Leading Leaders Podcast by StoryPowerAcademy.com Studio with Host and Exectuive Coach J Loren Norris

IS IT A CONSPIRACY IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IT?  IS IT A CONSPIRACY EVEN IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE? There are so many “hidden agendas” in society today it is becoming very difficult to truly identify “original intent” or “genuine intent.” Many services and products today, dare I say most... OK ALL products and services are produced and provided at a cost to the producer and pro...

​IF YOU CAN DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF, YOUR DREAM IS LIKELY SELFISH, SELF CENTERED, SELF SEEKING. ​ When the dream is about impacting the lives of others in a significant way, the work required to pull it off is generally more than one person can handle. Think back to all the great accomplishments of human achievement. Whether the first jet powered aircraft, the first rocket to reach the moon, the fir...

CAN YOU LEAD WELL? IF SOMEONE WERE FOLLOWING CLOSELY WOULD THEY “GET THERE?”  It’s amazing how often leaders, myself included believe they have given clear, concise and applicable instructions for a given assignment.  Recent I was chatting with another coach after a weekend training. We both marveled at the depth of some of the questions asked by those in attendance. What I realized was...

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN BIGOTRY WAS A GOOD THING? Ya. Me neither.  I found and shared a personal recording from the crowd at a recent appearance of a rapper. This video was not polished, produced, edited for the best sound bites, cleaned up to make just the right impression. It was (or at least it appears to be) amateur footage recorded live and shared on YouTube.  The footage includes some...

​WHAT YOU DO FOR OTHERS WILL LAST!  If you asked yourself honestly “What am I the best in the world at?” How clear is the answer to you? Is there any one thing in your life where you often hear others say how incredible you are at doing that thing? Is there any one thing in your life which lights you up when you do it? Is there any one thing in your life which comes so easily to you, you...

CAN YOU REALLY HANDLE THE SUCCESS YOU ARE SEEKING? Like Amazon, Toys R Us, Circuit City and many professional athletes a rising star faces many obstacles which will test your metal! It’s important the set you goals high. It’s important to reach beyond yourself and strive for growth, improvement and opportunity. It is also important to begin that journey with a significant set of core values and fo...

WHAT VALUE HAS A FAKE CRY WHEN YOU’RE PRESENTING?  If you’re in the audience and the speaker or teacher cries over a story that has no real emotion, how do your respond?  Here are a few realities of leadership communication which many people face because they have been given bad advice.  THE BAD ADVICE OFTEN SOUNDS LIKE THIS: 1. EMOTION IS POWERFUL WHEN SPEAKING 2. EMOTION SHOULD BE...

Will you still treasure and deliver the gift if no one is watching? WHAT IF NO ONE FOLLOWS? WHAT IF NO ONE LISTENS OR WATCHES? Will you still treasure and deliver the gift? "We all have gifts, talents and abilities. They are designed to enhance and activate our dreams, but more than that, they are gifts for the world around us and not just for us. IT"S NOT ABOUT YOU!" J Loren Norris Watch the vide...

THANK A VETERAN!  I know the truth. Not every veteran of the US Armed Forces over the last century served voluntarily. I also know not all served honorably. I also know not all served with the same level of risk, danger and effectiveness. Yet all served.  Women and men who sacrifice a season of life to protect and defend our great nation do so because they believe in and honor something...

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Your Ideas Are Seeds, You Are The Soil! WHERE IS ALL THE POTENTIAL STORED? The acorn is a seed. It is not a giraffe seed, not an elephant seed, not an airplane seed it is an oak tree seed. Do you know what comes from an acorn? An oak tree. Nothing else can come from an oak tree. You know what comes from a pine cone? Not an oak tree! Only a pine tree! Did you know that an acorn or a pine cone left...

LEADERS MUST BE REALISTIC ABOUT THEIR PAST. WHAT SOME SEE AS QUALIFICATION OTHERS SEE AS DISQUALIFICATION.  It seems odd how many people challenge the rights, wisdom and authority of a leaders. Some will challenges the leader because they believe it should be them. Some will challenge the leader because they have a differing opinion on how things should be done. Some will question the leader...

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG AND HUNGRY ENTREPRENEURS GONE? WHAT IMPACT IS THAT HAVING ON SOCIETY? When you hear talks and presentations from the last generation or two it is not uncommon for them to mention their first “job”. In fact many of them talk about how they earned money on their own before they were teenagers. That entrepreneurial spirit seems to be fading. What goes with it? Here are three...

WHAT IF THE TOXIC PERSON IN YOUR WORKPLACE WAS YOU? WOULD YOU KNOW IT? WOULD YOU OWN IT? I want to describe three basic toxic people which can be found in many if not most work environments. You decide if any of these describe you and whether or not you are willing to change. 1. GARBAGE TRUCKS I get this one from Dr John C Maxwell. These are the people who show up in your work space and dump all t...

DO YOU GIVE 100% TO EVERYTHING? Not likely. So WHAT DO YOU GIVE 100% to? Watch the video #leadingleaderspodcast 10/30/19. LEADING LEADERS PODCAST with J Loren Norris providing daily leadership video lessons promoting faith, family and freedom for Tell It Like It Is TV . Blog & Online Courses - www.jlorennorris.com Copyright 2019 Tell It Like It Is, Inc. All rights reserved. Photo by Frame King...

YOUR MONEY HAS A CHAIN OF CUSTODY! DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM? Does it matter to you as a leader? In Congo and other similar places around the world, exports are highly scrutinized. In some cases it is illegal to export certain things like illicit drugs or banned substances. In other cases there is nothing illegal or illicit about the commodity, like diamonds, cobalt, avocados or cocoa but the...

Who knew food could be a leadership tool for manipulation? From the makers of “human food” who copyright and trademark the process to the impact of giant food mills on the quality of the food we have a global consumerism problem with food. In many places on earth they are called “subsistence farmers”. Generally meaning, the grow food because they must in order to survive. Put another way, they liv...

DIGITAL NATION BUILDING. A NEW NORM IN LEADERSHIP? WHICH PEOPLE GROUP REPRESENTS 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE, HAS ITS OWN GOVERNANCE WITHOUT ELECTIONS AND ITS OWN GLOBAL CURRENCY? What is the impact on leadership thinking when the models of oversight, administration, nation building and national alliances are all turned on their ear? How do we model going forward when every political system of the past 100...

THE WORDS YOU USE ARE THE WORDS YOU CHOOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS YOU THINK - TOGETHER THEY DESCRIBE AND DEFINE YOUR LIFE. It’s a loop my friends. A loop. I suggest you get a serious grip on the conversations going on around your dinner table, with your friends over coffee or at work. Those conversations do two very important things. 1. They inform your mind on what is truth (whether it is or not). If y...

WHAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE? What if the answer is so ambiguous only a select few can actual tell you what it is? What if that is by design because the artful vagary form of hypnotism is being applied in the process of using the words? What if both of those questions must be answered in the affirmative? Social Justice has a definition and a purpose. It has an agenda, a plan and a political will of its...

THE MIND MATTERS. GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT.  HOW DOES THIS EFFECT SEX EDUCATION? WATCH THIS VIDEO SOON BEFORE IT IS REMOVED!! If you missed sharing it with concerned parents, send them to jlorennorris . Com/podcast and search “the mind matters”. This is a serious issue regarding kids and content and needs to be top of mind for parents of school aged children in every state in the US. Watch the...

TO WHOM DO YOU LEND YOUR VOICE?    If you have worked hard to build a reputation as a credible and integrity driven leader, one wrong alliance or friendship can sink your efforts. Think of all the TV dramas where the confidential informant turns out to be feeding bad information to the police because they fear the bad guys more. Or think of all the times the undercover law enforcement ac...

LEADERS MUST BALANCE DISCRETION WITH AUTHENTIC TRANSPARENCY. When you realize the magnitude of what you know you suddenly tremble with fear at the thought of what someone else, anyone else can know about you. Last night I heard a poignant phrase on a TV drama I am found of called “Seal Team”. I know the show is made up and most of what happens is over aggrandized but this statement rings so true i...

ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS AS A LEADER IS READING PEOPLE.  Some people are hard to read because they are introverts and don’t really want to be “known” anyway.  Some people wear their emotions on their sleeve making them somewhat volatile, unpredictable and hard to lead.  Some people pretend to be transparent, open, honest and direct but really they are manipulation everyone ar...

#1- How we connect has changed. This change requires serious intentionality to remain connected and relevant. This change requires serious intentionality to remain connected and relevant. #2 - Controversy Sells Viral podcasts can be created with controversy which increase ears and eye balls. This is a win for numbers, ie. views, downloads and sponsors. “Soap Boxing” can destroy a brand like any mi...