Seeding The Lead Podcast: Recent Episodes
Adam Melnyk
What makes a strong leader? How does one overcome imposter syndrome? Where do I start my journey in becoming an effective leader? Come join your Leadership Coach Adam as he takes a honest look at leadership and what it takes to become a success.
Ep 55: In today's episode, we discuss personal strengths. Why it's so hard to see your strengths, how to recognize them, begin to understand the weakness of your strengths, and how to start maximizing your strengths within your life.
Ep:54 In today's episode, we briefly discuss what trauma is, what are triggers, how to recognize it within our team, what we need to do when our team is triggered, and our role in supporting them through their trauma.
Ep: 53 In today's episode, we discuss decision fatigue, what causes decision fatigue, and how to combat decision fatigue to make better choices.
Ep 52: Today, we discuss a crucial skill for any leader: positivity. We discuss why being positive is necessary, the negative consequences of toxic positivity, and how to see life through a positive lens.
Ep 51: What is manipulation, and how does a manipulator think? In today's episode, we discuss manipulation, how a manipulator may prey upon their victim and the first steps you can take to prevent yourself from being manipulated.
Ep 50: We all hear jargon on a daily basis, but few of us understand what jargon is or how to use it. In today's episode, we are discussing what jargon is, how to use it, and why it gets a bad wrap.
Ep: 49. What do you do when faced with addiction issues at work? What should you do? How do you deal with it? Today, we discuss what an addiction is and how you can help your team if they are suffering from one.
Ep 48: Have you ever wondered how you get the most out of your team? Have you wondered how to create superstars who go above and beyond? The answer is to focus on a strength-based approach. In today's episode, we discuss how to create positive self-fulfilling prophecies to create a high-performance team.
Ep:47 Listening is your primary weapon in leadership when conquering problems or obstacles. Unfortunately, many leaders forget this fact and tend to say things that can ruin their reputation or encourage toxic behaviour. Today, we discussed the need to shut up.
Ep 46: What is bias? How do they get in your way? How can you change them? In today's episode, we discuss biases and some of the common biases leaders face.
Ep 45: public speaking is an essential leadership skill; the higher you climb the leadership ladder, the more public speaking you will have to do. In today's episode, we discuss filler words, speaking with intent, asking ourselves, "Why should the audience care?" and much more.
Ep44: Today, we talk about Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how to use it to take your team to the next level.
Ep 43: Today, we continue with the topic of cleaning up our conversations. In this episode, we discuss conversational pruning, being right, speaking with intent, Agreeing with our audience, and slowing down our speech.
Ep 42: Today we talk about not assuming, using silence, and how to use conversational threading to move from topic to topic in a conversation.
Ep 41: Today, we talk to Cynthia Lait, a Resilience Coach with over a decade of experience in the change management field. Together, we look at what change management is, how to get your resisters onboard, and when your organization is ready for change.
Follow her at at cynthia lait on LinkedIn, on Instagram or on her website www.cynthialait.com
Ep: 40 The goal of feedback is to provide helpful information to help improve the performance of an individual. Sadly, most managers use feedback as a way to punish their people and tick a box. In today's episode, we will discuss how to give positive feedback in a way your people will hear and improve upon!
Ep: 39 Today we talk about grief in the workplace. How to identify grief, and what can you do to support your team moving forward.
Ep: 38 I'm sicker than a dog, and reflect on how stupid I and leaders are at not taking care of themselves! If you're sick stay home! Stop pushing yourself!
Ep: 37. we view judgment as an unhealthy thing but why? In today's episode, we explore judgment why it's useful and how we use it improperly. If you have questions or an idea for a podcast episode please email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep: 36 Today, on the podcast, we discuss organizational values. Should you have them? What are organizational values? How do you implement them within your organization?
If you have any questions or ideas for a podcast episode please email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep 35: In today's podcast, we talk about time management, prioritization and how to reprioritize. If you have questions or topics you wish to discuss in future episodes, please send an email amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep 34: The term safe space has gotten a bad rap to the point most organizations refuse to use the phrase. On today's podcast, we talk about safe spaces, why you need them if you want to succeed, and how to create a safe space to help your organization grow!
If you have an idea for a podcast, a comment, or a suggestion, please email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep 33: Today on the podcast, we discuss the belief in perfection and how it's holding you and your teamback. If you have a question or a topic you want to discuss, please email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com I would love to chat.
Ep 32. Staff turnover can cost an organization hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to just staff turnover. As leaders, we must work to retain our team members to reduce our overhead costs but also to stop "brain drain", decrease worker output, and quit quitting. In today's episode, we discuss the impact of staff turnover and how to start fixing it.
If you have a question feel free to email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com.
Ep 31. It can be hard to be positive, especially when it feels like the world is out to get you. Today we talk to Blair, personal trainer, father, and entrepreneur about positivity and how to maintain it when times get tough.
Have a leadership question? Email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep 30. All drama happens within the drama triangle. Have you ever wondered why things are spiralling out of control? How chaotic situations keep happening to you? Today we are talking about drama how it happens and how to stay out of it.
Have a leadership question? Reachout to amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep: 29. The compound effect is the most powerful tool in your tool belt. In this week's podcast, we are going to talk about how to harness the compound effect with your team and yourself to move you to the next level.
Have a leadership question? Email me at amelnyk@seedingthelead.com
Ep: 28. Today we are discussing Category A, B, and C employees. What that means and what you need to do at each stage with your people.
Ep 27: Today, we discuss failure and how it works hand in hand with success. IF you want to have a successful team, if you want to level up, its time to embrace failure and help your team over come it!
Ep 26: If you want to be a leader, you must take care of yourself. If you are mentally unwell or physically ill, you cannot lead your team, help them out, or be there when it counts. Today we discuss the basics of how to take care of your physical and mental health to keep you in the game and moving forward.
Ep 25: Today, we talk to Mary Malott Video producer, influencer, storyteller and Jedi Master about reputation, social media, and authenticity. Content warning: There's a lot of swearing in this episode. You've been warned
Episode 23: We tend to talk a lot about toxic leadership, but what about predatory leaders or team members? In today's episode, we discuss the psychopath, why they are dangerous and how to protect yourself from them.
Ep 21: Today, fellow leader Issac joins me on the podcast and lets me pick his brain on the keys to being humble and the mindset of a successful leader.
Episode 20: No one likes to have hard conversations; no matter the subject matter, they are just unpleasant. Today we talk about why having a hard conversation is such a dreadful experience and A simple formula to get you through them!
Episode 19: What happens when we get caught in the doorway of where we came from and our destination? Today we discuss liminality and how to navigate it when it comes to decision making.
Ep 18. The most powerful tool in your tool belt is the ability to listen. In fact, if you listen effectively, you'll find your team can solve all of their problems on their own! Today we dive into the three listening levels and what level you as a leader should be listening at.
Ep 17: When it comes to dating in the workplace Short answer is don't do it. The long answer is you can do it, but *. Today we talk about dating, the consequences, why you shouldn't do it, and the wisdom in finding your mate in the workplace.
Being a human leader with supernatural team members is hard work. How do we lead our team to success while keeping our humanity? In today's episode, we discuss vampires and how to lead them effectively to create a high-performance team.
EP 16: Today, we talk about showing your team appreciation. Why this is important and how to effectively reward and show your team that you care and they matter!
EP 15. Quiet quitting is the new fad term for a very old problem. How do we motivate our team? Today we talk about Quiet quitting, why this is a problem, and some of the reasons why your organization might be experiencing it.
Leaders are highly susceptible to becoming workaholics; with so much riding on their shoulders and with such high expectations, who can blame them? Today we are chatting about what it means to be a workaholic and why it's bad for leadership.
Ep 13: Today, we discuss team stress, what is it, what it looks like, and how to start fixing it.
Episode 12: Today, we discuss burnout; what it is, what it looks like, and what causes it.
Episode 11: Small talk is the gateway to building trust, communication, and creating a high-performance team. While it seems boring and mundane, it's the first step in taking your team to the next level.
Episode 10: We talk a little bit about individualism and collectivism in leadership. Every leader starts by leaning toward individualism but ultimately must move towards a more collectivist mindset to succeed.
Episode: 9 We discuss the difference between positional vs. personal respect. The main difference between the two is that if the position or title disappears, so too does your positional respect, while personal respect is here to stay.
Episode: 8 Have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge? Today we talk about how knowledge on its own is 100% useless unless we apply what we learned to improve ourselves and our organizations!
Episode 7: Let's talk about boundaries, what are they, why you should have them, and how to implement boundaries between work and your personal life.
Episode 6: Today we talk with Tracy Borrelli Owner of MODE Management of Data & Evaluation. Tracy uses her experience in data management and evaluation to help leaders ask smarter questions, create a road map for their organization, and show how to take their organization to the next level. In this episode, we discuss checking your assumptions, being curious, and asking questions. With great curiosity comes great responsibility.
Episode 5: We discuss setting only one goal for yourself and your organization two tops. How to create smaller sub-goals that feed into your primary goals, and discuss Smart goals VS infinite goals
Episode 4: Hector Wong executive coach joins us as we discuss building trust, being a bulletproof shield, and creating relationships within our team! With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, Hector helps leaders and entrepreneurs take their teams to the next level.
Episode 3: In this episode, we discuss how there is no such thing as the right choice and how to start looking at the world as grey and not through a black and white lens.
Episode 2: Today we talk with Pamela Preer a career coach with over 15 years of coaching and business experience in the financial and banking industry. We look at power principles, how to sharpen your skills, and general advice on how to become an amazing leader.
Episode 1: Not all managers are leaders but all leaders are managers. In this week's episode, we look at the definition of a leader and the differences between formal and informal leaders.