Leadership Without Losing Your Soul: Recent Episodes
Leadership Without Losing Your Soul
It can feel like a rigged game. Managers face aggressive goals and drive their teams to burnout trying to deliver. Or, employees seek connection and support so managers focus on relationships, and fail to make the numbers. Join international best-selling leadership author David Dye for a conversation about practical leadership tools to help you get results – without losing your soul (or mind) in the process.
Being unmessable with is not about having perfect circumstances but rather, who you are in the face of the real circumstances life throws at you. Being able to create possibility and make a difference under any circumstance, with anyone at any time, and never lose who you are is what Josselyne Herman-Saccio calls being unmessable with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Clarity and accountability are key to healthy relationships and effective workplaces. This can look like prioritizing long-term benefits by facing conflicts rather than avoiding them, working with and through difficult emotions with clarity, care, and connection, understanding the stories we live by and evaluating whether they're serving us, or learning to listen and lead in ways that align with our mission and values. In this episode Marc Lesser, Author of Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, works from the premise that problems are inevitable and that the success of an enterprise or relationship relies on how they are resolved. This applies to any joint effort — in a workplace, a family, a civic organization, a community, a country, or the world. Tune in to hear more about using compassionate accountability and get a practical and trainable way to clarify and achieve shared visions of success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We recently received a question from a manager and I want to share it with you. This manager writes, "I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren't working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. I constantly feel guilty that I'm not doing enough for them, but if I let my work go, my results will suffer. What should I do?" In this episode, get eight practical ways to help you become a more effective working manager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why do we have to have a conversation about maintaining our infrastructure? When you build a road, you know it's going to deteriorate. You build a bridge, the engineers will tell you upfront what the serviceable life of that bridge will be. And they even have fun graphs that show the downward curve of the bridge's reliability over time. Are conversations about how we will maintain our business, work, or team infrastructure more difficult topics for some leaders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does your Leadership Brand Authority say? We look to brands for what to do, what to think, and how to feel. We want to know what to support and what to stand against. Brands are the new voice of authority and now is the perfect time to reveal the humanity behind the brand. Consumers want to connect with the brands they support. Business leaders want to create purposeful, passionate companies. At this intersection of shared values is where a brand’s authority is established and humanity shines through. How do you ensure a meaningful connection? How do you make it last? How do you establish an authoritative footprint that encourages growth wherever you are and follows you throughout your career? In this episode, brand impresario Deb Gabor shares the secrets to differentiating yourself and your company by exposing the humans behind the business. Get one-of-a-kind strategies, inspiring stories, and key exercises to point you in the right direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The numerous daily leadership decisions we make, both at work and in life, are small chances to make a big impact. In this episode Richard Moran, author of Never Say Whenever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference, offers a blueprint to help everyone understand why and how the choices we make, even the minor ones, are pivotal to professional development and career trajectory. For young graduates just starting out to seasoned professionals seeking ways to reenergize their careers, it's a timely call to get on track and stay on track with boosted productivity and an impressive personal brand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To achieve culture change, you don't want to be scared of the conflict between values. When people know your values as an organization, but you don't see those values being lived out, the problem is likely one of two invisible conflicts within change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So many leaders feel the need to be right to demonstrate competence or to feel like they have all the answers, but in most leadership positions this doesn't fly anymore and leaders need to be wrong from time to time. The people you're leading who are closer to the work will inherently know more about it than the leader, so the question is, can you learn? Can you change your mind? If listening is the willingness to have your mind changed, can you learn to listen and learn to be comfortable with being wrong? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Compassion and accountability are too often in tension - leaders feel they have to pick one or the other when in fact, practicing compassionate accountability can lead to a thriving organizational culture. Solely prioritizing accountability can create toxic work environments that drive away good talent. On the other end of the spectrum, being too nice can compromise performance and productivity. The solution is recognizing that compassion and accountability are not opposites. In fact, accountability is an element of compassion. In this episode, Nate Regier, Author of Compassionate Accountability: How Leaders Build Connection and Get Results, gives you areas to focus on the start building a culture of compassionate accountability and the common barriers for leaders and how to overcome them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you want to be heard, you need to know how to listen. Communication isn’t all about what you say. It’s about what you hear, what you notice, and how you respond. In short: it’s about how you listen. And despite leaders spending eighty-three percent of their day listening, only two percent of them have ever been trained in how to listen effectively. At a time when we are more technologically linked than ever, our conversations have never been more distracted and disconnected―because most don’t know how to truly listen. When you understand the art and science of listening, you’ll master the missing half of communication―and create a more powerful impact in your workplace and beyond. In this episode Oscar Trimboli, author of How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication, and host of the Apple-award-winning podcast Deep Listening, shows you how to unlock your listening superpowers. Oscar shares practical and pragmatic insights to help you notice when you aren’t listening―and what to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you change your leadership assumptions, can you create a powerhouse with the organization or team you already have? The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, “Does work really have to suck this bad?” It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it. In this episode Melissa Swift, author of Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplace, gives you a roadmap to better work that generates wins for companies and employees alike. Learn different ways to improve the growth-impeding, borderline inhumane people management practices we’ve created and endured over time a. And start with a simple framework questioning your own leadership assumptions to help you make people-centered decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell gives practical and inspirational ways of leading through fear and decision-making in high-stress situations. You'll get lessons and stories that will serve as a resource for you as you lead your employees, students, and others through the challenges of life and work, learning to create a positive impact and make a big difference in the lives of the people who follow you. Kim offers specific strategies and techniques for leading in situations of extreme stress and risk, methods for female leaders to overcome the challenges of working in male-dominated environments, and ways to act in critical moments by recognizing that being brave and afraid simultaneously is both normal and necessary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever experienced a recurring issue and despite thinking of multiple angles, no clear solutions come up? You can probably relate to this one too, have you ever looked for something in your refrigerator or bookshelf, not been able to find it, only to discover it was right there in front of you the whole time? Sometimes to find what you're looking for, you have to first update the search image that your mind is using to look for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does it take to break through ceiling after ceiling and innovate during growth? All growing companies encounter ceilings of complexity, usually when they hit certain employee or revenue milestones. In this episode, Patrick Thean, author of Rhythm: How to Achieve Breakthrough Execution and Accelerate Growth, highlights how to identify the signs of setbacks before they occur, track those signs, and make adjustments to keep your plan on track and accelerate growth. Get Patrick's simple system to empower everyone in your company to be focused, aligned, and accountable--a three-rhythm process for effective execution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do great leaders use failure to thrive? Too many efforts with potential game-changing outcomes are short circuited by the fear of failing; people with huge ideas become paralyzed by “what ifs,” unable to see past the challenges of today. Get several ways to shift your perspective and use failure to thrive. Olakunle Soriyan, known by most as PK, author of A Love Affair With Failure: When Hitting Bottom Becomes A Launchpad To Success, paints "failure" and "failing" as two different realities and mindset. Failure is a destination, a windowless prison that does not exist unless you accept that it does. However, failing is a journey, a launchpad into new knowledge and new beginnings and the key to successful innovation and entrepreneurship. PK builds up emerging entrepreneurs be prepared for the inevitable challenges ahead and urges them to be resilient in pursuing their dreams, embracing the idea of failing not only as a prerequisite for achieving success, but also a victory in itself because it signifies having had the courage to take action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People are a lot like trees. You can't make a tree do something, and the same holds true for people. No person brings the entire package to their work, just like no tree brings everything for every environment. Part of leadership is being able to embrace, and recognize the strengths that people bring and invest in that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does it feel like to move at 58,000 miles per hour? Well, it turns out we all know the answer and that even when we're standing still, so much more is happening than what meets the eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does it mean, practically, to be an inclusive leader? And what happens to your business, team, and leadership when you embark on the journey? In this thoughtful episode, Jennifer Brown takes a deeper dive into what it takes to be an inclusive leader and examines the challenges and mindsets that continue to hold many leaders back. Combining nearly two decades of professional DEI expertise with personal experience and reflection, she tackles complex topics such as identity, privilege, and systemic inequities. Brown makes the journey to becoming an inclusive leader accessible and actionable. Whether you are well on your inclusive leadership journey or just beginning, Jennifer meets you where you are and equips you to take action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you ever feel, out of control, off balance, or reactive when you're trying to get the results you want, but it's just not happening for you? Often the difference between confusion and clarity is simply to change focus from what you don't want to what you do want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is the secret to ongoing success in every role whether you're in leadership, accounting, consulting, investment banking, law, or any other type of professional service? It’s not just knowledge, experience, and unique services that set people apart. Success is achieved by adopting the mindset, mastering the strategies, and employing the tactics at the heart of rainmaking - selling your expertise. In this episode veteran communications, sales, and leadership consultant Robert Chen provides a practical guide to selling knowledge-based services in a market that demands credibility and subject-matter authority. Chen and his colleagues at Exec|Comm have helped hundreds of thousands of professionals learn to sell, influence, and negotiate more effectively. Tap into the tools we discuss to improve your influence, sales and overall perspective on selling your expertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your organization is a Complex Adaptive System—and so are the people you lead. Many leaders expect an organization to operate like a machine, but that leads to failure. Complexity and uncertainty mean unpredictable business outcomes, yet decisions are made based on assumptions of certainty that don’t include the interdependence and emergence of your employees, customers, supply chain, and eventually, success. In this episode, Anu Rathninde, president of Aptiv Electrical Distribution Systems-Asia Pacific, shares his practical strategy for tackling complexity in the Knowledge Era. Bridging ancient Asian wisdom and modern science, this guide leverages the best leadership philosophies with the right mindset to help you tackle complexity, manage yourself as you manage others, and transform your organization by putting people, decisions, and interactions first. Learn how to make complexity an advantage and how to embrace it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does it feel like you're jumping through hoops to get things done? From local government to the White House, Harvard to the world of venture capital, Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai have taken on some of the world’s most challenging bureaucracies—and won. In this episode, they bring their years of experience to you, teaching you strategies anyone can use to improve your organization through their own stories and those of fellow bureaucracy hackers. Change doesn’t happen just because the person in charge declares it should. Regardless of your industry, role, or team, learn how to get started, take initiative on your own, and transform your ideas into impact. You don't want to miss this episode and the incredible hope (and wisdom) Marina and Nick share! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have ever felt like the culture of work is broken? For too long leadership has been defined by the bottom line, at the expense of the humans leading and being led. Obviously, results matter but now more than ever, leaders need to be more than a boss wielding the authority of a title to produce results. The lovable leader knows that all people are capable of extraordinary things, that obstacles can empower you instead of limit you, and that your abilities combined with your choices give everyone you lead opportunities for greatness. In this episode author, speaker, and strategist Jeff Gibbard offers an invaluable set of practical skills that will inspire people to follow you, make your organization a better place to work, and might just change the broken culture of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you want to take advantage of artificial intelligence but are not sure where to start? The process can feel overwhelming—from analyzing existing processes and software systems and choosing where to apply AI automation, to preparing every tier of the organization for the transition. In this episode, Kavita Ganesan, author of The Business Case For AI, takes the mystery out of implementing AI, sharing how to launch AI initiatives that get results. With real-world AI examples to spark your own ideas, you’ll learn how to identify high-impact AI opportunities, prepare for AI transitions, and measure your AI performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's the difference between confidence and arrogance? When I was young, a mountain trail gave me an early lesson about the differences between these two. Here is another story from Tomorrow Together: Essays of Hope, Healing, and Humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When you think about changing perception when was the last time that you changed your mind about something? Have you seen the images that have been coming from the new James Webb telescope? Changing our perceptions of outer space and what's millions and billions of light years away from us. As my known world expands, there's always another perspective, and as strange, unsettling, and foreign, as it may seem, how important it is to remember that this is the only normal another person has ever known. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Given the current environmental, economic, and political realities, finding a way to navigate through it all is challenging yet essential which is where The Leadership Pause can help. In this episode, Chris Johnson, author of The Leadership Pause gives you tools to sharpen a skill that leads to clarity of mind and heart, reduces stress, and increases resilience. It starts by accurately discerning your position, strategizing a plan, and only then moving forward steering through life's challenging yet essential for life and leadership. Find out how your leadership pause can create a deeper connection to self and a clearer vision of the natural leader resting just beneath the surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've all worked in organizations where employees don't connect to a purpose. Where everyone understands what to do and how to do it, but not why they do it. In this episode, Steve Curtin, Author of The Revelation Conversation, gives you a road map to create an environment for employees to connect with the work they do, instead of going through the motions or checking boxes. Reap the benefits of higher levels of employee engagement, productivity, and customer satisfaction through revelation conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you remember the last time you felt infectious energy? Some have tapped into how to maintain a higher energy output but the majority of us are still on this journey. That's where this week's guest, Keith Smith, can help. In this episode, Keith Smith, CEO of Vonoco Products, shares his insights on how to tap into the infectious energy we have deep down, and take steps to identify drain and imbalances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We live in an age of miracles. In this episode, we continue with the theme in Season 11 focusing on more humanity aspects of human-centered leadership. Your life is the product of millions of decisions made by millions of people. Without interdependence, nothing could exist. And I don't think that has ever been more true than now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Generation Z is entering the workforce right now and their perspective, needs, talents, and abilities will transform the workplace. In this episode, Gen-Z expert Josh Packard, Ph.D. shares his latest research on how you can attract, retain, and lead Gen Z. Leading Gen Z well will improve your team's performance, relevance, and credibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you lead through situations when it feels like everything is a no-win scenario? No-win scenarios are tough, sure, but they're also a chance to distinguish yourself, learn people's trust, and for innovation. In today's episode, you get seven steps you can use to approach these circumstances that will help you build your credibility and sleep well at night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tomorrow Together: Essays of Hope, Healing, and Humanity is a collection of essays. The 21st century hasn't started the way that many of us expected it would. We're looking at a potent mix of a global pandemic, global warming, the resurgence of authoritarianism, white nationalism, and war that again threatens to consume the planet. It can feel frustrating and hopeless. And those are just a few of the issues that are pervasive and in people's consciousness regularly.
Still, with all of that going on, there's hope. We've got the resources, the wisdom, and most importantly, we have one another. The essays highlight moments of wonder, beauty, connection, and friendship. It's about hope, healing, and humanity. That's the through line, the thread that runs through all of them. These essays are really meant to be read and reflected on but are also opportunities to start conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Would you ever think that the lessons learned in the corporate world could be applied to summiting mountains? In this episode, Vivian James Rigney’s compelling and often harrowing true account of summiting Everest offers a unique window into lessons on leadership and what it takes to succeed in any circumstance. As an executive coach and globally recognized authority on leadership and teamwork in business, Rigney relied on skills learned in the corporate world in addition to physical training to attempt these summits. Tune in as Rigney reveals critical wisdom for individuals and leaders in any circumstance, including how to:
Overcome the ego trap and get out of your head
Triage what you can and cannot control
Harness your intuition
Create shared purpose and real followership
Tap into the power of vulnerability and authenticity
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Many people associate successful leadership with the arrogance, charisma, or narcissism that comes with a big ego. In this episode, Amer Kaissi shatters these common myths about ego-driven leadership and gives you practical tools to lead with humility and ambition. Humility actually requires ambition, courage, and fierce determination - and the most successful leaders have these characteristics. It’s what Kaissi calls Humbitious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you faced complex problems that require quick decisions in the face of uncertain outcomes? In this episode, CEO, entrepreneur, and strategist Everett Harper delivers a pragmatic take on solving complex problems by making decisions through uncertainty. Harper discusses a set of practices, processes, and infrastructure that addresses complex problems alongside a set of methods to systematize, scale, and share best practices throughout an organization. You’ll learn to discover insights quickly by experimenting, iterating, then building infrastructure to sustain your innovations in your teams and organizations. You’ll also get effective ways to make decisions in situations without complete information, strategies for sustaining your team through highly uncertain times, and techniques for managing personal anxiety—a key leadership skill for the next decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Compassionate leaders are not weak. They are tough leaders who understand that they can be good to their people and deliver stronger results. In fact, taking care of your people actually leads to better results and creates sustainable commitment to an organization’s mission and values. In this episode, Donato Tramuto, recognized CEO, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist makes the case that compassion is a key leadership principle that powerfully drives trust, success, and innovation while raising morale, building stronger teams, and improving overall performance. Most leaders have an innate desire to be compassionate, but many don't know how to put it into practice. Tune in to get actionable examples of how proven leaders have accomplished this and how you can too. The bottom line on bottom lines: compassionate leadership is about better people and better business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Does your company or organization have trouble attracting and retaining people from diverse and underrepresented communities? Does your organizational culture suffer from low morale, exclusive cliques, or microaggressions you don’t know how to address? In this episode, DDS Dobson-Smith lays out the deep psychology of our need to belong, its critical impact on workplace performance, and the practical steps any organization can take to make everyone feel welcome and included. Learn how diversity and representation can lead to a greater experience of belonging for everyone. Discover how to facilitate a culture of belonging, with practical tips for creating inclusive workplaces where people can show up as themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How can you lead more connected, adaptive teams that think critically, and adapt to change? In this episode, conservatory-trained jazz musician, author, and CEO Gerald Leonard gives you leadership approaches to help you build teams that operate like a jazz ensemble. Teams that connect with one another, respond to each other's talents, and work together under pressure with less defensiveness. That's the gift of workplace jazz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When leaders can see conflict as a teacher, face it with courage, and continually work on transforming themselves, they can get the resolution they are seeking. Unresolved workplace conflict wastes time increases stress, and negatively affects business outcomes. But conflict isn’t the problem, mismanagement is. Leaders unintentionally mismanage conflict when they fall into patterns of “the Three As:” aggression, avoidance, and appeasing. In this episode, Marlene Chism, author of From Conflict to Courage gives you exercises, examples, and expert guidance on developing all three elements needed to improve your capacity for conflict and address conflict head-on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you know the value of your listening skills? The cornerstone of any leader's personal brand is how people perceive their listening skills. Distractions, biases, unhealthy expectations, and misaligned perceptions make it difficult for leaders to truly understand and influence their audiences. An important skill in reducing missed opportunities and increasing commitments to action is recognizing the value of the clues people display during every interaction. In this episode, Michael Reddington, Certified Forensic Interviewer and author of The Disciplined Listening Method, provides leaders with the skills, techniques, and perspectives necessary to identify hidden value in every conversation. Michael shares the seven core behaviors of the Disciplined Listening Method that position leaders to discover the truth often hidden in plain sight by leveraging a learning mentality and a goal-oriented approach to encourage their audiences to save face, commit to sharing sensitive information, and change their behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Real connections within teams can create a culture shift for an entire company. In this episode, LaTonya Wilkins gives you practical ways to lead below the "surface-ness" of traditional corporate culture, and how to build R.E.A.L. relationships with your team. Psychologically safe relationships with people who are different from you are the cornerstone for creating truly innovative, productive, diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures of belonging. Inspired by organizational culture research, social psychology, and neuroscience frameworks, this episode is a compass for the purpose-driven and forward-thinking leader. It merges true stories from the lived experiences of Wilkins with actionable insights backed by dynamic interdisciplinary research. If you're ready to disrupt the way we think about traditional leadership standards and the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that have failed to make lasting change, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Earned Life is a road map for ambitious people seeking a higher purpose. An earned life means living in a way where the choices, risks, and efforts we make moment to moment line up with our bigger purpose, regardless of the outcome. But for many of us, that pesky final phrase is a stumbling block: “regardless of the eventual outcome.” Not being attached to the outcome goes against everything we’re taught about achievement and fulfillment in modern society. In this episode, Goldsmith shares a wealth of insights about how to live with purpose, joy, and freedom now while working for the difference you want to make in the world. We talk about how to overcome common barriers that keep us from being our full selves, how to build trust and credibility with other people as we grow and change, why being happy now is one of the most important choices you can make, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you believe you're capable of accomplishing extraordinary things? How about your team? In this episode, Peter Docker, author of Leading from the Jumpseat, talks about leadership that lifts people up and gives them the space they need so that, when the time is right, they can take the lead. In business and in life, handing over the reins to others is inevitable. Everyone will eventually leave their team, retire from being the CEO, or see their kids leave home and lead their own lives. Leading from the Jumpseat enables us to embrace this inevitability and is a metaphor for how we can choose to lead. It's about the journey we take so we can hand over control to others, who are then equipped to continue forward. Jumpseat Leadership is a way of interacting with people that will enhance performance in any given situation - during normal business, times of crisis, and life in general. Becoming a Jumpseat Leader takes practice and Peter gives you a practical guide to handing over control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you checked the Soul Index? One of the most pressing questions for corporate leaders today is how do I build and sustain a human-centric performance culture? At a time when 10,000 baby boomers retire every day, 79% of employees quit their jobs because they don't feel appreciated at their workplace, and 69% of millennials see a lack of potential for leadership development in their companies, Building Corporate Soul sets out to transform the performance and value of organizations―and to make soulless companies a thing of the past. In this episode, Ralf Specht shares his unique framework, The Soul System™, that aligns value-creating employee behaviors with corporate strategy through shared understanding and shared purpose and how every leader, no matter the industry, can ignite (or re-ignite) the corporate soul in their firm. Based on the latest research and real-life cases, this actionable framework shows how to build a culture at the workplace that is both human centric and success driven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you experienced a desire for connection, or feelings of loneliness, over the past few years? Feelings of loneliness among employees are on the rise with 72% of global workers suffering from it. This sense of isolation is contributing to a real and growing mental health problem that affects both individuals and organizations. In this episode, Ryan Jenkins author of Connectable shows how tackling the issue of worker loneliness head-on can transform an isolated workforce into one that’s happier, more engaged, and more productive. Ryan sheds light on what's causing today’s loneliness, the role inclusion plays in solving it, and how you can decrease loneliness and increase belonging, engagement, and performance with employees at every level―including yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Did you know that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets, and perform better financially? Why, then, has so little progress been made, especially when it comes to corporate leadership? Most companies have yet to develop and implement effective diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives.
In this episode, DEIB expert, Cynthia Owyoung explains what DEIB is and why it matters. Cynthia delivers the information and insights you need to seize the competitive edge and increase innovation―while doing right by people―with a strong culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you build a culture of feedback? In this episode, Neil Khaund, President and CEO of The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), the largest accredited leadership honor society in the United States, explains why creating a culture of feedback is imperative and gives you specific techniques you can use to get all the information you need to build an effective team, department, and organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ready for some brilliant approaches to human-centered communication? In this episode, David talks with Lizabeth Wesely-Casella, founder and CEO of L-12 Services; a Washington DC firm focused on internal communications, organizational development, and human-centered leadership. Lizabeth shares her insights on how you can improve workflow, processes, and culture by leveraging communication and the institutional knowledge of existing team members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever been faced with a puzzling pattern of events, been stuck in a confusing situation, or felt trapped by your own routine thinking patterns? Or have you wondered about how you think and make decisions during messy and unexpected situations? Then you're familiar with the business of ambiguity. In this episode, Dr. Debbie Southerland gives you five key thinking and behavior strategies to explore business uncertainties and build an ambiguity mindset. Using research and powerful real-life stories from dozens of executives whose roles involve a high degree of ambiguity, Dr. Sutherland provides tools, resources, and insights to help you increase your comfort with the unknowns. If you are a business leader who wants to expand your thinking and leadership capacity, someone who wants to explore a knowing gap in life or business, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you or your team felt the drain from virtual work? In this episode, author Betty Johnson reveals the voices of real virtual workers. They say it’s people, not cameras, that create “Zoom fatigue.” Through their verbatim words, Dr. Johnson illuminates how you can stop doing the things that wear down virtual work and what you can start doing—right now—so that virtual meetings cease to be an exhausting, time-consuming pain. So that virtual work works. For everyone. Learn precisely how to do what virtual workers implore you to do. How to get more done in less time. How to enable the sorts of relationship-building they need to carry them through tough times. How to enable authenticity, inclusion, agency, and equity. How to maximize their talents and wisdom so you and they become more successful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you worked in an organization that suffers from a crisis of management and leadership? Then you know how important it is to have a Manager's Playbook. Under-trained and under-equipped, many great people have turned out to be not-great bosses and their employees and companies' bottom lines are suffering the consequences. In this episode, David talks with Joel Trammell and Alicia Thrasher, co-authors of The Manager's Playbook, about the massive difference that simple management and leadership competency makes—for employees, for bosses, and for companies at large. Tune in and get the five fundamental skills all great managers and leaders master, from motivating people to developing self-awareness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whether you want more influence and to make a bigger difference within your organization or the world beyond, Weaving Influence CEO and author Becky Robinson gives you the roadmap. Too many think it’s a question of numbers—the more people you can get in front of, the better. But true reach is about expanding your audience while making a meaningful and enduring difference that has lasting a impact. In this episode, Robinson shares an incredibly refreshing and human-centered approach to achieving more REACH. Her approach will serve you both online and in person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you support your employees' career development when promotions aren't immediately available - or they're not interested in a promotion? There are so many other ways that employees what to grow. In this episode, Julie Winkle Giulioni helps you navigate the many ways you can support your team's career development - and how it will make leadership and management more enjoyable for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many leaders find that it's easier to be a human-centered leader when everything is going well. When you're stressed or anxious, it's easy to snap at your team, lose your temper and undermine the culture that you've worked so hard to build. Getting stressed out or anxious from time to time is unavoidable, but you can lead through these challenging times to build a stronger and more productive team. In this episode, you get 5 steps to use when the stress or anxiety at work starts to impact your ability to be a human-centered leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
During times of stress and change, when you need your team to be the most resourceful, some managers clampdown, insist on the old ways of doing things, and slow their team down. In our research on innovation and psychological safety, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” It’s tough for teams to be quick and clever in those circumstances. Like other skills, resourcefulness needs to be taught and nurtured and in this episode, you'll get some ways to cultivate a more resourceful team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you heard this from your managers? "My people aren't coachable. They're defensive, it's like they have a wall up. They just won't listen." Sometimes people can't grow because they're not in the right position or they are actually incapable. Leaders take responsibility for the legitimate reasons people might ignore feedback. In today's episode, you get seven reasons people ignore your feedback (and solutions to match). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trust takes time, but sometimes you need to get everyone working together quickly. If you're going to succeed, you have to build a team that's able to work well together and get results, and you need to be able to do that quickly. In this episode you'll get four activities to speed up the process and improve your team's commitment to outcomes and to one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode has it all - poignant wisdom, 6th graders influencing billionaires, mason jar soup, even Darth Vader jokes. Above all, you'll get practical wisdom to help you show up with grace and dignity for some of the conversations that many leaders find most challenging. These can be the most meaningful leadership conversations you'll ever have - when you learn how to acknowledge your story, listen deeply to others, and take responsibility for your communication. Jessica Pettitt gives you all this and more in this heartfelt episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You work hard to set a positive example for your team. You care about success, and you want your people to succeed. You’ve clarified what matters most and you’re committed to accountability. You’re intentional about your culture. But somehow, your leadership presence isn’t working. You don’t have the connection or influence you hope for. What’s happening? Committed, caring, hard-working leaders often have one of three problems interfere with their influence. If any of these issues sound familiar, you can readily overcome them with a few straightforward solutions you'll get in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do you do when you see a problem and you want to bring it to your colleagues' attention, but you're worried it might create problems? This topic came in as a question from a member of the Let's Grow Leaders community and it's a fantastic opportunity to address some leadership challenges that everyone can empathize with. In this episode, you get three steps to use to address problems with your peers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conversations are the soul of leadership. We all know that conversations influence us, but we rarely stop to think about how much impact they have on our well-being and our ability to thrive. The art of Appreciative Inquiry gives you the ability to have conversations that truly matter, build better relationships, and achieve more together. In this episode, Jackie Stavros and Cheri Torres give you 2 practices and 5 principles to create great conversations. And show how Appreciative Inquiry (AI)--one of the most widely used approaches for fostering positive change for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities--can help you communicate better and flourish in all areas of your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Most of us have seen fear drive short-term results, but it does so at the cost of high employee burnout and turnover. Winning organizations aren’t fear-free; they know how to reframe fear into opportunities for learning and growth. They create resilient cultures of unfear. In this episode, Gaurav and Mark, authors of Unfear, give you the rundown about the impact and archetypes of fear in the workplace and provide strategies, techniques, and actions you need to bring about an unfear transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's a cliche you've undoubtedly heard more than once: Fake it until you make it. The problem is that the pressure to succeed can drive leaders to exaggerate their strengths, minimize weaknesses, bend the truth, and sacrifice the very authenticity that would help them succeed. In this episode, former Silicon Valley communications CEO Sabrina Horn gives you the tools to lead with integrity, navigate the challenges that compromise authenticity, and transform your influence by leading from the truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"My people lack a sense of urgency. I've got to follow up on everything or we miss deadlines. I'm tired of babysitting. How can I ensure things get done on time?" Sound familiar? In this episode, you'll get five ways to help get things moving. Paradoxically, sometimes leaders with a high internal sense of urgency can struggle with this the most. But the good news is that there are just a few straightforward tools you can use to help everyone work effectively and meet those deadlines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind? How can you break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? In this engaging episode, Dorie Clark gives you unique principles and frameworks to help you reorient yourself, see the big picture, and tap into the power of small changes. It's not an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life, leadership, and your career. That's playing The Long Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is there any industry that's been disrupted more at a global level over the past twenty years than the cruise lines? In this episode, David Giersdorf, a former senior executive in the global cruise, travel, and marketing services industry, gives the roadmap for leading through disruption. It's optimistic, encouraging, and full of opportunities to help you navigate your company, career, team, and life through the fog of disruption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Humanity. It works - and it works better. In this heartfelt and moving conversation, Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer help you chart a path that brings humanity (yours and your teams) to work through awareness, choice, and courage. They'll help you build a healthier, more productive work environment that draws the best—rather than squeezes the most—out of people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Change is challenging for most of us. But the most effective leaders continually learn and grow. Former basketball coach and leadership consultant Sean Glaze gives you the path to stay coachable and avoid the complacency that can undermine your influence. If you're ever frustrated by a personal or professional plateau, this episode's for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a business leader, how do you create a purposeful, positive, and productive work environment for you employees and customers while improving your bottom line? In short, "good" comes first. In this episode, culture experts Chris Edmonds and Mark Babbit give you a practical roadmap to building the culture you want (hint - it takes commitment and accountability equal to your focus on results). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Constructive discussions are essential for good decisions and great results. But how do you create an environment that helps to surface disagreement and overcome the challenges of invisible dissent? In this episode, Kelly Beattie shares practical steps you can take to help every team member engage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leaders who want to inspire others need inspiration themselves. That inspiration is your purpose. Join us for a conversation with former Pepsi Cola and Cole Haan executive Lance Tanaka to learn how you can identify your gifting, find your passion, and build the discipline to take the steps that will help you achieve your dream. Get inspired to inspire in this heartfelt episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you transform the culture of a rapidly growing business in an industry that's not always known for transparency and integrity? Join Simpler Trading's CEO Brittany Burns and I for a practical look at how you can lead with conviction and focus on the bottom line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leadership development is one of the most important investments you can make in your organization's success. Unfortunately, there are many ways to do it poorly. The results are lost time, money, credibility - and worst of all, poorly trained leaders. In this episode, Jennifer Mackin, author of Leaders Deserve Better, gives you the roadmap to effective leadership development. There are a handful of principles you can use right now to build a better leadership development strategy (and partner effectively with leadership development experts who can help transform your business). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Carson Tate, one of America’s top productivity consultants talks about why you don’t have to rely on your company or your boss for your professional fulfillment. Instead, you can take ownership of your career, your life, and your happiness―right now. Carson's premise is that “it takes two” to cultivate engagement―that both you and your employer need to have an equal voice in the process. And she outlines five fundamental strategies and tools to make your job work for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The world has changed, and so has everything we know about becoming and remaining an effective leader particularly when it comes to keeping your top talent! Effective leaders of tomorrow will do one thing - Keep Top Talent. In this episode, Dov Baron lays out the strategies for not only keeping your top talent but how to build fiercely loyal teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When your cause is important and you're working to build a better world, leadership matters more than ever - but it often takes a back seat to the scramble to achieve today's results. The unfortunate consequence in many mission-driven organizations is a toxic or hypocritical culture that doesn't embrace the same values the organization works to build. This leadership paradox isn't limited to nonprofit or social justice organizations. The same thing can happen in mission-driven companies. In this episode, Rita Sever gives you practical tools you can use to ensure you are living out your human-centered leadership values while also pursuing the valuable mission your organization exists to achieve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You've got a clear focus on what matters most, and your team seems to work well together, but then you get a call. Hey, I need to talk to you about a conflict, a disagreement, a clash of personalities. What you do next will reinforce your leadership and influence or erode your credibility. Team conflict can feel like quicksand and a distraction from your work, but it can also be an excellent opportunity for your team to grow. In this episode, learn how leaders make the most of complaints with six steps while building healthy professional relationships and helping your team maintain focus on what matters most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a leader do you ever feel overwhelmed and stressed? Keep running into the same limiting mindset or patterns, but don't know how to fix them? In this episode, you'll discover a system used by world-class athletes, performers, and CEOs to build their confidence, achieve transformational results, and overcome their limiting mindsets. Performance mastery specialist Tina Greenbaum will give you practical tools to do all this and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you feel like you're constantly reacting and don't have a moment to think about what you're doing, much less why you're doing it, this episode is for you. Juliet Funt gives you practical suggestions (as well as the permission) to regain control of your workday, create the space you need in order to do your best work and lead your team well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this wisdom-packed interview, former Wallstreet executive Dr. Kaliym Islam shares the many leadership moments that transformed his career. This is practical, research-based, (and hard-won) leadership wisdom that will help you have more influence, achieve better results with your teams, and achieve the career recognition you desire. There are no shortcuts to leadership success, but the principles Dr. Kaliym shares truly help you to be the leader you want your boss to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who you promote into leadership sends a clear message of what matters most in your culture and business. Promote leaders aligned with your culture and you build momentum. Get this wrong and you'll undo all the good you’ve done. In this episode, you'll get two essential criteria to examine when considering who you promote into a leadership role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you have a boss and are a boss, you'll be very familiar with the messy middle. Leading from the middle requires a special mindset and specific leadership skills. In this episode, former P&G senior executive and author Scott Mautz, gives you practical skills and the mindset to thrive and transform your organization. Have something ready to write with - you'll want to take notes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When decision-making or problem-solving meetings bog down and become a waste of time, there are usually two problems causing the stagnation. In this episode, you'll get the tools to overcome both of these problems before they derail your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you blindsided when things break down, problems happen, or conflict occurs? Great leaders anticipate these breakdowns and know that it's a matter of when - not if- they'll happen. Lead your team by equipping them with the skills to overcome these setbacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last-minute fire drills, interruptions, and real emergencies can become a permanent way of life. In this episode, you'll receive practical steps you can take to calm the chaos and help your team get back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leaders play a vital role in employee development and that includes sharing developmental feedback. But an effective performance conversation requires an even keel. Keep these five principles in mind to help you keep your cool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nothing burns time, energy, and leadership credibility like wasted training. In this episode, we'll take a look at three specific mistakes that can undermine your return on investment and the positive impact training ought to have on the people who participate. You'll also get eight practical ways to overcome these mistakes and ensure high ROI training to help your people and your business - all by incorporating your leaders at every level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you are (or have been) a middle manager, you know how tough this role can be. You don’t set the strategic priorities, but you are accountable to make it happen—often without the influence to get all the resources you would like (or need) to get the job done. And every day, your team looks to you for support and a voice, which you may or may not able to provide. In this episode, you'll get practical steps you can take to master one transformational role the best middle managers do better than anyone else in an organization. It's also a vital middle management skill that most middle managers struggle to do well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you're ambitious, talented, and ready to take your career to the next level, this episode is for you. Ed Evarts shares several principles of taking responsibility for your career. You'll get practical ways to build a positive relationship with your boss, vital questions to ask yourself, the power of curiosity to advance your career, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. Award-winning attorney Heather Hansen has spent over twenty years fighting on the battlefields of the courts—but even in her fiercest clashes, she’s remained true to herself and her principles. She shares her journey to becoming an Elegant Warrior, and imparts the wisdom she’s learned from her decades on the bar. In this episode, Hansen shares the tools and techniques she’s honed in the courtroom and makes the case that anyone can become an Elegant Warrior: someone who fights adversity with grace and compassion; and battles without losing respect for themselves and their adversaries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever watched a team member do something clever, solve a problem, or creatively improve a process, then ask them why they hadn’t shared it with the team? Their answer holds the key to unlocking your team’s best ideas and building a team of micro-innovators, problem-solvers, and customer advocates. If your quiet problem-solver is like most people, she probably told you “I guess it's just that no one ever asked.” But realistically, we also work with many leaders who ask for ideas, but don’t get the insights they want. So how do you unlock your team's best thinking, draw out their creative ideas, and solve more problems? It takes more than a generic “How can we improve?” to draw out your team’s best ideas. Your team has questions of their own. Chief among them: can I trust you? Do you really want to hear what I have to say? In this episode you'll get a proven strategy to unlock your team's best thinking (and a bonus follow-up in the answer to a participant's question about how and when to respond to the ideas you receive.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A specific, relevant thank you has the power to energize and keep people moving. In this episode, David shares a meaningful thank you and how you can encourage your people - even when you haven't had a recent "win." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we celebrate 100 episodes of Leadership without Losing Your Soul, it's a good time to reflect: Your leadership extends far beyond your team and the work you do. Every day, you build the world we all will live in. As you commit to human-centered leadership, achieving results, and building relationships - who can you invite on the journey with you to build a better world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Building inclusive leadership requires getting comfortable with discomfort, taking daily small steps, and being selective with the feedback you listen to. The first time you presented to the executive team—you stuttered a bit, but you got through it. Discomfort doesn’t mean anything’s wrong. It means you’re growing. As you do the work to lead inclusively, you’ll return again to these moments of discomfort. It’s not a one-time deal. I invite you to join me in stepping into them and building a better future for all of us. That’s confident humility in action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Without trust, people and businesses fail. Trust is the currency of your influence. The foundation of your results. Trust is the air your culture breathes. In this fast-paced interview, David Horsager, CEO of the Trust Edge gives you a crash course in the 8 Pillars of trust (backed by research!) and how they will transform your leadership. Be sure to take notes (and pick up a copy of Trusted Leader - it gives you a framework for building trust so that you and your organizations can perform at your best and I highly recommend it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this inspiring conversation with Elle Marc-Charles, Director of Inclusive Culture for Belden Corporation you'll get practical insights into how to guard yourself and your leaders from losing their humanity, how your human resource professionals can help you achieve your strategic results, and insights into the benefits (and challenges) of diversity, equity, and inclusion leadership domestically vs globally and how you can be a more inclusive leader. Grab a pencil and get ready to take notes!
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Training and development are a vital part of every team member's growth and success (including yours!) But there are common mistakes leaders make that undermine that success. In this episode with Director of Learning and Development from UFHealth Jacksonville, Dan Kurmaskie, you'll get specific mistakes to avoid and how you can help your team get the most from their work with learning and development professionals - whether you have an internal L&D team or are working with external partners like us at Let's Grow Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your human resource, organizational development, and learning professionals can be wonderful strategic partners and collaborate with you to achieve amazing results - but it takes trust and a solid relationship to get there. In this episode, Jessica Schwaller shares some secrets and opportunities available to you when you build a transformational relationship with your HR pros. This is the first of three episodes in a series on how to partner with your HR, OD, and L&D teams to achieve transformational results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve got something awesome inside of you and John Bates is in business to bring that out so it can live in the world and make a real difference. Join David and John for this dynamic and energizing discussion about the heart of leadership and how to make your leadership communication more dynamic and influential. John has trained hundreds of TED/TEDx speakers all over the world and works with C-level executives at top companies to make their communications "TED-Worthy" so grab something to take notes and take your communication to the next level! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You build your culture one decision at a time - but how do you ensure that the decisions you make build the culture you want? In this episode, Charlie Bailes, VP of Human Resources and Distribution for ABC Fine Wine and Spirits shares practical ways you can build a human-centered culture in your organization, team, or department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you've ever worried about losing someone from your team or organization because you reinforce expectations, this episode's for you. Early in my career, I learned a tough leadership lesson from a retired English teacher named Joan. In a few succinct words, she gave me one of the most important leadership lessons I would ever learn: about what it meant to lead, to truly value people, and the importance of accountability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There's no better leadership textbook than a frustrating boss. And often, the world looks very different from their side of the conversation. In this episode, you'll get valuable questions to ask and ways to work through your frustration to become a better leader - the leader you'd want your boss to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You know the cliches: it's lonely at the top. Leadership is a lonely business. In this episode, David shares a challenging situation where he felt very alone - and what happened that convinced him you're never as alone as you might feel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Life will always include some level of the mundane and routine. As a leader, you can give your team energy to meet these challenges. In this episode, David shares some people who have inspired him to keep it fresh and four practical ways you can deliver the energy your team needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There is a need for a new kind of leadership; one that bleeds personality and rings true to employees and customers alike who crave authenticity. Former Loreal Executive and entrepreneur, Minter Dial, argues that business leaders deliver superior results, communities of engagement both inside and outside of the company, and true values-driven success when they are themselves and come across as genuine. In this episode, you'll get practical ways to stop pretending, be who you are, and play to your uniqueness and strengths, allow people to do the same, and develop a culture of authenticity and purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People are your number one asset, so how do you ensure your best people stay? In short: you love 'em! In this episode, we talk with Beverly Kaye, author of the #1 book ever written on talent retention. You'll get simple, practical strategies that work to create a supportive workplace culture so you can fight burnout and keep the people you can least afford to lose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conflicting priorities are a fact of life. Growing businesses naturally have tensions and they only become problems when they’re not addressed. In this episode, you'll get practical approaches to use when there’s a clash in priorities. These moments are a fantastic opportunity for you to lead and make a more strategic impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Whether affected by the pandemic or some other unforeseen and monumental setback, to lead, you have to find a way to move beyond anger, guilt, emptiness or pain. It’s not only possible to overcome adversity, but it’s imperative. In this episode, retired Navy Seal and severely Wounded Warrior Jason Redman will give you the tools to adopt an overcoming mindset to learn acceptance, choose action over inaction, and triumph over adversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The days blend in to one another and morale begins to drop... If you and your team are facing an endless horizon...of stressful work, of remote work with the family just off camera, or and endless project, it's vital that you are able to fight the slog and bring back the fun. In this episode, you'll get four ways to reconnect and energize your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's easy to talk about taking care of yourself so you can lead your team effectively, but it's something else to actually do it. So, it's confession time. In this episode David talks about the challenges caring for his physical, emotional, and social health over the past few months and how you can show up for yourself and your team in a healthier way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your new leaders - the 'green' ones, are an incredible resource and the literal future of your business. If you are a new leader, the lessons to learn and the natural influence you see from more senior leaders can feel overwhelming. In this inspiring episode, join David and new-leader expert Pierre Quinn for a discussion about how you can help yourself grow quickly...and how you can set up your new leaders to thrive and experience breakthrough success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Jennifer Kahnwieler, a "champion for introverts" gives you practical tools to build an environment that brings out the best from every employee - particularly your introverts. We discuss what exactly that means, why it matters so much, common mistakes leaders make, and how to overcome them to an inclusive leader who achieves awesome results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your leadership goes far beyond the work you and your team do. You and your team likely spend more time with one another than with anyone else. That time, those discussions, and those relationships add up. Moment by moment, with each decision and interaction, you build the future. Our future. What are you building? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this wisdom-packed episode, executive coach and author Dawn Kirk gives you practical tools she developed throughout her career to help your team navigate the challenges of our times while remaining focused on the results the team exists to achieve. Listen to the end for a powerful way to grow your career and get the feedback you need - even when you feel ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Three unprecedented sources of change in the outside world are putting intense pressure on every organization and leader to adapt quickly. Enterprises that don't transform what they do and how they do it (repeatedly) will inevitably fail. In this information-packed episode with Nick Jankel you'll get practical solutions to help you thrive as a transformational leader. With brilliant insight into the neuroscience of teams and leadership, Nick breaks it down and helps you face reality and lead with confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Too many decision-making meetings devolve into frustrating, passive wastes of time. In this episode you'll get two actions you can take to ensure you make smarter, faster decisions that energize your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Be ready to take notes as Glenn Parker shares the four ways you can help people to become their best self, why this is such a critical leadership skill, and a master-class in leading through any crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When it comes to critical messages, communicating once is never enough. In this episode, get practical (and creative) ways you can master 5x5 communication and ensure your team understands what matters most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You've covered the basics. People can hear you and see you and you've got a clear agenda, but online meeting fatigue is real and it can suck the life out of your team. In this episode, get practical ways you can lead more engaging online meetings that don't suck - or steal away your team's energy and motivation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this incredibly practical and inspiring episode, Jeff DeGraff, the "Dean of Innovation" gives you practical ways to cultivate a creative mindset for yourself and with your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, get the tools you need to ensure your teams achieve the results you need to keep the business moving forward while creating space for the realities of working remotely - and all without micromanaging your remote employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you've felt burned out over the past few months, you're not alone. In this practical and hopeful episode, Hall of Fame Speaker and esteemed author Eileen McDargh gives you the tools to identify and overcome the main causes of burnout for you and your team. You'll want to take notes and be ready to play back sections as Eileen helps you move from Burnout to Breakthrough! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gratitude, real gratitude, not the saccharine "too blessed to be stressed" meme mantra, has the power to revolutionize your leadership and your influence. In this interview with Chief Operating Officer Kerry Wekelo, you'll get practical ways you can cultivate gratitude in your own life, inspire your team, and even your customers. In the last segments, we get down to the grit of gratitude and how it can change your life and the lives you touch every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your team may have vital information, solutions, or ideas that would make a tremendous difference – if you only knew what they were thinking. In this episode, you’ll get a powerful tool to draw out your team’s best ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is it you give to your team and customers that’s uniquely you? In this episode, master showman Jason Hewlett shares what it means to keep the promise to your team, but more importantly, to yourself. That promise might not be what you think. Listen or watch and then check out Jason’s book: The Promise to the One.
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It can be frustrating when your team’s behavior doesn’t make any sense. But those moments where you wonder “What were they thinking?” are also opportunities. In this episode, you’ll get a way forward for the next time you wonder “What were they thinking?” that helps you find out. The answer will always help you move your team forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karin Hurt joins us in-studio for the first time ever to talk about Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates. In this episode, find out why business leaders are responding passionately to Courageous Cultures, why courageous cultures are more important now than ever and how to get started – with practical tools – today.
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When you get an idea you can’t use, it’s an opportunity to help people think more deeply and to get even better thoughts. In this episode, you’ll get specific leadership techniques you can use to build more strategic thinking and relevant problem-solving skills in every member of your team.
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In this episode, you’ll meet Ellen Robinson, former General Manager for Denver Pepsi Cola and President of Ascent Sports (owners of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche). She will help you look at your leadership through a different lens and give you tools to have more influence and avoid stress and burn-out by integrating your entire self into your leadership. Connect with Ellen here: Robinson Coaching Group: www.robinsoncoaching.com The PersonPuzzle Company: www.personpuzzle.com LinkedIn – Ellen’s Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-robinson-703922b/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How can understanding yourself help you be more influential with your team? In this episode, Dr. Nate Regier will help you understand, connect with, and lead your team members more effectively by understanding yourself. They may seem different, but look a little closer and you’ll find them – in you. Connect with Nate Regier, PhD Get Nate’s Book: Seeing People Through
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It can be tempting to write people off and assume they don’t have creativity or innovative solutions to offer. Many times, however, there’s something blocking their contribution. In this episode, you’ll get strategies to help you bring in your reluctant team members and help them contribute their game-changing ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So many people are hurting, frustrated, traumatized, scared, or, at the very least, uncertain. That includes your team – and they’re looking at you. In this episode, we talk about fundamental ways to make space and listen. Your team needs you. Be there, even if it’s awkward or uncomfortable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If it takes courage to show up for work every day, your people won’t have the energy, creativity, or courage they need to solve bigger problems or better serve your customer. This episode challenges leaders to find their own courage to build cultures where people can bring their best selves to their work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jane Miller has an incredible track-record of business leadership success including roles as CEO for a variety of food businesses making nutritious (and tasty) products. She’s served as President for the UK & Ireland Division of HJ Heinz and is currently CEO of Lily’s Sweets. All that, and she’s an incredible mentor to leaders. In this episode, Jane shares some of the hard-won experiences that shaped her leadership, mistakes she made that you don’t have to, and practical leadership fundamentals to help you be more influential, grow your career, and live a life that you’ll be proud of and celebrate. Connect with Jane: On LinkedIn At her career advice website: JaneKnows.com And order some delicious (and low sugar) sweets at Lilys.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’re smart, informed, and know your work backward and forward. But sometimes, being “right” stops you from being effective. In this episode, you’ll discover challenges leaders face when they’re overly focused on being right and how to let go of being “right” and focus on being effective. Available for preorder now! Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates. You can take our FREE Courageous Cultures quiz and receive a free chapter here, as well as learn about our pre-order bonuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The intent behind your open-door policy is good: a door that is figuratively always open to encourage transparency, open lines of communication, a standing invitation for your employees to bring you issues that affect them or their work. But relying on an open-door policy to give you what you need to lead creates several problems and can undermine the culture you want to create. In this episode you’ll get specific strategies you can use to move beyond the open-door and lead with intention. Courageous Cultures is now available for preorder. Learn more and get your pre-order bonuses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Disruptions like the recent crisis also create opportunities. Your team gets scrappy. They figure out different ways to serve your customer or solve problems you didn’t know existed. As you move through these times and establish a new cadence, you don’t want to lose all this innovation and insight. In today’s episode, Karin and David share questions you can ask to take the best of your team and carry it through to a brighter, bolder future.
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In this wide-ranging interview, David and David discuss how to rapidly make effective leadership decisions, how to keep your ego from derailing your influence and effectiveness, a three-step process to quickly work through strong emotions and find a productive response, techniques to ensure a productive day, a five-step regimen to ensure your leadership effectiveness – and much more. Be ready to take notes and enjoy this interview with David Meltzer. David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. He’s written several #1 books and, among his many achievements, Variety Magazine recognized David as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year. Connect with David: LinkedIn (Be sure to check out David’s weekly Friday LinkedIn broadcast) Twitter YouTube Facebook David’s Podcast: The Playbook Check out David’s latest book:
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Feeling tired, burned out, or listless? You might just need a good night’s sleep – or you may need to make some changes to how you manage your energy as a leader. In this episode, you’ll get ten ways to manage your energy and be more productive with the time you do have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’re in a unique position to develop your team’s confidence (or erode it). In this episode, we discuss one of the most important ways leaders help teams to develop confidence and belief in themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For many leaders, the challenge of keeping your team focused, productive, and connected when everyone works from home can feel overwhelming. In this episode, you’ll get practical strategies you can use to lead well, even when everyone’s working from home. Links from this episode: Lead Remote Meetings that Get Results and Build Relationships 7 Icebreaker Questions to Melt Frustration and Build Trust Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Register was a decorated athlete when one misstep changed his life forever. How do you find that positive new normal and lead well when your world has turned upside down? Join us for a discussion of how to keep the past from holding you back and move into your full confidence and courage as you lead in the new normal. Connect with John on LinkedIn Order John’s Book:
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Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay. In this episode you’ll get several ways to ensure that your remote meetings are the best use of everyone’s time – including how to take advantage of technology to do things you can’t do in a face-to-face meeting. Every meeting should lead to results and build relationships – and remote meetings are no exception.
In this time of extraordinary uncertainty and change, your team has learned to adapt quickly and do the best they can, with what they have, from where they are. You’ve seen what can be done, despite constraints, as you worked to find creative, sometimes even Herculean solutions to serve your customers while keeping everyone safe.
As we look beyond this immediate crisis to establish a new normal, how will you leverage this spirit of micro-innovation, problem-solving, and customer advocacy on your team? Join us for a free IDEA Inspiration Rally to unleash your team’s best ideas for a better, bolder future.
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Coronavirus has turned the world upside down. When you’re called on to lead your team through crisis and rapid change, focus on clear, concise, calm communication. In this episode, get a practical example and more ways you can lead your team through crisis and change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Culture can be tricky to measure. How can you assess how well people look out for one another and commit to one another’s success? It turns out that there are places you can look to get a sense of your culture. Shared resources (both physical, like breakroom microwaves, and intangible, like your meetings) are a great way to assess your culture and practice your leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You start to hear concerns from your team. Or your colleague’s team, who you rely on for your own performance, isn’t getting it done. Or maybe you’ve observed the dysfunction firsthand. No matter how you became aware, it’s clear that your peer’s team is struggling. Now what? In this episode, you’ll find out what not to do – and how you can be most helpful in these tough situations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Be ready to take notes as you listen to this powerful interview with Lisa Fain, co-author of Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. You’ll get practical ways to be a fantastic mentor, a great mentee, and more inclusive leader including:
- The three whys leaders need to know and communicate.
- How leaders create more inclusive teams.
- Why being a mentor will make you a better leader.
- How to be an awesome mentor.
- Why noticing differences is a vital leadership skill.
- The biggest predictor of a mentee’s success.
- The difference between mentoring and coaching.
- How to find the right mentor for you.
- How to be an excellent mentee.
- Pro tips to end a mentoring relationship gracefully.
Learn more about Lisa and her work at CenterforMentoring.com Get Lisa’s book:
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When you’re frustrated with a team member who seems to be doing everything but the work you hired them to do, it can feel tempting to bark “Just do your job.” Or perhaps you’ve got a team member who responds, “I don’t care about the big picture, just let me do my job.” In either case, you’ve got a leadership and performance challenge. The world is changing and your team’s success takes more than a “just do your job” attitude. In this episode, you get ways to move out of this attitude and bring out the best from every team member. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Passion is good. Passion for your customers, passion for excellence, and the team’s passion to support one another all lead to great results. But there’s a dangerous problem with passion that can undermine your culture and ruin your leadership. In this episode, you’ll learn how to identify this trap, how to prevent it, and ensure that passion drives healthy results and team relationships in your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You see it differently. You’re concerned about a missed opportunity or a strategic mistake. Stay silent and you miss a chance to build your credibility and reputation. But disagree without tact or grace and you can permanently damage your career. In this episode, you’ll get the tools you need to disagree with your boss in a way that gets results and builds your relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you lead well when the culture around you is negative, apathetic, or abusive? In this episode David discusses how you can lead and create a positive experience for your team – and even have a chance at transforming a caustic culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’re working hard, but then a team member, customer, or colleague gives you some harsh criticism. Should you take it in? Ignore it? In this episode, you’ll get specific tools you can use to get the most out of tough feedback without letting it derail you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve got 37 tasks that needed to be done yesterday and somewhere in the back of your mind you know that you should be investing in your people and helping them to grow. You’re right, of course – but you don’t have time not to develop your people. In this episode you’ll get practical ways you can invest in and develop your team members in minutes each day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve got an employee who does great work, but their role is changing. It will ask for new and different skills from them. You’re not sure they’ll be able to succeed. You’re a caring, compassionate leader who’s also committed to achieving great results. What do you do? In this episode, you’ll get practical steps you can take to address the situation and create a productive outcome for your employee and your team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do you start to hold your team accountable when you’ve been letting things slide? It’s a common question because it can feel like you have no credibility and have lost the chance to build a focused team. But you haven’t. In this episode you’ll get the tools you need to start holding your team accountable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You can only lead others as well as you lead yourself – and this includes navigating a range of emotions that sadly ruin many leaders’ influence. In this episode, David shares several ways you can work with your emotions to help you be a more effective leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nothing is certain and life is unpredictable. How can you lead effectively when you don’t know what’s going to happen next and everything seems to be spinning out of control? In this episode David discusses how to find a leadership path through whatever challenging circumstances come your way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leadership is often lonely – but it doesn’t have to be. You’re not as alone as you might feel. In this episode, David discusses three connections every leader can make that will nourish, energize, and help you grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There are two common mistakes leaders make in developing their people. You can make both mistakes easily and they can end your leadership career. In this episode, David discusses both mistakes and how to ensure you help your team members to grow.
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It’s a mistake that many well-intentioned leaders make. You want to communicate your care, compassion, and commitment, so you tell your team or company that you’re a family. In this episode, David explains why it’s a mistake to treat your team like family and what to do instead to improve morale and productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If your team ever says something like “We can talk about this, but nothing is going to change” (or worse, YOU feel that way), then this episode is for you. In this episode, David shares one critical skill to help you get results and make things happen. It’s not hard – and with this one small shift, you’ll gain credibility, energize your team, and achieve results you’d only talked about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the most effective leadership communication tools you’ll ever have is a powerful story. Join David and his guest, Paul Smith – an expert in leadership and business storytelling – for a powerful discussion of how to tell a good story, the stories great leaders tell, and where to find your stories. Paul reveals how you can use story to build a better connection with your team and translate your leadership philosophy and values in a way people will not forget. And yes, there are some fantastic stories! Get Paul’s book: The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell Get the Workbook companion to 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell Connect with Paul at his website: LeadwithaStory.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you ever feel like you don’t belong in the room – that you’ve somehow fooled everyone into thinking you’re better than you are? Any minute now they’ll find out and then you’re in trouble. Or maybe you have that internal voice chattering away at you, telling you not to think too much of yourself. Who are you to think you can lead? In this episode, David discusses practical ways you can deal with imposter syndrome (and why he trusts leaders that wrestle with it more than those who don’t). Find the confidence you need to be the leader you’d want your boss to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For leaders at every level, there are times when you must implement a decision or pursue a goal that you don’t agree with or where you didn’t get input. These are critical moments in your leadership. Handle it poorly and you lose all credibility. But it’s also an opportunity to grow your influence and energize your team to do work they’re proud of. In this episode, David shares practical help for motivating your team when you don’t set the goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you ever wonder how you can have more executive presence? (And what is exactly is executive presence?) Join David for a conversation with Hilary Blair, Founder of ArticulateRC, an expert in voice and presence who works with leaders around the world to develop their executive presence. You’ll get ideas to help you show up as the best version of yourself – not a clone of another leader, when and how to get feedback on your presence, how to let people see you, building trust, and, yes, we even talk about your clothes – but maybe not in a way you’ve ever heard before. Connect with Hilary: LinkedIn Twitter Articulate Real & Clear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You know you should encourage your team – but how do you encourage people in a way that’s authentic and builds results? In this episode, David shares three ways to guarantee your encouragement builds momentum and helps your team achieve results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this wide-ranging interview, David and his guest, Dr. Kathleen Allen, explore how to grow change in ways that make it last, why survival of the fittest is a mistake, and how you can use nature as inspiration to lead in ways that will get better and more lasting results. Be ready to take notes – there are so many valuable questions you can use to have lasting influence. Sign up for Dr. Allen’s nature-inspired leadership blog Get Leading from the Roots:
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My first formal leadership role where I would lead my friends and former peers didn’t go so well. When we ask a group of new leaders about their biggest problems, leading friends and former peers is always one of the most common challenges they mention. It’s one of the most difficult challenges for most emerging leaders. We’ve even watched experienced leaders stumble when asked to address or lead a team of their peers. In this episode, David discusses the problems that come from leading friends and former peers and shares seven ways to lead this special group well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve got a clear goal, you’ve made sure everyone knows what matters most, but your team still won’t collaborate. It’s a frustration many leaders face. If this happens to you, it may be because you’ve only got halfway to the clarity your team needs. In this episode David shares where to start when your team won’t collaborate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s the number one challenge we hear from managers – time. You need time to do the work only you can do, but how do you support your team and get your work done? It’s especially challenging when your team is struggling. You want to be supportive, so you give them the answer … but then they’re back next time and before long you don’t have time to do anything but solve other people’s problems. In this episode, David shares a quick coaching process you can use to help your team develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills—which will free you up to do the work only you can do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you have a great idea burning inside you? Will it transform your company? In today’s episode, you’ll meet Jamie Marsden – an engineer who saw an opportunity and built a team to support leaders in a groundbreaking way. He’ll share his journey, inspiration to help you do the same, and some helpful thoughts on being a great manager and leader. If you’ve got a leader you would like to nominate for a future episode profile in leadership excellence, please email me or head to the podcast homepage and click the orange button. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you holding back? Is fear keeping you from leading well, advocating for your team, or confronting a poor performer? Or are you worried about making a mistake or how you’ll look? In this episode David examines how fear can cripple your leadership and steps you can take to move through it and be a leader your team respects and wants to follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do you do when you feel like you’re losing your leadership soul? You don’t like how you’re treating people. You’re not living up to your own values. Or you’re overwhelmed and not sure you can get the results you’re accountable to achieve. Most leaders experience these feelings of isolation, bitterness, or burnout at some point in their career—but you don’t have to stay there. In this episode you’ll get practical ways to figure out why you feel like you’re losing your soul and what you can do to reclaim it. You can achieve breakthrough results—without sacrificing your humanity in the process. Tools from this episode:
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What are the rules you’ve created that get in the way of you and your team’s success? What if there were a better way? In this powerful interview with serial-entrepreneur, New York Times best selling author, and LEADx founder, Kevin Kruse, we discuss the vast power of co-creation and the ownership you can build in your team (and life). Recognize that Great Leaders Have No Rules (the title of Kevin’s most recent book) and how to lead yourself and your team in a way that transforms outcomes, is more fun, and doesn’t drive you or anyone else nuts. Oh, and there are a few bits of marketing wisdom and personal leadership examples too. Links from the show: More about How to Improve Your Team Communications – and the Checklist Learn more about Kevin Kruse Check out Kevin’s LEADx project and podcast
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Have you ever attended a meeting that should have been a quick email? In this episode, get the criteria you need to choose the right format to move your team forward, make sure you’re not wasting time with meetings that would be better with a quick email, and make every meeting the most productive use of everyone’s time. If you’re new to the show, we invite you to check out Lead Meetings that Get Results and People Want to Attend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What do you do when you’ve talked with a team member about a performance issue, but nothing changes? In this episode, learn the ART of the tough conversation – how to avoid talking about the same issue repeatedly and address what’s really going on in a way that gets results and builds relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the most important leadership skills you’ll ever need is the ability to hold tough conversations – and do it well. Master tough conversations and your influence will soar. Most managers, however, never learn how to have tough conversations in a way that gets results and builds a better relationship. In this episode, find out why sandwich feedback is usually a horrible idea and how to use the INSPIRE model for conversations that work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a leader, there is one connection you can make that will do more to inspire your team and increase productivity than anything else you might say. In fact, when you move from none of this to all of it, you can double your team’s productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leadership can feel complicated, but at its core, leading well requires a straightforward focus on a few key behaviors. Join me for an interview with former nuclear submariner Alec McGalliard and invest in the fundamentals of relationships, expectations, and accountability that build your influence. Get the Book Learn more about Alec McGalliard
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It’s a business cliche – people hate meetings. But I don’t think that’s true – we just hate bad meetings. Why are so many meetings a soul-sucking waste of time? In this episode you’ll get several quick tools to ensure your meetings get results – and that people will want to attend them. Sound impossible? Tune in and transform your meetings forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever delegated a task and then six weeks later wonder what happened to it? Avoid the delegation black hole, help your team to work more productively, and distinguish yourself as a manager who gets more done with this one delegation secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You hear so much about the power of culture – so what is culture exactly? How do you get the power of culture working for you and your organization? This episode starts with a question from a listener and addresses his question regarding: what is a great culture? Is there a best leadership culture? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s easy for leaders to get in their own way. Have you ever insisted that you’re right and then experienced frustration as nothing worked the way it was supposed to? You’re not alone – the leadership choice between “right” or effective is a vital decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don’t allow outdated practices to keep you from motivating and engaging your people. In this interview with Rich Berens, CEO of Root Inc., we explore practical ways you can overcome common leadership blind spots. How do you maintain firm standards for a consistent and safe customer experience while also empowering your team to think and solve problems? How do you make it safe for people to tell the truth? Get answers to these questions and more as we discuss What Are Your Blind Spots? Overcoming the 5 Misconceptions That Hold Leaders Back Get the book Connect with Rich Take the Blind Spots Assessment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever left a meeting where everyone had great intentions – and then nothing happens? Don’t let that happen to you – it takes five minutes to get clarity, accountability, and results. You don’t even have to lead the meeting to make this happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You don’t have enough time and energy for everything on your list – and you never will. Your ability to focus your time and energy is key to your success. Focusing time and energy isn’t about managing time or the latest productivity system. It starts with your beliefs and one simple daily practice you can start today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The world has changed – has your leadership changed with it? Join me for an interview with Sara Canaday where we discuss conventional leadership wisdom that hurts you – and what to do instead. We dive into her latest book, Leadership Unchained, where you’ll get excellent resources to help know when to apply classic leadership principles. And when to break them. Connect with Sara: LinkedIn Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leadership is the belief that together, we can have a better tomorrow. Are you in the hope business? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The four-step cadence that forms the backbone of your leadership credibility, builds your influence, and keeps you and your team focused on results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When leadership gurus post a meme challenging you to be a leader, not a manager – don’t buy it. Get the tools you need to lead and manage effectively in every situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are you a manager or leader who wants a better way? If you’ve ever wondered if it’s possible to make a difference for your people and for the bottom line – then Leadership Without Losing Your Soul is the podcast for you. Every week you’ll get practical leadership inspiration, tools, and strategies you can use right away to improve performance – without sacrificing your humanity, well-being, or your sanity. I’m your host, David Dye, author of international best-seller Winning Well: A Manager’s Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul. Tune in today and become the leader you’d want your boss to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices