Master of Business Leadership Podcast

MBL Minute: Q And A Why Is Authentic Communication A Key Soft Skill   Episode Notes   In a look back to Episode 30 "Soft Skills," Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas highlight why authentic communication is a cornerstone soft skill in the work environment and how it can be highlighted through the development of our emotional intelligence.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please s...

MBL Minute: Patience And One Million Dollars   Episode Notes     Patience   Having patience while setting challenging goals is the key to better results.  There is no guarantee we will achieve them but we are willing to endure the fear and discomfort of moving through the process.  Connecting with a harmonious passion to achieve a desired result that resonates with us becomes our motivation.     O...

Episode #32: The Artist's Journey   The artist's journey answers the two fundamental questions of our existence.  Who am I and why am I here.  The artist's journey begins once mastery of a skill or behavior has been achieved.  During the process of becoming a master our level of awareness and competence reaches a point where our actions and responses become largely instinctual.  We know what to do...

MBL Minute: Amateur Or Professional And Emotions, Thoughts And Actions   Episode Notes   Amateur or Professional   Overcoming our resistance to change is far more important than any gift or talent we may possess.  We need to manage our emotions in order to lead and inspire others to want to follow our example.  Our ability to overcome resistance, self-sabotage, and self-doubt is way more important...

MBL Minute: C - Suite And Smart People Or Crazy People   Episode Notes   C-Suite   Success as a C-Suite executive is becoming more challenging without a high level of emotional intelligence.  Most executives underestimate its value and importance.  There has been a high selection pressure for IQ within corporations with relatively little variation at the executive level.  Conversely there has been...

MBL Minute: Q And A How Do Executives Place Value To Their Organizational Culture   Episode Notes   A look back at feature length Episode 27, "Value Creation" where Phil Johnson and Artbur Geringas discuss how executives and HR departments can shift their focus of seeing the organizational workforce from labour costs to assets. By curating the growth of those assets through the development of thei...

MBL Minute: Strategic Action And The Politics Of Fear And Anger   Episode Notes   Strategic Action   We need to recognize the difference between actions we are taking and the results we are creating.  Our actions need to "move the needle" toward the Vision of our desired results.  We need to shift the focus from how much we do to the impact of those actions.  Most of us work too hard on activities...

MBL Minute: Knowing And Learning And Brain And Mind   Episode Notes   Knowing  and Learning   It would be a mistake to believe that if you know something you have learned that thing.  These are two separate and distinct processes.  The act of knowing requires intellectual labor whereas the act of learning takes emotional labor.  Learning comes from the actions we take based upon what we know.    B...

MBL Minute: Q And A Why The Executive Needs To Lead Change   Episode Notes   In a look back to Episode 28, "Angels, Demons And Middle Management," Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas discuss how middle management can facilitate safe work environments and expand the conversation to discuss the middle management's role in curating culture of an organization.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like...

MBL Minute: Someday And The Joy Of Discomfort   Episode Notes   Someday   In has been estimated only five percent of the population is living on purpose.  The choices we make today, in the present moment, can determine the trajectory of our future success.  We often make poor decisions today and later rationalize those choices by telling ourselves we will make better decisions tomorrow.  We way we...

Episode #31: Worst Case Scenario   There is an old saying…  It's not what happens, it's what happens next.  The motivation to face worst case possibilities comes from an emotional connection to the Vision of a desired result that is stronger than our fear.  These situations require our emotional labor.  This is how we reconnect with our authentic selves while developing our emotional intelligence....

MBL Minute: Awakening And Change Your Frequency Change Your Results   Episode Notes   Awakening   "Now I feel like I have this translation layer between my unconscious urges and my actions."   This comment made by  Andrew Wright , a recent guest on the podcast and an MBL alumnus, was a very wise reflection.  We don't know what we don't know but once we find out there is no turning back.   Once beg...

MBL Minute: Q And A Why The Executive Needs To Lead Change   Episode Notes   In a look back to  Episode 20 "Career Advancement,"  Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas discuss discuss a key for executives to assess their organization ... and that is their assessment of themselves and the emotional intelligence by which they lead.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to...

MBL Minute: Standard Of Performance And Good And Bad Habits   Episode Notes   A Standard of Performance   The way you do anything is the way you do everything.  When you implement an effective standard of performance within an organization successful outcomes occur without having to focus on them (non-attachment to outcome).  The results take care of themselves when you focus on and master the pro...

MBL Minute: Q And A Freelancers Versus Entrepreneurs   Episode Notes   In a look back to Episode 20 "Career Advancement," Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas discuss the differences between freelancers who work with an organization on a specific task and entrepreneurs. The conversation looks at their potential emotional effect on the culture within an organization.   Thanks so much for listening!  If...

MBL Minute: Genius Mastery And Ego Or Authentic Self   Episode Notes   Genius Mastery   This requires a conscious, deliberate and extended practice.  If we are learning to master a complex skill such as flying a jet or participating in a triathlon we must first master a series of simpler micro skills, one on top of another.  Each time one skill becomes automatic, through a process brain researcher...

MBL Minute: Creating Leaders And Community   Episode Notes   Creating Leaders   Authentic, emotionally intelligent leaders are not born they are made.  These are the types of individuals and organizations people are inspired to trust and follow.  The Harvard Business Review has called emotional intelligence a revolutionary paradigm shifting idea.   By reconnecting with our authentic selves while d...

MBL Minute: Q And A What Are The A-B-Cs Of Leadership   Episode Notes   In a visit back to Episode 19 "The Future of Leadership," Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas discuss the the most fundamental aspects (The A-B-Cs) for leadership to emerge and the factors that challenge that growth.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business Leadership  and rate...

MBL Minute: Bridge To Action And Magical Results   Episode Notes   The Bridge to Action   The bridge to action is  emotion .  If you think about where you are and where you want to be, that's thinking.  The bridge that turns thinking into action and results is emotion.  The thinking or rational part of our brain is incapable of initiating action or generating results.  How we show up emotionally i...

Episode #30: Soft Skills   The so called soft skills of authenticity and emotional intelligence are anything but soft.   They are the key to becoming a trusted advisor to those you serve.  These are soft skills that produce hard results. We need a coherent method for improving soft skills among talented people.  Often when a company is struggling financially the first thing to go out the window is...

MBL Minute: Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Privacy And Enlightened Leadership   Episode Notes   Ruth Bader Ginsburg   The  notorious RBG  has been speaking truth to power from her seat on the  US Supreme Court  for over two decades.  Her authentic, emotionally intelligent leadership has been evident throughout her life.  She has been following her own path rather than conforming to the views of others. ...

MBL Minute: The Key And Transforming Decisions To Habits   Episode Notes   The Key    Authentic emotionally intelligent leaders say "I'm going this way.  Would you like to come with me?"  Leadership and management are fundamentally different.  The former requires risk and inspired followers whereas the latter focuses on control.   The lack of authentic, emotionally intelligent leadership is the ro...

MBL Minute: Q And A Love and Hate In Leadership   Episode Notes   A visit back the Episode 6, "Happiness And Emotional Intelligence" with conversational topics about the role of happiness in organizations and an identification of some of the brain hormones that are released in the happiness process.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business Leade...

MBL Minute: Wisdom, Experience And Perspective   Episode Notes   Wisdom and Experience   We need to improve our ability to make choices based upon wisdom rather than experience.   It is an awareness and understanding of the choices we are making and the effects of those choices.  Wisdom requires us to move beyond our paradigm and become more fully present.  Authentic emotionally intelligent indivi...

MBL Minute: The Practice Of Mastery And Lincoln's Emotional Labor   Episode Notes   The Practice of Mastery   Every master has developed a strong emotional connection to the Vision of their desired result.  This is what creates the motivation to take action but it is the going practice of those actions that creates mastery.  We all aspire to mastery but the path is always long and sometimes rocky....