HERE TO LEAD

What does Change mean to you? Change is one of those words, like leadership, that has many different definitions depending on who is discussing it and the context around it.  For me, I’ve come to realize that Change is the intersection of discernment, discovery and determination, or for my accountant friends, Change = Discernment + Discovery + Determination. It is human nature to dislike change an...

The Red Light Green Light Decision Matrix and the Crossroads 2 x2 graph are practical and useful guardrails for quality decision making and will help you and your team execute strategy.  These tools will give you the courage, the platform and the support you need when the answer is no, and they will also give you the confidence and courage you need when your answer is yes.  The book is available! ...

When it comes to executing strategy, one of the challenges or road blocks we can encounter is that we spend our precious time and resources doing the wrong things.  How does this happen to good leaders?  1) We get distracted by good ideas 2) We are often unwilling or unable to pull the plug when a project isn't performing like we thought it would 3) We get off-track and aren't sure how t...

The second reason we fail to execute strategy is we let the day-to-day priorities, fighting fires and too many meetings steal our time. We need to protect our time by not ignoring the reality of our day-to-day needs and the impact and load on our resources, reacting appropriately when fires do flare up and limiting the amount of time we spend in meetings. The book is available!  Here to Lead: Mast...

Megan Ahn, President and Founder of an Executive Search firm based in San Diego, CA, gives us her insight and expertise into the Interview process with practical tools to help you nail your next interview and get the offer! In this episode we learn that a successful interview is all about asking questions and listening in order to find out how we can apply our experience and skills to resolve the...

Resist the urge to do too much. One of the reasons leaders fail to successfully execute strategy is because we try to do too much, which will overwhelm the resources of an organization to the point where nothing gets done. The book is available!  Here to Lead: Mastering the Art of Leadership In Order to Execute Strategy, Advance Change, and Drive Results is available in paperback, ebook and audio....

What is Leadership?  There are as many answers to this question as there are books written about this topic. The truth is, there are many definitions. Sure, they have some common elements and attributes, but at the end of the day, how you define leadership is always personal.   What's your definition of leadership? The next question, after we figure out how we define leaderships is, how do I...

The Elevator Pitch of Leadership An elevator pitch can be relevant in many situations or applications. As a writer, for every book, novel, play, or project I’ve written, I’ve developed a two to three sentence summary that I can rattle off to anyone who asks the fated question, “What’s your book about?” or “What do you write about?”  This type of summary is dubbed the elevator pitch, based on the p...

Make sure your leadership avoids the fate of the fancy living room! The book is available!  Here to Lead: Mastering the Art of Leadership In Order to Execute Strategy, Advance Change, and Drive Results is available in paperback, ebook and audio. You can purchase on Amazon or Barnes & Noble Online. Visit www.kellybargabos.com to listen to all past episodes and/or connect with Kelly.

What good are leadership skills if they are not applied consistently on a daily basis to execute strategy, advance change, and drive results? What good are you to yourself or anyone else if you are not effective in getting things done? This first episode introduces the podcast HERE TO LEAD as well as the host, Kelly Bargabos. The book is available!  Here to Lead: Mastering the Art of Leadership In...