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Lee Benson, CEO of Execute to Win and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "Your Most Important Number," and "Value Creation Family," believes families and organizations have something in common: they're perfectly designed to produce the results they get. In this conversation, Lee explains why removing every obstacle—whether for employees or children—often creates dependence instead of ownership. He explores why healthy struggle is essential for developing resilience, how creating value matters more than chasing success, why lowering expectations delays independence, and how the same leadership principles that build accountable organizations also build capable families. Whether you're leading a company, raising children, or doing both, this conversation offers practical insights for developing responsibility, resilience, and a lifelong commitment to creating value for others. Find episode 526 on The Leadership Podcast, on YouTube @theleadershippodcast, or wherever you get your podcasts! Key Moments [03:48] Why musicians peak young, according to Lee [07:05] Applying "organizations are perfectly designed" to family [09:57] Why families build dependency instead of ownership [13:14] Unsupervised 70s kids vs. sheltered kids today [16:52] Lee's origin story: kicked out at 17 [18:45] Success vs. intentionally creating value [23:41] Healthy struggle vs. unhealthy struggle [31:55] The leadership behavior that quietly destroys value [37:55] The moment success and value creation split for Lee [41:40] The three value buckets: material, emotional, spiritual [44:48] Lee's closing challenge to listeners Memorable Quotes "Don't be a victim. Be a developer, not a victim." "All the opportunity in the world is in the struggle." "We create the environment from which everybody creates value." "Goals matter, systems to achieve goals matter more. Leadership matters most." "Positive emotional energy, to me, is the scarcest commodity on the planet." "How we show up with their potential is a really big deal." "Everyone's a leader all the time." Explore the full archive at www.theleadershippodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts! These are the books mentioned in this episode Resources Mentioned The Leadership Podcast | theleadershippodcast.com Sponsored by | www.darley.com Rafti Advisors. LLC | www.raftiadvisors.com Self-Reliant Leadership. LLC | selfreliantleadership.com Website | www.etw.com Podcast | www.etw.com/syv-podcast Facebook | www.facebook.com/ETW.executetowin LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/lee-j-benson Instagram | www.instagram.com/executetowin TLP137: How to Spend 60% of Your Time With Your Employees

The trait we've heard the most about Jaylen Raynor is his leadership. While Jake Brend doesn't downplay the importance of Raynor being a quarterback off the field, he weighs in on the importance of what he needs to bring to the field in 2026. Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 314 of Beyond The Story, Sebastian Rusk interviews Michael Mok, a powerhouse entrepreneur, as he shares how leadership, clear goal-setting, and relentless action turned his childhood passion for "adult Legos" into a flourishing business that empowers families. Tune in and discover how taking action from a place of purpose can transform your life, your business, and those you serve! TIMESTAMPS[00:00:05] Welcome & community—how Elite Coaching shapes relationships.[00:01:50] Michael Mok's transformation from science to construction: embracing childhood passions.[00:04:18] The mission: helping families, building safer homes, and industry challenges.[00:07:22] Health wins: discovering hidden dangers and making measurable impact.[00:11:19] The role of fulfillment, vision, and making a 10x impact.[00:13:24] Free resources & connecting with Michael Mok.QUOTES"You already know what you want to do as a young child; you just may not remember it. If you feel and listen to your heart, you know where you want to go." – Michael Mok"The fulfillment aspect is the most important thing that keeps you going. Without it, you just could give up." – Michael Mok"I believe that starting a podcast can radically change your life and your business if you let it. And I'm qualified to say something so bold because I've lived it." – Sebastian Rusk==========================Need help launching your podcast?Schedule a Free Podcast Strategy Call TODAY!PodcastLaunchLabNow.com==========================SOCIAL MEDIA LINKSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcastlaunchlab/Facebook: Facebook.com/sruskLinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/sebastianrusk/YouTube: Youtube.com/@PodcastLaunchLabMichael MokInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaeljmok/ ==========================Take the quiz now! https://podcastquiz.online/==========================Need Money For Your Business? Our Friends at Closer Capital can help! Click here for more info: PodcastsSUCK.com/money==========================PAYING RENT? Earn airline miles when you use the Bilt Rewards MastercardAPPLY HERE: https://bilt.page/r/2H93-5474 

Do great leaders actually matter? Or are they just being carried along by bigger forces – from timing to sheer dumb luck? It's the question that underpins almost every argument about politics, business and sport. And it's one that Jared Diamond, the UCLA professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, has spent years trying to answer. He joins Emma Kennedy to reveal when leaders can – and cannot – bring about effective change. • Buy Jared's book Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter? from our affiliate bookshop and you'll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too.• Get tickets for Origin Story Live! at Islington's Union Chapel on Tuesday, September 1 • Back us on Patreon – www.patreon.com/bunkercastWritten and presented by Emma Kennedy. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Build. Break. Rebuild better. Kelton Higgins shares the mindset behind great leadership—how to navigate setbacks, stop overcomplicating success, overcome worst-case thinking, and earn respect through results. Because the biggest thing standing in your way is often the story you're telling yourself.

Following a 27-year career as a CEO and entrepreneur, Jim Ellis became a professor and — from 2007 to 2019 — dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Many of his former students are successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Jim — author of the new book, A Journey of Insights: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy — says he learned as much as he taught by listening to the ideas and feedback of students, colleagues, alumni, family members, and even strangers. Many attributes distinguish a great leader from a good one. However, as Jim explains, being a discerning listener may be the most important leadership skill of all. You won't need an MBA to learn from Jim. All you need is to tune in to this week's episode. Monday Morning Radio, now in its 15th season, is hosted by the father-son duo of Dean and Maxwell Rotbart. Photo: Jim Ellis, A Journey of InsightsPosted: August 24, 2026 Monday Morning Run Time: 43:50 Episode: 706

If you lead a church, business, team, organization—or simply want to become someone others trust and want to follow—this conversation is for you. In this episode: • How to lead people relationally • What creates a strong, healthy culture • Leading through growth and change • Developing and empowering other leaders • Staying humble as your influence increases • Why who you are matters as much as what you build Subscribe to The Relational Leader Podcast for more conversations on leadership, relationships, culture, and becoming the kind of leader people want to follow.Special Guest: Pastor Chad Veach.

What sets exceptional leaders, teachers—and high-impact people across all human pursuits—apart from the rest? How do they think, act, and view the world? And how do they view themselves? Who should leaders rely on “to never make a wrong decision?” And what powerful technique may immediately improve your leadership, teaching and parenting?Find out from Todd Whitaker, exclusively in conversation with Dr. Hitendra Wadhwa on Intersections Podcast.Todd Whitaker is one of America's leading authorities on teacher and principal effectiveness, staff morale, teacher leadership, and school culture and climate. A former math teacher, basketball coach, school principal, central office administrator and award-winning educator, Todd has worked across multiple layers of the education system, gaining deep, firsthand insight into what makes schools thrive and what causes them to falter. He is currently a faculty member in educational leadership at the University of Missouri and professor emeritus at Indiana State University. Todd has written over 65 books on education, including What Great Teachers Do Differently, What Great Principals Do Differently and Shifting the Monkey. Todd's work has been instrumental in shifting schools from managing problems to building cultures of excellence, and through his talks and writings, has inspired hundreds of thousands of fellow educators, consistently championing the power of the individual to strengthen leadership and drive meaningful change.In this episode, Todd reveals:- The mindset and habits of exceptional people across all walks of life- Who can leaders rely on “to never make a wrong decision”- A powerful technique to immediately improve your leadership, teaching, and parenting

Leaders do not simply enter a room. They change it. In episode 632 of the Lawyerist Podcast, Stephanie Everett talks with Debbie Foster about leading self, the first cornerstone from their new book, Be a Next Level Leader.  Debbie explains why “leaders bring the weather” and how a leader's emotions, attention, and energy can shape an entire meeting. Together, they explore what happens when leaders make promises they cannot realistically keep, become bottlenecks for their teams, or undermine decisions by delivering them as someone else's instructions.  They also discuss why honoring commitments is essential to building trust, how to renegotiate a deadline without hiding behind busyness, and what it means to speak as a leader even when you disagree with a decision. Debbie and Stephanie share practical scripts, exercises, and shared language law firm teams can use to make better leadership habits part of everyday work.  If you want your team to trust your word, follow your direction, and feel secure when pressure rises, better leadership starts with understanding how you show up.  Listen to our previous episodes on Law Firm Leadership, Self-Awareness & Building Stronger Teams.  #627: Building Stronger Law Firm Teams Through Better Communication, with Zeina Baydoun Apple | Spotify | LTN  #615: How to Stop Being the Bottleneck and Build Stronger Teams, with Debbie Foster and Stephanie Everett Apple | Spotify | LTN  #596: The Athlete's Mindset for Lawyers, with Jess Sargus Apple | Spotify | LTN  #592: Client Care, Culture, and Character: A Framework for Great Leaders, with William O'Neal Apple | Spotify | LTN  #527: Casting Your Vision and Leading Your Firm, with Kevin DeShazo Apple | Spotify | LTN  Links from the episode:  https://beanextlevelleader.com/    Have thoughts about today's episode? Join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X!   If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Looking for help beyond the book? See if our coaching community is right for you.   Access more resources from Lawyerist at lawyerist.com.   Chapters / Timestamps  00:00 – Introduction  01:19 – Why Leadership Teams Need Shared Language  03:16 – Meet Debbie Foster  03:45 – Why Leadership Starts with Leading Self  04:13 – Leaders Bring the Weather  05:27 – Showing Up Fully Present  06:17 – How Broken Commitments Erode Trust  08:15 – When the Leader Becomes the Bottleneck  09:29 – Speak as a Leader, Not a Messenger  10:11 – Disagree, Commit & Support the Decision  12:02 – How Leaders Undermine Their Own Credibility  12:57 – Turning Leadership Theory into Practical Tools  14:31 – Scripts for Renegotiating Commitments & Receiving Feedback  16:10 – How the Book and Workbook Took Shape  17:21 – Shared Language Creates Stronger Leaders  19:26 – Leading When Responsibility Exceeds Authority  21:21 – How Do You Show Up Under Stress?  22:34 – Closing Thoughts 

Servant Leadership: Are You Avoiding It? What if the biggest leadership breakthrough of your career isn’t a new strategy, a new title, or a new set of KPIs — but a philosophy you’ve been overlooking your whole career? That’s the question at the heart of today’s show. At 5pm Eastern on “A New Direction with Coach Jay,” I’m sitting down live with Mark Miller — co-author, alongside legendary leadership expert Ken Blanchard, of the newly revised and expanded 4th edition of “The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do.” Blanchard and Miller say 82 percent of managers struggle to lead effectively, and their answer to why is deceptively simple: servant leadership. If that number makes you uncomfortable, good — that’s exactly why this conversation matters. “The Secret” isn’t your typical leadership book stacked with theory and jargon. It’s a business fable — the story of Debbie Brewster, a newly promoted executive who’s drowning in low morale, high turnover, and a team that’s losing faith in her. Her mentor hands her one deceptively simple truth: great leaders serve. That’s servant leadership in action, and it plays out through the five practices of the SERVE model — seeing the future, engaging and developing others, reinventing continuously, valuing both results and relationships, and embodying the values you claim to hold. What makes this conversation especially powerful is who’s sitting across from me. Mark Miller didn’t study servant leadership from a distance — he lived it. He walked into Chick-fil-A as the company’s 16th employee, starting out in the warehouse and mailroom, and spent the next 45 years working his way up through Corporate Communications, Field Operations, and Training and Development before retiring as Vice President of High-Performance Leadership. That’s a quarter century spent directing research and initiatives worth tens of millions of dollars to figure out, test, and validate what actually works when you’re trying to lead people well.  This is a man who has been in the trenches — which means today’s conversation isn’t theory, it’s tested truth. So here’s what we’ll be digging into together: why so many capable, hardworking managers still fail to lead effectively — and what the small percentage who practice true servant leadership are doing differently. We’ll talk about what it really means to “see the future” as a leader, why reinventing yourself never stops being optional, and how you rebuild trust and credibility once it’s been damaged.  Whether you’re leading a team of two or two thousand, this episode is going to hand you a servant leadership framework you can start using before the day is over. If you would like engage Mark’s services you can call him on his cell phone directly: 678-612-8441 or email Mark, mark@leadeveryday.com Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller‘s book, “The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, , 4th Edition, Revised and Expanded” is what I would refer to as a timeless guide for those seeking to be great leaders.  Why do I say timeless?  Because the principles in this book would work in the first century and will work any time in the future. I had never read the previous versions of the book, so I do not know what to compare it to, but I can tell you that was fundamental mind shifts in every single chapter.  The book is counter-intuitive for those leaders that believe they must be in control.  Yes, you need to be valuing results, but if you want your leadership to translate into great results you need to value those relationships both inside and outside of your organization or business. You have probably heard the term “servant leadership”.  But you may have not really thought how a leader actually serves others.  Well, this is where the book sets itself apart from other books.  It doesn’t just talk about it as a philosophical ideal, but puts into practical terms that translate into greater profits, and truly having a great team. I truly enjoyed reading every page of this book.  What I pulled from The Secret was more than a great story that surrounded the main principles of SERVE, but also the valuable practical nuggets that made me think, and that I could apply to my own leadership immediately.  Do yourself and your business a huge favor and get it. You can get your copy of The Secret by clicking here. Please reach out and thank the sponsors of  A New Direction and bringing you great guests like these: Linda Craft Team Realtors. So what can you say about a real estate company that has spent more than 40 years at the top of their game? Well the first thing is you have to admit that their customers and clients continue to drive their business…but why? That's because the Linda Craft Team continue to believe that every person and every relationship is important, not just now, but even in the future. It is why she is devoted to continually adding value to her clients and community by serving them in ways that matter…it is also why their clients say, “The Linda Craft Team have legendary customer service!” When it comes to real estate start with the legends start with Linda Craft & Team, Realtors – www.LindaCraft.com Hey…do me a favor and please tell your friends to subscribe to A New Direction on their favorite podcast platform and give us a 5 star rating we are so grateful when you do! ABOUT YOUR HOST Meet Jay Izso Executive Performance Coach  |  Host of A New Direction Every week on A New Direction, I sit down with CEOs, founders, and the researchers behind the science of leadership performance. The conversations go deep. We talk about the decisions that built companies, the mistakes that nearly destroyed them, and the personal breakthroughs that changed everything. But here's what most people don't know about me: the show is an extension of the work I do every day with executives behind closed doors. Who I Am I'm an Executive Performance Coach. I work with CEOs and founders of $5M-$50M companies who have hit a wall they can't explain. The marketing looks fine. The team is capable. The market is there. But the business won't move. The problem, almost every time, is the person running it. I find the personal behavioral patterns that are driving the business dysfunction. Then I help the CEO disrupt those patterns so the company can grow. That's it. No motivational platitudes. No vision boards. Diagnostics, intervention, results. Where This Comes From My approach comes from two places most coaches never set foot in. The farm. I grew up as a farmhand in Ithaca, Nebraska—population 100. I started working at nine years old. By the time I left for college, I'd spent a decade learning that you can't cheat the harvest, pain is part of the job, and the work has to get done whether you feel like it or not. I was fourteen the first time I had to castrate boars. Nobody was going to do it for me. That lesson never left: sometimes you have to do things afraid. The forensic psychology unit. In graduate school at Washington State University, I trained under Dr. Thomas Brigham—co-author of the Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis—in a human behavior lab focused on real-world problems. I then served in a Clinical Psych II role at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Washington, a forensic setting where I conducted psychological evaluations of individuals charged with the most serious criminal offenses. Sixteen months assessing human behavior at its most extreme taught me how to cut through defenses, identify what's really driving someone's decisions, and see what they can't see in themselves.

Great leaders don't have to be great at everything—they need to know what they're great at and surround themselves with people who make them better.In Part 2 of The H.I.T. Podcast, Toby Kennedy continues his conversation with Daniel Hallak, author of The Trust Circle, about leadership development, career growth, trust, and why the relationships around a leader matter more than ever.Daniel explores how organizations can intentionally develop their people through stretch, support, and strategy—giving leaders the social architecture they need to grow and succeed.The conversation also dives into the idea of the "shadow job description." Beyond what's written on paper, leaders juggle countless responsibilities every day. The key is understanding where you bring unique excellence, recognizing what drains you or falls outside your strengths, and having the humility to bring the right people around you.In this episode:Why great leaders need a trusted circle around themHow mentorship can accelerate employee development and productivityThe role of stretch, support, and strategy in developing leadersUnderstanding your "shadow job description"Identifying what you're uniquely great atBuilding a team that complements your weaknessesWhy AI and unlimited information can't replace context and nuanceHow trusted relationships help leaders make better decisionsIn a world where information is everywhere, knowing the latest leadership theory isn't enough. Real leadership development comes through formation, relationships, context, and having people you trust enough to tell you what you need to hear.Learn more from Daniel in his book, The Trust Circle.

Aubrey Masango is joined by Andisa Ramavhunga, Founding Principal at The Value Creation Firm to unpack why high-performing leaders must master Direction, Discipline and Development. And how to build a business that can run without you. Tags: 702, Aubrey Masango show, Aubrey Masango, Bra Aubrey, Andisa Ramavhunga, Great leaders, Great managers, High-performing leaders, Entrepreneurship Feature, Organizational culture The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen. Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show. Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hardest person you'll ever lead is the person you see in the mirror every day. And the more influence you have, the more important self-leadership becomes. In this episode, Andy Stanley and Holly Goddard continue their conversation on why self-leadership is the foundation of great leadership. They explore why leaders must prioritize what they value most over what they want now, and why leading yourself well requires inviting others in. Download the application guide: https://re.yourmove.is/4xBuTOx Get your copy of Andy’s new book, What Great Leaders Do: https://re.yourmove.is/4g7pEz5 Here's what they cover in this episode: Three commitments great leaders make What great leaders prioritize (2:10) How to determine what you value most (7:36) Why great leaders invite feedback (19:36) Prefer to watch instead of listen? You can find new episodes of the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast on YouTube at YouTube.com/AndyStanleyOfficial Recognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine. If this podcast has made you a better leader, you can help it by leaving a quick Spotify or Apple Podcasts review. You can visit Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and then go to the “Reviews” section. Thank you for sharing!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every leader makes bad decisions - but the difference between a great leader and a mediocre leader is often how they recover from these bad decisions. In this episode, Pastors John & Wayne discuss 5 things leaders should do when they mess up. Follow us on Instagram for more great leadership content: Pastor John (@johnsiebeling), Pastor Wayne (@waynefrancis), Podcast (@leadershipinblackandwhite). Leave a rating and review to give us your feedback and help the show continue to grow!

What if the biggest thing holding your team back is you? In this episode of the Deep Leadership podcast, I'm joined by Dave Garrison, leadership strategist, former CEO, and co-author of The Buy-In Advantage. Dave has spent more than 25 years helping leaders build organizations where employees don't just show up, they bring their ideas, energy, and initiative with them. We discuss why great leaders stop trying to have all the answers and instead learn how to develop better thinkers. Dave explains how leaders can unintentionally train employees to depend on them, turning themselves into the bottleneck that prevents their organization from growing. We also explore: Why employee engagement is at a crisis point The difference between engagement and true buy-in Why pay, bonuses, and perks don't create lasting motivation How trust allows organizations to respond faster Why great leaders ask questions instead of giving answers How to create a drama-free problem-solving culture Why “three is greater than seven” when setting priorities How purpose and values create stronger organizations Why investing time in your people produces real business results Dave makes a compelling case that creating a buy-in culture doesn't require expensive programs or elaborate incentives. It requires leaders to become more curious, involve their people, and recognize that the collective thinking of the team can be better than the thinking of any one leader. If you're a leader who feels like everyone comes to you for answers, this episode may change the way you lead. Connect with Dave Garrison: LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-garrison-growth/ Get the book: ⁠https://garrisongrowth.com/buy-in-book/ Website: ⁠⁠https://garrisongrowth.com/ Subscribe to Deep Leadership: If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe and share it with someone who wants to become a better leader. Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cadre of Men⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Farrow Skin Care⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Salty Sailor Coffee Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leader Connect⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Qualified Leadership Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____ Get all of Jon Rennie's bestselling leadership books for 15% off the regular price today! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Great Leader is unpredictable. He will lead you hither, thither, up hill, down dale but never up a blind alley. He will ALWAYS surprise you. This week, Steve returned from his honeymoon a new and married man. There was much focus on this, as well as a live UFO investigation and one of Steve's Top 10 hilarious moments of confusion.Please send your listener comments to Danny@radiox.co.ukThis week's podcast is dedicated to Lisa Evans.Thank you.

When everything feels urgent, meaningful work rarely gets the attention it deserves. In episode 631 of the Lawyerist Podcast, Zack Glaser talks with leadership researcher and author Shawn Vanderhoven about how law firm leaders can create the clarity their teams need to focus and perform at their best.  Drawing from his book, Pause: How to Lead Brilliant Work in a Busy World, Shawn explains why effective leadership sometimes requires slowing down before moving forward. He shares what his research revealed about the behaviors that improve focus, the leadership habits that amplify distraction, and why teams struggle when every project is treated like a top priority.  Together, they explore how to make realistic tradeoffs, involve your team in prioritization, delegate without derailing someone's entire day, and create systems that make difficult conversations easier. Shawn also explains why asking, “What will it take to do this well?” can lead to better decisions than simply asking whether the work can get done.  If your law firm is juggling too many priorities, this episode offers practical ways to reduce distraction, lead with greater clarity, and create space for work your team can be proud of.  Listen to our previous episodes on Law Firm Leadership & Building Stronger Teams.  #627: Building Stronger Law Firm Teams Through Better Communication, with Zeina Baydoun Apple | Spotify | LTN  #615: How to Stop Being the Bottleneck and Build Stronger Teams, with Debbie Foster and Stephanie Everett Apple | Spotify | LTN  #604: From Practice to Business: Scaling Beyond Yourself, with Andy Hays Apple | Spotify | LTN  #592: Client Care, Culture, and Character: A Framework for Great Leaders, with William O'Neal Apple | Spotify | LTN  #541: Why the Best Teams Have Keystone Conversations, with Michael Bungay Stanier Apple | Spotify | LTN  Links from the episode:  https://www.pausebook.co/  Have thoughts about today's episode? Join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X!   If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Looking for help beyond the book? See if our coaching community is right for you.   Access more resources from Lawyerist at lawyerist.com.   Chapters / Timestamps  00:00 – Introduction  00:25 – A Different Kind of Law Firm Conference  03:10 – LabCon for Law Firm Leaders  07:05 – What Is Broken About Law Firm Intake  11:30 – How to Secret Shop Your Firm  15:15 – The Role of AI in Client Intake  20:45 – Why Clients Still Want Access to Humans  26:30 – Meet Shawn Vanderhoven  29:15 – Why Leaders Need to Pause  30:25 – How Leadership Can Improve Focus  33:25 – When Everything Feels Important  37:15 – Making Prioritization a Team Sport  40:20 – Choosing Your Majors and Minors  42:45 – A Better Way to Delegate Work  46:10 – Navigating Competing Priorities  49:10 – Making Difficult Conversations Easier  54:45 – Creating Clarity Around What Matters  56:10 – Pausing to Help Your Team Move Faster  59:05 – Closing Thoughts 

Many leaders believe that resilience means enduring as much as possible. Always being strong, always being available, always having an answer. But that is exactly where the Superman trap begins. In this episode of the LEITWOLF® Podcast, Stefan explains why real resilience does not mean being invulnerable. The best leaders are not the ones who can push through the longest, but the ones who can regain clarity, rebuild energy, and provide direction quickly after periods of pressure. Because those who constantly run on empty lose exactly what leadership needs most today: clarity, composure, and good decision-making. Stefan shows why leaders do not have to carry everything alone, why vulnerability is not a sign of weakness, and how shared responsibility makes teams stronger. This episode is about replacing perfection with honesty, consciously handing over responsibility, and planning recovery just as consistently as performance. You will also hear a short conversation with Adrian Rhaese, founder of Enviotech, about his personal perspective on resilience and how he cultivates and uses it in his everyday life as an entrepreneur. ––– Do you like the LEITWOLF® Leadership podcast? Then please rate it with a star rating and review it on iTunes or/and Spotify. This will help us to further improve this LEITWOLF® podcast and make it more visible. ––– Book your access to the LEITWOLF® Academy NOW: https://stefan-homeister-leadership.com/link/leitwolf-academy-en Would you like solid tips or support on how to implement good leadership in your company? Then please get in touch with Stefan via mail: contact@homeister-leadership.com Or arrange a free phone call here: https://stefan-homeister-leadership.com/link/calendly-en // LINKEDIN: https://stefan-homeister-leadership.com/link/linkedin // WEBSITE: https://stefan-homeister-leadership.com ® 2017 STEFAN HOMEISTER LEITWOLF® ALL RIGHTS RESERVE ___ LEITWOLF Podcast, Leadership, Management, Stefan Homeister, Podcast, Business Leadership, Successful Leadership, Organizational Management, Leadership Skills, Leadership Development, Team Management, Self-leadership, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Training, Career Development, Leadership Personality, Success Strategies, Organizational Culture, Motivation and Leadership, Leadership Tips, Leadership Insights, Change Management, Visionary Leadership, Leadership Interviews, Successful Managers, Entrepreneurial Tips, Leadership Best Practices, Leadership Perspectives, Business Coaching

Positive thinking might be the reason you're still stuck. Pressure doesn't vanish when you become a better leader. The stakes just get bigger. Performance coach and sports psychology expert Joshua Lifrak joins Matt and Luigi to explain how leaders can stay focused, reset after a bad result, and build confidence that is backed by real work, not wishful thinking and a motivational coffee mug. Joshua breaks down the same mental habits used by elite athletes, championship teams, and high-performing business leaders. The goal is not to feel great every second. It is to see the facts, control the next move, and stop one bad moment from wrecking the whole day.  

Today J.R. shares 11 great questions to ask if one on one meetings with those on your team from Mark O'Donnell.. . .Coaching is one of the most significant ways to include reflection into your leadership rhythms for greater health and effectiveness. If you're interested in securing a free no-pressure exploratory coaching session, check out www.kairospartnerships.org/contact or email me at jrbriggs@kairospartnerships.orgIf you haven't signed up for my every other week FREE newsletter 5 Things in 5 Minutes (5 valuable nuggets that can be read in 5 minutes or less), check out www.kairospartnerships.org/5t5m**Resilient Leaders is produced by the incredibly gifted Joel Limbauan. Check out his great video and podcast work at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson is an executive communication strategist, keynote speaker, conference designer, and founder of the Heartwood Leadership Institute. She helps leaders, founders, and organizations transform powerful ideas into unforgettable messages that inspire action through the power of story. The belief that stories can change lives has shaped her work from the very beginning.   Jacque has coached executives and advised leaders at Fortune 100 companies and global brands including Amazon, Accenture, General Mills, Salesforce, Stripe, Target, Visa, Walmart, and more. She's the host of the Ideas Love Community podcast, creator of the Gateway Gathering & Pitch Fest, and the author of 14 books. She's trained thousands of professionals in communication, executive presence, and thought leadership. When she's not launching voices, you'll likely find her paddling with her gold medal-winning dragon boat team of all breast cancer survivors.   Episode Summary:   In this episode of Heartbeat for Hire, host Lyndsay Dowd sits down with Jaquelyn Fletcher Johnson — communication strategist, conference designer, 14-time author, and founder of the Heartwood Leadership Institute. Jaquelyn traces her lifelong obsession with storytelling back to a childhood prank on her younger brothers, then walks through a career that wound from freelance writing and magazine editing into pioneering "Creative Writing at the Bedside" and an on-set interview show at Mayo Clinic, and eventually into executive coaching and leadership development.   Key Takeaways:   - Stories shape how people feel long after they're told. - "Trail angels" are the people who show up right when you need them. - A meandering career can still add up to a clear pattern. - Starting something of your own means giving up full control. - Executive presence isn't about polish — it's about being grounded. - A health scare can clarify your legacy. - You don't have to act on every calling — but it won't disappear.   Episode Chapters:   00:00 Cold open: three things you'll learn from this episode 00:43 Welcome to Heartbeat for Hire + guest introduction 01:36 Jaquelyn joins the show 02:08 Origin story: the Jolly Green Giant and the power of story 04:58 Career path: freelance writer to magazine editor to Mayo Clinic storytelling programs 08:33 What is a "trail angel"? 10:06 The tough reality of the conference and speaking world 10:43 Why Jaquelyn decided to build her own conference 14:25 Lessons learned building the Gateway Gathering and Pitch Fest 17:53 Listener thank-you and sponsor spotlight (Cozy Earth) 18:34 Redefining executive presence 21:19 What inspires Jaquelyn 22:01 Legacy, breast cancer, and dragon boat racing 23:18 What's next: Gateway Gathering, Pitch Fest, and family milestones 24:04 Where to find Jaquelyn 24:09 Final takeaway for listeners

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Maximos Lih is an Executive Coach and founder of Emboldened LLC, where he helps small teams scale without losing their edge and leaders grow with purpose and trust. His leadership philosophy was shaped by his grandfather—a self-taught orphan who became a four-star general—who taught him that true greatness is measured by how you make people feel. After immigrating to the U.S. and graduating from UC Berkeley, Maximos joined Google, where he specialized in recruiting top engineering talent before moving to Google Ventures. There, he guided hundreds of founders through rapid growth, witnessing companies like Uber and Flatiron Health scale at remarkable speed. Today, he draws on those experiences to coach the next generation of leaders in building mission-driven, high-performing teams.      

Send us Fan MailWhat if the fastest way to lead change was to stop trying to feel confident? Executive coach Terez Rijkenberg says clarity beats confidence every time, and she has the frameworks to prove it.Terez Rijkenberg, executive coach to C-suite leaders and director at Tuitive AI, joins Yanique Grant to share the two frameworks behind her work: the RAFT formula (results, actions, feelings, thoughts) and Radical Adaptability. She unpacks how change really happens, how she coaches leaders through it with a real client story, and how her Claude-based AI system hands executives back 10-plus hours a week. She also shares the grounding quote she uses when stress spikes.In this episode:- Terez's journey from the corporate ladder through postpartum depression and identity shift to executive coaching - The RAFT formula: why your thoughts drive your feelings, actions, and ultimately your results - Radical Adaptability: safety, clarity, belief, experiment, and integrate, the five steps of real change - A client story showing why coaching a team is faster than telling them what to do - Before and after: building AI workflows that remove manual work and free leaders to think - The grounding self-talk Terez uses under pressure: this is not an emergencyFeatured resources:Book: The Success Principles by Jack CanfieldBook: The Freakonomics series by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (her gateway into behavioral economics and psychology)Claude (Anthropic) - where Terez builds her processes, systems, and personalized client dashboards AI Amplified Exec - her Claude plugin that turns spreadsheets, transcripts, and documents into branded outputs like board packs in minutes Tuitive AI - where Terez is director and built AI Amplified Exec, helping senior executives use AI safely for real gains in personal productivity.Connect with the guest:Website: terezrijkenberg.comWeekly email / blog: terezrijkenberg.com/blogLinkedIn: Terez Rijkenberg (most active here)Follow the show: X @NavigatingCX and join our private Facebook group, Navigating the Customer Experience Community. Hosted by Yanique Grant.

Send us Fan MailWe're on a summer break of sorts from new episodes of the podcast, but we wanted to re-share some favorites from the past nine seasons of The Leadership Vision Podcast. This was one of my favorites from 2026, as it is a great reminder to all of us that we need to let certain things go if we want to grow. About how sometimes, choosing to look past a difficult situation without any sort of resolution might be the best way to move forward and get closer to the things we really want or need.That's not to say it's easy to do this! Far from it, in fact. But reminding us all that we have a choice in these matters is sometimes all it takes.This lesson comes to us from a parable taken from a children's book that was shared with Dr. Linda and Brian from one of our clients earlier this year. It's a simple story, and an even simpler lesson, but one worth revisiting over and over again. It begins with unlearning—the intentional process of releasing habits, patterns, and ways of thinking that no longer serve you.At its core, this episode is about a simple but challenging idea: great leaders grow by letting go first.Enjoy!Support the show-Read the full blog post here!CONTACT USemail: connect@leadershipvisionconsulting.comLinkedIn FacebookLeadership Vision OnlineABOUTThe Leadership Vision Podcast is a weekly show sharing our expertise in discovering, practicing, and implementing a Strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. Contact us to talk to us about helping your team understand the power of Strengths.

If you have ever said 'I should have seen that coming,' the problem probably isn't that you weren't paying attention. You were looking in the wrong places. In this episode, Dr. Janel Anderson breaks down three shifts that separate leaders with strategic foresight from those who are always catching up. She walks through real examples of signals that were hiding in plain sight for decades and gives you a practical 20-minute assignment to start building the habit. Whether you lead a team or a company, this episode sharpens how you see. Find show notes at https://janelanderson.com/280 

For some reason, Michelle Michelle Michelle has demanded that Steve go away on something she insists on calling a "honeymoon." For that reason, Steve is absent this week, but the IBS team understands that he will return next week. Until then, a disturbing update on Silver Lightning, much discussion on the Anglesey Panic and a dog doing a wee PERILOUSLY close to The Great Leader.Please send your listener comments to Danny@radiox.co.ukThis week's podcast is dedicated to Lynn's bloke.Thank you.

How do great leaders make employees feel valued?What increases employee engagement without spending more money?How can leaders create stronger workplace culture through everyday interactions?In this episode of Time to Reset, productivity expert and leadership strategist Penny Zenker explores why the most memorable leaders aren't necessarily the loudest or the busiest. They're the ones who intentionally create moments that matter.Using a personal story about planning a milestone birthday celebration, Penny reveals how the same principles can transform team meetings, customer experiences, employee engagement, and even family relationships. The lesson is simple: meaningful leadership isn't built through grand gestures. It's built through consistent, thoughtful actions that help people feel seen, appreciated, and connected.In this episode you'll learn:How to make employees feel valued at workSimple leadership habits that increase employee engagementWhy meaningful workplace culture is built through small momentsWays to create more engaging meetings and stronger team connectionsHow thoughtful follow-up builds trust after employee surveysPractical leadership strategies to improve communication and retentionIf you're a leader, manager, business owner, or anyone looking to build stronger relationships at work and at home, this episode offers practical strategies you can implement immediately.Keywords: leadership, employee engagement, workplace culture, leadership communication, management skills, employee experience, leadership development, team engagement, company culture, trust in leadership, meaningful leadership, customer experience, workplace relationships, communication skills, productivity, Penny Zenker, Time to ResetLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://pennyzenker360.com/positive-productivity-podcast/

Today we unpack the hidden work that drives real leadership results, even when nobody sees it. We share how we protect preparation, think time, and mindset work so our firms run better as they grow.Key topics discussed in this episode:• Why outcomes get credit while the setup stays invisible• Protecting preparation time to run better leadership meetings• creating think time that starts with specific prompts and decisions• Using coaching as a thought partner for clearer execution• The leadership shift from doing tasks to creating conditions for success Follow Elite Achievement for more conversations on leadership and high-level execution. About Kristin BurkeKristin Burke works with financial advisors and leaders in financial services who are building and scaling firms. She helps them lead more effectively, develop their team, and execute consistently on the priorities that drive growth.Work with KristinIf you are building a firm and want a strategic partner to help you think through leadership, team development, and execution, you can learn more about working with Kristin here:WebsiteConnect on LinkedInLinkedIn

Mark J. Silverman on Leadership Capacity, Triggers, and Resilience Under PressureGeorge Wright III interviews executive coach and author Mark J. Silverman about why leadership breakdowns are often “capacity problems” driven by stress and unresolved childhood overlays in relationships. Silverman shares his journey from alcoholism and addiction to sobriety in 1989, later business success, midlife panic, depression, and rebuilding through endurance goals, therapy, journaling, and self-help—leading him into coaching. He explains allostatic load and how overwhelmed leaders lose composure despite knowing the material, then outlines practical foundations (sleep, food, downtime, family, contemplation) plus his framework from The Rising Leader Handbook: leading up, across, down, and self. He describes building capacity by repeatedly facing discomfort without overreacting, and flags warning signs like autocratic behavior, low curiosity, blaming, and resentment—prompting leaders to ask where they failed to set boundaries, ask for needs, or create clear agreements. He emphasizes preparation over prediction in an uncertain world, accepting unfairness, “working the problem,” and putting yourself on the list; contact is markjsilverman.com.00:00 Childhood Boss Overlay00:15 Welcome and Guest Intro01:35 From Addiction to Success03:05 Midlife Crash and Healing05:17 Finding Coaching Purpose06:52 Leadership Capacity Explained07:21 Allostatic Load Basics10:37 Four Leadership Arenas12:07 Triggers and Trusted Advisor14:52 Building Capacity Practice16:51 Early Stress Warning Signs19:25 Leading Through Uncertainty23:12 Put Yourself First ClosingThanks for listening, and Please Share this Episode with someone. It would really help us to grow our show and share these valuable tips and strategies with others. Have a great day.George Wright III“It's Never Too Late to Start Living the Life You Were Meant to Live”FREE Daily Mastermind Resources:CONNECT with George & Access Tons of ResourcesGet access to Proven Strategies and Time-Test Principles for Success. Plus, download and access tons of FREE resources and online events by joining our Exclusive Community of Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and High Achievers like YOU.Join FREE at DailyMastermind.comFollow me on social media Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin | TikTok | YoutubeGrow Your Authority and Personal Brand with a FREE Interview in a Top Global Magazine HERE.About GuestMark J. Silverman is an executive coach, best-selling author, and host of The Rising Leader Podcast. He works with high-performing leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives who are navigating the challenges of growth, pressure, and responsibility while striving to lead with greater clarity, resilience, and purpose. His work focuses on a simple but overlooked truth: leadership doesn't break down because people don't know what to do—it breaks down when pressure exceeds their capacity to stay grounded and effective. Through coaching, speaking, and thought leadership, Mark helps leaders strengthen their ability to perform at their best without sacrificing their well-being, relationships, or fulfillment.LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark22102Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.silverman.54/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markjsilverman

How do successful companies stay fast, hungry, and focused as they grow?In this episode of Entrepreneur | Authorities, Joe Pardavila welcomes back Matthew Domo, CEO and founder of FifthVantage.At Amazon, Matt created Amazon Web Services' first database and pioneered the database-as-a-service category.Matt breaks down Amazon's influential “Day One” leadership mindset and explains why it's an operating discipline rather than a corporate slogan.The conversation explores how leaders can create urgency without chaos, give teams autonomy while maintaining accountability, and recognize the early signs of organizational complacency. Matt also explains why vague goals such as “make it simple” can slow teams down and waste valuable time.Joe and Matt discuss working backward from the customer, improving the employee experience, measuring real business outcomes, and avoiding vanity metrics. They also examine why many companies are spending heavily on AI without changing how decisions are made or how employees work.Matt closes by sharing one Amazon practice every entrepreneur and business leader can use: write the future press release before creating the strategy deck.What You'll Learn:Amazon's Day One leadership mindsetThe warning signs of Day Two thinkingCreating urgency without creating chaosBalancing autonomy with accountabilityWhy companies become complacentWorking backward from the customerDefining simple, seamless, and delightful experiencesUsing AI to create measurable business outcomesWhy AI spending becomes a vanity metricWriting a future press release before building a strategyMatthew Domo is the author of "Everybody Wins: The Business Leader's Mission Possible Guide to AI Success"Subscribe to Entrepreneur Authorities for conversations with the leaders, builders, and thinkers helping entrepreneurs make smarter decisions in a changing world.Chapters00:00 Introduction00:59 What “Day One” Really Means02:00 Warning Signs of Day Two Thinking03:39 Where Complacency Starts06:00 The Problem With Checking Boxes07:19 How Amazon Created Urgency Without Chaos10:56 Autonomy Requires Accountability13:55 Why Innovation Can Slow a Company Down17:03 Leading Through Rapid AI Change18:05 Defining Seamless and Delightful21:20 What Does “Simple” Actually Mean?24:54 Working Backward From the Customer26:00 The Employee and Leader Experience28:24 The Real Cost of AI Tokens30:24 Why AI Failure Is a Leadership Problem31:53 The Amazon Lesson Entrepreneurs Should Steal34:33 Everybody Wins

Discover the power of authentic leadership in the age of AI. Join host John Davidson and HR expert Dwight Clarke as they discuss self-mastery, strategic partnerships, and learning from failure. Are you ready to redefine your leadership style in the digital age? In this episode of the Leverage Podcast, host John Davidson sits down with Dwight Clarke, the founder of Authentically DC. Together, they explore what it truly takes to develop authentic leadership when tools like artificial intelligence are rapidly changing how we live and work. Dwight shares his incredible career path, transitioning from an international tax accountant to a cross-industry HR executive. He discusses the fatal flaw of the "fake it till you make it" mentality and explains why programming humanity and character into technology requires authentic leadership. True leaders are grown through vulnerability, self-awareness, and an open mind to evaluate internal biases. Dwight reflects on how early corporate failures forged his path toward self-mastery, proving that every loss offers a powerful lesson if you choose to embrace it. Later in the episode, the conversation shifts to business growth and the critical role of strategic partnerships. Dwight discusses the time-value-for-money equation, highlighting why entrepreneurs must delegate administrative tasks to focus on revenue-generating activities. Whether you want to improve team collaboration or master self-evaluation, this discussion offers timeless wisdom to elevate your executive mindset. Connect with us: https://bit.ly/4wbhLP9 00:00 - Introduction to Dwight Clarke 01:58 - Human Connection and AI in Leadership 04:12 - Dwight's Career Journey and Self-Mastery 09:12 - Great Leaders vs. Bad Bosses 14:52 - Confidence, Humility, and Overcoming Anxiety 17:34 - Sponsor: Sphere Rocket VA 18:58 - The Value of Strategic Partnerships 20:49 - Time Management and Delegation for Entrepreneurs 26:33 - Finding Wisdom and Lessons in Failure 32:05 - Career Advice to a Younger Self 38:42 - How to Connect with Authentically DC #AuthenticLeadership #LeveragePodcast #SphereRocketVA #ExecutiveMindset #StrategicPartnerships #selfmastery

Leadership isn't just for CEOs, pastors, or business owners—it begins at home. In this conversation, Ginny sits down with bestselling author and leadership expert Andy Stanley to explore the timeless principles from his new book, What Great Leaders Do. While written for organizational leaders, Andy shares why these lessons may be just as transformative for parents. Together they discuss the difference between problems that can be solved and tensions that must be managed, why trusting intuition often matters more than having all the answers, how to pursue clarity when certainty isn't possible, and why the strongest leaders play to their strengths instead of trying to become well-rounded. Andy also offers practical wisdom on protecting family over career, resisting the dangers of ego and entitlement, surrounding yourself with people who tell the truth, and building a life defined by character rather than achievement. Whether you're leading a family, a team, a business, or simply trying to become a wiser, more intentional person, this conversation is filled with practical insights that can shape the way you make decisions, build relationships, and leave a lasting legacy. Get Andy's latest book here. For more on Andy Stanley, visit: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndyStanleyOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andy_stanley/ X: https://x.com/AndyStanle Your Move: https://yourmove.is Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop www.whisker.com/1000HOURS  Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to MuzzleSleep.com and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off.  Zenni Optical- Go to www.zenni.com/podcast  and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off your first order, plus free shipping on all U.S. orders over $65. Active Skin Repair - Don't forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ActiveSkinRepair.com and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. KT by Knix - Go to www.KnixTeen.com , and use code 1000HOURS for 15 percent off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does great coaching really look like? Furman Women's Volleyball Head Coach Michelle Young and student athlete Emily Navarro join the podcast to explore the evolution of leadership, the challenges of college athletics, and the lessons that extend far beyond the court. From overcoming homesickness to embracing accountability, they discuss how the best coaches develop people, not just performers. This conversation offers valuable insights for leaders, parents, coaches, and anyone striving to build resilience, confidence, and a culture where growth ultimately leads to success.

Jody Fletcher helped lead Navy organizations of up to 45,000 people. His biggest leadership lesson was simple: how you treat people directly affects how they perform.After nearly 30 years in the U.S. Navy—including service as a corpsman alongside Marine Corps Recon and MARSOC—Jody became a command master chief and senior enlisted advisor to two- and three-star generals.In this episode of Whiskey & Wisdom, Jody joins Tyler Yaw and Chris Kellum to discuss the leadership principles behind his book, Good Humans Make Great Leaders.Jody explains why leadership skills must be deliberately developed, what separates a good human from a merely effective performer, and why authority alone will never create a great team. The conversation covers self-awareness, boundaries, relationship-building, difficult personnel decisions, optimism, and the principle of “first do no harm.”The crew also pours Jefferson's Ocean Voyage 24 and debates whether aging bourbon at sea actually changes the flavor—or simply creates a better story.If you lead a team, own a business, serve in the military, or want to become someone others can trust, this conversation is for you.Subscribe to Whiskey & Wisdom for honest conversations with people building businesses, leading others, and making an impact.Find Jody Fletcher's book, Good Humans Make Great Leaders, wherever books are sold—and leave a review after reading.CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction00:51 Jefferson's Ocean Pour02:04 Does the Voyage Change the Flavor?04:14 Jody's Navy Origin Story06:09 From the Teams to Command Master Chief08:17 Why Jody Stayed Past 20 Years13:26 Learning Leadership Later in His Career14:34 Officer vs. Enlisted Career Paths19:50 Why Good Humans Make Great Leaders23:06 How the Book Is Structured24:52 Creating a Conversational Leadership Book25:56 What Makes Someone a Good Human?26:27 Assuming Positive Intent27:07 Leadership, Boundaries, and Candy27:37 Why Would Anyone Want to Lead?28:50 Building the Super Team30:22 First, Do No Harm31:48 Hiring People and Making Hard Decisions33:58 The Right Way to Let Someone Go38:26 Defining Success After Military Service43:38 Control the Controllables44:56 The Discipline of Optimism46:34 Where to Buy the Book47:46 The Reality of Publishing a Book50:25 Final Thoughts and Book Reviews51:22 Jefferson's Ocean Afterthought#Leadership #MilitaryLeadership #WhiskeyAndWisdom

What does it take to thrive as a quiet person in a world that rewards the loudest voice? Nicolai Tangen sits down with Susan Cain, author of the bestsellers Quiet and Bittersweet, whose work gave millions of introverts a voice. They explore why authenticity will be the great advantage in the age of AI, what defines the "highly sensitive" 15 to 20 percent of the population, and how our culture shifted from valuing character to valuing personality. Susan explains why introverted leaders often deliver stronger results, the hidden cost of "toxic positivity", and how she calibrates her own days to avoid burnout. She also reflects on the bittersweet outlook, the joy found in sorrow, and her advice on how young people can rediscover who they really are. Tune in for a thoughtful conversation on personality, leadership and what makes us human.In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson, Karoline Woie, Olav Vhile and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen and Håkon Klemsdal. Background research was conducted by Une Solheim.Watch the episode on YouTube: Norges Bank Investment Management - YouTubeWant to learn more about the fund? The fund | Norges Bank Investment Management (nbim.no)Follow Nicolai Tangen on LinkedIn: Nicolai Tangen | LinkedInFollow NBIM on LinkedIn: Norges Bank Investment Management: Administrator for bedriftsside | LinkedInFollow NBIM on Instagram: Explore Norges Bank Investment Management on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leaders Who Create Connection: Stories have a way of connecting with us that facts alone never can. Whether it's through a sermon, a song, or a simple conversation, the stories we share often become the moments people remember most. Join Jason Squires as he sits down with pastor, songwriter, and military veteran Luke Eldredge to explore the power of story. Together they discuss why stories help people connect, how vulnerability builds trust, and what it looks like to faithfully steward your own story without oversharing. If you've ever wondered whether your experiences could encourage someone else, this conversation is a reminder that God often uses the stories we're willing to share to help others feel seen, understood, and pointed toward Him. Learn more about Luke at https://lukeeldredge.com/.

What separates elite teams like the Navy SEALs, Pixar, and the San Antonio Spurs from everyone else, and how can construction leaders apply those same principles?   Every construction leader wants a team that communicates well, takes ownership, and consistently delivers great results. In this episode, Bradley Hartmann shares Daniel Coyle's five elements of strong teams, revealing the leadership behaviors that foster trust, reinforce high standards, strengthen coaching, and create a culture where people can do their best work.   In this episode, you will learn The five leadership messages every great team consistently communicates to create trust, belonging, and high performance. Simple daily behaviors that strengthen culture, improve communication, and increase employee engagement. How vulnerability, clear standards, coaching, and a compelling vision help teams consistently outperform the competition.   Press play now to discover the five practical leadership behaviors that will help you build a stronger team, improve your culture, and create lasting results.   Download the 5 Elements of Strong Teams     At Bradley Hartmann & Company, we help construction teams improve sales, leadership,  and communication by reducing miscommunication, strengthening teamwork, and bridging language gaps between English and Spanish speakers. To learn more about our product offerings, visit bradleyhartmannandco.com.   The Construction Leadership Podcast dives into essential leadership topics in construction, including strategy, emotional intelligence, communication skills, confidence, innovation, and effective decision-making. You'll also gain insights into delegation, cultural intelligence, goal setting, team building, employee engagement, and how to overcome common culture problems—whether you're leading a crew or managing an entire organization.   Have topic ideas or guest recommendations? Contact us at info@bradleyhartmannandco.com.   New podcasts are dropped every Tuesday and Thursday.     This episode is brought to you by The Construction Spanish Toolbox —the most practical way for construction teams to learn jobsite-ready Spanish in just minutes a day over 6 months.      

Even Einstein doubted himself. Meryl Streep still waits for the other shoe to drop. Dr. Mira sits down with executive advisors Dr. Suzy Burke and Jamie Ramsden to explore what they call the inner game and outer game of leadership. Suzy explains why self-doubt is actually an evolutionary response, not a personal flaw, and walks through a simple three-step process for catching negative self-talk before it derails a decision. Jamie brings in the outer game, the part of leadership that is about reading your team, your context, and the moment in front of you. Together they explain why a leader's inner dialogue becomes the whole team's emotional weather, how sense-making should take up more of a leader's day than most people realize, and why saying no might be the most underused leadership skill there is. If you have ever felt like a fraud in a room you worked hard to get into, or wondered why your inner work isn't landing, this conversation will change how you think about that feeling.Subscribe for weekly conversations on leadership and emotional intelligence.Find our guest here:Connect with Dr. Suzy Burke and Jamie Ramsdenwww.suzyburke.phdwww.adastraleadership.comTo find more of my work:Subscribe to this channelSubscribe to my free newsletter at: mailchi.mp/2079c04f4d44/subscribeWork with me one-on-one: calendly.com/mira-brancu/30-minute-initial-consultationConnect with me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/MiraBrancuLearn more about my services: www.gotowerscope.comGet practical workplace politics tips from my books: gotowerscope.com/booksGet my free Strategic Clarity and Leadership Resilience assessment: https://mailchi.mp/e1ebf8505764/slr-assessment Get my Free Burnout Root Cause Assessment: https://mailchi.mp/29d7d18fae4a/burnout-root-cause-assessmentGet my Workplace Grief Guide: https://mailchi.mp/46873b910380/workplace-grief-field-guide Find other free resources to support your leadership growth: https://gotowerscope.com/other-free-stuff Join the next Towerscope leadership workshop or fellowship: https://gotowerscope.com/fellowship 

The path to becoming a great leader begins with one simple question: What would a great leader do?In this episode, Andy Stanley and Holly Goddard begin a new series unpacking Andy's new book, What Great Leaders Do: 7 Essentials for Enduring Impact. They explore why self-leadership is the foundation of every other aspect of leadership, why giftedness alone isn't enough to be a leader worth following, and how the greatest challenge every leader faces is the person they see in the mirror each morning.Download the application guide: https://bit.ly/4fJxWwJGet your copy of What Great Leaders Do: https://andystanley.com/what-great-leaders-doHere's what they cover in this episode: Why leadership is both a gift and a responsibility (6:18) Why leading yourself is harder than leading others (15:45) The gap where most leadership failures begin (19:25) The first commitment of self-leadership (31:52) Special thanks to our sponsor BELAY for offering a free download of their guide: 5 Signs You’ve Become the Financial Bottleneck. It will help you identify where your financial processes may be too dependent on you and how to build the systems your organization needs. Just text the word ANDY to 55123 to claim your free guide now.Prefer to watch instead of listen? You can find new episodes of the Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast on YouTube at YouTube.com/AndyStanleyOfficialRecognized as one of Forbes' 6 Leadership Podcasts To Listen To In 2024 and one of the Best Leadership Podcasts To Stay in the Know for CEOs, according to Industry Leader Magazine.If this podcast has made you a better leader, you can help it by leaving a quick Spotify or Apple Podcasts review. You can visit Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and then go to the “Reviews” section. Thank you for sharing!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Great Leader is so powerful. He has such influence. That aside, however, he is an odd man. He was an odd boy too and this is only proven further today. Meanwhile, Steve pontificates on the Dartford Crossing and how often Queen Elizabeth II might have visited it and there's a paranormal update from Anglesey.Please send your listener comments to Danny@radiox.co.ukThis week's podcast is dedicated to The Nameless 16 Year Old, of Ian's.Thank you.

How Great Leaders Stay Calm Under Pressure What does it take to stay calm when lives are on the line? In this episode of the Deep Leadership podcast, I sit down with Noel Cardenas, retired U.S. Army Colonel and CEO of Memorial Hermann Southeast & Pearland Hospitals, to explore what leadership looks like under the most demanding conditions imaginable. Noel shares lessons from building a 164-bed combat support hospital in Iraq in just 48 hours, leading hundreds of soldiers during two combat deployments, and guiding healthcare teams through the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss why the best leaders project calm during uncertainty, why character always comes before competence, and how taking care of yourself enables you to take care of everyone else. Whether you lead a business, a military unit, a healthcare organization, or a small team, this conversation is packed with practical leadership lessons you can apply immediately. In this episode, you'll learn:• How great leaders stay calm under pressure• Why character is the foundation of leadership• The importance of taking care of yourself before leading others• How to build trust during times of crisis• Why leaders must adapt their leadership style to the situation• The military principle of "leaders eat last" and why it still matters today• How to prepare your team before the crisis begins• Why creating your future starts with the decisions you make today If you're looking to become the kind of leader people trust when the pressure is highest, this episode is for you. Connect with Noel Cardenas: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noel-j-c%C3%A1rdenas-fache-93692727/ Subscribe to Deep Leadership: If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe and share it with someone who wants to become a better leader. Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cadre of Men⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Farrow Skin Care⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Salty Sailor Coffee Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leader Connect⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Qualified Leadership Series⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____ Get all of Jon Rennie's bestselling leadership books for 15% off the regular price today! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, I sit down with Marc Lore and Jim Kwik to talk about the mindset, leadership, and long-term thinking that drive lasting success. We discuss why raising capital is about creating greater value, how purpose helps you push through setbacks, and why self-image shapes the choices you make every day. Marc shares his philosophy on building mission-driven companies, while Jim explains how learning, curiosity, and cognitive flexibility prepare us for a rapidly changing world. We also talk about raising resilient kids, leading with humility and empathy, making decisions that honor your core values, and building champions instead of simply chasing wins.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.What separates organizations that occasionally succeed from those that consistently achieve elite performance? Often the difference is between knowledge and action; between what great leaders know and do.In this episode of The Champion Forum Podcast, Jeff Hancher welcomes leadership expert and bestselling author Mark Miller back to the show to discuss the newly revised fourth edition of The Secret, coauthored with Ken Blanchard.Mark shares the four disciplines found in high-performance organizations and explains why leadership, alignment, and employee engagement are essential prerequisites for sustainable execution. He also challenges some of the most common misconceptions about servant leadership, including the belief that servant leadership is soft, passive, or simply about helping people.Jeff and Mark explore the difference between serving someone and leading them, the importance of examining a leader's true motivation, and why results produced by a self-serving leader are often unsustainable. They also discuss lifelong learning, developing leadership strengths, addressing performance gaps, and helping people find roles where they can thrive.Listen to discover why servant leadership remains a superior leadership model and how leaders can create performance that lasts.

Great leaders don't stumble onto talent by accident. They see it because it's already on display. In this episode, Dr. Stephen breaks down three truths about being seen: why your potential only counts if it's accessible, why the person who notices you may never be the one who promotes you (but holds the "informational capital" that gets you there anyway), and why being seen happens at the intersection of a person, a problem, and your productivity. Drawing from Jesus calling Peter and Andrew and two real moments from his own path to leadership, Stephen makes the case that being seen is never passive. It's earned in the faithful, unglamorous work you do when you think no one's watching. Because someone always is.

In this episode,  Adam Torres interviews Ganzorig Ulziibayar, Founder of Mandal Financial Group. Ganzorig discusses the ideas behind his book Strategy as Attitude: The Missing Half of Strategy, sharing why diagnosis, strategic thinking, and the right mindset are essential for leaders navigating complex decisions.   Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Visit our website: https://missionmatters.com/ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Great Leaders Never Stop Growing Have you ever found yourself thinking, "I'm doing everything right...so why aren't I seeing the results I hoped for?" It's a question many leaders ask, but it can also reveal one of the greatest traps in leadership. Because the quality of your leadership will never outgrow the quality of your character, your greatest investment is your own personal and spiritual growth. In this episode of the Confident Christian Influence Podcast, Pam shares a powerful story about a gifted leader whose refusal to continue growing ultimately led to the loss of trust, influence, and meaningful relationships. It's a sobering reminder that leadership isn't about arriving—it's about continually becoming the person God is calling us to be. If we're honest, none of us are doing everything right. We all have blind spots, areas where God is still refining us, and opportunities to grow. The strongest Christian leaders are not the ones who believe they have all the answers. They're the ones who remain humble, teachable, and willing to learn. You'll discover why personal growth is essential to effective leadership, how striving to force results can quietly replace trusting God, and why honoring God through humility and obedience always leads to greater influence. If you desire to lead with greater wisdom, confidence, and Christ-centered influence, this episode will encourage you to embrace lifelong growth and trust God with the results. In This Episode You'll Learn: Why great leaders never stop growing. The hidden danger of believing you're "doing everything right." How pride and self-reliance can quietly undermine your leadership. Why a teachable spirit is one of a leader's greatest strengths. The difference between striving to make things happen and faithfully trusting God's timing. Practical questions every leader should ask to continue growing personally and spiritually. Key Quote "None of us are doing everything right. We all have room to grow." Scripture Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." Connect with Pam If this episode encouraged you, be sure to subscribe to the Confident Christian Influence Podcast, leave a review, and share it with a friend or fellow leader. For additional leadership resources, coaching, and encouragement, visit PamPegram.com. Grab the LEAD Framework at pampegram.com/leadframework

What if the key to success in today's business world wasn't about making difficult decisions quickly—but about broadening the scope through which you make decisions? Leaders Alliance CEO Cornelia Choe and executive coach Marshall Goldsmith argue that being open to more perspectives can help leaders navigate an increasingly complicated world and lead better. They share their framework for this mindset shift, and examples of leaders who have done this well. Choe and Goldsmith are the authors of the book The Panoramic Leader: How Great Leaders See Differently.

On this  re-release episode of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer sits down with organizational psychologist, Stanford professor, bestselling author, and leadership expert Robert Sutton to discuss how leaders can reduce unnecessary workplace friction, build stronger teams, improve organizational culture, and create environments where people can thrive. Drawing from his book The Friction Project, Robert shares insights on identifying "bad friction," making work more effective, receiving feedback with greater resilience, building self-awareness as a leader, and why his famous "No Asshole Rule" continues to be so relevant in today's workplace. Whether you're leading a team, managing organizational change, or looking to improve workplace performance, this conversation offers actionable insights to help you become a more intentional and effective leader. Tune in now! Key Takeaways From This Episode What workplace friction is—and how to recognize it How great leaders remove unnecessary barriers to success Lessons from The Friction Project The leadership principles behind the "No Asshole Rule" How to build greater self-awareness as a leader Why receiving honest feedback is essential for growth ABOUT ROBERT SUTTON: Robert I. Sutton is an organizational psychologist and professor of Management Science and Engineering in the Stanford Engineering School. He has given keynote speeches to more than 200 groups in 20 countries, and served on numerous scholarly editorial boards. Sutton's work has been featured in the New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and Washington Post. He is a frequent guest on various television and radio programs, and has written eight books including The Friction Project, and two edited volumes, including the bestsellers The No Asshole Rule; Good Boss, Bad Boss; and Scaling Up Excellence. About the book THE FRICTION PROJECT: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder (St. Martin's Press; January 30, 2024), bestselling authors and Stanford professors Robert I. Sutton and Hayagreeva "Huggy" Rao present a decade's worth of research on what ought to be easy and what ought to be hard in organizations, and how to change things for the better. Based on their research, case studies, and hundreds of engagements with top companies, the authors reveal just how widespread this affliction is, and provide a roadmap for readers to take up the mantle and blaze a path out of the muck. Sutton and Rao tease out the most common and destructive forms of friction, and share proven tactics, tools, and practices that can help us avert these traps and move forward. Ultimately, THE FRICTION PROJECT makes the case for a new philosophy that empowers us to build positive, productive, and humane organizations that make life better for their people and those they serve. Website:  https://www.bobsutton.net/  Order the book, THE FRICTION PROJECT - How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder: https://www.bobsutton.net/book/the-friction-project/  Social Media Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobsutton1/  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/work_matters     About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the award-winning author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to "Live Greatly" while promoting leadership development and team building. Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel's work has been featured in Forbes and she has had multiple TV appearances including NBC News Daily, ABC News Live, FOX Weather, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago and more. Kristel lives in the Chicago, IL area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide. To Book Kristel as a speaker for your next event, click here. Website: www.livegreatly.co  Follow Kristel Bauer on: Instagram: @livegreatly_co  LinkedIn: Kristel Bauer Twitter: @livegreatly_co Facebook: @livegreatly.co Youtube: Live Greatly, Kristel Bauer To Watch Kristel Bauer's TEDx talk of Redefining Work/Life Balance in a COVID-19 World click here. Click HERE to check out Kristel's corporate wellness and leadership blog Click HERE to check out Kristel's Travel and Wellness Blog Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are intended for informational and educational purposes only. Always seek the guidance of your physician for any recommendations specific to you or for any questions regarding your specific health, your sleep patterns changes to diet and exercise, or any medical conditions.  Always consult your physician before starting any supplements or new lifestyle programs. 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