Podcasts about oleg konovalov

In this episode, Ricardo discusses how to manage projects in chaos, inspired by a conversation with Oleg Konovalov. He highlights how noise distorts reality, making it crucial to see beyond immediate challenges. To navigate the chaos, he shares four key tips: 1) Embrace uncertainty, 2) Prioritize ruthlessly, 3) Stay agile, 4) Overcommunicate, and 5) Keep calm. These principles help project managers stay focused and resilient. Instead of trying to eliminate chaos, the key is to adapt and work within it. Tune in to the podcast to learn more!

Neste episódio, Ricardo compartilha insights sobre como gerenciar projetos em meio ao caos, inspirado em uma conversa com Oleg Konovalov. Ele destaca como o ruído pode distorcer a realidade e a importância de enxergar além dos problemas. Para enfrentar esse desafio, ele sugere cinco dicas: 1) Abrace a incerteza, 2) Priorize sem piedade, 3) Mantenha-se ágil, 4) Comunique excessivamente, 5) Fique calmo e lidere. Essas estratégias ajudam gestores a manter o controle e entregar resultados, mesmo diante da incerteza. O objetivo não é eliminar o caos, mas aprender a atuar dentro dele. Escute o podcast para saber mais!

Leadership is an ever-evolving journey, and understanding its true essence requires a fresh perspective. In this episode, we explore the path to leadership with Dr. Oleg Konovalov, often called the da Vinci of visionary leadership. Drawing from his experiences on deep-sea trawlers, Oleg shares insights from The Fishman's Path to Leadership, revealing how the unpredictability of nature mirrors the challenges leaders face. Join us as we uncover how shifting our perspective—much like a fish views a fly—can redefine how we lead, communicate, and create lasting impact.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!

Guest Dr. Oleg Konovalov is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is the #1 Global Leading Coach named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey. Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Fisherman's Path to Leadership, The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. My co-host, Rich Gassen, works as a print shop supervisor at UW-Madison, where he focuses on empowerment, creativity, and process improvements with staff. He also chairs the Campus Supervisors Network (CSN), a community of practice at the UW supporting supervisors in their roles by offering training and networking events, a weekly newsletter, and a website. Rich is an avid reader, sharer, and practitioner of leadership. Summary Oleg Konovalov, an expert in vision leadership, shares his insights on cultivating curiosity and leadership. He distinguishes between two types of curiosity: "curiosity to know" and "curiosity to explore." The latter is more valuable, as it allows leaders to go beyond surface-level information and develop practical solutions to complex problems. Oleg emphasizes the importance of vision, which he sees as a space in the future defined by the value we create for people, rather than just lofty goals or wishes. He stresses that true leaders must be able to read "weak signals" and explore their own limits to better serve their people. Oleg also discusses the role of peace, connectedness, and love in effective leadership, arguing that leaders must be at peace with themselves and their people to unlock their full potential. Overall, Oleg's perspective highlights the need for leaders to move beyond ego-driven strategies and cultivate a heart-centered, exploratory approach to guiding their organizations into the future. Three Major Ideas: The need to distinguish between "curiosity to know" and "curiosity to explore" The importance of vision as a space in the future defined by value creation, not just goals The role of peace, connectedness, and love in effective leadership Oleg uses an extended analogy between fishing and leadership throughout the conversation. Here are the key elements of the fishing analogy that Oleg draws: Reading Weak Signals: Oleg compares effective leadership to fishing, where leaders need to be skilled at reading "weak signals" - the subtle cues and indicators that aren't immediately obvious, similar to how a skilled fisherman can detect the presence of fish in the water even when they can't be directly seen. Adaptability and Handling Changing Conditions: Just as a fisherman must constantly adapt their techniques and lures based on changing weather, water conditions, and fish behavior, Oleg says effective leaders must be able to nimbly adapt to fast-changing realities and challenges. The Journey, Not the Destination: Oleg likens leadership to a journey or "path" rather than reaching a final "finish line" or destination. Like fishing is an ongoing activity without a clear endpoint, Oleg emphasizes that leadership is a continuous process of growth, exploration and adapting to new circumstances. Revealing Greatness: Oleg states that the role of a leader is to "reveal the greatness" in their people, similar to how a skilled fisherman can bring out the full potential of the fish they are trying to catch. Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov/   About Jeff Jeff Ikler is the Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching. “Quetico” (KWEH-teh-co). He works with leaders in all aspects of life to identify and overcome obstacles in their desired future. He came to the field of coaching after a 35-year career in educational publishing. Prior to his career in educational publishing, Jeff taught high school U.S. history and government. Jeff has hosted the “Getting Unstuck—Cultivating Curiosity” podcast for 5 years. The guests and topics he explores are designed to help listeners think differently about the familiar and welcome the new as something to consider. He is also the co-host of the Cultivating Resilience – A Whole Community Approach to Alleviating Trauma in Schools, which promotes mental health and overall wellness. Jeff co-authored Shifting: How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change. Shifting integrates leadership development and change mechanics in a three-part change framework to help guide school leaders and their teams toward productive change.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Oleg Konovalov about his book, The Fisherman's Path to Leadership.  Dr. Oleg Konovalov (linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov) is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Konovalov has been named one of the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Konovalov is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. For more information visit www.olegkonovalov.com.  Check out all of the podcasts in the HCI Podcast Network! Check out the ⁠HCI Academy⁠: Courses, Micro-Credentials, and Certificates to Upskill and Reskill for the Future of Work! Check out the LinkedIn ⁠Alchemizing Human Capital⁠ Newsletter. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠The Future Leader⁠. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠'Bluer than Indigo' Leadership⁠. Check out Dr. Westover's book, ⁠The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership⁠. Check out the latest issue of the ⁠Human Capital Leadership magazine⁠. Each HCI Podcast episode (Program, ID No. 655967) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Each HCI Podcast episode (Program ID: 24-DP529) has been approved for 0.50 HR (General) SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCPHR recertification through SHRM, as part of the knowledge and competency programs related to the SHRM Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge™ (the SHRM BASK™). Human Capital Innovations has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. Each HCI Podcast episode qualifies for a maximum of 0.50 points.

Do you find yourself struggling to navigate through the storms of life, both personally and professionally? It's easy to get lost amidst the distractions and challenges, leaving us feeling disconnected and unfulfilled. But there is a way to find clarity amidst the chaos: by listening to the voice of our own intuition and harnessing our inner strength to overcome any obstacle. Dubbed "the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership" by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is the author of *The Fisherman's Path to Leadership*, *The Vision Code*, *LEADEROLOGY*, *CORPORATE SUPERPOWER*, *ORGANISATIONAL ANATOMY*, and *HIDDEN RUSSIA*. Oleg sees every organization as unique and strongly believes that most leadership problems can be solved by shifting patterned paradigms and applying tailor-made solutions. He is on the Thinkers50 Radar, was shortlisted for the Leadership Award at Thinkers50 2021, is among the Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, and is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). In this episode, we explore the importance of creating value in business and how energy management often trumps time management. Oleg shares deep insights from his listening experiences and discusses the difference between inspiration and motivation. We also touch on 'cognitive distance' listening within parent-child dynamics, the concept of 'becoming the storm' to face challenges, and the distinction between wisdom and smartness. Join us as we journey through Oleg's wisdom, drawn from his book *The Fisherman's Path to Leadership*, and learn to celebrate moments of understanding and empowerment.   "You must listen to yourself first, not to your worries, but listen to your desires. Listen to what you can do. Listen to what you could reveal within your strengths, your superpower. Then you become stronger than this storm that you are facing now." - Oleg Konovalov SUPERPOWER Notes: 00:44 - That moment he first noticed the power of listening: When you're trying to understand who you are, you are listening to yourself. 04:25 - How valuable is feedback: It's not about what they will get, it's about what they will hear; how they will listen.  09:02 - A simple approach in life and business that always works for Oleg: Business is about creating value, not solving problems. 11:14 - Deep insights from Oleg's listening experiences 15:48 - Why it is all about energy management and not time management 19:31 - Differentiating inspiration from motivation and getting people to listen to you 23:06 - Understanding 'cognitive distance' listening and tying it to a parent-child relationship 29:59 - What it means to be 'becoming the storm' and not just facing the storm: You are stronger than the challenges that you are facing.  34:37 - What differentiates being wise from being smart:  Smartness is definitely not a superpower; wisdom is. 35:38 - Valuable nuggets from his book: The Fisherman's Path to Leadership 37:48 - Important questions to ask yourself and the cost of not listening well to yourself 43:10 - Celebrating significant moments of understanding and empowerment in life, regardless of specific dates or occasions. 45:23 - How we see each other's role means how we listen to each other 48:00 - Relevant question to ask of oneself: How to understand that you are really listening 50:20 - Deep thoughts on the idea of growth Key Takeaways: "If you are setting up a startup…the best way to find your best niche is to sit and listen to a market." - Oleg Konovalov  "You're learning to listen when you understand you know nothing." - Oleg Konovalov  "People that don't know where to go, they're not asking for feedback, they're already lost. But people who are clear where they want to be, they're asking for feedback and listening to it because it's very valuable for them." - Oleg Konovalov  "It's not a matter of how many things I could do, it's about how good I could do one or two things and putting all my effort, all my energy into it." - Oleg Konovalov  "If you are a source of energy, you're creating something tremendous, like a great vision, for business or personal life. And that vision inspires you in return and you inspire others." - Oleg Konovalov  "If a leader is a pretender, people feel that and they don't listen to him or their message." - Oleg Konovalov  "Don't listen to the threats; listen to your strengths." - Oleg Konovalov  "You are looking into what you can do, but the majority of people, unfortunately, are thinking about storms as an excuse not to do something." - Oleg Konovalov  "If I would love to be better as a personality, I must listen."- Oleg Konovalov  "Noise attracts attention, quiet voices open hearts. But you must be prepared for that quiet voice to listen to it." - Oleg Konovalov  Notes/Mentions: The Fisherman's Path to Leadership by Oleg Konovalov: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/author/ Connect with Oleg Konovalov:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov/ Website: http://olegkonovalov.com/   Connect with Raquel Ark:   www.listeningalchemy.com Mobile: + 491732340722 contact@listeningalchemy.com  LinkedIn Podcast email: listeningsuperpower@gmail.com

Delve into the profound parallels between nature's lessons and leadership mastery as Oleg Konovalov shares insights from his book, "The Fisherman's Path to Leadership: 224 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature,” Konovalov navigates through storms, team dynamics, and strategic decision-making, emphasizing the significance of vulnerability, simplicity, and sustainability in leadership. Join the journey of self-discovery and growth, and learn to harness the power of mindset to become a visionary leader in any realm of life. 00:36- About Oleg Konovalov Oleg is a global thought leader, consultant, and C-suite coach, as well as a DaVinci visionary leadership coach.  He's the author of two books The Fisherman's Path to Leadership: 224 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature and his other books are The Vision Code, Leaderology, Corporate Superpower, Organisational Anatomy, and Hidden Russia. He's been rated amongst the top 10 most inspiring global thought leaders. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

What can leadership learn from nature? And from fishing in particular?From operating in demanding, choppy waters with lives on the line to the individualised attention each catch needs, there are a great many similarities according to my guest in this episode, Oleg Konovalov.As you'll hear it's not just fishing but nature itself that can teach us about leadership. Oleg shares the lessons he has learned from his time as a fisherman that he now brings into his coaching practices.We talk about the mindset leaders need to have as they seek to create better futures and make important decisions day in, day out. He also discusses how he avoids taking on passengers and what he learned from falling in icy waters.“Leadership is about an ability to think and act for a better future” – Oleg Konovalov. You'll hear about:Words related to leadershipMyths about leadershipNature as a leadership coachHow do you keep a clear head?How being a master fisherman helps with mindsetHow to avoid hiring passengersRevealing Strengths: The Role of a LeaderDeveloping a servant based approach to leadershipOleg's experience falling into icy watersThe impact Oleg wants to have in the worldWhat helps Oleg do his best work?About Oleg Konovalov:Oleg is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey.Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership.He is the author of The Fisherman's Path to Leadership, The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books.Resources:• Profile: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/• Leadership coaching: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/visionary-leadership-coaching-certification/• Books: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/author/My resources:Find out more about my new venture, Strategy Shift (https://bit.ly/3TMvj3y)Take my new Becoming a Strategic Leader course (https://bit.ly/3KJYDTj)Sign up to my Strategic Leader newsletter (http://bit.ly/36WRpri) for stimuli, ideas, guidance and tips on how to lead your team, organisation or self more effectively, delivered straight to your inbox:Subscribe to my YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/3cFGk1k) where you can watch the conversation.Take the Extraordinary Essentials test (https://bit.ly/3EhSKY5) to identify your strengths and development areas as a strategic leader:For more details about me:●      Services (https://bit.ly/373jctk) to CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals.●      About me (https://bit.ly/3LFsfiO) - my background, experience and philosophy.●      Examples of my writing (https://bit.ly/3O7jkc7).●      Follow me and engage with me on LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/2Z2PexP).●      Follow me and engage with me on Twitter (https

This week we delve into the captivating realm of visionary leadership with guest, globally renowned thought leader, author, and C-suite coach, Dr. Oleg Konovalov. We'll explore the essence of visionary leadership, uncovering the strategies and principles that distinguish true visionaries in today's dynamic business landscape. Drawing from Oleg's extensive experience and acclaimed works such as “The Vision Code” and “Leaderology,” listeners will gain invaluable insights into cultivating a visionary mindset, fostering innovation, and driving organisational success. Discover why Oleg Konovalov has been hailed as the ‘da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' and learn how his visionary approach can empower leaders to navigate complexity, inspire teams, and shape a brighter future for their organisations. Join us to elevate your understanding of leadership and ignite your own visionary journey.

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. His newest book is The Fisherman's Path to Leadership: 224 Lessons from the Wisdom of Nature.Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50 (2021). He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey. Having been named “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. www.olegkonovalov.com

Join Scott "Shalom" Klein on his weekly radio show, Get Down To Business with guests: Oleg Konovalov Peter Guirguis Jonathan Orpin Preston Brown

Oleg Konovalov discusses his book “The Fisherman's Path to Leadership". Oleg is a distinguished global thought leader, renowned author, and business educator.  He was named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders in 2022, alongside influential figures like Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest

These days so many people, so many leaders I work describe themselves as stuck on the hamster wheel, firefighting the daily crises and struggling to find time, get their head up and properly look to the future. So it is perhaps timely that today I'm welcoming one of the world's foremost authorities on vision and visionary leadership to the podcast.Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He speaks all over the world and gained his doctorate in business from Durham University here in the UK.Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award).Some call him ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership', Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books.I'm looking forward to hearing Oleg's perspective on what makes for a powerful vision, how we figure out what ours is and how we can stop hurtling round that hamster wheel to pick our heads up and build for the future. But my regular listeners will know this podcast is as much about who you are as what you think – I'm curious to learn about the Unlock Moments of remarkable clarity that helped Oleg to shape his path ahead.--Dr Oleg Konovalov: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/Dr Oleg Konovalov on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov/ --The Unlock Moment podcast is brought to you by Dr Gary Crotaz, PhD. Find out more at https://garycrotaz.com and https://theunlockmoment.com

Доктор Олег Коновалов — глобальный идейный лидер, автор, бизнес-преподаватель, консультант и C-level коуч. Олег включен в восьмерку лучших мировых экспертов в области лидерства и вошел в шорт-лист премии «Выдающиеся достижения в области лидерства» от Thinkers50. Он входит в список 30 лучших мировых гуру в области лидерства, был признан глобальным идейный лидером в области культуры по версии Thinkers 360, является ведущим коучем №1 в мире (премия Маршалла Голдсмита Thinkers50). Он был назван одним из 100 вдохновляющих людей мира 2022 года, наряду с Биллом Гейтсом, Илоном Маском, Джеффом Безосом, Опрой Уинфри. Названный многими ведущими авторитетами нашего времени «да Винчи визионерского лидерства», Олег считается №1 в мире в области визионерства и визионерского лидерства. Он является автором книг «The Vision Code», «Leaderology» и других книг. Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as the #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50 Award), and has been named one of the Global 100 Inspirational Leaders 2022, along with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey. Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is considered #1 in the world in the field of vision and visionary leadership. He is the author of The Vision Code, Leaderology, and other books. FIND OLEG ON SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram ================================SUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/denofrich⁠Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/denofrich⁠Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/mark.develman/⁠YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/denofrich⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/⁠Hashtag: #denofrich© Copyright 2023 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

In this episode of Legacy Leaders Show, we discuss with "the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership", Author and #1 Global Leading Coach, Oleg Konovalov, why Succession planning is The Catalyst for the Success of Visionary Leadership & Lasting Legacy. This episode contains golden nuggets that can shift Leadership and Organizations' dysfunctional patterned paradigms by applying tailor-made solutions. Champions, Buckle Up!

In this episode of Legacy Leaders Show, we discuss with "the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership", Author and #1 Global Leading Coach, Oleg Konovalov, why Succession planning is The Catalyst for the Success of Visionary Leadership & Lasting Legacy. This episode contains golden nuggets that can shift Leadership and Organizations' dysfunctional patterned paradigms by applying tailor-made solutions. Champions, Buckle Up!

Discipline is one of the most important traits you need to develop if you want to thrive in business. It's the difference between you smashing your goals, feeling accomplished and having epic boundaries and, well, not...I personally love this quote "self-discipline means establishing an authority over one'w own habits, routines and priorities, and not being under their control" - Oleg Konovalov so let's explore what that means in your life and business, and how you can start to become even more disciplined with your future goals and vision in mind.If you're ready for the accountability that a coach can offer in terms of discipline, I'd love to chat to you! Book your complimentary strategy session here.

Who's your ideal client and what's the biggest challenge they face?What are the common mistakes people make when trying to solve that problem?What is one valuable free action that our audience can implement that will help with that issue?What is one valuable free resource that you can direct people to that will help with that issue?What's the one question I should have asked you that would be of great value to our audience?When was the last time you experienced Goosebumps with your family and why?VISIONARY LEADERSHIP COACHINGGet in touch with Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Website, LinkedInLearn more about how Uwe helps in-demand professionals and their VIPs to get back their family mojo, double their financial security, and live in abundance in all areas of their life (without feeling guilty or constantly questioning themselves): Visit www.uwedockhorn.com. Or when you feel you'd be interested in working together you can Book A Chat With Uwe

Who's your ideal client and what's the biggest challenge they face?What are the common mistakes people make when trying to solve that problem?What is one valuable free action that our audience can implement that will help with that issue?What is one valuable free resource that you can direct people to that will help with that issue?What's the one question I should have asked you that would be of great value to our audience?When was the last time you experienced Goosebumps with your family and why?VISIONARY LEADERSHIP COACHINGGet in touch with Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Website, LinkedInLearn more about how Uwe helps in-demand professionals and their VIPs to get back their family mojo, double their financial security, and live in abundance in all areas of their life (without feeling guilty or constantly questioning themselves): Visit www.uwedockhorn.com. Or when you feel you'd be interested in working together you can Book A Chat With Uwe

In today's episode, we have another world authority in leadership, Dr. Oleg Konovalov. Oleg Konovalov, author of the Vision Code, How to Create and Execute A Compelling Vision for Your Business, is a thought leader, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting with Fortune 500 companies internationally. Dr. Konovalov is an opinion columnist for the CEO World Magazine. And after an extensive career in international business, he entered the field of management, education, and consulting in 2012. Oleg is the author of management concepts such as Organizational Typology and the Corporate Culture Pyramid. Marshall Goldsmith has named Oleg the DaVinci of Visionary Leadership for his work on vision and visionary leadership. Visit our website for the full episode transcript, links and episode notes - The ET project

What is the difference between leaders and visionaries? Does your business vision include a strategy? Have you pursued real action and commitment? Today I am excited to introduce and interview Dr. Oleg Konovalov. He is the author of The Vision Code, and today we unpack the misunderstandings around vision and offer our own perspectives on what it means to be a visionary. We look at how stimulus, response, and commitment can structure the execution of a leader's vision and help ground their decision-making. Thanks for listening! I'd love to connect with you over on Instagram @impactdrivenleader SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES: Click here Join the Impact Driven Leadership Community Sign up for The Impact Driven Leader Book Club WEBSITE: www.impactdrivenleaderpodcast.com

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting with Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Konovalov is on the Thinkers50 radar, has been recognized as the #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, and is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in the areas of corporate culture, and leadership, and he uses corporate diagnostics, in order to enable them to drive their companies to success.

Dr Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, speaker, business educator and consultant with over 25 years of experience operating businesses. And consulting for many Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally.Having been named as “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our timeOleg is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture, and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code, LEADEROLOGY, CORPORATE SUPERPOWER, ORGANISATIONAL ANATOMY, and HIDDEN RUSSIA. Oleg sees every organization as unique and strongly believes that most of his clients' problems can be solved by shifting patterned paradigms and applying tailor-made solutions.Ross and Oleg talk about consultancy, visualising, what we want to change, projection, great leaders, tough experiences, goals, solutions, focus, thinking about the future, steps, stimulating vision. The pair also discuss creating value,  legacy, massive transformative purpose, generational challenges, engagement, passion and sharing visions.Timecodes:01:27 Oleg's background and becoming the Di Vinci of visionary leadership05:15 Changes in direction10:46 Getting out of a dip16:06 The power of vision and harnessing it19:31 The AQai mission statement and legacy23:00 Critical elements shifting the industry28:11 Powerful visions and how they effect people32:13 Commonality in visions 34:29 selling value in visions 38:05 Oleg's personal vision 40:18 Multiple visions an ultimate vision43:33 Setting a vision but evolving46:17 The last time Oleg did something for the first timeConnect with Dr OlegLinkedInWebsiteConnect with Ross:WebsiteLinkedInMoonshot Innovation 

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is an acclaimed global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. Dr. Konovalov is also on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360.Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Dr. Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance.Most recently, his book, 'The Vision Code: How to Create and Execute a Compelling Vision for your Business' reveals the secrets of building and executing a strong vision within any organization. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Dr. Oleg Konovalov is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership and has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Dr. Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vision is essential to successful leadership but is often misunderstood and poorly conceived. In THE VISION CODE: How to create and execute a compelling vision for your business, leadership expert and acclaimed global thought leader Oleg Konovalov explains what visionary leadership consists of and where its value lies.www.livelifedriven.com

Today's guest has been called "The da Vinci of visionary leadership". Named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50, he is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He is helping companies to create and execute their vision, and achieve superior business performance. You can find him on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership and is the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in the areas of leadership and helps leaders to become the masters of the future and achieve new levels of success. He is the author of five books including “The Vision Code,” “LEADEROLOGY,” and “Corporate Superpower.” Please join me in welcoming Oleg Konovalov. In this episode we discuss: his thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is not about solving for today. Leadership is defining what the future will be and how to lead people into that future.” Oleg's focus on thinking forward and how to unlock your mindset to be a better leader. why it's OK to be a troublemaker. his focus on being of service to those around him. why his favorite saying is “if you are the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room” and why that's important to him. Oleg's interesting take on accolades and awards vs. always working hard. his collaboration with his colleague, John Spence, who I will be interviewing in a future episode. Oleg's definition of coaching and why he only coaches people in specific topics. how he uses time zones to his advantage for connecting and engaging with others. how he nurtures and sustains the outer layers of his network.

Today's guest has been called “The da Vinci of visionary leadership”. Named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50, he is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. He is helping companies to create and execute their vision, and achieve […] The post OTS 275: 300% Attention – Oleg Konovalov appeared first on Robbie Samuels.

Steve Rush, The Leadership Hacker interviews the top 5 guests by download during the shows 100 mega episodes. Listen in to this special show with special guests, Dr Oleg Konovalov, Michelle Boxx – The Blonde Fixer, David Marquet, Andrea Sampson and Andrew Bryant.   Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Leadership Hacker Apple Podcast Leadership Hacker Google Follow us on Twitter Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services ----more---- Start of the show Well, hello and welcome! I'm incredibly excited; this is our 100th show. If you haven't had your opportunity to join us until of late, we started out in March 2020, right at the beginning of the first ever lockdown in the United Kingdom. While all our guests are as global as our audience comes from all corners of the world, we have been a lockdown podcast. And I want to reach out to you personally, while you're listening to this to say, thank you. I really mean that from the bottom of my heart, without you showing up every week, tuning in, downloading, and listening to our podcast, there is no show. There would be no Leadership Hacker Podcast - period. And I think that's an amazing sentiment to everybody that is contributed to the show, both as listeners and more importantly as our wonderful guests. So, to our guests who are listening to this, we have had the most amazing diverse group of CEOs, C-Suite executives, leadership coaches, and experts, and have shared over 300 hacks with us and with our audience. And we're now connected through algorithms, through the internet, through our websites. And I'm incredibly proud and privileged to have been on this journey with you. So, to celebrate our 100th show, we are going to dive into our top five downloaded shows. We're going to revisit some of the stories and we're going to revisit some of their learning that we had from our great guests. Dr. Oleg Konovalov Steve Rush: The first of our five top downloads is Dr. Oleg Konovalov. He's global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-Suite coach. Oleg is named amongst the top global thought leaders and shortlisted the distinguish award in leadership by Thinkers50. He is a Global Gurus top 30 in leadership and has been recognized as the number one thought leader on culture by Thinkers360. Having been named as da Vinci of visionary leadership by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg is helping companies to create and execute their vision and strong purpose and corporate culture. And in our show, we got into talking about visionary leadership and vision is not gift, but a well-structured algorithm can be taught. We talked about how to create and execute a strong, compelling vision and leadership being a system of growing. And you join the conversation. As we talk about why knowledge is the most important part of every leader's kit-bag. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Knowledge is the sexiest thing in the world. Knowledge is their most demanded product in the world. Knowledge is what shifts us into the future. Knowledge is always in demand. And it's always respectful and always well paid, but it's most rewarding thing when you see people succeeding because of you helping them. This is far beyond our instant necessities, like food and shelter, because it is impact on the next generation, it is everything. You see when we talk. The digital era being now, we should assume that it is a knowledge era triggered by people who changed the things in management that allowed to change technologies and so allowed to make this digital era coming, so it is knowledge Steve Rush: And I guess knowledge was what led you to put pen to paper and your first best-selling book was The Corporate Superpower. And that was around, you know, taking some theory if you like, but giving it some structure and having read it myself, it's around that whole theory of how do we give structure to culture? Tell us a little bit about that? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: It started from very, very curious point. We love talking about positive culture and how culture is important. Then I looked at, hold on. Why are we not talking about negative culture? Because the majority of companies, these days. They are still have negative culture and what I have found. Right about 450,000 articles, you could find only from academia on positive culture and only about 72 articles on negative culture. Whereas reality is completely opposite, and I said, hold on, what is the algorithm? Because whatever we are reading in the books or listening to the conferences. All discussion is wrapped around how to have a good culture, but how to have a clear, simple and effective algorithm was still remaining as a gap. And so, I decided to cover this gap and created Corporate Superpower as an algorithm, as a response for everyday needs. Where every leader, every manager could open it and see how to create culture. What stance on it? you know, how to create values or defined values? What's the properties of engagement? Everything, so to find the code, therefore I called at the end of the book. I called defined making a checklist because it is like winery; you are taking care of it. You growing, you cultivating it, and then you get a great result. And therefore, it was important to give people really practical solutions instead of general chit chat and that's a good point of being an efficient industry. You must come with a result.   Steve Rush: Right   Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Because you can't sell the fish that you don't have. People need exact instructions, simple, because we don't have much time for philosophical conversations about something being good or not. Steve Rush: You've either caught fish or you haven't caught fish, right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Absolutely. I love catching big fish and so big results Steve Rush: But laying behind that, I guess, would still be all of that foundation of disciplined, structure, the people you work with. That does not change, does it?   Dr. Oleg Konovalov: No, because I would call myself lucky, blessed, whatever, because I have worked with incredible professionals. I learn and study from incredible people from academia. You know, I am really grateful because it's a matter of who teaches you and not just a personality, not just a professional, but a whole person from whom you really learn how to be a whole person yourself and that is incredible. For instance, if we look at a simple point, which we often neglect, and outlook is one thing, but how you could connect dots, which seems like very non-relevant is a mastery itself. So, you must know how to make so nice pictures, really vivid pictures that could give you the right answers or most effective answers. Steve Rush: I always enjoyed talking to Oleg. And what we learned from this episode was knowledge impacts on everything and everyone, it informs our next generation. It isn't the digital world that is changing, it's the people's knowledge that is changing the digital world. And I particularly like the way he reframed the whole notion of being taught and people who teach us doesn't have to be in academia it doesn't have to be a college professor, but anybody who teaches us should be teaching us to be the whole person ourselves. Thanks Oleg. Michelle Boxx – The Blonde Fixer Steve Rush: Next up, we're going to introduce you to Michelle Boxx. Michelle is a CEO of Boxx Marketing and started out on her entrepreneurial career when she was just 15 years old, starting out in politics, helping folks fix campaigns and was a real campaign manager for many years. She then had a stint as a successful real estate agent. And after achieving great successes realized that using her public relations knowledge and campaigning, she could turn her hand to marketing. And she's now a small business advocate helping teach small businesses and owners to really thrive. You join us at the part of the show, where I ask Michelle to just describe how her early life in politics and real estate sales has helped her grow her business today and some of the core capabilities. Michelle Boxx: You know, I learned a lot through policy and politics. I learned a lot about communications, of course, but I also learned a lot about leadership. You know, speaking at that one, the video you found. It's so funny that you found it. I have tried to take it down so many times, but I have lost access to the account. Through that, I ended up launching a website a few months later that was really a policy website geared at covering legislation here in the States and I recruited a whole bunch of my fellow high school friends to help me with it, and so we would literally read legislation, we would post content every day. And so, the website got 10000 page views monthly just organically from us posting this information, and so that was really my introduction into marketing, into leading the team and everything that I do now as a CEO. Steve Rush: And it is a super experience because people get often confused with leadership, has something to do with the job title or a career or a salary, but actually what you have demonstrated is leadership is about just behaviors and we can have leadership skills and behaviors at any age, right? Michelle Boxx: It is so true. A lot of it is really just jumping in and saying, okay, you know what? I am going to do my best here and I am going to figure it out. So many of us in life do figure things out as we go along. And so, it's better to not wait for that moment of coronation, if you will, and instead just jump in and say, okay, I'm going to do my best here. This is the result we are looking to achieve and nurture these people in the process. Steve Rush: So here we were talking about leading ship as a behavior, not as a thing, not as a job title. And as often we find ourselves just jumping in, gives us the experience to find ways of working and nurturing people on the way. We've rejoined the conversation when I ask Michelle from her experience of being a young entrepreneur through politics and real estate, what her biggest learning in leadership was? Michelle Boxx: I think the realization that you can't do everything alone, that you really do need support, so you need your mentors, you need your team, you need. If you have a lot of internal drive, it is very natural to think, you know what, I can figure this out on my own. I can do all of this on my own. I am independent. And then just really putting your ego to the side and saying, you know what? I don't have all the answers. Like you said, you know, copy, and paste and really having the network around you to support you along your way up. Steve Rush: Super wise words for Michelle there. No leader can be successful on their own. They need a team who can support them and help them on their way. And many of our guests have echoed that sentiment throughout the series. We thank the blonde fixer Michelle box for being part of our show. David Marquet Steve Rush: Number three, highest downloads of all time was for David Marquet. David's a real superstar. I met David on location in London. We talked about his humble background being pretty much down to earth in math club when he was in Pittsburgh. Then joining the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981, where he ultimately took control of the USS Olympia. A Nuclear-powered submarine as a Captain in the U.S. Navy, it was there that he started evolve his leadership career when he was appointed to lead the US submarine, Santa Fe, which was the worst performing submarine in the fleet. It was these foundations that gave him the story that now forms Turning the Ship Around his global best-selling book, where Stephen R Covey, the infamous author and guru, spent time on the Santa Fe and ended up creating The Eight Habit. In recognition to his global successful leadership, based on David work. Since retiring from the U.S. Navy, he has shared those lessons and is helping Leaders to think about creating more leaders, and giving control to only those who need it the most. You join us in this show where we were talking around how the language of leaders has changed over time and how the labels, we give people have been unhelpful. How by reframing some of that language and changing our perspectives, we can get a greater outcomes from our leadership behaviors ourselves. David Marquet: So, we have work. The industrial age organization design was this. One group of people will make decisions and one group of people will execute the decisions made by the first group of people. And we have labels because they all look like humans, but we need to know which tribe you're in and we call them leaders and followers or thinkers and doers or management and workers, and we pay people by salary or by hourly. White collar, blue collar. We wear different uniforms but there is this whole cultural industry with artefacts and rituals to put us in one of these, two groups, and this is one of the things that is suddenly embedded in our language and in minor organization design, which is totally unhelpful. Steve Rush: Yeah, and you talk about this in your new book. Leadership is Language. David Marquet: Yeah. Steve Rush: And you give the type to behave as color, don't you? Just tell us a little bit more about that. David Marquet: Yeah. As an author, you have to create a new term. No one gets credit, here is a bunch of great ideas. Aristotle said everything let me reiterate them. I call them red work and blue work. So, the doing work is what we call red work. Red being typically the color of focus and action and blue work the color of creativity, and the difference is when red work. I want to narrow my perspective, but in blue work, I want to broaden my perspective, so I am using my brain in two fundamentally different ways and industrial organizations solve the problem by not asking people to change. The thinkers were just do thinking and the doers just did doing. And we didn't need the thinkers to do doing and the doers to do thinking. Now we say let the doers be the deciders. So, what we're going to do is say this group to the organization at the bottom who used to just do what they're told. We are now going to pause and give them the chance to think and actually make decisions, but that requires them to use their brain in different way. That requires us if we are in the leading group, to talk in a different way. Steve Rush: And as leaders, it is our responsibility, isn't it? I guess through our language will influence and either help new ideas and creativity or we will stifle them. David Marquet: You can only control yourself. So, when you say, oh, well, this person does not speak up, it the really frustrating working with them. The unhelpful behaviors is to go give them a lecture. I give you some feedback? i.e., can I permission to be a jerk? You really need to speak up more. Well, how about this? How you look inside yourself and you figure out. You know what, the way we are running the meeting, the way I am asking the questions, if someone comes to me and says, well, I am not sure about this decision, and I said, why would you say that? Again. Subtle, but it sends a signal, you are wrong. Justify yourself, not, oh, tell me about that. I am really interested in that. We really need to know before we go ahead, launch this product. If you think, we are off track. Steve Rush: So, what David's describing here is the outdated leadership model that we've all perhaps learned about at some point in our leadership careers, however old or young you may be, it doesn't seem to work anymore. It's time to shift perspectives, fall out of love with our own voice and to listen to our teams, let the doers be the deciders is how David described this. In order to harness the eyes, the ears, the minds of our people, our teams, the people we lead and work with. We need to foster a climate of collaboration and experimentation that encourages people to speak up. And when they notice problems that are not working well, to identify them and to get on with testing solutions, we salute you David, and thank you for being part of our community on the podcast. Andrea Sampson Steve Rush: Once upon a time in a land not too far away, there is somebody reading a story to somebody else. Wow. The power of story continues to be the most important way of communicating. Well, why is that? Well, it's been the way we've been key communicating for millennia. People have been writing on walls and drawing pictures, around campfires, around dining room tables, as we've evolved, because stories make the emotional connection. I'm going to introduce you to Andrea Sampson. Andrea not only tells great stories but is teaching the world how to tell better stories through her TED Talks, coaching business, Talk Boutique. Andrea was a former strategist and consultant spending over 25 years in a marketing, in advertising space and with a natural flare for compelling stories and persuasive content. It wasn't long before Andrea sort after, assisting teams and executives in developing their presentations and pictures. Having worked on a side hustle with TEDx Toronto, where she volunteered initially as a speaker coach. Worked out that her technique for teaching storytelling could be really powerful. That led her to create Talk Boutique and is now the founder and CEO. Not only is this a second downloaded episode of all time in our series is actually the number one for 2021. So, if you've not yet unlocked, the power of storytelling with Andrea now is the time to download that episode. You join us at that part of the show where Andrea was telling us about what she'd learned from her time, coaching TED Talks and how she developed story by helping unlock great emotional connections with audiences. Andrea Sampson: What I've learned in doing TED Talks and now working with very seasoned professional presenters is that it's really about building a story in five steps. And we developed, so my company Talk Boutique has developed a process that we call the story-spine, which really allows for a speaker to take about, you know, anywhere from 30 seconds to three to four minutes at the beginning of their talk and set up the premise of a story that will hold the idea. Steve Rush: Really interesting. Andrea Sampson: The spine is so important because what it does is it forces us as humans first of all, to think about the things that create good storytelling, because it starts off with what we call the environment. So, if you think of an environment, the environment is your sense of place. Now, most of us, when we're at a cocktail party or meeting up with a friend and we started telling a story, what do we do? We rushed through the environment, first of all, and we rush right into the purpose of the story. But if you take a moment and you step back and you say, okay, let me just set this up for you. So, I was walking in the woods the other day. Now it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, you know, it was warm, but not hot. You could feel that the day was going to get really hot. But we weren't there yet. And the moisture in the air was activating the pine needles. So, I could smell as I was walking, that musky scent of pine, and it was just a beautiful morning, and it was peaceful. Now you're all on that walk with me, aren't you?  Steve Rush: Totally, I'm right there. Andrea Sampson: Right, now when you do that, what's happening is everybody is leaning in, but what's really happening is their brain has just gone to the place when they were last in the woods or a meaningful moment when they were in the words. That smell, the sounds of the birds, the feeling of this sun dappled through the trees, everybody. Now, if I were to stop the story right there and ask a question around how everybody felt, the likelihood is, I've got everybody at the same place in that moment, which is, in a peaceful place, in a memory that is enjoyable. And from there, it's almost like I'm a mind reader now, because now I'm controlling how they are feeling and what they're thinking. Steve Rush: Its very powerful, isn't it? Andrea Sampson: It's incredibly powerful. That's the power of environment. So, once we have the environment, the next thing that we want to do is say, who's there with you? Who are the characters? Now, you know, characters, aren't just me and my friend. You can do that, but the thing is, you've robbed the audience of getting to know who you are and who your friend is. So, what you want is just a little bit of a backstory. So, there's me, you know, this was about five years ago. So, I was in, you know, maybe an emotional place. This was just at the breakup of my marriage; I'm making this up. And my friend, who was a dear friend, who was supporting me through this very emotional time, her name was Shawna and Shawna was a lovely human. She's still a dear friend of mine, but she's one of those people whose incredibly compassionate and helps people through really difficult times. So here we were on this early morning walk, going through the woods and, you know, we can hear the birds chirping, and I'm at that point in the separation where we are, you know, separating stuff. And so, it's a difficult moment, and Shawna is helping me to see, you know, that I can let go of things that I thought were really important, but the reality is, they weren't. Now, again, I just want to stress here. I'm fully making this up. Steve Rush: Hey, listen, you may be making this up, but I'm still ironically with you because of the compelling use of language. Andrea Sampson: Right, the language I'm using. Every piece of language is using rhetoric, really, right. I'm using a combination of metaphor. I'm using emotional words, words that have meanings that go deeper than just the core idea of that word. I'm also using in some cases repetition. So, I'm using metaphor all the way through it. So, what we've gotten through now is the environment, the characters, and we've gotten to the issue or opportunity. That's the third part of the story spine. And this is where most people jump into a story because this is the real reason, I could've just started it off. Steve Rush: That's true, yeah. Andrea Sampson: I could have started off going, you know, the other day I was walking in the woods and Shawna was helping me figure out what I was going to give to my ex, right? Because that is really the story, except you can see I've built it out, right? And so, then what you want, the fourth part of the story spine is what we call the raising of the stakes. This is the difference between a good story and a great story because the raising of the stakes is that tension moment. It's the end to them, and so, you know, as Shawna and I were talking about the things that I was going to keep and what I was going to let go of, we came to that blanket. You know the one, the blanket that my family had given us, but it was also the blanket where we had our first date. And it was the blanket that had followed us all the way through our relationship. And there was a part of me that really wanted that blanket, but there was a part of me that actually didn't ever want to see that blanket again. And I was distraught in that moment. How could I let go of the blanket? Now I think if you're following me, what you know is that blanket is really a metaphor for the relationship. Steve Rush: Yeah, it is. But it's ironic because it is still also a physical thing. Andrea Sampson: Yeah. Steve Rush: It's a metaphor, but actually we all kind of have something that we relate to in our day jobs and our lives that are similar metaphors of physical things but carry loads of emotion with them. Andrea Sampson: Right, and so, as I'm going through this story, you know, anyone who's listening to this, you know, they may or may not have lived a similar story, but they have lived, everybody, because, you know, here's the thing about stories. Stories are all meta stories, as humans, we all live the same stories. And so everybody has walked in the woods or has watched, you know, a movie or seen an image of walking in the woods. So, there's some experience of it. Everybody has a good friend who helps them through things. Now, you know, you may not have as good a friend or maybe your friend is better, but you have the experience of it. The human condition is that we all go through relationships and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't and heartbreak is common. And then the idea of having something that represents that, you can see, it's a meta story. right? Steve Rush: Yeah. Andrea Sampson: As I'm going through this story, everybody is having the same experience because they're living their own experience and my experience at the same time. And that's what makes it so powerful. So, when you take the time to build it, when you take the time to use emotions through it, what you're doing is, you're building a connection with anyone who's listening to that. Now we've gone through the four elements of the stories. By the fifth element is just the OCA. It's the way in which you tie it together. And so, in this case, it could be that in that walk in the woods, you know, Shawna helped me to understand that the blanket was in fact, a metaphor for my relationship. And as much as it was something that I was having a hard time letting go of, it was time for me to let go of it because I was letting go of that whole part of my life. And that blanket was in a part of my life that was no longer going to be in my life. So, it was time for me to let that go. And by the end of that walk, I had not only let go of the blanket, but I had let go of the relationship, I was ready to move on. So, there's the story spine in action. Steve Rush: It's the most compelling model. And if you are anything to do with telling stories or engaging audiences or helping people understand something that they don't yet understand well enough, let's think about how we could use the story-spine to really bring our stories to life. Andrea, thank you for being part of our show and bringing our stories to life.   Andrew Bryant Steve Rush: When I look back over the 300 plus hacks we've had on the show, the one thing that keeps presenting itself is, “lead yourself first” - Self-leadership. It sounds so obvious when you say it in such simple terms, but before you can lead others, you must first lead yourself. If you lack self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-learning, you'll fail to really, truly reach your full potential. And our top downloaded show of all times so far, is Self-Leadership with Andrew Bryant. Andrew is a motivational speaker and has become the number one authority on self-leadership. He's featured on TEDx and wrote the book, Self-Leadership, of course. You join our conversation as we explore the notion of, what really is self-leadership and why that can help us or hold us back. Andrew Bryant: The concept of self-leadership goes back to the Roman Stoics. It goes back to the Greek philosophers. It goes back to louts. Influencing others is strength, but influencing self is true power. The concept itself is not original. It is human reality around that, we have some sense of personal power if we take ownership and so it is very much the ownership of what can you take ownership of? And you can actually take ownership of your thinking. We all have thoughts, but do the thoughts have our us or do we have the thoughts? We all have emotions. But are we having the emotions or the emotions having us? Now, if you have ever been in a fury about something, you know that the emotions had you. If you have ever been really sad about something, you've been gripped by the emotion, you were not in control, but when we go, I'm angry about this. Why am I angry about this? What is driving that anger? What is that really about? Then, we take that step back into the observer place, and that gives us choice. You know, that is the heart of Stephen Covey work. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was that proactivity between idea and action, that there is a choice point that we have as human beings. Steve Rush: And in my experience as a coach, Andrew, and I am sure you see this a lot with your clients too. Is most of my work is in a bit in the middle, the gap between the idea and the action and the evaluation of how you get people to move forward. How has that been part of what you do right now? Andrew Bryant: Just before I came on this, I was talking to a CEO pharmaceutical company who wanted me to coach one of his executives; I have been interviewed by his head of HR. Before, I spoke to him, she was obviously playing Buffa, I didn't waste his time. Then his opening statement was, tell me about yourself, because I haven't had time to read the briefing material. I kind of wanted to do… groan, because that means I've got to tell my entire life story, which I'm doing again. It is a long-life story and I have to edit it, and I just I want to come across as like, why are you a different coach? How do I go about that? I really took this point that, you know, the classic coach comes from the inner game and the outer game, and you will be familiar with a book called The Inner Game of Tennis. Steve Rush: Sure am, yeah. Andrew Bryant: And that is coaching is about inner landscape. Outer coaching is how you hold tennis racket, how you serve the ball. The inner coaching is how you think about yourself as a tennis player and with leadership coaches, is how do I think about myself as leader? I mean, just this week as coaching the CEO of an organization, it is very successful CEO. I have coached him in other organizations. He has been parachuted into this company, Joint Venture Capital Support, and he his stressing himself out because he built this runway, and he has attached his ego. When I say build the runway, build the runway to profitability in a certain amount of time and a curtain number, and he's attached his ego to that. And if it doesn't work, he's feeling like a failure, and so the way he's created a mental schematic of that is, his inner world is driving his outer communication. The coaching was to help him not spread doubt amongst his troops, because he's having these doubts. But as the leader, there his doubts, they're not their doubts and their only doubts because he's made such a big deal out of this. Now, if the company burned to the ground, he would rise from the ashes and he would lead another organization. He is very successful, very competent, very intelligent individual. But the coaching is around that gap between his inner thinking and his execution, in this case, his speaking was not as aligned and motivational inspirational as it could have been. Steve Rush: So, David's talking here about the inner game, the voice in our head, that inner coach, and we need that coach to serve us well every day. But in order for us to serve us well, we need to be mentally agile and fit. We need to be physically agile and fit, and we need to be focusing on ourselves first. And you listen to the full show. You'll find out why self-leadership is not self-centered or selfish, but essential for us as leaders. We rejoined the conversation as we're talking about ego and why ego can sometimes get the way of us being really successful self-leaders. Andrew Bryant: Somebody drives outside the restaurant of the hotel in the Maserati or a Lamborghini, the Ferrari, gets out, you know, after having revved the engine so that everybody's paid attention to him, and then throws the keys to the valet. Do they have a big ego or a small ego? Most people listening will say big ego. But actually, from a psychological perspective, there ego is fragile. Because they are engaging in egocentric behaviors, right. Look at me, look at me, right. So egomaniacal egocentric behaviors are based on a need to feed an ego. When somebody has a healthy ego, a healthy sense of self. They don't need the attention. They don't need to throw the keys at the valet. They could turn up on a bicycle and they would be fine because they know who they are, right. So actually, when you do the work on yourself, you are a better human being to be in relationship with others, right. Steve Rush: Like that. Andrew Bryant: Carl Jung talked about ego means sense of self. Egocentricity is a fragile ego. Look at me. Look at me. I am not Okay. You know, a relationship should always be a Gestalt, where the whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. If two broken people meet each other and trying to make one complete person, they are co-dependent. When two people have got their stuff together, meet. They create a relationship that has things over and above themselves. Self-leadership is not selfish because when we have taken care of ourselves, we have all the energy to focus on other people. We can listen. We can help and the simplest one is a metaphor that precedes me, but I use it as well. And that is, if you are on the airplane and the oxygen mask does fall from the ceiling. You are supposed to put it over your nose and mouth first before assisting others, because if you don't look after yourself, you're useless to anybody else. The biggest compliment you can do for somebody is to turn up and authentically be yourself, right? If you are hiding behind some mask or you're playing some game and then manipulating them into whatever bizarre reality you have, then you're really not doing anybody a favor. Steve Rush: So, it's interesting, isn't it? Ego has been seen as being quite a bad thing, but it's a healthy sense of self. It's egocentricity that is unhelpful. And recognizing that egocentricity will hold us back from engaging and behaving in the true sense of self is essential part of our leadership behaviors. Andrew was on one of our very early shows in March 2020, as we launched the podcast, but continues to get regular hits through our channels and our media. And therefore, goes to show that the message of self-leadership is always going to be relevant. Andrew, I'm incredibly grateful for you being part of our community and helping us all lead ourselves better. Thank you. Closing Steve Rush: So, we're coming to the end of our time together on our 100th show. It's been an incredible journey and thank you to our five guests for reliving some of those moments from our hundred episodes over the last two years. And please remember we have 95 other guests who bring diversity, stories from across the world, different genres of leading and leadership. So please head over, download the show, and never miss a future episode. And this is a shameless plug. If you like what we're doing, please tell others, please share it with your business communities. Please share it with teams at work and let's help spread the word of leadership and leadership development so that we can all grow. We can all learn, and we can all develop because the irony here is there are no hacks to leadership. There are just great tools, great tips and great ideas. But if we shortcut them through our learning and our lessons with you, the quicker we learn, the better our teams perform and the better our teams grow. And before I sign out, I want to make a special mention to Jermaine Pinto. He's my trusted, side-kick and partner in the show. He's been a great support and a great aid as we've developed a hundred episodes together. Thank you, Jermaine. I appreciate you, man. And I'll be super grateful for you to leave us a five-star review and let us know how you think we can continually grow our Leadership Hacker Community. It's the way that we grow, and it's the way that our audiences get to meet our great guests. Thank you for being part of the community. Thank you for being on our journey. That's me signing out, on our 100th show. I'm Steve Rush. And today I have The Leadership Hacker.  

I feel like Oleg deserves a medal as I believe his appearance on the show has been postponed maybe three times; possibly four. In my defense, it was health and heart related! …but he's here now and good things come to those who wait! Oleg is here to talk about vision and specifically how to develop a true visionary leader mindset. This is a vision quest you don't want to miss at 9pm EST tonight! Then Gregarious will deliver his weekly vignette on entrepreneurship, followed by our creator, Smooth. Have any questions for Oleg or want a shoutout on air? You can potentially ask your question live or get a shoutout using $JAFFE coins which you can purchase via my creator coin link: rally.io/creator/JAFFE I'll also be giving away $JAFFE coins every episode to viewers who tune in live. My NFT has just launched and by buying this limited edition art, you'll get the e-book, as well as access to pre-tapings, audition and reunion shows. And more. Find out at nft.rally.io/jaffejuice Watch full episodes at youtube.com/c/josephjaffeisnotfamous. Subscribe at bit.ly/subscribetotheshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a powerful forward written by Marshall Goldsmith, Dr. Oleg Konovalov's book The Vision Code, demystifies the role of vision as a fundamental part of long-term success. In this episode of Next Level Tips, Dr. Konovalov and Lina talk about the difference between having a dream and having a vision, how to be prepared to stand up for your vision, even in the face of doubts, fears, and nay-sayers. In his book, The Vision Code, Dr. Konovalov writes from his own experiences of re-defining the circumstances of his upbringing, that "Vision is a decision to live differently, with greater purpose." He's assembled the thoughts of some of the greatest leaders of today on the role of vision in success and I highly recommend his work to anyone on the path to mastery. Here's more on Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014). His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in the areas of leadership. Oleg help leaders to become the masters of the future and achieve new levels of success. Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of business schools, a Forbes contributor, and a high in demand speaker at major conferences around the world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lina-taylor/support

In this episode, Rich meets the 'Da Vinci of Visionary Leadership', Dr. Oleg Konovalov.   Dr. Oleg is a visionary and has written a number of books, his most recent work is 'The Vision Code' available for you to find here:-https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vision-Code-Execute-Compelling-Business/dp/1119775914   Rich and Dr. Oleg talk about how leadership and vision are important and how people in all organisations and industries can get it right or sometimes get it wrong.    To find out more about Dr Oleg and his work, you can visit his website here:- https://www.olegkonovalov.com/ or find him on LinkedIn here:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov-a6a3401a/   To listen to last weeks episode with Kellie Barker from Born Anxious, you can find it here:- https://youtu.be/4vbnhDtPXFE _______________________________________________________________________   To find out more about Born Anxious, you can find them here:- https://www.bornanxious.co.uk/    To find previous seasons and episodes of the podcast, you can find them here:- https://anchor.fm/inside-the-orange   Thanks so much to Thom Burt & Andrew Brien from Songwriters Lounge for creating our new theme song. You can find their work here:- https://www.songwriterslounge.net/   Follow us and Reach Out:  Website: http://www.insidetheorange.co.uk  Email: insidethisorange@gmail.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidetheorange  Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrangeWhats  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insidetheorange  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_OZaRIBsagfrQVfrKrDLYQ #insidetheorange #podcast #podcasts #understanding #people #richstevens #interview #guest #drolegkonovalov #vision #leader #expert #thinkers50 #visionaryleadership #fishing #industry #corporate #talking #linkedin #amazon #kindle #book #thevisioncode #author #speaker #partnerships #connection #selfhelp #helpothers #why #strategy #values #clear #concise #future #futureplanning #planning #bornanxious #songwriterslounge --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-the-orange/message

Joining us today is global leadership expert and author of The Vision Code, Oleg Konovalov. He is certainly a leadership guru and has extensive experience across the world with global companies. He has authored several other books, but today we dig deep into the importance of creating a clear vision. In his book, he details the six key criteria in creating a solid vision and in this episode, he helps us understand each one. If vision is so crucial and important to a company or organization, why is it so difficult to establish and communicate? Oleg explains in this interview why leaders struggle with this aspect of business and the difficulty in getting past your own human connection to the past and your ego. Oleg's book is excellent and highly recommended, but take a listen to this episode for a good outline of the valuable content he has to offer in creating a compelling vision. What We Talked About in This Episode: The Human Connection to the Past and Their Ego The Abstract Definition of Vision Emotional and Passionate Parts of Vision The Difference Between a Vision and a Mission Why Companies Struggle with Clarity Creating an Executable Vision How to Detach Yourself From Your Ego to Create a Vision The Six Key Criteria is Developing a Solid Vision Create Value for Everyone, Everywhere You Can Why Leader Spend Little Time on Communicating Vision Understanding Changes and Adjustments Revisiting Your Vision on a Monthly Basis Oleg's Daily Rituals   About Our Guest: Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014). His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in the areas of leadership. Oleg helps leaders to become the masters of the future and achieve new levels of success. Connect with Oleg Konovalov: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/ Links and Resources: Oleg Konovalov Website The Vision Code: How to Create and Execute a Compelling Vision for Your Business by Oleg Konovalov Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Connect with John Murphy: LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. Thanks for tuning in!

Joining us today is global leadership expert and author of The Vision Code, Oleg Konovalov. He is certainly a leadership guru and has extensive experience across the world with global companies. He has authored several other books, but today we dig deep into the importance of creating a clear vision. In his book, he details the six key criteria in creating a solid vision and in this episode, he helps us understand each one. If vision is so crucial and important to a company or organization, why is it so difficult to establish and communicate? Oleg explains in this interview why leaders struggle with this aspect of business and the difficulty in getting past your own human connection to the past and your ego. Oleg's book is excellent and highly recommended, but take a listen to this episode for a good outline of the valuable content he has to offer in creating a compelling vision.

Today on TBCY, we have with us a professional coach and a global leader who has abundant experience of working with the corporate sector. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Oleg Konovolov from Moscow, Russia. Oleg is one of the top global thought leaders from the world. He is a Global Thought Leader, a Consultant and a C-suite Coach. He is a global guru and has been recognised and felicitated with many prestigious awards. In this conversation with our host Ashutosh Garg, Oleg takes us through his very successful career and the experiences he has gained. Oleg shares his experience in visionary leadership and his recognition as Da Vinci of Visionary Leadership. He explains the relevance of vision leadership and why having a vision is important. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support

Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach.Oleg is named among the top eight global experts in leadership and shortlisted for the Distinguished Award in Leadership by Thinkers50. He is on Global Gurus Top 30 in Leadership, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders.Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance.He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in the areas of leadership. Oleg help leaders to become the masters of the future and achieve new levels of success.Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of business schools, a Forbes contributor, and a high in demand speaker at major conferences around the world.https://www.olegkonovalov.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/labanditchburn?fan_landing=true)

KL122 Oleg Konovalov Global Thought Leader and Trusted Advisor Visionary Leadership Episode Summary On Episode 122 of the Keep Leading!® podcast, I interviewed Dr. Oleg Konovalov! Dr. Konovalov is on the Thinkers50 Leadership Shortlist for 2021 and is the #1 Global Leading Coach.  Having been named 'the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities, I seized the opportunity to get his viewpoint on Visionary Leadership. Bio Dr. Oleg Konovalov is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, and is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). Having been named 'the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong, productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014). His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in corporate culture, leadership, and he uses corporate diagnostics to enable them to drive their companies to success. Website https://www.olegkonovalov.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov-a6a3401a/ Twitter https://twitter.com/olkonol_oa   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/olkonol/   Leadership Quote Don't allow anyone to silence your vision. Get Your Copy of Oleg's Books! https://www.olegkonovalov.com/author/ Subscribe, share and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512 Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information www.KeepLeadingPodcast.com   Keep Leading LIVE (Live Recordings of the Keep Leading!® Podcast) www.KeepLeadingLive.com The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques, and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meet the "da Vinci" of Visionary Leadership! Join me with my guest Dr. Oleg Konovalov (https://www.olegkonovalov.com), global thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite coach. His latest book is The Vision Code. We have a fascinating and wide ranging conversation about the future of business, the "true" role of vision in business success and ideas about sustainable success. Oleg is on the short list for this year's Leadership Award at Thinkers50 - the Oscars in management - and has been named as #1 Global Leading Coach by Marshall Goldsmith's Thinkers50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode I speak to Oleg Konovalov, referred to as the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership and author of, "The Vision Code," whose wakeup call was frequently getting into trouble by letting his curiosity take him wherever it wanted him to go. https://www.olegkonovalov.com/

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Dr. Oleg Konovalow is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and C-suite.  He has been recognized as the #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by “Thinkers 360”. Is a #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders.  We covered Oleg's newest book, The Vision Code, a book which I have suggested will be a classic for business and personal growth.  Oleg covers, in depth, the meaning of vision, the path to becoming a visionary, and all of the elements it takes to see the vision to fruition.  We covered areas about vision that are essential, and the things that can destroy great visions.  If you are looking for growth in your personal and business life, or if you want to help others grow, this is the show to listen to, and the book to buy.   You can reach Dr. Oleg Konovalov https://www.olegkonovalov.com/ Email: oleg@olegkonovalov.com  

Mike Montague interviews Dr. Oleg Konovalov on How to Succeed at Creating a Compelling Vision. Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, Global Gurus Top 30, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders by The Excelligent. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).   Find Oleg at: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/    In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at creating a compelling vision What the vision code is Spend less time thinking about the past and more thinking about the future and solutions Ego kills vision Bold thinking wins Give people a direction to set them free How to set a big enough vision that is still achievable How does your vision help others? Oleg's definition of success Learn as much as you can, help as much as you can Podcast: https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id1097591566 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00JoVzRtMzmQB5Ae5RWWQZ   The How to Succeed Podcast is a public and free podcast from Sandler Training, the worldwide leader in sales, management, and customer service training for individuals all the way up to Fortune 500 companies with over 250 locations around the globe.   Find white papers, webinars, and more in our free Sandler E-Learning Library: https://www.sandler.com/sell   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a comment!

Mike Montague interviews Dr. Oleg Konovalov on How to Succeed at Creating a Compelling Vision. Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, Global Gurus Top 30, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders by The Excelligent. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).   Find Oleg at: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/    In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at creating a compelling vision What the vision code is Spend less time thinking about the past and more thinking about the future and solutions Ego kills vision Bold thinking wins Give people a direction to set them free How to set a big enough vision that is still achievable How does your vision help others? Oleg's definition of success Learn as much as you can, help as much as you can Podcast: https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id1097591566 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00JoVzRtMzmQB5Ae5RWWQZ   The How to Succeed Podcast is a public and free podcast from Sandler Training, the worldwide leader in sales, management, and customer service training for individuals all the way up to Fortune 500 companies with over 250 locations around the globe.   Find white papers, webinars, and more in our free Sandler E-Learning Library: https://www.sandler.com/sell   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a comment!

Mike Montague interviews Dr. Oleg Konovalov on How to Succeed at Creating a Compelling Vision. Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, Global Gurus Top 30, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders by The Excelligent. Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership’ by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).   Find Oleg at: https://www.olegkonovalov.com/    In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at creating a compelling vision What the vision code is Spend less time thinking about the past and more thinking about the future and solutions Ego kills vision Bold thinking wins Give people a direction to set them free How to set a big enough vision that is still achievable How does your vision help others? Oleg’s definition of success Learn as much as you can, help as much as you can Podcast: https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id1097591566 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00JoVzRtMzmQB5Ae5RWWQZ   The How to Succeed Podcast is a public and free podcast from Sandler Training, the worldwide leader in sales, management, and customer service training for individuals all the way up to Fortune 500 companies with over 250 locations around the globe.   Find white papers, webinars, and more in our free Sandler E-Learning Library: https://www.sandler.com/sell   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a comment!

Welcome to The Business Influencer Podcast where we interview and explore the success stories of entrepreneurs, business leaders, senior policymakers and get insights from thought leaders around the issues of the day. In this episode, our host interviews Dr. Oleg Konovalov, speaker, consultant and author of 'The Vision Code'. We discuss the importance of the concept of 'vision', not just for businesses but for individuals as well. We ask: What is Vision. Why is it important? Should we care about a vision? Credits: Host - Ninder Johal DL Production - Simren K. Johal Video editing - Stewart Lawley Executive Producer - Narinder K. Johal Music - EWC/ Nachural Selection (Album) © Copyright by Nachural Records / Nachural Publishing Subscribe for more podcasts!

“Vision comes when your conscious awareness of a problem you want to solve reaches its peak.” Having a vision and being able to make it a reality differentiates leaders from managers. When there is no vision, no amount of effort or money can help.  The vision code illuminates the process of defining and following through on a vision, which will become increasingly important as the pace of change accelerates. Compelling stories and examples from leaders across industries and geographies underscore its importance. On this live call, Jason Marc Campbell and Oleg Konovalov talk about understanding how real change can be achieved with envisioning. Listen out for: The actual definition of ‘vision.’ Most common vision mistakes. How putting vision first helps a company.  6 criteria of vision.  Steps to choose the right vision for your company.  The natural process of setting a bold vision. Bonus:  Subscribe to Mindvalley All Access to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests – at a surprisingly low annual fee. You can also watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community here

Dr. Oleg Konovalov and I met up recently for my LinkedIn Live show - Manage Better.Here is the YouTube link - https://lnkd.in/gJxNGwzOleg is called the Da Vinci of Visionary Leadership. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 and is #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture as rated by Thinkers 360.He shared lessons he learnt across his teaching and while writing the bestseller - The Vision Code.Some key lessons:1. Vision is a Responsibility. A commitment to a better future.2. Be clear about your WHY3. Vision comes when we are in consciousness about the benefit to others. It's actions beyond the Self.4. If all of us get better, humanity gets uplifted5. Vision is the most powerful tool for Leaders to navigate into the future6. If Vision does not INSPIRE, it's not a Vision that people would feel invested in7. Vision is a MUST Have for Organisations to be Incredible and Inspirational8. The #1 mistake organisations make is to be too egoistic about their vision. Be humble.9. What's Greater? My Problems or My Goals?10. We all need a vision even if we are not a CEO.Oleg also shared the 6 criteria test for a good vision. More on it in his book.#leadership #culture #leadershipdevelopment #managebetter

If you are talking about the future, then you need the language of the future. The language of the future is vision. But no matter what your vision is, it has to be practical. So, what is a vision? If you ask a hundred people, you will get a hundred answers or maybe more. I was surprised when Dr. Oleg Konovalov said that only 0.1% have a vision as per his research. Many others are either faking it, or they simply don't have it! I had to find out more. So, I invited him to the ICT Podcast.We talk about:What is vision, and why is it important?What is the difference between vision and wishful thinking?Personal ambitions are not a vision; why?Why many leaders falter when executing their vision?Important parameters that strengthen vision.About his book, "The Vision Code."Oleg is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally.Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50), and has been named one of the Top 10 most inspiring global thought leaders by The Excellent.Having been named ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov helps companies create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, and maintain a strong, productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance.He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).His research identifies entrepreneurs' and managers' strategic needs in corporate culture, leadership, and he uses corporate diagnostics to enable them to drive their companies to success.Oleg received his doctoral degree from the Durham University Business School. He is a visiting lecturer at several business schools, a Forbes contributor, and a high-demand speaker at major conferences worldwide.About the Podcast:ICT Podcast all about innovation, communication, and technology – a few key areas that are super important in today's world. If you want to know what it takes to be a better innovator, better communicator, and leverage technology to make this world a better place, please subscribe. Every week, I bring new perspectives, ideas, tips, and techniques so that you can improve all these aspects of your life.Web: https://www.anandtamboli.comLinkedIn: https://www.anandtamboli.com/linkedinBooks: https://www.anandtamboli.com/amazonMusic By: https://tunestogo.netSupport the show (https://www.anandtamboli.com/author?s=podcast)

Are you ready to set yourself free to drive your own exploration? Click the play icon to get introduced to the code that will help you construct your vision. Dive into this candid conversation about organizational leadership with Dr. Oleg Konovalov.

The topic of today's podcast is VISION, which is that unique, special, rare, aspirational and yet tangible ingredient of leadership only the most impactful leaders display, to the point we may conclude VISION is what makes their leadership so strong and impactful.When we take a close look at the way people like  Apple's Steve Jobs, of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, and the many corporate and community leaders who have changed the world operate their business, we realize they couldn't have achieved the extraordinary results they achieved without a clear and  compelling vision.You may wonder if creating a vision that makes a difference in the world is something anyone can do, and the answer is yes and no.While ambition, positive thinking, and a desire to succeed may favor the development of a strong vision, they are certainly not enough.With my guest today Dr. Oleg Konovalov a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies internationally I will try to decipher the code that makes vision a reality.Oleg is the author of the book The Vision Code, in which he reveals the secrets of building and executing a strong vision within any organization. Oleg draws together in one volume in-depth interviews with nineteen extraordinary global visionaries that represent a variety of industries and organizations. These leaders explain why a vision is needed, how to implement it, how to communicate it effectively, and how to live by it with integrityThe stories of the nineteen leaders reveal how to develop a compelling vision and follow through with it in order to inspire an entire workforce. When a leader taps into the power of "vision," he or she creates a more meaningful business experience and ultimately, a better life. This interview will offer you guidance and inspiration in your journey as a leader and will provide you with words of wisdom that will trigger deep and meaningful reflection.To be a visionaire you must be book-smart, street-smart and nature smart, says oleg Konovalov, and with it I let the music start.

This week's episode is with Dr. Oleg Konovalov who is a thought leader, author, business educator, consultant, and coach with over 25 years of experience operating businesses and consulting Fortune 500 companies both in the UK and internationally.   Having been named as ‘the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership' by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture and achieve superior business performance. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50) and has been named as one of the Top 10 Most Inspiring Global Thought Leaders (2020). He is the author of The Vision Code (2021), LEADEROLOGY (2019), Corporate Superpower (2018), Organisational Anatomy (2016), and Hidden Russia (2014).   In this show we cover:   1. We will talk about vision as a very practical tool of creating successful future 2. Practical tips and suggestions 3. New way of thinking about leadership  4. We wouldn't talk about us but about people and their success defined by their vision  5. This conversation is about inspiring people, not motivating them   Oleg's website https://www.olegkonovalov.com/  Connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov-a6a3401a/  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/olkonol/  Tweet him on Twitter https://twitter.com/olkonol_oa ABOUT THE HOST This show is hosted by Ultra-High Personal Productivity Authority, Business Strategist, Former Elite Athlete, Author and International Speaker Adam Strong. He currently runs 3 different businesses and enjoys working with business owners and entrepreneurs of small to medium sized companies. Adam is a Former Elite Athlete that trained with Olympic and World Champion Sir Mo Farah for 3 years. He takes the same skill-set that he learned as an elite athlete to teach his clients on how to create high performance, increased productivity and growth. He is the author of two books ‘Move it or lose it' and ‘Fit body fit business'. Both written for business owners and teams that want their businesses to excel and to accelerate faster, quicker and become more focused. He has been featured on the front cover of Influential People, Global Man and Steer Magazines, BBC radio, the Huffington post and in People Management magazine just to mention a few. He has interviewed influencers and thought leaders such as Jack Canfield, Dr John Demartini, Bob Burg, Marshall Goldsmith, Olympic athletes and sports personalities such Neil Fachie, Jonathan Horton and Kate Strong. He has shared the stage with celebrities such as John Travolta, Vanilla Ice, Calvin Klein, 50 cent and Dr Nido Qubein. CONTACT METHOD Adam Strong Website Adam Strong on LinkedIn Follow him on Instagram  Tweet him on Twitter Listen to the Game Changers Show on YouTube  Get Free Mentoring by joining the  Game Changers Facebook Group here 

Oleg Konovalov, one of the world's leading thinkers on strategy, discusses his new book, “The Vision Code.” Having a strong vision is essential to bringing people together for common cause to enable the organization to succeed and thrive together. www.olegkonovalov.com

Dr. Oleg Konovalov Has been named as “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time. Oleg Konovalov helps companies create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong, productive corporate culture, and achieve superior business performance. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, and is one of the #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50). Oleg is the author of LEADEROLOGY, CORPORATE SUPERPOWER, ORGANISATIONAL ANATOMY, and HIDDEN RUSSIA. His latest book, THE VISION CODE, is expected to be published in January 2021 by Wiley. What you can expect in the show: Dr. Oleg Konovalov shares how his mindset-focused CAVIAR process enables business leaders to create a Multi-dimensional reality, a place where you want to be and happy to be in now and the next generations enjoy as well. The Vision's importance is that If you don't have a vision of raising your kids or making your company great, you will not fulfill your purpose. You need to know how to do it; else you won't fulfill your purpose. VISION is for the knowledge workers and must be shared, and it's a collective property, and people should be proud of being part of this story. Dr. Oleg exclusively shares a peek sneak into his new book "THE VISION CODE" and an in-depth explanation of the CAVIAR process from his state-of-the-art Visionary Coaching program.

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As part of our Thought Leader's Voice podcast series we are thrilled to be in a conversation with Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Global Thought Leader, Trusted Advisor, Author on ‘Using thought leadership to evangelize your brand vision and diagnose and treat organizational diseases.These are testing times for CMO's & leaders as they steer their organizations through to calmer waters amidst the global healthcare & economic crisis.Join the conversation to access actionable advice shared in an incredibly insightful way.Having been named as “the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership” by many leading authorities of our time, Oleg Konovalov is helping companies to create and execute their vision, diagnose and treat organizational diseases, maintain a strong productive corporate culture, and achieve superior business performance.Oleg is the author of LEADEROLOGY, CORPORATE SUPERPOWER, ORGANISATIONAL ANATOMY, and HIDDEN RUSSIA. His latest book, THE VISION CODE is expected to be published in January by Wiley.Oleg sees every organization as unique and strongly believes that most of his clients' problems can be solved by shifting patterned paradigms and applying tailor-made solutions.Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, has been recognized as #1 Global Thought Leader on Culture by Thinkers 360, and is #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50).

Oleg Konovalov is a global thought leader, business educator, consultant and author of several books. Oleg is on the Thinkers50 Radar, #1 Global Leading Coach (Marshall Goldsmith Thinkers50), and has been recognized as one of the top thinkers in leadership, vision, and culture. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov-a6a3401a/

In this episode I am delighted to sit down with Dr Oleg Konovalov, A top global thought leader in culture, Marshall Goldsmith certified coach, Author of numerous books including: Corporate Superpower, Organisational Anatomy, Hidden Russia and Leaderology. He will soon be releasing his latest book, The Vision Code. Website https://www.olegkonovalov.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-k... Twitter: https://twitter.com/olkonol_oa I'm Simon Haigh, and I help my clients to drive growth through business, Leadership, brand, and personal coaching. In the past I have worked as a corporate Lawyer, an entrepreneur, and a multinational CEO. Now I bring together my years of experience to help others to avoid roadblocks and achieve personal and professional success with my expertise in negotiation, dealmaking, business, leadership. mindset and brand growth. http://www.simonhaigh.com http://www.twitter.com/SimonHaighcom simon@simonhaigh.com

We can all relate to the fact that a strong vision defines success in personal and business life. In this episode Dr Oleg Konovalov, #1 global thought leader on culture, coach and best-selling author will discuss: Vision is not a gift, but a well-structured algorithm that can be taught. How to create and execute a strong and compelling vision. Leadership is a system of growing Why knowledge is the sexiest thing of all Don't rush to call yourself a leader In this episode - there's also a bonus 101 on emotional intelligence from yours truly! Follow us and explore our social media tribe from our Website: https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Dr Oleg Konovalov Below:  Website: https://www.olegkonovalov.com Dr Oleg Konovalov on LinkedIn Oleg on Twitter The Book - Leaderology   Full Podcast Transcription Below:  ----more----   Introduction Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker.  Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you. Joining me on the show today is one of the world's leading and recognized thought leaders. He is a business educator, bestselling author, and a speaker is Dr. Oleg Konovalov. Before we get an opportunity to speak with Oleg, it is The Leadership Hacker News.   The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: What makes someone a great leader? Is it having knowledge? Good genes? Vision? Courage? Well, many of us will have our very own variation based on our experiences and what we believe to be great in leaders. There is one commonality though that we are likely to share. What really distinguishes the world's most successful leaders is emotional intelligence or the ability to identify and monitor emotions of not only ourselves, but others around us. Organizations, they are increasingly looking through the lens of emotional intelligence when hiring, promoting, and developing their employees. And years of study have shown that more emotional intelligence somebody has the better, their chances of success and the better their performance. What most people fail to recognize though, is mastering emotion intelligence. Is actually a skill and it takes practice and let's not confuse emotional intelligence with all that ambiguous and pink and fluffy stuff that is perceived that only people with right-hand creative brains have. Daniel Goldman professor at Harvard University, who has also been renowned for his work and research on emotional Intelligence, has broken this down into four areas. Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management and here is our brief 101 on emotional intelligence. Self-Awareness well, this is the capacity to tune into our own emotions. It allows us to know when we are feeling the way we are, but also the reasons why we feel that way, as well as the people around us. It is about tuning into the feelings that help us, or hold us back about what we are trying to do. By understanding our own strengths and limitations, we can operate from a position of competence and clarity, knowing when we can also rely on other people. Self-Management, this is the ability to keep disruptive emotions and impulses under control. This is a powerful skill for leaders, especially during a crisis because people will look to us to make sure that we can provide reassurance. And if we're calm as leaders, they can become too, I coined the phrase, your leadership barometer, because you're almost the weather forecast emotionally for people. This is about playing for the logical part of our brain, not the emotional part of our brain and the core competencies here are having that awareness of self-emotional control, adaptability being agile in the face of changing uncertainty, achievement orientation, striving to meet or exceed those standards. We set for ourselves and having a positive outlook so that we see the good in people, situations and events. This can really unlock creativity and opportunity. Social-Awareness, social-awareness indicates the accuracy in reading and interpreting other people's emotions. Often through nonverbal communication first. Socially aware leaders are really able to relate to many different people in different ways. We are able to listen attentively and communicate effectively, even by observing what has not been spoken. Their core competencies here are empathy, always putting yourself in the shoes of other people, but in a meaningful way, an organizational awareness. Can you read the emotional changes and currents and undertones and dynamics within the people you work with, but also in the organization? And the last is Relationship Management, and this is an interpersonal skill that really allows us to act in a way to motivate, inspire others while maintaining focus on important relationships. And the core competence is here are influence, gathering support from others, creating an engaging group of people, coaching and mentoring, dedicating your lives to work to giving feedback and supporting and coaching others, conflict management, being comfortable with uncomfortable disagreements in teams and sides so that you're able to help people find a win, win outcome. Teamwork, you are the team. Share those responsibilities and rewards contribute to the capability of your team as a whole; and lastly, Inspirational Leadership by inspiring and guiding others towards their overall vision. You will always get the job done, and you will always bring the team with you the best qualities along the way. So my final thought of the day, when was the last time you practiced your emotional intelligence? This is not about doing it, testing it, scenario playing. This is about practicing some of these key capabilities, competencies so that you can really fine-tune your capabilities. The more you practice, the more of an emotional intelligent leader you will become. That has been our brief 101 of emotional intelligence, and that has been The Leadership Hacker News. If you have any insights, information or things you would like to share with our listeners, please get in touch.  Start of Podcast Steve Rush: I am joined on today show by Dr Oleg Konovalov. He is one of the world's top global thought leaders. He is an author of four bestselling books, keynote speaker, and a coach. Dr. Oleg Konovalov, welcome to the show. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Steve, thank you very much for inviting and having me on the show. Thank you. Steve Rush: It is incredibly our pleasure. Now you have had really interesting upbringing story journey to becoming one of the world's global thought leaders around subjects, such as vision, culture, and leadership. But tell us a little bit about your journey from life as a child to Russia, to where you are now. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Actually, I'm looking back at my life and I just I'm amazed myself because you know, being grown in a small town, which is part of this school Gulagstag left after the Stalin Heritage.  It was not the best experience, but probably it has made me stronger. And I'm grateful for this because if you live too much comfortable life or, you're not building something big because you already have everything and you are not worried. You learn that something should be bigger than you and your ego to make your life meaningful. This is where I learned why I should make my life meaningful, and this was important. And you see at a certain point I was almost salty, I decided to move to the UK where I could learn much more than I know I could work in a different environment. It was a biggest reason why I have moved to UK on this. I am really grateful for that chance because it moved me much further than I was initially singing about it. It was… Steve Rush: That moved you further academically, physically, mentally. How did that move you? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Mentally. I would tell you mentally, because physically you still remain strong, Ox at least in one great pace. Academia, academia is more or less a similar everywhere in the world. Was this a little bit up and down, but it is more or less similar, but it was mental challenge because you should learn everything from you, the way how people work, the way, how people interact, how socialize, everything. You learned everything from you, so you are born from you; it is another life in this term. Steve Rush: That is a really nice way of looking at actually being reborn from you, I quite like that, yeah. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: You know, you should not have drag your old habits into your new life, because then the reason why did you change something? If you are still using the same old habits or way of thinking, you know, it would not put you far, whatever you would move. If you take, everything old was used, you moving into a new house or you taking old stuff with you? No.  You are buying new furniture, new carpets, everything that you need from you to make it fresh and nice and this is important. And I think I'm very lucky and I love this industry. I have worked for many years in the fishing industry, which you know, is quite tough, but it is great in terms of interacting daily with incredible people, you facing a lot of challenges, but you are learning from them, and it was a tremendous experience. Allow it; a few of my projects actually in the fishing industry were highlighted in the times in the fishing news information in the fishing news UK. But then at certain point I realized, I want to know more. I want to learn more and I go on again for my diploma in management then for master's degrees and doctoral degree, and I probably those days was only the one in the fishing industry had a doctoral degree in business across the globe. Steve Rush: And I guess that is your curiosity, your passion for learning that thought. How can I take some additional learning and transfer that to an industry, which historically hasn't got a lot of academic background to it, right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Absolutely, because this is curiosity to learn. What is over there? What is beyond my conventional thinking? You know, our daily questions, you know, it's something beyond, yes, it's curiosity, but you know, we know curiosity kills the cat, but such a cat, which is not afraid to be killed in this sense, because curiosity, it's a great trigger to go further. And the same case, if you want to make something more important than your daily routine, you must learn how to make it great because we have all chances and opportunities to make our life meaningful. Our achieved goals impactful for many in positively, but he must be capable of handling something big and so you must learn, that is a necessity. Steve Rush: Following the successful career, you had in the fishing industry where you led some really large businesses. Was it then that your curiosity that led you into the world of consulting? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Knowledge is a sexist thinking of all. Knowledge is their most demanded product in the world. Knowledge is what shifts us into the future. Knowledge is always in demand. And it's always respectful and always well paid, but it's most rewarding thing when you see people succeeding because of you helping them. This is far beyond our instant necessities, like food and shelter, because it is impact on the next generation, it is everything. You see, when we talk as a digital era being now, we should assume that it is a knowledge era triggered by people who changed the things in management that allowed to change technologies and so allowed to make this digital era coming, so it is knowledge Steve Rush: And I guess knowledge was what led you to put pen to paper and your first bestselling book was the Corporate Superpower. And that was around, you know, taking some theory if you like, but giving it some structure. I have read it myself, It is around that whole theory of how do we give structure to culture? Tell us a little bit about that. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: It started from very, very curious point. We love talking about positive culture and how culture is important. Then I looked at, hold on why are we not talking about negative culture because the majority of companies, these days. They are still have negative culture and what I have found. Right about 450,000 articles, you could find only from academia on positive culture and only about 72 articles on negative culture. Whereas reality is completely opposite, and I said, hold on, what is the algorithm? Because whatever we are reading in the books or listening to the conferences. All discussion is wrapped around how to have a good culture, but how to have a clear, simple and effective algorithm was still remaining as a gap. And so, I decided to cover this gap and created corporate super power as an algorithm, as a response for everyday needs. Where every leader, every manager could open it and see how to create culture. What stance on it, you know, how to create values or defined values was the properties of engagement, everything, so to find the code, therefore I called at the end of the book. I called defined making a checklist because it is like winery; you are taking care of it. You growing, you cultivating it, and then you get a great result. And therefore it was important to give people really practical solutions instead of general chit chat and that's a good point of being an efficient industry. You must come with a result. Steve Rush: Right.   Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Because you can't sell the fish that you don't have. People need exact instruction. Simple, because we don't have much time for philosophical conversations about something being good or not. Steve Rush: You either caught fish or you haven't caught fish. Right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Absolutely. I love catching big fish and so big results. Steve Rush: But laying behind that, I guess, would still be all of that foundation of disciplined structure. The people you work with that does not change does it? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: No, because I would call myself lucky, blessed, whatever, because I have worked with incredible professionals. I learn and study from incredible people from academia. You know, I am really grateful because it's a matter of who teaches you and not just a personality, not just a professional, but a whole person from whom you really learn how to be a whole person yourself and that is incredible. For instance, if we look at a simple point, which we often neglect, and outlook is one thing, but how you could connect dots, which seems like very non-relevant is a mastery itself. So you must know how to make so nice pictures, really vivid pictures that could give you the right answers or most effective answers. Steve Rush: Now your next book was a Leaderology and Forbes is quoted as being one of the top leadership books of the last year. What was the inspiration for Leaderology? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: I really proud of this book because first of all, we were so thrown into the quoting leadership, leadership, leadership every day that we'll look at it a bit as function or one of the functions we diluting the meaning of leadership. We are taking many things for granted and so not realizing what is going on behind. So we're looking at leaders and declaring something, but leadership is a system. Is a system of growing people, is a system to be of master of everything you manage in terms of leading in terms of a context in which you and your people exist. And that stands not just as a system, as a whole, but its ability to create other productive systems in terms of what kind of organizations you create, what kind of people you grow to achieve those incredible results, how you make people stronger. Because one, I believe, if you help your people grow, people will help you to become a better leader. They will make you a better leader. It is a journey, if I work as a leader myself and take care of people, they will take care of me. Steve Rush: Right. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: If I work as a good consultant for a company, whatever I do in the best way to help the company. They are bouncing, back with a feedback that makes me stronger as a consultant, as a coach. Well, I am a bit picky; I'm always trying to choose good clients. Those who are really willing to make a difference because they make me better coach and that's it absolutely because I'm learning from them probably even more than they've learned from me. I am just from different angle, but I am still gaining. So all of us, we are multiplying each other. Steve Rush: They test and challenge your capabilities your worldview as well. Right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: It is a matter how to reveal the people greatness to make them strong, whether it would be company or culture was in the company, or even every personality, which comes back home after office hours and it makes his family happy. Steve Rush: Yeah, I see that. Now I love the start of Leaderology, because your first chapter is almost a letter to yourself when you were 30 and I think that is a really great idea, and I love reading it, but what was the inspiration for that? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: This was a reflection. What I have missed at those days, what I was really short, I wish I would have somebody in those days who would be telling me this is wrong, or this is right. Aside from this or do that, and it was critical to, make own mistakes, but it was important to reflect in which direction to go. What is important to see, because we have been emphasizing and enhance to repeat the same old bothering mistakes, old people like me? What have they been doing? Everything that had been taught by books or by senior managers. So more or less without thinking in which direction to go. And so repeating old mistakes again, and again, its draining your energy is draining, it is draining your time. It is not moving you far and the problem is I am 56, but as we're still dragging this old mistakes into the future, and therefore it was important to reflect where we should stop it and how to make this new house really fresh and new, and how to reinvent ourselves and get rid of old mistakes. And therefore it was an actual message to myself. Steve Rush: Yeah, so it was almost a bit of a let's wave goodbye to some of that past and recognize that, you know, everything's going to be okay almost right. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Yes, because if you would not have bought it clearly structured on a paper, or you would not tell it to yourself, you still would be repeating it. But as soon as you go, okay, we shouldn't have been doing this and this, as soon as you said this, clearly you're easy. You are free; you are free from it, getting rid of it. Steve Rush: So I love that. Yeah, if anybody gets a chance to read Leaderology, it is a really insightful start to what you go on to talk about, which is almost the anatomy of how we as leaders operate and that's your systems and stuff. But a lot of the work that you have done recently has been focused very much around the whole principle of vision. Now, as a leadership coach, I spend a lot of time actually coaching leaders around clarity of vision, but for some people, their view of the world is very different than one person's vision is very different from another. You even managed through your research and your work to distil this down into almost a subject matter and some themes. Just tell us a little bit about how that came about? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: First of all I will tell you why vision? My friends often ask me. Why did you didn't start your journey straight from Vision? And I said, because it was important to build up a platform for me to get down to vision, because it's still a bit of a miracle in it, but people are seeing what vision is. Is it a gift, or is it something different? And what I have found vision is not a gift. It is a hard work. Vision comes when you have conscious awareness of the problem reaches it's peak and it must be well supported by learning, listening, diminished ego, full grasp of environment, your intuition. It is something that you really came to solve for others, so it is not a gift. It is a hard work to find it and define it, so it is a moment of creation that magical aha moment. When you, you have a vision and you must structure it clearly, and that consists of six elements, which is stimulus. So what kind of value I create for people? And they respond to it. It reflects scale because vision does not leave in the dead end. It's always has a potential for extension in depths, in breasts, geographically in quality, in everything. Assumes spotlight, because being increasingly leader is like being on a Broadway for 24-seven. You know, you are always responsible. It is simplicity because if vision is not simple, it would not attract anyone. It must be understood, it defines very interesting point scanning because it must be relevant to the world, which will leave. If we are not scanning the world around us, we are missing can alignment with the world. So it does not become necessary or interesting for people and of course, excitement and passion, because vision is a strong emotion itself. And when you have passion for your vision, you bouncing it to people and they bounce it back and multiplying this passion. So it becomes a strong emotional force, which pushes people for something great, but then vision must be well communicated because here comes a difference. What is the difference between communicating and sharing vision? We communicate fast, but we share stories and emotions. So we need both to communicate strong vision and then it goes to execution where it's, you know, to handle something huge as vision, you must be a strong leader. And so you must have a strong team and so it stands on a focus on a will to achieve it. It stands on a strong culture. It starts on a clear understanding of your capacities on an enabled and hazed and enabled decision making from all that of the team members on the influence of the expecting. So more or less, it is a six-step process. But what is important? Vision is an uncertainty; our whole life is uncertainty, but what happen? We grow, when we go through uncertainty, to reach a point of certainty, also comfort zone, but it all depends how quickly we would leave that comfort zone. If we will stay in it, we will be drawn into the swamp of comfort. We would not grow anymore and vision dies, but must keep going all the time and the process is quite simple. It is a business till now, which is a six steps process, which is teachable, manageable, very effective. The only thing in case we must consider as a moment, what I have found. Only 0.1% of modern leaders have vision, so it is important for many, but how many people would be willing to take this hard work and do it properly for other people is also critical. Steve Rush: What do you think the reason is that most leaders really struggle with that concept, that vision is not binging fluffy, but it is really hard work. What do you think causes that in your experience? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Because vision is something big. People were really afraid to approach it. If you would hardly find many books on it, a couple of books, yes, but hardly find many. There is one thing is big, is quite mystical. So we would not touch it, it's one thing. Point B you must be strong for yourself to accept this and grow as visionary leader, which is a bit different because you must develop courageous thinking. You must be confident and credible. You must develop all the time in Excellency. You must create a knowledge bank around you, not just followers, but a knowledge bank, so it's a hard walk in this sense. And courage to stand firm on your point is critical because what happens is this? We have too many leaders trying to please everyone, which would not have lead anyone far. We have too many leaders who are driven by their personal ambitious, so they will drive people off the cliff just to satisfy himself. So they are not bothered about vision at all and again, vision is needed for people who really generate something scalable. Yeah, it is not much needed for somebody, for instance, for a worker. Steve Rush: I also wonder because when you create a vision, there is no immediate return. It is a little bit further away and therefore, if we are drawn into delivery of results and ambitions today, then sometimes the vision gets left behind. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Absolutely, What we prefer to manage we are keen and prefer to manage something, which is we could touch, or which is very visible. Go to the bottom line, quarterly report. Oh, we could manage them. We could see them, but vision is a bit greater, so it is not easy to stay in aligned with something, which is five or ten years ahead of you. And it is also moving because as vision progresses, it grows, so your goals are getting bigger and they move Steve Rush: Never stops. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: No, never. Steve Rush: And that is also in my experience, an element of a lack of awareness is that, you know, you set a vision and we leave it and we run away and we don't come back to on a regular basis to refresh it and rethink it. Right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: You see, for instance, can you make your family life happier than today? Yes, you just need to find new meanings of every day, every time. It is the same in business, it pushes you far and far and far away, you know, from you being initially from that boy, you mentioned, can I say that I had a vision at myself? No, no. It came much later when I start really deeply thinking what I want to make different in my life, so it is a journey itself. Steve Rush: Got it, so within your book Leaderology. You've got loads of other tips around the anatomy of leadership. At this part of the show, we are going to try and distil your 30 lessons that you have Leaderology in your years and years of experience of learning and culture and knowledge and trying to distil it into your top three leadership hacks, what would they be like Oleg? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: The first one would be don't rush to call yourself a leader. The most important and simple, but important question. You should understand. You could call yourself a leader. If people under your leadership achieved something serious, so the question would be what people achieved under my leadership, where I could call myself a leader. I never saw a wise leader, not being humble. Humility is critical. You should learn every day and you should have a strong backbone to admit that you don't know something and you could learn or take it from somebody from your team. The thing is, if you want to be good. Get coach, get mentor because you need that expertise to become stronger. Otherwise, you are sentenced to learn, simple basic things all your life. Don't waste it, take it from somebody who knows it already. You are saving life and you are saving your people effort to make this more effective now, today. Steve Rush: There's no world champion sports person out there is there that have done it on their own. They have a team of people have helped them with their training and their thinking, and they all have a coach to unlock what they can't see for themselves. Right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: No chance, because we are all in the one boat, right? And who could tell me who is rowing better? Who is a champion? We are all together. Steve Rush: And at this part of the show also, we've really started to enjoy listening to leadership lessons from our guests where things haven't particularly gone well. So we call it Hack to Attack. Has there been a time in your career or your life where things did not work out for you or went wrong, but that is now become a learn for you, and you use that as a positive in your life? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Oh yeah. I don't know anyone who reached something serious in his life resolved being through the really tough life situations. Steve Rush: What would be the one thing that is probably the biggest Hack to Attack for you? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: First, I got alone. Stay yourself. Whatever happens? Don't lose yourself. You could lose everything. You could lose money. You could lose house. You could lose everything. Be yourself, because if you lose yourself, you lose everything. Then no money could cover it. Nothing would cover it, and another thing, your goals must be much greater than your problems. If your goals are little, then problems are great. You are done your dead, and every lesson is a lesson. You are learning to be better and stronger because it is a moment of reinventing and it is always painful. Steve Rush: Right? And learning can be tough. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: And nothing wrong with that. Just be proud of it. Steve Rush: But it is those lessons and what you do with the learning. That makes a difference, right? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: It is a huge difference because again, what we will learn is important because if it is like something immediate or we are saying one thing, but if you are reflecting those lessons was in the time. You get getting much deeper meanings out of it and there are more, even more valuable because at the first point when you're losing something, you experiencing too much pain and pain is not the best teacher because it's often misleading you. You just need to overcome pain and then you learn even more than you have learned before supervise. Steve Rush: Super advice. We are going to ask you to do a bit of time travel now Oleg. We are going to take you back to bump into Oleg at 21, and it is your chance to give him a bit of advice. So what would your advice be? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Learn. Learn deeply. I will tell you why. We all learning something at 21, but it is more like a shallow knowledge of everything. At 21, we are more jumping around. We are not learning deep. We start realizing the value of learning at a much later stage and being at 21 was much fresher mind. It would be more productive. It would be more effective and so learning is critical. It defines your life. Steve Rush: It does, doesn't it? Yeah. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: It really does. Steve Rush: The more you learn, the more, you know, the more, you know, the more you can respond, the more you respond, the more able you are to deal with situations. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: I could give you another perspective. Steve Rush: Please do, yeah.   Dr. Oleg Konovalov: I am one of the Marshall Goldsmith's hundred coaches and talking with him regularly and learning a ton from him. He's number one in the world on leadership and he is number one executive coach in the world. He's a father of executive coaching and he is a great model is learn as much as you can, help as much as you can and allow this because it is critical. The more you learn, the more you could give. Why their leaders should learn more? because I learn to help my people in the greatest sense. If I know nothing or no little. How I could help my people grow? No chance. I lean to be a better servant of my people. This is critical… Steve Rush: It is. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: If I had known this at 21, my life would be much different, but not as colourful. Steve Rush: And learning is what people listening today will be getting to, so learning about you and learning about some of your thoughts and some of your thinking, and particularly how by applying some real thought and structure around vision that can really change the dynamics. So thank you for sharing some learnings. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Thank you Steve, thank you. It was a great honour I love our conversation, thank you. Steve Rush: I am pretty sure that people listening today will want to get a hands on a copy of Leaderology, or find out a little bit about the work you're doing at the moment. If we were to connect you with our listeners, how best could we do that? Dr. Oleg Konovalov: They could go to my website olegkonovalov.com or legkonovalov.com or they could find me on LinkedIn. I am always happy to chat or respond, share what I know. Thank you. Steve Rush: Awesome and we will make sure that we put links to your books and your website in our show notes as well Oleg. So folks can head over there as soon as they finished listening. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Wow, thank you. Steve Rush: And I just wanted to say, you know, we have spoken a few times and I find that the work you have done really thoughtful and really helpful, and it's inspired me. And I'm just delighted that we've had the opportunity for you to join us on The Leadership Hacker Podcast, so Oleg, thank you ever so much from me. Dr. Oleg Konovalov: Thank you very much. Thank you.   Closing Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. 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