Leadership Rising

In this final episode of the first season of Leadership Rising, host Rebecca Schleifer sits down with co-hosts Steve Seay and Jim Urban to discuss personal and professional updates. Reflecting on an exhilarating first season, they share their exciting plans for the future. --- Steve discusses his 'Elevate Up' program and adventurous leadership hikes, while Jim talks about his upcoming book on limi...

What are some of the signs that you're working IN your business instead of ON your business?  Welcome to the Leadership Rising Podcast! Coach and Guide today, Jim Urban is bringing the community of small businesses owners, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs together for this great discussion. Jim is joined by coaches Steve Seay and Rebecca Schleifer to talk about the challenges that business owners fa...

"It's about being connected with each other - it's important."  Welcome to the Leadership Rising Podcast! Coach and Guide today, Steve Seay is opening up this discussion around Connection and Creativity. Steve is joined by coaches Jim Urban and Rebecca Schleifer and special guest Richard Kelly. Steve calls Richard the "Great Connector".  With over 25 years of experience in leadership, coaching, an...

"Positive thinking only works part of the time, but negative thinking is working 100% of the time. It's time to break the cycle of negativity and start thinking NEUTRAL." {Trevor Moawad} Welcome to the Leadership Rising Podcast! Coach and Guide today, Steve Seay is opening up this discussion around Neutral Thinking. Steve is joined by coaches Jim Urban and Rebecca Schleifer to talk about the power...

Welcome to the Leadership Rising Podcast! Coach and Guide today, Steve Seay is opening up this discussion around the Three Laws of Performance. Steve is joined by coaches Jim Urban and Rebecca Schleifer to talk about the possibilities around rewriting our future in business and in life.  Coach Steve references the book, "The Three Laws of Performance" by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan .  1st Law: Ho...

Our guide and coach today, Rebecca Schleifer, is pouring a nice hot cup of entrepreneurship for us! Rebecca, along with Coaches and Hosts Steve Seay and Jim Urban, is welcoming our special guest Cristine Tindall to talk about the challenges and pain points of jumping into leadership as an entrepreneur.  Cristine is the owner of Cafe M in Savanna, Georgia - and she's a 20-year United States Army Ve...

Our guide and coach today, Jim Urban, is drawing a powerful line in the sand and getting us thinking about boundaries. Specifically, our coaches Jim, Rebecca and Steve are diving into an in-depth discussion about boundaries for leaders.  When a team is feeling a lack of control or lack of ability to influence their destiny - we just might need to look at boundaries. There is power in believing tha...

Hosts and Coaches Steve Seay, Jim Urban, and Rebecca Schleifer are sitting down today for Part 2 of "Leading Change" with Daniel Warren. Daniel is the Executive Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida.  This two-part episode is all about "Leading Change". How can we LEAD CHANGE - when your organization or company needs to undertake a cultural change, a workplace change, a wellnes...

Hosts and Coaches Steve Seay and Jim Urban are sitting down today for Part 1 of "Leading Change" with Daniel Warren. Daniel is the Executive Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida.  This two-part episode is all about "Leading Change". How can we LEAD CHANGE - when your organization or company needs to undertake a cultural change, a workplace change, a wellness change? Leading ch...

Hosts and Coaches Steve Seay and Jim Urban are sitting down today with Lead Pastor Paul Bush from Highpoint Community Church in Orange Park, Florida.  Paul discusses his path of being "called into ministry" and details the transition process of a founding Pastor passing the baton to him in leadership. He also talks about the "myth of control" and what it means to truly "surrender" in a leadership...

Coaches Steve Seay and Jim Urban welcome a very special guest in this episode that reaches the "soul of leadership". Meet Josh Stewart. Also known as "Coach Stewart" - he is a basketball coach in Lodge Grass, Montana, which is a rural community in central Montana on the Crow Reservation. Keep looking for big things from the nonprofit group "One Shot Leadership". This isn't just about leadership or...

Coaches Steve Seay and Jim Urban welcome two special guests on this episode - Raylan and Noel from Warrior's Peace.  Warrior's Peace is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing support and resources to men and their families. Their mission is to help those who have suffered to find peace and stability in their lives. They believe that through community, education, and spiritual empowerment...

Get ready for some FEEDBACK! This episode is the second one in a two-part series about the "Art of Feedback". Today is all about the "HOW" of feedback. Our guide and coach today, Jim Urban, notes a recent study that shows only 33% of employees are actively engaged at work. We also have our Relational Experts and Coaches Steve and Rebecca here to shine a light on the importance of consistent and ef...

Get ready for some FEEDBACK! This episode is the first in a two-part series about the "Art of Feedback". Our guide and coach today, Jim Urban, notes a recent study that shows only 33% of employees are actively engaged at work. We also have our Relational Experts and Coaches Steve and Rebecca here to shine a light on the importance of consistent and effective feedback in the workplace.  Listen for...

Coach Rebecca Schleifer is leading this conversation today about "Mastering Communication in Leadership" alongside Relational Experts Steve and Jim. We are welcoming special guests from Open Heart Behavior Services who recently experienced the Communication Mastery Series.   Taemy Kim-Mander is the owner of Open Heart Behavior Services, a Medicaid provider in Colorado offering Behavior Services fo...

We're looking into the four generations in the workplace today: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z.  Steve Seay is guiding us through this conversation about "generations in the workplace". Along with our other Relational Experts, Jim and Rebecca, we're analyzing important questions like: How do we learn to lean into - get to know our people, our staff, our employees? How d...

Efficiency and Effectiveness - BOTH are important! The Accelerate Leadership Group is getting "down to (real) business" in this episode that focuses on these two BIG topics. Rebecca Gruenemeier is leading this conversation around metrics, value, and top-down decisions that truly make a difference. The team also introduces the Four Animals that represent four different personality types.  Are you p...

On this episode, we're going deep into EQ - Emotional Intelligence. Our guide and coach today, Jim Urban, is walking us through four core components: Self Awareness, Self-Regulation, Empathy, and Social Skills.  How can we begin to increase our awareness? Jim brings a challenge to the table that starts with a question. This question should be asked to five or ten people that you would consider to...

According to a recent MIT study, people are four times more likely to stay at a company based on the culture and the manager. That's huge!  What if companies started focusing on HOW THINGS TAKE PLACE within the company? When they begin to do that, they are really concentrating on three distinct areas or THREE SPACES: Transactional, Relational, and Creative.  Steve Seay is guiding us through this c...

Welcome to Leadership Rising - the podcast from Accelerate Leadership Group.  The voices of Leadership Rising:  Jim Urban, a passionate and highly skilled communicator and leader. Jim is also a licensed therapist, group private-practice owner, and specialist in working with couples and business leaders. He has a high level of training in individual and organizational psychology, relationships, and...