The Grounded Leader Podcast

Brittany Gentilhomme is an Assistant Superintendent at R.C. Mathews Contractor and serves on the board of the National Association of Women in Construction.

Dr. Surekha Nair is a leader offering over 25 years in strategic HR management. In this episode, we discuss leading high performing teams. ⁠⁠Follow me on LinkedIn⁠⁠ for leadership training.

Charlie Marx is a leader with 15+ years experience in operations management. In this Grounded Session, we discuss servant leadership. ⁠Follow me on LinkedIn⁠  for leadership training.

Dr. Surekha Nair is a leader offering over 25 years in strategic HR management. In this episode, we discuss leading high performing teams. ⁠Follow me on LinkedIn⁠ for leadership training.

Dr. Surekha Nair is a leader offering over 25 years in strategic HR management. In this episode, we discuss leading high performing teams. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Serge A. Zadi is a leader with over a decade of experience in operations management and language services. This clip is from an exclusive presentation he gave to Grounded Leader Academy students.

It’s been said that there is no such thing as bad teams - only bad leaders. But on the subject of high-performance, can a team achieve its highest performance with an average leader?

Charlie Marx is a leader with 15+ years experience in operations management. In this Grounded Session, we discuss the high stakes of leadership. Follow me on LinkedIn  for leadership training.

I want you to imagine a pipe and along this pipe, you have two valves. These valves, when adjusted, restrict flow through the pipe when tightened, and allow flow when loosened. So this pipe represents your professional life and the flow represents getting hired and getting promoted- being successful in your professional life generally. These two valves represent the constraints on your career grow...

It’s the nature of management that you will have to tell people the same thing over and over again. Sometimes it can be tiresome, but the fact of the matter is: most people aren’t going to hold to the standards 100% of the time. With that being said, not all managers are going to enforce the standards 100% of the time. And is that OK? Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Charlie Marx is a leader with 15+ years experience in operations management. In this Grounded Session, we discuss the high stakes of leadership. Follow me on LinkedIn  for leadership training.

When you approach an educational resource - a degree or certificate -  think backwards from the desired outcome, don't think forward from an undesirable state. Imagine in your mind what it’s going to look like when you have achieved the outcome and work backward to identify the steps you need to take to achieve it.  This approach helps you stay focused and motivated by giving you a clear sense...

Would you rather be respected or be liked? This is something leaders have struggled with forever because humans are social beings and the need to belong is in our DNA. It also doesn’t help that from an early age, people are programmed to be agreeable and likable, and to conform.

Charlie Marx is a leader with 15+ years experience in operations management. In this Grounded Session, we discuss the high stakes of leadership. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Something you will hear throughout the self-reliance course is that companies/clients hire people who provide value. Knowing this, it becomes important for job seekers to be intentional about their education - to ensure they are learning real skills that can translate to providing value. The value you provide will largely determine your compensation. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Visionary leaders see things before they become a reality. While being a visionary is an extraordinary leadership gift, it’s also a liability for a leader who lacks focus and clarity on what is most important. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

Charlie Marx is a leader with 15+ years experience in operations management. In this Grounded Session, we discuss leading with influence rather than with your authority. Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

No one in your organization should be doing things their way. There should be no proprietary knowledge when it comes to your team members’ expertise. Everyone needs to know how to succeed. The most skilled employees on the team should be dedicating time to bring up the next generation of top performers. But that’s not normally how it works, and why is that?

In sports, if you asked what success means, someone might say success is having more points on the scoreboard than the other team at the end of the game. But then someone might say, “No, it’s about winning the championship!” That’s more strategic and long-term. A more holistic approach might be to consider each successful play over the course of the entire season, how quickly the team recovered fr...

Getting a new person up to speed takes intention. You have to look at every day, every shift, every moment as invaluable. As a leader who wants to duplicate themselves or scale their experienced team, you have to be opportunistic. 

Job Reality #1 Employers pay well for some jobs and very little for others.  But there are options: Pick jobs that pay little but do a lot of them. Less stable. Fewer skills required or developed. Start a career path at an entry level and learn skills along the way. Learn the skills upfront and apply to higher paying jobs. Low paying, high volume jobs include gigs, like delivery services or simple...

Our leadership roles are temporary - we will either die or somebody better replaces us. But finding somebody better to replace us doesn’t always mean we lose our jobs. It could mean we get promoted again and someone takes over our responsibilities. How does that happen? Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training!

There are so many options when it comes to education. There are also options on how we leverage the education or training we receive to earn more money and become self reliant. For example, we can use education to get a new job or we can grow in the role we currently are in - we can seek a promotion or a raise - or we can choose to work for ourselves and use our knowledge and skills to serve other...

Leaders must rise above ambiguity and remain relevant if they hope to establish something long-term.  Follow me on LinkedIn for leadership training.

How do you prioritize tasks?