The Lead Every Day Show

The third move that high performance organizations make: build the culture. No, we're not talking about bean bag chairs and burritos on Fridays. Most leaders say culture is important, but it's not a priority. Mark and Randy kick off the week looking at how to build the kind of culture that takes you to the next level.

Why should you care about growing leaders? If you're stuck there, then ask yourself the next question: what is your organization capable of? Leaders are the indispensible levers to move the world, and leaders make sure your organization is doing the right things. The stakes are really high, and Mark and Randy explain exactly what you could see if you take this to heart and truly bet on leader...

Many leaders haven't seen a development plan outside of perhaps a performance plan. So what should an individual leadership development plan look like? While there's not a perfect template, there are some basics that should be at the center of developing a plan.  Want to help yourself or your leaders start to discover some of their critical gaps? Text "UNCOMMON" to 66866 and ta...

Some organizations have too few leaders. Others might have too many! Can you really have too many leaders? Like a lot of questions Mark and Randy answer...it just depends. Find out what that means on today's episode.

If you're a leader or business owner who "doesn't have time" to focus on growing more leaders, you're not alone—but you don't have to stay there. The truth is you may be caught in quicksand—an area of your business you're stuck in that sucks up all of your time and energy. Mark and Randy have some ways to get unstuck.  One of the ways is with the free Smart Leade...

With all of this talk about leadership development programs, there are some natural questions that arise when we enter this territory. This week Mark and Randy are answering some of the big ones, starting with why so many organizations have a shortage of leaders. Let Mark and Randy help train your leaders through Lead Every Day Academy. Go to https://leadeverydayacademy.com to sign you and your te...

The last step in betting on leadership is one that you'll never stop doing: repeat and reinvent. You'll repeat the first few steps over and over again, making tweaks and revisions as you go. If you want to become a high performance organization, this will be your rhythm to get better at leadership.

Evaluation is all about one thing: helping your leaders improve. But it's not as simple as a "how are you doing" check-in. You need specific behavioral examples that line up with your point-of-view on leadership. That way, you can help a leader grow in either performance or their own leadership. Mark and Randy expand on this and more on today's episode.

There's one caveat to training your leaders: you have to define what leadership is, establish your goals, and build your scorecard first. Otherwise, you'll wind up with "random acts of training" and will get little to no traction. Mark and Randy discuss how to effectively train leaders as the next step in the process of betting on leadership and moving toward being a high perfo...

Why should you have a leadership scorecard? And what's the difference between your scorecard and your leadership goals? Mark and Randy unpack the why behind scorecards for leadership, and give some examples of what could and should be on yours.

Goals are powerful. Leadership goals are transformative. But where do you start? If your business has a good bench of leaders or you're just starting out, Mark and Randy provide direction on how to set leadership goals.

The leader can't do it all, and they need someone to help them think about leadership more than they do. Hoping leaders emerge is not a strategy. Someone has to intentionally focus on it—so name your champion and enlist some help. Mark and Randy will tell you how to start.

The first move that high performance organizations make: bet on leadership. But first, you have to define what leadership is in your organization. Otherwise each team will make leaders differently. And if there are different definiteions in your organization, that's a problem. If you're going to bet on leadership to take your organization to a new level, this is the first move you have t...

Building a high performance organization starts with doing four things really well: leadership, alignment, engagement, and execution. Mark and Randy tee up the conversation with an overview of the four moves that all high performance organizations make.

As a leader, you might only be focused on your team—and that's not a bad thing. But only focusing on a team means you're only harnessing the power of a few people in your entire organization. So how do you start to build a high performance organization? Mark shares the backstory from his days selling chicken and how the concept of a high performance organization unlocked a new level for...

Whether you're a new leader or a veteran, you have an opportunity to help strengthen your organization. Mark and Randy intro the new season and unpack a high level overview of how leaders can add value beyond their role and make an impact on the entire company.

Randy says on today's show, "You can't go to a good place with bad people." At some point, you may have a team member who's displaying toxic behavior or is holding your team back for a number of reasons. Mark and Randy are here to help you navigate this and some other similar scenarios. Also, please take a moment to fill out this quick survey for the Lead Every Day Team. I...

Different team members have different temperaments, and each will handle situations in their own way. A team member who's easily stressed and combative, especially about corrective feedback, may have more going on than you realize. Or, it may be time to invite them to leave your team. Mark and Randy talk about how to handle these types of employees on today's episode.

Leaders frequently have to balance two voices on their shoulders: the initiatives of the company, and the effect it's having on their team. And sometimes, these two are in conflict with each other. Mark and Randy discuss how to be generous to both voices so you can get the results you want while getting important buy-in from your team.

A team member who's not coachable can fall into a number of categories. One is, they might not respond to your style of leadership, or a particular leadership tactic you frequently employ. The other is a little more persona, because it will require you to really know your team. Mark and Randy dive into that on today's episode.

Feedback matters, and creating healthy environments where your team can express it in a healthy way is the sign of a team that's on the right track. But how to you balance the feedback you get with your own motives and reactions? Mark and Randy know where it starts: with your own heart. Listen to today's episode and learn more about accepting and understanding feedback from your team.

Mark and Randy talk about two of the "f" words of leadership: fear and failure. When they go together, it can be paralyzing to your influence. But it doesn't have to be that way! Close out your week learning how to work through the fear of failure.

At some point or another, all leaders will struggle with control—either too much or a lack thereof. There are a lot of things you can do to support and encourage either type of leader without cutting out their legs. 

If you have a team that's not playing nice or has lots of "parking lot" conversations instead of direct communication, your first temptation might be to call a meeting and get it all out in the open. Mark and Randy have a better strategy in mind—and it will save you a world of trouble.

You've heard Mark say before that the best leaders focus on both results AND relationships, and a heavy focus on one or the other could derail what you're trying to accomplish. If you're a leader who leans more on the people side, is that a bad thing? Find out how the guys would coach a people leader on today's episode.