Growth and Freedom: The Leadership Podcast

It's easy to get promoted to a leadership position and never consider what it means to be in the situation that you are in. Creating accountability starts with taking ownership of the situation you are in and choosing a powerful direction to move your team forward. In order to create this environment, I share six things that need to be present in your leadership to make that happen.   Enjoy the sh...

If your like me and many others, the idea of confronting someone's behavior may not sound all that appealing. If you are wanting to create accountability and integrity in the spaces you lead, then confrontation is a must. In today's episode I break down the components of using a coach approach to confront behavior in a way that keeps the people you are confronting in the right frame of mind to eng...

When you work in leadership, you are in the relationship business.  Those relationships don't start and end with people, they involve everything that you do as a leader.  This includes how you use your time.   Today's episode deals with how you can use time more powerfully in your life and shift your relationship productively. Enjoy the show and let me know what you think!                        ...

Today I am  going to give you a tip that you can use to help coach yourself through challenges that come up in your day-to-day life. It centers around the powerful question of "what do you want?"    Dive in and let me know your thoughts. Do you want to leave feedback or interact about the episode? Check us out here to discuss !                                    _____________________ For more list...

If you have more than one person in your company, you have a team. If you have a team, you probably want them performing at a high level. One thing that must be present to ensure high performance is clarity around the roles that your team plays in your business. This week's episode breaks down how to do that well.                                    _____________________ For more listening options...

t's easy to get caught up in doing the right thing, playing it safe, and worrying about what everyone else is doing. That approach will only take your leadership so far and you likely won't be thrilled with the destination.  Today I talk with Mindset Coach, Britt Lefkoe. Britt gives fantastic insight into how to overcome your fears around failure or looking bad to work in a way that is true to you...

In leadership, you can be too helpful.  Being too helpful creates a lot of problems for yourself and for the people you are trying to "help". This week's episode dives into why leaders are too helpful and what to do to get into a more healthy pattern of empowerment with the people that you lead. Check out the show and let me know what you think.                                    _________________...

How do you create content and/or products and services that connect with a lot of people? That is the topic of my discussion with Andrew Kap.  Andrew's book, The Last Law of Attraction Book You Will Ever Need to Read, sold over 100,000 copies and he followed that up with a book on how he did.    We dove into his latest book, 3 Words I Used to Sell 100,000 Books, and discussed the key concepts from...

Having an empowered team is your simplest path to creating growth in your business and freedom in your personal life. This week's podcast breaks down the essential elements of building an empowered team from start to finish. Enjoy the episode and let me know what you think.  Am I missing anything?                                    _____________________ For more listening options and several FREE...

Certainty doesn't have a lottery. It's not going to magically appear at your door one day, washing certainty over you for the rest of your life. Certainty is an inside job. In today's show, I talk about where leaders go wrong in where they place their faith in certainty and how they can develop certainty in their leadership. Enjoy the show and let me know what you think.                          ...

Confrontation is never easy so I won't sit here and pretend that it is.  If you want to be a leader of integrity however, confrontation is absolutely essential to staying in that space. Today's show gives you some simple, actionable tips to make confronting others an easier process for you in your leadership journey. Check out the show and let me know what tip resonated most with you.            ...

Leadership can be a place where burnout and frustration happen. As a leader, you may just accept that there are certain parts of leadership that are going to cause stress and interfere with your personal life.   Today's podcast looks at a different way to lead. A way to create more impact while also reducing the amount of stress and burnout that can occur in your leadership. Listen to this week's...

One of the biggest investments you make when running a business is the investment in building a team. Despite the amount of time, effort and resources that are put into this process, there are still many leaders who don't do this with a high level of intention. If you want to create and cultivate consistently great hires and build great teams, there are five things you must do as well as three thi...

Leaders are natural problem solvers.  It may be one of the primary skills that got you to a leadership position to begin with. At some point, your strengths can start showing up as weaknesses. In leadership maybe the answer isn't solving problems.  Today's episode talks about four things to make your attempts to solve problems easier for you. Enjoy the show and let me know what you think.        ...

The act of leadership contains a natural desire to want to control the world around you. This process of control and perfection ends up alienating you in your relationships with others. Today, I break down five things to look at as a leader to help you shift away from control and towards influence. Enjoy the show and let me know what you think!                                    __________________...

In today's work environment, leadership is more important than ever.  The balance of power is starting to shift a bit. Building your currency with your team is essential to getting engagement and respect.  Today's podcast breaks down seven ways to build currency with your team. Check out the show and let me know what you think.                                    _____________________ For more list...

There are some things in leadership that are easy to do now but make your life harder later.  There are some things that make your life hard initially but then become easier over time. Operating from a place of agreement vs. one of expectation is one of those areas that is hard up front but makes your life easier later. In today's show, I discuss four powerful benefits that you gain as a leader wh...

No one likes confrontation but everyone can benefit from it. Healthy confrontation is about taking something that is broken or out of balance and making it whole again. In this week's episode, I share a story of a client who confronted an issue three years too late and what the by-product of doing that was.  I also get into my own checkered history with the subject. There are some positive by-prod...

Rituals and rhythms are great tools for keeping you moving on a particular path. At some point, a pattern that helped your success will be the pattern that holds you back.  And that's just the good patterns. Your not so good patterns can be even more of a liability to you playing your game and achieving the life that you want.  This week's podcast is about patterns and how to make a shift to a pat...

It's easy to feel like the only way you can make a big impact as an entrepreneur is to have a big audience.  Today's show with Robbie Samuels shows you why you don't need a big list to launch something great and how to take your first step in this process.  Regardless of how much of a reach you currently have, here are a few things you will take away from the show today.  How to get started with p...

You have seen examples of good and bad leadership in life.  You know what it looks like.  It's easy to see this in someone else and more difficult to see it in ourselves. As I wrap up the Building Employee Loyalty series, I ask the question, "Are you a leader worth following?"  How do you know if you are? I give 10 questions you can ask yourself to see where you are at and where growth is possible...

What does a true investment in your team look like?  Lots of leaders say they care about investing but few actually take the time to do it. This week's podcast is the second to last in our "Building Employee Loyalty" series and looks at how and why to make an investment in your team that matters and builds loyalty. Check out the episode and let me know what you think.                              ...

Today, I have Donna Sardula on the podcast and she shares her best tips for making your LinkedIn profile a true business asset.  Donna is the founder and president of Vision Board Media, a professional branding company that helps individuals and companies tell their unique stories on LinkedIn and beyond.  She shares some great stuff with us this week to help:  Increase your visibility Attract the...

I was asked recently about employee loyalty by a client.  It's a great question that doesn't have a simple answer.  My aim is to unpack employee loyalty over the course of five episodes to give it the respect that the topic deserves. Today's episode is the third in this series about building the foundation for creating an environment that people want to be loyal to.  Check it out and let me know y...

I was asked recently about employee loyalty by a client.  It's a great question that doesn't have a simple answer.  My aim is to unpack employee loyalty over the course of five episodes to give it the respect that the topic deserves. Today's episode is the second in this series about building the foundation for creating an environment that people want to be loyal to.  Check it out and let me know...