First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." In this episode I focus on the first 3 months of your leader transition phase. Your first 3 months are about positioning yourself as the right people-centered leader. I call the first 3 months the Listening, Learning, and Leading Tour . This tour is critical for the first 3 months but...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." There are three types of KPIs. Two measure results and one shapes your team and culture. KPIs help prevent blind spots. Ironically, the most important of these KPIs, are the ones most organizations miss. If you need assistance assessing and accelerating the transformation and transitio...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." A common pitfall for first-time leaders is, the "Fix-it" Obsession. I will explain why "rescuing" your team often leads to burnout for you and stagnation for them. You attempt to be the hero, but you become a bottleneck, holding your team back. If you need assistanc...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Often when a peer is select to lead their current team, the process is mistakenly viewed as a promotion, when it’s actually a career transformation and transition. If you need assistance of a first-time leader trainer, coach and/or dysfunctional culture improvement, click here, schedul...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." This episode is about recognizing and taking the first step to correct Leader Illusion. If you think you’re leading but feel like no one is following, your initial instinct is usually right. You are probably experiencing leader illusion. People may give you the illusion they are follow...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." This episode is about how others see you differently, when you transition from an individual performer to first-time leader. I will be focusing on what I believe is the most important leader skill, Self-Leadership. Self-leadership is a fancy way of describing how you lead your life. Of...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." This episode will be my final episode of 2025. I will be focusing on what I believe is the most important leader skill, Self-Leadership. Self-leadership is a fancy way of describing how you lead your life. Often, the most difficult person to lead, is yourself. If you need a Leadership...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Often leader candidates don’t receive proper people-centered leader training? You can learn to be a leader in a classroom, but you can’t become a leader in the classroom. There is a huge difference between learning leader skills and experiencing them. You can’t teach experience. Once y...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." If the leader candidate is lacking one or more of the four prerequisites, the candidate should not be promoted to a leader role. Doing so would be a recipe for failure, not to mention, create a lot of distress and loss of money. It is okay for the leader candidate to remain an individu...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." To be a great people-centered leader, you must genuinely care FOR and ABOUT people. You need to do both. 1.Caring FOR people is doing something for their well-being and helping them grow. It’s something you do to demonstrate you care for those you lead. 2.Caring ABOUT people is being e...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." We live in an “always on” and “always connected” world. We expect instant gratification, either accessing information or receiving a response. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out If you need a Leadership Speaker or you need help with Leader Development and/or Culture Improvement...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." It's unfortunate but all too often organizations unknowingly get rid of their best people and simultaneously wreck their culture, in three easy steps. I will explain how and why this problem occurs and how to fix it. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out If you need a Leadersh...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." New Year's resolutions should not only consider improving existing processes but also have an atypical consideration of whether those processes should continue to be performed at all. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out If you need a Leadership Speaker or you need help with...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Late Sunday afternoon or early Sunday evening, many people start thinking about Monday morning and their return to work. These thoughts reflect their feelings about their work culture. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out If you need a Leadership Speaker or you need help with Lead...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Many things in life are cyclical. Leading people is no different. Today I will explain the People-Centered Leader Cycle. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out If you need a Leadership Speaker or you need help with Leader Development and/or Culture Improvement , visit tdspi.com and...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Remember, it’s more than having the right people on the bus, those people need to be in the right seats. This means the right people should be performing using their strengths. If you need help with Leader Development and/or Culture Improvement , visit tdspi.com and Click on Meet Me ....

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Improvement and adaptability are our two most important abilities for survival. Just focusing on continuous performance improvement will not necessarily sustain an organization. Adapting to our everchanging world is important to remain relevant. Visit tdspi.com and select one of two op...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." When you transition from individual performer to first-time leader, often you inherit something you did not create. Unless you are an entrepreneur, hiring your first employees, you inherit everything, including the Vision, the Mission, the people, the culture and organizational history...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Delegation is the process of entrusting another person, to perform something other than their primary responsibility. In this episode you will learn why delegation is more than getting things done. Are you prepared to lead people? Find Out Treat people like they make a difference and t...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Often top performing individuals are promoted to a leader role, based on their current performance. The flawed assumption is, they will be successful leading people, just as they led themselves, as an individual performer. In this episode you will learn why it's okay to say "...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." The common problem I solve is twofold: 1. Only 5% of companies have a leader development strategy, because most companies don’t have this competency on staff. 2. 60% of first-time leaders fail. I have a phrase that sums up why 60% of first-time leaders fail. I call it: “Get rid of your...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." Perspective is not what you look at it’s what you see. It’s your point of view of the world. Everyone sees things differently. Five people could watch an event and each might have a different recollection, based on their perspective. We are all born with varying perspectives and our pe...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." This was one of my most downloaded episodes. I'm offering it as a bonus eposide. I will explain why first-time leaders fail at an alarming rate and the devastating monetary and emotional impacts, your organization will experience for years. My research and experience revealed some...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." The three most importance foundational aspects of every successful business, is the Vision , Mission and Culture Experience . Successful leaders must clearly understand the importance of these three aspects. Do you know your organization’s Vision & Mission ? Regardless of whether t...

"Send me a text message and let me know what you think of the First-Time Leaders Accelerated℠ Podcast." I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “ know, like and trust ”, often referred to as the natural progression for healthy relationships. There is a word missing from this phrase. The word is Distrust . All relationships begin with distrust, which is our survival instinct, that has been hone...