Your Year of Leading - 2020

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Bill Carroll takes you onto the path of leading others in the pursuit of intended change in the world. You will experience a series of predictable phases -- phases that will deeply challenge you. You will need to know who you are, and you will also need to know who you must become to endure the internal and external obstacles in front of you, on the path of leading. Tune into 52 weeks of Key Leadership Distinctions with your virtual leadership development coach.

William Carroll


    • Dec 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 52 EPISODES


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    Leadership Distinction #52: Renewal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 3:01


    Intended change often warrants multiple attempts

    Leadership Distinction #51: Execution

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 2:55


    As with all strategies, the Execution is the thing

    Leadership Distinction #50: Plans

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 3:43


    The Secret to having a great plan? Make your doers planners.

    Leadership Distinction #49: Objective

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 2:52


    Leaders shouldn't be afraid to be a bit subjective when setting an objective.

    Leadership Distinction #48: Situation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 2:45


    Before you launch intended change efforts, know where you are.

    Leadership Distinction #47: Disclosure

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 2:30


    When we lead we opt to disclose worlds that would otherwise not be.

    Leadership Distinction #46: Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 2:24


    The Journey reveals the right v wrong reasons for leading

    Leadership Distinction #45: Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 3:17


    The Leader Coach wears many hats, for different service reasons

    Leadership Distinction #44: Result

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 2:44


    The Result is the Intended Change purpose for Leading

    Leadership Distinction #43: Integrity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 2:12


    Not just honest, but aligned in thought, word, and deed.

    Leadership Distinction #42: Complexity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 2:40


    How to avoid "I didn't see that coming!"

    Leadership Distinction #41: Mental Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 2:37


    You lead as you think -- plain & simple.

    Leadership Distinction #40: Circularity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 2:53


    You grow as a leader when you learn that you are both cause and effect.

    Leadership Distinction #39: Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 3:18


    Leaders must learn to have a 'systems perspective' of the circumstances they seek to change.

    Leadership Distinction #38: Induction

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 2:27


    Leaders must bring forth the change they intend.

    Leadership Distinction #37: Crucible

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 2:15


    Leadership Distinction #36: Competence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 2:25


    Forget "Great" when considering Leadership; go for Competence.

    Leadership Distinction #35: Manager

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 2:28


    The ultimate explanation for the difference between leader and manager

    Leadership Distinction #34: Committed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 2:48


    Know how people decide to commit, and leverage it

    Leadership Distinction #33: Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 3:08


    What's your "Why" for being in business? Is it aligned with your King & Queen?

    Leadership Distinction #32: Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 3:03


    If we concentrate on our "power-to" we are less exposed to risk when "power-over" comes to the fore.

    Leadership Distinction #31: Authority

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 2:23


    How to know if people are 'following' your leadership or 'complying' with your authority...

    Leadership Distinction #30: Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 3:02


    This kind of trust is a gamble, but leaders must take it

    Leadership Distinction #29: Authentic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 2:45


    Business Leaders look to the world of art to help them be genuine

    Leadership Distinction #28: Follower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 2:36


    Genuine leading requires a Follower's assent.

    Leadership Distinction #27: Influence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 2:29


    Influence is a Performing Art

    Leadership Distinction #26: Charisma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 2:40


    The Law of Attraction can only be sustained by alignment of thought, word, and action.

    Leadership Distinction #25: Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 2:14


    Connecting heart-to-heart trumps connecting mind-to-mind.

    Leadership Distinction #24: Mastery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 3:00


    Mastery is not about domination, it is about surrendering to an unending process.

    Leadership Distinction #23: Presence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 2:37


    Aid executive presence by turning down your transmitter and turning up your receiver: listen.

    Leadership Distinction #22: Emotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 2:38


    Leaders must learn to balance their "old" and their "new" intelligences.

    Leadership Distinction #21: History

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 2:33


    Because Memory is a key component of a Leader's observational power, History must be kept clearly in view -- and so that we may generate supportive History as we move forward.

    Leadership Distinction #20: Language

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 2:25


    Speak into being the tomorrow that you seek

    Leadership Distinction #19: Action

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 2:27


    Leaders may find meaning in their actions.

    Leadership Distinction #18: Founder

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 2:37


    Founders flounder -- when they do too much.

    Leadership Distinction #17: Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 2:35


    Leaders are wise to invite their followers to be co-authors of strategy.

    Leadership Distinction #16: Intention

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 2:31


    A Leader's desire, combined with supporting action plan clarity, amount to Intentional power.

    Leadership Distinction #15: Habit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 2:58


    Leaders must be vigilant observers of their automatic responses to things.

    Leadership Distinction #14: Pragmatism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 3:07


    Business needs a bit more philosophy. Particularly this kind.

    Leadership Distinction #13: Mission

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 3:14


    Episode 13 of 52 discusses the important differences between Mission and Vision.

    Leadership Distinction #12: Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 2:21


    Many businesses are getting the "vision thing' all wrong. Find out how to amend here.

    Leadership Distinction #11: Will

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 2:29


    Just after belief in the cycle of leading, and just before intention, we encounter the Will. Will we prevail upon it?

    Leadership Distinction #10: Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 1:54


    The 10th Episode of the 52-episode series in 2020.

    Leadership Distinction #9: Idea

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 2:22


    Key vocabulary, of importance at particular points in time, along the Pathworks of your Leadership

    Leadership Distinction #8: Imagination

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 2:32


    Leadership Distinction #7: Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 3:12


    Leaders must move nimbly between coordinated action and shared reflection with followers.

    Leadership Distinction #6: Observer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 2:31


    We must learn to embrace all manner of input of information -- welcome or otherwise, at all times.

    Leadership Distinction #5: Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 2:32


    Change & Time are two sides of one coin -- the currency of Leadership

    Leadership Distinction #4 -- Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 2:52


    Leading Change in a complex world may require sharing your vision.

    Leadership Distinction #3: Concern

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 2:25


    What prompts a Leader to begin to generate intended change in the world?

    Leadership Distinction #2 (of 52): Approach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 2:33


    Leaders and Followers Approach one another with their silent Purposes driving the interaction.

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