The Exceptional Leadership podcast with Anita Brooks: Recent Episodes
Anita Brooks
We all influence someone, but the question is, "Are we influencing well? Exceptionally well?"
As an international speaker, award-winning author, and high-demand business coach who founded P4 Power Coaching, host Anita Brooks brings her passion, expertise, and front-line insights to The Exceptional Leadership podcast. She takes great joy in helping people and organizations identify and plug the invisible drains stealing their time, energy, and money, and now, she's sharing her wisdom with you. Through inspiring true stories, fascinating interviews, practical tips, boots-on-the-ground resources, and coaching challenges, you will benefit from the secrets and strategies she's spent years learning and teaching.
The focus of this podcast is primarily pointed to leadership at an organizational level, however, most of what Anita shares will translate to almost any aspect of your life--professionally and personally. Whether you approach the content as a corporate leader, board member, middle manager, small business owner, mentor, spouse or parent, the "why, what, where, and when" are as important as "who and how" you lead.
So, join Anita on a quest not for mediocrity, not for perfection, but absolutely for exceptional leadership. Prepare to grab extraordinary courage and exercise unrivaled integrity as you resolve to humbly invest in the people you guide. Not only will those you lead receive unprecedented payoffs, but with pure motives, you and/or your organization will gain more than you can possibly imagine. Just ask any of the many clients Anita has served.
In this episode, host Anita Brooks re-emphasizes 7 Simple Steps to Exceptional Leadership. Many times, success isn't derived by how complicated we make things, or about how much we push ourselves, but instead, in exercising wisdom and strategy in what we undertake.
Anita Brooks is a best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
The P4 Personality Perspective™ is a method of assessing human personality and learning how to use it to improve both professional and personal relationships. The information is especially helpful for leaders and managers. In this episode, certified personality trainer, business coach, and international, keynote speaker, Anita Brooks, shares insights about communication and conflict resolution in the form of listening, particulary, to interpret foreign personality languages.
Anita Brooks is a best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
Communication and conflict resolution between personalities can sometimes feel like two people are speaking foreign languages. Our personality is the lens in which we look through life at--but our lenses are not all the same. In this episode, certified personality trainer and business coach, Anita Brooks, explains how to interpret foreign personaliity languages when speaking to someone of a different type, using her P4 Personality Perspective™.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
Introverts are too often overlooked and undervalued in today's world, particularly in the workplace. But using her P4 Personality Perspective™ method, Certified Personality Trainer, Anita Brooks, shares insights about the Perfect and Peaceful personalities in this episode, both introverts, but with very different approaches to work and life.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
Extroverts think out loud, are high energy, but their ideas are often discounted due to the amount of them that they generate. In this episode, Anita shares her expertise about the Popular and Powerful personalities, both extroverts, but with very different approaches to work and life.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
Have you ever wondered why someone does what they do? Have you ever wondered why you makes some of the choices you do? How does our instrinsic wiring impact our behaviors at work? Certified Personality Trainer and business coach, Anita Brooks, shares decades worth of insights into human personality, helping explain the impact we make on each other.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com. Her mission is to help increase the income, prime the profits, and strengthen the sustainability for American businesses by focusing on their people, processes, performance, and net profitability.
In our hurried and harried, 21st century world, few leaders practice this much-needed habit. But by deciding to act on it, not only will their leadership efforts benefit, but their personal lives will improve, as well. This is a passion-point for host, Anita Brooks, and something she is committed to doing herself. She would even go as far as saying it's one of her greatest secret weapons.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
You might not see the immediate connection between focusing on your personal relationships to infuse more power into your leadership impact. However, in this episode, host Anita Brooks will explore why intentionality with your personal life will make you a better leader and help you produce enhanced results.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Mental fortitude is a must for every leader. In this episode of Exceptional Leadership, host Anita Brooks shares multiple ideas, simply yet powerfully implemented, that can help anyone strengthen their inner resilience.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Fatigue is a common challenge for most leaders--including those who try to pretend they're not tired when they must fight hard to push through the day. But when it comes to a leader's energy, as with any other problem, acknowledgement opens the door for potential victory.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Not all leaders are cut from the same material. In this episode, Anita Brooks, founder and CEO of P4 Power Coaching™ explores the characteristics, traits, habits, and behaviors of two different leaders.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
This may not be the most intriguing or sexiest topic in the world, but it can be in business when you see the net profit results. If you need to blacken your organization's bottom line, do not miss these important tips for auditing supply chains, efficiencies, and processes. It could mean the difference between a healthy quarter and a disastrous one!
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
When human beings find something purposeful to work toward, it lights them up. When a group of people in an organization are united in working toward a mission, it lights the business up. In this episode, learn the why and how behind empowering profits through intentional mission-mindedness.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Sticking any warm body into any open position is not good for your people, your business, or you! In this episode, Anita discusses the power and importance of job-fits and strategies behind improved work performance.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Almost every leader Anita Brooks works with, talks with, or listens to, has a desire to drive employee performance and productivity--especially in a climate where work ethics seem to be lagging. But there are some common practices, when followed consistently, that can help increase the amount of production in your organization.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Is your marketing performance where you want it to be? Are you seeing measurable results? In this episode, Anita talks about a side of marketing that's crucial to profitable business.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Measurements can mean everything in business. Without understanding your numbers--financially, productively, for marketing, employee morale, or overall profitability, how can you know if you're hitting your targets, goals, and objectives? How can you inspire and motivate better performance if you don't have a concrete way to monitor where you were, where you are, and how close you are getting to where you need to be? Driving measurable performance in business is necessary for success--and it can also add a little touch of fun!
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Have you ever thought about how today's most popular and profitable businesses got their start? What were their struggles and challenges? In this episode, Anita talks about two of the most popular coffee franchises on the market--Starbucks and Dunkin Donut. Who led them to the top and how did they become the coffees many Americans cannot live without?
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
All goal setting is not equal. In business, to ensure you increase your income, prime your profits, and strengthen your sustainability, it is critical that you set S.M.A.R.T. goals for your organization and regularly monitor your results. In this episode, no matter how big or small your leadership responsibilities, regardless of the industry you work in, you will learn how you can enhance your influence through intentionality.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Every business, regardless of size, needs to keep its finger on the pulse of its finances. Money drains don't just disappear or magically resolve themselves. Plugging common business money drains requires leadership intentionality--to bravely acknowledge what the issues are, to clearly see where the true, core issues originate, and to bravely do what's necessary to stop the bleed.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Anita Brooks brings an ancient secret into her business coaching scopes that might surprise you. But this commitment in practice undergirds everything she does. Not only does she bring the heart and soul along with the practical and tactical into the work she does for her clients, but she also carries a little "secret sauce" that ensures a big impact.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Many people ask Anita what she does as a business coach. In this episode, insights, tips, and ideas for strengthening business can help organizations increase their income, raise net profits, sustain themselves for the long term. At any time, but especially in tight economic climates, every dollar counts!
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Exceptional leadership begins in your mind, and exercising intentionality about what you allow your self-talk to tell you can make all the difference in what kind of influence you have. In this episode, Anita Brooks will provide practical tips to help your thinking support your leadership goals and profitablity targets. P4 Power Coaching has a mission to power up the income, profits, and sustainability of American businesses.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Exceptional leadership begins in the mind. In this episode, host Anita Brooks shares coaching exercises and results from her work with real P4 Power Coaching™ business clients. Learn some of the pros and cons people see about their managers and supervisors, and the things people would like to thank their leaders for. Anita also discusses how you can make a powerful impact from the first day a new hire starts working for your organization.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Full Bio: Liz Kislik is a management consultant and executive coach, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Her TEDx “Why There’s So Much Conflict at Work and What You Can Do to Fix It” has received more than 400,000 views. She specializes in developing high performing leaders and workforces, and for 30 years has helped family-run businesses, national nonprofits, and Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Girl Scouts, Staples, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems.
Liz’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal’s Morning Download, the Washington Post, Business Insider, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Her articles have been included in Harvard Business Press books Guide to Motivating People, Dealing with Difficult People, and Guide to Power and Impact, as well as in Entrepreneur, the European Financial Review, and the Forward. She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches initiative, which brings together the world’s top coaches and thinkers; has taught at Hofstra University and New York University; and is a frequent podcast guest. She received her BA from Yale University and earned an MBA in Management from NYU.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Many businesses are familiar with the power of identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats by doing a S.W.O.T. Analysis. Once you clearly understand where to capitalize on your positives while simultaneously working on your challenges, a lot of healthy and profitable transformation takes place.
But few ever consider doing a S.W.O.T. on themselves as leaders, something Anita regularly teaches in her P4 Power Coaching™ business scopes and in training sessions. When you honestly evaluate yourself, and commit to growth and improvement, amazing things happen with you and your team. Exceptional leaders understand the value from doing a leadership S.W.O.T. In this episode, you'll learn just one way magic and miracles are born at the center of a leader's S.W.O.T.
To find out more about Anita Brooks, business coach, international speaker, and award-winning, best-selling author, and all she and her P4 Power Coaching™ team can offer your business or organization, go to anitabrooks.com.
Are you paying the price for your business's invisible drains? Even if you are aware of the issues, are you ignoring or avoiding them? Plugging the drains stealing money, time, and energy from your organization will not only keep you sustainable, but will also restore the piece of mind for you and your people. Learn what to do as a leader, how to save money, time, and energy through effective leadership practices, and why you need to lead exceptionally well from in-demand business coach, Anita Brooks. She's at the front line and in the trenches, allowing her to teach you strategies and tactics that truly work.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Get inspired by great leaders whose insights and experience can motivate 21st century leaders to reach greater heights. In this episode, you will glean exceptional leadership philosophies from in-demand business coach, Anita Brooks. She's at the front line and in the trenches, allowing her to teach you strategies and tactics that truly work.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Untold amounts of money, time, and energy are lost to two slippery, stealthy thieves: leadership disorganization and micromanagement. In this episode, you will hear about real-life business situations driving hard-number, avoidable costs at astronomical figures. Learn what to do as a leader, how to save money, time, and energy through effective leadership practices, and why you need to lead exceptionally well from in-demand business coach, Anita Brooks. She's at the front line and in the trenches, allowing her to teach you strategies and tactics that truly work.
Discover more about Anita Brooks and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
No business, non-profit, company, or organization can sustain itself without net profits. And I don't know many leaders who would hold a lighter to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, or throw that cash in the trash. Yet, so many allow that level of loss to slip away due to inefficiencies, disorganization, and micromanagement. If you wonder about your long-term sustainability, you don't want want to miss this eye-opening and cost specific episode.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Boosting morale and employee engagement are evergreen issues smart leaders stay in tune with. Of all the leadership actions that work, this one jewel could make one of your biggest impacts. Brief "Go Gang Go meetings boost morale, increase employee engagement, and strengthens team bonds. If you wonder whether something like this is worth the investment of time and money, let me assure you, it is!
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Too often, we take our personal brand (otherwise known as our reputation or how others view us), for granted. But when we are intentional, consistent, and laser-focused on what we project, we can reach greater heights. When I say, "We all lead someone, the question is, are we leading well? Exceptionally well?" Our personal brand is a perfect example. Others are watching our attitudes, behaviors, and actions. They listen intently to the words we speak. Some people mimic us. Some decide whether we are worthy of investing in. Your personal brand isn't something to play around with, it's something to take very seriously, every single day.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Stephanie Pavlantos brings a different leadership perspective as she delves into the spiritual. As a homeschool mom and teacher, community advocate, and a leader influencing the minds of tomorrow, she focuses on how our actions shape the behaviors of others. https://stephaniepavlantos.com
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Markus Neukom is a leadership consultant who works across the globe. Listen in to his conversation with business coach, Anita Brooks, as they discuss mediocre management versus exceptional leadership. The difference is real--and the results prove why it's important to exercise intentionality.
https://www.markusneukom.com
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Sandra Flash knows what it takes to lead in the workplace and at home--and this doesn't even touch her volunteer or philanthropic work. She's a wife, mom of eight—five through adoption, and Mimi to seven precious grandchildren, and full of leadership tips that work. Her heart and calling is to encourage and equip adoptive and foster parents and to inspire Christians to tangibly care for children and families in crisis. Her book, Orphans No More, is an inspiring and uplifting read. To find out more about Sandra, go to her website: https://www.sandraflach.com
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Rick Johnson is a prolific author who from experience understands the power of leading exceptionally well. He also knows the importance of intentional influence offered well and done early.
This inspiring interview on mentorship and leadership will make you more mindful and propel you to a more intentional approach. Rick Johnson's warm approach matches his expertise, making you want to hear more and more.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
It's the #1 secret to raising energy, increasing engagement, boosting morale, and motivating people. It costs you nothing aside from a tiny amount of time and a bit of authentic energy. But this one act, when done honestly and consistently, will drive powerful results--in both your professional and personal interactions.
Anita Brooks teaches this secret to her business coaching clients, but she practices it on a daily basis over many relationships. And not only does this raise energy for those on the receiving end, it dramatically lifts Anita's spirit as the giver.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Scarlet Barron is a powerhouse coach and fitness expert, but she's also a caring, compassionate human being and dynamic advocate for mental and physical health. So much great information packed into one show, as Anita and Scarlet discuss the why and how of self-care for leaders.
And you don't want to miss Scarlet's inspiring and motivating Facebook page, Stay Fit Personal Training. Tips, techniques, and how-to workout videos sprinkled amidst nutritional information, recipes, and other healthy foodie hacks will keep you coming back for more.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Dr. Craig von Buseck is not only a prolific author, but he is one part historian, one part influencer, and one part experienced leader. His in-depth research unearths little-known details about people whose decisions and actions shaped our world. Leaders today would do well to learn from the mistakes and victories of leaders from yesterday. Former U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, is one such example.
Find out more about Dr. von Buseck at https://www.vonbuseck.com.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Dr. Craig von Buseck is not only a prolific author, but he is one part historian, one part influencer, and one part experienced leader. His in-depth research unearths little-known details about people whose decisions and actions shaped our world. Leaders today would do well to learn from the mistakes and victories of leaders from yesterday. Former U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, is one such example.
Find out more about Dr. von Buseck at https://www.vonbuseck.com.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Author, teacher, and speaker, Stacy Leicht knows that every seat filled in a classroom has a story. The same is true for every seat filled in the workplace. Wise leaders understand the value and importance of acknowledging these stories, especially if you want to lead exceptionally well. You do not want to miss this engaging and energizing conversation about leadership principles that will make you if you adhere to them, but will break you if you don't. These leadership must-do's cannot be overstated.
Follow Stacy at https://stacyleicht.com where you can learn more about her and her heart to make a difference.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Leadership can be draining, so leaders need every ounce of knowledge, insight, and wisdom they can glean. In this energizing episode, fitness coach, Liz Faison shares several great health tips to help busy leaders prevent and overcome the lag. We don't have to drag through our days--we can seize every second.
Follow Liz at https://www.fitforchristsisters.com, where you will find practical health tips and faith-based inspirations.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
In this episode, Anita Brooks is joined by Justin Jacobs, a young leader with experience far beyond his years. Their combined wisdom offers much insight for leaders new on the job as well as fresh ideas for those more mature in their leadership role.
Justin is an award winning Greek life member, Sigma Nu member, and 2019 SEMO man of the year. He currently holds a position as Associate II, Risk Assurance & Advisory Services at Armanino LLP.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Mary Hampton is an HR expert with a lot of great insights to share about dealing with human beings in the workplace. In their practical and inspirational conversation, Mary and Anita Brooks discuss many aspects to dealing with people effectively. Human nature has its challenges, but it also has many upsides.
Find more about Mary at https://www.hrhamptonresources.com.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Julie Crenshaw talks with host, Anita Brooks, on an important topic related to Exceptional Leadership. Interpersonal relationships can make or break a professional organization, as well as our personal connections. If we cannot clearly articulate and communicate, issues and conflicts are sure to arise, with little hope of resolution and peace. But that's where Julie comes in, your conversation expert!
Find out more about Julie and all she has to offer here: https://yourconversationexpert.com.
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
In this jam-packed episode, Anita Brooks talks with Renee Pinta, owner of First Banc Limited, a credit/debit card processing company whose mission is first and foremost, providing exceptional client care. This small business owner understands what it takes to succeed at the highest level, providing the lowest costs possible for those she and her team serves, while offering the personal service. And First Banc's results prove it!
Find out more about First Banc Limited here: https://www.firstbanclimited.com
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Beth Fisher, author, coach, and leader, has made it her mission to teach people to first give themselves permission to lose those hinderances holding them back, and then to act. Sharing insight and wisdom born from years of experience in the trenches of leadership, both from corporate and non-profit worlds, you won't want to miss Anita's conversation with Beth.
Find out more about Beth Fisher and her book, Remorseless: Learning to Lose Labels, Expectations, and Assumptions--Without Losing Yourself, at https://bethfisher.com
Discover more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
People Centric Leadership is not a job for Matt Griswold, it's his passion, his commitment, and his way of life! Building healthy organizations and aligning people definitely turns him on. Find out more about Matt Griswold and People Centric Consulting Group at https://peoplecentric.com. Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Not every day is good, but there is something good in every day--this is true in leadership as well as in every day life. Dr. Michelle Bengston understands this truth in her practice, but also in her own personal journey. But regardless of what happens to us, perspective is everything. No matter what we're dealing with, it helps to decide that it's going to be a good day!
Find out more about Dr. Michelle Bengston and her books at https://drmichellebengtson.com. And learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
John Michael Cahill was Ireland born and America bound, as he tells the story in his memoir, "Two Walls and a Roof." With his beautiful Irish lilt and spirit, he discusses leadership similarities and differences, life-changing events, and how leading with love makes the biggest difference. You won't want to miss this fascinating conversation crossing oceans and challenges.
Find John Cahill's book, Two Walls and a Roof here. And learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Patti Reed understands smart communication and the power of conversational intelligence. Her book, Face to Face: Smart Conversations with Yourself, Your Teenager, and Your Young Adult (a 30-day devotional), easily translates to leadership. After all, have you ever heard yourself say, "I feel like more of a babysitter than a leader."? The fact is, human nature doesn't change. What we find effective and motivating with our kids works equally well with our employees and vice versa.
Find out more about Patti Pilkington Reed here: https://pattireed.net, and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Marcie J. Keithley, author of The Shoebox Effect, joins Anita Brooks on The Exceptional Leadership podcast. In this stirring episode about the dos and don'ts for leaders who are dealing with challenged or even traumatized employees, Anita and Marcie discuss a seldom often truth--people cannot leave their problems at the door, those issues follow them wherever they go. Accepting, acknowledging, and exercising intentionality can reduce the consequences and conversely, create more loyal, connected, and engaged employees.
Find out more about Marcie Keithley here: https://marciejkeithley.com and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
In this inspiring episode, Anita Brooks interviews entrepreneur, Daniel Thompson, founder of Daniel Thompson Film and Photography. (Insider insight: Daniel created Anita's amazing book trailer for Getting Through What You Can't Get Over found on YouTube.) Anytime we are operating our own businesses we are influencing others, we simply must exercise intentionality to influence exceptionally well.
Find out more about Daniel Thompson on his Facebook page: Daniel Thompson Film and Photography and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Angela Marie Christian joins host Anita Brooks to discuss exceptional leadership self-care, self-talk, mindfulness, and being present. These are crucial areas that every leader needs to acknowledge and exercise intentionality to stay sharp and on top of their game.
Find out more about Angela Marie Christian here: https://www.angelamariechristian.com and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
In this positive and uplifting episode, Anita interviews award-winning author, book editor, and publisher, Amy C. Williams (a/k/a A.C. Williams). Amy influences many people exceptionally well, but recently, she's found an especially engaged and grateful audience through her Always Peachy daily devotionals newsletter. The companion book releases late spring of 2022. But for any leader who needs an energy pick-me-up, this conversation should prove enlightening.
A.C. is a coffee-drinking, sushi-eating, story-telling nerd who loves cats, country living, and all things Japanese. She’d rather be barefoot, and if she isn’t, her socks won’t match. She specializes in action-comedy stories in nearly every genre from romance to science fiction. A senior partner and editor at the award-winning Uncommon Universes Press, she is passionate about stories and the authors who write them.
Find out more about Amy Williams here: https://www.amycwilliams.com, and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
On the heels of her recent business coaching scope with Marlinda and Dustin Shurback, owners of the gorgeous River Ranch Resort in Noel, Missouri, Anita offers a sneak peek into some of the areas she covers in her work with clients. In part two, Anita interviews Dustin, as they discuss management training, exercises, activities, and fast successes from their work together.
Discover beautiful River Ranch Resort in Southwest Missouri here: https://www.riverranchresort.com, and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
On the heels of her recent business coaching scope with Marlinda and Dustin Shurback, owners of the gorgeous River Ranch Resort in Noel, Missouri, Anita offers a sneak peek into some of the areas she covers in her work with clients. In part one, Anita interviews Marlinda, as they discuss exercises, activities, and fast successes from their work together.
Discover beautiful River Ranch Resort in Southwest Missouri here: https://www.riverranchresort.com, and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
What does 6,570 days to lead mean? If you are a parent especially, but frankly anyone in leadership, you will not want to miss Anita's interview with Nellie Harden.
Nellie is a wife, mom, dreamer and multi-preneur to businesses that are born from experience and serve others with BIG purpose. She is a family life coach helping others build their own extraordinary story while, also, building an unshakable foundation for their children to launch into their adult lives with. She believes that a family filled with creativity, fun, laughter, challenge, adventure, problem-solving, hugs, good food and learning can not only change a person's life, but is the best chance at positively changing the world.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Deb Crowe, founder of Heart Centered Leadership and fellow podcaster, joins Anita on an episode where they dig into some of the deeper issues leaders face. Leading from the heart is definitely a strength of the brave and couragous.
To discover details about Deb Crowe's coaching, podcast, and other difference making ventures, check out https://debcrowe.com.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Whether you're listening at the beginning of a new year, or in July, this episode can help you make a fresh start with fresh faith. This is especially true if you made resolutions, set goals, or created leadership objectives, only to find yourself falling short. But one of the biggest challenges we face in achieving what we set our minds on, is the drive to over-complicate. In this episode, Anita shares a simple yet powerful practice that has helped improve her life for many years--both professionally and personally. By telling you about the impact this tiny implementation has made on her, she hopes it will equally inspire and motivate you.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Conflicts often occur between supervisors or managers and their direct reports--more often than you might think. But how should you handle it when this happens? In this episode, Anita shares a common leadership conflict point, and offers guidance on how to navigate challenging battles between the minds.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
For over 25 years, Anita Brooks has been a student of human personality, and for the majority of that time, a certified personality trainer. In the past two decades, she's done deeper research, study, and applied what she's learned, benefitting herself and her clients, through the development of the P4 Personality Perspective™. She worked hard to create a system simple enough to remember and actually use in our daily lives--especially at work. In part 2 of her P4 Personality Perspective™ series, Anita shares common personality conflict point.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
For over 25 years, Anita Brooks has been a student of human personality, and for the majority of that time, a certified personality trainer. In the past two decades, she's done deeper research, study, and applied what she's learned, benefitting herself and her clients, through the development of the P4 Personality Perspective™. She worked hard to create a system simple enough to remember and actually use in our daily lives--especially at work.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Improving employee engagement is an evergreen requested topic in Anita Brooks's P4 Power Coaching™ business. Let's face it, engaged and plugged in employees are more productive and perform better, raising profitability for the organizations they work for. But enhancing engagement does not have to be complicated or costly--these simple secrets provide powerful returns for leadership investments.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Leadership means caring for people--your customers and employees alike--and exceptional leaders are not afraid to show they care. In this episode, Nathan Deppenbrock, co-owner of two businesses: Canoe Kentucky and Kentucky River Tours, shares his insights about building a business based on relationship. Today, he works alongside his wife, Allison, and they're successfully enjoying teamwork at home and on the job. Anita also lets the cat out of the bag about a new book she's working on.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
A leader's most important role is caring for the people they guide. But if we pour ourselves out without refilling, draining ourselves dry, we are destined to reach a point of emptiness. This may look like burnout, deep depression for the first time, or a leader may simply walk away from years of investment, inexplicably. But this is preventable. Through years of experience in her P4 Power Coaching practice, Anita Brooks has unearthed simple yet powerful re-fillers for leaders.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
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Part 2 of The Stealthy 7
In the second of a two-part series, host Anita Brooks discusses the remaining core invisible drains she's identified through her many years of business coaching through her P4 Power Coaching practice. The Stealthy 7 steal time, energy, and money from organizations and their people, unless we learn how to slay them. Anita's special guest is Darren Dake, host of the Coroner Talk podcast and founder of the Death Investigation Trailing Academy.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Multi-billion dollar corporations as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs all battle The Stealthy 7, whether they realize it or not. In this episode, host Anita Brooks discusses the seven core invisible drains that steal time, energy, and money from organizations and their people with Darren Dake. Darren is the host of the Coroner Talk podcast and founder of The Death Investigation Training Academy. Anita has identified these drains through many years of business coaching through her P4 Power Coaching practice.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
It's an epidemic in the midst of a pandemic. A shrinking supply chain of necessary goods, due to a shortage of workers. But why is this happening? In this episode, host Anita Brooks explores the answer to that question and also offers over 10 tips for helping you attract top talent when it seems so few people want to work.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Exceptional leaders don't run FROM the truth--they run TO it! On this episode, we explore bluntly honest insights from an employee in the medical field who brazenly shares information every leader needs to hear. Do you have the courage to listen with an open mind?
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Living in the 21st century, more than ever, leaders must be resourceful and resilient. In this episode, Anita Brooks interviews Alex Settles, an executive leader working for American made products company, Ace Manufacturing. They discuss the importance of not only acting resourcefully and resiliently, but about the impact each of these characteristics have on a business and its people.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
Morale boosters, employee engagement, healthier relationships (personal as well as professional), conflict prevention, efficiency, and organizational profitability. All of these areas are impacted by the simple secret that exceptional leaders understand and implement. It's impossible to influence well if you do not practice this leadership superpower.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
A mere 17 inches is all it takes for some of us to stretch the bounds, moving us from exceptional leadership to mediocre management . . . at best. In this episode, learn how important it is to set your 17 inches, and then to hold yourself and others accountable if lines are crossed. Great leaders understand the importance of setting clear boundaries and when moving lines could be dangerous to the organization, as well as its people.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com.
In this short pilot episode of The Exceptional Leadership podcast with host Anita Brooks, she explores the definition of "exceptional" and how that lens impacts our influence on others and in the world.
Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com