Becoming Your Best | The Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

The Transformation Challenge: The Six Steps of Planning and Execution Welcome to our podcast listeners wherever you might be in the world today, this is Steve Shallenberger your host. And have you ever had a big problem in your life, a challenge or a tremendous potential opportunity and not really sure how to tackle it? How to start? How do you develop it? How do I solve this problem? And sometime...

Welcome to our "Becoming Your Best" listeners, wherever you may be in the world today. This is your host, Steve Shallenberger and I'd like to start out with a few questions. Today, how many of you and I would like to have peace, happiness, and joy in our lives? Well, that's kind of a stack question, isn't it? Well, of course, we want to have peace, happiness, and joy. And how many of us would like...

Do you have a great business idea? Or currently running a business but don’t know how to take it to the next level? Do you want to make it unstoppable? Or do you feel overwhelmed and confused? Don’t worry it’s not your fault. We understand, we’ve been there before too. That’s why Becoming Your Best Global Leadership puts on a LIVE 2 Day event called the Entrepreneur Success Bootcamp. The purpose i...

Every year, millions of managers and supervisors get promoted into management positions without learning how to successfully lead a team.  As a result, many of them find themselves at the top of the corporate ladder  while lacking  the training to lead.  Justin Constantine wants to change that.  As a Marine officer, Justin volunteered for deployment to Iraq in 2006, and served as a Civil Affairs T...

Working with people can be challenging.  Sometimes conflict can happen.  Or sometimes people are simply falling short on their potential.  This episode is designed to help you navigate those situations as a leader with a focus on helping people truly become their best.  This episode is about leadership. Leadership is a game changer. It's what makes a difference in the world.  The five things we wi...

Do you want to create a team culture by design or by default? A culture by design only happens when you have a clear, compelling vision in place.  A clear vision is what drives leadership and action in an intentional direction.  But have you taken the time to create a vision for your team?  ...your family?  ....yourself? In this episode we will walk you through the process for creating a compellin...

If you are going to become a good pianist it takes practice. If you want to be a good athlete it takes practice. The same goes for becoming a good leader. Joshua Spodek earned such praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (Forbes Magazine and ABC News) with success in such diverse fields as science, inven...

There is no silver bullet for becoming a highly successful leader. In order to be a highly successful leader you need to embody several principles, the foundational one Being True to Character. In this episode of the podcast, we will look at what it means to be true to character and explore how you can start developing character within yourself and those around you. The foundation on personal and...

Are you ready to make 2017 your best year yet? Now is the time to set your plan to create a “Becoming Your Best” and “Best of Class” year. It's through this type of planning that you will achieve YOUR personal and professional best. You are starting out with a fresh slate and will never have this year again. On this episode of the podcast, I'll share five tools that I use each and every year. In t...

Child Sexual Abuse is happening at an alarming rate in our country. In this episode of the podcast, Kit Summer an extremely successful businessman joins us to talk about his experience with sexual abuse as a child. Kit is now on a mission to help prevent child abuse from happening. Kit shares some the the latest statistics and gives parents key strategies for communicating with their children. Abu...

Christmas is an undeniably special time of year. Christmas is naturally a time that invites the spirit of becoming your best. The spirit of hope, encouragement, love, and kindness that brings greater happiness, peace, and prosperity to all. Noticing the needs of others and reaching out to them is exactly what makes this time of year so special. One of the greatest gift of this season is the leader...

Have you ever lost your keys? A simple misplaced key, wallet, or phone can send you scrambling through the house causing frustration, stress, and potentially even make you late for that important meeting. Why not eliminate that strain with a few simple steps? Steve shares a personal experience that has helped free up time and mental energy for more productive uses. In this episode, you will… Learn...

Is your business worth saving? That’s the question Stacy Tuschl will help you find the answer to in this episode of the podcast. Stacy is an Entrepreneur and Business Performance Strategist. She started her first business in her parents’ backyard at the age of 18 and turned that company into a 7-figure business. Now, she is here to help entrepreneur pull themselves out of ruts with her Business Re...

An expert with all things having to do with data, our guest for today’s episode is the President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Edgeworth Economics, professional economist and an internationally renowned speaker, consultant and author who helps consumers and some of the world’s largest companies understand how to interpret data, Dr. John H. Johnson. Dr. Johnson is here to discuss about how data is used f...

Today’s episode will be a little different. We’ll talk about Jill’s story, an inspiring story we’d like to share. Jill Thomas is an amazing photographer, a mom and a person from an incredible family. Jill lost her 21-month old daughter, Penny. This tragic experience taught Jill many lessons in life. Losing someone will definitely change a person but Jill believes that you always have a choice. Aft...

How many of us would like to have peace, happiness, and joy in our lives? My guess is that all of us want these things, but the concept of achieving them can be elusive. I’d like to help us accomplish peace, happiness, and joy with a process called strategic rhythm. A rhythm is a positive force that we get into in our own lives. It’s built upon the principles of becoming your best. We’ll discuss:...

Have you ever talked to a customer service representative who refused to take responsibility over a mistake? How did that make you feel about the company? Accountability has a huge influence on trust and who we decide to do work with. Is there a culture of responsibility and accountability in your company? So often we get stuck in a cycle of finger pointing. The principle of being accountable is s...

How can having the right knowledge help you accomplish your dreams faster? Maybe you want to be a better parent or spouse. Maybe you want to start your own business or maybe you want to grow the business you already have. It all starts with a mindset. Do you really want it? Are you willing to put in the effort that it takes? We’ll discuss: Habits that set apart the most successful from the rest Wh...

After visiting numerous different organizations in the past few weeks, I’ve once again seen the impact that the 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders can have on both the personal and professional life! Vision, planning, and prioritizing your time, are key to your business success, however, they’re only one piece of the success puzzle. If you don’t create a world-class customer experience or...

What separates high achievers from the rest? They never give up. “Failure is not a failure. Failure is nothing more than an outcome that you didn’t want to happen during your planning process,” says Glenn Mattson, president of Sandler Training in Long Island. Glenn is a world class professional in sales and sales management. He is a seasoned veteran of the selling profession, and his office consis...

Are you looking to grow your sales knowledge and take your business to the next level? It isn’t enough to know the basics. You have to stay curious. At the end of the day, the real differentiation starts with, you, the salesperson. Author and sales guru, Andy Paul, shares with us the critical elements of being successful at sales. Andy Paul is a best-selling author, podcast host, and international...

We all have dreams, and we can work to develop our talents and make magical things. When you believe in the goodness of people and have appreciation for God, anything is possible. No one exemplifies this more than my long-time friend, Kevin Peay. Kevin is a talented artist, singer, composer, and businessman whom I’ve known for 35 years. He shares with us his inspiration, his advice to others with...

Do you put your business’s marketing campaigns on the backburner because more important things come up? What if we told you how much money you were leaving on the table by not putting marketing at the top of your list? Ajax Union founder and CEO, Joe Apfelbaum, joins us today to talk about just that – the power of marketing and how integral it is to growing your business. Tune in to get Joe’s thre...

Do you find yourself at a turning point? A fork in the roads where your only choices are to either stay on your current trajectory or pursue a passion you can’t yet back with experience or expertise? Lucky for you, passion wins out over talent every day of the week, because having a natural talent is almost inconsequential if you’re not passionate about using it to achieve and make a difference. B...

Are you asking yourself questions like, “What should I be doing with my life and time?” If you take stock, discover your passion, focus your future efforts, and work hard, you’re sure to find a niche you’ll succeed in. Most people succeed best at the thing they have a passion for, but it takes more than passion and a vision to grow a successful company. There’s no substitute for hard work, especia...