Master of Business Leadership Podcast

MBL Minute: Q And A Love and Hate In Leadership   Episode Notes   In this excerpt from Episode 19, "The Future of Leadership" Phil Johnson discusses lowering walls and how that is a form of Love in the business environment.      Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business Leadership  and rate and review it wherever you get your podcasts.  It really d...

MBL Minute: Training And Seek First To Understand   Episode Notes   Training   "Training is like sweeping the floor.  Just because we've done it once, doesn't mean the floor is clean forever.  Every day the dust comes back.  Every day we must sweep."   Ryan Holiday   The same can be said for ego and the walls it creates within us.  Ego, left unchecked can destroy individuals and organizations.  Ou...

Episode #29: Town Halls   The town hall meeting is used by governments and companies as an informal way to address issues in their own community or organization.  An executive report is given and then individuals and guests have an opportunity to ask questions, talk about the issues they find important and discuss potential solutions.   A town hall is a place for a conversation and meaningful disc...

MBL Minute: Decisions And A Billion Dollar Idea   Episode Notes   Decisions   In order to harness the power of decision making we need to understand what it means to make a decision.  A true decision means that we remove our self from any other possibility.  Yes means yes and no means no.     There is an additional element that must go hand in hand with a true decision and that is commitment.    ...

MBL Minute: Enjoying Our Fear And Learning   Episode Notes   Enjoying Our Fear   Fear can take us to a lot of interesting places.  Learning how not to be afraid of our fear can help us to wake up and simply enjoy living in the moment.  It can enable us to slow down and have fun with those around us exactly where we are right now.  We can lead and inspire others to move in a positive direction by s...

MBL Minute: Game Changer Bernard Klopfer   Episode Notes   Companies are beginning to focus less on real estate and more on people.  The executives who have chosen to develop their authenticity and emotional intelligence are creating game changing results.  They are creating a global mesh of trusted advisor networks.   When we burn trust we incur a "trust tax"   on future interactions.  Conversely...

MBL Minute: Consumers Are In Charge And Knowledge Vs Experience   Episode Notes   We are largely blind to a huge gap in our education and development.  This gap is responsible for the drama, chaos and conflict we have all experienced.  The work of closely this gap is being embraced by more and more individuals and organizations.  The evidence is overwhelming that authenticity and emotional intelli...

MBL Minute: The Matrix And Vibrational Energy   Episode Notes   We are largely blind to a huge gap in our education and development.  This gap is responsible for the drama, chaos and conflict we have all experienced.  The work of closely this gap is being embraced by more and more individuals and organizations.  The evidence is overwhelming that authenticity and emotional intelligence training rem...

MBL Minute: Q And A Proven Methodologies and Certainty For Execs   Episode Notes   A look back at Episode 22, "Twelve Essentials for Change" where Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas discuss the importance of having a proven methodology in the change process and how executives can be certain that the change initiatives are working.      Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subsc...

MBL Minute: Progress and I Robot   Episode Notes   Progress is rarely if ever easy.  When we take two steps forward the status quo often pressures us to take one step back.   The recognition and acceptance of emotional intelligence as an essential 21 Century skill is working its way through the following progression.  Each revolutionary idea always starts out on the fringe of society.  It is impor...

Episode #28: Angels, Demons And Middle Management   Management's primary function is to maintain and improve upon the existing status quo.  In this process they are often pulled in the direction of the angels or demons within the organization.   Abraham Lincoln sometimes referred to certain people as those with the courage to bringing forth the better angels of their nature.  In contrast to these...

MBL Minute: Moving Through Generations And The Magic Key   Episode Notes   We are standing on the shoulders of all the generations that have come before us.  It is not enough for us to simply read about and admire their challenges and accomplishments. We have our own work to do just as they had their work to accomplish.  We can honor their efforts by working to develop our authenticity and emotion...

MBL Minute: Q and A Why Is Failure Important To Success   Episode Notes   A look back to the conversation from Episode 19, "The Future Of Leadership" where Phil Johnson and Arthur Geringas are discussing failure and having the perspective and perseverance to use it as a motivator to achieve a desired outcome.      Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of B...

MBL Minute: Ant Colonies And Wood vs Heat   Episode Notes   Companies need to focus less on growing their business and more on building organizations that can embrace change.  Any discussion about business, leadership and profit should include ants.  Ant colonies do not have bosses.  Every ant knows their job and they are able to do it without the drama, chaos and conflict we see in most organizat...

MBL Minute: Q and A Controlling Others And Non-attatchment To Outcome   Episode Notes   A look back to Episode 24, "Paradigm Shifts" where questions arose about how we attempt to control others and why non-attatchment to outcome is important.      Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business Leadership  and rate and review it wherever you get your pod...

MBL Minute: Loyalty Integrity And Reflections On Success   Episode Notes   Loyalty and integrity are key virtues.  Their presence is reflected through the authenticity and emotional intelligence of our actions.  Clearly we are all works-in-progress when it comes to these key virtues.  'I trust you' is the greatest compliment we can ever receive.  Trust is a gift that is given to us by others.  We...

MBL Minute: Know Your Why And Truth   Episode Notes   The emotional connection you have with the Vision of your desired results is the key to actually achieving those results.  It will keep you focused on the benefits and rewards while providing the grit to move through the inevitable challenges you will face along the way.  The lifelong journey toward better results, growth and enlightenment will...

MBL Minute: Q And A Position Based Authority   Episode Notes   This MBL Minute looks back to Episode 9, "Management, Leadership and Organizational Development" and looks at the topic of position based authority and offers some identifiers when this type of leadership may be occuring within organizations.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business...

MBL Minute: Our Greatest Gift And Strong Leadership Personalities   Episode Notes   One of our greatest gifts and powers is the ability to be objective when facing life's many challenges.  This allows us the opportunity to move through our fear rather than being controlled by it on the way to better results.  Emotional intelligence enables us to feel our emotions while at the same time watching th...

Episode Notes   Companies are beginning to focus less on real estate and more on people.  The executives who have chosen to develop their authenticity and emotional intelligence are creating game changing results.  They are creating a global mesh of trusted advisor networks.     Our MBL Game Changer highlighted on this Minute is  Joanne Moretti   https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannemoretti/   Joanne...

Episode #27: Value Creation   Historically the market value of a company was often considered to be roughly twice its net asset value.  Now the market value of a growing number of companies is, in some cases,  forty   or   fifty times  their net asset value.  Why the change?  It is because the market is beginning to understand and truly value the importance of the human capital within an organizat...

MBL Minute: The Secret Sauce And The Marshmallow Experiment   Episode Notes   The word grit has often been used to refer to the secret sauce behind most high level achievement.  There has been no clear consensus about why only some people appear to have this ability.  In my experience, it is the practice of doing emotional labor that develops an individual's grittiness.   It comes from a strong em...

MBL Minute: Q and A Safe Work Environments   Episode Notes   This MBL Minute looks back to Episode 7, "The Primary Responsibility of Every Executive" and discusses some key aspects about how executives can cultivate safe working environments where innovation can be encouraged.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of Business Leadership  and rate and rev...

MBL Minute: Handling Leadership And Changing Our Results   Episode Notes   If you can handle being different, standing out from the crowd, your life should be quite interesting.  When you let your light shine you give others permission to do the same.  As you are liberated from your own fear your presence automatically liberates others.   When you move outside of your comfort zone the wolves aroun...

MBL Minute: Q and A Vision And The Present Moment   Episode Notes   In this look back at Episode 23, "The Gift of Sight" Arthur Geringas and Phil Johnson discuss the nuances of maintaining the emotional attachment to the vision of a desired result while being aware of the current atmosphere within an organization.   Thanks so much for listening!  If you like the show please subscribe to  Master of...