The Craig and Greg Show

Effective leaders set goals for their organization. Maybe it's a quarterly sales goal, a yearly roadmap, or even a five year vision. However, have you thought about what the plan is when leadership changes? Far too many businesses have no plan for a leadership change, and suffer as a result when the transition inevitably comes. It's never too early to begin planning for the eventual next stage of...

Leadership is not an exact science. There's no one size fits all solutions, or scores you can use to compare to yourself to other leaders. So what can you do as a leader to get insight into how effective your leadership is? For this, Craig and Greg love assessments. They're not tests you can pass or fail, but instead powerful tools to provide objective insight into the effectiveness of your leader...

Leaders need to be lifelong learners in order to remain effective. One of Craig and Greg's favorite ways to learn is reading! Join us today as they break down their love of reading, and how it has improved their leadership skills.

In this episode of the Craig and Greg Show, the guys discuss motivation in leadership. They cover everything from personalizing your motivation to fit individual team members to self-assessing your own personal motivation. This episode provides great insight to help you better encourage your team to succeed, you won't want to miss it!

In this episode of The Craig and Greg Show , the guys talk about maintaining friendships in a leadership position. They discuss the importance of having different kinds of friends, leaning on friends to help recharge, and pushing back against the idea that it has to be lonely at the top.

We have a periodic series on leadership builders and killers. There isn't a more helpful builder than taking responsibility, and there isn't a more glaring killer than passing the blame. 

How did Craig and Greg meet to form The Craig And Greg Show team? We give you the inside scoop on this latest episode of our leadership podcast.  

Honoring others is almost a secret weapon for leaders because so few honor others well. On this episode of The Craig And Greg Show the guys unpack this hidden gem. 

On this episode, the guys are talking about how play time can maximize a leader's work time.  

For leaders to be truly effective leaders, they must be generous leaders. Generosity is not just about money—it touches everything a leader does.

Most leaders overlook the leadership-building potential of forgiveness and the leadership-killing power of grudges. This is what the guys are unpacking on this episode of The Craig And Greg Show. 

Efficient vs effective, quantity vs quality—organizations are always having these debates. It may seem like these will constantly be in conflict, but as the guys lay out in this episode, they don't have to be!

Sometimes effectively leading can be tricky. What works in one circumstance might be ineffective down the road. In this episode the guys talk about how your approach to leadership must change as you navigate through different seasons of leadership. To learn more about how Maximize can help you grow and develop as a leader visit maximizeleadership.com

If leaders are obsessed with a mistake-free environment, they may actually be hurting their organization. The guys discuss the value of mistakes on this episode of The Craig And Greg Show

On this episode of The Craig And Greg Show, the guys talk about what empowerment is and isn't, and why so many leader think they are empowering their team when they are instead just trying to keep themselves in power. 

It is inescapable: leaders will have to deal with problems. On this episode, the guys discuss four types of problems leaders will face, and the strategies for solving those problems.  Watch more episodes by clicking here . 

On this episode of "The Craig And Greg Show," the guys explain how leaders can be more effective by eliminating some priorities.

On this episode of "The Craig And Greg Show," the guys talk about the the most important place we need to lead: In our homes. 

On this episode of The Craig And Greg Show, the guys discuss the huge benefits for leaders who cultivate both personal gratitude and corporate thankfulness. 

Craig and Greg offer a special salute to veterans on Veterans Day, and they discuss all of the lessons other leaders can learn from the members of the US Armed Forces. 

Fear can limit a leader's effectiveness and can cripple a team's motivation. Leaders have to transparently address their own fears before they can help their teammates overcome their fears. As Craig says, "Bravery begins when we admit the fears that we want to overcome."

On this episode, Craig and Greg discuss the importance of hope, how leaders can instill hope in themselves, and how they can pass hope along to their teammates.  At the beginning of the episode, Greg presents a special gift to Craig to commemorate the release of his book  Shepherd Leadership: The Metrics That Really Matter . You can get more information on that book by clicking here . 

We have an ongoing series of leadership builders and killers. The leadership killer we discuss in this episode may surprise many people. 

On this episode of "The Craig And Greg Show," we discuss the importance of leaders becoming and staying mentally healthy.