The StrongLead Podcast

Leaders at all levels resist doing the right thing because of how others will (or might) react. In this episode, Chad explores the challenging truth that you are not responsible for other people's emotions. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

As a leader (especially if you are THE leader), it's tempting to try to do too much. However, unlike a business, you can't grow your capacity to do more. In this episode, Chad shares how smart leaders determine which things to do and which things to let others do. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Anxiety is the hidden force behind many workplace problems. In this episode, we unpack what anxiety really is, how to spot it, and how leaders can respond with courage and clarity. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Leading some Gen Z-ers can be challenging. Complaining or coddling is not the answer. Instead, understanding them and making four moves to support them as they mature is the topic Chad explores in this week's episode. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Old sayings aren't outdated—they're battle-tested. In this episode, Chad dusts off four classic pieces of wisdom that today's leaders need to remember, respect, and actually live out. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

If you want to up your leadership game, you need to add compassion to your toolkit. In this episode, Chad shares the importance of compassion for leaders as well as five valuable expressions of compassion. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Success is the bullseye that you're aiming to hit in life. In this episode, Chad shares five important shifts that will improve your definition of success and improve the true quality of your life. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

There are five areas where (too!) many companies lack clarity. In this week's episode, Chad examines these five areas and details the importance of getting and keeping clear so your company succeeds. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Most leaders struggle with time not because they don't know how best to manage it, but because they fall into wrong thinking about time. In this episode, Chad shares five common confusions we must avoid when it comes to time. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Lots of leaders wish they were more patient. Why? Because it's a valuable character trait that has a huge upside. In this episode, Chad shares three areas we need to exercise patience as well as three reasons we are not more patient. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

It's easy to assume certain highly valued leadership qualities pretty much guarantee success, but the truth is they don't. In fact, these qualities can be overrated and overdone. In this episode, Chad examines four such qualities and how to balance them out with four even better qualities. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Usually a blind spot is a bad thing. But sometimes it's to your advantage. In this week's episode, Chad explores how now knowing something can lead to curiosity, creativity, and great results. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Great leaders don't just inspire—they define reality first. In this episode, we break down why facing the truth is a leader's first responsibility, how to balance brutal facts with vision, and the steps to communicate and act with clarity. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Some people are fragile. Some are robust, which is better. Others are resilient, which is even better. But did you know there is an even better way of dealing with life's difficulties? In this episode, Chad outlines what it means to be anti-fragile and how you can become stronger as a result of stress, strain, and struggle. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Poor communication is one of the biggest contributors to low trust and lackluster results. In this episode, Chad shares 5 ways to improve your communication. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Steve Jobs famously said, "Real artists ship." It's tempting to get stuck overthinking, polishing, planning, and just plain procrastinating. But strong leaders resist that temptation. In this week's episode, Chad shares four ways to push for progress. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Now that you have the foundation laid for knowing your purpose, it's time to clarify your purpose. This isn't easy, but in this week's episode Chad shares 4 essential activities that will help you get the clarity you need to live on purpose. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

What's the purpose of your life? That's a big question! In this episode, Chad addresses five questions that will lay the groundwork for knowing your purpose. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Money isn't everything, but it is an important thing, which is why we want to ask the question posed in this week's title. Whether you're an employee or the employer, you want to make sure there is an equity of exchange in the relationship. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

This week we are not talking about sugar, nicotine, or those kinds of addictions. Instead, we're exploring three addictions that many leaders need to deal with in order to strengthen their leadership and improve performance. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

You've heard, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." In this week's episode, Chad shares three ways strong leaders take that proverb up a notch and develop a taste for lemonade. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Billion-dollar businesses and startups on a shoestring budget are all smart enough to do annual business planning. Smart leaders also do business planning for their personal life. In this week's episode, Chad shares about an upcoming workshop (stronglead.org/business-plan-for-life) and four reasons it's important to have a business plan for life. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

A quick follow-up to our announcement from mid-October. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

This is our shortest episode ever by a lot! So please listen so you don't miss this important update! Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Why would anyone follow you? Or why should you follow anyone else? Only fools follow those who haven't earned the right to lead. In this week's episode, Chad shares four ways you earn the right to influence. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

When something goes wrong, it's never the victim's fault, and the victim never steps up to take responsibility. Even if you think you don't play the victim, you most likely do. In this week's episode, Chad explores a tool called the Drama Triangle and how it explains the temptation of seeing yourself as the helpless victim. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

If you're going to step up and lead, you have to give yourself permission to do so. In this week's episode, Chad shares four things that must be true in order for you to give yourself the necessary permission to lead others. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Great leaders take care of business, and one of the most important but overlooked ways to be successful is your surroundings. In this episode, Chad shares the power of surroundings and five specific areas of life where you can leverage the power of surroundings. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Strong leaders leverage the power of habits to not only be their best, but to grow into even stronger, better leaders. In this episode, Chad shares six habits that will help you keep growing. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Strong leaders are good at relationships, which requires them to be good at boundaries. When we're not good with boundaries, we create problems. In this week's episode, Chad shares four kinds of boundary problems from the best-selling book, Boundaries (https://amzn.to/3yLbGBj). Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Your personality is both your biggest strength and your most significant liability as a leader. In this week's episode, Chad shares some common mistakes to avoid when it comes to your personality, along with how to make the small adjustments that get the biggest positive returns. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

The podcast title this week says it all. Listen and learn how being nice is sometimes the worst thing you can do for a relationship. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

If you want to get leadership right, you have to get yourself right, which requires getting your relationships right. In this episode, Chad shares how beliefs are the highest leverage change you can make to get your relationships right. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

To be a great leader, you need strong, solid sources of influence. This means you need quality relationships with the people around you. In this week's episode, Chad shares four questions to help you evaluate your relationships. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

If you want to get leadership (and life) right, you want to get your relationships right. Strong leaders don't just accept the relationships they have, they exercise intentionality to get the relationships they need. In this week's episode, Chad shares four relationship moves that will help you make the most of your relationships. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

You can't be an authentic leader without knowing who you are and what drives you. Without this level of self-awareness, leaders stumble. In this week's episode, Chad explores three areas where inauthentic leaders are susceptible to weak leadership. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

There is a maturity milestone that every leader has to reach in order to be a truly great leader. In this episode, Chad shares how leaders balance and blend the external pressure to be fake and the internal pressure to serve ego. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Putting up a skyscraper or a mansion or even a toolshed on a shaky foundation is not a good idea because the final building is only as strong as its foundation. The same is true for leaders. In this episode, Chad shares how self-awareness is the foundation for all truly strong and capable leaders and illustrates the four things you need to know about yourself to be strong in your foundation. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

The best techniques cannot overcome the challenges of having the wrong tool for the job. And if you're the wrong kind of person, all the leadership techniques in the world will be of little value. In this episode, Chad examines three aspects of your being that will determine your potential in leadership (and in life). Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Sometimes we make things too complicated, and it's great to get back to the basics. In this episode, Chad shares the three essential elements of leadership. These three ingredients will support strong leadership wherever you're leading. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Where is leadership needed? Pretty much everywhere. In this episode, Chad shares four places to look for the opportunity to lead. You'll be a stronger leader when you learn to spot these opportunities and step up to provide leadership. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

We can learn to be strong leaders by noticing the consequences and causes of weak leaders. In this episode, Chad discusses the results of weak leaders and four kinds of weak leaders. Don't be weak! Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Sometimes different people bring different meaning to the same word. When it comes to leadership, there are two popular but very different ideas about what leadership means. In this episode, we'll get clear on which of these definitions best fits you and your approach to leadership. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Are you "emotional"? The answer is yes. Everyone has emotions. Leaders don't try to eliminate their emotions, instead they seek to domesticate them. In this episode, Chad shares some practical ways to get your emotions working for you, not against you. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Leadership is a relationship between leader and followers, which is why credibility is the foundation of leadership. Without it, nobody is going to follow you. In this episode, Chad unpacks the four characteristics that followers look for in a leader to know he or she is credible. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

At our recent leadership conference, one of the speakers used a wall as a metaphor for community strength. In today's episode, Chad builds on that metaphor by describing the importance of having a wall to (re)build and three things it takes to build your wall as a leader. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

It's the leader's job to help drive performance. In this week's episode, Chad discusses the many things that can get in the way of performance and why it's the leader's job to reduce these interferences. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

If you're in any kind of leadership situation--either formally or informally--one of the items on your job description is to challenge. In this week's episode, Chad shares why challenging is so important and four people every leader must challenge. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Vision is a good thing, and any good thing can be overdone. In this episode, Chad shares how vision is essential to great leadership and three ways it can be overdone. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

A big mistake we can make in life is to think life should be frictionless. Instead, we need a philosophy of pain that helps us make the most of adverse events. In this episode, Chad shares such a philosophy and how you can apply it in your life and leadership. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Leadership starts with you, and there's nothing you can do to earn people's respect more than modeling what really matters. In this episode, Chad shares the three aspects of modeling the most important values and how you can start modeling the values you expect to see from those you lead. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com