Blue Collar Leadership

(Part 2 of 30) Blue-Collar Leadership & Culture: The 5 Components for Building High Performance Teams In this episode, Mack discusses Chapter 2: The Foundation of Culture...The organizational culture will be determined by the leader's values. Download the first 5 chapters of Blue-Collar Leadership & Culture: The 5 Components for Building High Performance Teams and other books here .

(Part 1 of 30) Introduction to Blue-Collar Leadership & Culture: The 5 Components for Building High Performance Teams. Learn more about this resource here . In this episode, Mack discusses Chapter 1: The Cost of Culture...The 3 Dilemmas: Engagement, Retention, and Turnover. Download the Blue-Collar Leadership whitepape r that Mack discusses in this episode and the first 5 chapters of Blue-Coll...

In this episode, Mack interviews Justin Gallaway. Justin is a high impact maintenance leader at International Paper. He'll share a bit of his personal story and growth journey and detail how he implemented Blue-Collar Leadership with his teams and his peers along with examples of how they have applied it, success stories, and the impact it has had on those who have adopted the principles.

In this episode, Mack interviews his friend Greg Williams. With 6 NCEA overall national championships at Auburn University, head equestrian coach Greg Williams has become the most respected coaches in the sport. He put the program on the map with its first national title in 2006 and has taken home five championships in the past 9 years including two undefeated SEC seasons in 2019 and 2020. Greg is...

It's one thing to apply leadership principles in the business world, but it's a whole different ball game with the people you're the closest and most attached to in your personal life. Mack thought it would be great to give you a real-life example of how the principles he talks about can be applied in your personal life with your family. This episode features Mack and his 29 year old son Eric havi...

In this interview, Mack speaks with Brian Brogen. Brian is the Vice-President of Field Operations at SouthEastern Construction and Maintenance located near Tampa, FL. He is also the host of the "Build Your Success" Podcast and the author of "The 100-Hour Pilot." Brian is also a student of leadership and has been conducting book studies with the leaders that report to him using my book, Blue-Collar...

I received an unexpected call on March 12, 2020 from George Estioko. George works on the front lines in the Kern County oilfields in Bakersfield, CA just north of Los Angeles. He has listened to all of my podcast episodes and all of my audio books and has developed a passion for introducing others to personal growth and leadership development . George called me because he wanted to learn how to st...

In this interview, Mack Speaks with Jason Denam. Jason is the Vice-President of Electrical Construction at Kilgore Industries . He is responsible for everything electrical in Kilgore's Dallas/Ft. Worth area of operations. Kilgore Industries is headquartered in Houston, TX with multiple locations in TX. Kilgore does much more than just electrical construction. Kilgore is a fully staffed MEP constru...

In this interview, Mack speaks with his friend Amir Ghannad, author of The Transformative Leader . Amir is an international speaker, consultant, and author. He has an amazing story of personal growth and transformation. He grew up in Iran and arrived in the USA alone at the age of 16 unable to speak English. He has faced many challenges in his life, but he has overcome them all. He has also achiev...

In this interview, Mack speaks with his wife, Ria Story, about personal growth and transformation. Mack and Ria met on June 16, 2000. They both began reading personal growth and leadership development books in 2008 and now speak together nationally and internationally on these subjects. However, when Mack first met Ria, she had an unbelievable, shocking, and dark secret. In this episode, Ria revea...

In this interview, Mack speaks with Mike Hough, CEO of GAT Airline Ground Support . GAT is headquartered in Peachtree City, GA near Atlanta and has approximately 5,000 team members located across at least 48 states and 12 locations in Canada. Mike has purchased nearly 1,000 of Mack's books and has led his "C" level leaders through a book study on Blue-Collar Leadership & Culture: The 5 Compone...

In this interview, Mack speaks with Tim McGourty from Boise, Idaho about leadership and cultural transformation. Tim is the very successful owner of TMC Masonry in Boise, Idaho and Northwest Precast in Puyallup, Washington . Mack had the pleasure of meeting Tim on 3/3/19 in Louisville, KY where Mack was conducting a leadership development workshop on his book, Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervis...

(Part 11 of 11) This episode focuses on the 10th foundational element "SIGNIFICANCE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self, which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. Are you going to settle for success? I hope not! However, si...

(Part 10 of 11) This episode focuses on the 9th foundational element "SUCCESS" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. The key to achieving a high degree of success is to focus on beco...

(Part 9 of 11) This episode focuses on the 8th foundational element "CHANGE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. Consider the words of Abraham Maslow, "When we are faced with chang...

(Part 8 of 11) This episode focuses on the 7th foundational element "GROWTH" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. I love what Simon Sinek had to say about those who lack discipline...

(Part 7 of 11) This episode focuses on the 6th foundational element "DISCIPLINE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. In the words of John C. Maxwell, "When it comes to self-discipl...

(Part 6 of 11) This episode focuses on the 5th foundational element "SACRIFICE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. Too often, you can't reach what you NEED most because you won't...

(Part 5 of 11) This episode focuses on the 4th foundational element "HOPE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. When I think of hope, I'm reminded of the words of Marshal Ferdinand...

(Part 4 of 11) This episode focuses on the 3rd foundational element "VISION" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. Andy Stanley said it best, "Clarity of vision will compensate for u...

(Part 3 of 11) This episode focuses on the 2nd foundational element "CHOICE" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life. "Destiny is not a matter of change, but a matter of choice. It is n...

The Choice Formula: Thought + Emotion + Action = Choice (Part 2 of 11) This episode focuses on the 1st foundational element "THOUGHT" from my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a mental road map that will allow you to mentally lead yourself from where you are to where you want to be in any area of your life.

As Bob Chapman, CEO of Barry-Wehmiller stated so well, "It is possible at any moment in time to push the reset button, to embrace a different way of being, and experience dramatic change." (Part 1 of 11) This is the introduction to a 11 part series (including this intro) on my book, the 10 Foundational Elements of Intentional Transformation: How to Become Your Best Self , which is a guide, a menta...

A few thoughts from 2019 and look at what's coming up on the podcast to kickoff 2020.

John C. Maxwell said it best, "We overestimate the importance of an event and underestimate the importance of the process."