The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Managing people is complex, amazing and messy. Carol Sanford challenges they way we think about leadership and best practices. She is the author of several books, including her latest, The Regenerative Business, which shifts our way of working so that we see innovation, financial gain, and customer loyalty while building human capacity. She tasks leaders to questions build educational infrastructu...

While the title of this post is about taking ownership, in truth, it's about accountability. And accountability starts with ownership. If we want to model the right behavior for our teams, it starts with us. In this episode, I'm asking a series of question to help us think about how we are behaving and how we can help to set the right example for our team. From This Episode: Read the original blog...

How can we leverage differences to achieve our business goals? The idea of diversity has been around for years and we need to move beyond that to succeed. Jane Hyun, author of Flex: The New Playbook for Managing Across Differences, discusses cultural fluency to navigate across groups. This is vital today as we have seen shifts in not only the demographics of our workforce (i.e. Millennials) but wi...

We are all busy. Ask five people how they've been and I can almost guarantee that you will hear more than once, "I've been busy." In fact, the idea of "busyness" has almost become a badge of honor. But the whole idea behind busy is it's all about activity. We're doing a bunch of stuff, a bunch of tasks. But what are we really accomplishing? We need to shift our focus from ACTIVITY to ACCOMPLISHMEN...

How do we use moments of stress to create something better? Ama Marston is co-author (with her mom) of Type R: Transformative Resilience for Thriving in a Turbulent World . She joins Kevin to discuss challenges; personal, professional, and global and skills you need to hone to bounce back. Type-R's look to turn challenges into opportunities and find ways to grow from experiences. In this episode,...

Respect in the workplace (and unfortunately, lack thereof) is a hot topic in the media today. And it's an extremely important one for leaders. I'm focusing on the importance of not just being more respectful but also less judgmental – what this means to us as leaders and employees and how we can do it more successfully. From This Episode: Read the original blog post,  Eight Ways to Be a Better Emp...

1. The importance of mindset for a leader. 3. Commitment to discipline.

No one will argue that they want to work for a selfish or ego-maniacal boss. That's pretty basic. And…in order to ensure that we aren't being selfish and that we are being selfless, we need to be more aware of our behavior and how it's perceived. So today, I'm giving you simple tips for how to be more aware, more others-focused and therefore more successful overall. From This Episode: Read the ori...

Leading from a distance can seem difficult, yet it is still about leadership, and the principles of leadership haven't changed—they are principles. In this episode, Kevin is in the visitor's seat to talk about the opportunities and challenges with leading a remote team. He gives us a preview into The Long-Distance Leader, scheduled for a June 2018 release and shares some takeaways we can implement...

There is no question about the value that technology has brought to our lives - both personally and professionally. It allows us to do infinitely more than we have ever been able to before. AND...there are times when we need to step away and have personal, live, real communication. Check out today's episode for easy tips on how leaving technology behind can improve your relationships and your resu...

This is the beginning of an 8-part series designed to help you be a better employee and therefore a better leader. And today we'll dig deeper into how to be more focused and less distracted.  From This Episode: Read the entire article, Eight Ways to Be a Better Employee in 2018,  here . Sign up to receive emails when we release a new Remarkable TV episode  here .

Statistics show we are moving to more video interactions, both personal (social media) and professional (remote working). Vern Oakley, author of LEADERSHIP IN FOCUS: Bringing Out Your Best On Camera and veteran filmmaker, joins Kevin to discuss and provide advice to leaders so that they express their authenticity on camera. This is a skill any leader needs to embrace and learn so they can inspire...

Anyone with a new paradigm is initially seen as a heretic. They challenge our routine. Cort Dial, author of Heretics to Heroes: A Memoir on Modern Leadership , joins Kevin to discuss that new ideas are uncomfortable and often lead to progress. There are heretics in every organization and if you find yourself in that role you cannot bulldoze your way through. You need to nurture relationships, have...

Engineers and space aficionados, as well as leaders, this episode is for you. Paul Hill spent 25 years in NASA's Mission Control, learning and living the values he now evangelizes. He is the author of Leadership from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom and joins Kevin to discuss rocket science, learning from the past, and management. He offers an insider's perspective on the leadership value...

As Nate Regier mentions, Google conflict and it will autofill with mediation and resolution. This puts conflict in a negative light and what would happen if we looked at it as the creation of something new? Nate, a clinical Psychologist, expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, and author joins Kevin to discuss how accountability, compassion and apologies play a role in conflict. Ta...

Aaron Walker started his first business at 18 and selling to a Fortune 500 company nine short years later. Having a strong desire for personal development has kept Aaron in a weekly mastermind group for more than a decade with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham and seven other notable Nashvillians. Aaron joins Kevin to discuss not only his new book, View From The Top, but to share examples of le...

What is the secret formula for success and happiness? Mike Whitaker, author of The Decision Makeover: An Intentional Approach to Living the Life You Want joins Kevin to discuss how our decisions, and we need to take ownership, can impact and shape our professional and personal lives. Mike offers insight into the types of decisions we make and the importance of connecting goal setting to our decisi...

Loyalist teams are 40 times more productive and less than 15% of all teams are true loyalist teams. Linda Adams and Rebecca Teasdale, co-authors of The Loyalist Team, join Kevin to discuss the research that led to their book and learn some of predictable, repeatable traits the best teams in the world share. Leaders need to create an environment where you can raise the "real" issues and move your m...

Gallup says 51% of the workforce is not engaged. Jeff McManus joins Kevin to discuss how you get your people on board and excited. Jeff is the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi and the author of Growing Weeders Into Leaders. He shares his experience of managing a multi-million-dollar landscaping beautification implementation project with minimal resources. He knew tha...