The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Today I'm talking about the leader's role in conflict. Here are some questions to ask yourself when there's conflict in your organization: - Start with questions, not actions - Is it workplace conflict? - Set an expectation - Do some coaching - Check in on progress - Stay out longer What are you teaching your team? Join our new video series, What You Should Do in Your First 45 Days, for FREE: http...

In this episode of Remarkable TV, I'm sharing tips for giving better instructions. And to do that, we're using the game of Monopoly to help us. So Monopoly. Chances are, if you've played Monopoly, you either love it or you hate it. And if you've played it, you know that there are a lot of rules in the game. About seven pages of rules to be exact. Have you ever taught someone how to play? Now if we...

Communication is important and persuasive writing is a skill anyone can possess. Colonel Carla Bass joins Kevin to discuss what good writing does. Good writing helps influence. This includes budget approvals, appropriation of funds, and promotions, to name a few. Carla suggests finding the fun in writing. Everyone is a storyteller; you know the journey for your audience. Key Points Carla Bass disc...

Change is hard. It doesn't usually come naturally. And at the end of the day, when we change we have made a choice. And as leaders, when we are trying to lead change at work, we are asking our team to be "all in" – to make a choice to change. Unfortunately, most change leadership communication is about the change itself. This is important of course, but we're missing three key components when we'r...

Are you successful? Do you know that success can lead to complacency? Complacency can decrease productivity, create mistakes, and impact the bottom line – it costs money. Len Herstein sits down with Kevin to discuss the dangers of complacency and why vigilance enables us to remain successful. Self-awareness is a start. When we become predictable, either personally or in our organizations, it becom...

Routines are wonderful things. When we have a routine, we no longer have to think about it. We are able to operate automatically, freeing up our brains for other things. Morning routines are especially important as they allow us the opportunity to start the day off successfully and productively. In this video, I am giving you four key idea to think about as you create, re-create or re-adjust your...

We've heard of company culture. What about corporate soul? We know most employees quit their jobs not because of compensation, but because they don't feel valued. Ralf Specht joins Kevin to discuss the Soul System™. This is a framework Ralf developed that aligns purpose with strategy and behavior. He shares an example of a company with a soul. Further, companies that operate in this framework are...

Now, you might already know that I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of farm phrases in my vernacular. Some of these phrases wouldn't make any sense to you. But some of those farm phrases are things you've either heard before or maybe even heard here on this blog last week. You can watch that episode right  here . So last week we talked about making hay, and today we're talking about gatheri...

Leadership isn't rainbows and unicorns; it's about results. Martin Moore believes there is a disconnect between the process and function of leadership today. He joins Kevin to share his No Bullsh!t framework and why leaders need to move past being liked and commit to developing the habits and disciplines that improve their leadership capability. Key Points Martin Moore shares his 7 imperatives fro...

I grew up on a farm, and so I have plenty of agricultural phrases in my vernacular, but actually all of us have some of those phrases. For example:  Don't put all your eggs in one basket.  Yep, that's a farm phrase. And hint, I'm going to talk about it next week. But for now we're talking about this phrase: Make hay when the sun is shining. Now, you may have never made hay. You may not know what t...

Culture seems to be the latest buzzword, yet the employee experience is important. Let's face it, employees have a choice of where they want to work. Chris Edmonds and Mark Babbitt sit down with Kevin to talk about culture and that it doesn't have to suck. You have a role to play and when you equally value respect and results, profits go up. Key Points Chris and Mark define good and why it is more...

The great resignation has been all over the press and all in the media. Everyone's talking about it and many people are participating in it. I recently recorded a video with personal lessons from the great resignation. You can watch that  here . But today we are talking specifically about what the great resignation means for leaders. There are major challenges for every leader and there are also s...

No two leadership journeys are the same. And, regardless of where we are, there is always an opportunity to learn. Scott Jeffrey Miller joins Kevin to discuss insights and lessons learned from hosting  On Leadership with Scott Miller . The common thread he found from each of the 30 mentors he highlights in his book,  Master Mentors , is they are clear in what they want to accomplish. They approach...

Organizational culture has been an important topic for a number of years, but right now, as I'm recording this video at the beginning of 2022, culture has never been a bigger focus. Organizations around the globe are trying to figure out what the future of their workplace will look like. And rightfully so, they're concerned about their culture. And many leaders are trying to figure out how they ca...

As a leader, you want to get the most out of your team. You want to have a positive impact on your team. You don't want to be just an OK leader; you want to be a great leader. Dr. Adam Bandelli joins Kevin to discuss the leadership competencies he believes will enhance your influence and effectiveness as a leader. For example, compassion is your ability to communicate and build relationships. Rega...

If you've ever been driving in the United States on an interstate, every so often, you'll see a sign that has a number on it, a mile marker. You're probably familiar with those. They didn't originate in the U.S. and in modern times, but rather during Roman times. Marking progress on the journey with milestones makes sense, right? Well, today we use milestones much more often in things like project...

Have you thought about changing people? Maybe, the way they hand in reports. Maybe, it's the way they show up for a meeting. Now the question becomes, can you change people? That isn't so easy to answer and definitely isn't easy to do. Howie Jacobson joins Kevin to discuss resistance to change. He says change is just a discontinuity of the past. The hard part is the change we can't control. He tal...

Have you thought about changing people? Maybe, the way they hand in reports. Maybe, it's the way they show up for a meeting. Now the question becomes, can you change people? That isn't so easy to answer and definitely isn't easy to do. Howie Jacobson joins Kevin to discuss resistance to change. He says change is just a discontinuity of the past. The hard part is the change we can't control. He tal...

Most of us have plenty of goals that we set in our lives – health, financial, personal. And today we're talking about team goals or organizational goals. But before we get to that, I want you to think about it as a team member, as an individual contributor. Have you ever had someone hand you a goal? And if that's ever happened to you, how did that feel? Did you feel much ownership of it? Did you f...

You know who they are. The teammates we turn to in critical minutes. They are clutch and they make an impact. You also know that being impactful doesn't come with a title. Kevin is joined Liz Wiseman to discuss her research and findings of impact players. She shares the characteristics of top contributors and what they are doing differently than the rest. Key Points Liz distinguishes impact player...

"The great resignation." It's a hot topic right now and it's mostly been discussed as as a macroeconomic concept. What is it doing to organizations? What's causing it? What can organizations do about it? In this episode of Remarkable TV, I want to talk about "the great resignation" as a microeconomic concept, really more as a personal concept. And I'm starting with the question: why did people res...

The frontline is where the work happens. When you get the work done correctly and on time (if not faster), your organization is successful. If there are too many layers of leadership and you are waiting for directions from the top, you may miss opportunities. Eric Strafel joins Kevin to discuss the importance of empowering your frontline team to make decisions. If they understand the why, and if t...

How we think about mental health and mental illness has changed a lot in my lifetime societally. More and more awareness of mental illness is emerging, and while this is really good, unfortunately, there's actually more mental illness than ever. People are willing to talk about it, but there's all sorts of factors like anxiety and loneliness and other factors that are causing the amount of mental...

We are living in uncertain times. This is true and we could probably say this of any time we have lived in. The difference is we are more connected now and we see more information. So, the risk and uncertainty that seemed to be episodic were always there and we need to accept this reality. Larry Robertson joins Kevin to talk about risk, uncertainty, leadership, and mindsets. We need to recognize t...

Atticus Finch, Atticus Finch, you might immediately know who I mean and you might be thinking, I should know that name, shouldn't I? Well, Atticus Finch is the protagonist in the novel  To Kill a Mockingbird . If you haven't read it, you've probably seen the movie. If you haven't done either, you should go watch it or go read it now. But there's a line in the book, and I believe in the movie as we...