Leadership Lifestyle Podcast

Probably the most frustrating thing for leaders regarding team performance, other than incompetence, is your team’s behaviors.  Why do they behave the way they do?  Why don’t they display other, more helpful behaviors?  What about you?  Yes, you……the Leader??  What about your behaviors?  More importantly, what’s driving those behaviors? On this week’s episode of...

Sounds strange but moving on is the same for winning and losing.  Yes, I know, it’s much more glorious to win but you can’t stay there.  You can’t be that person that peaked in high school or did an amazing thing, but yet never expand from that.  Losing also DOES NOT DEFINE you.  It was a moment in time.  That’s it.  On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle...

If you haven’t failed at anything, you haven’t been trying to accomplish enough.  Many of us can’t just stop leading because something has gone wrong.  The big thing is recognizing when you’re failing.  It’s not always noticeable when you’re failing and sometimes it’s painfully obvious.  To really get your leadership chops if you will, you have to know how...

Sounds time consuming to build the team Culture when there is “real work” to be done.  But….what if you don’t?  You know as a leader that building your team Culture is the way to maximize performance and grow people so how do you fit it all in?  On this episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we give you 4 ways to build your team Culture right now!  You’ll be gla...

One of the most debilitating feelings you can have is feeling like you’re never enough.  That mindset changes everything you do.  You feel like you’re the only person that feels that way. Interestingly enough, you’re actually in the majority of how people view themselves.  On this episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll show you what’s really behind that fe...

The short answer is yes.  But…….managers are people too.  Most managers do want to help others and do a good job.  In this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, I’ll discuss the 5 biggest frustrations with managers and more importantly, how you can implement small changes this week to really grow your leadership and your team. Check out this article about 4 Th...

As a Leader, how do you keep going?  Everything is competing for your energy.  I’m talking about your mental energy. When you lead people, everything is competing and depleting your mental energy.  How do you keep the energy you need to lead the way you want to?  Do you create mental gas stations?  What is a mental gas station? On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast...

Every Leader wants to view themselves as a positive leader.  Survey data shows most workers do not believe that.  It’s actually human nature to lean toward being negative.  It’s easier to be negative than positive.  Add in all the distractions of the day-to-day grind, client demands and goal attainment and you start to realize something has to give.  On this week’s episode of the...

Everyone loves to receive recognition.  Then why is it so rare?  Do you let the day-to-day grind get in the way?  Maybe you’re so used to having the same people around you that you take them for granted?  Whatever the case, you need to change.  If you want to lead at the highest levels, providing recognition isn’t just something you need to do, it’s needs to help define who you a...

We’ve all heard the expression, short term gain-long term pain.  That’s what happens when teams are managed through fear like, hit these numbers or else.  It’s also an incredibly lazy way to lead people. In fact, I wouldn’t consider you a leader if this is what you do.  On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, I’ll explain that your Culture le...

One of the most challenging things a leader will do is take over a new team.  Sure, you might think that you are taking charge, and they are there to serve you.  Actually, it’s the other way around.  You must serve them.  You must guide them.  The building of trust is on you not them.  All too often new leaders lose a lot of human capital and a lot of time by started the wrong way with their...

When most people think of work life balance, they key in on the word balance.  It simply cannot be and exact balance.  Maybe someday you’ll get to an income level that doesn’t require you to work so much.  That is very rare compared to most people.  Many people will tell you that your job or profession shouldn’t be your identity anymore.  That, there is more to who you are.  They...

Yes, I know, the old saying goes it takes years to build trust but only seconds to break it!  I’m not saying that’s false, but most relationships you’ll have will only take seconds to build trust.  If fact, the long term trust you build with someone actually did occur it seconds.  On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, I’ll break it down, share so...

We’ve all heard the expression, short term gain-long term pain.  That’s what happens when teams are managed through fear like, hit these numbers or else.  It’s also an incredibly lazy way to lead people. In fact, I wouldn’t consider you a leader if this is what you do.  On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, I’ll explain that your Culture le...