Blue Collar Leadership

When high impact people encounter a fire (a problem), they dump water on it. When low impact people encounter a fire (a problem), they dump gas on it. We all carry around two "buckets" one has water in it and the other has gasoline in it. Whichever one we choose to dump on the fire is up to us.

In this episode, Mack explains why he's proud of his blue-collar title.

Warning contains leadership truth! In this episode, Mack will speak the truth about what is holding many back. To watch a related 17 min video on Mack's You Tube channel, click/tap here .

In this episode, Mack will discuss the 4 Levels of Leadership Engagement. Level 1) Absolutely Disengaged; Level 2) Reluctantly Engaged because they feel they have to be; Level 3) Selfishly Engaged because they want to improve themselves; Level 4) Selflessly Engaged because they want to improve themselves with the intent of helping others improve.

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 30 of 30) Mack believes our world is desperate for leaders who will step up, lead at a higher level, and make a bigger and more positive difference. When a leader communicates with their team, they are positioned to inform. When a leader connects with their team, they are positioned to transform.

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 29 of 30) In this episode, Mack will help you understand the challenge and importance of retaining your top performers and reveal a few obstacles that you may encounter during your journey up the leadership mountain. In the words of Jim Collins, "Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on gr...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 28 of 30) In this episode, Mack shares that those who are not willing to pay the high price to transform themselves into a high impact leader will pay the higher price of remaining a low impact leader. As Napoleon Hill stated so well, "Self-mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 27 of 30) When it comes to your professional career, Mack wants to know how much you're willing to sacrifice relative to getting from where you are to where you want to be? The answer to this question will determine how far up the leadership mountain you will climb and how many, if any, you will help climb to the top. Th...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 26 of 30) As Mike Davis remarked, "As a leader, and ultimately a mentor, you have the responsibility and privilege to grow those around you and help them become their absolute best." The team is only as strong as the weakest link on the team. In this episode, Mack will help you learn how to lead the weak links more effec...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 25 of 30) In this episode, Mack will discuss why a leader should invest the majority of their time with their top performers, not their low performers. As Robert Half said, "There's something more scarce than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability." In the context of this episode, it's the ability to recognize t...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 24 of 30) In this episode, Mack will help you understand the value and power of believing in your team and share a different way of defining belief. As Mack's friend and mentor, Jimmy Collins Retired President of Chick-fil-A, stated so well, "The very best leaders make us feel as if we are in control." One way high impac...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 23 of 30) "Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In this episode, Mack will share 7 Simple Ways to Make Everybody Matter. As Tony Dungy stated so well, "If we lose sight...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 22 of 30)  Super Charge Your Team: Focus on character first and competency second. As a leader, your success depends on your team's success. As Liz Wiseman remarked, "The ability to mobilize the skills and competencies of the people around us has a bigger impact on our performance than does the amount of experience...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 21 of 30) Abundance Allows You to Accelerate Be a river, not a reservoir. Let the good things flow through you and into others. Managers (low impact leaders) want to be needed and hoard knowledge. High impact leaders want to be succeeded and share knowledge. As Thomas Jefferson said, " A candle loses nothing when it ligh...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 20 of 30) Motivation is NEVER enough! Motivation comes from the outside, but inspiration comes from the inside. In this episode, Mack will help you understand the difference between motivation and inspiration. Andy Stanley said it best, " Every once in a while I will hear someone in leadership complain about the performance...

  Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 19 of 30)  How high will you climb? Are you developing yourself with the intention of developing others?  Mark Miller said it well, "Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead." In this episode, Mack will discuss how insecurity leads to management of people. How great leaders are secure but u...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 18 of 30) 7 Reasons to Ask Your Team Questions: Leading with Questions The best leaders always ask the most questions. In this episode, Mack will help you learn how to unleash your team's potential by asking them questions. When you ask a question, you're actually transferring influence (leadership) to the other person....

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 17 of 30) John C. Maxwell had this to say, "Leaders who navigate do even more than control the direction in which they and their people travel. They see the whole trip in their minds before they leave the dock. They have a vision for their destination, they understand what it will take to get there, they know who they'll...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 16 of 30) In this episode, Mack discusses Capt. Michael Abrashoff who took over the worst missile destroyer in the Navy. In just two short years, he took the crew and their ship from worst to first. Living intentionally leads to amazing results. Living accidentally leads to depressing disappointments. A better tomorrow d...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 15 of 30)  The mirror and the window are tools used by both high impact and low impact leaders (managers of people), although they use them in completely opposite ways. As Arnold Glasow stated so well, "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." Leader...

In this three part interview, Mack introduces you to someone he met in 2013 while at an electrical construction company conducting leadership development and personal growth training. Jason Denam was in one of Mack's first sessions. Jason was alert, attentive, and hungry. He bought-in to the principles Mack was sharing and immediately began transforming his life. His results are truly amazing! Jas...

In this three part interview, Mack introduces you to someone he met in 2013 while at an electrical construction company conducting leadership development and personal growth training. Jason Denam was in one of Mack's first sessions. Jason was alert, attentive, and hungry. He bought-in to the principles Mack was sharing and immediately began transforming his life. His results are truly amazing! Jas...

In this three part interview, Mack introduces you to someone he met in 2013 while at an electrical construction company conducting leadership development and personal growth training. Jason Denam was in one of Mack's first sessions. Jason was alert, attentive, and hungry. He bought-in to the principles Mack was sharing and immediately began transforming his life. His results are truly amazing! Jas...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 14 of 30) In this episode, Mack will help you understand that high impact leaders release their teams; and low impact leaders suppress their teams. Disengaged team members are a symptom of the problem, not the problem. The root cause of disengaged team members below is disengaged leaders above. Your team's results are ba...

Blue-Collar Leadership & Supervision: Unleash Your Team's Potential (Part 13 of 30) You're always teaching what you're modeling, regardless of what you're teaching.  Albert Einstein said it best, "Example isn't another way to teach, it's the only way to teach." In this episode, Mack will discuss the impact of your example on your team and all of those who are watching you do what you do,...