Leaders & Futures

You can dream as much as you like, but when/if you're trying to create a vision for your organization, it's going to take a process. Dr Lugo shares his ideas on how to do that. His process has a proven record of success.

As Chief Vásquez says, If you can see it, you can be it...but ya gotta do the work. A vision doesn't just occur, it has to be created and communicated to the team. And it has to be supported by the team for it to come to fruition. Dr Lugo explains how that happens and the importance of it.

Dr Lugo and Chief discuss what it takes to achieve the common goals and resolutions that people and organizations make at the beginning of the new year.

Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez start off Season 3 of the podcast by sharing some thoughts on how to get the new year started in the right direction. The key is to merge the mind and the heart. They share some thoughts on the importance and effect of Emotional Intelligence in realizing the preferred future. 

Dr Lugo and Chief finish out this year's podcast season by sharing their perspectives on the holidays and how leaders can affect their followers during this time of year. They also recall and share their holiday stories from days past. THANK YOU for listening. Have a Very Merry Christmas AND Happy Holidays! See you again in January 2024. Yes. 2024!

Chief Vásquez and Dr Lugo express their thanks for the many gifts that they're granted, which includes their listeners. Thank You! And Happy Thanksgiving! 

Are organizational culture and climate end results or are they by-products? Which comes first climate or culture? Do they affect each other? These are some of the questions and similar topics that Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez ponder in this episode. 

Chief and Dr Lugo continue their discussion on how leaders grow. Chief suggests that leaders often neglect to ask two critical questions when helping their people grow. Dr Lugo suggests that there are four critical questions. The goal is to "cultivate" a sustainable culture of growth.

Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez discuss such topics as being responsive, not reactive, and the effects each has in an organization, especially one that's focused on the growth of its people, as well as the impact of leading in the personal areas of life. Remember the idea of counting to ten before responding? Chief does. And he explains the purpose and value of doing that.

Chief and Dr Lugo continue their discussion on world change, focusing on how leaders lead the transitions of an ever-changing world to ensure that their followers can continue to excel.

Dr Lugo and Chief talk about how the world is changing and how leaders have to adapt to those changes, whether in technologies, cultures, purpose, and myriad other areas of life. 

Dr Margaret Wheatley said that "people will support what they create. " Dr Stephen Covey said, "No involvement, no commitment." Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez discuss the importance, value, and power of including those you lead in deciding their futures.

Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez provide a perfect example of how to lead peers and how they work together to achieve a common purpose!

What happens when the person you selected  from the team as the new leader and he/she says, "I don't wanna lead!"?

So, you select someone from the team to take over, to lead the team, what should you look for in that leader? How do you help her/him learn to lead? What if he/she tells you he/s CAN'T do it? Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez will share some thoughts with you.

Dr Lugo explains the concept of Used Futures to Chief Vásquez and how to apply, or not apply, them in the process of developing other futures.

Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez share their perspectives on why we do what we do and the importance of the Labor Day weekend.

Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez celebrate the first year of the Leaders & Futures podcast by remembering some thoughts and commitments they made when they launched this program and recommitting themselves to providing different perspectives on leaders, leading, and futures.

Chief and Dr Lugo continue their discussion on the importance of problem-solving, specifically, what happens when followers stop sharing what they know with their leaders.

One of the key roles a leader plays is as a problem-solver. Dr Lugo and Chief discuss how to discover problems that have to be solved. 

Chief and Dr Lugo discuss the importance and the value of positive attitudes and where they come from. AND don't forget bad attitudes! Now, what do you do?

We often say that honesty is the best policy. But, is it? Always? In every situation? Dr Lugo and Chief share their thoughts and stories on the validity of that saying.  

Dr Lugo and Chief Vasquez discuss the importance of aligning personal values with organizational values and how they impact the development of futures.

In his personal development workshop, The Power of Values,  Chief Vasquez suggests that "our values are always in our hands. We'll always do what's most important to us at the moment." Dr Lugo and Chief discuss the impact of personal values on organizations.

Dr Lugo and Chief V discuss some aspects of Peer Leadership that lead to leading effectively.