The Rooftop Podcast

What’s going on Rooftop Nation?  For this week’s podcast episode, I am joined by Dr. Don Wood of the Inspired Performance Institute. Dr. Wood is an expert in how trauma affects our minds, our lives and how past events and experiences play a role in how we experience life in the present. We’ve talked about before about how our brains are pattern matching organs and when we are faced with an event o...

Hey, what's going on Rooftop Nation? Welcome to The Importance of Journaling.   This is a two-part series in which we talk about a ritual that can really help you in how you lead yourself and how you lead other people. We live in a time of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, crowded markets, and ambiguity. The people around us are disengaged, distracted, and frankly, there's a lot of distrust. Al...

As our nation, and the world re-emerges from COVID, many business leaders are experiencing another heavy blow to their business as unprecedented numbers of employees leave their jobs. It’s affecting bottom line, morale, and organizational health. How do you lead through this? How do you engage your people and keep them on board? How do you inspire your people to keep fighting when everyone else is...

Hey, what's going on Rooftop Nation? Do you know how to listen with your feet? Cracks me up even saying it, but I'm serious. Do you know how to listen with your feet? This is something that I learned from some really impactful mentors of mine and, kind of later in my life. And by later, I mean in the last couple of years. But I've reintegrated that learning into the Rooftop methodology and it's th...

As the Rooftop Podcast gets back underway in this time of social tension and division it’s really important that we identify what you can expect from me and what we should expect from each other, as we lead through these uncertain times. Leadership today is not for the faint of heart, so dive in and decide if you’re up to the journey. I’ll see you on the Rooftop! I’ll see you on the Rooftop… Scott...

Welcome to the Rooftop! I am so excited to have you with us as we help servant leaders, like you, make stronger human connections so you can get big sh*t done in your life and business. This is our kickoff episode to lay it all out so I’ll see you on the other side. Scott Leading Teams in Crisis Virtual Course https://rooftopleadership.mykajabi.com/leading-teams-in-crisis Join Our Rooftop Tribe! W...

We're going to pick up with Part Two of, “Find Your Iron”. I introduced this concept in our last module, the old biblical phrase, “Iron Sharpens Iron”. I've always loved that because I do believe it is metaphorical for the people that we surround ourselves with. My experience has been that if you put yourself, shoulder to shoulder, with people who are aligned with what you believe, and who are pus...

Hey, what's going on, Rooftop Nation?  Have you ever heard the old saying that iron sharpens iron?  I've always loved that. You hear it in the gyms these days and it seems to be a pretty popular saying, but I do like it. I do believe that who we surround ourselves with, has a direct bearing on how we show up in the most critical moments. Let’s meet around the fire-pit and work on the Rooftop Skill...

Hey, what's going on Rooftop Nation? If our dreams and goals are simple, why do we fail? I think that's a really fair question, and it's certainly a question that I ask myself all the time. As a leadership coach and human connection coach in both the public and private sector, I hear it all the time and I observe it in real time. Join me by the fire-pit, and let’s address this age-old question, “I...

The subject of this blog is resilience over resistance. In this time of churn in this time of volatility, uncertainty, crowdedness, complexity, and ambiguity in this era of distraction, disengagement and distrust, and of course, resistance, we have to find a way to be resilient. We have to find a way to stay in the game and lead differently. Join me by the fire pit and let’s discuss, “Resilience O...

I want you to think about two very different places. The reality here in this country, and really all around the world, is that people are re-emerging into the sunlight out of this pandemic, in very different emotional states. I will tell you Rooftop Nation, our ability to know and to read that human terrain, and to lead in this time, is super important. I'm sharing this with you because I learned...

We are building something special at Rooftop Leadership this summer. Jump into this podcast and I’ll talk to you about the human connection journey we’re on and how you can join us to become the most relevant leader in every room you enter…regardless of your age, experience, or station in life. Scott Leading Teams in Crisis Virtual Course https://rooftopleadership.mykajabi.com/leading-teams-in-cri...

Hey, Rooftop Nation. Last week, we were talking about emotion, and the question that I posed to you was how much does emotion affect your life? How much does it affect your day-to-day? I made a compelling case for you to consider, that emotion, is a big part of our life. Regardless of how sophisticated we think we are, how modern we think we are, emotion can drive us. No matter how much we train,...

Emotions are part of who we are. The fact of the matter is humans are emotional creatures. We are meaning seeking, emotional, creatures. We always have been, and we always will be. As million-dollar consultant Alan Wise says, “Logic makes people think, but emotion makes people act.” And that action is both in the positive and in the negative. If you’ve worked with me for more than a day, you know...

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The dismantling of the last trusted institution in America…and what you should know about it. There is an epic erosion of bridging trust in America. Without trust in certain institutions, we are destined to slip back into shadow tribalism. One of those institutions is the U.S. Military. An alarming poll by the Reagan Institute points out a trend that we need to be aware of as Americans and that we...

This has been a rough patch for many of us hasn’t it. Many of us are still struggling. Here is the thing…struggle, according to high performance expert Daniel Coyle, is a biological necessity. One of the best ways to navigate this struggle and thrive while others are merely surviving is to leave your tracks in this world. Even in the roughest of times, if we focus on leaving tracks, we walk a diff...

Where are the leaders? There is so much Divisionism and Churn all around us. People are so polarized and worked up that they are slipping into trance-like states  of contempt for their neighbor fueled by fear and anger. What can leaders like you and me do about it? How do we manage our own emotional temperature when minefields of conflict are around us? How do we connect and bridge beyond the hate...

I've seen that look in the mirror. When I looked at myself after grinding and grinding and grinding, well, there's a predictable outcome to that. And it's generally not a good one. I want to share with you today three reasons why grinding to get through a particularly persistent long-term crisis is not a good idea. First of all, is that when you grind for too long, you put yourself in a sympatheti...

How do we return to the light? And, by the light, I'm talking about better days. I'm talking about better ground. I'm talking about thriving instead of surviving. I'm talking about order instead of chaos coming out of this pandemic. The first step is that you have to own your life. You have to have agency in your life. These days, it seems to me that as I look around, not a whole lot of people are...

Polarization, division, and low-trust have created a very difficult environment for us to lead in. People are walking around in fear and anger - induced states. Understanding our own human nature and the context we’re living in is noticeably absent in leadership today. My guest John Bell is an unconventional conflict resolution expert and pioneer in helping leaders recognize the invisible truths o...

I’m hearing from a lot of leaders that say, "We're probably not going to fully come back to work in the traditional style. There's going to be a hybrid approach." This is the big buzzword right now, this hybrid approach, there's been so much cost savings at an organizational level on not having to maintain these office buildings and all the travel, you better believe that organizationall...

There is a certain madness that is permeating our society right now and causing us to treat our neighbors with contempt. It’s a form of dark, shadow tribalism that pits neighbor against neighbor. The first step is to understand what’s really happening below the surface and then learn what each of us can do as leaders in our family, community, work, and nation to bridge and re-connect. This Rooftop...

What's going on, Rooftop Leaders? You hear a lot about Key Performance Indicators these days, don't you? KPIs, more of that corporate jargon, and I'll tell you, admittedly, I use that term myself at times, but I want to talk about a KPI today that we often don't talk about, that I think is the most important KPI of all, and it's the last breath that we take. Because you see I think there's a choic...