Life as Leadership: Where Leaders Gather to Grow Together

Developing Leadership across Multiple Organizations with Sam Palazzolo

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 20 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Sam Palazzolo is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author, leadership professor, and nonprofit philanthropist. He brings a variety of value creation topics to entrepreneurs and business leaders. His ideas and actionable takeaways are captured in his five books, the most recent being The Influential Leader: Leading at the Tip of the Spear.

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Website: https://www.tipofthespearventures.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamPalazzolo

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Billion-dollar Co-founder on Bringing Your Best to Work with Dan Macklin

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 17 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Dan Macklin is the CEO of Salary Finance Inc, partnering with over 600 of the world's leading employers to offer financial wellness solutions to their employees. Salary Finance is driven by an ambitious mission of helping 10 million Americans out of debt and into savings. Previously, Dan was a Co-founder and VP Business Development at SoFi, valued at more than $12 billion after going public in June 2021. He has been interviewed by publications including Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes and Wall Street Journal. Dan was named as one of the 25 Inspiring Entrepreneurs to Watch by Inc and, much to the amusement of his kids, was selected as one of the 40 Coolest People Under 40 in Silicon Valley by Business Insider.

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Website: https://www.salaryfinance.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/macklindan

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The Keys to Leading Your Best Life with JM Ryerson

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 13 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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JM Ryerson is a Mindset Coach, host of the Transcend in Life Podcast, and author of the Amazon best-seller, "Let's Go Win: The Keys to Living Your Best Life.” JM believes that everything rises and falls on leadership. Based on this belief, he has spent his career focused on enriching the lives of others while continuing to educate himself on best practices in leadership, vulnerability, and teamwork. His passion is to help others succeed at work, at home, and in life by offering simple tools that provide a work/life balance.

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Website: https://letsgowin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Letsgowin365
Free Work-Life Balance Assessment

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Community Banking as a Tool for Growth with Jeff Wilkinson

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 10 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Jeff Wilkinson is a longtime Austin entrepreneur, currently serving as the chairman and CEO of Keystone Bank. He founded Keystone Bank with a maverick and entrepreneurial approach to local banking that ultimately enables easily accessible financial resources for its community members. Previously, he founded Pioneer Bank in Austin. Under his leadership as the CEO and president, he managed to grow the banks’ assets to $1.2 billion and expanded to 22 locations across Texas.

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Website: https://www.keystone.bank

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Using Your Experiences as Rocket Fuel with Mike C-Roc

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 06 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco is the CEO of People Building, Inc. the co-founder of Blooprinted, and the powerhouse behind the “What Are You Made Of?” movement. He’s also the best-selling author of ROCKET FUEL: Convert Setbacks. Become Unstoppable. He has been featured by Yahoo! Finance as one of the Top Business Leaders to Follow in 2020 and is on a mission to build people. C-Roc had a fire lit in him at an early age, and that fire has ignited him with a fierce desire to compel people to see the greatness inside themselves by using past life events to fuel their fire.

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Website: https://blooprinted.com/
Website: https://mikecroc.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuafriedeman
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Visual Leadership to Amplify Your Message with Nora Herting

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 03 May 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Nora Herting is a pioneer of visual strategy. She is passionate about expanding peoples’ definition of creativity and believes the best way to meet the demands of business today is to take a visual approach that blends strategic thinking and creative expression. She leads a compelling conversation around the power of visual thinking as a catalyst for personal and organizational change. As a sought-after speaker and thought leader, Nora has inspired global audiences with her creative keynotes at Cannes Lions, SXSW Interactive, WBENC (the women’s business enterprise national council).

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Website: https://www.imagethink.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImageThink

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Overcome Your Negative “Monkey Voice” with Mike Smerklo

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Mike Smerklo is an entrepreneur, investor, and business leader driven by the desire to turn ideas into reality. He is the co-founder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures, which has backed more than 40 companies across two funds, where he champions a new generation of entrepreneurs building disruptive companies in big markets. He is the author of Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs

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Website: https://www.mikesmerklo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikesmerklo

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Do What Matters Most with Rob Shallenberger

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Rob Shallenberger is one of the world’s leading authorities on planning and productivity. He’s trained and spoken for hundreds of organizations around the world. He served as an F-16 Pilot in the United States Air Force for 11 years, was an Advance Agent for Air Force One, and traveled the world working with foreign embassies and the Secret Service. He's the CEO of Becoming Your Best Global Leadership and is the bestselling author of five different books focused on leadership, planning, and high-performance including his newest, Do What Matters Most: Lead With a Vision, Manage With a Plan, Prioritize Your Time.

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Website: https://www.bybassessment.com
Website: https://www.becomingyourbest.com/

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Upgrade Your Health; Upgrade Your Leadership with Olly Wood

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Olly Wood is the owner and head coach at The Meta Project, an online health and fitness company focused on upgrading your gut health to get more out of your body so you can show up at your best. With over 180 active clients, the Meta Project has built a world-class level coaching team, including clinical nutritionists, mindset coaches, and exercise professionals to elevate your entire approach to mental and physical health.

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Website: https://themetaproject.co/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ollywoodnz/

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Show Up Where It Matters Most with Brian Covey

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 06:30:00 -0600

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Brian Covey is a USA Olympic Soccer Player turned VP of one of the largest mortgage companies in America. Brian has mastered the art of a growth mindset, the art of winning, and the art of staying fit. He believes in integration and health over all things. Brian is an executive at LoanDepot, a proud father, a top-rated podcaster, and a fabulous soccer dad. He throws the suit down and coaches his daughter’s league with joy several times a week. His new book, “Conversation with Covey” highlights some of the most incredible stories he's gotten to share on his podcast, the Brian Covey Show.

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Website: https://www.briancovey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBrianCovey

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Engage Your Team for Innovation with Jeffrey Magee

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:53:00 -0600

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Jeffrey Magee is the “Thought Leader’s Leader.” He is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Professional Performance Magazine, editor of the LEADERSHIP MASTERY and SALES MASTERY blogs, a former nationally syndicated Radio Talk Show Host, as well as a published author of 31 books, including 4-Best Sellers and 4 graduate management textbooks. He is a leadership columnist and highly sought global professional speaker on performance psychology.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Three steps to create engagement: 1. Awareness (what/why), 2. Engagement (how), 3. Commitment (when)
Unleash innovation by inviting critical thought. Make it safe for someone to challenge.
Provide financial incentives for quantitative benefit to the business that come through innovation.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Do not accept anything people say or do unless you can validate it.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Bold, brilliant, and has foresight.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What are the implications of your decisions and ideas over the horizon?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Jeff’s reading formula: Always be reading 1) a technical book/textbook on your profession, 2) the pop book that people are talking about, 3) an autobiography of someone within your industry, 4) a how-to book within your space.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Think legacy. Stop and recognize what it is you are doing that people will remember – your actions, behaviors, comments.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because it is contrarian. It challenges people to a deeper thought.

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Increase Your Cultural Agility with Paula Caligiuri

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:21:00 -0600

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Paula Caligiuri is a Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy at Northeastern University. Paula has authored award-winning articles and books – including her most recent book Build Your Cultural Agility: The Nine Competencies of Successful Global Professionals. She has been a frequent expert guest on CNN and is an instructor for a LinkedIn Learning course entitled Managing Globally. Paula co-founded a public benefit corporation, Skiilify, to help foster cultural understanding, and she holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University in Organizational Psychology.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

A multicultural environment is any environment that is demographically different (not just ethnic/national).
Getting in an extreme cultural situation does more harm than good for cultural agility.
Americans tend to smile a lot. This can look a little strange or un-credible.
Be aware of the level of formality if you are working with people from another culture/demographic.
In some cultures, silence means you are engaged. Sometimes it means you are disengaged.
Push against the desire to seek the familiar and find someone who is demographically diverse.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Having to get a job to make it during a study-abroad experience in Europe.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Courageous, authentic, transparent.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How much time am I really spending understanding the environment I’m in and the people I’m with?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Ask two more questions in any situation you’re in (no matter your natural level of curiosity).
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because we can offer vision and hope and make a change whatever corner of the world we’re in.

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LinkedIn: @paulacaligiuri
Website: https://mygiide.com/

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Be a “Value-Added” Leader with Diana Holland

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:17:00 -0600

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Maj. Gen. Diana Holland commands the Mississippi Valley Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and serves as president of the Mississippi River Commission. She is responsible for water resources engineering solutions in a 370,000-square-mile area, extending from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and encompassing portions of 12 states. Her division serves the Mississippi Valley region, strengthens our nation’s security, energizes the economy, and reduces risks from disasters. Full bio: https://www.mvd.usace.army.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Article-View/Article/2240852/major-general-diana-m-holland/

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

You won’t always bring to your team what your predecessor brought. So, while you do need to fill the role, it might look different.
You need to be the leader the organization needs, not the leader you may have been in the past.
The higher you go in an organization, the less it is about you.
Be yourself but be self-aware.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Thinking about the word/term that describes you or how you want to be remembered.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Visionary, communicator, and present.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What is it that I do for the organization that only I can do?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Leading with Heart by Mike Krzyzewski
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Find a mentor or be a mentor.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” is the best thing to ask in any conversation. It helps break you away from your assumptions.

CONNECT WITH DIANA

LinkedIn: @diana-holland

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Interview with David Pittman: https://www.lifeasleadership.com/episode/formal-authority-vs-moral-authority-with-david-pittman/

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AI: Leading When the Unknown Visits You with Peter Scott

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:37:00 -0600

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Peter Scott is a futurist, author, and technology expert. He spent thirty years working on enterprise computing for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory while running a parallel career in business coaching and human development. This combination led to a uniquely valuable perspective on the implications of artificial intelligence development. He teaches individuals and consults for businesses on how to thrive through the coming era of technological disruption. He’s appeared before highly diverse audiences in several countries, including testifying before a British Parliamentary group on the impact of AI and giving two TEDx talks.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

We are in an era where we will be defined more by questions than answers because answers are the province of machines.
People tend to be too scared about the wrong things and not scared enough about the right things.
If you wait for the future to come to you, it will be painful. Rather than us visiting the unknown, the unknown will be visiting us.
Artificial intelligence will amplify biases in data since today’s AI relies on data rather than expertise.
You will want about 10,000 data points (preferably 100,000 or more) you can begin making predictions with AI.
The more proprietary your data sets are, the more strategic value you can derive from them (even if the data has not been core to your primary offer until this point).
To thrive in an AI world, understand and double down on your purpose. Why are you here?
Take your leadership role out of business intelligence and analytics decisions because that is perfect fodder for future AI developments.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? The meaning of a communication is a response that it elicits.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Future-focused, purpose-focused, and people-focused.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What would you keep doing even if a machine could do it faster, better, and cheaper?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert Heinlein
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Look at what you care about in your business life and personal life and ask how well-prepared you are to deal with the technological disruption to how that thing works.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” They’re both essential tools to questioning accepted wisdom.

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From Celebrity Dentist to Leadership Mentor with Bill Dorfman

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:23:00 -0600

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Dr. Bill Dorfman has had a career unparalleled to any other dentist in history. He is the founder of Discus Dental – one of the world's leading dental companies, which he helped lead from its inception to more than $1.3 billion in sales. He has transformed the smiles of celebrities such Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Jackman, Michael Strahan, and Mark Wahlberg. He was the only dentist featured on ABC's hit show Extreme Makeover and is currently a recurring guest co-host on the CBS Emmy Awarded daytime talk show, The Doctors. He is also the founder of the non-profit LEAP Foundation, which is a week-long motivational and leadership program taught at UCLA every summer to more than 400 students.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Successful people do what other unsuccessful people are not willing to do.
Don’t wait for opportunities in life. Make them.
When you get an opportunity, don’t take it. Master it.
A lot of leaders forget to share their mental image of the final product. Effective leaders need to share the end result.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Copy genius. See what people are doing and do it better.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Someone who shares, someone who cares, and someone who pairs up with others.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What kind of value am I adding?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Learn so you can earn and then return.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both. “Why not?” is more important to conquer. “Why?”

CONNECT WITH BILL

LinkedIn: @drbilldorfman
Instagram: @drbilldorfman
Website: https://www.leapfoundation.com/

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Lessons from the First Cancer Survivor to Climb Everest with Sean Swarner

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:10:00 -0600

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Sean Swarner used to have the goal of crawling eight feet from the hospital bed to the bathroom. Today, he’s the only person to summit Mt. Everest, the highest peaks on the other six continents, and complete the Hawaii Ironman—all after surviving two deadly cancers. In addition to all that, he has only one lung. He has been voted One of The Top Eight Most Inspirational People Of All Time and is the first cancer survivor to stand on the top of the world.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

You have to feel worthy before you have something of value. Don’t look for external reinforcement.
Be aware of your GRAILs: Gremlins, Interpretations, Assumptions, and Limiting Beliefs
There is fun in difficult things if you look hard enough, even if you have to manufacture it!
If you go to bed with an attitude of gratitude, you’re not going to be going to bed worried about everything you didn’t accomplish.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Even during incredibly difficult and stressful times, realize that you are in a passing moment. Have a determined attitude to reach your goal.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Humble yet confident, focused on bringing out the best quality in others, and a growth/open mindset.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Would I want to work with myself/be associated with the person (type of person) that I am?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Conquering Your Everest by Sean Swarner (not released as of publish date).
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Fully understand and grasp your personal core values and how to utilize them.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because “why?” never changes the situation. “Why not?” potentially opens your mind to possibilities and opportunities as opposed to searching for answers you may never find.

CONNECT WITH SEAN

Twitter: @seanswarner
LinkedIn: @seanswarner
Instagram: @seanswarner
Website: https://www.seanswarner.com/
The Big Hill Challenge: https://www.thebighillchallenge.com/

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The Art of Organizational Alignment with Art Johnson

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:28:00 -0600

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Art Johnson is CEO of Infinity Systems, Inc., a management consulting firm where that helps leaders identify and rectify organizational misalignment. Previously, he implemented a strategic plan to improve alignment at Medtronic, the world’s largest medical technology company, enabling it to grow top-line revenue by 13 percent year-over-year in a flat market. His new book is The Art of Alignment: A Data-Driven Approach to Lead Aligned Organizations.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Keep your mission and vision in front of your organization – make it visible, hearable, etc.
Be humble enough to look outside your organization to find better ways to do your work.
Push decisions down in the org chart so that people who are closest to the problem—those who have the energy and insight to solve the problem—are the ones who also have the power to solve it.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Leaders need to ask more questions than they answer.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Conscientious, consistent, committed.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Where are the rocks in the road?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment: How to Improve Quality, Productivity, and Employee Satisfaction by William Byham and Jeff Cox
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Active listening. We often think we
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both. “Why not?” helps people challenge axioms. “Why?” is helpful to define why we’ve to particular conclusions.

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How to Write Job Descriptions That Attract Ideal Employees with Angela Lauria

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:04:00 -0600

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Dr. Angela Lauria is the founder of The Author Incubator™ and creator of the Difference Process™ for writing a book that matters. She has been helping people free their inner author since 1994, helping over 1,000 authors-in-transformation write, publish, and promote their books. Angela is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best-selling author of 5 books. She has a B.A. and an M.A. in Journalism and Media Affairs from The George Washington University and a PhD in Communications from The European Graduate School and lives in Washington DC.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Your job description should be a love letter to one person. You will attract fewer people but will attract people who are more willing to invest in you.
In a job description, describe the candidate: Who the perfect person is for the role, and what the job would do for the person beyond a paycheck.
Your business must stand for something in order to attract employees who will be committed.
Match a job description that underscores what is important to your ideal employee at that stage in their life.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Be willing to suck!
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Flexible, confident, and courageous.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? If I were committed to being the best in the world at what I do, what would I be doing now?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Pick on thing.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” To be out of the box, you need to ask forgiveness rather than permission.

CONNECT WITH ANGELA

Twitter: @authorincubator
Instagram: @authorincubator
Website: http://www.TheAuthorIncubator.com

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From College Dropout to Marketing CEO with Mehak Vohra

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 05:21:00 -0600

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Mehak Vohra started her career as a Computer Science student at Purdue University. She dropped out of college at 19 years old and moved to San Francisco. Her goal was to build the most scalable marketing agency in world. She ran Jamocha Media for 4 years, and in her peak she was generating 1-2M views per month on LinkedIn for herself and her clients. In 2019, Mehak decided to start SkillBank, a marketing bootcamp that's completely free upfront. If someone is motivated to land a job in marketing, SkillBank is there to help.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Align your business incentives with your stakeholders’ success.
Brainstorm the marketing levers you have access to and test them immediately.
Identify where your competitors are having success in their marketing.
In addition to marketing, constantly test and iterate in your own life.
Work through the GAILs that hold you back – Gremlins, Assumptions, Interpretations, and Limiting beliefs
You are your biggest project—constantly test and iterate on yourself.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? You have to look at yourself as your greatest project.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Empathetic, regimented, and healthy.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What am I doing this for?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Start doing. The best way to learn is to put yourself out there and try new things.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because you’re finding reasons to say no.

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How to Engage Employees using Caring Leadership with Heather Younger

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 17:26:00 -0600

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Heather Younger is a best-selling author, international speaker, consultant, and facilitator who has earned her reputation as “The Employee Whisperer.” She is the CEO and Founder of Employee Fanatix, a leading employee engagement, leadership development, and DEI consulting firm. She firmly believes that employees aren’t just numbers on the payroll but human beings with ideas that matter. She is the host of Leadership with Heart podcast and has been featured in Forbes and Huffpost. Her newest book is called The Art of Caring Leadership: How Leading with Heart Uplifts Teams and Organizations.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Employees should be at the center of what we do in our businesses.
You are a byproduct of your past, but you are not defined by it.
Evaluate your current success rate in business. Where there is a lack of success, it likely is because of a person. You will likely also identify where there are holes in your development of people.
The least expensive path to “get ahead” with employee engagement is to hire people with high emotional intelligence.
Get feedback from your employees through 1:1 dedicated time to tell and show people they are important.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Childhood—growing up in a way that created a desire to feel included and important.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Empathetic, compassionate, and a great communicator.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Are there any barriers I can remove for you?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Anything by John Maxwell.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Care more.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because it is absolutely crucial to feel motivated to take the next step.

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Twitter: @HeatherRYounger
LinkedIn: @HeatherYounger
Instagram: @HeatherRYoungerOfficial
Website: https://theartofcaringleadership.com/

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9 Steps to Your Extraordinary Life with Peter Ruppert

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:44:00 -0600

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Peter Ruppert is founder and CEO of i-Education Group, which operates over 75 Fusion and Futures Academies for grades 6-12 in one-student, one-teacher classroom environments. Over the past 20 years, he has opened over 120 schools and acquired more than 25 others. His experience in education spans president and CEO roles of organizations in the private school, charter school, and early education industries. He also served as a public school board member in his local community. His new book is called Limitless: Nine Steps to Launch Your One Extraordinary Life.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Nine Traits of a Champion: 1.Win the battle in your head 2. Find and follow a passion 3. Dream big… then make it bigger! 4. Find a champion in your life 5. Take the first step 6. Fail often 7. Be courageous 8. Never, ever give up 9. Live
As we get older, the negative voice inside our head tends to have more influence than the positive voice. Unleash the positive voice in your head more often.
List out your positive traits to make yourself be more aware of the positive.
Write down three victories from every day to train your mind toward positivity.
Our vision and limit us or make us limitless.
Many people fail to start. If you have a dream, commit it to paper and take the first step.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? “As above, so below.” An organization is often the mirror image of a leader.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Visionary, confidence, and supportive of his team.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Do I have people around me who are better than I am at what they do. You do not want to be the smartest person in the room.
What book would you recommend to leaders? 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Think bigger. Organizations are limited by the vision of their leaders.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” It talks about possibilities – the opportunities are endless.

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Website: http://www.peteruppert.com
Email: pruppert@fusionacademy.com

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Develop Your Sphere of Silence with Vijay Eswaran

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 05:56:00 -0600

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Vijay Eswaran is a successful entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and philanthropist as well as the author of the best-selling book In the Sphere of Silence. He is the founder of a multimillion-dollar global business and is a well-known thought leader in Asia who has been listed in Forbes as one of Asia’s Top 50 philanthropists. He is also on the advisory board of the World Economic Forum’s Global Growth Companies and a regular speaker at WEF’s annual meeting in Davos.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Think, observe, listen, and breathe twice as much as you speak.
A beggar lives from meal to meal. A farm worker lives from week to week. A landlord lives from month to month. A nobleman lives from year to year. A king lives at least a decade at a time. An emperor lives a hundred years at a time – planning for three generations.
Silence helps you differentiate between the important and the urgent.
If what you are doing today has an impact in five years, it is important. If what you are doing today has an impact in ten years, you have begun your life’s journey.
During your time of silence, there are three segments: 1. Do a post-mortem on what you could have done better yesterday, look at the day ahead, then plan for the week and year. 2. Do 10-20 minutes of reading from material that will change your thinking and make a difference in your life. 3. Spend 5-10 minutes of prayer or meditation.
Have a group in your organization (Plan B) that essentially competes against your main business (Plan A).
The role of a contrarian is very important. Find the contrarians around you and hear what they have to say.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Be the change you want to see in the world.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Someone who is always there, someone who leads from the front, and someone who stands for the principles he believes in.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Am I better than who I was yesterday?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Take an hour to yourself every day in the morning.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” There are no limitations to what you can achieve.

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Twitter: @vjayeswaran
Instagram: @vijayeswaran
YouTube: @vijayeswaran

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7 Principles for Navigating a Changing World with Paul Napper.

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:20:00 -0600

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Paul Napper helps business leaders increase their effectiveness through focusing and strengthening their agency as leaders. His client list includes Fortune 500 companies, financial firms, non-profit organizations, universities, and start-ups. He is the co-author of The Power of Agency: The 7 Principles to Conquer Obstacles, Make Effective Decisions, and Create a Life on Your Own Terms.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Agency is the thing that allows us to make the right kinds of choices in our lives and live life on our own terms.
Two primary “buckets” for agency: Our behaviors and our thinking/processing of emotions.
3 Behavioral principles: 1. Control stimuli. To have agency, you must control the amount of stimuli you expose yourself to. 2. Associate selectively. Surround yourself with people who will make you better. 3. Manage yourself through movement. Move, eat, sleep well.
4 Cognitive principles: 4. Position yourself as a learner. Ask questions about the world, other people, yourself. 5. Manage your emotions and beliefs. Update your story as you need to. If you see yourself as a victim, etc., you will build a life around that belief. NOTE: Values don’t change much in life, but beliefs do. 6. Check your intuition. This is a learned skill and the primary mode by which we make day-to-day decisions. 7. Deliberate then act. Slow down and think through important decisions before making them… but don’t just deliberate!
Agency allows us to adapt.
There’s no such thing as bad weather… just bad gear!
We have the capacity to develop more agency. Instead of doing this, many look for external hacks (medication, etc.). We are all struggling to adapt, so do the work of developing agency in your life.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? We tell ourselves stories in order to live. Humans live in the stories they construct for their lives, and we’re in a constant act of creating and re-creating those stories.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Creative, thoughtful, and measured.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How did you arrive at that point of view?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy Edmondson
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Slow down, reflect more, and make sure you’re giving adequate time to the most important decisions you need to make.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” is always a critical question, and “why not?” is just the other side of the coin. They are both important.

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LinkedIn: @drpaulnapper
Website: https://powerofagency.com

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The Superpower of Leader Humility with Marilyn Gist

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 28 May 2021 16:56:00 -0600

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Dr. Marilyn Gist is an expert on leader development. Her academic career spans the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Washington, and Seattle University. She speaks and consults with organizations worldwide, including Boeing, AT&T, and NASA. Her new book is The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations—Great Results.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Three questions people ask you as a leader: Who are you? Where are we going? Do you see me?
Great leaders often have steel spines paired with a clear sense of other people’s dignity.
Even humble leaders may have an idea of humility that suggests weakness rather than supporting others’ dignity.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Learning from mistakes by watching other leaders.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Visionary, emotionally mature, and inclusive.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Do I have a good handle on how I am seen by others?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Leadership and Self Deception by Arbinger Institute
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Focus on relationship. Leading means relationship. Have a relationship with every stakeholder group.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” This is about the vision piece—looking beyond “what is.”

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Take Your Lean Systems to the Next Level with Sean Fields and Michael Sanders

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 19 May 2021 05:03:00 -0600

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Sean Fields and Michael Sanders are the authors of Quantum Lean: Taking Lean Systems to the Next Level.

Sean has over 30 years of experience in a variety of industries, working in many different phases of business. He is a network member of the nonprofit organization BeehiveFund, which assists companies with production scheduling, inventory control, and developing quality-management systems.

Michael has worked in every phase of the supply chain, including as CEO and president of food, energy, distribution, and high-tech firms. He is also the cofounder of BeehiveFund. He is sought for his expertise in negotiation, organizational psychology, Six Sigma, quality systems, and regulatory compliance.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Most people use Lean as LAME (Lean as Mainly Experienced). Quantum Lean
Lean is system of continual improvement primarily focused on efficiency and effectiveness.
Lean allows businesses to have the best in quality, speed, and cost.
Everything comes down to product. If you focus on product, profit will follow.
Focusing on product for the customer does not have to hurt organizational culture or employee satisfaction.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Sean: Your leadership can be derived from three sources: Your persuasion, your knowledge, and your formal authority. Formal authority is the least powerful, and you shouldn’t need to rely on it.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Michael: Understanding of people, and understanding of circumstances imposed on followers, and an identifier of the core objective.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Sean: Is what I’m doing ultimately beneficial to the product or service my organization is providing?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Michael: The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New by Michael D. Watkins
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Sean: Make sure you feed the troops – do your people have the tools, information, and materials they need to do their jobs? Michael: Commit, don’t just support change.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Michael: “Why?” immediately followed by “how?” This is critically important to help build, think, and perform. Sean: Personality determines which is better. Those who do stuff without questioning should as “why?” but those who always find a reason not to do things should as “why not?”

CONNECT WITH SEAN

Email: s.fields@beehivefund.org
LinkedIn: @SeanFields
Website: https://www.beehivefund.org
Book: https://www.beehivefund.org/home/book-quantum-Lean/

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Email: michael@beehivefund.org
LinkedIn: @MichaelSanders

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A CEO Does Only Three Things with Trey Taylor

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 14 May 2021 16:50:00 -0600

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Trey is the Managing Director of Trinity-Blue, a consultancy whose clients seek to achieve greater clarity, focus, and results from within the C-Suite. A lawyer by training, a Venture Capitalist by career, and a family man by choice, Trey has a large following in C-Suites around the country. He is the author of A CEO Does Only Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Our only moral imperative is to be the person we needed when we were younger.
Life provides you teachers when you’re ready to learn.
The difference between good leaders and great leaders is that a GREAT leader can see the gifts in others before they see them in themselves.
When you can see something on someone else before they set it, it is your responsibility to then call out that gift.
A CEO only does three things: Culture, People, and Numbers. You are probably doing things other people could be doing better. For all three of these things, set the agenda and be the guiding light.
In all three of these areas, overcommunicate progress or lack thereof so that everyone knows what needs to be done.
Before you even look at your email, take one action in each of the areas of culture, people, and numbers.
Do an absolute brain dump – an inventory of every open loop in your life.
Work on-purpose, not off-purpose. Look at how much work you’re doing that is more properly delegated.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Being an active observer and self-referencer of successful leaders.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” People-focused, culture-focused, and numbers-focused.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What would you do in my situation?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Mastery by Robert Greene
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Create a list of the three major things you want to accomplish for each day.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” In asking “why,” you can find out how people are orienting daily tasks with an internal sense of purpose.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treytaylor/
Website: https://www.trinity-blue.com
Email: trey@trinity-blue.com

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Five Lessons to Lead Like John Wooden with Jason Lavin

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 05 May 2021 10:09:00 -0600

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Jason Lavin is a coach, speaker, and CEO with more than 25 years of experience enhancing the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. As president of The John R. Wooden Course and CEO of Golden Communications, Lavin helps organizations—from youth sports teams to Fortune 100 companies—refine their values, mission, and vision. Jason is co-author of Coach 'Em Way Up: 5 Lessons for Leading the John Wooden Way.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Most high-performing people can point to that coach or mentor in their life (besides their parents) who showed them they could do something they didn’t think they could do.
The five lessons for leading the John Wooden way: 1. The quality of your thinking 2. The example you set 3. How you teach 4. How you lead 5. How you mentor.
The quality of your thinking is defined by your values—what are you thinking about when you get up every morning?
When identifying your own values, use the cornerstones of the Pyramid of Success: Industriousness and enthusiasm.
Winning is a result of your values rather than a value itself.
According to coach Wooden, true success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
If you want a daily masterpiece, it starts by living your values on a daily basis.
Give immediate feedback when you see a need for improvement. But do it in a way that shows interest in the other person’s development.
John Wooden’s definition of leadership: The ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and for the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Make each day your masterpiece.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Empathetic, confident/courageous, and fair.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Can you teach character? (Yes.)
What book would you recommend to leaders? Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Take the Pyramid of Success Personal Assessment.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” Failing is a good thing.

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Twitter: @woodencourse
LinkedIn: @jasonlavin
Instagram: @woodencourse
Website: https://coachemwayup.com

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Finding Intrapreneurs for Your Organization with Molly McGrath

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:05:00 -0600

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Molly McGrath is a podcaster, decade-long blogger, and two-time Amazon #1 Best Selling Author. Since the late nineties, Molly has coached, consulted and directed presidents and founders of national organizations and over 4,000 small business owners in executive-level leadership, continuous improvement, and team empowerment initiatives to infiltrate new markets, leveraging partner ecosystems and producing profitability.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

An intrapreneur is someone who comes with proposed solutions rather than constant problems. They have ownership in their bones, even if they don’t have an actual stake in the business.
People often have a “sleeping giant” in their business. If you have an open culture where people have the permission and platform to speak up, be sure to search for high-potential people you may have overlooked.
When looking for intrapreneurs, ask powerful questions then pause and listen. If someone begins to pour forth ideas, you have found that right person.
Develop an employee growth plan rather than performance reviews. This includes a self-evaluation combined with impact goals that align with both their professional growth and the company’s goals.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? A confused mind says “no.”
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Upfront, out front, and wholly responsible for their communication and the energy they leave in every interaction and room.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How am I doing?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, and Ron McMillan
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Do a weekly self-management meeting every Sunday before starting the work week.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” this overcomes the response/attitude of “I (or we) can’t.”

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LinkedIn: @molly-hall
Website: https://hiringandempowering.com/
Email: molly@hiringandempowering.com

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Leading Start-Up Organizations with Joseph Fung

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:59:00 -0600

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Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro, a tech sales career accelerator and Kiite, a sales enablement platform purpose-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. Joseph is a repeat founder and CEO and speaks frequently on the topics of sales leadership, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. He is an active early-stage investor who ensures that the majority of his investments are into women-led companies. Joseph also sits on the boards of Communitech, the Golden Triangle Angel Network, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Ask questions to help people reframe their assumptions about what is possible.
Think about what’s important early on because it will have an impact on your future. Early on, it’s tempting to piecemeal. Do things right from the beginning, and you won’t have to worry about negative long-term effects of haphazard operations.
Processes and systems are extremely valuable. Pay attention to what people are doing at levels above you and learn from them.
Leaders often start with confidence, mature into a position of fear, then return to a position of confidence.
Be rigorous in the way you define your cultural values – including the second- and third-order processes that are influenced by those values.
Throw away the term “culture fit” and instead look for “culture add.”
Your values are as aspirational as your vision.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Feedback is a gift.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Open to new information, self-aware, and led by their own convictions.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What should/will I do when X happens?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Leaders Under Fire: The CEO's Survival Guide to Navigating Corporate Crisis by Jeff Chatterton and Conway Fraser
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Ask your team for anonymous feedback regularly (build that muscle before you get to a crisis situation!)
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both. “Why?” keeps you in focus and on-point, but “why not?” will help you remove barriers and uncover paths of growth.

CONNECT WITH JOSEPH

Twitter: @uvarolife
LinkedIn: @uvaro
Instagram: @uvaro.life
YouTube: @uvaro
Website: https://uvaro.com
Email: joseph@uvaro.com

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Be a Better Leader by Being Yourself with Minter Dial

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 16:11:00 -0600

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Minter Dial is an international professional speaker and multiple award-winning author specialized in leadership, branding, and transformation. He’s a three-time entrepreneur who has exercised twelve different professions and changed country fifteen times. Minter's core career stint of 16 years was spent as a top executive at L’Oréal, where he was a member of the worldwide Executive Committee for the Professional Products Division. He’s author of the award-winning WWII story, The Last Ring Home (documentary film and biographical book, 2016) as well as Futureproof (2017) and Heartificial Empathy (2019). His latest book on leadership is You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Find a balance between the life of work with a tie and the life after work with tie-dye.
The more you know your weaknesses, the more you embrace them rather than seek to cover them up. The more at-ease you are with yourself.
Create a crystal-clear vision of who you want to be in the future based on who you are, not what you do.
Work to link each team member’s values with the organization’s values.
Manage your energy well. Don’t be the only person injecting energy into your team and help your team tap into their own discretionary energy.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Change is inevitable; growth is the option.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Responsible, courageous, and by example.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Do you
What book would you recommend to leaders? Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Spend time thinking about who they are and what’s important.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because you need to know what it’s important, which means knowing who you are.

CONNECT WITH MINTER

Twitter: @mdial
LinkedIn: @minterdial
Instagram: @mdial
Website: http://minterdial.com

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The Transformational Leadership Compass with Benny Ausmus

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:14:00 -0600

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For over a decade, organizational development coach Benny Ausmus has broken the mold of executive coaching and management consulting. Refusing to limit his methods to a one-size-fits-all formula, he approaches each new project by merging hard data with strategic development initiatives, tailoring transformation programs for companies, teams, and individuals using his dynamic TLC coaching system. In his new book, The Transformational Leadership Compass, he lays out this dynamic system of transformation to help leaders create the big changes required to adapt, thrive, and shape the future.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Transformational leadership is where a leader works in tandem with their team to identify and execute change.
Transformational leaders have the “Four I’s”: Idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration.
Transformational leadership is one of the most effective styles of leadership, but it is also one of the most hands-on styles.
Use common language throughout your organization so that communication and action become more streamlined.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Leaders always get the teams they deserve.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Flexible, open, and strong.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How can this be made better by my actions?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Leadership by James MacGregor Burns
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Ask better questions. Approach questions with genuine curiosity. Seek to clarify and distill.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” Clear choose what to dedicate your time and energy to.

CONNECT WITH BENNY

Twitter: @big_change_
LinkedIn: in/bennyausmus
Instagram: @bigchangegroup
Website: https://www.bigchange.group/tlc-book
Email: ausmus@bigchangeagency.com

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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How “Ordinary” Can Achieve the Extraordinary with Tim Carlin

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 13:08:00 -0600

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Tim Carlin is a retired military Colonel and a Certified Financial Planner at V Wealth Advisors. He is a West Point graduate who commanded at the Company, Battalion, and Brigade levels. Tim is a versatile leader with past responsibility at some of America's best companies including PepsiCo and Conoco Phillips 66 Company. In his book An Extraordinarily Ordinary Life, Tim shows you through his personal story how to continuously reinvent yourself through job loss, family hardship, and a cancer diagnosis to prosper and give back to others.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

The sooner you go through a tougher time, the more prepared you are fore future difficulties.
Put yourself in situations where you will be uncomfortable as a way to improve yourself.
Put your ego on the shelf – especially when transitioning to something new.
Get yourself to the next level by pushing yourself just a little bit further than you think you need to go.
Tim’s Eight Principles for Life: 1. Be in service to others 2. Never stop learning 3. Punch above your weight 4. Never stand still 5. Think long term 6. Reinvent yourself 7. Don’t follow the crowd 8. Give in order to receive
80/20 is OK. It’s hard to get to 100% in anything.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Knowing that there will be bumps in the road and that you will need to continually reinvent yourself.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Someone who reinvents themselves, someone in service others, and someone who never stops learning.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What are the unknown unknowns?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Once and Future King by T. H. White
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Never stand still. Always work to improve and learn new things.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because, on your death bed, you’ll regret the “why nots” a lot more than the “whys.”

CONNECT WITH TIM

LinkedIn: in/timcarlin1
Website: https://www.vwealthadvisors.com
Email: tim.carlin@vwealth.com

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Long-Distance Leadership with Kevin Eikenberry

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:33:00 -0600

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Kevin Eikenberry is coauthor of The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere. He founded the Kevin Eikenberry Group in 1993 and is the cofounder of the Remote Leadership Institute. Kevin has twice been named one of Inc.'s Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World. He is also the author or coauthor of three Amazon bestsellers: Remarkable Leadership, From Bud to Boss, and The Long-Distance Leader.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

There is a big difference in working from home and being an effective remove teammate.
The longer we work alone, the more likely it is to become insular. Connecting our success to the team’s success is important.
To be a teammate is to be connected.
Having clear expectations across the team helps the team to function more effectively when working remotely.
When working remotely, communication becomes more transactional. Create opportunities for interaction by taking what worked before and translating that to online. E.g., allow anyone to open the meeting for small talk beforehand. The first thing you should do in meetings is talk about non-work issues.
Schedule 5-10 minute drop-in calls or message people in your organization to see who might be interested in a quick call or messaging conversation.
STOP micromanaging! Instead, set clearer expectations.
Engagement is not something we do to people. Create an environment where it’s easier to be engaged. Help them make the choice.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? We all as humans and leaders can learn from anyone. It’s our job to look for those lessons.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Others-focused, humble, and confident.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What can I do to help you?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership by Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Ask more questions and listen better.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” It’s an incredibly powerful question that causes us to go into “kid mode.” Even with the baggage, it’s a powerful question.

CONNECT WITH KEVIN

Twitter: @KevinEikenberry
LinkedIn: in/kevineikenberry
Website: http://longdistanceteammate.com

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Increasing Information Sharing on Your Team with Darren Dahl

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:44:00 -0600

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Darren Dahl has written more than one million words across his career as a writer in the worlds of business and entrepreneurship. Darren teamed up with Jack Stack on his newest book, Change the Game: Saving the American Dream by Closing the Gap Between the Haves and the Have-Nots.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Share information and work together so that you can fully people can make the best decisions from the bottom up rather than just those at the top.
Sharing information should build understanding and trust rather than create barriers.
If you have people who want to make a difference fast, give them an appropriate runway to do so.
Withholding information because of fear is a prevention (as opposed to a promotion) mindset (listen to this podcast on mindset for more)
Be sure to connect the specific work of each team member with the outcomes that their work is producing.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Every leader must have someone who is following them. You must engage people so that they are willing to do this.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Someone who builds relationships, embraces change, and develops talent.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What do you want to be when you grow up?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company by Bo Burlingham and Jack Stack
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Try to share something that you once considered sacred (e.g. the financials of your company with your employees).
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because it can help you understand the opportunity cost without losing your momentum.

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REWIRE Your Thinking to Maximize Your Leadership with David Taylor-Klaus

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:14:00 -0600

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David Taylor-Klaus is a speaker, author, and leadership coach on a mission to unearth and unleash the personal mastery of entrepreneurs and senior executives. Since 2008, DTK has empowered his tribe to take an active, intentional, and dynamic role in their development and create the kind of life-work rhythm enabling them to build profitable businesses, raise thriving families, and live wildly fulfilling lives. His best-selling new book Mindset Mondays with DTK: 52 Ways to REWIRE Your Thinking and Transform Your Life is available on Amazon worldwide.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

The REWIRE framework (replacing an unhelpful behavior with a helpful one): 1. Reflect 2. Experiment 3. Write 4. Investigate 5. Revise 6. Expand (to other areas)
Of these six areas, people tend away most from writing and expanding. Watch out that you don’t fall into the same trap!
Expand your influence by using the Cascade Effect: Serving and leading people who will do the same for others.
Use the 10-10-10 tool: Take three timelines (minutes, hours, days, years, decades, etc.). What will the impact of this decision be in 10 ___, 10 ___, and 10 ___)?
Leaders need to understand the impact of their “leadership impact wake” and the gap between what it is and what they intend it to be.
Managers achieve a given goal as effectively as possible, but entrepreneurs decide what they want to be true and create the conditions to make that truth a reality.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Being listened to feels so much like being loved that people can scarcely tell the difference.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Focused on impact, clear that growing your people starts with growing yourself, and in danger of over-calibrating if they’re not careful.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What part of the problem am I?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Breathe before you respond. Stop reacting.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Neither. Both can put people and organizations on the defensive. Instead, ask “who?” and “what’s important about…?”

CONNECT WITH DAVID

Twitter: @dtk
LinkedIn: in/davidtaylorklaus
Instagram: @dtkcoaching
Facebook: @dtkcoaching
Website: http://www.MindsetMondaysWithDTK.com
Website: http://www.DTKcoaching.com

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Partnering with the Right People for Business Success with Kelley Powell

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:50:00 -0600

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Kelley Powell is CEO and partner of MacLaurin Group, a company providing technology operating partner services to portfolios of private equity companies. Supporting companies in growth and merger and acquisition activities, Kelley brings a unique experience from founder-led organization to multiple private equity-led cycles. Kelley is an avid mentor, angel investor, and chairwoman for the da Vinci Center for Innovation Angels Advisory Board at VCU. She’s also a board member of the Richmond chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Her new book is Courage to Lose Sight of Shore: How to Partner with Private Equity to Grow Your Business with Confidence.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Think about a “reverse due diligence”—a look at your business from an outside perspective.
Value alignment is unbelievably important. If you do not have this with those you partner with, it can be gut-wrenching.
Define your “non-negotiables”—those values that undergird who you are and that you actively live out.
Self-reflection – on the type of people who you want in your business and who you want to partner with – is vital.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? If you wish to grow, you have to invest in others so that there is someone ready to fill your chair.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Resilient, transparent, and inspirational.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What do I need to grow my business? What am I good at and not so good at?
What book would you recommend to leaders? You've Got This! The Life-changing Power of Trusting Yourself by Margie Warrell
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Prepare for your future investment now (before you’re ready) by investing in others.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because you need to know what you are doing and, more particularly, how it fits into the grander scheme.

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Rebounding from Your Crucible Moment with Warwick Fairfax

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:45:00 -0600

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Warwick Fairfax is the founder of Crucible Leadership, a philosophical and practical breakthrough in turning business and personal failures into the fuel for igniting a life of significance. He was the fifth-generation heir to a media empire bearing his family name and at 26 he led — and lost — a multibillion-dollar public takeover bid. The company founded by his great-great-grandfather slipped from family control after 150 years, leaving him to examine not only his own shortcomings and losses but also his life’s principles and the lessons he learned from those who came before him. Now Fairfax helps others to learn from what he describes as their own “crucible experiences” and emerge to lead a life rooted in who they are and to become the leaders they were born to be.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Live and lead in light of your design (e.g. a reflective leader or a take-no-prisoners leader?).
Most people will experience crucible moments—moments that changes who you are forever. In these moments, you can either give up or choose to bounce back from it to be even better.
There is a difference between rumination and reflection. Rumination is when you relive situations and continue beating yourself up about them. Reflection leads to lessons learned.
Be who you are, give yourself a break/forgive yourself, and keep moving into areas where you are more gifted.
Do not connect your self-worth to your past decisions. We all make mistakes.
Be vulnerable for a purpose. If your story will help someone, share it; if not, it may be over-sharing (or sharing with no purpose).
The first step towards living a life of significance is understanding how you are wired. The second step is understanding your values and beliefs.
True joy lies in living a life of significance and focusing on others.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Trying to mold self to a type of leader that didn’t fit his personality.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” True to who they are, lives a life on purpose, dedicated to serving others.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Am I following a calling that I and those I care about will feel is important?
What book would you recommend to leaders? A Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? To listen to those around you in order to catch others’ wisdom and feedback.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because it is a more open-ended question.

CONNECT WITH WARWICK

Website: https://crucibleleadership.com/

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Adapting Your Process to a New Paradigm with Ira Wolfe

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:03:00 -0600

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Ira Wolfe considers himself a “Millennial trapped in a Baby Boomer body" and the world’s first Chief Googlization Officer. He’s recognized as one of the top 10 Global Thought Leaders in Future of Work, HR and Leadership by Thinkers 360. He is president of Poised for the Future Company and founder of Success Performance Solutions. Ira has presented on the prestigious red carpet of TEDx and is the author of several books including Recruiting in the Age of Googlization, selected by Book Authority as one of the all-time best HR and Recruiting books.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

In the last year, what seemed “far out” became the present reality. Everything from a technology standpoint accelerated.
We don’t know what the “new normal” will look like, but YOU have the chance to shape it.
What if life moving forward is as continuously uncertain as 2020?
We continue on a path of trying to make a shorter application for hiring, but it is shortening compliance questions rather than identifying qualifications.
In twelve months, what would a new employee need complete in order for you to consider it a great hire. Most people either don’t know or have metrics that are too vague.
Learn to adapt and fit into a new environment. There is so much opportunity and hope as long as we don’t try to go back to “the way it was.”

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? The idea of leaders being those who do the right thing and managers being those who do things right.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Influential, purposeful, and empathetic.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How do I need to change and how do my people and their roles need to change substantially in the next three years?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Adaptation Advantage: Let Go, Learn Fast, and Thrive in the Future of Work by Chris Shipley and Heather E. McGowan
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Learn to unlearn. We need to unwire past mindsets that were made for a linear world.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because people have lost their thirst for curiosity. People may pursue knowledge, but it is often in pursuit of expertise in a single area.

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Breaking out of the Victim Mindset with Luis Gonzáles

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:24:00 -0600

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Luis Gonzáles is a communications consultant, coach, and trainer with more than 25 years of experience in helping improve business outcomes for organizations. Currently, he works closely with CEOs, leaders, and individuals, positively impacting business outcomes through effective communication in global, multicultural, and remote work team settings. Luis has lived and worked in India, México, and Brazil. He is a keynote speaker and a member of the Association for Training and Development (ATD), Association of International Educators (NAFSA), and the Society for International Education, Training, and Research (SIETAR).

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Ask yourself (and help others ask), “Given the current reality, what can I do to get a different result?”
How you look at things matters: Life is either a bowl of cherries or the pits!
Accountability can’t be trained. But having conversations with those who have a victim mindset can break people out of that mindset into an accountable mindset.
Get curious in order to make the best decisions.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Our careers, our companies, our relationships, and our lives either succeed or fail—gradually, then suddenly—one conversation at a time.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” One who leads by example, one who asks questions (including of those who have a different perspective), and one who demonstrates vulnerability, accountability, and humility.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Is there more to the story here/what am I missing?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Get curious and ask questions—starting with yourself then in your conversations.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because it gives the information needed for life. But “why not?” helps to push boundaries and encourage action.

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Close the Gap Between Strategy and Results with Sean Ryan

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:59:00 -0600

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Sean Ryan is a world-renowned business consultant, speaker, trainer, and executive coach. As the founder of Whitewater International Consulting, he has worked internationally with companies such as Disney, Nucor Steel, FedEx and Nestle Waters of North America/Perrier Group of America. With more than two decades of industry experience, Sean is highly regarded for his ability to guide organizations through complex transformational change in what he describes as “a world of perpetual whitewater.” His new book is Get in Gear: Seven Gears that Drive Strategy to Results.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Foundation/environment gears of the SXR Strategy:

Gear #1: Right, right, right: The right people in the right roles with the right capabilities.
Gear #2: Align organizational architecture (systems, structures, and processes) to strategy
Gear #3: Create a culture of communication

Performance gears of the SXR Strategy:

Gear #4: Set results-oriented goals (5-on-5). Don’t confuse activities for results.
Gear #5: Visible scorecards. People need to know how they’re performing while the game is being played.
Gear #6: Identify critical performance drivers (what you need to do).
Gear #7: Define the follow-up/follow-through process.

Don’t try to fix all seven gears simultaneously. Focus on one today and move forward from there.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Challenging personal perceptions and beliefs.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Caring, honest, and trustworthy.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How do my assumptions and mental models shape my reality and either limit or expand my outlook?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny, and Al Switzler.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Create better focus and alignment on what you and your team need to do to get better results (compare leader’s top five expectations/goals with team members’ top five assumed expectations/goals).
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both. “Why?” is a great question to identify what is missing but “why not?” helps us bunch through mental barriers we may create for ourselves.

CONNECT WITH SEAN

Twitter: @wwici
LinkedIn: in/sean-ryan
Facebook: @wwici
Website: https://www.wwici.com
Email: sryan@wwici.com
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Why You Should Renovate Rather than Transform Your Culture with Kevin Oakes

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:43:00 -0600

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Kevin Oakes is the author of Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company. He is also CEO and co-founder of i4cp, the leading HR research firm that discovers the people practices of high-performance organizations. Kevin has been a pioneer in the human capital field for 25 years and is an international keynote speaker on culture, talent management, leadership, innovation, diversity, metrics, and strategic learning in organizations. He founded and served as President of SumTotal Systems, one of the largest providers of talent and learning solutions in the world, a company originally founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Only about 15% of companies that attempted a culture change succeeded.
Most organization talks about culture transformation. The best ones renovate—maintaining what made them great to begin with while making themselves more resilient for the future.
The most successful companies have leaders who don’t assume they know what the culture of their company is. They use data that is gathered frequently and broadly.
Identify the influencers/energizers and the blockers within your organization. Use the former to be culture ambassadors.
Determining how progress will be measured is a key predictor of the success of a culture change. Two-thirds of companies that successfully changed did this. Ninety percent of unsuccessful companies did not do this.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? The idea of “open-book management”—managing a company transparently. It is both better and easier.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Honest, visionary, and clear.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What more do I need to learn, and where should I focus that effort?
What book would you recommend to leaders? A Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone by Greg Shaw, Jill Tracie Nichols, and Satya Nadella
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Take time to invest in yourself (not by exercising or eating better but by reading or gaining other information instead of simply giving it to others).
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because you can question the conventional thinking, though the same philosophy can be behind in the question “why not?”

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Leadership through Trust and Collaboration with Jill Ratliff

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:46:00 -0600

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Jill Ratliff is an author, executive coach, and leadership speaker. Prior to starting her own leadership consultancy, she served as Executive Vice President at Assurant Specialty Property, a $2B financial services organization. She also held key senior positions such as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for ING North America, Director of Leadership Development for ADP, and Director of Corporate Human Resources for PepsiCo’s Taco Bell Corporation. She has recently released a new book, Leadership through Trust & Collaboration: Practical Tools for Today’s Results-Driven Leader.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Lessons from Jill’s brother before he passed away: 1. Less is more; simple is better, 2. Be kind, 3. It’s supposed to be fun, 4. You don’t really have any problems (solving problems is your job!), and 5. Joy is all around you.
We know more than we can do. It’s not that we don’t know. It’s that the application is difficult!
Be responsible for the energy you bring into a room. And be careful what emotions you bring into a room.
Clarity is priceless. When you talk about what’s important and what to measure, limit it to three or four, even if there are many projects and responsibilities that are necessary.
Many leaders understand business systems well, but the human operating system is vital as well—mind, body, and spirit.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. Slow things down. Make them simple.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Inner-directed, calm, and inclusive.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How good am I at leading myself, especially when I’m facing challenges and adversity?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Any book by Simon Sinek.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Master your moments. Throughout your day, stop and notice anytime you are “off” and practice new ways of responding not out of habit or reaction.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” Why not me, why not us, why not go for it?

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Website: https://jillratliffleadership.com/
Email: jill@jillratliffleadership.com

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Five Steps for Entrepreneurial Management with Kris Plachy

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:37:00 -0600

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Kris Plachy is considered THE thought leader and expert for entrepreneurial management. Kris has poured her life’s work into learning about - then teaching - how to lead a team. In a space where there is a lot of noise and advice, Kris has designed the "how-to" of team leadership through her “Five-Step Management System." Kris knows without a doubt, there is no challenge you are facing as a leader that she can’t help you solve.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Knowing your vision helps in the hiring process.
We all have values and expectations. You need to know how to communicate them and develop them within your business because your values and common sense are not always the same as others.
In a traditional business, job/role descriptions are common, but they don’t mean much. In smaller businesses, people may be hired, but their role is not particularly clear.
After establishing expectations, integrate them into conversations, feedback, and other results-focused interactions.
Performance is not an opinion.
Get buy-in at the beginning of someone’s tenure in their position so anytime they meet or do not meet expectations—especially when they do not meet expectations—it does not need to feel like a personal issue.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? A couple of challenging bosses early in her career that taught her just as much (from a negative perspective) as other, good bosses.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Self-aware, transparent, and authentic.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How is my bias influencing how I lead?
What book would you recommend to leaders? What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? 1. Have a compelling reason or vision for doing what you do, 2. clarify your values and expectations, 3. make sure your team members have clear roles and responsibilities, 4. make sure there are measures to track contribution, and 5. follow through and provide feedback.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because of being challenged to see the connections between things as a child.

CONNECT WITH KRIS

Twitter: @KrisPlachy
LinkedIn: in/krisplachy
Instagram: @krisplachycoach
Facebook: @krisplachy
Website/Special offer: https://krisplachy.com
Email: hello@krisplachy.com

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Brand Communities that Serve Your Customers and Business with Charles Vogl

Josh Friedeman — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:13:00 -0600

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Charles Vogl is an award-winning author, speaker, and executive adviser. For the past decade, his work has focused on advising leadership within global organizations including Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Airbnb, and Twitch. He is a regular guest lecturer at Yale School of Management and a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab, a collaborative partnership focused on the world’s most pressing health and well-being challenges. He is the author of the international bestseller The Art of Community and co-author of the new book Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

A brand community needs to serve both the individuals and the organization.
A brand is any organization that promises value.
A mirage community is something that a brand calls a community but has no substance or connection.
Seven areas where communities can serve organizational goals: Innovation, talent recruitment and retention, customer and stakeholder retention, marketing, customer service, advancing movements, and bringing people together.
It is vital to know 1. Who you want to bring together, 2. Why they want to come together, and 3. How they want to grow into something new or better.
Despite brand communities needing to serve the business, they must also serve individuals. No one wants to join a community that just wants to extract from them.
We are living in the loneliest era in human history. People are desperate to be more connected. Invite people to join your community.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Experience serving in the Peace Corps—specifically observing a communal way of living and the need for justice.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Patient, humble, and committed.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Do we really understand what is going on here?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The Trusted Advisor by David Maister, Charles Green, and Robert Galford
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Make sure you are not doing it alone.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Why?” because we need to know the reason we are committing to something.

CONNECT WITH CHARLES

Website: https://www.charlesvogl.com/
Website: https://www.buildingbrandcommunities.com/

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Seven Steps for Becoming Elite at Anything with Chris Sajnog

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 07:01:00 -0600

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Chris Sajnog was a Master Training Specialist in the Navy and was hand-selected to write the US Navy SEAL Sniper Manual. He used this experience, plus four years of studying neuroscience and elite performance, to develop the SEAL Training System (instead of Sea, Air, and Land Teams, this SEAL is Science-based Education for Accelerated Learning), which he uses to help others learn, live, and lead like warriors. He is a proud father, the author of three bestselling books, and the owner of Center Mass Group, a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business in San Diego, CA.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

What you teach is less important than who you teach.
Most people think teaching marksmanship is about technique. But in order to hit the target, the person is more important than the gun. Said another way, the weapon (you) is more important than the tool (the gun).
It is important to turn people into leaders of themselves before having them lead others.
To be a good leader is to be a good teammate – to know your own skills and to lead or follow when appropriate.
Chris’s acronym for TEAMS: Take responsibility, Encourage others, Ask for help, Master your job, and Sacrifice for the team.
The seven key components for reaching an elite skill at anything: Mindset, planning, physics, focus, conditioning, deliberate practice, and feedback.
The shorter the feedback loop, the faster you will progress (check the target after every single shot).

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Leading class to exceed expectations while in SEAL training.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Inspiring, decisive, and vulnerable
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What can I do to make the jobs of those I’m leading easier?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Meditate.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” It depends on the framing of the question. If something negative happens, asking “why me?” helps you make excuses. But if you’re asking “why did this happen?” in order to fix a problem, it’s helpful. The same could be said for “why not?”

CONNECT WITH CHRIS

Twitter: @chrissajnog
LinkedIn: in/chrissajnog
Instagram: @chrissajnog
Facebook: @chrissajnog
Youtube: +chrissajnog
Website: https://chrissajnog.com

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Changing Culture through Leadership Practices with David White

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 09:12:00 -0600

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David White is a partner and co-founder of Ontos Global. He has spent more than 25 years helping organizations manage and sustain transformation. As a cognitive anthropologist, his research and practice focus on new approaches to organizational culture and change. He focuses on designing and implementing successful, large-scale organizational transformation programs, as well as developing adaptive leaders who can do the same. His newest book, Disrupting Corporate Culture, focuses on how cognitive science alters accepted beliefs and impacts leaders and change agents.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

A pervasive myth in leadership is that leaders set the culture. Cultures form just as well in any group without a nominal leader.
Culture is a reference system – a shared mental operating system – we use to make sense of the world.
If culture is a “given,” how do leaders work with it? Their power.
Power shapes practices which then shape culture. Culture follows task.
The values and norms established by founders are difficult to regenerate unless the practices embody those values and ideals.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Past failures in trying to drive large-scale change in complex organizations.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Curious, self-aware, and empathic.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How do I feel, and what do I want?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Get really curious about your people and organization and why they do what they do.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because it is more powerful. It’s more generative.

CONNECT WITH David White

LinkedIn: In/David-G-White
YouTube: Disrupting Corporate Culture
Website: https://ontosglobal.com
Email: davidwhite@ontosglobal.com

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Four Mindsets to Unlock Success with Ryan Gottfredson

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:30:00 -0600

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Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a cutting-edge leadership development consultant, author, trainer, and researcher. Ryan is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of Success Mindsets: The Key to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership. He is also a leadership professor at the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at California State University-Fullerton.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Much of leadership research over the last 70 years has focused on what leaders need to do to be effective. But who a leader is – the being element – shapes everything that person does. And mindsets are foundational to our being.
Most people think of mindsets as the “way of thinking.” In reality, they are the neural connections in our brain that are effectively our circuit board for how we process information and make decisions.
The four mindset frameworks are 1. Fixed/Growth 2. Closed/Open 3. Prevention/Promotion 4. Inward/Outward
Fixed mindsets: Don’t believe you can change your talents, abilities, and intelligence. There are “haves” and “have nots.” The primary focus is on looking good.
Growth mindsets: Believe you can change and improve. The primary focus is on learning and growing.
Closed mindsets: Closed to the ideas and suggestions of others. “What I know is best.”
Open mindsets: Open to the ideas and suggestions of others. Leave some room for the possibility of being wrong.
Prevention mindset: Avoid problems so as not to lose.
Promotion mindset: Tackle problems so as to win. Have a destination and clear “why.”
Inward mindset: Sees others as just as important to self.
Outward mindset: Sees self as more important than others.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? How important it is to learn from failure.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” growth-minded, open-minded, promotion-minded, and outward minded.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Who am I being that their (the other person’s) eyes are not shining?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves by C. Terry Warner
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Meditation.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” The “why not?” question leads to a brighter future than the “why?” question.

CONNECT WITH RYAN

Twitter: @RyanGottfredson
LinkedIn: in/ryangottfredson
Instagram: @yangottfredson
Website: https://ryangottfredson.com/
Email: ryan@ryangottfredson.com

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Help People Do Their Best Work with Jason Treu

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:47:00 -0600

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Jason Treu is a coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs, and rising stars to maximize their leadership potential and performance. He's the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships, which has sold more than 45,000 copies. He was a featured speaker at TEDxWilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game Cards Against Mundanity. He also hosts a podcast called, Executive Breakthroughs, bringing game-changing CEOs, entrepreneurs, and experts who share their breakthroughs and breakdowns.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

When you can create an environment where people are doing their best work in collaboration and teamwork, you can create insane results.
You can no longer be good at just one thing. In order to do your job well, you have to be able to operate effectively in multiple arenas.
Get frequent and consistent feedback from people you know and trust. One example: Have a question you can ask your team on a consistent basis and compare their feedback over time.
Belonging and connection are at the core of everything we do.
When you get down into the data, people want to main things: They want to do great work and have great relationships.
If you do only one thing, do this: Have a deep understanding of your people.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Being around people who value relationships and collaboration.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Vulnerable, curious, and gets continual feedback.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How would you rate our relationship, why did you rate it that way, how can I move it closer to a ten.
What book would you recommend to leaders? Anything by Brene Brown
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Invest in your own self-awareness—your blind spots are what are sabotaging your success more than you realize.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” I’d ask “what” instead.

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Why Leaders are Held to a Higher Standard with Vince Molinaro

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:16:00 -0600

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Dr. Vince Molinaro is a global leadership adviser, speaker, and researcher on leadership accountability. As founder and CEO of Leadership Contract Inc., Vince travels the world helping organizations build vibrant leadership cultures with truly accountable leaders at every level. His unique combination of provocative storytelling, evidence-based principles and grounded practicality has leaders at all levels stepping up to fulfill their obligations to drive the success of their organizations. His newest book, Accountable Leaders: Inspire a Culture Where Everyone Steps Up, Takes Ownership, and Delivers Results, is available now.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

When you stumble on a problem, you begin seeing it everywhere.
There’s always an implicit contract that leaders sign when they take a role, but a lot of leaders don’t realize this.
Leaders are held to a higher standard of behavior – to be better than everyone else.
Four terms and conditions to be an accountable leader: 1. A decision whether you have what it takes, 2. Accepting the obligations for serving others, 3. The courage and resolve to tackle the hard things, and 4. Building community by building and aligning leadership culture.
Leaders not only need to hold themselves accountable (the foundation) but to extend that to the organization.
Only 20% of leaders believe they have the courage to identify, address, and support leaders who are deemed mediocre. They know who they are but not how to help them.
The quickest and most enduring way to become a better leader is to focus on accountability.
Five things help to identify a mediocre leader: 1. They blame others, 2. They lack initiative, 3. They mistreat others, 4. They are perceived as inept, and 5. They are always hiding and not stepping up.
You have to be relentless in addressing mediocrity.
Accountable leaders show five behaviors: 1. They hold everyone (including themselves) to high standards, 2. They have the courage to tackle tough issues, 3. They are very good at communicating the strategy of the organization, 4. They are really excited about the company and its future, and 5. They look outside their own business to anticipate trends.
The difference in employee engagement between people who see their leaders working well together vs. not working well together is a difference between 72% and 8%.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Seeing from a friend that toxic management can literally be detrimental to our health.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Accountable, accountable, accountable
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Who needs you the most right now?
What book would you recommend to leaders? The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins, and Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make Or Break Your Business by Tiffani Bova
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? What is the tough thing that I’m avoiding?
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because there’s a boldness to it and an opportunity to provoke people’s thinking.

CONNECT WITH VINCE

Twitter: @drvincemolinaro
Linkedin: in/vincemolinaro
Website: drvincemolinaro.com

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Never Be Lonely at the Top with Jodi Hume

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:30:00 -0600

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Jodi Hume had a 15-yr career as COO of a growing architecture firm, but she has made a name for herself over the last decade providing on-call decision support and facilitated leadership conversations for startup founders, entrepreneurs, and executives throughout the country. Each week, Jodi hosts So Here’s My Story…, a podcast built from real stories to share poignant business takeaways with plenty of humor.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Leadership should never be lonely at the top—include others in the conversation.
Leaders need someone to talk through issues connected to their work.
It’s okay not to know things in your position. There’s a story we tell ourselves that everyone else has it all together, and we don’t. But that’s not true.
Build the skill of having smaller conversations earlier, rather than waiting till the issue becomes major.
“Just say that…” is a phrase to use when trying to figure out what to say to someone else. Simplistically describe to yourself what you’d like to say, and just say that to the person you need to talk to.
Navigating in uncertainty requires you to build the skill of what to do when you don’t know what to do. Taking action is key.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Sitting in on weekly leadership team meetings for her job starting at 23.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Curious, brave enough to be wrong, and well-rested (or at least not exhausted).
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Who else should be part of this conversation?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Make sure that you are well-rested.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because a lot of really fantastic things happen in life when you just stumble forward. And a lot of things don’t happen because some people spend too much time getting ready to be ready.

CONNECT WITH JODI

Twitter: @jodihume
LinkedIn: in/joditurnerhume
Facebook: @jodihume / @SHMSpodcast
Website: https://LeadingClarity.com
Instagram: @SHMSpodcast

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Scaling Leadership through Masterminds with Aaron Walker

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:11:00 -0600

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Aaron Walker has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years. He attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. Aaron spent a decade meeting weekly with Dave Ramsey and other amazing entrepreneurs. Aaron is the founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind that now hosts 20 groups with national and international members. Aaron is the author of View from the Top and The Mastermind Blueprint. He is also the founder of The Mastermind Playbook – an incredible resource for starting, running, and scaling masterminds.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

A mastermind is a peer advisory group – a “board of directors” – of people who know you intimately.
Operate your business according to your core values, but don’t use your core values against anyone.
When you are sharing resources with other growth-minded individuals, you will all grow together, creating an exponential effect.
Good masterminds are not for the faint of heart. They are focused on results and forward momentum.
“Can’t couldn’t do it, and could did it all.”

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Not being afraid – fear missing an opportunity more than you fear failure!
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” A person with great clarity, a great amount of courage, a huge amount of passion.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What is it that you are lying to yourself about?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Many! But one that everyone should read is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Be consistent.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” Because they “why not?” will work itself out if you know the “why?”

CONNECT WITH AARON

His Mastermind: https://www.viewfromthetop.com/
How to Start Your Own Mastermind: https://www.themastermindplaybook.com/

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Conscious Leadership with Carter Phipps

Josh Friedeman — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:31:00 -0600

Carter Phipps is a visionary writer and business futurist. He is an award-winning journalist and writer, popular speaker, and sought-after teacher, advisor, and consultant. Along with Steve McIntosh and John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, he has just released a new book called Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business. He is co-founder of the Institute for Cultural Evolution and hosts the Thinking Ahead podcast.

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Riding the Wave with Tony Guarnaccia

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:26:00 -0600

Tony Guarnaccia is widely recognized as an authority on digital marketing and has grown over 10,000 small businesses and a dozen Fortune 500 companies, including ADP, Ford, and AutoNation. He has managed over $400 million in advertising spend and in 2009 earned the prestigious title of Google Partner of the Year. He has returned to his entrepreneur roots and founded Big Fish Results, RESULTS Trained, and the RESULTS Club to bring the same strategy, tactics and resources normally reserved for larger enterprises to small business. He believes that by growing small businesses, together we can impact not just our local communities but also our world.

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Systems for Productivity and Achievement with Siimon Reynolds

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:12:00 -0600

Siimon Reynolds is one of the world’s leading business coaches. He is the winner of over 50 business and industry awards and the founder of numerous highly successful companies. His last company grew from zero to a stock market valuation of over $500 million in just 8 years. Siimon coaches entrepreneurs and CEOs from all over the world, from start-ups to companies grossing over half a billion dollars a year. He is also a multi-award winning business author. His previous book won the Silver Medal for Best Business Success book at the Axiom Business Book awards. Siimon’s latest book is titled Win Fast: Quick Ways to Achieve More, Earn More and Be More.

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Building Your Leadership Team with Mike Goldman

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:57:00 -0600

Mike Goldman is the best-selling author of Performance Breakthrough and Breakthrough Leadership Team. He is also a nationally recognized speaker and leadership team coach. He founded Performance Breakthrough in 2007 to help mid-sized companies achieve dramatic business growth by working with leadership teams to ensure they have the right people, strategies and execution habits for growth. Mike has over 30 years of experience consulting and coaching companies from the local entrepreneur to the Fortune 500. Throughout his career, he helped companies like Verizon, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Dillard’s, Liz Claiborne and Levi Strauss.

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Rethinking Success with Doug Holladay

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:44:00 -0600

Doug Holladay is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Business, co-founder of Park Avenue Equity Partners and founder of PathNorth, a networking organization for executives. He was also an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and worked for the White House as a Special Ambassador coordinating international relations. Holladay holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Oxford University. He has just released a new book called Rethinking Success: Eight Essential Practices for Finding Meaning in Work and Life.

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Encouraging Girls in Leadership with Marisa Porges

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:54:00 -0600

Dr. Marisa Porges is known for her work on leadership, education, and national security. She is the head of The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old all-girls school outside of Philadelphia renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and changemakers. Prior to joining Baldwin in 2016, Marisa has served at the White House, was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and at the Council on Foreign Relations and served in the US Navy as one of eight female aviators in an air wing of about two hundred. She has just written a book called What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.

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Connecting Culture, Strategy, and Execution with Dan Bruder

Josh Friedeman — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:18:00 -0600

Dan Bruder is an international strategy and leadership consultant who believes that businesses have the ability and responsibility to substantially impact communities through their products and people. With this idea in mind, he created the Blendification® System which activates potential by connecting culture, strategy, and execution. The Blendification® System is documented in the book by the same name and is delivered through a series of online and face-to-face workshops. Dan serves as CEO of Fusion Dynamics Group, a Colorado-based strategy and leadership firm.

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Four Strategic Shifts to Position Yourself for Growth with Andy Goldstrom

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:33:00 -0600

Andy Goldstrom is the founder of Midcourse Advisors, a rapid growth coaching and consulting company for business owners, entrepreneurs, and executive leaders. As a two-time Inc. 500 business owner, Andy has leveraged this experience to create a proven set of tools and methodologies to help small to medium sized business leaders focus on the right approach to scale their businesses, grow rapidly and avoid costly mistakes. Andy teaches a course in entrepreneurship at Georgia State University and is the author of a new book, Grow Like A Pro, which can be found on Amazon.

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Choose Love, Not Fear with Gary Heil

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:36:00 -0600

Gary Heil is an internationally acclaimed expert in the fields of leadership, management, and organizational culture. His work has helped some of the most prominent leaders and companies in the world—including former presidents of the United States, Fortune 100 companies, and professional sports coaches—to become more innovative and culturally vital. He and his son Ryan have recently released a new book called Choose Love Not Fear: How the Best Leaders Build Cultures of Engagement and Innovation that Unleash Human Potential.

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Leadership Transitions with Jennifer Peek

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:15:00 -0600

Jennifer Peek provides clients with key strategic insights while helping them develop plans to profitably execute their visions. At Peek Advisory Group as well as through private mentoring, she consults with business owners identifying business gaps and opportunities to increase value and prepare them for the next stage of business evolution – from growth to varied exit strategies.

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Leading with Kind Authority with Tony Martignetti

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 14:25:00 -0600

Tony Martignetti is an executive and leadership coach with a specialty in working with leaders and their teams to navigate through change and unlock their true potential. He supports leaders in gaining clarity so they can make well-informed decisions, improve their leadership skills, and ultimately increase their impact. Tony is known for supporting leaders in finding clarity so that they are energized, unstoppable, and able to lead with a strong presence. When leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, their positive impact and powerful leadership are amplified.

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Leveraging the Wisdom of Others with Craig Lemasters

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:21:00 -0600

Craig Lemasters is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and board member with more than two decades of success in executive leadership positions. He’s now dedicated to helping senior leaders get unstuck on the major growth challenges to their businesses. Craig previously served as the CEO of the Atlanta-based Assurant Solutions, a subsidiary of the Fortune 500 Assurant, Inc. During his tenure, he led Assurant’s digital transformation and expansion into a global enterprise with a presence in 25 new markets around the world. He has a new book called Unstuck that will be released this summer.

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Develop Your Plan for Taking Risk with David Koenig

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:35:00 -0600

David R. Koenig has served on both for-profit and non-profit boards and as a chief executive officer. He created corporate risk management programs at three different companies and has managed complex financial portfolios in excess of tens of billions of dollars in size. He serves on the advisory board of the Center for Advancing Corporate Performance and the editorial board of the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions. David has also founded two global professional associations and is the award-winning author of two books: Governance Reimagined: Organizational Design, Risk, and Value Creation and the recently released The Board Member’s Guide to Risk.

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Stand Out in a World of Duplication with Theresa Līna

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:17:00 -0600

Theresa Līna has over twenty years of experience as a recognized Silicon Valley thought leader and strategist. She is the CEO of Līna Group, Inc., which specializes in market dominance strategy. She has been involved at Stanford University since 2006 and has served as chief strategy and marketing officer for several technology startups. She began her career at Accenture, where she helped found, lead, and grow what is now a multibillion-dollar business unit within the company. She has just released a new book called Be the Go-To: How to Own Your Competitive Market, Charge More, and Have Customers Love You for It.

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Mastering AWE for Success with Steve Herz

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:35:00 -0600

Steve Herz is a well-regarded talent agent and career advisor. He is the President and Founding Partner of IF Management as well as the President of The Montag Group, which is a premier agency that focused on talent, consulting, content, media, and speaking. The Montag Group represents over 250 of today’s top journalists, broadcast executives and media personalities. His new book is called Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Using Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results.

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Saving Face for Others with Maya Hu-Chan

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 04:44:00 -0600

Maya Hu-Chan is the founder and president of Global Leadership Associates and is a globally recognized management consultant, executive coach, and speaker. She a columnist for Inc. and is the co-author of Global Leadership: The Next Generation. Her newest book is called Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust.

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The Four Factors of Trustworthiness with Charles Green

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 22:56:00 -0600

When it comes to trusted advisors, Charles Green literally wrote the book. He co-wrote The Trusted Advisor and its follow-up The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook, and he also authored Trust-Based Selling. He has built trust-based business relationships of all types. Now, Charles works with clients in accounting, consulting, wealth management, investment banking, commercial banking, systems development, law, and commercial real estate using his unique tools and insights to build and maintain trusting and trustworthy relationships.

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Successfully Solving Unsolved Problems with Jim McKelvey

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:08:00 -0600

Jim McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, artist, and perhaps most notably the co-founder of the financial services juggernaut Square. He served as the chairman of its board until 2010 and still serves on the Board of Directors. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. In 2016, McKelvey also founded Invisibly, an ambitious project to rewire the economics of online content. He is a Deputy Chair of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and is the author of the recently-released book entitled The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.

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Repositioning Yourself for Greater Success with Chala Dincoy

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 31 May 2020 21:54:00 -0600

Chala Dincoy is the CEO and Founder of The Repositioning Expert. She’s a Marketing Strategist who helps professional service companies change their messaging to attract more decision makers. In her former life, Chala was an award-winning marketer at companies such as Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Frito Lay, Playtex and BIC Inc for 20 years. Now she is a marketing consultant. She is the author of Gentle Marketing: A Gentle Way to Attract Loads of Clients, and How to Win Friends the Way Apple Wins Customers. Chala is also a regularly featured expert on major television networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as a popular speaker at International conferences. Check out Chala's special offer here. LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS - A business will not heal your own wounds. - The pain and the purse have very different outlooks. Be very aware of who you are messaging to. - Identify everyone you can serve, then consider them in light of access, funds, and fit. QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION - What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? You have to be different. - Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” A thought leader, differentiated, and someone who stands for something. - What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What problem do I solve? - What book would you recommend to leaders? The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M. R. Covey - If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Look at how you can differentiate based on the biggest problem you can solve with your target audience. - As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why?” because it gets to the reason behind peoples’ behavior. Website: http://www.repositioner.com/ Contact: chala@repositioner.com Find Chala on social media: Twitter: @Chala_Dincoy Instagram: @CDincoy Facebook: @TheRepositioningExpert Youtube: @ChalaDincoy LinkedIn: in/ChalaDincoy

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Designing Meaningful Stories from Daily Life with Kit Pang

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 25 May 2020 04:57:00 -0600

Kit Pang is the founder of BostonSpeaks and a public speaking coach at Harvard Business School. He has worked with speakers ranging from NFL Players and Three Star Michelin Chefs to Fortune 500 CEOs and TEDx Speakers. He is on a mission to help individuals become exceptional speakers and communicators.

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Rising to Today’s Challenges with John Futterknecht

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 22 May 2020 13:21:00 -0600

John Futterknecht is the president and co-founder of Optimum Associates, a global leadership development and training company focused on equipping leaders with essential skills to optimize performance. John specializes in helping orgnizations and their leaders excel in complex, highly integrated Matrix structures. He has recently released a new book, Leading in the Global Matrix: Proven Skills and Strategies to Succeed in a Collaborative World.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People with Todd Davis

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 19 May 2020 05:55:00 -0600

Todd Davis is FranklinCovey’s Chief People Officer, a 7 Habits expert, and co-author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager. Todd has more than 30 years of experience in human resources, talent development, executive recruiting, sales, and marketing. He has been with FranklinCovey for more than two decades, where he led the development of many of FranklinCovey’s core offerings and world-renowned content. Currently, he is responsible for global talent development of employees in over 40 offices reaching 160 countries.

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A Guide to Fearless Authenticity with Danessa Knaupp

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 15 May 2020 16:25:00 -0600

Danessa Knaupp is an executive coach dedicated to shifting the global conversation on leadership. She has supported executives across every major industry and has developed a reputation as a candid, compassionate and courageous leadership partner. She regularly addresses C-suite audiences on how to harness the power of real authenticity (not #authenticity) to drive measurable business results. She is the author of the recently released and already best-selling leadership manual, Naked at Work: A Leader’s Guide to Fearless Authenticity. Find Danessa's book here. Check out another episode on psychological safety here. LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS - Authenticity is a paradox: It can work for or against you. - If you show up as authentic outside the bounds of your organization, or if you are authentic in service to yourself (i.e., “I am who I am… take it or leave it”), there’s no good there. - When considering how to be authentic, ask yourself if it will distract from or reinforce your message; if it is appropriate for your environment or not. - Think about your authenticity in the context of your effectiveness. - We are a million versions of ourselves—and all of them can be authentic. We just bring forward different things depending on who we are with (grandma, friend, co-worker, etc.). - Authenticity is bringing your full self forward in service to your organization. - According to research, teams led by authentic leaders are more effective across two dimensions: 1. Day-to-day managerial effectiveness (productivity, fewer mistakes, absenteeism, etc.) 2. Strategic areas (solving problems without the leader, bouncing back from unexpected news, operating in ambiguity). - The psychological safety that an authentic leader brings to a team empowers the members to try things they might not otherwise try and to find alignment with the team. - To be an authentic leader, focus on three things: Compassion, candor, and courage. - Bring this version of you to work: Someone who recognizes that who you are—as you are—is enough; someone who embraces where you are and reframes it so that it will serve you; someone who looks at failure differently—as a way to move you forward. - Remember: Authenticity is not about you. It is hard, and it is in service to your team and organization. QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION - What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Forgetting the lyrics to a song for a high school performance THREE nights in a row! This was a defining failure that made her fearless. - Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Compassionate, brave, and clear. - What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What am I not seeing? - What book would you recommend to leaders? The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz - If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Start doing something you’re really bad at to remind yourself what it’s like to be a beginner and to re-learn the lesson of grace. - As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” because “Why?” keeps you where you are; “Why not?” pushes you into new territory. Website: https://www.danessaknaupp.com Contact: danessa@avenue8advisors.com Find Danessa on social media: Twitter: @danessa_knaupp LinkedIn: in/danessa-knaupp

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Leading People to Pursue the Impossible with Chuck Swoboda

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 11 May 2020 21:11:00 -0600

Chuck Swoboda is the Innovator-in-residence at Marquette University, President of Cape Point Advisors, and the retired Chairman and CEO of Cree, Inc. At Cree, Chuck helped lead the company from $6 million in revenue to over $1.6 billion as they started the LED Lighting Revolution that led to the obsolescence of traditional light bulbs. Chuck is a co-inventor on 25 patents covering LED and Lighting related technology. He is the host of the Innovators on Tap podcast and has just released his new book, The Innovator’s Spirit: Discover the Mindset to Pursue the Impossible. LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS - Leadership is about showing someone why what you want them to do is in their best interests. - People’s behaviors are a function of their beliefs. If you want to help people, you have to understand the belief that is getting in their way and help them to discover it as well. - Put yourself in situations where failure or near failure is inevitable to force you to grow. - Once you have a culture, hire people to fit that culture (e.g. innovation and risk). - Create the focus necessary for innovation by taking advantage of scenarios that naturally force change. - Pursuing innovation often means trying for what most others think is impossible. - When you’re doing something that’s never been done, you can’t know the answer. - No matter what you do today, it can be done better tomorrow. - To help your team adopt an innovative mindset, encourage these three things: 1. Becoming comfortable with uncertainty, 2. Learn from your failures, and 3. Promote ownership of things that aren’t fully in people’s control. - Leadership is not about having all the ideas; it’s about figuring out how to get the best ideas out there and then focusing on them. QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION – What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”—Peter Drucker - Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Genuine, passionate, and committed to doing what’s right. - What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Is anyone following me? - What book would you recommend to leaders? The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen - If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Practice leading (i.e. convince other people to do something they wouldn’t otherwise do on their own). - As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” “Why?” is helpful to give others a reason to follow you, but “why not?” is about getting people to do something they wouldn’t otherwise do on their own. Website: https://www.chuckswoboda.com/ Find Chuck on social media: Twitter: @thechuckswoboda Instagram: @thechuckswoboda LinkedIn: in/chuck-swoboda

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The Four Stages of Psychological Safety with Timothy Clark

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 08 May 2020 03:33:00 -0600

Timothy R. Clark is the founder and CEO of LeaderFactor, a leadership consulting and training organization that works with executive teams around the world. He is an Oxford-trained social scientist and sought-after international authority on organizational change and the author of five books on leadership, including his newest release, The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation.

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Leadership Success Through Sales Mastery with Ryan Staley

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 05 May 2020 04:39:00 -0600

Ryan’s mission is to cut decades off of your sales learning curve so that you can rapidly scale your results and create time freedom and a lifestyle of your own design. He has rapidly scaled sales professionals’ income and revenue by landing new contracts from some of the largest private and publicly traded companies in the world. Creator & founder of the Whale Selling System™, Ryan’s innovative, disruptive, and highly profitable sales system continues cutting through the noise to deliver results regardless of age, experience, solution or vertical.

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Improve Your Life, Improve Your Leadership with Julian Hayes II

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 01 May 2020 03:40:00 -0600

Julian Hayes II thought he wanted to be a doctor but left after one year of medical school to pursue an even bigger dream. Now he helps busy entrepreneurs and leaders create more energy and maximize their longevity and human performance without the guesswork by leveraging their genetics, technology, and systems-based thinking. His work has frequently appeared in publications such as Inc., Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Chief Learning Officer, SUCCESS, and many more.

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3 Simple Things for Leading During Chaos with Thom Shea

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 03:35:00 -0600

Thom Shea is the CEO of Adamantine Alliance, a unique leadership and human performance training organization. Before founding Adamantine Alliance, Thom served 23 years with distinguished Valor as a Navy SEAL. He is the author of the best seller Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL's Way of Life and co-hosts the Unbreakable podcast. In his newest book, Three Simple Things: Leading During Chaos, Thom shares his transition from the SEAL teams and lays out a detailed formula approach to setting up a six-hour, non-negotiable baseline of activity every day, which any person brave enough can apply to their life and business.

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Preparing For and Bouncing Back From Crisis with Edward Segal

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:04:00 -0600

Edward Segal has more than 30 years of experience as a crisis management expert, CEO, public relations consultant, journalist, communications director, and press secretary for members of Congress and political candidates. He is the former marketing strategies columnist for The Wall Street Journal’s startupjournal.com and the author of two public relations handbooks. He managed internal and external crisis situations as the CEO of two trade associations, advised and helped others to get through a variety of crisis situations, and has conducted crisis management and communication training for hundreds of CEOs and other top company officials. His newest book, Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals and Other Emergencies, has just been released.

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Love, Learn, and Let Go with David Veech

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:24:00 -0600

David teaches leaders how to love, learn, and let go so they can create a workplace that fully engages the creative and productive power of people. He has learned how to do this through 20 years of service in the Army and continues to learn today. He has shared what he has learned with thousands of students and clients since he retired, and his message will inspire you and your team to obliterate obstacles, accelerate innovation, and elevate performance leaving everyone motivated and engaged for the future. He has written multiple books, including his most recent, Leadersights: Creating Great Leaders Who Create Great Workplaces.

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The Dark Side of Power with Andy Wallace

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:00:00 -0600

Andy Wallace believes deeply in the possibility of a world where people with power use it to raise others up. But Andy also knows the dark side of power. He has interviewed more than 250 perpetrators of power-based crimes and worked with their victims to put the pieces of their broken lives back together. Drawing on more than a decade in senior leadership in the nonprofit and corporate worlds, Andy teaches organizations who they should give power to and helps them train their leaders to use power well.

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Leadership from Within with Bill Kurzeja

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:53:00 -0600

Bill Kurzeja is the owner and founder of Professional Success South, a sales training and business consulting firm. Bill learned leadership, discipline, the importance of strict attention to detail, and the importance of clear, effective communication while serving in the United States Army. After his time in the military, he transitioned to the retail automotive industry, where he worked up to upper management positions. Bill now follows his passion in training and coaching, specializing in the basics of communication and how paying attention to detail will build a strong foundation in whatever you do.

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The Value of Evidence-Based Recruiting with Atta Tarki

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:41:00 -0600

Atta Tarki is the CEO of ECA Partners, where he leads the Private Equity and Venture Capital practice that supports high growth companies with filling C-level positions. His primary focus is on CEO, COO, President, CFO, and Chief Strategy Officer roles. He regularly contributes to Harvard Business Review and Forbes and has just released a new book, Evidence Based Recruiting: How to Build a Company of Star Performers through Systematic and Repeatable Hiring Practices.

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The Leadership PIN Code with Nashater Deu Solheim

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:32:00 -0600

Nashater Deu Solheim is the CEO of Progressing Minds. She has 23 years of practical business experience across diverse sectors including government, NGOs, healthcare, and oil and gas. Nashater has held executive leadership positions at international corporations in competence and learning roles and leadership development. She holds a doctorate in Psychology from the University of Surrey and trained as an Expert Negotiator from Harvard Law School. Her first book, The Leadership PIN Code: Unlocking the Key to Willing and Winning Relationships, has been recognized by Forbes and is already a best-seller.

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Lessons from the Masters of Comedy with Peter McGraw

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 04:59:00 -0600

Dr. Peter McGraw is a behavioral economist and global expert in the scientific study of humor. He directs The Humor Research Lab (HuRL) and hosts the podcast I’M NOT JOKING. He is also the co-author of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny and the author of his recent book Shtick to Business: What the Masters of Comedy can Teach You about Breaking Rules, Being Fearless, and Building a Serious Career. He’s a sought-after speaker and professor who teaches MBA courses for the University of Colorado Boulder, University of California San Diego, and London Business School.

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The Art of Making Things Happen with Steve Sims

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:18:00 -0600

Steve Sims’s day job is to make the impossible possible. A few of the projects he has made possible for others include getting married by the Pope in the Vatican, being serenaded by Andrea Bocelli, and connecting with powerful business moguls like Elon Musk and Sir Elton John. Steve has been called “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine and is a best-selling author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen. He is a sought-after consultant and a speaker at a variety of networks, groups and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard.

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Shared Leadership: Giving a Voice to Others with Kevin Hancock

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 19:57:00 -0600

Kevin Hancock is CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest companies in America and six-time recipient of the “Best Places to Work in Maine” award. In 2010, at the peak of the national housing and mortgage market collapse, Kevin acquired a rare neurological voice disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD). When his own voice became weakened, he developed a new leadership style focused on strengthening the voices of others. He is now a champion of a work culture where everyone leads and every voice is trusted, respected, and heard. His new book, The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership, shares the philosophy, values, and strategies Hancock Lumber Company has embraced on its journey toward becoming an employee-centric company.

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The Easily Offended Club with Martin Conway and Jerry Rosenthal

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:47:00 -0600

Martin Conway is a former professional soccer player originally from Great Britain. He is a leader, a business builder, and an advocate for personal accountability. Martin is a healthcare and self-care leader focused on promoting conversation, understanding, and community. Jerry Rosenthal is the author of Small Doses: Common Sense to Common Practice, which focuses on the intersection of life, leadership and process improvement. Jerry has spent most of his career in Pharma and Healthcare doing business process improvement work with a focus on improving both internal and external customer experience. Together, Martin and Jerry have started an initiative called “The Easily Offended Club,” which focuses on educating and empowering people to move beyond simply being offended and towards accountability, courage and respect.

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Sparking Employee Engagement with Jacqueline Throop-Robinson

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 05:10:00 -0600

Jacqueline Throop-Robinson is the founder of Spark Engagement Inc., a global analytics company focusing on employee engagement. Throughout her 30-year career, Jacqueline has focused on uplifting leaders and inspiring passionate engagement at all levels of an organization. Jacqueline is the best-selling author of Fire Up Your Team: 50 Ways for Leaders to Connect, Collaborate and Create with their Teams, and she strives to create cultures of passion, productivity, and performance.

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Developing Strategic Relationships Using Content Creation with James Carbary

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 05:48:00 -0600

James Carbary's podcast, B2B Growth, has been downloaded more than 3 million times and is a top-ranked podcast according to Forbes. He's the best-selling author of Content-Based Networking: How to Instantly Connect with Anyone You Want to Know, and he's been a contributor for Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider.

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Lessons from Extreme Adventurers with Amy Posey and Kevin Vallely

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 03:40:00 -0600

Amy Posey is a leadership facilitator, keynote speaker, and former CEO of The AIP Group, a leadership development firm that combines insights from the adventure, science, and business worlds for unique and effective leadership training. Kevin Vallely is a leadership facilitator and the Expedition Manager for The AIP Group. A world-class explorer and leadership mentor, he is a member of the elite Explorer’s Club and was honored as an Explorer’s Club Flag recipient for his expedition to the Northwest Passage in 2013. In 2009, he and two teammates broke the world record for the fastest unsupported trek to the Geographic South Pole. Together, they’ve written the recently released book, Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventurers.

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Break Away from the Cult of Efficiency with Celeste Headlee

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:47:00 -0600

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker, and author. In her 20-year career in public radio, she has been an executive producer and has anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for the PBS World Channel. Celeste’s TEDx Talk sharing 10 ways to have a better conversation has over 23 million total views to date. Celeste’s newest book, Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, has just been released.

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Your Personal Leadership Blueprint with Doug Conant

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 07:27:00 -0600

Douglas Conant is the CEO and Founder of ConantLeadership, a mission-driven community of leaders and learners who are championing leadership that works. He is the former CEO of Campbell Soup and former President of Nabisco, as well as author of the new book The Blueprint: 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights. He is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a top 50 leadership innovator, a top 100 leadership speaker, and a top 100 most influential author in the world. LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS - A good book needs to be aspirational and approachable. It needs to help the reader lift their sights while also still being touchable. - The key to becoming the leader you are meant to be is your life story. You need to learn how to access this and bring it to life. - Your leadership approach must be developed and implemented in a way that will fit into the culture where you are leading. - Forget perfection. Try. Learn. Iterate. - The best way to be a more effective leader in the world is self-examination and an understanding of yourself. - If you think you can do better, you typically will. - Look to learn lessons from what is going on around you in the world. - Be a student of leadership in a way that works for you and fits in your life. Create a rhythm and practice around it. To excel at the craft of leadership, you must be a student of the craft. - You already have the seeds of leadership contribution. Tap into these and lift your contributions to new heights. - The Blueprint’s six steps to getting unstuck: Step 1. Reach High/Envision Step 2. Dig Deep/Reflect Step 3. Lay the Groundwork/Study Step 4. Design/Plan Step 5. Build/Practice Step 6. Reinforce/Improve QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION – What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Meeting a counselor after being fired and learning the lesson of the importance of a “how can I help?” mentality. - Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Authentic, effective, and fulfilled. - What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? How can I help? - What book would you recommend to leaders? The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Reflect on your life story, harvest the lessons from that story, and bring them to life in your everyday actions. Your life story is your leadership story. - As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” “Why not?” It aligns with an abundance mentality. Website: https://conantleadership.com Find Doug on social media: Twitter: @DougConant Facebook: @ConantLeadership LinkedIn: in/DougConant

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Becoming Supermindful with Eliza Lay Ryan

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 06:19:00 -0600

Eliza Lay Ryan is the author of Supermindful: How to Tap into Your Creativity. She is also the founder of a business that shares the same name as her book. Her work promotes the cultivation of curiosity for more resilience, better collaborations, and more creativity. She has worked with leaders in neuroscience, business, and wellness to learn from the practices that actors use in their craft. Her goal is to use these findings so that anyone become more present, authentic, flexible, and empathetic in their own life.

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Discover Your Contribution to the World with Tom Rath

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:03:00 -0600

Tom Rath is an author and researcher who has spent the past two decades studying how work can improve human health and well-being. His 10 books have sold more than 10 million copies and have made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists. Tom was the Program Leader for the development of Clifton StrengthsFinder, which has helped millions uncover their talents. His book StrengthsFinder 2.0 is Amazon’s top selling non-fiction book of all time. Today’s interview focuses on Tom’s newest book, Life’s Great Question, which focuses on how you can use your individual style to contribute to teams and the lives of others, and how you can find the energy to be your best.

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The Trust Equation with John O’Grady

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 04:12:00 -0600

Col. John O’Grady is the founder and owner of O’Grady Leadership Consulting Services. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, where we also played NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse. During John’s military career, he served a year-long combat deployment where he trained and led a 500-person unit that earned the Presidential Unit Award for extraordinary performance and heroism. He has worked with U.S. Special Operations Forces on missions in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and he has served as a senior advisor to executive-level military leaders where he was relied upon to provide confidential, expert, advice on topics as diverse as culture, strategic direction, and managing fiscal and operational portfolios in excess of $14 Billion.

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Using People Data to Hire the Right People with Amber Hurdle

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:25:00 -0600

Amber Hurdle is the CEO of Amber Hurdle Consulting, a multi-award-winning talent optimization firm that pioneers using both science and marketing principles to strengthen customers’ brands from the inside out. She helps overcome costly business problems like ineffective recruiting, turnover, underperformance, declining morale and leadership gaps by clearly connecting her clients’ people strategy to their business strategy. Amber understands how to accelerate success. She is a teen mom turned powerhouse businesswoman who has worked with celebrities, executives and Fortune 100 companies. Amber loves uniting the power of personal, employer, and business brands.

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Excelling as a Recruiting Leader with Richard Milligan

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:04:00 -0600

Richard Milligan is an accomplished speaker, author, podcast host, strategist, and executive coach who started and runs 4C Recruiting. As a leader, Richard built 21 teams inside one industry across 15 years. Richard speaks at leadership events throughout the United States helping leaders understand how to become the best recruiting leader possible. His podcast, Recruiting Conversations, regularly tops the iTunes top 100 inside their Marketing category. He is the creator of the Recruiting Made Simple 12-week intensive coaching program that takes recruiting leaders through the process of building a personal recruiting system. Richard’s book, The Attractive Leader: Where Leading and Recruiting Overlap, lays out a simple plan for leaders who recruit to dominate their market, and it will be published in 2020.

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Lead in the Give First Economy with Kirby Hasseman

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 06:24:00 -0600

Kirby Hasseman is an entrepreneur, marketer and author. He is the owner of Hasseman Marketing, a full-service marketing agency, and Hasseman Properties. He has been named an influencer in the promo world and has just authored his fourth book called The Give First Economy.

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Next Generation Leadership with Adam Kingl

Josh Friedeman — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:30:00 -0600

Adam Kingl is a highly respected expert on leadership and culture, fulfilling organizational and personal purpose, and generational paradigms in the workplace. He has worked as the Regional Managing Director for Duke Corporate Education, leading the organization’s business in Europe, and advising clients on issues of adaptability, performance, creativity, and purpose. Before Duke, he was the Executive Director of Thought Leadership and Learning Solutions for London Business School. His new book, Next Generation Leadership: How to Ensure Young Talent Will Thrive with Your Organization just came out at the beginning of February.

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The New Mindset of Reputation Management with Bill Coletti

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:24:00 -0600

Bill Coletti is a reputation management, crisis communications, and professional development expert who founded a company called Kith to help other organizations in these areas. He is also a keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal Risk & Compliance panelist, and best-selling author of Critical Moments: The New Mindset of Reputation Management. He has more than 25 years of global experience managing high-stakes crises, issues management, and media relations challenges for both Fortune 500 companies and winning global political campaigns.

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In High-Stress Scenarios, Keep on Leading with Louis J. Fernandez

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 07:39:00 -0600

Louis Fernandez is a former Army officer who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division where he learned valuable leadership lessons (particularly related to high stress situations). After leaving the military, he joined a Fortune 100 company and led multiple teams that he oversaw to success. He is the author of Keep on Leading, a book focused on two things this podcast likes, which are learning and taking action. Now he’s looking to share the lessons he has learned to improve the American workplace.

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Take Your Customer Personally with Dave Gordon

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:22:00 -0600

Dave Gordon is an internationally recognized brand, marketing and communications expert. He is an inspirational leader, speaker and author with a mission to help people identify, communicate, and deliver their unique value to build stronger personal, team and corporate brands. Dave’s work has positively impacted teams, organizations and associations in countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. His new book "TIP: A Simple Strategy to Inspire High Performance and Lasting Success" came out on January 29th.

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Why You Need to Be a Content Creator with Mark Hodgson

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:46:00 -0600

Mark Hodgson helps motivated professionals to unlock their inner talents and create the successful and meaningful lives we all crave. He’s been a senior corporate leader in multiple countries and is a leading thinker in transformation and what it takes to thrive in complex times. A natural disruptor, he helps executives, entrepreneurs and business owners to build their personal brand and influence and is an expert in leading change. His first book, Time to Shine explains what we need to DO, BE and BUILD to show up as successful, fulfilled and authentic influencers. His second book, Second Half Hero, launches in 2020.

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The Young Nonprofit Leader with Rhea Wong

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 21:44:00 -0600

Rhea Wong has worked in the nonprofit sector for over fifteen years, twelve of them as an executive director. During her tenure as Executive Director of Breakthrough New York, she oversaw significant growth in the number of students served, in the staff, the budget and replication to three sites. She has become a leader in the New York educational community and is a frequent educational commentator in the media. She has been recognized with the SmartCEO Brava Award in 2015 and NY Nonprofit Media’s 40 under 40 in 2017. She is also the host of Nonprofit Lowdown, a podcast dedicated to the business of nonprofits.

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The New S.M.A.R.T. Model for Individuals with Paul Stretton-Stephens

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:34:00 -0600

Paul Stretton-Stephens is a mindset coach as well as a teacher, futurist, author, and speaker. He is a proud veteran and has for many years coached multiple sports and activities. He has travelled extensively and has lived abroad for some years, and he doesn’t let his visual impairment stifle his activities. He is happily married and lives in Devon, UK where he adores living by the sea.

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Create New Futures with Aviv Shahar

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:59:00 -0600

Aviv Shahar is founder and president of Aviv Consulting, a strategic innovation consultancy. He is also the author of the book Create New Futures: How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World Through Conversation and hosts the Creating New Futures podcast. He has spent time as a fighter pilot for the Israeli Air Force, where he learned lessons he still uses today. Now, Fortune 500 companies hire him to help their senior teams create purpose-inspired futures and innovative strategies that drive growth.

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The Power of Relationship Marketing with Ben Baker

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:35:00 -0600

Ben Baker has been helping his customers across North America communicate effectively for more than a quarter century. His believes that if your employees do not understand and live your mission, vision and values, your customers will never believe in them. He is the author of Powerful Personal Brands, facilitator of the How to Retain Employees Through Leadership workshop and course and host of the YourLIVINGBrand.live Show.

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Discover the Joy of Your Calling with Dr. Angie Ward

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:40:00 -0600

Angie Ward is a leader, teacher, writer, and pastor’s wife. She is an award-winning regular contributor to Christianity Today leadership publications and has served as a contributing editor and editorial advisor for Leadership Journal, Building Church Leaders, and Gifted for Leadership. She is also a highly regarded teacher and speaker, with classroom experience at Denver Seminary, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Trinity International University, and Lancaster Bible College. Her leadership experience includes roles in church, parachurch, nonprofit, and educational contexts. Angie’s latest book, I Am a Leader: When Women Discover the Joy of their Calling releases from NavPress in March 2020.

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Zero to CEO with Em Ducharme

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:11:00 -0600

Em Ducharme started Zero to CEO to provide business strategy for influencers and experts looking to monetize and scale their audience. Her work has been featured on major media outlets such as Forbes, ThriveGlobal, The Good Men Project and Business2Community. As a former corporate sales consultant for Fortune 500 companies and major corporations, Em helped to grow and scale businesses for the last ten years in hospitality, finances, entertainment, and e-learning. She's raised millions of dollars in investor funds for the companies that she worked for and personally was able to scale her own companies past multi 6-7 figure mark in a record-breaking time.

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The Stunning Alchemy of Solid Language with John Klymshyn

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:06:00 -0600

John Klymshyn has been the architect for growth for teams and individuals in the arenas of executive communication, inspirational language and practical skills ranging from sales mentality to thought processes. His focus is the power of language. He is either traveling the world speaking about Deeper Dialogue™, Moving Conversations Forward™, or Mindful Leadership™, OR coaching executives, writing, and podcasting, and he recently came out with his newest audiobook, Deeper Dialogues: Conversations That Inspire.

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The Key to Unplugged Fun with Devin Cowick and Don Wilson

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:27:00 -0600

Devin Cowick and Don Wilson co-founded their business “Code Pineapple,” where pineapple is the code word for unplugged fun. They help families with kids live a healthy, balanced life in the digital world through a four-part framework: screen habits, offline alternatives, self-esteem, and relationships. Together they have built Code Pineapple to be an award-winning publisher of multiple best-selling books and a leader in children's edu-tainment.

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The Customer Experience Edge with Shari Altergott

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 02:50:00 -0600

Shari Altergott has over 18 years of experience helping clients improve their Customers’ experience by implementing strategies that focus on people, product, process and feedback. During her career she has held several positions within Marketing, Business Development and Executive Leadership. She currently serves as the Chief Experience Officer at The CX Edge, a company that was created to serve the B2B community by developing and executing customer experience strategies that focus on client’s primary business objectives of increasing profitability by retaining and acquiring new business.

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Three Pillars for Success as an Entrepreneur with Debbie Morton

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:23:00 -0600

Debbie Morton has a passion to help others. It started when she had to restart her career at the age of 56. She had closed a home care business $100K in debt, and within months learned she and her husband’s entire million-dollar retirement savings was gone due to some bad investment choices. In a quest to begin a new career to avoid a 9-t0-5 job, she became an online marketer, a business coach and is currently a founding member and on the advisory board of the Young Entrepreneur Project that offers three pillars to help entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs succeed.

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Check Your Ego at the Door with Ryan Narus

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:36:00 -0600

Ryan Narus started his entrepreneurial journey with no money, no experience, no capital, and no network. And after studying psychology and statistics at Wake Forest University and receiving his MBA, he also had plenty of student loan debt. But he refused to quit. He sacrificed, took bold action, and found creative ways to make money while he started and scaled his business. Now he is a self-made real estate entrepreneur who owns and operates 10 Mobile Home Parks spanning over 1,200 units, and he is on a mission to help others.

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Habits for Happiness with JoAnna Brandi

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 06:10:00 -0600

JoAnna Brandi is a Certified Chief Happiness Officer, a Happiness Coach and specialist in creating Customer Happiness. She is the author of two books on customer loyalty as well as an illustrated gift book called "54 Ways to Stay Positive in a Changing, Challenging, and Sometimes Negative World." She works with companies who want to energize, elevate and empower their people to take "Exquisite CARE" of their customers and their employees as a strategy to create lifetime value and profitability. She’s been in business 29 years, has clients in all shapes, sizes, and kinds of companies.

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Inverted Leadership with Joel Hawbaker

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:54:00 -0600

Joel Hawbaker is a professional speaker, coach, teacher, and Amazon best-selling author with years of experience in a wide variety of leadership roles. He is blessed to be able to share much of what he has learned with audiences and clients, and he loves to engage them through storytelling and humor. He currently lives in his hometown of Anniston, Alabama, with his wife, his two daughters, and his two dogs Butterscotch and Bruiser.

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Change Your Business by Changing Your Thinking with Jarrod Haning

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 07:57:00 -0600

Jarrod Haning was a freelance musician who got tired of eeking out a living. He made three key changes that helped to double his income to $100,000 a year working 20 hours a week. This was a transformational move for him, and now he’s passionate about sharing how he made this transition because he believes it is the ticket to freeing up so many people in the business world. His clients have been able to double their income in the first year by using a Nobel Nominated process that teaches them how to think at a higher level. He believes that a breakthrough in your business will first happen as a breakthrough in your thinking.

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The Prosperous Leader with Jacob Engel

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:17:00 -0600

Jacob Engel started an organization called Yeda LLC that provides seminars and courses to entrepreneurs and business owners. His mission is to empower leaders and managers through giving them the knowledge to change and helping them implement the changes in their organizations. Before his current job, Jacob was the COO of a $200M family food and real estate enterprise. He is the author of two books: The Prosperous Leader: How Smart People Achieve Success and The Ten Commandments of Family Business Succession.

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Leading with Values First with Quint Studer

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:11:00 -0600

Quint Studer has led for decades in education, healthcare, and community development. He is an entrepreneur, a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and he co-owns a minor league baseball team in Pensacola, FL. His newest book, The Busy Leader’s Handbook: How to Lead People and Places that Thrive came out at the beginning of October.

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Discussion: Counteracting Contagious Culture Killers

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:28:00 -0600

Josh, Jake, and Taylor discuss Monday’s interview with Anese Cavanaugh and the responsibility and opportunity each person has to shape the culture around them. They discuss whether or not they are conscious about how they present themselves in their energy and influence, areas they feel like they can become a more self-aware leader, and the three “contagious culture killers” of busyness, gossip, and a lack of direct engagement. They also discuss how to both take care of yourself well and make sure you are showing up for others.

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Shaping Culture Through Your Intentional Energetic Presence® with Anese Cavanaugh

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:57:00 -0600

Anese Cavanaugh wants to help you bring your best self to the table in order to create significant positive impact in your life. She is the creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence) and an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world. She has written three books: Her first is called Contagious Culture, her second is The Leader You Will Be, and her third—which was released just last week—is called Contagious You: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want.

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Discussion: How to Build a Community That People Want to Join

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:05:00 -0600

Josh, Jonathan, and Thomas discuss Monday’s interview with Jono Bacon about the importance of communities f0r brands and organizations. Their discussion includes what brands do this well, whether or not they have been able to provide help within a brand’s community, and how capitalize on strengths and minimizing weaknesses when developing a community. They also discuss why organizations may shy away from attempt to build community and why they might develop it for the wrong reasons.

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Supercharge Your Organization Through Community with Jono Bacon

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:54:00 -0600

Jono Bacon is a leading community strategist, speaker, author, and podcaster. He founded his own consulting company and has served as Director of Community at multiple organizations. His clients include Huawei, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Sony Mobile, Deutsche Bank, and others. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed The Art of Community, a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, and founder of the Community Leadership Summit and Open Collaboration Conferences. He has also written a new book entitled People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams, which is being released November 12th.

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Discussion: Managing Stress and Learning from Mistakes

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:37:00 -0600

Josh, Jake, and Molly discuss Monday’s interview with Dr. Thad Hicks about leadership in Emergency and Disaster Response settings. Their discussion includes the value of experiential education, whether a grizzly or shark would win in a fight, the balance between make a quick decision and an informed decision, how EDR leaders learn from their mistakes, and why others do not do as good of a job at learning from their mistakes. They also discuss how to prepare others to handle higher-stress situations.

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Leading in Emergency & Disaster Scenarios with Thad Hicks

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 06:46:00 -0600

Dr. Thad Hicks is the Director of the Emergency and Disaster Management program at Ohio Christian University. He has served as the Director of Emergency Disaster Services at The Salvation Army along the U.S. Gulf Coast, where he was responsible for all Salvation Army emergency and disaster relief operations in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Dr. Hicks continues his relationship with them as a trainer and consultant, allowing for an abundance of real-world experiences for students at OCU with one of the world’s largest non-profit organizations active in emergency and disaster work. He currently sits on the editorial Board for The Journal of Emergency Management, a top tier academic journal in the emergency management field.

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Discussion: Gathering the Right People to Handle Complexity

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:02:00 -0600

Josh, Cody, and Michelle talk about Monday’s interview with David Komlos and David Benjamin, who recently wrote a new book, Cracking Complexity. Their discussion includes the difference between what is complex versus what is complicated (and which they tend to deal with more), whether they prefer things that are complicated or things that are complex, and some of the details related to getting enough people together (requisite variety) to solve complex problems. They also discuss the three iterations of the complexity formula and which they would be best at.

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The Complexity Formula – Solving Problems Faster with David Komlos and David Benjamin

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:14:00 -0600

David Komlos is CEO of Syntegrity, a consulting firm that specializes in applying the Complexity Formula in organizations. David has done this in some of the most interesting and high-stakes situations in the world, including inside Fortune 15 boardrooms, with international aid, in content creation in sports and entertainment, and in improving access to life-saving products.

David Benjamin co-founded Syntegrity and is the chief architect behind the organization’s implementation of the Complexity formula outlined in today’s book. David advises Fortune 500 companies and government leaders on how to organize for complexity. Together, they are the authors of Cracking Complexity: The Breakthrough Formula for Solving Just About Anything Fast.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Complexity is uncertainty, unscientific, has a high human element, and is often uncharted territory.
Complicated things are usually linear, have a blueprint, and can be easily handled by experts.
Requisite variety is the "necessary and sufficient mix of people" who have enough knowledge, expertise, etc. to work together to resolve the complex challenge.
Requisite variety iS comprised of those in and around the organization.
The Law of Requisite Variety: Only variety can destroy variety. A complex situation requires a variety of expertise and insight to match it.
Consider who you need to add to your team to have the necessary voices and insights to handle complexity. Sometimes this includes adding those whose buy-in you need.
There are no experts in the particular complex issues we encounter in life. This is why a community of individuals is important.
When handling complexity together, set up a system for people to interact methodically with each other.
Three iterations: 1. Issues, opportunities, challenges, griping, telling stories; 2. True ideation, reflecting on issues and what was said; 3. Pulling together a set of finite recommendations.
Requisite variety will by definition leave out others. Communicate with the whole organization before and after for all to understand the process and decisions that were made.
When dealing with complexity, believe that you have the right answers. You are the ones who can bring the context, not the experts.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? David K.: Only variety absorbs/can destroy variety. David B.: People in the world are good. There are exceptions, but people have good intentions and meaning.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” David K.: Self-aware, a servant, and determined. David B.: A strong listener, an enabler, and self-deprecating.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? David B: Is this a complex problem or a complicated problem?
What book would you recommend to leaders? David B.: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin; David K: Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore and Good to Great by Jim Collins.
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? David K: Take a step back when you're facing a challenge and articulate what you're trying to solve, then ask a really good question that captures the nature of the problem; David B.: Next time you're in a meeting and feel like you know the answer, sit back and be a critic rather than rushing to give your answer.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both Davids: "Why?" as a way to understand the world.

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Discussion: Building Trust on Your Team

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:42:00 -0600

Josh, Bryce, Elijah talk about Monday’s interview with Liza Looser. Their discussion includes what leaders they’ve known have done to form strong bonds, how we as leaders can build that trust, and the value of branding when it comes to who we choose to have in our lives.

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Branding in Leadership with Liza Looser

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:26:00 -0600

Liza Looser is the founder and CEO of The Cirlot Agency, a global brand strategy, integrated communications, and business development firm specializing in public relations, creative development and media strategy. Over the past 35 years, the firm has grown to represent both private and public companies on a national and international basis. It has also become known as one of the top three aerospace defense communications agencies in the nation. Liza has degrees from Mississippi University for Women and Harvard Business School, and she is the Chairman of the Board of the Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Mississippi.

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Discussion: Saving Time and Finding Your Zone of Genius

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:38:00 -0600

Josh, Parker, and Michelle discuss Monday’s interview with Melisa Celikel. The discussion includes their favorite time-saving tips and tools, how they’ve handled burnout, their experiences with leaders who are more or less organized, and which type of person they are. They also discuss the importance of remaining flexible and open to change in leadership and what their Zone of Genius is.

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Level Up Your Leadership by Getting Organized with Melisa Celikel

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:47:00 -0600

Melisa Celikel consulted in the employee relations space for five years at several Forbes 500 companies including Roche, Abbott, and GE. She has spent the last 2 years consulting for small businesses with her company called Let’s Get You Organized. She is a master of productivity, time management, and process improvement, and she has a knack for digging deep with leadership teams to find their zone of genius, hone in on their mission & vision, set goals strategically, and discover the needle movers to increase their profitability. As a business owner herself, she understands the brain of a Founder and can speak directly to their pain points.

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Discussion: Know Your Role and Your Priority

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 05:06:00 -0600

Josh, Jake, and Maria discuss Monday's interview with JJ Sutherland on the Scrum process. Their discussion includes where they naturally seem themselves in the three roles (Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Team Member), how conflict resolution would work within the system, how Scrum-like feedback loops naturally arise in our interactions, and the important of having - and finding - a single priority (as opposed to multiple "priorities"). They also discuss the dynamics of cooperation and competition on teams.

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Scrum: The Art of Getting Things Done with JJ Sutherland

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:48:00 -0600

JJ Sutherland is the CEO of Scrum Inc., a consulting and training firm that uses Scrum to rapidly deliver results in companies across the globe. He is the author of The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future and coauthor of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, written with his father, Jeff Sutherland, the co-creator of Scrum. Previously, he was an award-winning Correspondent, Producer, and Baghdad Bureau Chief for NPR. He covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, and the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami in Japan. He has won Dupont, Peabody, Edward R. Murrow and Lowell Thomas awards for his work.

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Discussion: Preparation + Opportunity = Success

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 05:22:00 -0600

Josh, Elijah, and Issac discuss Monday's interview with Dr. David Pittman, director of the Engineer Research and Development Center at the US Army Corps of Engineers. The talk about the differentiation between formal authority and moral authority, the relationship between leading and teaching, and how they approach preparation and opportunity-seeking in their own lives.

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Formal Authority Vs. Moral Authority with David Pittman

Josh Friedeman — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:35:00 -0600

Dr. David Pittman is the Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (more commonly known as ERDC). As Director, he manages one of the most diverse research organizations in the world – seven laboratories located in four states, with more than 2,100 employees, $1.2 billion in facilities, and a $1 billion annual program. The center’s research and development supports the Department of Defense and other agencies in military and civilian projects. Dr. Pittman is also the Director of Research and Development and Chief Scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In that role, he is responsible for creating policy and performing strategic planning, direction and oversight of research & development for the Corps’ Military and Civil Works programs and for the Warfighter. He advises the Chief of Engineers on matters of science and technology and sets conditions for success in all science and technology conducted in the Corps.

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Next-Level Questions and Helping People Own Their Decisions

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 19:10:00 -0600

Josh, Bryce, and Jake discuss Monday’s interview with Oscar Trimboli on the five levels of deep listening. Their discussion includes whether or not they listen well, some of the difficulties of deep listening, why we do not always ask the deeper level of questions, and what level of listening we use the most. They also discuss Oscar’s point about the emphasis on using speaking to influence in the 20th century versus the need for listening as leaders in the 21st century.

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Listening to Help Others Understand Themselves with Oscar Trimboli

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:37:00 -0600

Oscar Trimboli is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners in the world. He Sydney, Australia and is an author, host of the Apple Award winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He has been a marketing director at Vodafone and Microsoft, and he is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change in homes, workplaces around the world. Through his work with boards of directors and executive teams in organizations around the world, Oscar has experienced firsthand the transformational impact leaders and organizations can have when they listen beyond the words. He consults organizations including Cisco, Google, HSBC, News Corp, PayPal, and TripAdvisor helping executives and their teams listen to what’s unsaid by the customers and employees.

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Discussion: What Your Followers Think About You

Josh Friedeman — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 03:07:00 -0600

Josh, Cody, and Molly talk about Monday’s interview with the teachers at the Paramount Schools Network (AKA the leadership reflection episode). Their discussion includes how your followers might describe your leadership, what you would want them to say, the weight we place on character and competence in our own leadership, and how to handle high expectations for volunteers. They also pose this question: Do you know where your followers want to go both personally and professionally? If you know this and can get them to those points, you will be able to have incredible influence in the lives of others.

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Educational Leadership: The Teachers’ Perspective

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:10:00 -0600

The Paramount Schools are a three-school network with over 900 students in Indianapolis. These schools exist to inspire learning through an unparalleled academic approach and to transform communities by changing lives. Today we’re talking about the different that leadership can make in an educational context.

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Discussion: Building and Maintaining Your Team

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:55:00 -0600

Josh, Cody, and Molly talk about Monday's interview with the leadership team from the Paramount Schools. Their discussion includes their own interview experiences (whether they focused on character like Paramount does or competence like others popularly do), traits to look for when developing your own team, what it takes to be coachable, and how to develop people without overwhelming them. They also discuss the relationship between charisma and substance. Substance is something the Paramount leadership team preferred significantly over charisma.

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Josh Friedeman — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:54:00 -0600

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Peter Kerr started his own leadership consulting company that provides world-class training for media engagement, public relations, crisis planning, public speaking and leadership improvement. He has worked with nearly every large national and international media outlet and was responsible for media relations in Washington D.C. during the 2004 Ronald Reagan state funeral and served as the Chief Media Liaison Officer for all Outdoor Games in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. He led the media training team at the Pentagon for two years and has media trained hundreds of leaders including White House officials, politicians, military generals, CEOs, communications directors, and non-profit leaders. He has traveled to more than 50 countries on six continents and speaks multiple languages.

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Discussion: Leading Where It Matters Most

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:07:00 -0600

Josh, Elijah, and Thomas talk about Monday’s interview with Dr. Peter Kerr. Their discussion includes how leaders should balance a public presence while still being able to focus on their leadership where it matters most, the value of thinking of organizations as a collections of silos that leaders must exist beyond, and the importance of equipping yourself with new “tools” for leadership. They also discuss their strengths when it comes to “the ABCs of Communication” and some of the keys for networking effectively.

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Josh Friedeman — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:59:00 -0600

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Doug Hershberger is the founder of Hershberger Health and Performance in Sarasota, FL, where his mission is to spread evidence-based knowledge and improve the lives of others. In his late teen years, Doug lost nearly 100 pounds after dealing with obesity as a child. He discovered that health and fitness were not only a matter of the physical but also the mental, emotional, social, and even the spiritual sides of life. Doug now holds a master’s degree in Kinesiology and has certifications in weightlifting, strength and conditioning, and nutrition. His evidence-based understanding of physical health and athletic performance stems from the belief that no person deserves to be deceived—especially when it comes to how to treat their own body.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Become stronger by doing something that's (a) difficult but (b) not stupid
Health comes first; Performance second.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? "Little often and over the long haul" is the key to success.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Self-aware, emotionally agile, and outcome-focused.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? "Why do I think that?" "What can I learn from this experience?" "How should I respond (or should I)?"
What book would you recommend to leaders? "Daring Greatly," Brene Brown and "So Good They Can't Ignore You," Cal Newport
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Take 10 minutes each day and do nothing--just sit, breath, or take a walk.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” "Why?" Always be asking “why?” and after you've answered "why?" ask "why?" again.

CONNECT WITH DOUG

Instagram: @sarasotafit
Medium: @doughershberger

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Instagram: @joshuafriedeman
Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Discussion: Can Everyone Win in an Organization?

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 18:04:00 -0600

Josh, Cody, Elijah, and Molly discuss Monday's interview with Lizzy Engele, the co-founder of MakerGirl. The discussion focuses on real-life implications of Lizzy's principle of "everybody wins," how to identify priorities for our life and leadership, how we can create a system where mentorship is prioritized, how to handle conflict, and the importance of being enthusiastic about learning.

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Promoting STEM Education for Young Girls with Lizzy Engele

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 05:10:00 -0600

Lizzy Engele is an activist, creative, and life-long learner in the corporate and social impact communities. She is the co-founder and executive director of MakerGirl, a 501c3 that has educated over 3K girls in STEM, and she uses her nonprofit knowledge at LinkedIn as a Nonprofit Account Executive. She is a member of Park Community Church where she serves in the children's ministry, and she also enjoys staying active and baking. Her passion for technology stems from how she's witnessed its capability to bring people together for economic opportunity as well as building and supporting visionary companies. LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS - Be as focused on your volunteers/followers as those you are serving. Become interested in their success. - You make time for what is a priority for you. - Drive forward your product or program from your own personal motivations. - "Everybody wins... In order for an organization to succeed, every individual person has to succeed on their own level." - "Anything can be resolved through communication." This can be as simple as a quick phone if made soon after a problem surfaces. - "Just do it..." Ask yourself, "How can I get started tomorrow?" ABOUT MakerGirl - Educates 7-10 year-old girls in STEM. - Offers 1.5 hour sessions focused on 3D printing. - Wants to reach 10,000 girls by 2023 (see links to donate or join the MakerGirl community below). QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION - What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? "Do one thing every day that scares you." - Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Flexible, humble, and hard working. - What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? "What were my wins and my failures, and what were my team's wins and my team's failures this week?" - What book would you recommend to leaders? Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Reflect on your personal wins and what you wish you would have done differently in order to be more effective and to be aware of your strengths and weaknesses in order to better serve the people around you. - As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Why not. It makes you look at the world through the lens of possibility. Website: https://makergirl.us/ Share MakerGirl's story here. | Donate to MakerGirl here. | Connect with elizabeth@makergirl.us if you'd like to be on their $50K fundraiser planning committee in the Fall or host your own MakerGirl fundraiser! Find MakerGirl on social media: Twitter: @_makergirl Instagram: @_makergirl Music credits:DJ Quads | Cruise Around | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/cruise-aroundDJ Quads | Smile | https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/smileDJ Quads | It Just Makes Me Happy | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/it-just-makes-me-happy

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Discussion: Are You a Leader Worth Following?

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:48:00 -0600

Josh, Bevelynne, Creed, and Elijah talk about Monday's interview with Jackie Nourse. The discussion goes into the importance of leading others with mission and the role of passion in mission (hint: passion should be based on commitment and goals rather than feeling and emotion). They also talk about how - as a leader - to think about group experiences and how to make the most of these shared experiences. Finally, the discuss the difficult question, "Am I worth following?"

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Taking a Leap and Bringing Others With You with Jackie Nourse

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:11:00 -0600

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Jackie Nourse is the host of the international hit podcast JUMP with Traveling Jackie, and she is the founder of The Budget-Minded Traveler, an award-winning blog and community designed to encourage and equip US-Americans to travel overseas. She also hosts adventure trips and retreats for her audience, leads mentorship programs for women, and blogs about adventure travel and lifestyle at TravelingJackie.com. She is a four-time study abroad alum, a linguist (with five languages and counting), and a serial expat. Her work has been featured by Self, Business Insider, Forbes, and more.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Nearly everything in your life has come from a decision you have made
People largely underestimate their own resourcefulness
Life is what you make it. Do you even know what you want?
As you grow, be aware that your passions and work may need to expand as well
Invite people to join you in a common mission

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Do what's right, not what's easy
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” 1. Willing to serve 2. Sees a need and meets it 3. Believes in what they're doing.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? "Am I worth following?"
What book would you recommend to leaders? Essentialism by Greg McKeown and Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Don't be wishy-washy in your decisions. Make a decision and stand behind it.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Both of them! We have to be asking it means you're not just taking everything at face value. Ask all the questions!

Final word: Make sure you are being authentic and are standing behind your actions and beliefs, even when you're standing alone.

CONNECT WITH JACKIE:

Twitter: @travelingjackie
Instagram: @travelingjackie
Website: www.thebudgetmindedtraveler.com
Website: www.travelingjackie.com

CONNECT WITH JOSH

Instagram: @joshuafriedeman
Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Discussion: Connecting Your Networks and Planning vs. Implementing

Josh Friedeman — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:04:00 -0600

Josh, Cody, Kelsey, and Michelle talk about Monday's interview with Samuel Bolen of the Jackson Leadership Foundation. They discuss the importance of using your unique position to connect your network, how to plan well before implementing the plan, what makes a leader worth following, and finding the balance between planning and implementation.

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Empowering Leaders to Change Their City with Samuel Bolen

Josh Friedeman — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:01:00 -0600

The Jackson Leadership Foundation focuses on empowering leaders through capacity-building services including coaching, training, office support, networking, and other key areas important for leadership growth. The goal is to transform the city of Jackson, Mississippi. The Jackson Leadership foundation is a part of a larger network of Leadership Foundations across the world.

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Discussion: Inspiring Others, Competing Well, and Focusing on Purpose

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:56:00 -0600

Josh, Thomas, Parker, and Maria talk about the second interview with CEO and ultramarathoner Greg Nance's experience with the World Marathon Challenge and many other challenges of his. The conversation ranges from how to use your life to inspire others, centering your actions around your purpose in life, how to be a good competitor, and the importance of being proactive instead of reactive.

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Pt. 2: The World Marathon Challenge and Other Adventures with Greg Nance

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 05:40:00 -0600

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Greg Nance is working to expand education access. Greg is the CEO of Dyad.com, which is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27M in scholarships. He is also the Chairman of Moneythink, a nonprofit providing teens in 30 cities with financial capability mentorship to boost college success. His work has been recognized by President Obama, Harvard Business Review, and the World Economic Forum. Greg has been a Gates Scholar at Cambridge University and a Truman Scholar at UChicago. Greg loves endurance challenges and has solo climbed Mont Blanc, swam across the Nile River, and run 250KM through the Gobi Desert. He recently completed the World Marathon Challenge where he ran 7 Marathons in 7 Days on 7 Continents to help at-risk students overcome the financial barriers to college.

The main drive behind the challenges Greg takes on: "I want to push past my limits and reach new levels of human performance."

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Everyone of us is capable of so much more than we are currently doing. So much of it is risking failure and taking on challenges that scare us.
Sometimes you go from feeling great to feeling terrible. In these moments, you have to make the mental shift to just taking the next, smallest possible step or milestone.
"Turn obstacles into opportunities"
Share your journey your ups and downs. You'll find people who will support you along the way. And be sure to find ways to give back and support others as well.
So often in life we are inundated by media and busyness and don't take the time to reflect and think. Find what works for you (even if it's not ultramarathons!) to get a block of thinking, analysis, and planning time.
Invest in the right gear. It's the right gear + the right equipment that will get you to your goal.
"The separation is in the preparation. You've gotta put in the work to make it possible."
To get yourself in position to take advantage of opportunities in life, get started where you are today.
Say "yes" until you can't.
"Follow your smile" to figure out what interests and excites you. Life is so much fun when you're living it to your fullest and when your pushing yourself to become a better version of yourself each and every day.
ABOUT GREG'S EXPERIENCE ON THE WORLD MARATHON CHALLENGE
Seven marathons in seven days on seven continents.
Only 104 people had ever completed the challenge (563 have been to outer space, 4500 have climbed Mt. Everest).
This challenge was used to raise money and awareness for Moneythink and to encourage kids to push past their challenges and obstacles.
Greg pushed through despite getting a fever after the first day.
Greg received encouragement and got helpful techniques from fellow runners as well as a flood of drawings from kids who were following his race.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

You like Brook’s running shoes and Clif Bars—what is another brand that you would say you share similar values with? Wentworth. They are about "taking the leap" and "independence is a journey." Using these mottos, we can do a lot to prepare ourselves.
What’s the main excuse you see people making for why they can’t do something (and why they’re probably wrong)? "I don't have time." Be honest with yourself it's just not a priority. If you want something to work, you need to make it a priority.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A good adventure is…” Challenging, exciting, and shared.
What tip would you give people to help them overcome limiting mindsets? Get started. Once you get started, you build momentum and realize that your goal is possible.
What is one site or scene you think everyone should take the opportunity to see? Mt. Rainier an incredible stratovolcano that's fully glaciated.

CONNECT WITH GREG

Instagram: @gregrunsfar
Website: www.dyad.com
Website: www.moneythink.org

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Instagram: @joshuafriedeman
Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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Discussion: Using Your Strengths to Lead and Identifying Ways to Grow

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 06:12:00 -0600

Josh, Maria, Thomas, and Parker discuss Monday's interview with CEO and ultramarathoner Greg Nance about his work with his business, Dyad.com and his nonprofit, Moneythink. The conversation goes from what your strengths are as a leader, how to select a team to complement your own abilities, identifying key points in your life connected to what you are passionate about today. They also talk about ways they find are and much more.

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Pt. 1: Building Organizations to Expand Education Access with Greg Nance

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:11:00 -0600

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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

"Best team wins" put together the best group of people to make a BIG impact!
Obsessed with doing the best they can for their clients. Try to get the best of these on board with the organization.
Be intentional about your leadership pipeline by challenging people to "level up."
Start before you feel ready.
Titles are dramatically overrated.
Focus on developing your talent daily.
Surround yourself with people who have a similar conception of personal growth.
"Luck surface area" give yourself chances to make amazing connections with the people around you!
The cost of failure is learning. Take the leap and be prepared to learn.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? "Best team wins" build the best teams and join the best teams you can, and you'll go far.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is… ”Determined, mission-driven, and self-sacrificing.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? "How can I help?"
What book would you recommend to leaders? How Will You Measure Your Life? Clayton Christensen
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Build a morning routine that allows you to accomplish something of meaning and building momentum for the day.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” "Why not?" and then go for it!

CONNECT WITH GREG

Instagram: @gregrunsfar
Website: www.dyad.com
Website: www.moneythink.org

CONNECT WITH JOSH

Instagram: @joshuafriedeman
Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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DJ Quads | Smile | https://soundcloud.com/akadjquads/smile
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Discussion: Optimizing Teams and the Importance of Passion and Purpose

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 05:29:00 -0600

Josh, Bevelynne, Maria, and Jake talk about Monday's interview with Brian Tibbs, CEO at Ardeo Global. They discuss how to guide teams toward more effective work and how to foster trust. They also talk about Brian's thoughts on Millennials' drive - the importance of objectives, tools, training, value alignment. Are Millennials different in this than other generations? Finally, they discuss the importance of passion and purpose and how they relate to each other.

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Transforming Lives Through Cross-Cultural Teams with Brian Tibbs

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:05:00 -0600

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Brian Tibbs is the CEO at Ardeo Global. Ardeo Global is a Christian nonprofit whose primary goal is to make disciples who make disciples. They do this by sending missionary teams around the world to plant new churches. Since starting the organization, they’ve sent 360 longterm missionaries to more than 10 countries, planted 94 new churches, and led tens of thousands of people to become followers of Christ. Brian lives with his wife Jill and three kids in Quito, Ecuador.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

The goal of a 40/40 teammate should be to work yourself out of a job by preparing others for leadership.
Objective, tools, training, and purpose create an effective recipe for success with young people
Communal living leads to quickened maturity and preparation for for future relationships.
Young people (20s30s) are much more moldable for leadership because they tend not to bring preconceived notions.
Teams heavily weighted toward one gender tend to result in communities weighted toward that gender.
It is easier to handle team conflict when you assume the teammate does not have bad intentions
Three key leadership characteristics: Loyalty, quality of spirit, and capacity/ability, with a heavy preference for the first two.
Loyalty means fighting hard internally when there are decisions to be made but standing together externally, after a decision has been made.

ABOUT ARDEO GLOBAL

Name is Latin and means burning/passion.
Teams are created by matching five young people from the country where the church is being planted with five young people from other countries.
In a matter of two years, Ardeo Global is able to develop dedicated, skilled leaders for the future.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Keep yourself grounded both spiritually and practically.
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Tough, intuitive, and visionary
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? Are we working in the right place?
What book would you recommend to leaders? Good to Great (Jim Collins) and Heavenly Man (Brother Yun)
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? Don’t conform. Just like Romans 12:12 says, “Let your mind be renewed…” Don’t accept the current reality. Push the envelope. Think bigger. Challenge yourself. Always strive for improvement… There’s always room for improvement.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Why not? We focus on our why, but as leaders we need to accept risk and reach higher.

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Instagram: @ardeoglobal
Website: www.ardeo.org
Email: info@ardeo.org

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Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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DJ Quads | Cruise Around | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/akadjquads/cruisearound
DJ Quads | Smile | https://soundcloud.com/akadjquads/smile
DJ Quads | It Just Makes Me Happy | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/akadjquads/itjustmakesmehappy

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Discussion: Stacking Talents, Growing With Your Organization, and The Abilene Paradox

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:19:00 -0600

Josh, Anna-Maria, Austen, and Michelle discuss Monday’s interview with Wes Griffin, president and CEO at the International Leadership Institute. They discuss how different experiences in their lives worked together in unexpected ways, the difficulty of measuring outcomes (especially in small organizations and small group settings), and how to grow along with your organization or your team.

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Leading an Alumni-Driven Organization with Wes Griffin

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 05:13:00 -0600

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Dr. Wes Griffin serves as President and CEO at the International Leadership Institute (ILI). ILI is a global organization dedicated to equipping leaders to accelerate the spread of the Gospel. They’re a great example of how to effectively produce leaders that produce leaders. Their training is centered around eight key principles: 1. Intimacy with God, 2. Passion for the harvest, 3. Visionary leadership, 4. Culturally relevant evangelism, 5. Multiplication of leaders, 6. Family priority, 7. Faithful stewardship, and 8. Integrity. From its beginning in 1998 till today, ILI has more than a quarter-million alumni and are working to have alumni in 100 nations by the year 2020. Wes has some great insight to share with us today, so let’s get started with the interview.

Leadership insights

Leadership affects everything else.
Leaders need to care about results. Stories are not good enough for measurement—data is important.
Leaders should be open to insight from independent sources
The leader you are this year will not be adequate to lead in the future if you do not grow
Always keep asking why—why is more important than how (though how is also very important)

Questions to inspire us to action:

What is some lesson, saying, or experience that continues to influence your leadership to this day? Hope is not a strategy. We’re people of faith, but we need to take our faith and develop strategic plans so that true strategy can accomplish
Use three descriptors to finish this sentence: “A leader is…” Visionary, resilient, and relentless.
What is a question that leaders should be asking either themselves or others? What did I learn today?
What book would you recommend to leaders? My Utmost for His Highest—Oswald Chambers
If you could get every listener to start doing something THIS week to help them be a better leader, what would it be? I would solve one key issue that is holding your organization back.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask “why?” or “why not?” Why. One of my leadership principles is to know why you are doing something. If you know the “why,” then you know what your motivation is. You know what the needs is that you're trying to see achieved, and you know why you’re asking them to get involved and to even sacrifice and be committed so that the world can be different.

Connect with ILI:

Twitter: @ILI_Team
Instagram: @ILITEAM
Website: https://iliteam.org
Email: iliteam@iliteam.org

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Instagram: @joshuafriedeman
Email: josh@friedemanleadership.com

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DJ Quads | Cruise Around | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/cruise-aroundDJ Quads | Smile | https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/smile
DJ Quads | It Just Makes Me Happy | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/it-just-makes-me-happyThe International Leadership Institute has trained over 250,000 leaders.

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Discussion: Mentorship, Personality Assessments, and Leading “When it Doesn’t Make Sense”

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 06:01:00 -0600

Josh, Kelsey, Jake, and Jonathan discuss Monday's interview with Phil Darke, president at Providence World. They discuss their experiences with mentorship, what it means that “leadership doesn’t always make sense,” when to delegate, and their thoughts on personality assessments (mainly, the enneagram).

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Excellence in Leadership and Orphan Care with Phil Darke

Josh Friedeman — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 07:15:00 -0600

Phil Darke, president at Providence World, shares his leadership insight on mentorship, excellence, learning, and cross-cultural leadership. Phil also shares about La Providencia, Providence World's incubator model for family-based orphan care.

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Discussion: Servant Leadership Discussion and Takeaways

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 20:00:00 -0600

Josh, Anna-Maria, Elijah, Tubby talk about their thoughts on the interview with Dr. Kathleen Patterson, servant leadership expert. They discuss some of they insights they found most interesting and point out what they think are contemporary examples of servant leadership.

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Servant Leadership is for the Brave with Kathleen Patterson

Josh Friedeman — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:35:00 -0600

Dr. Kathleen Patterson serves as a professor at Regent University, and she is the Director of their Doctor of Strategic Leadership program. She is a noted expert on servant leadership and has coordinated annual Servant Leadership Roundtables in the United States as well as three Global Roundtables in the Netherlands, Australia, and Iceland. She has been involved in a number of consulting projects nationally and abroad and sits on the board of directors for the Larry C. Spears Center for Servant Leadership, Care Net, and Millennials for Marriage.

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS

Dr. Patterson shares about her path to studying and developing the theory of servant leadership.
She discusses what servant leadership is and is not as well as how it is possible to lead more effectively as a servant.
She shares some practical tips on what it looks like to serve as a leader - including how to fire people as servant leader!
Unlike transformational leadership, which is focused on the organization, servant leadership is focused on the follower.
Servant leadership is often misunderstood, but at its core it is focused on helping followers to develop into better human beings.

QUESTIONS TO INSPIRE US TO ACTION:

An experience that continues to influence Dr. Patterson's leadership to this day: The men and women who were kind and gracious and opened doors when they didn't have to.
A leader is: Loving, humble, and serving.
A question leaders should be asking themselves: Do I reflect Jesus Christ?
Book recommendations for leaders: In the Name of Jesus (Henri Nouwen) and The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom).
A habit to start THIS week to be a better leader: Pray for your followers. If you invest in them in prayer, it will change everything.
As a general life principle, is it better to ask "why?" o "why not?": Why not? Sometimes we ask "why me? Why did this happen to me?" Well, why not you?

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Music credits:

DJ Quads | Cruise Around | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/cruise-around
DJ Quads | Smile | https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/smile
DJ Quads | It Just Makes Me Happy | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/it-just-makes-me-happy

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The Life as Leadership Podcast Intro

Josh Friedeman — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:24:00 -0600

This introductory episode of the Life as Leadership podcast gives you a preview of what's to come, including why this podcast exists, what it's about, and what you can expect each week.

Highlights: There are opportunities in nearly every situation in life to lead. There are three questions each of us is faced with:

Are you able to see these opportunities to lead?
Are you prepared to lead?
Will you actually step up and take action?

This podcast is meant to give you access to lessons and insights from great leaders and to connect you with a community of leaders as a way to encourage and motivate you on your path toward becoming a better leader - to be a place where leaders gather to grow together.

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DJ Quads | Cruise Around | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/cruise-around
DJ Quads | It Just Makes Me Happy | Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/it-just-makes-me-happy

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