Growth and Freedom: The Leadership Podcast

This is a piggyback episode off of the interview that I did with Rich Christiansen.  Scott Ford is the founder of Carson Wealth Services and partner in the newly formed family legacy company, Legado.  Scott and I cover a lot of ground in this episode.  We talk about  His concept of the Infinite Entrepreneur.   Thinking through your family legacy to seven generations and where that comes from.  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 about building the foundation for creating an environment that people want to be loyal to.  Check it out and let me know your thoughts on the topic...

This week, I sit down with entrepreneur (16 wildly successful companies), adventurer and family advocate, Rich Christiansen.  Rich has started his most impactful business yet, Legado.  We talk about what Legado is doing to help parents lead their families and break down the family framework for creating a family filled with love and purpose.   You are going to love this episode.  For more informat...

You and I live in a results driven world.  Sometimes that's good and other times, that's not so good. You can be so focused on the results that you don't enjoy your life and journey that you are on.  What good are results if you hate your life in the process? In today's podcast I make the distinction between leaders who focus on the results over the journey. I also share seven things to be keep in...

If you have an idea for where you want to take you business, that's a great first step.  The next question is, are you clear about what you want out of your life and what part your business plays in that vision? This is a big question that gets neglected by business owners because you have bigger fish to fry.  That is until your lack of clarity gets exposed in your life in a painful way. Today's p...

If you aren't careful, mission, vision and values can become a trite, waste of your businesses time. The greatest leaders look for ways to take these concepts and place them at the center of their culture to drive everything that they do. The purpose of having a vision is to have a roadmap that is clear for you and your team to move forward with.  The challenging part is making the commitment to t...

As you wind down the first quarter of your year, you may be thinking about how you are doing for the year so far.  If aren't doing that right now then you are now that I just said that. Goal setting is an area that you have a complicated relationship with the concept.  Sometime goal setting has worked out great and sometimes it hasn't worked out so great. Goal setting can bring out the best or the...

  Do you know where your leadership starts and where it ends?  Most leaders struggle to define what they should be involved with and what they shouldn't be involved. The more your business grows, the less time you have to do everything. This week's podcast unpacks five things to include in your leadership scope and seven things that absolutely have no place in your leadership. Check out the episod...

  In this week's episode, I sit down with a long time friend and collaborator, Garrett Gunderson.  Garrett is a NYT bestselling author who has made a slight pivot from educating the masses about personal finance to edutaining the masses through comedy.    In our episode, we hit on three main things that is so useful for entrepreneurs and people who want to start a business:  Garrett unpacked his f...

You may be one of the many leaders faced with the challenge of leading a team that is split between coming into the office and staying home.  This type of work dynamic is here to stay says communication expert Karin Reed who just co-wrote her latest book called Suddenly Hybrid.  Even though navigating a hybrid workforce can be challenging, you still need to insure that you are communicating intent...

Retention is something that a leader should always care about when it comes to building a team. Every person that you hire is an investment that has a positive or negative ROI.  I used to worry about retention a lot.  I noticed that the way I cared was more what someone leaving would mean for me vs. what it means for the purpose leaving.  Ironically, when I stopped worrying about people leaving an...

Stress levels are at an all time high. The biggest cause that I see with leaders who are stressed out is that they try and play everyone else's game while ignoring their own game.  If you want to feel more accomplished and less stressed this year, check out this week's show where I dive into what is creating this for you and how to address it.  Check out the show and let me know what you think.   ...

Most of us play a destructive game when it comes to time.  The game is trying to get everything done all the time and whoever gets the most stuff done wins. As you may notice when you play this game, it's unfulfilling and also destructive. Growth and Freedom is the name of this podcast because that's what we want for you as a leader.  Operating in the above paradigm creates bondage for those that...

There's a good chance that you made a resolution or two for this year or set some goals for what you would like to see happen.  Despite your desire to do better, you may find it difficult to actually follow through and engage in the "commitments" that you make for yourself this year.  This week, I chat with productivity specialist, Ashao FreeSky.  Ashao's goal is to create more productive leaders...

At New Work Revolution, we talk a lot about Total Experience Design and how this process helps you create a business by design vs. a business by default.  This week's show comes from our monthly training that we do for entrepreneurs.  The most recent topic was about how to think about creating your experience system.    I get into systems design in this training which will not only help you with c...

I had a client send me a daily quote from a calendar not too long ago that said, "If you think something will be hard, it will be hard.  If you think something will be easy, it will be easy."  My client wanted to know if I agreed with that statement.  My answer to that is yes and no.     Your relationship to the concept of what is hard matters.  In today's episode I am going to unpack that a bit a...

There are times when the best ideas and the most beneficial ideas are not necessarily the most wide spread or talked about.  Tevah the Idea Man saw an advertisement when he was a kid that got him asking a serious question.     "How do you effectively market the ideas that truly make humanity better?"    If you are wondering how to best reach today's generation.  This is an episode that you want to...

Kevin Thompson is an entrepreneur who is on a mission to create connection and support for other entrepreneurs.  I have known Kevin for 13 years and I can definitively say that he is good at what he does.    In our interview, we talk about a lot of different topics from soul purpose to mentoring to the right and wrong ways to create connections with others.    Relationship capital is a growth driv...

It's been a minute since I have done a book review episode.  I decided to change that after I read the book, Greenlights, by Matthew McConaughey.  His story is interesting and he had some great nuggets for leaders in this book.    Check out the episode and let me known what your favorite part of the book is if you have read it.    If you haven't read it, check it out.                             ...

This week, I have the co-founder of Feedstories, Bob Regnerus. For over twenty years Bob has helped his clients achieve more Impact, Reach, Traffic, and Sales through Digital Media and Story Telling.   If you are like me, you have lots of client stories that haven't been used as effectively in your business as they could be.   Regardless of why they haven't been used, the more important thing to c...

Information and what you know has a shelf life.  Today's great idea is tomorrow's "what were they thinking".     As a leader, you are doing your best to do the right things in your business as much as you can.     You are going to make mistakes.  How you respond to those mistakes and times when you are wrong will determine your level of influence now and in the future.    For those of you who neve...

This week I spoke with leverage expert and Executive Marketing Director of REVA Global, Amy Ransdell. We talked about what to do when you become the bottleneck of your organization and find yourself burned out and overwhelmed.     If you run a business, this is one of the most important conversations for you to listen to and take notes on.     One of the biggest reasons companies don't grow is bec...

This week I wanted to have a little more fun with the show.  I am always talking about movies and showing clips at workshops so it got me thinking about some of my favorite movies that have great leadership lessons.   I had some specific criteria for what made the list (you can hear about my criteria in the episode).   Check out the list.  Write down your insights.  And last, but not least, tell m...

The self-employed life is the only work life that business coach, Jeffrey Shaw has ever known.    His journey started as a photographer for the affluent and led him to serve the self-employed world as a coach.    In today's interview, we talk about:  The self-employed life and why this is so important for business owners to focus on.  Why having a leadership mindset is so important for business ow...

If you are like me, you have a way that you thought about work growing up that came from your family.  Some of those thoughts were good and some of them were not so good.   Over the years, I have heard a lot of people say, "work smarter not harder."   The problem is that you may know what that means all the time (I don't) and you may not even recognize when you are working hard but not smart.   Th...