Leaders Fireside Chat

In this recurring series, co-hosts provide bite-sized nuggets to the questions that are resonating for today's manager. This Q&A session features insight on inclusion, performance appraisals, and presenting confidently.

In this episode, co-hosts Chin and Dan share insight on how managers can facilitate meetings their team members appreciate attending.

Co-hosts debate the premise in the title, single generational teams versus multi-generational teams. They provide two distinctive approaches to help today's manager expand their view and approach on leading any type of team.

How is it possible to see ugly behavior has a gift? Answering this question is the focus of this episode, where co-hosts Chin & Dr. Dan encourage today's manager to expand their perspective about all behavior to increase their effectiveness as a leader.

The sixth case scenario in the recurring series where co-hosts provide insight on how they would coach the featured manger. In today's case, Harry needs guidance on maintaining his new team's performance in the midst of the pandemic's lockdown.

Co-hosts Dr. Dan and Chin review an article published by the Center of Creative Leadership, which provides insight to today's manager on how to collaborate within their organizations, as well as outside of their organizations.

In this recurring series, co-hosts Chin and Dr. Dan have fun with challenging each other on providing leadership wisdom when presented with a word by the other. Words are unknown, so the leadership wisdom is given in the moment.

An insightful conversation about being intentional on evoking positive anticipation within their team members.

This is the recurring series where co-hosts share inspirational quotes, and now proverbs. In this episode, co-hosts glean leadership wisdom from African proverbs.

An insightful discussion on how today's manager can secure true buy-in from their team members by taking the time to discover, understand, and respect the preferences of each member of their team.

Chin and Dan have an open conversation about the present US protests against racisim and how it is necessary for leaders to be intentional in ensuring racism doesn't exist within their organizations.

In this episode, co-hosts provide a simple and profound reminder to today's manager leading teams, to adopt a growth mindset forever.

This is a recurring series where today's manager's pressing questions about leading their teams are answered. In this episode, leading without authority, effective knowledge transfer, and breaking the chain of command are discussed.

In this discussion, co-hosts Dan and Chin provide insight on how leaders can ensure their team members are productive while working remotely on in the office.

In this recurring series, where co-hosts provides high-level coaching insight to Shanna, the leader featured in the case study. She is seeking support on whether she should leave her company to work for one that has a high-performing culture.

An insightful conversation that provides guidance to today's manager on intentionally using the "right side" of pride as a path to developing an inspired team.

In this episode, the co-hosts discuss the March 2020 TD magzine article "Get In A Leadership State of Mind: Understand the neuroscience behind effective leadership development" by Ryan Gottfredson.

In this insightful episode, co-hosts, Dan and Chin, share with leaders the importance of developing the skill of "civil discourse" with each member of their team.

In this recurring episode series, where co-hosts present quotes on a particular topic and discuss the insight within the quote to help today's manager elevate their leadership. This episode focuses on trust.

A conversation about the current world crisis and the behaviors that leaders are encouraged to exhibit to be effective.

In this episode, the co-hosts, Dan and Chin, challenge you to hold yourself to a higher standard as leaders ethically, morally, legally, as well as how you relate to others.

In this episode, gain insight on how you, as a leader may be impacting your team's behavior in unintentional ways.

This is a recurring episode where the co-hosts answers questions that are on the mind of today's manager, they respond to questions about inspiring teams to be creative, choosing the best candidate, and leading friends.

This episode will inspire you to discover your unique superpowers and be intentional in utilizing them as you lead.

In this episode, co-hosts make a compelling case for today's leaders to begin to own the process of developing a succession plan.

In this lively reoccuring segment where co-hosts passionately defend their positions to provide today's leader an expanded perspective about trending topics. In this epsiode the debate is about whether leaders should allow team members work at home.

In this episode, co-hosts discuss why today's manager should strive to develop strong relationships with their fellow peers.

In this episode, co-hosts provide tips and best practices on how today's manager can develop a high-quality relationship with his/her boss.

In this recurring discussion episode, co-hosts share key lessons and insights from a recent HBR article: 4 Organizational Design Issues That Most Leaders Misdiagnose.

Are you able to describe your unique leadership style? In this episode, co-hosts make a case for why it is essential for today's managers to know and share their leadership brand.

An engaging free-flowing conversation that encourages today's leader to be intentional in creating a culture of innovation. Co-hosts provides a few ideas on how leaders can jumpstart initiatives to inspire an environment of creativity for their teams.

In this episode, co-hosts continue their lively conversation about how today's manager can begin to master their schedule, when they emerge as a true leader and begin to master their behavior. This is the final part of a two-part show.

In this episode, co-hosts have a lively conversation about how today's manager can begin to master their schedule, when they emerge as a true leader and begin to master their behavior. This is the first part of a two-part show.

This is a recurring segment where co-hosts answers today's manager's pressing questions about how to effectively lead their teams. In this episode, insight is provided for addressing burnout for top performers, sarcastic team members, and angst around continuous organizational redesign.

Co-hosts share some of their favorite quotes and use them to provide insight on how today's manager can enhance their communication practices to lead effectively.

The NFL and leadership conversation continues, in this episode the co-hosts highlights the NFL teams trend to start rookie QBs versus benching them to learn from a veteran QB and what today's lead can learn about this trend and apply to their multi-generational workplaces.

An interesting conversation that shows how the National Football League (NFL) can be a "well of wisdom" for today's manager about how to be an effective leader. In this episode, lessons around team culture and metrics were highlighted.

This episode features a case scenario featuring Jeff, a leader of a recently hired underperforming team, the only one in the company. Susan, Jeff's boss recently told him that if his team is unable achieve their goals within 60 days, then she will consider breaking up the team. The co-hosts offer their coaching insight on how they would guide Jeff through his present scenario.

A timely conversation about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Co-hosts share the distinction between diversity and inclusion, show how leaders can grow from being intentional on leading inclusively and setup their organization for success.

A new entertaining segment where co-hosts have fun challenging each other with random words where they must use to share their most profound wisdom about leadership for today’s manager.

The co-hosts discuss John C. Maxwell's latest book, Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace. They each highlight their top three chapters.

A insightful conversation about the two top drivers of behavior: love and fear; how these emotions may show up in your every day actions; and why it is essential to know which of these emotions is spearheading your leadership journey.

In this episode, leaders are called to take a honest look in the mirror and ask "What's next." As a leader, continuous development is key and the cohosts discuss why it is so essential and strategies for today's manager to experience leadership emergence.

A discussion about how it is essential for today's manager to lead effectively by developing the habit of authentically praising their team members.

A recurring segment that inteviews today's leaders to learn their present-day story, their unique style, drivers, challenges, successes, failures and joys. This episode features an interview with Marc Kruer, President and CEO of ConVergence Technologies, Inc., the parent of CTIconnect, LLC, MitoTec, LLC, and iNetCapital, LLC.

Co-hosts answer the most resonating questions from today's manager. In this episode, answers are provided about social media use at work, low-budget ideas for employee motivation, and witnessing inappropriate language use at work.

The concluding episode of the a two-part series that provides 8 practical steps for a manager to transform a newly inherited team into a team that embraces being led by him/her.

The first episode of a two-part series that provides 8 practical steps for a manager to transform a newly inherited team into a team that fully embraces him/her as their new leader.

A new segment that interviews today's leaders to learn their present-day story, their unique style, drivers, challenges, successes, failures and joys. This episode features an interview with Tom Jenkins, Director of Marketing at Cloudtask.

Co-hosts debate the premise in the episode's title, fully hired teams versus inherited teams. They provide two distinct perspectives to help today's manager expand their view and their leadership approach, regardless of the type of team they lead.

This episode features a case scenario regarding Frank, a leader whose experienced QA team has become frustrated with their recent increased workload. Frank's team complained to him about the programming team; they believe their workload issue is due to the low competence of the programmers. The co-hosts offer their coaching insight on how they would guide Frank through his present scenario.