The Ridgeline Leadership Podcast: Recent Episodes
Blake Behr
The Podcast that empowers aspiring Leaders to identify, connect to, and advance on the path of leadership!
Struggle with managing your time and tasks? It’s a real struggle. In this episode, Blake and Peter explore some practical steps to gaining momentum through being Timey and Tasky!
Strategic thinking has more to it than you may realize, and its importance is vital. Tune into this episode to hear why and how you can also
become a strategic thinker.
We know that confidence is not how you always feel. But it’s how we want to come across, right? In this episode, we talk about not only how to look confident, but also how to start FEELING confident as well.
We all want our businesses to succeed. Good communication is key to make that happen. But communication is hard. It takes time and effort. And more time. Trust us when we say that all the time and effort is worth it. Tune in to episode 70 as hosts, Blake and Peter offer 5 steps for how to become a better communicator.
Have you ever had a seemingly brilliant idea only to have it flop when presented to your team? If so, you are not alone. Oftentimes, the problem doesn't lie in the idea itself, but in the presentation of the idea. In this episode, hosts Blake and Peter walk you through their proven step by step process to help your ideas stick within your team.
Want to scale and grow as a leader? This episode Blake & Peter talk 5 actions you can take to continue growth as a leader!
As leaders, it's our responsibility to ensure that our teams are performing at their best and meeting their goals, but how do we hold people accountable without sacrificing the culture we've worked so hard to build? On this episode we discuss 5 strategies for holding individuals and teams accountable, while also maintaining a positive and healthy workplace culture.
Join us this week as we talk Excuses, buffalo, and Peter's revelation of his new found understanding of a common saying!
On this episode, Blake and Peter are joined by Mike Brunner to talk about how culture in the workplace has changed throughout the last few decades, as well as what has remained the same!
Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a cycle of burnout and exhaustion? If so, you’re not alone. On this episode of the Ridgeline Leadership Podcast, we’re discussing creative ways to reignite resilience and overcome burnout. We’ll explore how to get out of the burnout rut, the importance of self-care, and the power of creative problem-solving. Join us as we discuss creative strategies for breaking through burnout and reclaiming your passion.
What in the world does enneagram have to do with leadership? We invited our first ever guest, Dustin Pead, back onto the Podcast to teach us more about how the enneagram and leadership work together!
Join Blake & Peter as they review studies, tell stories, and talk Blockbuster & Chill...
Join Blake and Peter as they discuss some of the top things leaders say that need. to. stop!
Join us this week as we tackle the question, “How do you lead when you start managing peers, friends, and family?”
This podcast Blake learns another job that Peter has done, we talk body language, vocal tone and RBF, and Practicing to sense the tone of a room.
Join us as we share the definition of hearing, celebrate our 50th episode, and the movie Hitch!
Join us as we talk about previous episodes, a Blake pull string doll, and dealing with performance issues on your team.
Join us as we talk about previous episodes, a Blake pull string doll, and dealing with performance issues on your team.
Blake interviews Peter today, a serial non-delegator, we talk decision matrix, and multiplication.
Have you ever woken up in a sweat in the middle of the night from overthinking a hard decision? We talk about end of the world scares, Peter’s Oldests view of the world, and RPRSRT.
We have our good friend, and mentor Jen Ramo back on the podcast in a Q&A session on overcoming lack of confidence in leadership.
Do you feel exhausted but have nothing to show for it in your work? Join us today as we discuss some practical steps to replacing busyness with effectiveness.
Join us this episode as Peter & Blake disagree on one aspect of confidence, discuss Christmas lights, and come clean about some things in our pasts.
Have you ever seen a leader and thought you could not measure up? Well, we talk about that in this episode along with RAFT, Lord of the Rings, and Blake’s new word.
We continue our theme of issues leaders face with the topic of Conflict. Join us as we talk about cancel culture, miscommunication, The Office and romantic comedies.
Have you ever felt as if you’re about to pop open like a shaken soda can from all the pressures of life? Yeah, us too. Join us today as we talk about struggles, fears, and Disney’s Encanto.
Today we talk with Drew Linn, CSO at Counterpart, multi-board member, leader and mentor. Listen in as we talk about imposter syndrome, giving, and signing up Blake for things without telling him!
Join us as we continue in the theme of building our teams. This episode we talk about coaching, archimedes, and dangerous streets.
Join us this week as we talk with Jon Slusser, co-founder of Small Business Never Sleeps, co-founder of Indiana business association and Indiana franchise association about farms, mentorship, and human capital.
Join us this week as Blake and Peter talk about statistics, 36 hours of pain, and the Great Resignation
Listen in this week as Blake and Peter discuss core values, counterfeit money, federal agents, and unifying your team.
Join us this week on the Ridgeline Leadership podcast as we look into the greatness and chaos of opportunities, shiny object syndrome, and butcher knives.
Join us this week on the Ridgeline Leadership Podcast as we talk about why our goals, dreams, and vision fall apart because we're not focused on the data that tells us the next steps!
Join us this week as we wrap up our theme of communicating vision. Your vision’s greatest ally or adversary is the communication of that vision. Don’t skimp out, take the time, help develop the perception if you want to gain the buy-in and action of a shared vision.
Ryan Sawrie is a digital strategist with more than a decade's worth of experience in digital and social media marketing. Ryan's career has spanned multiple different industries and categories including advertising agencies and nonprofits. His clients have included Fortune 500 businesses and the local motorcycle dealership. Whether it be producing a digital web series for a national sports league or creating a social presence for a startup, Ryan has always rooted his work and ideas in strategy.
Want to get Ryan’s book, “Build your digital strategy: Every Step from A to F” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M547TFT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_DBGM6XKZHMP37JTM6T8Z
Join us on the Ridgeline Leadership Podcast as we interview Thaddeus Rex and learn that success and leadership is not for the faint of heart…. It takes surrounding yourself with great mentors and leaders, coaching others to their best, and enduring much time under tension.
Greg Looney is the founder and owner of Inherent Commercial Group. Join us today as we talk about Vision, Leadership, and Super Mario Bros!
Join us this week as we dive into what vision is and isn't, how to make a clear path for vision casting, and what helps keep us balanced as leaders.
Description: Derrin Slack is the CEO and founder of ProAct, a non profit that connects
schools, nonprofits, and corporations within a community together to educate and
empower youth in vulnerable areas, develop leaders, and serve the community.
Join us this week as we welcome Chad Peterman! Chad is the President and co-owner of Peterman Brothers, a residential Service focused company on HVAC, plumbing, and Electrical. Dive in as we discuss the importance of taking on responsibility and ownership in the mission of growth and vision casting.
Join us this week as we discuss the importance of vision, and demystify the process of visioncasting.
Join us this week as we dive into accountability, expectations and your ability to grow your people and not lower your standards.
Don’t go into 2022 without taking this crucial step to intentionally create a year of transformation!
It's so easy for us to believe (especially this time of year) that if we SET a goal for next year then we will for sure be successful. However, it's not the goal setting that gets us there but the systems we put in place to get there. Join us this week as we talk about the small, ignorable, and boring habits that get us what we really want!
Please join the conversation this week with Christ Elliott as we talk about the courage to have courageous conflict, the art of finding a way to be an invested accountability without having to go to the friend zone, and why it's so damn important to be a student.
Join us this week to see what happens when a military upbringing, a near death experience, and the enneagram collide!
On this episode we have Paul Jefferson bringing in Episode 18 with “Vulnerability is a tightrope”.
On this episode we have our very first podcast guest, Dustin Pead, to break down what it means to become a leader. Also weighing in on this podcast is his pissed off Rooster!
Simply focusing on leadership style without the why is focusing on you instead of the result.
Plans coming to fruition comes from 1% idea or plan and 99% execution. However there are three things that will get in the way and destroy your ability to have effective execution...
We are most successful when we use the power of the team. But how do we properly motivate? How does Inspiration and Motivation work together?
Seasons, balance, and rest. What do these mean in our lives and how to we call them out and recognize these times?
We have been conditioned to NOT be transparent, NOT be open, NOT have candid speech, and NOT to be vulnerable. How do we turn the tides on this within our culture and environment?
This episode Blake and Peter discuss Blake’s upcoming book “Uncultured”. What is culture. What is culture NOT? Is culture alive and should it be comfortable?
It is not about having all the answers, being the smartest person in the room, or micromanaging. Holding the vision 1%, Vision Alignment 99%.
Goal setting. Its a hot topic. But how important is it to Leadership? Tune in as we discuss how setting goals and completing goals affects those that you lead!
Why is organization as a leader so crucial? What is a good process to follow to become more organized while you continue to grow in your leadership skills? Join us as we unpack how organization makes you the better leader.
“To engage in good communication, we must be engaging.” This week we discuss the topic of Communication, and some practical steps to improve our communication.
Regardless of if you’re in leadership or not, we all have stress. But how do we deal with it? Do we avoid, manage? We think stress can push you to grow!
As a leader, how do you problem solve when you encounter issues? We believe there is a process for ideas and creative problem solving. And its not all on you!
On this week's episode, we build on our last discussion and talk through the next steps: Pain and Obstacles. If we believe that life is 50/50, then we have to believe we will face both Pain and Obstacles. Join us on this week's episode as we unpack how to grow and get creative in times of Pain.
Resources:
The Obstacle is the way- Ryan Holiday
Meditations- Marcus Aurelius
In this weeks episode we dive into what it means to lean into the danger! The secret is... we're all scared shitless, but leaders build the muscle of leaning into this fear and developing overcome quickly!
Resources: Green Lights by Matthew McConaughey
Resources Traction- Gino Wickman The motive- Patrick Lencioni The 5 Levels of Leadership- John Maxwell The Coaching Habit- Michael Stanier Mindset- Carol Dweck Leaders Eat Last- Simon Sinek Rising Strong- Brene Brown