad shares the three aspects of modeling the most important values and how you can start modeling the values you expect to see from those you lead.
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Hopefully this week's episode doesn't apply to you, but chances are it does. One of the toughest things about leading is letting someone go or weighing in on that kind of decision. In this week's episode, Chad covers a handful of conditions that indicate it's time to fire someone.
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Maybe you think you don't have anger. Well, you do. The thing might be that you're not dealing with anger in the right way. In this week's episode, Chad discusses the ways anger can show up and the three ways that anger serves us in good ways.
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While we might admire the big-time famous leaders like Churchill or Elon Musk, we shouldn’t confuse fame for effectiveness. In this episode, Chad breaks down three ways that the most effective leaders get started in small ways.
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It's a tried-and-true mantra that people do business with those they know, like, and trust. Likability is a crucial factor for being a person of influence and leadership, but how do you increase your likeability? In this week's episode, Chad shares five ways even the most unlikable person can become a more likable leader.
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If you're going to lead well, you have to be connected with other human beings. In this week's episode, Chad distinguishes being connected from being popular and outlines three ways you can improve your connectivity.
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The wrong kind of curiosity can kill the cat, but the right kind of curiosity is essential for strong leaders. In this episode, Chad explores three kinds of curiosity and why curiosity is such an important attribute for today’s leaders.
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A strong leader pays attention to lots of things – including himself or herself. In this episode, Chad describes the two kinds of self-awareness and four ways to do self-awareness the right way.
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Hockey great Wayne Gretzky famously said a key to his success was that he learned to skate to where the puck was going to be. In life and leadership, being able to anticipate is an incredibly valuable strength. In this week's episode, Chad explores this ability and four ways you can improve as an anticipator.
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Why do we want problem-solvers in business? Because business (and life) is full of problems! In this episode, Chad shares 4 ways you can up your problem-solving ability.
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In a world where change seems to be the only constant, agility is a premium ability. In this episode, Chad describes what agility is, why it's so important, and three ways you can up your agility game.
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Authenticity is in short supply these days, which is why being authentic is a great way to stand out as a leader. In this episode, Chad explores 4 opportunities you have to be authentic at work.
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What sets the best leaders apart from the rest? According to William Vanderblomen, author of Be the Unicorn, one of the trademarks of the best leaders is that they are fast. In this episode, Chad examines what it means (and doesn't mean) to be fast, plus five practical ways you can be fast.
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In a world where we often think there will be a way forward that is all benefit and no cost, we need to remember the words of the brilliant and down-to-earth economist Thomas Sowell: "There are no solutions, only trade-offs." In this week's episode, Chad applies this principle to four common decisions leaders face.
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Dallas Willard defines love as willing good for someone. In this week’s episode, Chad explores 4 practical ways we can demonstrate this kind of love at work (and beyond).
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There is a formula that can be applied to almost any area of life that will help you be more successful. The formula works for finances, career, health, and even relationships. In this episode, Chad shares the formula and walks you through how to apply it.
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In today's world, good relationship skills are as rare and as valuable as gold. In this week's episode, Chad examines four relationship skills that are so valuable, you will want to develop them and practice them at work and at home.
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Being a young person in the workforce today ain't easy. In this week's episode, Chad shares some totally unsolicited advice aimed at helping young professionals grow into strong leaders.
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Back in the 1970's, Robert Greenleaf coined the term "servant leadership" to describe a style of leadership that wasn't leader-centered. Great. But too often this term and even the concept gets misinterpreted or misapplied as simply "being nice". In this week's episode, Chad shares three ways being nice goes wrong and how we can properly apply servant leadership.
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If you're leading in any way at all, you are engaging in difficult conversations. In this week's episode, Chad shares five keys that can help you have those difficult conversations well. The conversations won't be easy, but they will go much better.
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Whether you’re on the giving or the receiving end of feedback, it can be a challenge. In this episode, Chad shares why feedback really is the breakfast of champions, when to serve it, and how to serve it best.
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We hear a lot about the goodness and importance of empowering others, but what does that really mean? In a nutshell, it means giving them the power to make decisions and/or take action. But what kind of power? In this week's episode, Chad describes the five kinds of power you are giving someone when you empower them.
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When you challenge (or get challenged), you want to be clear what the gap is that needs to be addressed. In this episode, Chad explores 6 flavors of challenge and the growth you can expect from each.
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Challenge is one of the most powerful ways to get stronger. But what exactly can we expect from challenge? In this episode, Chad examines 4 strengths that challenge brings forth.
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Leaders challenge. Strong leaders challenge the right way. In this episode, Chad shares 4 rules for leveraging the power of challenge in your leadership.
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A lot of potential goes unrealized because even leaders are tempted by that which is urgent. But why are urgent matters so appealing? In this episode, Chad shares three reasons why urgency is so appealing and how you can overcome the seduction of urgent matters.
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The actual work of a manager is often a mystery to others – and sometimes to the manager! In this episode, Chad breaks down the value of managers and the three things managers think about and do all day, every day, in a hundred different ways.
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Too many otherwise strong leaders have a glaring weakness: they are unable and unwilling to be vulnerable at work. In this week's episode, Chad talks about vulnerability not as an emotional, personal, touchy-feely thing, but as a means for improving your game and bringing out the best in yourself and those around you.
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In football, you can have a great playbook, but it's useless if the players don't actually run the plays as designed. In business, you need strategy and priorities, but if you don't put them into practice, it's bad. In this episode, Chad shares the importance of running the plays that have been called and four ways to improve your play running.
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Personal values are principles and priorities that guide you through life. But sometimes our values get out of whack and lead us astray. In this episode, Chad shares four ways you can make sure your values are working for you, not against you.
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Leadership that's focused on appearing strong goes only skin deep and always comes up short. On the other hand, strong leadership starts with a focus on the leader's relationship to self. In this episode, Chad walks us through the four layers of leadership.
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You need to surround yourself with people who bring out your best, but that's easier said than done. In this episode, Chad shares four relationship moves every leader must make to have a true family of support.
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If you're going to be and do your best, you have to work in the ways that you work best. In this episode, Chad shares three questions that can help you know how you work best so you can do your best work.
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Do you ever feel like a fraud? Of course you do. In this week's episode, Chad discusses how prevalent imposter syndrome is among leaders and the steps you can take to overcome it in your own life.
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Anxiety, especially at the system level, is incredibly toxic. As a leader, you want to deal with anxiety the right way. In this episode, Chad helps you identify the four sources of anxiety, including the one that must be addressed if you're to lead and live well.
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An overlooked aspect of business health is the emotional condition of the organization. In this week's episode, Chad describes what it means for a business to be anxious and the five symptoms of an anxious business.
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Too many people think the path to getting ahead involves being a taker or a manipulator. That's not the case. In this week's episode, Chad shares the importance of being generous and four areas of life and work where it’s important to be generous.
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Habits are the closest thing there is to a magic bullet. In this week's episode, Chad shares 3 leadership habits that will strengthen your leadership by making doing the right things much more likely.
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In this episode, Chad shared some advice one of his buddies received from his dad. The advice is for winners, and each piece of advice contrasts what winners do versus what losers do. Be a winner.
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Do you have the right stuff? Forty years ago, the movie The Right Stuff highlighted the kinds of people it took to launch America into space. In this episode, Chad shares four qualities that make top quality team members stand out and be first-rate leaders.
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It sounds counter-intuitive, but when people have too few problems, it's a problem. In this episode, Chad talks about the rising number of people who seem unable to handle even the most mundane levels of challenge, discomfort, or difficulty, and how we can develop greater strength in ourselves and those around us.
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Decisions are what separates a thriving business from a failing one. But too often, decision-making is concentrated when it needs to be dispersed. In this week's episode, Chad talks about how we can overcome FOMAD and foster good decision-making in business and in life.
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What separates someone filling a position from someone truly contributing? The degree to which they drive results. In this episode, Chad shares why this competency is so important and how you dial it up in your own work.
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Leaders share an inspired vision that helps influence others to make the vision a reality. As a leader, it's tempting to think that once you've shared the vision, you can check it off your list. But vision leaks, and it gets drained by five powerful forces that we must combat.
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If you want a higher quality of life for yourself and for those around you, you must take responsibility for your corner of the world. But where is that? In this week's episode, Chad shares the four boundary markers that constitute your corner of the world.
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A lion is an amazing beast, and if you're in a cage with one, you'd better hope you can tame it before it kills you. In this week's episode, Chad talks about three lions of life (emotions, tongue, and focus) that you must tame in order to create the outcomes you want.
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Without a purpose, life is rather meaningless. But how do you get a purpose? In this episode, Chad shares why "finding" your purpose is the wrong approach and how you can take the right approach.
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From the outside, leadership can seem glamorous. From the inside, it's incredibly challenging. In this episode, Chad shares five ways that leadership is hard and why it's still worth it to lead.
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Motivation is the desire to act in service to a goal. Okay, but how do you get more motivation? In this episode, Chad shares the three levels of motivation, why level three is best, and three elements that help you tap into the third level.
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One of the four most important virtues is temperance, which is the self-control to not overdo things. In this episode, Chad shares how you need to exercise this kind of balance in three areas in order to have a great coming year.
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Want to delegate effectively? Of course you do. In this episode, Chad shares how thinking of delegation in three layers (goals, plans, and actions) can help you be a highly effective delegator.
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Something that is in short supply these days is a willingness to sacrifice. However, sacrifice is at the heart of any strong leader. In this episode, Chad examines the power of sacrifice and how to apply it in your own life and leadership.
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When you're young, people love to give you advice about how to succeed. Unfortunately, some of the most common advice is pretty bad. In this episode, Chad explores five pieces of bad advice and the how to learn from it even though it's bad.
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Leading is hard work. Want to make it MORE difficult? Be unorganized. In this episode, Chad shares 4 areas leaders organize and how to do it.
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Leadership matters at every level, but when a community is filled with strong leaders, it makes a big difference. This week, Chad shares 3 reasons why leadership matters, especially to the Catawba Valley community in which most of our listeners work and live.
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One of the biggest challenges leaders face is holding others accountable. In this episode, Chad discusses three things you want to get right when it comes to accountability: your mind, your timing, and your words.
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Life and work today requires change, and change is hard. A trusted approach to creating positive change is to start with baby steps. In this episode, Chad shares four reasons baby steps are such a powerful approach to change.
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Routines are auto-pilot ways of behaving. When we have the right routines, we help our brain focus on what matters most (and stay focused!). In this episode, Chad explores four routines that will help you reach new levels of focus, performance, and productivity.
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Most leaders focus on numbers they want to go up – revenue, profit, sales, etc. But there are some numbers that you want to go down. In this episode, Chad covers four key areas that the more successful you are and the higher you’re leading, the lower the number.
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In order to influence those around you (a.k.a. "lead" them), they have to allow it. One of the most important ways you earn the right to influence is your executive presence, which is how you come across on the surface or from a distance. In this episode, Chad shares the killers of executive presence as well as the key areas to develop for a strong executive presence.
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In 1910, former president Teddy Roosevelt gave a famous speech in which he contrasted the man in the arena vs. the cynic. Life is full of cynics – those people who never try to do something but who can always find fault in those who do try. In this episode, Chad shares four principles we each need to practice based on this stirring speech.
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Like it or not, change is a constant. A key for great leaders is to execute the kind of change that's called for. In this episode, Chad shares four kinds of change based on the speed of change and the degree to which direction is changed.
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As John Maxwell often says, "Everything rises or falls on leadership." But does it really? Does leadership really matter that much? In this episode, Chad shares the evidence of why leadership matters and five steps to strengthening your leadership so that more things rise and less things fall.
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Sometimes things are clearer the further back you stand. In simple terms, every business has three core functions. In this week's episode, Chad shares the three functions of every business and why it's important for everyone in the company to get the big picture.
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Every company knows what they do. Some companies know how they do what they do in ways that make them distinct. Few companies are clear on why they do what they do. In this episode, Chad shares the importance of knowing your why and how it can help your organization thrive.
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The shift from childhood to adulthood is marked by 5 essential truths. Unfortunately, many of today's "adults" haven't fully made the shift. In this week's episode, Chad shares the 5 truths and how you can support the maturing process in your own life and in those around you.
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Leadership is full of challenging battles. The most important and most challenging battle you will face as a leader is the overwhelming temptation to believe it's about you. In this episode, Chad shares three common battle fronts in the war of choosing what's best for me vs. what's best for the business.
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A very common challenge with leaders at all levels is the need to be more assertive. Too many leaders confuse being assertive with being mean. In this episode, Chad shares the true meaning of assertiveness and five keys to asserting yourself well.
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Leadership is tough, so it takes commitment. Whether you're a top-level leader or someone exercising leadership way down in the organization, you need to make three important commitments. In this episode, Chad shares what the three commitments are and why each one is so important.
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In our final episode on business as a blessing, Chad examines how people are wired for accomplishment and how you, as a leader, can foster a sense of accomplishment.
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If you're going to work people to life and not to death, you need to help their work be meaningful. This doesn't mean that every minute is chock full of deep and profound purpose, but it does mean that each person feels connected to something bigger than himself. In this episode, Chad shares how you can making work more meaningful for your people.
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If you're going to work people to life and not to death, you need to pay attention to the relationships you're fostering at work. Specifically, you need to do what you can to foster positive relationships among your employees. In this episode, Chad discusses the importance of positive relationships at work and five ways you can make those relationships more positive.
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If you're going to work people to life and not to death, your workplace needs to be a place of engagement. In this episode, Chad explains why being engaged is so good for the human soul and how you can foster a workplace where people are engaged in what they do.
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If you're going to work people to life and not to death, you're going to want a workplace that stirs up more positive emotions than negative emotions. In this episode, Chad examines the impact of emotions as well as the how and why of creating a positive emotional experience at work.
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When done properly, your business will work people to life, not to death. In this week's episode, Chad examines three ways you can begin to make your business a blessing for those who work there.
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There are many things a leader can delegate to others, and there are a few things a leader must be sure to take responsibility for. In this episode, Chad shares the 5 responsibilities every leader needs to take ownership of and make sure they are done with excellence.
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Is your business or organization smart, or are you healthy? Which is better? In this episode, Chad describes the difference between being smart vs. healthy, why you need both, and why it's more important to be organizationally healthy than smart.
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It's baseball season, so let's learn some leadership from the American pastime. In this episode, Chad shares four lessons on how to lead through adaptive change from the baseball movie Moneyball.
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Boundaries guard what's important and protect what's valuable. To be the strongest, best leader you can be, you need good boundaries. In this episode, Chad describes 4 boundaries every leader needs.
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The best leaders are masters of delegation. Unfortunately, this important practice doesn't come easily to most of us. In this episode, Chad shares 7 ways to improve your delegating ability.
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Some people are way too negative. But most of us struggle to be negative enough. In this episode, Chad shares three times it's appropriate to be negative and four ways to do it well.
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There are some things you must discipline yourself to do if you're going to be a strong leader. However, even these good things can be overdone. In this episode, Chad explores three of the most important leadership disciplines for leaders and why it's important to avoid taking them too far.
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Leadership is a relationship between a person who aspires to lead and people who are willing to follow. But what kind of person are people willing to follow? In this episode, Chad shares the top four traits that followers most expect from a would-be leader.
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Confrontation means bringing something to someone's attention, causing them to face a challenging reality. Leaders confront, and we want to do it well. In this episode, Chad discusses three things you must care about in order to confront well.
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Our grand finale in the cardinal virtues series focuses on courage. In this episode, Chad discusses the importance of courage and examines five specific times when leaders need to demonstrate courage.
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Temperance is the virtue that brings balance and moderation. In this episode, Chad shares how this important virtue can help us not overdo things, even good things. Specifically, we need to temper our emotions, our strategy, and our strengths.
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Justice is about knowing the right thing and doing it to the best of your ability. In this episode, Chad continues the four-part series on the cardinal virtues by looking at what real justice is when applied by leaders. Hint: it's not social justice.
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This episode kicks off a four-part series on what the ancients called "the four cardinal virtues". In this episode, Chad shares the importance of wisdom and five ways you can gain it for your life and your leadership.
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Leaders create progress toward meaningful goals. And it's important to celebrate progress. In this week's episode, Chad talks about 4 aspects of workplace celebration.
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You don't always have to be in authority over others to lead them. In this episode, Chad discusses 7 ways you can lead those around you and gain their respect regardless of whether they are your subordinates.
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Habits are the closest thing there is to a magic bullet. In this week's episode, Chad shares 3 leadership habits that will strengthen your leadership by making doing the right things much more likely.
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For a company to be great, you not only need what Jim Collins calls a "Level 5 Leader", you also need the other four levels. In this episode, Chad describes all 5 levels of leadership and how each one contributes to organizational success.
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Fear is natural and normal. It will also hold you back. In this episode, Chad examines 3 fears that leaders face and must overcome in order to be strong leaders.
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Before jumping into the new year, it's smart to close out the old year properly. How do you do that? In this episode, Chad shares 5 questions that will help you review the year that just happened and prepare for the one that's to come.
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One of the biggest challenges leaders face is holding others accountable. In this episode, Chad discusses three things you want to get right when it comes to accountability: your mind, your timing, and your words.
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If you're going to influence (aka "lead") others, you need some degree of respect from them. However, too many leaders fail to do the things that build respect and actually do the very things that diminish respect. In this episode, Chad covers the three best ways to lose respect and how you can do the opposite.
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Sometimes old standbys get overlooked or underused or even misused. A SWOT analysis is a great tool for getting a lay of the land for your business (or team, family, or personal life), but only if you use it the right way. In this episode, Chad shares how leaders can and should use this powerful tool.
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When was the last time you were so engaged in an activity that you lost track of time and everything else just faded away for a while? That's called "flow", and it's something leaders strive to experience, because those moments bring out our best and contribute to our sense of well-being.
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If you're going to lead, you're going to need courage. In fact, leading will force you to become more courageous. In this episode, Chad shares four arenas in which courage is required, plus four ways to grow your courage.
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Vision gets a lot of attention in the world of leadership, but what is it? And why is it important? And how does a leader bring vision? In this episode, Chad examines those three questions as well as why vision alone is not enough.
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You'll never be a leader of others if you don't exercise self-leadership. In this episode, Chad summarizes the first three habits in Stephen Covey's 7 Habits model, which are the habits of self-leadership.
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Life these days tends to make us busy. But being busy and being effective are NOT the same thing. In this episode, Chad explores 5 ways to be truly effective in life and leadership. These 5 ways are simple, but they take a lifetime to master.
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Whether you have one direct report or a company of hundreds, each team member needs three things from you. In this episode, Chad breaks down leadership to its simplest and most powerful components so you can give your team members what they need.
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Why do you work? Why do you work where you work? If you're a business owner, why do your employees come to work? You might think the answer is money, but in this episode, Chad explores the fuller picture.
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Change might be inevitable, but it is also difficult. Why is it that even when we want to change, we find it hard to do so? In this episode, Chad addresses four reasons why change is hard.
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Life and work are full of decisions. How do you make good decisions, and how do you trust that your decisions are sound? In this episode, Chad provides 4 principles to guide your decision making and 2 things to watch out for.
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It's a big mistake to surround yourself with people just like you. Why? Because you need different people contributing in different ways to be successful. In this episode, Chad walks you through the four types of contribution every team needs.
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Our world too often places too much value on complexity and sophistication. In this episode, Chad talks about how the simplest way is usually the best way.
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Tolerations are those unnecessary irritations that drain you of time and energy. Instead of allowing them to drain you, you need to deal with them. In this episode, Chad shares four strategies for handling life's tolerations.
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If you want to improve your performance and quality of life, you need to implement and leverage the power of systems. In this episode, Chad gives examples of systems from four areas of life: personal, relational, productivity, and business.
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A sure-fire way to fail is to treat everybody the same. The truth is, everybody's not the same, so as a leader, you need to adjust your leadership style. In this episode, Chad describes the coaching style of leadership, what it looks like, and who benefits from it.
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One of the best characteristics of leaders is that we take responsibility. Unfortunately, we can sometimes overdo responsibility and feel like we have to take care of the whole world. In this episode, Chad invites you to take your focus off the world and put it on your world, including five aspects of your world.
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Leaders must be good communicators. Unfortunately, good communication doesn't come naturally to all leaders. In this episode, Chad shares 5 communication killers you can avoid in order to be a stronger, better communicator.
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Most leaders have too much to do. It's commonplace to be drowning in a sea of to-do's and always climbing a mountain of important projects. In this episode, Chad shares three ways leaders can achieve high productivity without burning out.
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It's tempting to think breakthroughs and game-changers will grow your company, but the fact is that great companies grow through discipline, not miracles. In this episode, Chad shares three disciplines that are proven to grow great companies over time.
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There's a lot of talk these days about the importance and value of diversity. But did you know diversity can go too far or in the wrong direction? In this episode, Chad discusses why diversity is a good thing, when it can go too far, and how to incorporate diversity well in your business.
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Leaders need to know about and make use of an incredible tool for effecting change: positive words. In this episode, Chad reveals why positive talk is so powerful and how to make use of it in your leadership.
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There's been a bit of movement in the past 20 years toward focusing more on strengths than weaknesses. That's great, but we still must address our weaknesses. In this episode, Chad shares three crucial steps to dealing with your weaknesses.
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If issuing challenges is your favorite aspect of leading, you are in the minority. Most leaders dislike challenging, but all leaders need to do it. In this episode, Chad simplifies challenging with six key practices.
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It's tempting to think you can't (or shouldn't) lead when you don't have a leadership title. But that's 100% NOT the case! In this episode, Chad shares four ways you can lead before you've earned a leadership title.
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Drama belongs on the big screen, not the workplace. Gossip, petty arguments and such interfere with getting work done and make any workplace a bad place to work. In this episode, Chad shares four ways you can drain drama from your workplace.
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Strong leaders do more than provide questions; they also ask the right questions. In this episode, Chad shares what is perhaps the best question a leader can ask, a question that reduces anxiety, focuses on outcomes, and helps create lasting results.
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Some people think being a leader is all about the rewards and sense of accomplishment. The truth is, being a leader requires significant sacrifices. In this episode, Chad shares three important sacrifices every strong leader must make.
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They say a leader with no followers is merely taking a walk. This means that unless you have followers, you're not leading. In this episode, Chad invites you to consider who's actually following you.
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Negative emotions are not just a part of life, they are actually a necessary part of life. Strong Leaders don't avoid negative emotions, they utilize them appropriately. In this episode, Chad describes what to do with your negative emotions.
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Habits are the closest thing you're going to find to a silver bullet for success. In this episode, Chad shares how to form the habits that will support you being and achieving your best.
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Great leaders have heroes. In this episode, Chad shares why it's important to name your heroes (and where to find them).
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Leadership requires good, strong relationships. However, some leaders go overboard when it comes to relating to their team members. In this episode, Chad discusses what happens when we're too nice and how to get your niceness properly dialed in.
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Your business cannot come to a full stop to let on every new hire, which is why so many companies do a poor job of getting new folks on board. On the other hand, successful leaders address the 3 Ps necessary for great onboarding.
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As a leader, it's tempting to spend all your time on the "dance floor" of your business. In this episode, Chad addresses four important questions related to stepping off the dance floor in order to get a balcony perspective of your business.
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In the game of chess, each piece has a distinct set of limits and abilities. The same is true for the members of your team. When you stop treating everybody the same, you'll take a big step toward greater effectiveness.
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The foundation for performance is the trust that exists between team members. That's why smart leaders strive to build trust. It's also why really smart leaders replenish the trust that inevitably leaks from any relationship.
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As you lead at higher levels, the more types of challenges you face. In this episode, Chad walks us through the four types of challenges: puzzles, problems, dilemmas, and mysteries and helps you know the right approach to each type.
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Leaders take responsibility for being self-aware, especially when it comes to their own personality preferences. In this episode, Chad helps you recognize where you are in terms of introvert vs. extrovert and how to lead accordingly.
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Leaders ask the right questions. In this episode, Chad shares 3 tough questions that every leader needs to address in order to make the most of the new year.
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Strong leaders are optimists, but their optimism goes way beyond seeing the glass as half full. In this episode, Chad and Chuck share the three aspects of optimism and how leaders can develop a more optimistic outlook.
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Life and leadership create stress; there's no avoiding it. That said, strong leaders learn to deal with stress effectively so stress doesn't make a mess of them. In this episode, Chad and Chuck share several strategies for dealing with stress.
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Confidence is a game-changer. After all, your confidence (belief that you have what it takes) is the dimmer switch on your competence (actually having what it takes). In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss how to develop true confidence.
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You're probably not a CEO. That's okay, this episode is still for you. In this episode, Chad describes the two priorities of a CEO and how they apply to every leader, including you.
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Leaders often hit a lid when they can't make the shift to letting others get things done. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss this struggle and describe 5 things that prevent leaders from letting go.
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The classic business book "The E-Myth Revisited" makes a helpful distinction between Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Technicians. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore these three personalities and the incredible value each of them brings to your business.
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There are three distinct roles you need to be able to inhabit when appropriate. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore what it means to lead, follow, and collaborate and how to know when to do what.
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Chad and Chuck discuss the distinctions and interplay between tasks and relationships and why both are important and must be kept in balance in any healthy team or organization.
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In order to flourish in life, you also need to experience growth. In this episode, Chad and Chuck examine how the three components of personal growth (exploration, love, and purpose) apply to you as a leader.
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In order to flourish in life, you need to feel secure. In this episode, Chad and Chuck examine how the three components of personal security (safety, connection, and self-esteem) apply to you as a leader.
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A feedback conversation can feel like a root canal -- for both people involved! In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore a handful of things to avoid when giving feedback. Avoid these, and giving feedback will be much better.
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It’s true that good leaders give feedback, but you might not know that great leaders are pros at receiving feedback. Receiving feedback is not easy. In this episode, Chad provides 6 practical ways to receive feedback and make the most of it.
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Leaders take on responsibility, but doing so often opens the door to an unwelcomed guest: anxiety. Chuck is still away for this episode, so Chad goes solo again and explores what it means to be a non-anxious presence and how leaders can dial down their anxiety.
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When team members interact with one another, there needs to be conflict. You heard that right: you want conflict. But you want the right kind of conflict. In this episode, Chuck is away, so Chad flies solo and describes different types of conflict and why one type (collaborate) is superior to another (compete).
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Leaders have lots of priorities, but their very first priority must be the health of their organization. In this episode, Chad and Chuck describe what a healthy organization looks like and how to improve your organization's health.
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Try leading and you'll soon learn that not everybody wants to line up behind you and sing your praises. You'll have your share of naysayers. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss how to respond to cynics and spoilers.
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Leaders want to lead. But not all leaders want to lead for the same reasons. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss two reasons why leaders lead. Hint: one reason is good, and the other reason is bad.
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Every leader needs to know and practice the principle of going slow to go fast. No, this isn't a quote from Talladega Nights; instead, it's a principle about gaining greater efficiency by intentionally going slow at strategic times.
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Not every leader is born with a high IQ, but every leader can (and should) develop high EQ: Emotional Intelligence. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss why leaders tend to struggle with EQ and how they can leverage EQ for greater influence and success.
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Trust is one of the most important (and most neglected) aspects of any relationship, including business relationships. In this episode, Chad and Chuck describe how low trust creates a heavy tax your business must pay and how you can develop the kind of trust that supports success.
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Too many leaders find business success but struggle to be happy. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss what happiness is and why truly happy people spread happiness across today and tomorrow.
Not all employees are good team players. In this episode, Chad and Chuck share the three essential qualities every employee needs to exhibit if you’re going to have an all-star team.
Leaders get the most out of the people they lead, but too many leaders get held back by following rules that just don’t work.In this episode, Chad and Chuck share five rules you’re going to want to break in order to be a truly effective leader.
This is a podcast on leadership, but not all leadership situations are the same. In this episode, Chad and Chuck discuss the four important shifts needed when you’re leading at the top of your organization.
As leaders, we want everyone to be on the same page, but in our experience, most businesses really struggle with putting it into practice. In this week’s episode, Chad and Chuck explore the five aspects of being on the same page.
If you’re in business, you’re in the change business because real life is always changing. In this week’s episode, Chad and Chuck examine the right (and wrong) approaches to change.
A central assignment for any business leader is to make sure employees are motivated. Without motivation, not much gets done. In this week’s episode, Chad and Chuck examine the three sources of motivation and how you can unlock them for your team.
If you want to be an “okay” leader, don’t concern yourself with soft skills. But if you want to lead with excellence and influence, you need to learn (and use!) soft skills. In this episode, Chad and Chuck examine 3 soft skills that are essential for every true leader.
Where do you want to be in 10 years? Having a 10-year target is more than a hope, but less than a plan. In this episode, Chad and Chuck share the power of having a 10-year target, how to get one, and what to do with it.
Leaders have to deal with all sorts of people, including toxic ones. In this episode, Chad and Chuck describe how strong leaders handle three types of toxic people.
Not everything in leadership is complicated. You can get a long way with just some of the simple basics. In this episode, Chad and Chuck cover the simple ABC’s of strong leadership: attitude, boundaries, and commitment.
In the final installment of our five-part series on our Fifth Bridge model of leadership, Chad and Chuck describe how strongleaders lead in such a way as to create true prosperity that is not confined or limited to the leader’s business.
The fourth part of our five-part series on the StrongLead Fifth Bridge model of leadership development focuses on the four cornerstone’sof leadership. That’s a lot of fours and fives forChad and Chuck to unpack in this episode
In this, the third installment of our series covering the Fifth Bridge model of leadership, Chad and Chuck examine the absolute central place growth and discipline have in the life of the leader. If you want to lead, you have to grow!
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This is the second of a five-part series covering StrongLead's Fifth Bridge model of leadership development. In this episode, Chad and Chuck investigate the power of the leader's family, which is far more than the biological family -- it's your team and tribe.
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This is the first of a five-part series covering StrongLead's Fifth Bridge model of leadership development. In this episode, Chad and Chuck give an overview of the model and discuss the importance of starting with the leader's identity.
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Leadership is all about relationships. In this week's episode, Chad and Chuck use the kitchen pantry as a powerful metaphor for how great leaders approach relationships – if you want the pantry to be full, you need to stock it!
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Organizational excellence requires addressing 4 different layers of organizational life: mission, vision, strategy, and tactics. In today's episode, Chad and Chuck unpack each of these 4 layers and how you as a leader need to address each/all of them.
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There's a lot that goes into leading well, but there are also some simple handles that address huge aspects of leadership. In today's episode, Chad and Chuck share the 3 components to great leadership (and all 3 start with the same letter!).
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A leader is great at telling time – not just reading a clock or a calendar, but recognizing the most significant thing for focus and communicating this to those in the company. In today’s episode, Chad and Chuck discuss the importance of knowing what time it is and how to leverage time telling in your leadership.
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What makes someone willingly follow a leader? One of the biggest drivers of followership is feeling valued by the leader. In this episode, Chad and Chuck talk about the importance of valuing those you lead and how you can genuinely express this value to them.
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When a person is living life fully and with satisfaction, they are flourishing. Everybody wants to flourish, but too many of us don't recognize what it really means or how to do it. In this episode, Chad and Chuck examine what flourishing is (and is not) and why it's the leader's responsibility to help those around him or her flourish.
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Pretty much every leader on planet earth knows about Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the brilliant book by Patrick Lencioni. In what feels like an episode that plays with fire, Chad and Chuck suggest that maybe--just maybe--there is an important sixth dysfunction that needs our attention.
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Every leader wants a business that produces high quality results over a sustained length of time. And most know that having top talent is a key driver of success. But do you place enough importance on the character of your people? In this episode, Chad and Chuck help you recognize great character and how to develop it in your people.
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People do business with those they know, like, and trust. This makes being liked an important bridge between people simply knowing about you and actually trusting you. But too few leaders appreciate likability as a tool in their leadership toolbox. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore likability for leaders: why it's important, the distinctions between unhealthy and healthy forms, and how leaders can up their likability factor.
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Listening is one of the most important yet most underused leadership skills. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore the importance of this skill for leadership success, including barriers to effective listening and ways leaders can develop into better listeners.
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Life is not a video game, but it can have certain similarities. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore how a strong leader is constantly facing new challenges that require the leader to develop the skills and knowledge to play the leadership game at a new level.
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Integrity is about being truly whole, not simply having a veneer of appearance. But what’s the connection between integrity and business performance? In this episode Chad and Chuck explore this connection along with common causes of integrity failure and simple ways to strengthen your integrity.
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Success is the bullseye you're aiming to hit. The question is, "Where have you painted your bullseye?" In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore the three upgrades strong leaders make to the typical understanding of success, going beyond profitable, beyond comfortable, and beyond mine. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.
Leadership is not automatic. The best leaders take their role seriously and aim to strengthen their leadership to have the best and most positive impact. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore the leader’s inner strength and outer strength. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.
Truly strong leaders go beyond financial profits and aim to create a business that makes life better for employees, families, clients, their community, and everyone touched by the company. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore how truly prosperous companies make life better by working people to life. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.
The world is full of stress inducers, but strong leaders encounter these inducers without experiencing the stress. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore the sources of stress and how strengthening your leadership reduces stress. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.
Welcome to our inaugural episode! Leaders want to grow their business, but they don’t always see the connection between the strength of their leadership and the growth of the business. In this episode, Chad and Chuck explore this connection and the three ways strong leaders grow their business. Audio Production by Podsworth Media.