The Level Up Leader with Michael King

Welcome to the Level Up Leader Podcast. I'm your host, Michael King--Executive Coach and Founder of Teams. Coach, LLC! Join me as we dive deep into today's leadership lesson about discovering our Leadership Indexes and emphasizing how important it is for leaders to make others feel appreciated in order to be remembered most effectively. This short-form podcast will come out twice a month alongside...

According to the Harvard Business Review, job resignations are still up 23% above pre-pandemic levels, and many organizations are short-staffed. When just a few employees resign, their workloads can usually be redistributed among the remaining employees. In fact, many organizations are jumping on the #quiethiring bandwagon and unintentionally burning out their teams just to stay afloat. Today’s gu...

In the early 2000s, a music genre called EMO was taking the world by storm.  Some of my favorite artists came out of this period - Dashboard Confessional and Panic! At The Disco, to name two. But there's one that is especially near and dear to me, a local band from Omaha, Nebraska...one that I happen to also produce...called Names Without Numbers. They beautifully blend solid Rock & Roll performan...

According to research from the Harvard Business Review, only 8% of people achieve their dreams and goals & 92% just give up or fail to make it all the way. It's a considerable percentage.  Perseverance is the biggest factor when it comes to success.  Benjamin Franklin has been quoted as saying, "Energy and persistence conquer all things." And I love this quote from Steve Jobs: "I'm convinced that...

Steve Jobs was fired from his own company; Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, and Abraham Lincoln failed in business, had a nervous breakdown, and was defeated in eight elections. They all went on to experience tremendous success.  As an Executive Coach, I have a legitimate soft spot for a leader that has experienced rock bottom and has embraced honesty. As a society, we tend to move on too...

Whoever tells the best story wins. There are so many authors and marketers attached to this saying that I wouldn’t dare put a claim of ownership to this for myself or anyone else really. The fact is that this perspective has served me well and has given our clients significant returns.   Why? Because people care more about your motivation and the story behind the product and services you provide t...

According to Gallup, “Americans' membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for the first time in Gallup's eight-decade trend. In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999.” Christianity Today reports that in 2019, approximately 3,000 Protestant churches were started in the US, but 4,500...

If you have a brain, you have bias. We all have unconscious bias; it doesn’t make us bad people. Our brain wants to make sense of the world and the people around us. We categorize and label things and people so our brains can move fast.  It’s actually tied to your survival.  But check this out. Forbes Magazine states that “Unconscious bias if left unchecked, can impact employees’ productivity, sen...

Disconnection is making workers feel lonely and isolated, that their colleagues don’t care about them and that they’re replaceable, according to the Airspeed/Workplace Intelligence report that surveyed 800 C-suite leaders and 800 workers in March. A majority see their work as solely transactional: 52% of workers reported they’re only in it for the paycheck. CNBC reports that being disconnected and...

Everyone would agree that the organization that embraces change the best is the organization that wins. How you implement change matters.    “Good leaders listen before they act. And the best leaders prioritize listening to their best people.”    On today’s podcast, I am joined by Michele Isaly. Michele is the Regional Vice President for Word and Brown. Michele has decades of experience leading an...

According to the Harvard Business Review, “If you want to understand why some companies have a toxic culture, underperform relative to their potential, and eventually collapse — look no further than the quality of their leadership teams. Whereas competent leaders cause high levels of trust, engagement, and productivity, incompetent ones result in anxious, alienated workers who practice counterprod...

To be a good leader, you have to be interesting.  You have to keep things interesting.  Leaders often start losing traction because they have become boring and need to engage their team.   According to Forbes, being boring happens to most good leaders. And we often confuse being INTERESTING with CHARISMA…and that’s simply not the case.  Curiosity seems to be the secret sauce to keeping leadership...

It’s an important fact that trust increases the power of your organization substantially. In fact, the Harvard Business Review states that organizations with high levels of trust have 106% more energy and 50% more productivity. A straightforward way to increase trust is by increasing your level of listening.    And that’s precisely what today’s guest is doing.    On today’s podcast, I am joined by...

Turnover rates are at a staggering high.  “Quiet quitting” has become a term that is globally accepted. I was told that people don’t leave bad jobs; they leave bad bosses. Is there anything we can do about this?   We decided we would.     Welcome to the Level Up Leader Podcast.  I am your host, Michael King.  I am an executive coach and founder of Teams. Coach, LLC. I work with C-level leaders to...