The Solutions Oriented Leader podcast

It takes time to be an effective leader in today's business world. In this episode International Leadership Expert, Dr. Rick Goodman will share with you how to start building your own team of solutions - oriented leaders who can thrive in any business environment.

What happened to employee engagement in 2020? As a keynote speaker and an executive coach , I’ve been closely monitoring the changes taking place concerning employee engagement in our new world. As you think about your company’s own engagement standards and company culture are you thinking about ways to make improvements? Here are a few significant employee engagement trends that I have found to b...

This weekend I discovered how to find the best lobster roll in America fifty yards from my hotel. I would like to share my experience with you and why I believe out of the hundreds of lobster rolls I've had in my life around the Unites States this was by far the best! I decided this January to finally sell my house and make some major life changes. I had built it over 18 years ago and I wanted to...

Millions of people around the world has had to learn to work remotely since the pandemic has begun. Its more important than ever before that we learn how to remove some common remote working mistakes.

Virtual soft skills training is critical in today's world with the increased number of employees working from home. Many companies and organizations have had to adapt to the new normal and the uncertainty we face. Businesses continue to move forward and the need for hiring new employees and onboarding them successfully is essential. To help meet the demands of an ever-changing workforce the need f...

Many people in businesses around the world are finding themselves working from home and in many cases having to reinvent themselves. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader podcasts Dr. Rick Goodman has a conversation with author and Self Leadership expert Andrew Bryant as they discuss how to use Self Leadership to reinvent yourself in today's world. As a Global Influencer on Self-leaders...

The Best Ways to Improve Your Brand on Social Media There are a number of ways to improve your personal brand on social media that can be effective. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share the best ways to improve your personal brand that I have used with amazing results! Here are my best ways to improve your personal brand for you to use as a guide. I used the...

How to Be More Productive When Working from Home   Many people around the world have had to learn to be more productive when working from home to stop the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I will give you five tips that you can implement to make you more productive when working from home.   Five tips to make you more productiv...

Dr. Rick Goodman and International Branding Expert and Author Bruce Turkel discuss solutions oriented leadership and what needs to happen during the coronavirus in Part 2 in this series.

The coronavirus is just starting to have a major effect on our lives and our businesses in the United States. In this two part episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast Dr. Rick Goodman interviews branding expert and author Bruce Turkel about steps you can take to protect your brand during this crisis.

                   5 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from The Iowa Caucus Debacle   Iowa Caucuses Debacle: 5 Leadership Lessons We Can Learn      I was recently interviewed on I Heart Radio by Doug Wagner from 600 AM WMT in Cedar Rapids Iowa about the 5 leadership lessons we can learn from...

  10 Rules for Building Your Teams Leadership Skills What if there were 10 rules that you could implement and live by that would build your teams leadership skills effectively, would you be interested? In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share with you my 10 rules for building your teams leadership skills successfully.   It’s simply a matter of creating...

  6 Steps for Building Your Personal Brand   There are 6 steps that you can take as a leader to build your personal brand that will get results. In this podcast you will discover why every leader should take this seriously and how these 6 steps for building your personal brand will impact your personal and professional life.     Why is Personal Branding Important?   Let’s...

  4 Strategies for Delivering Solutions Oriented Feedback As a motivational keynote speaker, I receive solutions-oriented feedback regularly from my clients. Delivering and receiving feedback as a leader is crucial for your growth and your teams growth. In this podcast I am going to share 4 strategies for delivering solutions-oriented feedback that produces results. As a motivational keynote...

     The Ten Best Questions for Assessing Your Organizational Culture In this podcast I am going to share with you my ten best questions for assessing your organizational culture. In order to assess your organizational culture to make changes its important to develop questions that will point you in the right direction and I know these ten questions for assessing your organizational...

                       5 Strategies for Fixing a Toxic Work Culture There are many things that can contribute to a toxic work culture such as high stress, constant turnover, low morale and no teamwork. In this podcast I'm going to share five strategies for fixing a toxic work culture that you c...

  The Best Employee Engagement Strategies for 2020 The best employee engagement strategies are crucial to your business success moving forward, I don’t’ believe that there is a one-size-fits-all approach. In this podcast I will share with you the best employee engagement strategies for 2020. In fact, I’d urge skepticism regarding most cookie-cutter approaches to retaining high levels of emplo...

                      Three Keys to Scaling Your Company Culture       There are three keys to scaling your company culture successfully if your organization as grown in the past year. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to share with you the three keys...

                        5 Ways to Overcome Decision Fatigue   In Today’s world some of us are becoming exhausted from making hundreds of decisions weekly that affect our business and our personal lives. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast I am going to give y...

My Top Ten List of The Most Underrated Leadership Skills There are many leadership skills that one must possess in order to be effective in their job in this episode of the solutions oriented leader podcast I will share my Top 10 list of the most underrated leadership skills that are essential for your success! Because these leadership skills don’t quite receive their due, I thought I’d highlight...

6 Ways to Create More Engaging and Fun Meetings   One of the most common complaints that I receive from my audiences when I am delivering a keynote speech on employee engagement or organizational leadership is “how can I make my meetings more fun and engaging?” Most meetings are ineffective they last forever, with a lot of words being spoken but no decisions being made, and no action steps ta...

7 Different Leadership Styles for Your Organizational Culture As a transformational leadership expert I am often asked "what is the best leadership style to use with my team"? There are many different leadership styles you can use to change your organizational culture or improve employee engagement. In this episode of The Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast we will discuss the seven different leader...

Why Changing Your Organizational Culture Is Not Working! Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to change the culture of an organization? Learn why it's so hard so you know what to do in this episode of the Solutions Oriented Leader Podcast. All companies have a culture, but not all leaders are aware of their culture. It's only when you really assess your situation and know the values and ro...

Employee Engagement Strategy Resolutions The year end is fast approaching and it’s time to reassess our employee engagement strategies to see what’s working and what can be improved. It doesn’t really matter if your employee engagement strategies are working well or if they’re failing! Maybe you haven’t even thought about it yet, but the time to do that is now. Let me suggest a few different ways...

The Top Ten Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategies One of the most common questions I’m asked after delivering a motivational keynote speech is; “How do I develop an employee engagement strategy at work”? It’s been my experience that one-size-fits-all employee engagement strategies are not very effective! I do believe however there are number of key ingredients that most employee engagement...