The Exceptional Leadership podcast with Anita Brooks

Patti Reed understands smart communication and the power of conversational intelligence. Her book, Face to Face: Smart Conversations with Yourself, Your Teenager, and Your Young Adult (a 30-day devotional), easily translates to leadership. After all, have you ever heard yourself say, "I feel like more of a babysitter than a leader."? The fact is, human nature doesn't change. What we find effective...

Marcie J. Keithley, author of The Shoebox Effect, joins Anita Brooks on The Exceptional Leadership podcast. In this stirring episode about the dos and don'ts for leaders who are dealing with challenged or even traumatized employees, Anita and Marcie discuss a seldom often truth--people cannot leave their problems at the door, those issues follow them wherever they go. Accepting, acknowledging, and...

In this inspiring episode, Anita Brooks interviews entrepreneur, Daniel Thompson, founder of Daniel Thompson Film and Photography. (Insider insight: Daniel created Anita's amazing book trailer for Getting Through What You Can't Get Over found on YouTube.) Anytime we are operating our own businesses we are influencing others, we simply must exercise intentionality to influence exceptionally well. F...

Angela Marie Christian joins host Anita Brooks to discuss exceptional leadership self-care, self-talk, mindfulness, and being present. These are crucial areas that every leader needs to acknowledge and exercise intentionality to stay sharp and on top of their game. Find out more about Angela Marie Christian here: https://www.angelamariechristian.com and learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching...

In this positive and uplifting episode, Anita interviews award-winning author, book editor, and publisher, Amy C. Williams (a/k/a A.C. Williams). Amy influences many people exceptionally well, but recently, she's found an especially engaged and grateful audience through her Always Peachy daily devotionals newsletter . The companion book releases late spring of 2022. But for any leader who needs an...

On the heels of her recent business coaching scope with Marlinda and Dustin Shurback, owners of the gorgeous River Ranch Resort in Noel, Missouri, Anita offers a sneak peek into some of the areas she covers in her work with clients. In part two, Anita interviews Dustin, as they discuss management training, exercises, activities, and fast successes from their work together. Discover beautiful River...

On the heels of her recent business coaching scope with Marlinda and Dustin Shurback, owners of the gorgeous River Ranch Resort in Noel, Missouri, Anita offers a sneak peek into some of the areas she covers in her work with clients. In part one, Anita interviews Marlinda, as they discuss exercises, activities, and fast successes from their work together. Discover beautiful River Ranch Resort in So...

What does 6,570 days to lead mean? If you are a parent especially, but frankly anyone in leadership, you will not want to miss Anita's interview with Nellie Harden. Nellie is a wife, mom, dreamer and multi-preneur to businesses that are born from experience and serve others with BIG purpose. She is a family life coach helping others build their own extraordinary story while, also, building an unsh...

Deb Crowe, founder of Heart Centered Leadership and fellow podcaster, joins Anita on an episode where they dig into some of the deeper issues leaders face. Leading from the heart is definitely a strength of the brave and couragous.  To discover details about Deb Crowe's coaching, podcast, and other difference making ventures, check out https://debcrowe.com. Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coac...

Whether you're listening at the beginning of a new year, or in July, this episode can help you make a fresh start with fresh faith. This is especially true if you made resolutions, set goals, or created leadership objectives, only to find yourself falling short. But one of the biggest challenges we face in achieving what we set our minds on, is the drive to over-complicate. In this episode, Anita...

Conflicts often occur between supervisors or managers and their direct reports--more often than you might think. But how should you handle it when this happens? In this episode, Anita shares a common leadership conflict point, and offers guidance on how to navigate challenging battles between the minds.  Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita...

For over 25 years, Anita Brooks has been a student of human personality, and for the majority of that time, a certified personality trainer. In the past two decades, she's done deeper research, study, and applied what she's learned, benefitting herself and her clients, through the development of the P4 Personality Perspective™. She worked hard to create a system simple enough to remember and actua...

For over 25 years, Anita Brooks has been a student of human personality, and for the majority of that time, a certified personality trainer. In the past two decades, she's done deeper research, study, and applied what she's learned, benefitting herself and her clients, through the development of the P4 Personality Perspective™. She worked hard to create a system simple enough to remember and actua...

Improving employee engagement is an evergreen requested topic in Anita Brooks's P4 Power Coaching™ business. Let's face it, engaged and plugged in employees are more productive and perform better, raising profitability for the organizations they work for. But enhancing engagement does not have to be complicated or costly--these simple secrets provide powerful returns for leadership investments.  L...

Leadership means caring for people--your customers and employees alike--and exceptional leaders are not afraid to show they care. In this episode, Nathan Deppenbrock, co-owner of two businesses: Canoe Kentucky and Kentucky River Tours, shares his insights about building a business based on relationship. Today, he works alongside his wife, Allison, and they're successfully enjoying teamwork at home...

A leader's most important role is caring for the people they guide. But if we pour ourselves out without refilling, draining ourselves dry, we are destined to reach a point of emptiness. This may look like burnout, deep depression for the first time, or a leader may simply walk away from years of investment, inexplicably. But this is preventable. Through years of experience in her P4 Power Coachin...

Part 2 of The Stealthy 7 In the second of a two-part series, host Anita Brooks discusses the remaining core invisible drains she's identified through her many years of business coaching through her P4 Power Coaching practice. The Stealthy 7 steal time, energy, and money from organizations and their people, unless we learn how to slay them. Anita's special guest is Darren Dake, host of the Coroner...

Multi-billion dollar corporations as well as small business owners and entrepreneurs all battle The Stealthy 7, whether they realize it or not. In this episode, host Anita Brooks discusses the seven core invisible drains that steal time, energy, and money from organizations and their people with Darren Dake. Darren is the host of the Coroner Talk podcast and founder of The Death Investigation Trai...

It's an epidemic in the midst of a pandemic. A shrinking supply chain of necessary goods, due to a shortage of workers. But why is this happening? In this episode, host Anita Brooks explores the answer to that question and also offers over 10 tips for helping you attract top talent when it seems so few people want to work.  Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listener...

Exceptional leaders don't run FROM the truth--they run TO it! On this episode, we explore bluntly honest insights from an employee in the medical field who brazenly shares information every leader needs to hear. Do you have the courage to listen with an open mind? Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coachin...

Living in the 21st century, more than ever, leaders must be resourceful and resilient. In this episode, Anita Brooks interviews Alex Settles, an executive leader working for American made products company, Ace Manufacturing. They discuss the importance of not only acting resourcefully and resiliently, but about the impact each of these characteristics have on a business and its people. Learn more...

Morale boosters, employee engagement, healthier relationships (personal as well as professional), conflict prevention, efficiency, and organizational profitability. All of these areas are impacted by the simple secret that exceptional leaders understand and implement. It's impossible to influence well if you do not practice this leadership superpower.  Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™...

A mere 17 inches is all it takes for some of us to stretch the bounds, moving us from exceptional leadership to mediocre management . . . at best. In this episode, learn how important it is to set your 17 inches, and then to hold yourself and others accountable if lines are crossed. Great leaders understand the importance of setting clear boundaries and when moving lines could be dangerous to the...

In this short pilot episode of The Exceptional Leadership podcast with host Anita Brooks, she explores the definition of "exceptional" and how that lens impacts our influence on others and in the world.  Learn more about Anita and P4 Power Coaching™ at anitabrooks.com. Listeners can contact Anita with questions or speaking and/or coaching queries at info@anitabrooks.com