Podcasts about self evolved leader

Dave McKeown is a speaker, consultant, and author. As a highly esteemed leadership expert, he helps teams navigate the challenges of rapid growth. He has worked with leaders at companies including Apple, Google, FedEx, Salesforce, and the NYSE. Dave is the author of The Self-Evolved Leader, hosts the popular Lead Like You Give a Damn Podcast, and writes a weekly column for Inc.  In this episode… Many companies experience a hyper-growth stage while you face the disarray of leading a rapidly growing team. Do you wonder if your leadership style is effective or if there's a better approach you can use to unlock your team's true potential? Leadership expert Dave McKeown is well-versed on the challenges of overcoming the chaos of fast growth. He explains the concept of adopting a heroic leadership style and how this approach can hinder progress. Leaders should be careful not to create a culture of dependency instead of fostering true leadership and growth. Instead, he suggests that leaders should focus on building strong teams and empowering them to take ownership of their work while providing guidance and support as needed. By doing so, leaders can create a more collaborative and productive workplace culture that benefits everyone involved. In this episode of Next Wave Leadership, Dov Pollack talks to Dave McKeown, speaker, consultant, author, and leadership expert, who explains heroic leadership and his insights on how to build stronger teams. Dave breaks down what leaders should focus on to foster growth, how to empower employees, and ways to create a culture of trust and collaboration. He also talks about his book and perspective on coaching.

Robert Glazer is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Awards two years in a row. He is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward, and the #1 Wall Street Journal, USA Today and international bestselling author of five books: Elevate, Friday Forward, How To Thrive In The Virtual Workplace, Moving To Outcomes and Performance Partnerships. He is a sought-after speaker by companies and organizations around the world and is the host of The Elevate Podcast. Get in touch with Robert Glazer: Website: https://www.robertglazer.com/ | https://www.accelerationpartners.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glazer/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertSGlazer Twitter: https://twitter.com/robert_glazer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertglazer_/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Kara Goldin is the Founder of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has been named one of InStyle's Badass 50, Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, Fortune's Most Innovative Women in Food & Drink and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Kara has successfully navigated the world of large companies and startups in many industries including media, tech and consumer products. In addition, she understands retail and direct to consumer well. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries. Kara's first book, Undaunted, was published by Harper Leadership in October 2020 and is now a WSJ and Amazon Best Seller. She lives in the Bay Area. Follow Kara on all social channels @KaraGoldin Get in touch with Kara Goldin: Website: https://www.drinkhint.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hint/ | https://www.instagram.com/KaraGoldin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hint | https://www.facebook.com/KaraGoldin Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/hintwater/_created/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hint/ | https://twitter.com/karagoldin Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Krista Anderson is the founder and CEO of ESSTAR, an international organic food brokerage and distribution company with offices in the US and France. ESSTAR makes healthy snack foods accessible through their “Healthy on the Go” food stations in retail stores across the country. Called to action by a long but victorious battle with stage 2 cancer in 2007, and stage 4 cancer in 2009 when she was given three months to live, Krista became passionate about healthy eating. Her mission is to help create a preventative healthcare system by making healthy foods accessible to the public, both to help fight disease and to encourage and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Get in touch with Krista Anderson: Website: https://kristaanderson.co/ Company website: https://www.esstar.us/ Email: contact@kristaanderson.co Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kristaanderson.us YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvHb2KLN3HUNPBU3mAooYxQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristaanderson.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krista-anderson-8b322621/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Susan founded PowerUp Leadership, a boutique executive coaching, leadership advisory and consulting firm based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, whose vision is to create more inspired leadership in our workplaces through executive coaching. Susan built her consulting skills in Toronto at the global management consulting firm, Accenture. In 2016 she sold her first HR consulting business, and then spent two years in an Executive HR Director role at JD Irving Limited where she was responsible for leading a team to set and execute the human resources strategy for a division of five businesses. Get in touch with Susan Power: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanpower/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PowerUpLeaders Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PowerUpLeader/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerupleadership/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMZ_CmgPbmMxZt-UbP2FPHQ?view_as=subscriber Podcast: https://anchor.fm/inspired-leadership Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

In 2013, Jeff Brown left behind a 26-year career in broadcasting and launched the Read to Lead Podcast, a show that would go on to become a Top 3 Career podcast in Apple Podcasts and receive, so far, four Best Business Podcast nominations. For nearly 9 years now, Jeff has published weekly interviews with some of the world's most successful and inspiring authors totaling over four hundred episodes. The show's success would eventually lead to the publication of his own book – released last August – called Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career. Reviews for the book average 4.9 stars on Amazon and it has ranked in the Top 3 on Amazon for Career Guides. Through his virtual and in-person speaking and workshops, Jeff evangelizes leaders and teams on the benefits of lifelong learning and professional development and has recently accepted invitations to speak from leaders at prestigious organizations such as LinkedIn, Disney, and the Virginia Council of CEOs. Get in touch with Jeff Brown: Website: https://readtoleadpodcast.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brownjeff/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Read-Lead-Simple-Expands-Influence/dp/1540901203 Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Brandon Pelissero is the CEO of Ecolink. His leadership journey with Ecolink began in the 90s and led to him buying the company in 2020. Ecolink supplies environmentally preferred industrial degreasers & solvents nationwide and internationally. Vital Statistics 0 $ personal debt; able to semi-retire at age 52 1 near death occurrences x lightning strike, frostbite, drowning, falling out of tree 2 amazing daughters, ages 19 graphic design student and 17 future pilot 7 age I joined the “gig economy” and have been hustling ever since 18 age voted “Class Clown” of high school during senior year 27 years married; truly, madly, deeply in love with most amazing bride 30 years Ecolink in business; I've been a player or coach 23 years 48 US states traveled so far Get in touch with Brandon Pelissero: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonpelissero/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.pelissero Twitter: https://twitter.com/EcolinkInc Website: https://ecolink.com/company/management/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Chris Sizemore is the CEO and founder of Creative Mischief, a branding and marketing agency with a simple belief. If we dream it, we can build it. An entrepreneurial leader, Chris has earned his reputation for leading brand marketing and strategic initiatives at local, regional, and national levels for start-up and established organizations. Chris' innovative, strategic focus enables him to identify opportunities and develop relationships to penetrate new markets and produce results with market share growth and profitability. On his website Chris says, “I'm all about relationships, family first and taking care of my community. “Born and raised in the South, I hold myself and my reputation to extraordinary standards. Integrity is vital to who I am and how I go about my life. In everything I do, I strive to create an exceptional experience for my clients by listening twice as much as I talk. I affectionately call this "My Southern Way". “I truly believe that the core of success derives from communication, attention to detail, and practical principles. Longevity is my ambition, and I'm in the business of building long-lasting relationships with integrity as the foundation. “Prior to co-founding Creative Mischief, I spent nearly a decade working with IT and marketing solutions at one of the largest law firms in the Southeast. It was there I sharpened my technology, marketing and user experience skills. “For the past 19+ years I have provided strategic, interactive marketing and business solutions to clients of all shapes, sizes and stages. Specializing in the management of projects and teams with a commitment to innovative solutions and the development of long-lasting relationships that are based on communication and attention to detail. All based on the foundation of integrity. “When I am not working, I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my amazing Kiddos, Noah (22), Haven (12), and Cooper (9).” Get in touch with Chris Sizemore: Website: https://creative-mischief.com/team-member/chris-sizemore/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissizemoreatlanta/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Blake founded Solar Bear in 2015. His passion is to create a cleaner environment while saving homeowners thousands of dollars in the process. Solar Bear specializes in solar energy, solar panel installation, a clean means of lowering utility costs for homeowners in Florida, and also provides roofing services. Get in touch with Blake Ambrester: Website: https://solarbear.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bambrester LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solar-bear/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysolarbear Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Christopher is the CEO of DemandJump and a serial entrepreneur having founded 9 companies, all in different verticals, with exits to companies including Comcast, Time Warner, Motorola and National Water & Power. Christopher also hosts the podcast 'Page One or Bust'. Through these experiences, Christopher discovered that marketing is the least served department in the organization with limited access to tools that truly help them know exactly how to drive the business forward by maximizing qualified traffic, that drives leads and converts to revenue. The vast majority of marketing tools enable marketers to do what they think they should do. Marketers are largely left to guess at what they should do next versus being equipped with the knowledge of what actions will help drive the business forward. Christopher is passionate about solving this massive pain point for marketers so that they can sleep better at night and be strategic contributors inside every company. Get in touch with Christopher Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherday2/ https://twitter.com/tophday https://www.demandjump.com/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Jon is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Peak Demand Inc., a premier manufacturer of critical components for electrical utilities. He is a former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer who made seven deployments during the end of the Cold War. Prior to starting Peak Demand, he led eight manufacturing businesses for three global companies. He is the author of the best-selling leadership books, “I Have the Watch: Becoming a Leader Worth Following” and “All in the Same Boat: Lead Your Organization Like a Nuclear Submariner” and is the host of the Deep Leadership podcast. Get in touch with Jon Rennie: Website: https://jonsrennie.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonscottrennie/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/deepleadership Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

KEN COLWELL is the author of the Amazon bestseller The Quickstart Guide to Starting a Business. He has been working with startup ventures since 1999 as an entrepreneurship professor, consultant, coach, and entrepreneur. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Oregon and an MBA from San Francisco State University. He is currently Dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Houston - Victoria and the founder of Innovative Growth Advisors, a consultancy that helps entrepreneurs develop the mindset and strategic expertise to launch and grow their ventures. Get in touch with Dr. Ken Colwell: Website: https://www.innovativegrowth.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kencolwell/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Geoff Watts is the Global VP of HR at Wilson Sporting Goods. He's also a runner, cyclist, and coffee addict. Geoff's favorite book is Legacy by James Kerr, an incredible book about the New Zealand All Blacks and their approach towards not only sport, but life in general. Get in touch with Geoff Watts: Website: https://www.wilson.com/en-us LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-watts-aaa8792 Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Dr. Roshawnna Novellus is the founder and CEO of EnrichHER, a financial platform that connects female entrepreneurs with lenders who want to earn a return on their investment while fueling the growth of women-led businesses. Dr. Novellus is a gender equality advocate who believes in economic empowerment and inclusive economic growth. Dr. Novellus holds a PhD in systems engineering with a minor in finance, a Masters of Science in information technology emphasizing information system engineering, a Bachelor of Arts in business management economics, and a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering — achieving Summa Cum Laude in each. Dr. Novellus served on the Commission on Women for the City of Atlanta and was honored as one of the Women Who Means Business by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of the 40 Under 40 by Georgia Trend, a Halcyon Fellow for Social Impact, one of the Top 25 Disruptors and Innovators in Tech, one of the 27 Black Founders and Investors to watch in 2019 by PitchBook, and LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology. Get in touch with Dr. Roshawnna Novellus: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshawnna/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iEnrichHER/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ienrichher/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ienrichher Website: https://enrichher.com/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Patrick Leddin, PhD is a Best-selling Wall Street Journal author, speaker, podcast host, entrepreneur, and professor. With a combination of academic, practical, military, and corporate experience, he is uniquely qualified to teach and inspire individuals at all organizational levels to be the leader they are meant to be. Dr. Leddin's impressive leadership experience ranges from soldiers as a Company Commander in the U.S. Army to senior leaders for KPMG Consulting, FranklinCovey and two successful leadership consulting businesses he co-founded with his wife Jamie. Patrick is the founder and host of the Leadership Lab Podcast. He has had the privilege to interview and talk leadership with more than 100 guests to date including Stephan M.R. Covey, Patrick Lencioni, and Marshall Goldsmith. His past clients include Vector, General Electric, Samsung, The U.S. Secret Service, Penn State Leadership. Academy, Trilogy Health Services and Barilla International. He has presented to countless audiences in the United States, Canada, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark and many other countries. Patrick is the author of The Wall Street Journal Bestseller The Five-Week Leadership Challenge: 35 Action Steps to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be and three additional books for the private and public sector. In addition to his work at the Leddin Group, Patrick serves as Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Practice of Business Studies at Vanderbilt University where he teaches Corporate Strategy, Negotiation, Advanced Marketing, and Crisis Leadership. Patrick is an avid outdoorsman and mountain climber. Get in touch with Patrick Leddin: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickleddin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrick.leddin Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickleddin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrickleddin/ Website: https://leddingroup.com/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Chaitenya “Chat” Razdan is the Founder and CEO of Care+Wear, a healthwear company changing the way the world looks at and feels about healthcare. Chat left his career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs to launch Care+Wear, creating products that bridge fashion and function. Care+Wear is focused on helping those inside and outside of the hospital feel more like people. Named one of the 100 most intriguing entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Chat has been featured as one of the Rising Stars by Becker's Healthcare and named as one of the Top 40 under 40 Minority Healthcare Leaders by the National Minority Quality Forum. He has spoken at industry conferences including the Aspen Ideas Festival, Association for Vascular Access and Oncology Nursing Society. Care+Wear has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, Huffington Post, ABC, NPR, and more. Chat is a proud alumnus of the University of Virginia and received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He serves as Co-Chair of his reunions for UVA and the Advisory Board for the McIntire School of Commerce, Co-Chair of the Alumni New Venture Challenge for Chicago Booth's New York chapter, is also involved with Ronald McDonald House of New York, the NYU Langone Patient Research Advisory Council, the Association for Vascular Access, and the Association for Vascular Access Beyond Acute Care Significant Interest Group, among others. Get in touch with Chat: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/careandwear/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/careandwear Twitter: https://twitter.com/careandwear LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaitenyarazdan/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Brandon Smith is the Founder and President of The Worksmiths, an executive coaching and advisory firm that specializes in leadership development and executive team effectiveness. In addition to working closely with individuals and organizations as an executive coach, consultant and facilitator, Brandon is a sought-after speaker and award-winning business school instructor. Brandon has personally coached more than 1,000 leaders and executives representing a broad spectrum of industries and functions. Get in touch with Brandon Smith: Website: https://theworkplacetherapist.com Podcast: https://theworkplacetherapist.com/podcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonsmithtwpt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandonsmithwpt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brandon+smith+the+workplace+therapist Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

About John La Valle: One of the World's most respected corporate consultants and trainers, and the co-author of ‘Persuasion Engineering®' with Richard Bandler.” John attended his first Practitioner program in the early 80's and quickly figured how best to adapt the technology of NLP into business applications. He gets results! No fluff, no theories, just get down to it and change! Ultimately his business clients lower their costs and increase profits. That's the bottom line for businesses! John has a very strong background in human change technologies. He has held various positions in the corporate world, which he contributes to his vast experience in helping others to be successful, including Sales, Manufacturing, Human Resources Management, Customer Service, Training & Development & Organizational Development. John is also President of The Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ for Richard Bandler and manages the many trainers who have institutes around the world. They continue to bring the important standards in the field rather than take shortcuts, an important quality for the continued success of the field. These trainers and master trainers look to John for guidance and he enjoys watching them grow and develop their businesses. Since the late 80's, John has also been instrumental with Richard Bandler in continuing the developments of Design Human Engineering®, Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning®, and Persuasion Engineering®, all of which are other human development technologies that provide more options for people to have better lives. John is best known for his innate ability to take complex issues and make them more manageable and easy to solve, and has also used his skills to help organizations develop high performance work teams easily and quickly. He and his wife, Kathleen, call what they do: Pure NLP® because their mission is to keep the technology pure and simple and easy to use by anyone, and to keep "linguistics" alive! Get in touch with John La Valle: Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lavalle-3a69ab5/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/realjohnlavalle Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realjohnlavalle/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Cayla Craft's career and calling in life is helping people. From speaking onstage to audiences of thirty-five thousand people, to producing and hosting the Mommy Millionaire podcast with millions of downloads, to working with clients one-on-one, it is her distinct honor, responsibility, and privilege to teach people how to create a life they love, complete with the relationships, resources, and purpose that make for a vibrant life. She began her career as an ER nurse, and while her work was important and life-giving, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was missing out on helping people live their best lives. She knew that the workload and stress from working the ER was beginning to compromise her own family's health and happiness. She had a gut feeling that she was meant to contribute to this world in a different way, that there had to be a way to do meaningful, empowering work while also honoring her family. So she embarked on a journey to have it all. Ten years later, she had figured out a way to bring harmony into her family's life while helping thousands of women pursue their passions through her business called Mommy Millionaire. She creates tools and resources for people to launch their own businesses and definitions of success. Through that work, she has been able to coach people to become multimillionaires. She has successfully launched three seven-figure businesses. She has helped people save their marriages, define what they want, and innovate a new way of living. It's incredible to watch people make the changes that lead them to their happiest relationships, work, and fulfillment. She believes in giving back and that's why she's passionate about teaching people how to coach themselves, how to use the tools she has developed so that they can find the same kind of joy. Her faith in God is the guiding beacon in all she does.Her incredible husband and their three beautiful kids are her “why”. Southern California is her home. And they're living proof that it's worth taking the leap and chasing a better story. Get in touch with Cayla Craft: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mommymillionaire.co/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/caycraftisa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caylacraft/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cayla.craft.7 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cayla.craft/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaylaCraft1 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-iRpFheNtPASK7QUML6PQ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Brandon Laws is Sr. Director of Marketing & Product at Xenium HR. He has a B.S. in Business Management & Entrepreneurship from Western Oregon University and regularly writes on various business, economic and leadership topics. He hosts Xenium's “Transform Your Workplace” podcast, which has over 650k downloads. Brandon's passion for self-development comes through on the podcast, as he is a voracious reader and listener of podcasts. Connect with Brandon: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawsbrandon/ Transform Your Workplace podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id533673516 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawsbrandon/ Xenium Website: https://xeniumhr.com Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Dominic is a proven architect of business growth. As managing director, he headed up teams that scaled two UK technology service firms from zero to £30M a year in less than 5 years–at Rackspace in Uxbridge and Peer 1 Hosting in Southampton–with Peer 1 achieving $200M globally. Sandwiched between these roles is a sensational turnaround at IT Lab, taking them from 90 days to oblivion and a monthly loss of £65000 to profitable (later selling for £65M). In his life before IT, he sold drugs, gold, diamonds and learned much as a purveyor of beautiful knickers and chickens. Dominic now helps others as a business coach and works with his clients and their teams in the “Management Lab” he has built on his farm near Salisbury. Dominic hosts a weekly podcast, The Melting Pot, and shares nuggets of value on his subjectively not-crap newsletter. Including the weekly blog where he curates the best articles on all things Scaling Up. A regular public speaker, Dominic gives many talks on creating growth and building great places to work. His aim is to share with his growing audience of business leaders the things that work today and give as many unfair advantages as possible. Get in touch with Dominic Monkhouse: Website: https://www.monkhouseandcompany.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwN3jtJzj84-uNpfZ-0Rw4g/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monkhouseandcompany/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monkhouse-and-company/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicmonkhouse/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's Top 100 Powerful Women in Business, Shelly Omilâdè Bell is a computer scientist, system disruptor, and business strategist who moves ideas to profit while empowering people to live, build, and foster better relationships. She connects entrepreneurs, investors, and corporations in order to diversify their talent pipeline, increase equity, and grow their brands. Get in touch with Shelly Omilâdè Bell: Website: https://www.theworldofomi.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamshellybell/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheShellyBell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamshellybell YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShellyBell LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamshellybell/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Jake Carlson is a business leader, an inspirational speaker, and a 9-5 dropout. After 11 years as a tax attorney, he chose “different”. Taking his three kids out of school for the adventure of a lifetime, the family spent a year living in 12 countries from Bagan, Myanmar to Paris, France, overcoming robbery, redeye flights and Haggis while learning to love the rich cultures of the world. All of which he expected. What he didn't expect was the journey of Leadership this decision would create. From the high-rises of London to the nipa huts of Malaysia, the need for strong leadership is everywhere. But where are the leaders? Jake is on a mission to help Elite Achievers become leaders by mastering the CIA of Influence Get in touch with Jake: Website: https://jakeacarlson.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jakeacarlson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpeakerJake LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeacarlson Instagram: http://instagram.com/jakeacarlson YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/JakeACarlson Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Michael Zipursky is the CEO of Consulting Success® where they specialize in helping entrepreneurial consultants grow profitable, scalable and strategic consulting businesses. He has advised organizations like Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he's helped over 600 consultants from around the world in over 75 industries add 6 and 7 figures to their annual revenues. Over 38,000 consultants read his weekly consulting newsletter. Michael is also the author of the Amazon Best Sellers ACT NOW: How successful consultants thrive during chaos and uncertainty, The Elite Consulting Mind and Consulting Success® the book. "You can get Michael's Free Consulting Blueprint and learn how to start, run and grow a successful consulting business." Get in touch with MIchael Zipursky: Website: https://www.consultingsuccess.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/consultingbuzz Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsultingSuccess LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/4818380 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consultingsuccess/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Penny Zenker is a focusologist, an international speaker, a business strategy coach, and a best-selling author. Before her 31st Birthday, Penny founded, developed, and sold her first multi-million dollar business while living in Zurich, Switzerland. Later at the world's 4th largest Market Research company, she managed business unit turnarounds and was a Tony Robbins business coach helping entrepreneurs around the world to double their businesses. Penny is one of America's leading experts in the psychology of productivity to eliminate distraction, perfectionism, and self-sabotage to maximize results in every area of your life. Penny's book The Productivity Zone was an instant Amazon Best Seller and her TEDx, “The Energy of Thought”, has gained attention around the world. Her engaging, inspiring interactive talks teach people to think and act more strategically. Penny has been featured on NBC News, Forbes, Inc, ESPN, and Wharton Business Radio among others. Get in touch with Penny Zenker: Website: http://www.pennyskeynote.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pennyzperspective Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pennyzenker LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pennyzenker/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SmartMovesCoaching Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/smartmoves Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Meet a human who cares about other humans at work. Bev's curious about the experience people have at work, and the role that leaders play in purposefully crafting engaging environments that enable people to do meaningful work there. At Jostle, Bev leads insights and understanding of workplaces, their cultures, and the people at the heart of them. Bev's a regular writer for the Jostle blog and host of the People at Work podcast and the Conversations at Work dialog series. When she's not in the workplace laboratory, she enjoys a good run, a well brewed coffee, and a gnarly crossword. Bev holds a BA in Communications and Psychology along with an Executive MBA. Jostle helps leaders build connected organizations so that everyone at work can unite and grow together. We do this with our turnkey employee intranet and our online knowledge communities, both of which help leaders lead. Our approach works: Jostle intranets are the go-to place for our customers' employees, delivering industry-leading employee participation rates. Since 2009, we've helped over 1,000 organizations connect their people. Get in Touch with Bev Attfield: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bevattfield/ People at Work podcast: https://intranet.jostle.me/people-at-work Jostle website: www.jostle.me Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Leaders are often distracted by false urgencies that pop out during the day, preventing them from focusing on what they need to do. Penny Zenker welcomes Dave McKeown, the CEO of Outfield Leadership and the author of the Amazon bestselling book “The Self-Evolved Leader.” Dave sits with Penny to talk about how your attention ends up dictating your priorities. When you're stuck in the cycle of day-to-day firefighting you won't be able to work on tasks that have the biggest impact. Join in the conversation to discover practical tips on how you can stay focused on what matters most. Tune in! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://pennyzenker360.com/positive-productivity-podcast/

Author of The Six Conversations of A Brilliant Manager, Alan has had over 20 years experience as a management consultant which he distills into six simple conversational structures that cover every management situation. He is a natural storyteller with a great narrative gift, and he delivers his message in a unique manner as a work of business fiction. Get in touch with Alan Sears: Website: https://alanjsears.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alsears Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-J.-Sears/e/B07TYMYVNY? Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanjsears Youtube: The Performance Led Organisation - YouTube Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Carrie Rich On The Power Of Mentoring For Social Impact Carrie Rich is the Co-founder and CEO of The Global Good Fund. At age 26, Carrie felt privileged to have a mentor who invested in her leadership as a young professional. Together, they took this idea of pairing experienced business executives with emerging young social entrepreneurs to create a worldwide organization. Carrie also serves as the Managing Director of The Global Good Fund's sister company, the Global Impact Fund, a venture capital fund seeking market leading returns by backing social entrepreneurs who are people of color and women. Get in touch with Carrie Rich: Website: https://globalgoodfund.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-rich-10b8445/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carrie.rich.71 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mscarrierich/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsCarrieRich Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Josh Young is an athlete, leader, and follower of Jesus. He graduated from F&M with honors while playing two NCAA sports, D1 wrestling and football. Since then, Josh has worked in investment banking, non-profit, and helped run a successful political campaign. Now, Josh is Chief of Staff at New Story, with a mission to pioneer solutions to end global homelessness. He declined acceptance to Harvard grad school to lead and to love within his role at New Story. New Story is one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator and has since built over 3,500 homes in Haiti, El Salvador, and Mexico. They led the construction of the world's first 3-D printed community. Their accolades include being listed four times as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Being featured in an Apple TV+ Documentary. And appearing on the front of the New York Times. Get in touch with Josh Young New Story - https://newstorycharity.org/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Joshua_LC_Young Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joshua_lc_young/ Learn more about New Story Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/newstorycharity/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/NewStoryCharity Apple TV+ documentary The New York Times Named one of the world's most Innovative Companies for the 4th year Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Dr. Jonathan H. Westover is Chair and Professor of Organizational Leadership in the Woodbury School of Business (UVU), Academic Director of the UVU Center for Social Impact and the UVU SIMLab, and Faculty Fellow for Ethics in Public Life (previously the Associate Director) in the Center for the Study of Ethics. He is also an experienced OD/HR/Leadership consultant (Human Capital Innovations, LLC), with experience transforming organizations across the globe. Get in touch with Dr. Jonathan Westover: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hciconsulting/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanCapitalInnovationsConsulting Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonWestover LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonathanhwestover/ Website: www.innovativehumancapital.com Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Vu Le (“voo lay”) is a writer, speaker, vegan, Pisces, and the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaboration between diverse communities. Vu's passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. There's tons of humor in the nonprofit world, and someone needs to document it. He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms. Known for his no-BS approach, irreverent sense of humor, and love of unicorns, Vu has been featured in dozens, if not hundreds, of his own blog posts at NonprofitAF.com. Get in touch with Vu Le Website: https://nonprofitaf.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/NonprofitAF Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Dr. Rachel Wurzman and Jennifer Nicolaisen are co-founders of SeekHealing, a non-profit organisation serving those at risk for heroin & opioid overdose in western North Carolina. SeekHealing provides free support services to anyone at any stage in the addiction healing process. They developed SeekHealing's program of destigmatization and authentic relating to address the fundamental social isolation that drives humans toward addiction. In the first year of operation, over 100 Seekers joined the program, committing to growth into happier, healthier humans. Dr. Rachel Wurzman Dr. Wurzman is a neuroscientist and neuroethicist with an MS specialization in addiction and trauma treatment in adults, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Georgetown University. Jennifer Nicolaisen Jennifer Nicolaisen is the co-founder and Executive Director of SeekHealing. Her approach to helping individuals by first addressing addiction as a community disease is grounded in harm reduction and the importance of recognizing connection as a basic human need. Get in touch with Dr. Rachel Wurzman: Twitter: https://twitter.com/seek_healing Website: https://seekhealing.org/ Get in touch with Jennifer Nicolaisen: Website: https://seekhealing.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnicolaisen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jnicolaisen? Medium: https://medium.com/@jen.the.human Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jen.the.human Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Tom Dawkins is an experienced social entrepreneur, having founded several non-profits and social enterprises before co-founding StartSomeGood in 2010. Tom is Australian and has lived and worked in Washington DC and San Francisco, returning to Sydney to start his family in 2012. Before StartSomeGood he founded Australian youth non-profit Vibewire, opened the first co-working space in Australia, was the first Digital Communications Director at Ashoka in Washington DC and was the founding Director of the Australian Changemakers Festival. Tom has organized dance parties and film festivals, youth journalism projects and new media conferences, co-working spaces and Burning Man theme camps and has supported numerous non-profits, governments and arts organizations to refine their story and build their community. Tom has been recognized with awards and fellowships from the World Summit Youth Awards, The International Youth Foundation, Nexus Summit and the Social Enterprise Awards and is a global speaker on social innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a Director of the Centre for Social Impact and the Social Enterprise Council of NSW and the ACT (SECNA). Get in touch with Tom Dawkins: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomdawkins Website: https://www.startsomegood.com/ | http://www.tomdawkins.com.au/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tomjd Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Amitabh Shah launched Yuva Unstoppable 14 years ago at a mere age of 23. After completing his MBA from Yale, he passed up a JPMorgan Banking Wall Street offer to work on the real streets of India. He decided to launch this volunteer movement after he discovered immense suffering experienced by his elderly 82-year-old nanny, Kamlaben, while she was abused by her son's family. Amitabh gathered friends and began volunteering at homes for the elderly, slums and orphanages. Touched by the stories he came across every day and inspired by the enthusiasm of other young people to volunteer, he founded YUVA Unstoppable—to act as a catalyst in the development, improvement and growth of children. Amitabh is the recipient of one of the highest awards officially recognized by the US House of Representatives and Senate - International Ellis Island Award at Statue of Liberty in May 2019. Previous winners have been Bill Clinton, George Bush, Muhammad Ali, Rosa Parks, Richard Nixon, Lee Iococa, Mrs Indra Nooyi, and Malala amongst other legends! Amitabh was the 2015 Winner of the Prince's Prize for Innovative Philanthropy, conferred by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco wherein Jack Ma of Alibaba Group was a semi-finalist. In 2018, he was conferred the title of Sri Lankan Peace Ambassador by Center of Peace Studies. Yuva Unstoppable is India's premier nonprofit which benefits over 1M underprivileged children across 41 cities of India. It partners with 100 top institutes (UNICEF, Google, United Way, KPMG, Deloitte, 3M, ADP Processing, Korn Ferry, Reliance, HDFC, etc) and have transformed over 2000 government schools with better toilets, improved drinking water, scholarships, digital literacy, behavior change amongst others. Get in touch with Amitabh Shah: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitabh-shah-a15a3875/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amitabhshah Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Tony Martignetti is the evangelist for Planned Giving. He's been starting and growing Planned Giving programs since 1997. A former attorney, he's now launched Planned Giving Accelerator, a membership community to create 1,000+ new Planned Giving programs in the U.S. It's at PlannedGivingAccelerator.com. In the Air Force, during the Reagan years, Tony controlled the keys to 10 nuclear missiles pointed at the Soviet Union. Off duty, the keys started his Toyota. Get in touch with Tony Martignetti: Website: https://tonymartignetti.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/tonymartignetti YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/realtonymartignetti Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=137195332977786 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonymartignetti Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/tonymartignetti/ RSS Feed: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/feedburner/iLkw Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

The first thing people notice when they meet Lori L. Jacobwith is her passion for the positive. She helps find the “it's possible” angle to most any fundraising challenge. Lori's speaking & coaching helps executive directors, development directors and even fundraising committee chairs' communicate powerfully to exponentially increase their fundraising. Named one of America's Top 25 Fundraising Experts, Lori L. Jacobwith is an internationally-recognized master storyteller and fundraising culture change expert. Lori has more than 35 years' experience helping nonprofit organizations raise more than $450 million dollars from individual donors. And counting. Not your average speaker or trainer, Lori's poise, humor, enthusiasm and best practices inspire and electrify. She teaches how to connect with and engage others by doing the same herself. By sharing easy-to-implement strategies and tools that will inspire even the most-weary or overworked nonprofit staff or board member, Lori makes your training sessions, keynotes or board retreats effective and memorable. Get in touch with Lori L. Jacobwith: Website: https://ignitedfundraising.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorijacobwith/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LJacobwith Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Fred Blackwell is the CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the country. The San Francisco Foundation works hand-in-hand with donors, community leaders, and both public and private partners to create thriving communities throughout the Bay Area. Since joining the foundation in 2014, Blackwell has led it in a renewed commitment to social justice through an equity agenda focused on racial and economic inclusion. Blackwell, an Oakland native, is a nationally recognized community leader with a longstanding career in the Bay Area. Prior to joining the foundation, he served as interim city administrator for the city of Oakland, where he previously served as the assistant city administrator. He was the executive director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and director of the Mayor's Office of Community Development in San Francisco; he served as the director of the Making Connections Initiative for the Annie E. Casey Foundation in the Lower San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland; he was a Multicultural Fellow in Neighborhood and Community Development at The San Francisco Foundation; and he subsequently managed a multiyear comprehensive community initiative for the San Francisco Foundation in West Oakland. Blackwell serves on the board of the Independent Sector, Northern California Grantmakers, the Bridgespan Group, the dean's advisory council for UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, and the community advisory council of the San Francisco Federal Reserve. He previously served on the boards of the California Redevelopment Association, Urban Habitat Program, LeaderSpring and Leadership Excellence. He is a visiting professor in the department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley and the Co-Chair of CASA — The Committee to House the Bay Area. He holds a master's degree in city planning from UC Berkeley and a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Morehouse College. Get in touch with Fred Blackwell: Website: https://sff.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-blackwell-ab608a2/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSanFranciscoFoundation/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tsff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanfranciscofoundation/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tsffvideo/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Gail Perry MBA, is founder of the Gail Perry Group, a philanthropy consulting company that helps nonprofits achieve extraordinary fundraising results. Gail is an internationally respected expert in capital campaigns and major gifts fundraising. She's led or coached over 60 campaigns that have raised hundreds of millions across the US, has keynoted fundraising conferences around the world, and is author of Fired-Up Fundraising - Turn Your Board's Passion into Action. She was recently named #10 of America's Top Fundraising Experts, and one of LinkedIn's Top Voices in Philanthropy. Gail has trained hundreds of board members how to advocate for their causes and enjoy getting involved in fundraising. Her clients include the US Olympic Committee, the CDC Foundation, San Diego Zoo Global, the Smithsonian, Boy Scouts of America and many other nonprofit institutions. She got her start in fundraising at Duke University and then went on to lead advancement at the Kenan Flagler Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill. Get in touch with Gail Perry: Website: https://gailperrygroup.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GailPerrync Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firedupfundraising LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gail-perry-associates Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Minda Harts is the CEO of The Memo LLC and an award- winning and best-selling author of The Memo: What Women of Color Need To Know To Secure A Seat At The Table. Minda is a Professor at NYU Wagner and hosts a live weekly podcast called Secure The Seat. In 2020, Minda was named the #1 Top Voice for Equity in the workplace by Linkedin. She is an Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar and has been featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Fast Company, The NY Times, and Time Magazine. Minda frequently speaks at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Nike, and Bloomberg on topics such as Managing Diverse Teams, Courageous Leadership, and Advancing women of color in the workplace. Get in touch with Minda Harts: Website: https://www.mindaharts.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindaharts/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mindaharts YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkZfsSIp1-Cvpenl1Z3Lb-g LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindaharts/ Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

Dave McKeown, CEO of Outfield Leadership, shares insights from his book "The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People In a World That Refuses to Slow Down." Learn about the changing world of leadership and how to achieve excellence by doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.  

Bill's quest to help grow the impact of businesses and nonprofit organizations began in 1994 when he brought years of big agency and big brand experience to the table in co founding Hanon McKendry – a nationally-recognized advertising agency that had dedicated up to 50% of its efforts annually to working with nonprofits. Since then, he and his teams have created and implemented marketing campaigns and branding efforts for a diverse mix of regional, national and international nonprofit and corporate clients, resulting in over 1,000+ award-winning programs. Corporate clients of Bill's have included: Target Stores, Meijer, Rubbermaid, Rayovac, Owens Corning and Harper Collins | Zondervan. Nonprofit clients include: Alliance Defending Freedom, Ark Encounter, Focus on the Family, Young Life and World Vision. In 2015, JDA Worldwide acquired Hanon McKendry and Bill served as Vice Chairman + Chief Creative Officer overseeing all creative efforts in the firm's six offices (Atlanta | Colorado Springs | Grand Rapids | Indianapolis | Traverse City | St. Simons Island). Seeing a growing need in the idea generation space, Bill has launched HAVEN | a creative hub in 2018 and is now independently running this specialty shop. HAVEN is a one-stop destination for strategic and creative ideas where a large network of agencies, alliances and freelance talent are custom-matched and blended uniquely by Bill for specific client needs and challenges. Bill started his career in Denver, Colorado working for Tracy-Locke/BBDO and he cut his teeth on national brands such as American Express, Dodge, Kohler, and Taco Bell. He has marketing and advertising degrees from the University of Denver. Nonprofit Startups: In 1997, Bill helped to form the Compass Arts and, later, Compass Film Academy (which is now Compass College of Cinematic Arts), a 501(c)3 nonprofit film school located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is currently on the Board of Directors and originally served as its Founding Chairperson. In 2019, Bill was the driving force behind the formation of DO MORE GOOD – a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization that provides workshops, seminars, curriculum and content on the power of branding and marketing to capture, keep and grow support for nonprofit missions. Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: https://www.davemckeown.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

What are strategic goals? How do they impact your business? What do you need to do to hit these goals? Our guest in this episode knows the answer to these questions and will gladly share it with everyone. Michael Zipursky sits down to interview the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of The Self-Evolved Leader, Dave McKeown, about learning to set and achieve strategic goals as a consultant. Plus, Dave shares his insights on goal setting and leadership in large organizations. Tune in for more consulting secrets from the best in the industry.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.consultingsuccess.com/podcast

Donna Murray-Brown Donna Murray-Brown is the president and CEO of Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), a charitable organization dedicated to nonprofits and the communities they serve by promoting antiracism and social justice. MNA, a statewide membership organization, achieves its mission through advocacy, training, technology services and civic engagement. Murray-Brown is the driving force behind MNA's strategic direction and operations. Before becoming president and CEO in 2013, Murray-Brown served as director of the Metro Detroit Partnership Office and senior director of capacity building at MNA where she led a successful strategic alliance program for arts and culture organizations in metro Detroit and steered the merger negotiations of four organizations to create the Belle Isle Park Conservancy. Additionally, Murray-Brown has served over 20-years in various senior management roles in the banking industry, including vice president and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) director for Charter One Bank, where she developed an executive CRA strategy. Murray-Brown is the past chair for the National Council of Nonprofits and vice-chair of the Detroit Public Television Board of Trustees. In 2019, she was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to serve on Northern Michigan University's Board of Trustees, and she joined Candid's board in 2021. Murray-Brown earned a master's degree in Community Development from the University of Detroit Mercy, and a BS in Business Administration from Central State University. She holds certifications in corporate community affairs from Boston College and strategic perspectives in nonprofit management from Harvard Business School. Get in touch with Donna Murray-Brown: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-murray-brown-9511842 Twitter: https://twitter.com/dmurraybrown Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: www.outfieldleadership.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

MARC PITMAN: Become the Exceptional Leader You are Meant to Be Concord Leadership Group founder Marc A. Pitman, CSP® helps leaders lead their teams with more effectiveness and less stress. His latest book is The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be. He's also the author of Ask Without Fear!® – which has been translated into Dutch, Polish, Spanish, and Mandarin. Marc's expertise and enthusiasm engage audiences around the world both in person and with online presentations. And has caught the attention of media organizations as diverse as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Al Jazeera, Fox News, SUCCESS magazine, and Real Simple. Marc tweets regularly at @marcapitman. He is the husband to his best friend and the father of three amazing kids. And if you drive by him on the road, he'll be singing 80's tunes loud enough to embarrass his family! Get in touch with Marc Pitman: Website: https://fundraisingcoach.com/ | https://concordleadershipgroup.com/values/ | https://thenonprofitacademy.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcapitman/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AskWithoutFear/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcapitman Book your free Strategy Flow call today! https://www.outfieldleadership.com/#call Purchase Dave's book The Self-Evolved Leader here- https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801 Get in touch with Dave: Website: www.outfieldleadership.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/?hl=en

As the founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave McKeown speaks, coaches, and trains organizations to build cultures of authentic, results-driven leadership, moving from execution to excellence. When I heard the name of Dave's business, I immediately thought of baseball, but then I wondered what would the outfield have to do with leadership? So, of course, I asked him. The first thing you need to know is that while Dave lives in California today, he grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, towards the back end of the turmoil there. Those early years probably influenced his views of leadership and the outfield? Well, you can find out by listening to today's podcast episode, if you are curious. When he graduated from high school, Dave spent two years doing volunteer work and traveling throughout India, Australia, and the United States. Returning to the UK, he went to Glasgow Scotland to study business and became quickly interested in the human side of business. His Dad was a consultant in the leadership development space which also sparked his interest. After graduation, he worked for the global consulting firm, Accenture in Hong Kong. Later, he moved to become the COO and then President of Predictable Success, a boutique consultancy focusing on helping complex businesses achieve scalability. Dave then moved to the US and joined his Dad's consulting business. Four years ago he started Outfield Leadership. Today, Dave helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve results by doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is also the author of The Self Evolved Leader, Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World that Refuses to Slow Down, a practical guide to help you elevate your focus, develop your people, and get more done. In this week's Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Dave's  journey: ​​Dave writes a weekly column for Inc.com. He enjoys connecting individual and team performance to improved business results with a particular focus on fast-growing, complex organizations. Learn more and connect with Dave here:  https://www.facebook.com/davejmckeown/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemckeown/ https://twitter.com/davemckeown https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/ https://www.outfieldleadership.com/

In today's episode we interview Dave McKeown, author of The Self-Evolved Leader. In this week's episode, Dave talks about how successful hybrid teams need to have more conversations than they might think as we figure out the hybrid work environment. Additionally, Dave discusses how the pandemic shifted what leadership styles are working. The old “here's my vision, follow me” approach no longer works as leaders are called upon to embrace the unknown and create a unified vision with their team. Successful hybrid teams will have to view the unknown future as a growth opportunity for themselves and their team members. These teams will recognize that embracing uncertainty is the best environment for everyone to develop. When these team members become Self-Evolved leaders, they will take the opportunity to reach out, ask questions, and challenge their team members as they all grow together and navigate teaming from anywhere. Leadership Styles Changed in 2020Even before the brink of the pandemic, the older leadership style of the powerful and confident leader with the strong vision that called for others to follow was becoming less effective. The older style of “I know what the future is, follow me” caused a form of skepticism from realistic  employees. With the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, that leadership style became irrelevant almost overnight. As employees began to work from home, not a single leader could say they knew what the future held. This caused a new leadership style to become more powerful - a leadership style that is more authentic and that embraces the fact that leaders don't always know everything. The leaders that became more successful were the ones that were asking “How are you really doing” and “How can I help you right now”. The Servant Leadership style instantly became the new norm. Leadership today is about not being able to lead with true certainty. Leaders need to know how to lead with a degree of uncertainty and create a shared future over being the one with the vision.In the hybrid workplace, our leaders need to focus on achieving goals and making sure team members are developing. Balancing these two focus areas is harder with remote work. Leaders need to be highly intentional about creating symbiotic conversations that create mutual relationships between remote and in-office employees. Leaders need to avoid the easy approach of returning to the office and then tagging on remote workers. Leaders are called upon today to create a whole new design for work. They Have Conversations that Create Team FlowConversations that create team flow should encourage teams to take on new tasks so that the leader can shift into a more strategic mode. This allows team members to take the load off the leader's plate, and therefore allows the leader time and space to add value right back to their team members. Leaders should consider what tasks they can give away—even if it involves spending some time coaching others—in order to then gain more strategic space.What tasks can give away, even if someone needs a little support so that they can grow, allowing you more time in the strategic space?They Have Conversations that Create Shared ResponsibilityThe hybrid work environment simply can not rely on email. Hybrid teams must ensure they  have good tools and systems in place. The work has to be looked at, talked about and executed in a way that everyone can access at any time. In this way, there is a shared responsibility to get things done and fill in the gaps.To read the full summary, click here.

Welcome to episode #790 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #790 - Host: Mitch Joel. He works with leadership teams to help them set and achieve their strategic growth goals with ease. Dave McKeown is the Founder of Outfield Leadership, author of The Self-Evolved Leader and a keynote speaker, leadership trainer and growth advisor. He also has a podcast called, Lead Like you Give a Damn and writes a column for Inc.. Dave grew up in Belfast and after circumnavigating the globe a couple of times, he traded in the rain for the sunshine of Southern California. If you're looking to design a compelling strategic plan, build, empower and deepen your team, how to think more strategically, and deliver lasting results, then this podcast is for you. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 52:04. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Dave McKeown. The Self-Evolved Leader. Outfield Leadership. Lead Like you Give a Damn. Follow Dave on LinkedIn. Follow Dave on Instagram. Follow Dave on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.    

Today's Guest Expert: Dave McKeown Dave McKeown is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the Amazon best-selling book The Self-Evolved Leader – Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. He helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well.   […] The post The Self-Evolved Leader appeared first on Jake A Carlson.

Do you sometimes feel like you and your business are in a vortex of chaos or gently put, dealing with the burden of uncertainty? Today, that can change as we start to look at evolution. I'm not talking about big bang theory, but rather organizational and leadership evolution. Dave McKeown is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. Today we will share ideas to help you get out of the weeds and into your business. Also, how to create a lasting impact and drive results within your organization whether you run a small business or part of a big team.   Connect with Dave McKeown: Website: https://www.outfieldleadership.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown   Free Guide: Six Secrets of Effective Strategic Planning. Discover how to set and achieve your strategic goals with ease. www.outfieldleadership.com   Book link: www.selfevolvedleader.com or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801/ Podcast: Lead like you give a damn https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-like-you-give-a-damn/id1321163689 Nice Sponsors: How to Make Money, Grow Your Tribe, and Build Influencing Podcasting (Doug and Strick will be hosting the Masterclass) https://djdoug--turnkeypodcast.thrivecart.com/register/   Get your free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift Check out the "Entrepreneur's Toolkit" Giveaway   Check out Headliner to create social media posts with video easily- make.headliner.app   Simplecast is the easiest way to set up your podcast hosting- Simplecast.com   Zoom is the easiest way to schedule meetings and record your podcast interviews- Zoom.us   Acuity is the easiest way to schedule your podcast interviews, meetings, and life. Acuityscheduling.com   See how The Nice Guys want to make your life easier? You can thank us later.   Reach The Nice Guys Here:  Doug- @DJDoug  Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz    Nice Important Links:   Subscribe to the Podcast  website: Niceguysonbusiness.com  Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event.  Doug's Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First.     Partner Links:  Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast.  Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Simply the best VO guy in the business- https://steveobrienvo.com/   TurnKey Podcast Productions Important Links: The Ultimate Podcast Launch Formula  www.turnkeypodcast.com/ultimatelaunchformula  FREE workshop on how to "Be A Great Guest." Free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift     No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 worries that every entrepreneur has   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Do you sometimes feel like you and your business are in a vortex of chaos or gently put, dealing with the burden of uncertainty? Today, that can change as we start to look at evolution. I'm not talking about big bang theory, but rather organizational and leadership evolution. Dave McKeown is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. Today we will share ideas to help you get out of the weeds and into your business. Also, how to create a lasting impact and drive results within your organization whether you run a small business or part of a big team.   Connect with Dave McKeown: Website: https://www.outfieldleadership.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davemckeown   Free Guide: Six Secrets of Effective Strategic Planning. Discover how to set and achieve your strategic goals with ease. www.outfieldleadership.com   Book link: www.selfevolvedleader.com or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Self-evolved-Leader-Elevate-Develop-Refuses/dp/1626346801/ Podcast: Lead like you give a damn https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lead-like-you-give-a-damn/id1321163689 Nice Sponsors: How to Make Money, Grow Your Tribe, and Build Influencing Podcasting (Doug and Strick will be hosting the Masterclass) https://djdoug--turnkeypodcast.thrivecart.com/register/   Get your free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift Check out the "Entrepreneur's Toolkit" Giveaway   Check out Headliner to create social media posts with video easily- make.headliner.app   Simplecast is the easiest way to set up your podcast hosting- Simplecast.com   Zoom is the easiest way to schedule meetings and record your podcast interviews- Zoom.us   Acuity is the easiest way to schedule your podcast interviews, meetings, and life. Acuityscheduling.com   See how The Nice Guys want to make your life easier? You can thank us later.   Reach The Nice Guys Here:  Doug- @DJDoug  Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz    Nice Important Links:   Subscribe to the Podcast  website: Niceguysonbusiness.com  Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event.  Doug's Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First.     Partner Links:  Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast.  Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Simply the best VO guy in the business- https://steveobrienvo.com/   TurnKey Podcast Productions Important Links: The Ultimate Podcast Launch Formula  www.turnkeypodcast.com/ultimatelaunchformula  FREE workshop on how to "Be A Great Guest." Free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift     No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 worries that every entrepreneur has   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Dave McKeown joins Sarah Hicks on this episode of the Predictable Revenue Podcast.    Dave works with leadership teams to help them set and achieve their strategic growth goals with ease. He's the Founder of Outfield Leadership, author of The Self-Evolved Leader, and a sought-after keynote speaker, leadership trainer, and growth advisor. Highlights include: the 3 steps leaders can implement to get out of the weeds and scale their organization (3:37), what mindset they need to stay on track (8:23), learning to delegate 80% of tasks that come up (16:21), using the extra time to grow and develop your people (18:43), and the business impact when leaders do this (22:15).     SHOW NOTES:  More on scaling a business while retaining the essence of the founder: How to Scale Your Business So It Sells Like a Fortune 500, With The Culture And Agility of a Startup And on setting goals with your people, instead of for them, so they are bought-in: Why SDRs should set their own targets with Mark Garrett Hayes   Pods - The fastest way to build an Outbound SDR Team http://bit/ly/predictablerevenuecoaching    

As a leader, do you find that you're putting out fires instead of taking intentional steps toward the growth of your organization? If so, this is the podcast for you. While there's no doubt that the post-pandemic business world has placed increasing demands on the business leader's time and energy, this episode's guest says that it's possible to adapt and rise above the chaos. Listen in and learn from Dave McKeown, author of The Self-Evolved Leader, all about how to approach the faster pace, prioritize what matters, and elevate your focus above what doesn't. TAKEAWAYS Even after we return to the workplace, the world will continue its rigorous pace, so our leaders need to learn to adapt to this “new normal.” When leaders see new information come in, they feel obligated to respond urgently, a demand placed on them from our clients, the industry as a whole, and the leaders above them. Many leaders end up leading through active heroism which, over time, builds learned helplessness in our people. A self-evolved leader desires rigorous debate and discussion to arrive at a solution rather than implementing a top-down approach to problem-solving. Sometimes the greatest leaders have no answers — all they do is ask really good questions and help people come to their own conclusions. GUEST AT A GLANCE Dave McKeown is the Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, the author of The Self-Evolved Leader, and a leadership strategy coach, speaker, and trainer. With experience in helping organizations achieve scalable growth, Dave is passionate about seeing business teams reach not only their leadership but also their company-wide goals. A QUICK GLIMPSE INTO OUR PODCAST

Are you the founder or the leader of a fast paced organisation and you're wondering why your once high performing team are now sort of bumbling along, barely scraping by - simply not being great anymore?Then you need Dave McKeown, founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership. Dave's written a fantastic book - The Self Evolved Leader, and so in this episode we discuss that and the all too common issue of Learned Helplessness. Learned Helplessness is a situation where the founder, leader or CEO, gets the team over the line by being heroic and doing all the work themselves, or they're the one everyone defers to because they have the technical, business or sales knowledge. They do everything themselves, they don't bring their team up with them. So, if you want to be a better leader, you have to become a self evolved leader and learn to get out of your way. Because if you don't, you're going to stop your organisation or team developing. To learn some practical ways to become a more self evolved leader, don't miss this latest episode of The Melting Pot. We really enjoyed this conversation with Dave, we're sure you will too. On today's podcast:The importance of strategic planningGetting in your own wayHow Steve Jobs instilled innovation at AppleHaving difficult conversations and effective meetingsBeing a self-evolved leaderLinks:Free guide: Six Secrets of Effective Strategic Planning. Discover how to set and achieve your strategic goals with ease, which can be downloaded from www.outfieldleadership.comBook - The self evolved leaderTwitter – @davemckeownLinkedIn – Dave McKeownWebsite – Outfield Leadership

What does it mean to become a self-evolved leader? Cayla recently read the amazing book https://www.davemckeown.com/the-self-evolved-leader (The Self-Evolved Leader) by Dave McKeown and knew immediately that he needed to be on the Mommy Millionaire Podcast. Dave knows what it takes to become an incredible leader and helps teams achieve the ordinary by doing things extraordinarily. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and when working with clients, he helps them elevate their focus to develop people in a world that refuses to slow down. In today's episode, we discuss how to recast your vision and goal in times of change, how to put your ego aside, and Dave's tips in https://www.davemckeown.com/the-self-evolved-leader (The Self-Evolved Leader). The book has tons of actionable steps to take and guided activities within to help you on your life-long journey to excellence. Take one step at a time and listen to what Dave has to offer from his own journey to excellence. This episode is sponsored by https://soaak.com/ (Soaak). Be sure to listen to Laura, the creator of this amazing frequency therapy app, on the Mommy Millionaire Podcast episode. Remember that listeners of Mommy Millionaire get a special 70% coupon code for one premium month with https://soaak.com/ (Soaak)! The code is “mommy,” so head there to get this amazing program called Rise Up Queen. This is a special Mommy Millionaire offer that you cannot find anywhere else. Cayla has also rebranded the Millionairess Society to become a coaching membership. Cayla says the first time she hired a business coach, everything changed in her life, all because she had somebody looking at her life and helping her find the blind spots and gain a new perspective on her past and her future. Cayla wants to make coaching affordable for everyone and invites you to join this coaching membership no matter where you are in your life right now; coaching will serve you. If you are ready for your life to be transformed, head on over to http://www.mommymillionaire.co/coaching (www.mommymillionaire.co/coaching) to join this beautiful monthly membership, and if you click on this https://blueprint.mykajabi.com/offers/LEVWnkL2/checkout?coupon_code=CAYLA (link) or use the word Cayla when checking out, you can save 25% off your first month of membership. Thank you all for leaving reviews! This is the reason this podcast continues to grow. You will learn:[5:31] - Welcome to Mommy Millionaire, Dave! [6:44] - Dave shares his background and how interest in entrepreneurship was sparked. [7:59] - Are people naturally born leaders? Dave believes that for a great deal of people, we have the ability to develop leadership skills. [9:35] - A truly excellent leader will adopt the mantra of developing individuals to become the best version of themselves. [10:45] - We have a distorted vision of good leadership. [11:34] - Be very clear on your reason for wanting to become a strong leader. [13:43] - Should you focus only on your strengths or also work to strengthen your weaknesses? [15:56] - If you don't manage old habits and weaknesses, it could backfire on who you outsource tasks to. [17:09] - Understand old habits before trying to develop new ones. [21:15] - Dave gives examples of some leaders who are making changes to develop their community. [22:43] - True effective leadership is about behavior change. [23:52] - The ego can come into play in both positive and negative ways. [25:51] - EGO stands for edging God out. [26:41] - Dave explains his reading habits, shares book titles that are helpful in leadership, and how stepping out of your comfort zone can have an impact. [28:47] - Recasting a vision of what things could be like in times of change is the area of opportunity for leveling up for leaders. [29:41] - Our future success is grounded in what we're doing now. [30:54] - The amazing contents of https://www.davemckeown.com/the-self-evolved-leader (The Self-Evolved Leader) by Dave McKeown.

Today my guest is Dave McKeown. Dave is a bestselling author of a new book, The Self-evolved Leader. He's also the founder of Outfield Leadership. He helps leaders and organization step outside the busyness of day-to-day operations to focus on accomplishing big things. Leading is difficult and we often find ourselves working on what's urgent and not what's important. There is a difference and Dave helps us stick our heads out of chaos to focus on our true goals. This is a powerful and timely episode that I know you are going to enjoy. The Self-evolved Leader book Dave McKeown's website Dave McKeown on Twitter _____ Purchase my new book now All in the Same Boat - Lead Your Organization Like a Nuclear Submariner Visit our sponsor Bottom Gun Coffee Company use the discount code "DEEP" Become a leader worth following today with these powerful resources: Purchase my bestselling leadership book "I Have the Watch: Becoming a Leader Worth Following" use the discount code "DEEP" Subscribe to my leadership newsletter Follow Jon S Rennie on Twitter Follow Jon S Rennie on Instagram Follow Jon S Rennie on YouTube

Dave is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the Amazon best-selling book, The Self-Evolved Leader, which was given a nice thumbs up by Marshall Goldsmith, Eric Schurenberg of Inc. Magazine and Michael Bungay Stanier. As we begin to (hopefully) emerge from the malaise of the last year, Dave is an ideal guest to help your audience answer How can they rebuild their growth plans in a world of uncertainty. Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. He has a wealth of experience in connecting individual and team performance to improved business results with a particular focus on fast-growing, complex organizations. As Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave now speaks, coaches and trains on moving from execution to excellence. His goal is to help organizations build a culture of real, authentic but ultimately results-driven leadership. He has shared his leadership strategies at the Inc. 500 and Growco conferences, for Bank of America, the British Government, Entrepreneur's Organization, Bamboo HR and countless others. And has worked with leaders at Fedex, Spectrum Health, Renewal by Andersen, Akamai, NYSE and many smaller, fast-growing organizations. Dave is the host of the podcast 'Lead Like you Give a Damn' and writes a weekly column for Inc.Com. A native of Ireland, Dave now resides in Southern California with his wonderful wife, Paris and awesome Staffie, Maggie. Connect with Dave: www.outfieldleadership.com https://twitter.com/davemckeown https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemckeown/ https://www.facebook.com/davejmckeown/ https://www.instagram.com/davemckeown1/

Dave McKeown is the Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, He's the author of “The Self Evolved Leader,” a sought-after keynote speaker, leadership coach and business growth advisor. In this episode hack in to Dave's leadership lessons including: Why every organization needs to be in a position to rethink what's coming next The three steps of the Self Evolved Leader Drag folk out of the weeds to think strategically Let silence do the heavy lifting in your conversations   Join our Tribe at 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 Dave below: Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemckeown/ Outfield Website: https://www.outfieldleadership.com Dave's Book Site: https://www.selfevolvedleader.com   Full Transcript Below ----more---- 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.   Dave McKeown is a special guest on today's show. He's the founder of Outfield Leadership. Author of The Self Evolved Leader and a sought-after keynote speaker, leadership coach and business growth advisor. But before we get a chance to speak with Dave, it's The Leadership hack Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News   Steve Rush: We're going to turn our focus on having a lighthearted bit of News today! If you've ever missed the bus or the train or hit the snooze button, many times? Well we asked some of our listeners about the funniest and craziest excuses for being late for work. This list of funny excuses is not exclusive and we certainly haven't validated it, but it's funny, nonetheless, so join us in listening. So, one of our listeners we'll, call her Sally; was invited to a birthday party and Sally and her colleagues have an hour for lunch usually, but on this day, asked her coworker asked if they'd cover for her as she was off to a third birthday party. “Sure”, she replied, “but just be back by 1:30 PM.” On returning late back to work, her response was, the third birthday party was my best friend's dog and he got out and we had to find him, Hmmm, interesting one!   Our next guest and we'll call him Allen. He's an I.T. manager responsible for 36 programmers in a billion-dollar company and Allen in his spare time raises Llamas – apparently! Allen's excuse for showing up late was a fact his Llama gave birth last night. Now even funnier, he didn't even seem to think that this was a problem. Sick kids, funerals, they can't be avoided; but when mentioned to HR, “my Llama gave birth last night,” I'm sure that would have been an interesting input into the data system! The strangest yet, honest email that anybody has ever sent to their boss is from one of our listeners called Michelle. Her response to her boss was, “I love heavy metal music so much,” her email read, “Hi boss, I was waiting at the bus stop, waiting to go home yesterday evening after work, when I bumped into a lost Lithuanian heavy metal band with a create of cider. After walking for several hours to help find their destination, I got a little bit more tipsy than usual, and I'm very sorry, but I won't be able to make it in today. I hope this is okay?” Can you just imagine how the boss might have responded in that situation? The reply was, “okay.” I wonder how that panned out overall? So, if you do have any stories, insights that you'd like our listeners to hear, please get in touch.   Start of Podcast   Steve Rush: Dave McKeown is the CEO of Outfield Leadership. He's the author of The Self- Evolve Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in the World That Refuses to Slow Down. Dave, welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Dave McKeown: Steve, it is great to be with you. Thanks for having me. Steve Rush: Is my pleasure. So, for folks that haven't met you yet, and haven't got into your work, which they'll have an opportunity to do through our connection, how did then Irish lad end up in Laguna Beach, California? Dave McKeown: I think I just got on the wrong plane one day and it landed, and I was like, this is [Laughing ] You know what? I think growing up in Belfast where it rained every single day, I knew that there was somewhere in the world where the sudden sun shine a little bit more and I had a great opportunity about 10 years ago to move over to the States. First of all, the Massachusetts to join, actually funny enough, a family business. And then just as part of my own personal journey, met a wonderful girl, who is now my wife, called Paris. And at some point, about six, seven years ago. We decided to trade in the snow of Massachusetts for the everlasting sunshine of Laguna Beach.   Steve Rush: I can't think of what the driving factor was. But I have been on the East coast of the U.S., when it has snowed and it's been minus 15 degrees centigrade and understand that! Dave McKeown: It's funny, the very first time it snows, you get really excited and you think this is brilliant. And then you realize that this is your life for nine months and you have to dig your car out every morning, it's not so fun. Steve Rush: Yeah, it doesn't snow much in Laguna Beach though, right? Dave McKeown: No, not at all. I don't know if it's ever been snowed in Laguna Beach. Steve Rush: So, what was the backstory in business that caused you to end up leading Outfield Leadership? Dave McKeown: So, I started my career many moons ago, back in the UK, working for Accenture, which I'm sure you and your listeners are familiar with, huge global I.T. and services company. And really enjoyed it, enjoy understanding what business was all about and how consulting worked and what leadership was about and what strategy was applied and very good initial start to my career, but always felt that it was somewhat of a very, very, very, very small cog in a huge machine. And want to get the experience of actually working more closely with leaders and leadership teams to help them really drive through change. And so, I had a great opportunity to join an organization called Predictable Success, which was started by my father many, many, many years ago, and Predictable Successes is an organizational growth consulting and leadership development company. And I worked with him for about four years or so, really got an opportunity to see what it meant to work very closely with leadership teams, particularly a fast-growing business to help them scale. I have decided that was the sort of work that I love doing and wanted to do for the rest of my life. So, about five years ago or so, step out of the family business and into my own and set up Outfield Leadership, and I've been doing that ever since. Steve Rush: Awesome, and what's the focus of the work that you and your folks Outfield do right now? Dave McKeown: At the minute we're doing an awful lot of work of really trying to help leadership teams reset their strategic growth plans, you know, the last year or two months have thrown, out ripped up pretty much everybody's growth plans, no matter how hard hit or well, a particular organization or industry is done, as a result of the health and economic crisis, we're all in a position where we're trying to essentially rebuild from where we're at. So, I'll be doing a lot of work with leadership teams, helping them to essentially start from the ground up, which is to say, look, given the circumstances and the situation that we're in, who are we as an organization and where do we want to go? What is our vision for a better world? And then how do we actually begin to start to take steps to get there? So, it's this type of work that I enjoy doing the most. And so, I've been fortunate and blessed to be able to do that right now. Steve Rush: And since the pandemic it's fair to say that any strategy that was in place prior to January, February of last year has got to be rewritten, right? Dave McKeown: Yeah. I mean, I don't think there's a single industry or organization that hasn't been forced to rethink what they were doing. You know, there are some industries for last year, 18 months has been that great boon. You know, you look at companies that offer software as a service or virtual meeting software, Amazon, you know, there's a ton of organizations for whom it's been great from a business perspective, but most of us have really struggled to get a foothold on what's coming next. But even for those organizations, for whom it's being all things considered a year of growth for them, every organization is in a position to rethink what is coming next and who we want to be and where we want to go. And so, I kind of imagined there's a single organization for whom their strategic plan from last January is remains untouched. I think everybody's doing some massive rethinking. Steve Rush: I agree, yeah. And as part of that, rethinking, you know, you and I had a business that would have involved being with clients on their sites, being shoulder to shoulder and then having to pivot that online, and you've done a perfect job of demonstrating how you can pivot a business model entirely online. So, my hats off to you firstly! But how challenging was that for you, if it was, and what have you learned from that experience? Dave McKeown: Oh, thank you. I don't think it's perfect by any means, but it's certainly doing okay. You know, I think I was fortunate enough that I had about a quarter of the work that I was doing was online anyway, before the pandemic. I was not flat-footed I guess, in needing to make the shift. And funnily enough, I think that, you know, you take the devastating nature of the cause of it actually just take the problem of how do we translate in-person learning to an online environment. I actually really enjoyed that challenge. I've always in all of the work that I've done, being very intentional about creating, crafting really compelling experiences for people. Because it's one thing to come together and, you know, have a day or a day and a half together and feel like, hey, that was a good session, but what did we really learn? And so just starting from the ground up and saying, well, how do strategic planning in a virtual world, or how do you do leadership change in a virtual world? How do we craft and experience that really takes into consideration both the limitations, but also the tools that we have at our disposal? And I think it's been positive in that it's caused most, if not all of us to elevate our game in a virtual world. And it means that from here on out, the excuse of, well, you know, we can't get our people together, virtually it just doesn't work. I think is no longer valid, and so I think that being intentional about crafting that learning experience is just the starting point, no matter where you are, and we're going to have to do this again, probably in 5 to 10 years, whenever we're put into much more of an augmented reality, a virtual reality scenario for training and development, we'll have to re imagine what that looks like for that environment. And we just approached that challenge with the perspective. Steve Rush: And it's that thought around the experience that's most important, which I know you put an enormous amount of effort into. And I remember the old days of, you know, overhead projectors and we had to move away from those to then PowerPoint slides, that was kind of seen as amazing at that time. Dave McKeown: Yeah, at the end of the day we are the participants of our sessions. We are in a in a battle for their time and attention and, you know, merely bringing people together just because it'll be quote unquote, a helpful experience, does not make it so. And actually, if you look at building, learning experiences for people, you've got to take them through a journey in much the same way that you would for another form of entertainment, whether that's a movie or you know, musical theater or even a concert sometimes, you know, people often the big key questions that they need to answer for themselves, are why am I here? What am I going to learn? And what do you need from me to give into this session? And if you can begin to answer those stories for your participants and then start to take them on a real journey of their own learning, that's how you get to the end of a session with a really positive experience for everybody involved. Steve Rush: Absolutely, love that. So, congratulations your book. The Self-Evolved Leader has just had its first birthday. So, congratulations on that milestone. Dave McKeown: Thank you. Steve Rush: What was the inspiration behind the book? Dave McKeown: One of the take the work that I've been doing with leadership teams and memorialize it in some way, I guess and build some, at least an initial starting point of a body of work. It's the first book that I've written. And I guess there were two aspects of it. One was selfish, and one was less selfish. The less selfish aspect is, you know, it's much more scalable in terms of the impact that you can have on people if they can partake in some asynchronous learning where they'll just pick up a book and flick through it whenever they want, doesn't require my time and attention to be in front of them versus, you know, a workshop with 20, 25 30 people. There's only so many of them you can do at a time. And so, it really helped to increase their scale, the impact that I can have. And then the second part that's like selfish one was just wanting to memorialize and start to build up a body of work. And also, you know, it gets to the point in the industry that I'm in, where funny enough people start asking you, well, do you have a book? Despite the fact that, you know, teaching and training and consulting is very different than writing. For some reason, we have kind of conflated the two together and said, well, if you're going to come and work with us, you better written these thought down somewhere, so that was kind of another sub reason for getting the book. Steve Rush: Hmm. It's interesting dynamic though. I guess that what you talked about a little earlier around that constructing the story for people to go on a journey in a learning world or leadership development world. It's probably very similar when you start to write that book, you still have that mindset of how do I involve people in my learning and help them on that journey, right? Dave McKeown: Oh, very much so. And I think that the best nonfictional books have a narrative thread through them in just the same way that a fictional book would. And, you know, one of the things that I wanted to avoid was, you know, that old perspective on business books that it could have been an article, or it could have been a blog post, or it could have been, you know, a 12-page PDF where there's one central theme and then the author just hammers it home in 12 different chapters with a slightly nuanced version of it. I want to do that, so I really did want it to take the leader on the journey and the reader on a journey and help them build their own leadership through each chapter in a positive way, rather than just saying, well, here's my one point again, and again and again. Steve Rush: And the journey that you take folk on through The Self-Evolved Leader has three steps almost, and you call it the Vision step, the Pulse step, and the Discipline step, maybe be useful for our listeners just to get a sense of what each of those steps mean? Dave McKeown: Sure, happy to. Let me just peal a layer back or elevate a little bit to, I guess, set the context for why these steps are important. The overarching theme and thrust of the book is that tide line that you ran at the beginning of the episode, which is part of elevate your focus and develop your people in a world that refuses to slow down. And the reality is that our world is moving so quickly that our leaders are basically just going in and firefighting or putting on crises or just winning the day and barely keeping our heads above water long enough to really think about the long-term direction of their team. And so, what I wanted to do was to give some encouragement and some very practical steps on how to elevate your focus, how to spend more time thinking about the long-term direction of your team and the development of your people. In order to do that. I've seen the best leaders walk through these three steps. The first one is to create a compelling vision with your team. And by the way, the book is written for leaders at any level of an organization from a frontline supervisor all the way up to a CEO. So, it doesn't matter where you're at. You can really guide your team using it. We often confuse vision in our teams in terms of assuming that it's wrapped up or it's bodied in the team leader, and that's not generally the case or I think it's certainly shifting. I think we're getting more and more to a point in a position where we need to create with our teams a compelling vision of where we're going, so that we're all bought into the journey, the destination, the impact that we want to have, the value that we bring as a team. Steve Rush: Definitely. Dave McKeown: Once you're able to create that with your team, that gives you somewhat of a fixed NorthStar, at least for a period of time that you're working towards, you can use it as a rallying cry. You can use it as a touch point for making decisions and just an anchor point for where we're going. And if you think about firefighting and being in the weeds and the tactical stuff that we fight every day, if you set a compelling vision with your team, that sets as an anchor point that kind of at the opposite end of the spectrum for that, always tries to help you pull up. So, once you set your vision, the next step is to do something that feel much less interesting and compelling, but it's just as if not equally important, which is to build your implementation pulse to get there. So, it's fun to sit in a room and talk with our team about where we're going. It's less fun to sit in a room with our team and say, well, what are the specific initiatives and experiments that we want to try? What are the shorter-term goals we need that will help us build towards that? What is the meeting rhythm and cadence to ensure that we're coming back to review your progress? What's are our process for ensuring that we remain agile whenever new bits of information come in? And mostly leaders unfortunately handle that in a very reactive way. So, you know, customer calls that threatened to pull their business, or there's a change in the market or something dramatic happens, and we'll scramble to try to figure out what's going on. So, I encourage leaders to build a proactive implementation pulse that kind of gets you a little bit ahead of that game. You can see some of the leading indicators coming. So, you've got your vision, then you've got of where you're going. You've got your implementation calls of how to get there with your team. And then the third part is really to build a series of key disciplines that you need as a leader to navigate the boat, to get there, you know, it's one thing that get your crew along with you, set your destination, set all of the ports along the way, but if you don't know how to steer the ship or put the seal up or clean the decks, then you're going to struggle. So, I think that there are a series of leadership disciplines that are becoming more and more important for our leaders today. And that's the final part of the book, just describing some of those. Steve Rush: I love the simplicity behind those three steps, because actually one feeds the other then feeds the other. Dave McKeown: Right. Steve Rush: And you can't operate without either of them, can you?   Dave McKeown: No, they almost all sort of fit together in a circle. They touch on each other and you work on one and then you'll work on another and you realize, oh, I need to tweak that a little bit. Maybe I'll tweak that in order to make that happen. Its close to a holistic model of leadership as I could express Steve Rush: Sure, and one of the things that you work at as part of that discipline, and you intimated it a little earlier, it's around dragging people out of the weeds and getting them to think more strategically. So, if I'm listening to this, what does that really mean? Dave McKeown: So, one of the things that I think culturally we've got into which is a little problematic is this belief that a leader's job is to know the answers, to show the way or save the day, and that's come about for a couple of reasons. One we've just been rewarded throughout our entire life from school all the way up to first job, first promotion, or being the one that knows the answers or saves the day. That's just typically how, you know, we get a pat on the back and secondly, it feels good, it feeds our ego. Whenever we jump in to save the day and help our team out of a pickle, you know, we feel wanted, useful and valuable and needed. So, there's just a little bit of an endorphin hit as a result of that. The problem with that is that over time, your people end up developing, learned helplessness. Which is rather than trying to think for myself, or even begin to start to work out the solution to this problem. I'll just go leave it at my boss's door, because at the end of the day, they're just going to step in and fix it, and they are going to telling me what to do anyway. So, I stopped thinking for myself, and then on the flip side of that, the leader starts to get frustrated because they're the bottleneck. The more that they do it, the more they have to save the day. And eventually they're looking at their team saying, gosh, what happened to these people? They used to be so competent. They used to be able to, you know, think for themselves and neither also dependent on me, to which my response is almost always, well, you go look in the mirror because you're at least if not more than 50% of that equation. Where I think leaders can be really effective is to break out of that cycle of mediocrity, move towards a cycle of excellence, which is all about focused on where a leader truly adds value. We think we have value there, but we don't. Where we truly add value is in the long-term direction of our team and the development of our people. So, thinking about what's coming down the pipe next quarter, next year, and trying to help chart a course through that whilst looking at our team and assessing, okay, well, where are we strongest? And where are some of our development points? How do I grow this team? So that eventually at some point, if I wasn't in the room, this would be a really high performing team that wasn't dependent on me. So that's the key behavioral shifts that I'm trying to induce here is away from that Day-To-Day firefighting in the weeds where we think we add value towards more strategic long-term thinking and the development of our people where ultimately in the long run will add the most value. Steve Rush: And in order to do that, we've got a crate empowerment in our teams in order for them to start thinking more strategically too. How would you go about that? Dave McKeown: Is it funny, I'd often ask question and we usually want to just tackle that. So, how do we empower our team? My perspective is always, well, I mean, we can start there, but you're the empowerment of your team is going to last as long as, you know, it used to be, you know, depending on how good the launch was that we serve during the session. The problem is that the lack of empowerment that a team is a symptom and not a cause a whole bunch of other stuff. We think it's a cause I, and so we actually need to start backing it up and say, okay, well, how do we begin to fix this? First of all, is you got to look at any behavioral shift. I'm going to make a mindset shift away from being a leader that stuck in the weeds and that cycle of mediocrity towards a leader that wants to focus on helping my team achieve our shared goals and in doing so to become the best version of themselves, we start there and then work through those steps that we talked about, building a vision with your team, building implementation pulse, building your own key disciplines as a leader. It's only until, and unless we start doing that, that the empowerment will start coming back into our team. You can't force empowerment into a team. Steve Rush: Right. Dave McKeown: Nobody can force somebody to take ownership and accountability. What we can do as leaders is create the environment in which people want to be empowered. They want to take ownership and accountability, but depending on the highly acute and how long we've sort of resided in that day-to-day firefighting that cycle of mediocrity, it can take anywhere from 6 to 12, to maybe even 18 months in a team to really restore a sense of empowerment. And it all starts with the leader taking those steps that we talked about before people start to realize, okay, that things are different, not actually I can. I do feel empowered now. Steve Rush: Some of those behaviors also could be just unlearning and having a discipline of unlearning old behaviors and relearning new behaviors. Dave McKeown: Oh, absolutely. I mean, I think, you know, Marshall Goldsmith is a big author and executive coach out here in the States. Wrote a book called, What Got You Here Won't Get You There. And then one of the saddest things that I see is whenever a leader gets to, you know, a fairly prominent position, maybe it's mid-level or even director level or above, but they basically draw a line under their learning and say, well, you know, everything that I did to get me here will stand me in good stead to get me to the next stage. And at some point, funny enough, all of those great things that did get us to a certain point in our career actually ended up becoming liabilities. And they started to track the value that we make. And I think that there are a number of key pivotal points in our leadership journey where we do almost need to unlearn everything that we had learned before. And, you know, at least just take a step step back and evaluate what's working and what's not working in order to be intentional about how we need to show up, to get to that next stage in our own growth and development. Steve Rush: Yeah, I love that. And of course, part of us finding new ways of working and new behaviors is unlocking that creative gene that we all have. But for some reason that we seem to grow out of, or at least many of us grow out of. You call us out really as something that we need to focus on as part of those disciplines and creating that head space to get creative. Tell us a bit about how I might do that. If I'm a leader? Dave McKeown: Thing I think I think to realize the point that you're making, which is, but culturally we're sort of assigned creativity to people that are just naturally creative or creative geniuses, and it's kind of nonsense. You look at anybody that's really creative and they'll tell you, this is not something that necessarily naturally happens to me, you know, in fact Stephen King said, in one of his books, don't wait for the news. He talks about this, not being in the spirit world. It's just another job, and equates it to like laying pipe or driving long haul trucks and so many creative folks out there in a whole bunch of fields. Creativity is just a process that I go through, and so we've got to understand that we can all build a degree of creativity. We're not all going to be Stephen King of course but it is something in there that we can develop. Now the thing is, if our brain is filled with our most imminent to dos or whatever, the most recent thing is on the myriad ways that somebody can communicate with me, you know, I think we research starting to show that we have somewhat of a finite, like a mode of processing part in our brain to really handle stuff. David Allen is a time management expert, had a great quote, which was, “Our brain is for having ideas, not holding them”. And too many leaders just spend too much of their brain cycles, their psychic ram, just with whatever is front and center. And there's no way that we can address the process of thinking creatively, whenever that's the keys. And so, we've got to find a good way. One of the disciplines I talk about is managing your attention, got to find a way to deal with that in the appropriate forum so that we can free up some of that psyche ram, so that we can sit down and actually work through a process that allows us to think creatively, avoid the long-term direction of our team and development of our people. Steve Rush: Yeah, the other thing that headspace gives us, as well. We're able to face into the reasons why that intention gets stuck, you probably face into that quite a bit, right? Dave McKeown: Oh, very much. So, I think also just attach finalities is so important. Because of the fast pace and the requirements in our leaders today, often a lot of the decisions that we make just very reactive. We're not an actually intentional about a whole range of things, whether it's sitting down to think creatively or strategically, or even just walking into a meeting. And one of the things that I talk about in the book is just the power of taking a pause, you know, we are just on this call and response mode in our organizations. And sometimes the best thing to do is just take a break and take a moment to silence. Don't just go with the first thing that comes to mind, but actually take that silence, reflect on your intention and then respond accordingly to that. Steve Rush: I love it, and also if we've got a habit and a discipline that says, this the way I operate and I'm going to react, then that whole taking stock is a new discipline! Dave McKeown: Very much so, for sure. And then you get to separate yourself away from your ego a little bit. You get to reflect on, well, okay, how do I show up? And what does work well and what doesn't work well, you know, maintaining curiosity about those sorts of things, about how you show up, allows you to assess in a much more objective light, just the impact that has without feeling the need to be overly defensive or even, you know, running through a lot of that negative self-talk that we often get ourselves. If we can remain curious about the impact of our behavior long enough to see that through, we can start to see some really beneficial behavioral changes. Steve Rush: Of course, I guess creativity looks for solutions rather than anchoring into problems as well. Dave McKeown: Yeah, very much so. And so often we don't take that approach in how we view ourselves. We're not trying to solve problems. We're not trying to find solutions. We're just trying to beat ourselves up or be the situation up or beat somebody else up because of the situation that we find herself in, rather than flipping that on its head, like you said, and said, all we're trying to do here is, we're just a group of people trying to make the world a better place or trying to, you know, find some solutions. So, let's take that positivity. Let's take that objectivity into our discussions in, in our decisions and our meetings and how we show up. Steve Rush: So, Dave, this part of the show, our listeners are familiar with. This is where we get to spend a little and I get to hack into your leadership mind, then of all the years and experiences you have. I'm going to ask you to call out, what you think your top three Leadership Hacks might be? Dave McKeown: Okay. So, number one, I alluded to which is, get ahold of your attention management. And I think that the best thing that you can do actually is narrow the amount of inputs that come into your day-to-day work flow. We have allowed too many inputs and it's getting really, really difficult to manage and, you know, whatever has your attention is basically, where are you going to put most of your energy and effort? Second thing is to get really good at asking the question. What do you think? I think that it's one of those powerful leadership questions that you can have in your arsenal. And it really helps bolster empowerment and reflection in your team and reduces the reliance on use. We get really comfortable just asking people, what do you think? And then third, they get really comfortable with silence, let silence do the heavy lifting on a lot of instances, don't feel like it's your job or your need, or your requirement to fill that silence. And that can range in a whole bunch of situations, whether it's waiting for somebody to talk or share their perspective, or whether it's giving some, you know, difficult or constructive feedback, just letting silence do the heavy lifting can be super powerful. Steve Rush: Really powerful, that last one too, isn't it? Because it is uncomfortable. I was on a Zoom workshop just this afternoon. And as a result of me just sat there, looking at the camera is just a matter of time before somebody is going to break and break the silent because nobody likes it. But actually, that's where the great discovery starts to happen. Dave McKeown: Very much so, and I think we fear as leaders that, well, number one, we feel like, gosh, the silence is lasting forever, which in reality, it's not, it's probably like three seconds, but number two, we fear that it reflects badly on us. If there's silence for some strange reason, it's the leader's job or whoever's in charge of that meeting to keep things going, then we've robbed ourselves of that room to just let things breathe a little bit. And I think it's a really powerful skill for any leader to learn, to be able to sit and rest on that silence for a beat or too longer. Steve Rush: Yeah, great stuff. Next thing we have is called Hack to Attack. So, this is typically where something in your life or your work, hasn't worked out, it might even been an experience it's been quite adverse in your life. But as a result of the experience though, you now use it as a positive in what you do, what would your Hack to Attack be? Dave McKeown: So, it was pretty tough and difficult moving away from the family business. So, it was a particularly rough period of time for a whole bunch of reasons, which I'm sure you can imagine family businesses difficult enough it this. And it was definitely a soul-searching time for me. And I was definitely trepidatious that by taking what I had learned and try to build something on my own. But I was also excited about doing it. I knew that I could, and I was just talking to my wife about this the other day that I learned a whole bunch during that time of my life. But I've also learned a whole bunch more since then. And I think I'm better at what I do as a result of some of those challenges. And also just some of the experiences that I've had in the last three or four years where I have been on my own. And I think that it has helped me enormously. Professionally. it's also helped me just personally get a true understanding of who I am and what I hope to achieve in this life. So, negative situations are not always, not often going to stay that way. And it's really about how you approach it and those lessons that you want to glean from. Steve Rush: It's the old adage of not the event, but how you react to it, right?   Dave McKeown: For sure, very much so. Steve Rush: And the last thing we want to do, Dave, is take you on a bit of time travel. Dave McKeown: Alright. Steve Rush: So, we're going to get you to bump into Dave at 21 and you get to give them some advice. What would you advise be? Dave McKeown: Funny enough, I don't think 21-year-old Dave would listen to the future. Probably take one, look at me and go, where you go? I was a little too cocksure at that point in my life, you know, funny enough, I do think it would have been hard for me to take anything really transformative of my life or how I showed up or how I approach things, because it was very obstinate just in my own worldview at the time, which has thankfully things changed. One thing, funny enough, I think I would have said or would have encouraged me to do at 21 would have been to keep playing the guitar. I played the guitar as a teenager right up until it was about 20 or 21, I really enjoyed it. And then I put a done for 15 years and didn't really pick it up again until about six months ago. And I've spent the last six months on one hand, really enjoying the journey of trying to relearn everything that I've forgotten. On the other hand, really frustrated that 15 years where if I had been playing for 15 years, I'd be some sort of [Inaudible 00:33:48]. So, I would just encourage myself that creative endeavor to not put a down for so long and just to see where I could have got to. Steve Rush: I love that. And also, the whole principle of having stuff that is not your work stuff that is helping you learn new things, create new practice, disciplines and stuff. There's always a parallel that you can lead back to how it's helping you in the core way that you show up. Dave McKeown: Oh, hugely. And I think probably just a lesson that I'm just scratching the surface of, I think from 21-year-old Dave, up until probably six to eight months ago, you know, the sole focus in my subconscious and what I was striving for was all work-related. I don't know whether I would necessarily have voiced that in that way during that time. But looking back on a now, it's really clear that that was the case, you know, back to that old conversation was great. Because it got me to some really good, powerful places, but I reach the point about eight months ago where it was starting to become a hindrance and the liability and just exploring some of those other areas of life that won't necessarily quote/unquote amount to anything, but you just do it for the sake of doing it. So, picking up the guitar and learning a new scale or a new song, or, you know, practicing something over and over again, it allows you to, like you say, apply that to just a whole bunch of other different areas of your life. And I mean, I hope from here on like that I'll continue to pursue some of those creative endeavors, even if it doesn't the amount to anything thing, because it does round out your perspective and being in the work that you do. Steve Rush: Yeah, it definitely does. So, for folks listening in Dave, wants to find a little bit more about the work you do, and indeed maybe get hold of a copy of The Self-Evolved Leader. Where should we send them? Dave McKeown: If you want to find out about what I do around strategic planning, leadership development, go to outfieldleadership.com, outfieldleadership.com. And if you're interested in the book, go to selfevolvedleader.com and there'll be a link to everywhere that you can buy it. Steve Rush: Awesome, and we'll make sure they're in the show notes as well. Dave McKeown: Excellent, thank you so much. Steve Rush: Dave thanks for coming on the show. I love talking with you and every time that I do speak with you, I just get a sense of energy, which is awesome in what you do. So, thanks for sharing that with our listeners and thanks for being part of our community on The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Dave McKeown: Thank you so much for having me on Steve. Really appreciate it. Steve Rush: Thanks Dave.     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. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers. Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. Please connect with us, by our social media. 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Is it the journey, or is it the destination? The role of a leader is getting to the destination (sales, profits, product development). Walt Rakowich believes the most important part of leadership is the journey and what happens along the way. Walt is the author of TRANSFLUENCE: How to Lead with Transformative Influence in Today's Climates of Change. Walt and Kevin discuss transformative influence and Walt shares stories about his journey. There is a time and place for leaders to be vulnerable and acknowledge the details their team understands and works through daily. By overcoming fear and pride, we can empower our team and build trust. When leaders recognize they have a transformational influence on their team, they find opportunity, embrace challenges, and make their organizations and communities greater than ever. This episode is brought to you by… 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership, a free leadership video series based on Kevin's book, Remarkable Leadership. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Transfluence: How to Lead with Transformative Influence in Today's Climates of Change by Walt Rakowich Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl Connect with Walt Rakowich: Website Related Podcast Episodes: Leading Large-Scale Change with Bill Schaninger. The Future Leader with Jacob Morgan. The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown. Love Your Imposter with Rita Clifton. Subscribe to the Podcast Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we'd be thrilled if you'd let others know by leaving a review on iTunes. Here's a quick guide for posting a review. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

We are in the 21st Century – The Digital Age. We know that by 2025 Millennials and GenZers will be 75% of the global workforce. However, many organizations are still operating using a 20th Century Industrial age leadership. Hierarchy, power, control, and fear are out of step with the complexities of our times and the workforce is demanding something different. To move into the 21st century, we need to transform the way we lead and manage our organizations. We need a personal connection. We need to be empathetic. When we can understand the circumstances our team is facing, we become more trustworthy and credible. Dr. Edward Marshall suggests this leads to success in the workplace. He is the author of Leadership's 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century. Kevin and Dr. Marshall discuss this 4th evolution of leadership—Collaboration—for the 21st Century leadership—based on trust, ownership, and psychological safety to motivate the workforce. As the world continues to shift, leaders will need to reshape their workplace and redefine their business model. They need to engage their workforce to take a seat at the table and make contributions. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin's Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Leadership's 4th Evolution: Collaboration for the 21st Century by Dr. Edward Marshall Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness and Trust by Edgar H. Schein and Peter Schein The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner Connect with Dr. Edward Marshall: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: Learning Leadership with Jim Kouzes. A Future Lens on Leadership with Bob Johansen. The Power of Communities with Jono Bacon. The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown. Humanocracy with Gary Hamel. Subscribe to the Podcast Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

The Self-Evolved Leader is a practical guide to help C-suite executives and leaders at all levels resist the pull of the urgent so they can focus on the medium- and long-term direction of their team, the development of their people, and the successful delivery of shared goals.

Are you waiting for development opportunities, or are you being intentional in creating opportunities? Dave McKeown suggests that leaders with the most impact push for growth. Dave is a leadership consultant and the author of The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. He joins Kevin to discuss what it means to be a self-evolved leader. It's not about saving the day and getting it all done. Leaders understand their strengths and weaknesses (and use both). Further, they look to elevate focus, share stories and provide context for alignment, and develop people. In this episode, Dave discusses: Characteristics of a self-evolved leader. The cycle of mediocrity. Micro disciplines. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin's Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: The Self-Evolved Leader: Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down by Dave McKeown The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker Connect with Dave McKeown: Website | Book Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Related Podcast Episodes: The Leader Habit with Martin Lanik. Day One Leadership with Drew Dudley. The Making of a Manager with Julie Zhuo. Being the Leader You Want to Be with Amy Jen Su. Subscribe to the Podcast Don't miss an episode! Subscribe to this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

Is it your company's job to develop you as a leader?  Dave McKeown doesn't think so.  And today he is talking about how individuals should take ownership of their own leadership journey.   What We Cover: How to be a "self evolved leader" and why vulnerability is now one of the most important skills for leaders Why we, and our teams, can get stuck in a cycle of mediocrity and how to avoid it The importance of setting a vision with your team, not for your team To learn more, visit www.theleadershipcoachinggroup.com Mentioned In This Episode: www.outfieldleadership.com