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Mike shares 3 Questions Every Leader Should Ask Every Day. What am I doing to improve the experience that my employees are having under my leadership?  Statistically, 70% of employees are not satisfied with their leader. The main reason for this is they do not feel valued. Setting daily goals to keep you on track.      2. What are we doing as a team to improve the experience of our customers?  We have to make sure that the team is trained and educated to make sure the customer has a great first and last impression. The values of the company have to be evident throughout the team. We have created 8 Ways to Create Championship Customer Service- email Mike to get more information on how to gain access to this great tool.      3. What do I need to improve in my leadership capacity? Is there a gap between where we are now and where we need to be? You have to find where the gaps are.  It could be in communication, training, accountability, or coaching. Wherever the gaps are you have to close them. We have some great tools for you to use to help in these areas. We have shared links below to make it convenient for you to find them.  July Webinar- Building a High-Performance Culture Executive Book Summaries Daily Compass Quarterly Planner 40-Day Success Challenge  

On this episode of The LeadUp Podcast Mike is joined by special guest Jim Kouzes.  Jim is a best-selling author of The Leadership Challenge.  They waste no time diving into the gaps in leadership today. According to Jim, the biggest gap is between frontlines and the senior executives.  The farther you get from the leader the lower the scores.  All the ZOOM meetings and technology that we use now to communicate with our teams can take out some personalized conversations. Jim suggests making some time at the beginning of the meetings to get better acquainted with the team. Jim also shared the importance of meeting with each individual during the workweek. This could be a 10-minute face-to-face or a phone call.  Research shows most leaders do not get their first leadership training until 10 years after being in a leadership role. Can you imagine being on a plane and the pilot not telling you they had been flying but without any training?  Leadership training is so important - leadership is about relationships. The more you set a good example and make the values of the organization clear the more engagement you will have with the team. Studies show when employees feel like they are making an impact and that they matter the longer they will stay with their company.  Jim says they are finding in research that employees are needing more compassion and support from their leaders more than ever. We should ask ourselves as leaders -What are the skills and abilities that I need to have, in order for them to perform at their highest level? After all, what's the job of a leader anyway to make people better, worse, or stay the same? Listen to the entire interview for more great insight from Jim.    Learn more about Jim on his website. You can find Jim on LinkedIn, Twitter, and FB

We welcome our special guest, Diana Hendel to this episode of The LeadUp Podcast.  Diana is a former CEO of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital in California. She is the co-author of Why Cope When You Can Heal? : How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD and author of Responsible: A Memoir Diana shares, how midway in her career, she found having an executive coach to be a valuable asset to her growth as a leader. Her coach helped her work through areas of vulnerability that she might otherwise push aside. Diana talks with Mike about trauma and crisis and how they can create a lot of unnecessary stress. "Crisis does not make us a leader, it reveals whether we are a leader," Mike. Diana shares a traumatic experience she had while being CEO. An employee came into her hospital and shot and killed 2 supervisors and then turned the gun on himself. She learned a very important lesson as a leader that day - that it was crucial for her to be able to guide those she leads through this crisis. She was the leader but had also gone through the same trauma the rest of her team had endured. In her book, she talks about the importance of not just coping but processing the cause to move towards healing and closure.  Be sure to pick up a copy of Diana's books and follow her on FB and LinkedIn    

In episode 237 Mike shares 3 Things to Know to Build a Team. Whether you are the Hiring Manager or just a leader in general hiring the wrong person can disrupt the whole team. Mike shares the importance of knowing yourself so that you don't make the same mistakes when hiring that you have in the past. Every interview question you ask needs to be built around the values of the organization.  Mike has interviewed 1000's of candidates for various levels of positions and reviewed even more resumes. He is very aware of how important it is to not waste time and money on someone that is not in line with where you want your team to go. Did you know 67% of companies in America say they make hiring mistakes? One way to solve this is to have processes in place from hiring to training and continued connection after the first 90 days.  We offer some great tools on our website that can help improve your hiring process. Just click the links below or contact us for more information on how we can help you developed your hiring and onboarding systems.  The Master of Hiring Action Pack Become a Master of Hiring-webinar Be sure to follow Mike on FB, LinkedIn, and YouTube

On this special guest episode, we are joined by Aaron Walker. Aaron is the author of View From The Top, a must-read to fully understand how to live a life of success and significance. Aaron shares with us the importance of striving for excellence, doing the hard stuff, and surrounding ourselves with people that will lift us to be our best.  "You've got to always be sharpening your saw, you've always got to be getting the little extra edge. Not just going out there, like a bottle rocket without a stick on it, you know, spewing around everywhere."~ Aaron Walker Aaron tells us why we've got to look outward more, we've got to look for opportunities around us to be a leader. Having mentors to help us think through our ideas and help us grow. When we can find an environment that we can be honest, authentic, transparent, and vulnerable, that we can then eradicate those things from our life and get on solid ground so that we can build an amazing life.  Listen to the entire episode for more insight from Aaron and Mike.  You can follow Aaron on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter  Aaron's website View from the Top     Click here to purchase the Daily Compass Quarterly Planner Mike mentioned in the podcast.  

There are people who have excuses in life, and there are people who make excuses. Our guest today has every reason to make excuses, but instead has made a greater fortune. We are joined by special guest Marie Cosgrove. Marie has written a book, Greater Fortune: Essential Lessons from the Entrepreneur Who Bought the Company who Fired Her. Marie talks about the less than ideal start in her life she had and how that has impacted her to work hard. She shares the story of how her grandmother fought for her mother and her to give them life.  Marie was a single mom of 4 kids, she had sole custody and worked to be a top seller for the company she worked for. She was expecting a promotion but instead was fired because she was making too much money. With the encouragement of friends, she started her own company. She used her mindset, perseverance, her faith and surrounded herself with others that believed in her to go after her dream. Marie shares how the negative voices we sometimes listen to, pushed her to invest in leadership training so she could lead her team better. To be inspired to be all you were created to be, listen to this episode on The Lead Up Podcast.  Subscribe to Mike's YouTube channel Follow Mike on FB, LinkedIn and Instagram

Happy May 14th. I am happy to share a lesson on mentorship today with you and hope you find great value in the ideas. I grew up without great modeling and a dad who didn't and still doesn't have mentors. So, making mistakes is commonplace in the lives of those who don't seek advice from others. In the episode you will listen to in episode 234, I share 3 types of mentors we all need but why you should also be there for others. Make sure you leave us a comment and share it with your colleagues and friends. www.mikeharbour.net 

We are joined by Fred Kienle on this episode of the LeadUp podcast. Fred and Mike discuss the difference between being retired from a company and retired from life. You always have to have a purpose or you will waste away. Fred has met many people during his 76 years and has observed that the ones who are healthier, happier, and stronger are those with good attitudes.  If you change your attitude you can change your life. Good leaders stop and assess themselves, they ask themselves questions and then say, 'I got to get back on board. Take a deep breath.' Fred believes that leadership is an attitude- everyone from the CEO to the person that answers the phone. Everyone should be the best at their position. Everyone is a leader. Listen in on this inspiring conversation with Fred Keinle and Mike Harbour   Fred's books Health with an Attitude and Success with an Attitude are available on Amazon. You can follow Fred on LinkedIn.

We welcome special guest Allison Liddle to the show again.  Allison Liddle is a 3x best-selling author of Life Under Construction, The Art of imperfect Action, and Keep Going, Co-Captian & Participant on the new TVSeries "Four Days to Save the World," top motivational speaker, leadership trainer, podcast host, CEO/Founder of AllisonLiddle Consulting, President of ProsperWealth Management, and mother to two.  In this episode, Allison and Mike explore some tips from her new book Reset Your Life in Thirty Days. Allison talks about her own journey of resetting after seeking to be all and do all things all the time. "I'm super excited and grateful that this book is coming out at the time that it's coming out because the last 12 months have been pretty difficult for most people in some way, shape, or form. I understand that all of our experiences are different. And some of us are still trying to find our way. But this book actually came to me in September 2019, I felt like God or the universe or something was whispering to me telling me that I needed to take a reset." "Let's talk about the word detox for just a minute because many people hear that word and think, well I'm not an abuser of substances." "You can think about detox like helping your body feel better and heal itself better. And so when I was thinking about really what I wanted that subtitle to be, this guide is really helping people go through different areas of their life in order to really show up as our best selves first.  Allison talks about the launch of her Youth Leadership Conference. This conference will include over 150 high school students and will help them launch their dreams. "Young people need adults in their life that believe in them, and help them amplify their strengths, and minimize their weaknesses."  When you start competing against others, you start looking at what they do well, and what you don't do so well versus leaning into your strengths. Allison has written a new book, Reset Your Life in 30 Days: A Guide to Detox Your Mind, Body & Spirit. The process is simple but impactful. Living in survival in burnout zone actually will impact your body in different ways. You can follow Allison on LinkedIn.   Learn more about her and her mission on her website .

We welcome special guest Sarah Johnston on this week's episode.  Sarah is a former executive healthcare recruiter and now as CEO of the Briefcase Coach, she helps executives and leaders approach job search strategically. Sarah shares with our listeners how to really broaden your search to 25-35 companies in the area you are searching. Sarah suggests that you are clear on who you are, and what value you would bring to an organization, what your strengths are, and what your transferable skills are, and who hires people like this for those jobs. Focus on how you can build relationships and meet new people who can be a part of your job search journey. You can find Sarah on LinkedIn And at Briefcasecoach.com Don't forget to sign up for our monthly webinar series- April is Become a Master at HIring

Learning from our mistakes is crucial in growth.  Mike shares some lessons from two leaders he admires.  Abraham Lincoln made many mistakes and continued to grow and become President of the United States. For Abraham Lincoln, it was about getting up and trying it again, and again, and again. Vince Lombardi one of the greatest football coaches ever said, "Winning is a habit, but so is losing." Which one are you going to allow to become a habit in your life and in your leadership?  Oftentimes, as leaders, what we do is we think we've said it once. Here's what I know, on average, it takes seven times to hear something, before we hear it the first time. This means as a leader, you may have to say it 700 times before someone hears it for the first time.  What do you need to get back to in order to create winning as a habit? Not necessarily trying something new, maybe a new way.  What are the lessons from leadership, from your wall?  Hope you will join us on our April Webinar -Become A Master at Hiring Leave us a rating and share it with your friends.   

In this week's episode, we welcome special guests Brett Cooper and Evans Kerrigan of Integris Performance Advisors. They are sharing with Mike about their book Solving The People Problem.  Brett says, the reason they wrote this book was that journey that they were on, had got to the point where they realized there's a lot of people still making the kind of mistakes that we saw people making 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago. They want to improve employee engagement and improve employee satisfaction.  Evan shares, "Because all too often there's kind of that dichotomy that people set up between hard skills and soft skills. And the reality is, the soft skills are the hard skills, it's really easy to design something and let it work from there, it's really hard to actually get people to be able to communicate openly, honestly, to really get at the biggest issues we're facing is organizations." They believe that people aren't the problem the processes are the problem. In almost every single case, there are problems with how people communicate with one another how they work well together. And what that friction is that gets in the way of us actually getting the work done and that is more of the issue. If you as a leader can understand both your own style and the styles of others, you're going to be so much more effective at making room so you get the best out of everybody on your team. You can learn more about Brett and Evans at Integris Performance Advisors Brett Cooper on LinkedIn Evans Kerrigan on LinkedIn Be sure to follow Mike on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter and subscribe to our YouTube page. Leave us a rating on the platform you enjoy listening to The LeadUp Podcast and share it with your friends. 

Mike is teaching four adjustments we need to make at the of end-of-quarter to win the first half. Daily Compass Quarterly Planner is a tool that he uses daily to reach his goals and to stay on track. Use this tool to write down your goals and dreams so as not to lose sight of them. #1 GET REAL - You have to get real about your progress, success, and lack of success. Be real about your mindset. Listen in the learn the REAL areas we must adjust.  #2 GET CLEAR - About your dreams and goals. Have a clear vision of what you want your life to look like. #3 GET SMART - You have to get smart about your path forward. You have to be smart and plan for your vision. #4 GET A WIND-UP CLOCK - By this Mike means you have to adjust every day to stay on the path to reach those goals. You have to keep them in front of you so that you don't lose momentum before you reach them. Be sure to leave us a review wherever you enjoy listening to the LeadUp Podcast and share it with your friends. Order your Daily Compass Quarterly Planner Sign up for our free April Webinar - Become A Master at Hiring    

Quint Studer joins Mike for another great interview on this episode. What's the difference between stress and trauma?  Quint shares, "in my opinion, I think stress is usually more short-term." There's also trauma that just continues for so long. It just wears you out. And eventually, you just started what I would call, I can't survive this trauma.  They talk about the psychological trauma that often can't be seen, but it's there. And certainly, we've experienced that over the last 12 months from a social distancing standpoint, and a leadership standpoint.  Mike asked Quint, "what do leaders need to be aware of, when they can't see that trauma in their team, but it's there?" Quint shares resources to help you identify and manage stress and trauma for yourself and to help others. What you don't want to do is identify a need, and say, but we don't have anything to take care of you. Resource links: We've moved from stress to trauma. Here's what that means for you article by Quint Studer Dealing with Stress and Trauma Toolkit

Episode 226 has 5 steps you will want to use to connect with your employees.  As we all know relationships are critical in leadership. As a leader, you have to use each step to engage and grow the relationship with your employees.  Great leadership is a rare find. People want to work with great leaders and help them succeed.  Listen to understand- we all know this but are you practicing this step? When employees feel heard they feel valued. Share and share often- do you communicate in your head but not to your team? Keeping your team informed is crucial.  Be Transparent- trust is the foundation for all relationships. You lose credibility if your team doesn't trust you. Share what you know.  Get to know one another- Create a connection with your team. Do you know your employee's goals? As a leader don't you want to help them reach their goals? Let them get to know you.  Celebrate positive behaviors and actions - individually and publicly. Share what you expect and when an employee accomplishes something, celebrate it.    Sign up for our March webinar Delegating with Ease

Episode 225 is full of gold nuggets for the leader or organization wishing to improve employee engagement and leadership talent.  Mike and Dan discuss how to Crack the code of Sustainable team performance while Dan digs from the interviews he conducted while writing this great book.  For 25 years Dan Edds has been a practicing management consultant, working with state & local government, healthcare, K-12 education, higher education, and nonprofits. He is the author of 2 books, the first, Transformation Management, and his most recent, Leveraging the Genetics of Leadership, Cracking the code of sustainable team performance. His latest book demonstrates how elite organizations are revolutionizing the practice of leadership, recreating the world of work, and setting new standards for employee engagement and customer value.     Social Media Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieledds/ www.DanielEdds.com Leveraging the Genetics of Leadership: Cracking the Code of Sustainable Team Performance      

Empathy - the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Empathy is harder for some to express because it causes them to be vulnerable, others it comes more naturally.  Mike shares how the recent death of his sister has really changed the way he wants to be as a leader. He shares 3 ways for leaders to be empathetic and create a better relationship with those on your team. Compassion is the first way to be an Empathetic Leader. Compassion comes easier for some people, others really have to work hard at showing and feeling compassion for others. Stepping in and experiencing someone else's feelings and understanding their suffering even when it's uncomfortable for you can take your leadership to a whole new level.  Availability is the second way, as opposed to select-ability. What he means is you can't select who or when you are available. You have to be available even when it may be an inconvenience for you.  The third way is support. Stepping in and just checking on people when they are struggling even when they say they don't need anything. Most people won't ask for help or tell you when you ask that they need anything. But when you do step in, it is noticed and appreciated.  Resources: Empathy worksheet  Watch the podcast video on Youtube. Subscribe to our Youtube channel to get notifications when we post new content. 

In this episode, there is gold when it comes to mindset no matter where you find yourself in life, leadership, or your sales roles you will learn a ton from our special guest. Jason Forrest. Jason is a leading authority in culture change programs and an expert at creating high-performance, high-profit, and "Best Place to Work" cultures. The winner of five international Stevie Awards for his training programs, Jason is also an award-winning author of six books, including Leadership Sales Coaching – rated as one of Selling Power Magazine's Top Sales Books. In 2018, FPG earned a rare honor by being named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list for the third consecutive year, one of just 1,200 companies nationwide to achieve that honor out of a field of more than 7 million. Jason shares that when he wrote the book Leadership Sales Coaching many years ago, he took the philosophy that a salesperson is an athlete, and should be coached like an athlete not managed like an employee.  There are circumstances in life, and then there's the meaning we give it. Whatever charge you have in your life that's kind of holding you back, you're putting too much meaning into it, we've got to let go of that charge. A warrior always finds the advantage. And so what's the advantage that I can do here? How can I leverage it? You know, how can I change my thinking around this?  I think that's the message everyone needs to hear is whatever, whatever charge you have in your life that's kind of holding you back, you're putting too much meaning to it, you know, we've got to let go of that charge. P equals K minus L. So performance is what we do. Knowledge is what we've been taught to do. But then you have to minus out the leashes. The second type of leash is a story. So a story is anything that you kind of blame on outside circumstances or something outside of yourself. Because the power of duplication that is it? Is that what you do over and over again, you desensitize yourself with it?  Jason wrote The Mindset of Sales Warrior, the book has 42 different strategies on how to remove the self-image stories you're locked into. The Mindset of a Sales Warrior will help you be a better husband, a better wife, a better teacher, a better speaker, a better coach, just a better influencer overall, in your general life, you can find that at warriormindsetbook.com. To learn more about Jason you can find him on LinkedIn and FPG.  

In this episode, Mike shares 4 ways to lead when disruptions come.  Things don't always go our way and we have to learn how to redirect and focus on what we can control. We need to be able to plan for disruptions. They happen and we can't always prepare but if possible we can take the initiative. Delay- that is the second way to lead when disruptions occur. Sometimes, it is not necessary to deal with something right away. Delays can be the beginning of an adventure.  Sometimes you may have something on your schedule that needs immediate attention that has been planned, in that case, you may have to delay something else. Delegation- giving someone else the responsibility to take care of something. At times leaders do not like to delegate things they think they must address. But oftentimes we must trust the people we have mentored and lead to show up in the very way we have and have taught them. This can be a good thing. We can actually see leaders grow when given the opportunity and a relationship strengthened in the process. You will want to listen to the entire episode to learn more about each of these and the 4th way to handle disruptions.    Links to the planner and webinar Mike mentions in the podcast are below.  The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner  Overcoming Perfectionism Webinar  

In this episode, Mike talks with his friend Roddy Galbraith. Roddy Galbraith is a personal development thought leader and speaker trainer. Roddy is honored to serve as faculty in The John Maxwell Team - providing public speaker training for over 24,000 elite coaches and trainers all over the world. He is passionate about the art of public speaking and believes it's a skill everyone can (and should!) master. Roddy shares 5 steps you want to keep in mind to be effective at influencing people. Your clarity as to how you can help them or the organization is key to influencing your audience.  The first thing you have to do is grab their attention, and hold it until the end. The best way to influence is by thinking through what you want to achieve.  The second step is to connect with your audience. You need to make them feel like they know you and can trust you. They need to feel a rapport in order to receive the message. Understanding who you're talking to makes an enormous difference. Listen to the entire episode to find out more ways to communicate like a pro. You can find out more about Roddy on Facebook, JMT, and LinkedIn Remember to leave us a rating and a review on whatever platform you are enjoying listening to us on.  Be sure to check out all the different services we offer on Mikeharbour.net.  

In this episode, Mike talks about the advantages of rising early.  If you give yourself an extra 30 minutes a day, that impacts your productivity. It will add 14 hours to your month of productivity. Many people struggle with getting up early, but you can create new habits. Another reason you should get up early is to enjoy some peace and quiet and to focus. Planning your day early will give you peace throughout the day. It will help you to approach your day with a mission. You should try using our Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to help you take action. It is a great tool to keep you on track and accomplish those goals you have set for yourself. Getting up early, eating well, and getting exercise are all good for your brain. In Episode 209 with Dr Daniel Amen, he discussed how these habits can affect your brain and reflect in your leadership.  Listen to this episode to find out other reasons to rise early.  Don't forget to sign up for notifications for new podcast episodes.

In this episode, Mike talks with his friend and mentor Quint Studer.  They are discussing Quint's book 'Results That Last'. Quint talks about why he wrote this book and how he wanted healthcare to be seen by those who were non-healthcare. Quint shares the importance of creating systems that maximize what you are trying to accomplish. And if you don't get the results you are seeking, you step back and reevaluate the process to make it better. There are times when we do make adjustments based on the situation and that adjustment is something we do forever. Quint says, "you've got to get the top right to get the rest of the organization right." He shares that compliance is so important in order to get the consistency you are looking for.  Mike has created a tool to help you achieve the consistency you are needing, The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner. This planner will help you stay on task and create good habits. You can go to Dailycqp.com and order yours today.  Quint shares his thoughts on communication and accountability and how these help you to achieve your outcome.  Quint also shares some great resources with us on how to assess stress and trauma. These things are of great concern after 2020 and making sure we can move forward the best way possible.  Show links: Stress and Trauma Video with Quint Studer Resilience & Well-Being in Stressful Times

In this episode, Mike talks about having a vision for your leadership. When a leader has no vision for themselves, their team or company they have no choice but to fall in line with others vision. Your future will be like your past if you don't change the way you do and see things. Are you working toward a vision you have? Are you sharing your vision with others? You need to make sure you are focusing on your vision and goals daily. Try The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to help keep you on track to making those visions a reality. Last but not least, how are you communicating this vision to those around you? We are hosting a webinar on January 29th called Identifying Your Leader Language. Just click here to register and reserve your spot and learn more about how to communicate better to achieve your vision.    

In this episode, Mike is joined by special guest Paul Gustavson where the topic is perseverance and why it is so important. They talk about Paul's book Breaking Average : The 7 Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership, where Mike is a contributing author.  The book is wrapped around the idea of victory.  They discuss how we are all called to break average and be more than we are now. It's team strong leadership, it's breaking average teamwork that makes the dream work.  Paul shares how we need to cast a vision, we can't leave that to somebody else. You need vision but it has to be backed up by values. Start with a value inventory.  What are your values? Then you can get clear on your vision. If you need help getting clear on those values, you can email Mike at mike@harbourresources.com and he will be glad to guide you through defining your values.   Paul shares, "if we want to make an impact if we truly want to add value, that means we've got to be something more than we currently are today." The resistance that we feel is actually an indicator that you're probably heading in the right direction and we got to take that head on the wind that's in our face, move forward, and persevere. We all want victory at the end of the day, and we want sustained victories, not just one-time victory, it's continual impact, we continue to do that. And that's what breaking average is all about Paul Gustavson has a passion for what he calls full spectrum innovation, which is centered on personal, technical, and corporate growth. In 2000, he helped cofound SimVentions, Inc., a technology firm that delivers engineering solutions for today's military. SimVentions is frequently recognized as one of Virginia's Best Places to Work and was named by Inc. Magazine as one of “The 50 Best Places to Work in 2016”. As the CTO, Paul leads in identifying and contributing to the company's capability and influencing the strategic vision. Paul is an author of the recent book Breaking Average and Leaders Press On. Paul is also the co-host of the Breaking Average Podcast. As a leader with an engineering background, he is also an active member within the simulation and virtual reality communities. Paul and his wife Barbara live in Virginia. About SimVentions: SimVentions tag line “Imagine. Create. Explore. Discover.” represents a culture centered on employee ownership, customers, and community. They are a technology firm supporting today's military with innovative engineering solutions, and currently have over 300 employees across four locations. The core values for SimVentions include Customer Passion, and Continuous Development among others, and their purpose is marked with a commitment to operate using biblical principles. SimVentions is headquartered just south of Washington D.C. in Fredericksburg, VA, and you can find them on the web at www.simventions.com. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgustavson/

In this episode, Mike challenges you to have a transformational 2021. What are you listening to? What are you feeding your mind on a daily basis? What are you consuming?  As leaders, we must be diligent in leading and lifting others up to a common cause.  The realization is we cannot add value to others unless we are willing to add value to ourselves.  We must stop waiting on someone else to change, our circumstances to change- we must start the change with ourselves. We have to be conscious of what we think, watch, and say.  Start today, get our new Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to keep track of your priorities and goals. Follow this link The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to get yours today. We have several resources to help you take charge of your year. Read our LeadUp blog Follow us on YouTube And subscribe to The LeadUp Podcast and sign up for reminders when we post a new episode. 

In this episode, Mike shares four ways to flip the script and create your best year ever in 2021. Fix your mind on what you really want is the first way to creating your best year and life your want.  Leading yourself- not just in your mindset but in your relationships, health and fitness, and all areas of your life. By leading yourself well you gain the respect of others by leading by example. Insulate yourself from outside negativity. This can be from relationships to social media, news anything that can cause you to change your mindset from positive to negative.  Finally, the last way to ensure you have your best year is to plan daily. Our Daily Compass Tool is a great way to start. We just released The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to help you plan longer-term and have it all conveniently in one place. Check out our LeadUp Blog Follow us on YouTube

In this episode, Mike talks with Jill Katz about how human resources is the human side of leadership and the human side of business. Also discussed Being so in tune with those that you lead that you can feel or sense, something's going on.   Human touch- realizing that there are things that are more important in life than maybe the work that's right in front of us. Knowing your people well enough to know what makes them tick, what motivates them, and what's going on in their life.  Jill shares some key myths in leadership that she has learned through her career in human resources.  Jill Katz is an Influencer, Speaker, and Strategy Coach that is passionate about shifting the workplace to be more #PeopleFocused. She is the Founder and Chief Change Officer of Assemble HR Consulting, a boutique Human Resources firm that focuses on Culture, Communication, and Conflict in the workplace. Jill is best known for her #CandorCourageAndCareTM Feedback Model, which changes the way teams communicate, and allows for more honest and productive relationships. Jill earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication from the University of Michigan. Most important of all, she is a very proud Mom, a devoted wife, a Broadway fanatic, and a dog lover. Learn more about Jill at Assemble HR Consulting. Connect with her on LinkedIn.      

In this episode, Mike gives us 5 Leadership Resets to prepare for the new year "2020 is going to be the year that we never forget, even if we lose our minds." "At this point last year in 2019, I was excited about 2020 I had big goals and big dreams. And I as I do every year I spend a lot of time preparing myself for the year to come."  We must do a mindset rest. Whatever you think becomes your reality and so when we think about leadership,  we're producing the thoughts that we have about our teams, about our goals, and our building the ability to accomplish those things. We truly have to change the way we think.  Mike wants to challenge you to do a reset for 2021. Write some goals and share them with him.  You can send them to him in an email or share them with him on his Facebook or LinkedIn page. What's a new goal you are setting?  Be fully committed to increasing your capacity to lead at a high level because you can't take others where you're not willing to go yourself. What you do now to set yourself up for a better year next year is going to determine how your next 10 years ago. Start now don't wait.

This is our second episode in our series with Quint Studer, author of The Busy Leaders Handbook. In this episode, Mike and Quint discuss Optimizing Employee Performance. Quint says," the number 1 capital we have in a company is human capital. How you make the company hum is really maximizing the human potential of your workforce." They talk about why culture is so important. High-Performance Consistency is the key to creating the culture you desire. When you have a great culture, the people have the right behavior, even when the bosses aren't around and no one is watching it shows the values have kicked in.  Quint talks about why investing in training your leaders is so important. You can't have consistency if you don't have training. he quotes his book, Hardwiring Excellence, "You can tell the values of an organization by the amount of money and investment they make in their middle managers."  People need to know what right looks like, they need to know what best practices look like. Taking the time to demonstrate what right looks like that best practice is really the key to keeping consistency. Mike and Quint also discuss turnover, reactive leadership, and much more. You don't want to miss this episode. To learn more about Quint visit Quintstuder.com  You can get copies of Hardwiring Excellence and The Busy Leaders Handbook here.    

In today's episode, Mike teaches on what it means to be a contagious leader. He gives you tips on how to rid those that follow you of those pre-existing conditions. How to eradicate them and be a contagious leader as it relates to the positive energy, the positive attitude, the positive things that you bring to the team to move your team forward. Learn what to do when you think your desire and vision is greater than you.  Maybe when you look in the mirror and think to yourself, I'm crazy, I can't do that. I don't have the ability. Until you set the desire, you'll never find the ability.  Every great thing ever accomplished started with a dream.  When you remove excuses by staying focused on the things that are important, you become contagious to others. When you stay focused, others are drawn to that focus. You become a light for others. You have to have a vision. As a leader, you are to call people up to the vision. Believe in that vision for yourself. Stay positive, despite the headwinds, stay focused. Be persistent. And never ever give up.  Don't forget to download our Daily Compass Tool that Mike mentions in the podcast to help you to prioritize and achieve your goals and dreams.  Visit our website, to learn more on how we can help you to be a Contagious Leader! 

Our Lead Up guest in Episode 210 is Ms. Kerry Wekelo. Kerry  is the Chief Operating Officer at Actualize Consulting, a financial services firm. Her book and program, Culture Infusion: 9 Principles for Creating and Maintaining a Thriving Organizational Culture and latest book Gratitude Infusion, are the impetus behind Actualize Consulting being named Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur Magazine, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post, and Great Place to Work-Certified. In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as a consultant, executive coach, award-winning author, mindfulness expert, and entrepreneur. Kerry has been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, Thrive Global, SHRM, Inc., and Forbes In today's podcast, you will learn more about  “Gratitude Infusion” and how you can make this a part of your leadership culture.  We discuss how you can make gratitude a successful process in the workplace? Kerry will share a few ways you can use gratitude to build your teams? Why is gratitude certain to work in uncertain times? We even discuss the hard topic of if team members don't believe in gratitude or having a really bad day and don't want to participate? And finally how frequently should you be using gratitude as a tool? As well as many more things about culture and leadership. Kerry may be reached directly at kelam@actualizeconsulting.com       Or learn more about Actualize Consulting at https://www.actualizeconsulting.com/ Make sure you get a copy of our Daily Compass Tool. We have a special surprise coming soon.   

In this episode Mike talks with Dr Daniel Amen. Dr Amen is a Board Certified Child and Adult psychiatrist, award-winning researcher, and 12 time New York Times bestselling author. They discuss how our brain health impacts our leadership, how bad habits produce mental stress and getting your brain right, and your mind will follow. Daniel Amen believes that brain health is central to all health and success. When your brain works right, he says, you work right; and when your brain is troubled you are much more likely to have trouble in your life.  His work is dedicated to helping people have better brains and better lives. Sharecare named him the web's #1 most influential expert and advocate on mental health and the Washington Post called him the most popular psychiatrist in America. Dr. Amen is the Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa, Walnut Creek, and Encino, California, Bellevue, Washington, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, and New York, NY. Amen Clinics has the world's largest database of functional brain scans relating to behavior, totaling 170,000 SPECT scans on patients from 150 countries. Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world's largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. His research has not only demonstrated high levels of brain damage in players, but also the possibility of significant recovery for many with the principles that underlie his work.  Together with Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Amen is also one of the chief architects of “The Daniel Plan,” a program to get the world healthy through religious organizations that has been done in thousands of churches, mosques, and synagogues.  Dr. Amen is the author or co-author of over 80 professional articles, seven book chapters, and over 30 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller The Daniel Plan and the over one million-copy bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, along with Healing ADD, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, The Brain Warrior's Way, Memory Rescue, and The End of Mental Illness.  In March 2021 Tyndale published Dr Amen's latest book, Your Brain Is Always Listening. In 2010, Dr. Amen founded BrainMD, a fast-growing nutraceutical company dedicated to natural ways to support mental health and brain health.  Dr. Amen is married to Tana, the father of four children and five grandchildren to Elias, Emmy, Liam, Louie, and Haven.  He is an avid table tennis player. Listen in and learn how brain health can help you lead more effectively.  Find out more about Dr. Amen at the following links http://www.brainhealthassessment.com/ http://brainmd.com/ amenclinics.com https://amzn.to/32vKiUs

We are right in the middle of election time and I am more interested in you winning your own race than the chaotic race outside your control. In this episode, I am sharing 5 Ways you can win the race that matters most...your leadership race. Start with the person in the mirror, understand what your weaknesses are, understand where those blind spots are, understand that you need people around you. One of the most disarming things you can do in winning your own race,  and in influencing others so that you can increase your impact is agree with the other person's perspective first. Then work to influence them to your way, to your values, to your direction. Listen to this episode to find more ways to win in your leadership race. Follow us on FB at https://www.facebook.com/HarbourMike  LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeharbourharbourresources/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HarbourMike  to stay connected.  Download our Daily Compass Tool to help you prioritize your day. 

This week Mike is joined by special guest Beth Armknecht Miller. Beth shares about leading through empowering and developing others and letting go of the command and control method and how this really frees you up to be a better leader. She shares her top three skills that leaders need to improve on. Listen to learn these 3 C's.  Beth Armknecht Miller is CEO of Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm. Beth is a trusted executive consultant, Vistage Chair Emeritus, and committed volunteer. She is certified in Myers Briggs, Hogan, and Business DNA. And, she is a Certified Managerial Coach by Kennesaw University. Beth's insight and expertise have made her a sought-after speaker on hiring, leadership development, and succession planning. Her book, Are You Talent Obsessed? was published in 2014 and is available on Amazon. She is a frequent contributor to Entrepreneur Online, About.com, and TalentCulture to name a few. She is a graduate of Babson College and Harvard Business School's OPM program. To learn more about Beth www.Executive-Velocity.com. Find Beth's book on Amazon Are You Talent Obsessed?

2020 has been the most unpredictable year in our lifetimes. As leaders, we must help our teams and followers move forward or we risk remaining stuck. Don't leave them where they are. It is your responsibility to create a vision that is bigger than the current problems that you have.  Leadership is influencing others to move from where they are. Leadership is seeing something and creating that vision, and then implanting that vision in the hearts and minds of the people that you lead.  You can have great values, but if you don't have a culture that drives that it is going to fall apart.  People don't rise to the level of your expectations, they rise to the level of accountability for those expectations.  Download The Daily Compass Tool to help you set daily priorities and use it with your team. 

In this episode, we welcome a special guest, Jason Benham. He and his brother David an identical twin are both former professional baseball players, best-selling authors, and nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs.  The same timing, skill, & determination that once benefited them on the baseball field--with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles--catapulted them to the top of the business world. Their first company grew to 100 locations in 35 states and has been recognized by dozens of publications including Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and others.  Jason and David's  rise to success earned them a straight-to-series reality television show with HGTV, called "Flip It Forward." Yet it was abruptly canceled due to their commitment to biblical values. David and Jason hit the national scene as they stood by their convictions and were featured on nearly every major news network in the country, including Fox News, CNN, ABC's Nightline, and Good Morning America. We talked with Jason about why values are so important as a leader and converting your values into principles.  We discussed what happens when the dream has to change and how do leaders make that transition of choice. Jason shares about Expert Ownership he and his brother, David launched in 2020. They also have a live event coming Oct 21 and 22nd that will be a great event. You can find out more about Jason and the Benham Brothers by following the links below. https://www.expertownershiplive.com/ https://benhambrothers.com/  

In this episode, Mike is sharing with you four steps that he uses every single year, actually every month, every day, every year to win the fourth quarter. This year is not over - the goals that you established at the end of last year, the beginning of 2020, there's still a chance to make progress on those. And I know, the pandemic put a damper on maybe some of your goals, maybe your ability to move forward.  You can go and get the thing you want to get right now in your life. You can lead more effectively. Use these last three months to set yourself up for success. In 2021, you can pour into your teams. If you're leading a team, you can pour into your teams right now.   Today is going to help you, hopefully get unstuck, help your teams get unstuck, and get ready to move forward.   Create the life, the leadership, the team, the company, the organization that you want to create.   Daily Compass Tool Mike Harbour 

Quint Studer is a lifelong student of leadership. He is a businessman, a visionary, an entrepreneur, and a mentor to many. He has worked with individuals at all levels of leadership and across a variety of industries to help them become better leaders and create high-performing organizations.  Quint was named in Florida Trend's 500 Most Influential Business Leaders list for 2018, 2019, and 2020. He currently serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of West Florida, Executive-in-Residence at George Washington University, and Lecturer at Cornell University. Quint books include The Busy Leader's Handbook and Building a Vibrant Community Things you will learn more about in this episode.  When a CEO or an executive team realizes that 85 to 90% of the people don't report to them or even possibly a person that reports to them. Then all of a sudden, you cannot train. We owe our employees. A great place to work and good to give a great, great place to work the person that impacts them the most is their manager. The problem is not too many meetings, it is too many ineffective meetings. Whether it's perception or not and you could help our listeners with this, the perception is that people are busier today than they were 10 years ago. Life is difficult, and once we understand that is not as difficult. I'm going to change that and say if you're a leader, you're always going to have a full plate. Once you accept the fact you're always gonna have a full plate, you can manage the plate.  If you're in a leadership role and you look to your left and no one is there. You look to your right and no one is there, and you look behind you, and no one's there. It's called you have no followers. And if you have no followers, you are not a leader, even though your title, might say leader. In this episode, Quint offered to share multiple leader tools. Please email connie@harbourresources.com to request these tools for download.  Leadership Foundational Skills – Self Assessment Effective Meetings Management System Prioritization tool – 90 days plan Emotional Journey – Valley of Despair Downtime Assessment (article and tool) How people can connect with Quint Studer: quint@quintstuder.com LinkedIn profile Quint is always on the lookout for ways to share great learning tools. For example, he writes a weekly leadership column that runs in the Pensacola News Journal and several other daily newspapers across the country.  Now we've added a podcast that's kind of an extension of his The Busy Leader's Handbook called The Busy Leader's Podcast – A Catalyst for Inspired Action. Click here to listen to or it's also available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Google Podcast. We'll release a new podcast every two weeks, with a variety of guests who will share their best practices.                                                                     For more information on Entrecon go to  https://entreconpensacola.com/  

BIO: Scott Becker previously served on the McGuireWoods LLP Board of Partners and served for nearly 15 years as chairman of the firm's national Healthcare department. McGuireWoods has one of the best-regarded healthcare practices in the world. Scott is the Founder and the Publisher of Beckers Healthcare and Beckers Hospital Review and its related events and publications. Mr. Becker remains the Publisher and Chief Content Officer of Beckers HealthCare. Scott also produces the Becker Group C-Suite Report and related media. All C-Suite efforts are wholly outside of healthcare. Mr. Becker is a Harvard Law School Graduate and a University of Illinois undergraduate business school graduate in Finance and Accounting. He is also the author of four books and a CPA. "I started Becker's healthcare almost 30 years ago now I was a young lawyer, literally trying to build a reputation and brand in the legal business and started a small newsletter around surgery centers."- Scott  Becker It's really been a labor of love to watch it grow. So much of life depends on the right people and building the right teams. And that clearly has been the, you know, the understanding of what can happen to the platform that can be built. But it was really the team of people that just organized, built, and recruited that made us into a serious very successful serious little media company and great, great fun. There's, there's so many examples of magnificent frontline leaders out there that have just stayed so focused on their mission of keeping healthcare systems vibrant and doing great while dealing with the covid pandemic there's so many of them that it's hard to mention any specific ones if forced to out start mentioning a bunch of names because there's some that I've just been really blown away with by their efforts to this fantastic effort but there's so many of them that have just done remarkable work.   Becker Hospital Review

The first way you can stand up you have to stay true to your values as a leader. Now, this is assuming you know what your values are. And if you don't, then I highly recommend that you do some work on understanding what your values are.   As a leader, if you don't stand true to your values, when you're faced with the difficult decisions,  when you're faced with crisis with chaos like we've been faced with for so many months now since March of 2020, you'll get pushed around. Trust yourself if you are growing. Make sure you've got a circle of people who can give you good advice. The advice that you get is not near as important as who you get it from.   Never quit on yourself. Never quit working to be a better leader, never quit working to be a better human, never quit working to learn more, never quit working to be a better communicator, a better team builder, never quit on yourself.   Draw lines in the sand. And don't waver on sticking up for other people. Right now in the world, there's a huge vacuum for leadership. I've been saying literally for years, the world is screaming for leadership. And that's never been more true than it's been the last six months. And right now the world is screaming for leadership. It's easy for you to shine as a leader right now, by just doing some of the simple things.    Hiring the right talent matters as a leader, check out our new interview guides: https://www.mikeharbour.net/high-performance-interviewing  

Learn how my mentor and friend Paul Martinelli went from janitor to number 1 Coaching Guru in the World. Some notes from our conversation.  I was not programmed with prosperity consciousness. I was programmed with poverty consciousness, and I was raised by a single mom in a very abusive home, but both physically, emotionally, and verbally. And like all of us kind of on the playground of life... In the 1970s a speech impediment was considered a learning disability. I didn't understand at the time, my self-belief, my self-image, my self-esteem was being programmed, how I saw me, what I believed my worth was. And the power of that is twofold. One is that our beliefs drive our behavior. You will never see somebody create results that are incongruent with what they believe. Now, they may act for a short period of time, you know, beyond their belief,  but this is why people self-sabotage. The second power of this is not only do we not only sell, reproduce kind of who we are and what we believe, but it controls what we'll even think is possible. So, when somebody brings to you an idea that is far beyond what you believe is possible for your life, even if it's what you want, you will reject the idea. You will make an agreement with your self-belief limitation rather than your God gifted infinite potential. With this limiting self-belief, I end up failing out of school. You know, I produced what I believed. I was considered learning disabled. I wasn't learning disabled until I was programmed. I mean, I got a brother who went to the same schools that I did live in the same house, same DNA, same environment, who's got a doctor degree from Carnegie Mellon University, a brother who was an Apache helicopter pilot, you're a military guy, don't pick dumb ones to fly those. I have a sister who graduated number one in our nursing school, you know, you got to be pretty sharp to be you know, number one in your nursing school, and I failed out of school.  I was cleaning toilets because I thought any dummy could clean a toilet. And I was any dummy, right? If I were a piece of marble, Michelangelo would still be chipping away at me.   Having worked his way up from mop bucket to millionaire, Paul has practiced — and proven — what he preaches. His thirst and passion for growth is evident in his desire to help others achieve success – the true mark of a great leader. Find out more about Paul here.   

In this episode, Mike talks with special guest Rachael Gillette, host of ENTRECON 2020. She shares how leaders need to be focused to create clarity on their team. The importance of communication not just speaking but listening.  Oftentimes we thought we'd have communicated something and somebody is saying something completely different. Whatever it is, we are operating differently, we have to think beyond the way that we're doing it. So now what we're talking about is saying, okay, we're in this situation we may not like it we may not have the tools to be able to deal with it effectively. We're going to give you them, we're going to come together in November and we are going to bring thought leaders around the world, experts on various different topics at ENTRECON 2020. Over the last four years, the community has transformed EntreCon® into a conference for not just entrepreneurs, but for business owners, leaders, and employees alike. EntreCon® provides attendees with a front-row seat to both local and national speakers, practical knowledge and tools, and first-class networking within our community. Be a part of the movement: Let's create great places to work together.   BIO: Rachael Gillette, Chief Leadership Development Officer Rachael is the director of training and development at Studer Community Institute. She is responsible for the creation of new and evolving curriculum, and the implementation of leadership programs, customized training, and conferences designed to improve employee skills and business results, building organizations with aligned values and engaged employees.   https://entreconpensacola.com/ http://studeri.org/

In this episode with Launch Leadership Coach Allison Liddle we discussed how leaders can make the next launch forward.   You will hear: I'm taking off time because this is just killing me. I love working. I love what I get to do. I feel like it's an honor. But I knew that with everything that was happening in the world. I needed to reconnect with my family, connect with myself and I needed to kind of turn everything off.   I've shifted really thinking intentionally about where I spend my time and energy.  I actually came back from my 30 days and I wrote down everything I was doing in my business. And I really evaluated why I was doing what I was doing whether or not it was getting the results that I needed them to get, and whether or not I should continue doing it or not.    I think as leaders a lot of times we want everything to work out exactly how we picture it in our minds and unfortunately, we don't have that type of control. And so, understanding that I can control what I can control, and I get to focus on creating and designing what it looks like now.   What is this going to look like? How do we rebuild trust with people whose trust has been broken? How do we provide services to these clients in a way that they know that we've got their back and that we understand them, and we aren't doing it for us, we're doing it for them.   Check our new launch of The Art & Science of Leadership Academy   BIO: Allison Liddle is a 3x best-selling author of Life Under Construction: Designing a Life You Love & The Art of Imperfect Action: All Success Comes From Daring to Begin, and Keep Going: How to Create a Champion Mindset, top motivational speaker, leadership trainer, podcast host of LAUNCH with Allison Liddle, CEO/Founder of Allison Liddle Consulting, President of Prosper Wealth Management, and mom to two awesome kids. Allison's companies have won national industry awards and trained leaders in the Top 10 of the Fortune 500 and have been seen in Forbes, USAToday, Nerdwallet, and many more media outlets. Allison is passionate about helping high achievers launch to the next level in their lives personally and professionally so she founded LAUNCH Leadership Conference. She loves coffee, yoga, reading, and laughing. Connect with her at www.allisonliddle.com.    

In this episode, Mike talks to you about staying stuck. He encourages you to be a leader that takes others with you. Don't leave them behind to stay stuck. Mike wants to help you take action and live your purpose. Visit www.Mikeharbour.net to find out ways we can help you grow into the leader you desire to be. Download our Daily Compass Tool to help you stay focused and productive.  Thanks for joining us and remember to subscribe to The Lead Up Podcast so you don't miss new episodes.  Follow us on Facebook, connect with us on  LinkedIn, and follow us on Twitter. 

 Are you on the sidelines waiting for the right time to act? Are you waiting for someone to tell you its ok? In this episode, Mike talks about being prepared for the moment to go after what you want. There is no better time than now. Go to www.mikeharbour.net and learn more about how we can help you become your best.  Download our Daily Compass Tool to get focused and increase your productivity. Follow Mike on Instagram @mikeharbourcoach Twitter @HarbourMike and on LinkedIn Mike Harbour-   

Trust is the foundation of your leadership and without it you can not get others to follow you very long.   WE are in a trust deficit right now around the world. I personally had to learn this as I did not grow up learning how to trust others, or even build trust.   I share 5 ways to help you build a solid foundation with those you are hoping to influence and make an impact in their lives.   Checkout our website for more information www.harbourresources.com. 

In this episode, Mike talks about how to stay focused to reach your goal. Mike is challenging you to get that dream destination out of your head and onto paper.  Our Daily Compass Tool can help you do this. Visit http://dailycompasstool.com/ to get your copy today. "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."-Jim Rohn   Visit www.mikeharbour.net to learn more about our services and how we can help you and your team. Go to http://theartandscienceofleadership.academy/ to learn more about our online learning community. 

In this episode, you will learn 4 ways to increase your influence. We all need a purpose to rally around- our team needs a common purpose. Its time to stand up and lead. You can not assume they know the purpose, don't leave them behind you must lead them forward. People will rise to the level of your expectations.

As we continue to strain under the weight of challenges we face right now, we must as leaders make the shift of being overly optimistic to realism.  We must make shifts in our leadership to lead well to be effective in our leadership. When we move into leadership roles, it's more important that we listen more than we ever have. Great leaders are constantly learning and growing they're never settling. Listen to this episode to help you grow as a leader. You can find The Daily Compass Tool to help you get started. Go visit our website Mikeharbour.net 

"Sometimes it is the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination."-Drake What do you want your future to look like when you step back into the workplace? Listen to this episode to find ways to move forward with some new mindsets, some new things that you can begin to apply in your life, and lead more effectively.

"You can't determine the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sail." How are you adjusting to the changes in your leadership? Listen to this episode to find ways to grow, collaborate with your team and stay on course. Find our Daily Compass http://dailycompasstool.com/ to help you get started