The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour

In this last episode of the season before we take a little break, we're talking about leading people through change and uncertainty to perform at a high level with a secret equation: Be Yourself (be real & human), add in some Fun (for growth) and sprinkle in some Competition (we like to push ourselves and each other). Watch out! Greg's team is coming for you! BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Celebrate the behaviors your team does well...consistently. Keep Score & Celebrate Winners. Be vulnerable - It's ok not to have all the answers. Remember birthdays, reach out during the tough times and celebrate the milestones. Pull your team out of their own comfort zone: "Tell me where you want to go next. What do you think will make you a candidate for that next opportunity?" CONNECT WITH GREG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-cavoli-502616111/ https://www.teampahoops.com/ Cavoli Barn (FB) https://www.facebook.com/CavoliBarn CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm speaking with Mike Chambers about sales performance. Imagine working for a company that has trust & culture at its core.  Teams collaborate, ideas are tested without fear of failure and respect and engagement help bring people to the "game" with a 100% committed attitude. Listen in! You'll hear Mike's energy. It's infectious! BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS "Attitude reflects leadership" Mike WORKS for his employees...not the other way around. Selling a service is really about selling your people. When employees care about the company reputation, exceptional performance happens. Success happens when you are consistent, committed and focused.  It's like a snowball being built before it gains traction! Connect with Mike Chambers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchambers63/ CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Deb's sharing her top 5 best practices for creating a development program. BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Create buy-in Consider cadence Leadership involvement Create content that is easy to follow Make it stick CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm sharing a great conversation with Leigh Lafever-Ayer, VP/Human Resource Director, UK and Ireland. Leigh shares her career lessons about leading herself through opportunities that presented themselves over her tenure at Enterprise Holdings. BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & INSIGHTS: The story we have about ourselves may limit our courage to take that step. Gifts from others - how they view us and what that means...and, what to allow as truth to move us forward. About Leigh Lafever-Ayer: Enterprise Holdings/ Enterprise Rent-A-Car VP/Human Resource Director, UK and Ireland    As HR Director/VP Human Resources, Leigh Lafever-Ayer oversees human resources (HR) for all operating groups and corporate headquarters in the UK and Ireland.  Leigh champions, advises and sponsors diversity initiatives at Enterprise, who has been recognised by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women each year since the award's inception.  Leigh also created and is editor of DRIVE magazine, an internal Enterprise publication, that was created to focus on diversity with a lens on gender equality.   Leigh often speaks professionally on human resource best practices and DEI.  She is on the Business in the Community's (BITC) Gender Leadership Board.  Leigh was listed in the Involve HERos list in 2017 and 2018. Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been recognised for their work in the UK for skills employability, LGBTQ+ commitment, race equality and social mobility.  Most recently, Enterprise sponsored the Race at Work survey with BITC. In August 2020, Leigh received the inaugural Top Achiever Award-Department Head MVP for her team's governance of a successful new business integration whilst steering leadership through COVID management.  In 2018, she received the Louis Johnson Outstanding Alumnus Award from the TTU College of Business.   Leigh is originally from Cookeville, Tennessee, and now lives outside of London with her husband and daughter. She is an advisory board member for Global Diversity Practice and is an adviser for Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme. CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Today we're talking about a coaching structure I like to use called Business Integrity. I share a peek into what it's like to work with me and how we set a foundation to work from. Business Integrity is made up of Vision, Strategy & Alignment. And, Alignment is where the magic happens! Listen to the episode to learn how behaviors and relationships influence alignment and what that will mean for your success. BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & INSIGHTS Work with a coach to identify behaviors and relationships important for your success. A coach can help you figure out your blind spots that prevent you from seeing the whole perspective. CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Today we're talking about TFAR (Thoughts Feelings Actions Results). Basically, why you do what you do! BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS: Our brain is a muscle and has muscle memory We go through the day on autopilot without consideration of the meaning we assign certain things that have become routine. I share a professional and personal example of TFAR in action CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

What is the value of having a growth mindset to positively impact your career? Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm speaking with Amber Deimler, VP of Sales at Demountable Concepts. BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Everything is an opportunity to learn and grow There are no failures... only lessons Keep your ego in check Ask for help Don't put yourself in a box. You can connect with Amber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberdeimler/ REFERENCE FROM EPISODE NPR Invisibilia: How to Become Batman https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/378577902/how-to-become-batman CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

We're talking about using WHAT questions vs WHY questions.  BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Your perspective:  Assume your employees want to do well WHAT questions help your employee develop critical thinking skills You can build confidence using WHAT questions CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

On today's episode, Deb speaks with Ryan Courtemanche, Regional Manager with Bridgestone. Ryan is a fantastic leader of managers, building great teams that perform at a high level. Ryan's approach is one to learn from and I know you'll enjoy our conversation. You can connect with Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmcourtemanche/ BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Build your team by being a great Coach Coach and develop during "practice" Step back and let your team "play the game" CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Let's dive into the REAL reason you might be stuck... AKA "The Thing Behind the Thing". BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Technical capability vs the "thing" that's not clicking My own example: lack of control Solutions to move forward CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm speaking with Bobby Keyes, CEO of ELITE Salons and Suites where he manages the company's fast-growing business in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley regions. With his 30+ years of executive experience, Bobby provides the leadership and vision for the entire ELITE Salons and Suites team, while his main focus is growing the portfolio of salons and suites in the area. We talk about leadership, networking and building a bridge for others to succeed. Reach out to Bobby via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyesrobert/ BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS Leadership is about vision, discipline, communication and courage. Bobby's Blind Spot offered opportunities to learn about networking and creating a support system to build a successful career and company. You can't do it alone! CONNECT WITH DEB Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

On this very first episode of The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm saying hello, introducing my professional career and sharing the reason why I'm doing this show for you. KEY INSIGHTS Have an open mind Follow what's fun and interesting Do your best Connect with others Listen to your mentors. ABOUT Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast. With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves. She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within. You can learn more & connect with Deb at: https://www.deborahseymour.com/ hello@deborahseymour.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/ 610-592-8142

As a next-level leader, you can become better than you ever thought you could be. The key is to figure out what your blind spots are and get them out of your way. Find the confidence in yourself to lead better by looking for inspiration and strategy to impact your career and life with the Blind Spot with Deb Seymour. Follow the podcast today and never miss an episode! Find out more about Deb at https://www.deborahseymour.com/ or follow her on LinkedIn to continue the conversation! https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/