Leadership Excellence Podcast

Are you ready to learn how to think, act, and inspire your way to greatness? In this conversation, Wendy Ryan shares several  concepts and strategies around leadership mindset, skill set, and behaviors from her first book titled Learn Lead Lift: How to Think, Act and Inspire Your Way to Greatness. In this episode, we discuss: [03:42] Wendy’s passion for diversity and inclusion [08:08] How div...

Belonging matters. It is not a "nice" to have in the workplace. It is "essential" to have. In this episode, Senior Forbes Leadership Columnist Rebecca Fraser-Thill helps us take a deep dive into belonging. We talk about what it means to belong, what the research says about the impact of belonging, and actionable strategies to create belonging in the workplace. This episode is one of a series of ep...

The best way to predict the future is to create it. In this episode, Danny Langloss talks about why clear expectations are the foundation of team and organizational success. Danny talks about expectations statements, how to create them, how to implement them across the organization, and the importance of accountability. An example of expectations statements will be available on Danny Langloss' Lin...

Jealousy, envy, gossiping, backstabbing, undermining and speaking with bad intentions are detrimental to teams and cultures. In this episode, Danny Langloss takes a deep dive into the causes of these toxic behaviors and emotions and shares strategies on how to eliminate them from your organization. Please follow along and contribute to the discussion of belonging on LinkedIn. We will be breaking d...

Ownership is the extreme emotional and psychological commitment of your team member to the vision, purpose, and goals of the organization. When people have ownership, they do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it by their boss. Owners are always looking for ways to improve themselves, the team, and the organization. Owners consistently challenge the status quo...

There is one constant in life and business, Change. The difference between companies that thrive and those that struggle to succeed is how they manage change. This week, I sat down with UNLV Leadership Instructor, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and organizational consultant Sam Palazzolo and we took a deep dive into leading organizational change. With more than 20 years of leadership experience, S...

The most successful leaders get it right when it matters the most. These leaders possess strong self-leadership skills.  Self-leadership is how we express our abilities, knowledge, skills, values, passions, and positions. In this episode, Forbes Leadership Contributor Tony Gambill shares his research-based self-leadership SOAR model, the top two reasons leaders fail, and how to be successful...

This week, we take a deep dive into the neuroscience of leadership. In the words of Maya Angelou, "People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but they will never forget the way you make them feel." In this episode, Jennifer Thornton talks about the two basic emotions we feel as human beings, how to create new neuropathways and responses in our brains, actionable steps to crea...

If we want to solve conflict, we have to start digging. In this episode, Liz Kislik shares her 5 step approach to solving conflict in the workplace and takes a deep dive into strategies that will make us all better leaders. Liz's TedX Talk, "Why there's so much conflict at work and what you can do to fix it." has reached more than 285,000 people. Click here to check it out. Click here for a full t...

Throughout our careers, many of us will find ourselves in tough  situations at work that conflict with our values.  What we do in these moments defines us as people and leaders and sets a course for our future thoughts, actions, and behaviors.  These moments set the tone for honesty, personal dignity, fairness, justice, character, and integrity, and the set the organizational cultur...

When leaders show up authentically and with integrity, it allows our people to show up as their authentic selves and live and work with integrity. In this episode, Mike Horne teaches us how to lead as our authentic selves and shares strategies and concepts from his 20+ years of leadership experience and from his new book, "Integrity by Design: Living and Working Authentically." Click here for a fu...

The modern-day father of Employee Engagement, Forbes Columnist, Keynote Speaker, and New York Times Best Selling Author Kevin Kruse shares how to create massive emotional commitment, loyalty and employee engagement. When we create great work cultures with high levels of employee engagement, we reduce turnover, we reduce the recruiting costs, we reduce lost productivity because you are always train...

Great leaders are great multipliers. Next-level leaders fulfill their duty and responsibility to help people shatter self-limiting beliefs and reach their full potential through a very powerful relationship called, “Mentorship”. In this episode, Dr. Vince Molinaro shares the power of mentorship and the strategies to not just help people reach their full potential, but to change their life.  &...

Do you want to take employee loyalty, commitment, dedication, innovation, and passionate, discretionary effort to the next level within your team and organization? Do you truly want to unleash the full potential of your human capital? If the answer is yes, then this episode is for you. During this conversation, world renowned leadership expert Dr. Jeffrey Magee and I talk about the 3 factors that...

In this episode, Terry McDougall shares the real life struggles she faced trying to move up in the corporate world, the impact of great mentors, and the strategies she used to reach success.  Terry shared powerful stories and strategies about how to deal with a toxic boss, the importance of seeing yourself objectively, and how to create a mindset for success. Click here for the transcript of...

My great friend Andre Williams shares his powerful story of how overcoming Stage 4 cancer drove home what he believes is a leader's greatest asset, humility. In this episode, we talk about the power of humility, authenticity, respect, and the reality check that we all as leaders must face.  This episode dives deep into key components of 21st Century Leadership. To view the transcript, click h...

So many business owners and executives want to take their team to the next level, but being successful takes much more than vision and ambition.  There are very specific steps and considerations companies must take through this endeavor. During this episode, Daniel Marcos walks us through this transformational process. To view the transcript, click here. Click here to get the materials Daniel...

Caring is more of an art than a science and leaders who master this art create high performing teams and cultures that achieve organizational excellence. In this episode, Heather Younger takes a deep dive into the strategies, execution and results of caring leadership. To check out the full transcript, click here. To purchase Heather's new book, "The Art of Caring Leadership: How Leading with Hear...

In this episode, Molly McGrath shares high-level hiring strategies that allow leaders to get it right the first time. Molly also shares strategies leaders can employee from the date of hire to ensure they have selected the right candidate and provides a format that makes it clear when it is time to part ways with a new employee. During the conversation, Molly talked about the 5-minute phone interv...

In this episode, Danny sits down with world-renowned trust expert David Horsager, and David shares the 8 Pillars of Trust and then takes a deep dive into how to become a Trusted Leader. Take advantage of a special offer by purchasing "The Trusted Leader" through this link . If you purchase through this link, you will receive access to 70 videos from the Trusted Leader Institute, a value of $1,000....

In this episode, CEO and Founder of Sales BQ and House of Revenue Mary Grothe shares the leadership revelation and transformation she experienced during COVID. In the midst of challenge and adversity, Mary realized that while she had scaled her company from $500,000 to $1.5 million in one year, what she was really scaling was chaos, incredible stress, and suppressing work environment of micromanag...

A leader's ability to communicate, especially during difficult conversations, is essential for her or his success. During this episode, Luis Gonzales shares numerous strategies on how to have these fierce conversations and still strengthen relationships, create a positive culture, and improve results. Check out the full transcript here . Follow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadersh...

In this episode, L. Scott Ferguson shares his incredible journey of challenge and adversity to champion. Fergie's father was killed during the Vietnam War and he was displaced from his family. Fergie's journey left him feeling abandoned until being adopted from an orphanage by his loving parents. His mission in life is to make sure everyone feels like they have someone.  During our conversati...

How do you create a culture that is open and transparent, inclusive and empowering, trusting and accepting and still hit the target? If you as a leader want to “win”, you have to win in two ways. You have to win in the business and you have to win the hearts and minds of your people.  To do this, you have to care. You have to care about the target and the goals, and you have to care about the...

We are taking a page from Gary Vee and mixing it up a little. I sat down with my good friend, Bill Wooditch, this week on The Unstoppables Podcast and found myself on the other side of the microphone.  It was a great conversation with so many takeaways.  We took a deep dive into empathy, critical leadership lessons I have learned over the past 25 years, and leadership skills that create...