the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast

This episode is an eye-opening and practical chat with my colleague and consulting partner Amanda Macdougall about a bad habit, a very bad leadership and management habit that drives your very best employees to the brink and maybe even to drink. Ponder these provocative questions with us: When is a gift not a gift? When is a reward not so rewarding? And why do leaders and managers sometimes reward...

UNENDERS are and were RUNNERS.  Listen to this episode, and you will discover why RUNNERS are not afraid to put their success in your hand and trust you to run well with "it" and them. And how they help you and others learn the skills and secrets required to get out of the blocks and into a fast stride; get rid of "toxins," and "oxygenate" yourself to run farther and...

UNENDERS are and were DIGGERS.  In this, the 7th episode in a 14-part series, we explore another of the 13 characteristics, the actions, and the passions of those who are UNENDING legacy leavers. the UNCOMMODIFIED. the UNENDERS, who even though many of them are gone now, they are still alive with me. UNENDERS are and were DIGGERS. And if you and I can become DIGGERS NOW ... DIGGERS who unearth, un...

This episode is entitled "UNBRANDED & UNBRIDLED: Living and Leading the Maverick Way" it's an UNCORK Conversation with consultant, trainer, mentor, speaker, and author Judith Germain. Judith is a "Mindful Maverick" who amplifies impact and influence - hers, mine, and yours. Judith and I set this conversation free and ride full-on into the world where Mavericks run free...

UNENDERS are and were BELIEVERS.  Listen to this episode, and you will discover how belief and being a believer in and for others will impact and influence them today ... tomorrow ... and even when you are dead and gone. Together we will discover the practical things that believers do that empower and demonstrate their belief in others. And we also examine the possibilities and potential that are...

UNENDERS are and were RECORDERS.  Listen to this episode, and you will discover the power and potential in your hands and heart when you get out paper, scissors, markers, or your iPhone or Galaxy Note or any other kind of smartphone and make it smarter and wiser for someone else. Be a RECORDER of events and ideas or your seemingly mundane life so it can be transformed from mundane to magical memor...

UNENDERS are and were PAINTERS.   Listen to this episode, and you will discover how to:  Help people "see" the hidden value in themselves and meaning in their lives. And what is real and what is possible for them. Help people use the light and shadow of their lives and "paint" a brighter future with and for them. And "PAINT" on "human canvases," so you will...

This episode is an UNCORK Conversation with Bo Andersson. Bo is a passionate leader in the water and wastewater value industry. His career began over ½ a century ago and continues to flow today with a vibrant desire for excellence. Our conversation ebbs and flows as we dive deep into why curiosity and caring are so transformational. And what Bo's understanding of the curious journey of H2O ha...

UNENDERS are and were MENTORS.  Listen to this episode, and you will discover the essential attitudes and actions that will empower you to empower others and enhance the impact and effect of your mentoring and encouragement of others even when you are gone. In this 3rd part in a 14-part series, I explore another of the 13 characteristics, actions, and passions of those who are UNENDING legacy leav...

In this episode, I will explore the first of thirteen characteristics, actions, and passions of those who have become UNENDING Legacy Leavers. UNCOMMODiFiED UNENDERS to me. Even though they are gone, they are definitely not forgotten because they were PUSHERS. And if you and I can become one now on purpose and with purpose, proactive PUSHERS, we can and will become UNENDING legacy leavers. UNCOMMO...

I will be your ferryman over the river Styx (you may have to google that reference) into a series of podcast episodes about my UNENDING, about your UNENDING, about the lasting legacy of the UNCOMMODiFiED. Because, when it’s all said but really never done, what unique mark will we leave? The subject matter of these episodes has weight. It’s deep and maybe even a little dark for some. It’s dangerous...

This episode explores the overused term but sometimes underappreciate journey of "the Pivot." Whirling from stability to following a dream and recalibrating when the world throws you curve balls like COVID.  Join us, my friend and business partner Amanda Macdougall and myself for this UNCORK Conversation with former CTV News reporter, anchor, journalist, creator, and founder of Buff Mom,...

This 1 MINUTE & 53 SECOND mini NITTY-GRITTY episode explores these questions: What season are you in, and are your expectations reasonable? For example, are you expecting whole ripe fruit in spring or planting your seed in the fall? Harvest in winter? Or cool spring rains in the heat of summer? Understanding the season you are in and having reasonable seasonal expectations will help you settle...

This episode is entitled "BLOW YOUR FEARS AWAY: the Secret Power of Your Nervous Farts." It's an UNCORK Conversation with media specialist, television broadcaster, news writer, and FEAR FACER Natasha McKenty.  Natasha and I chat and chin wag about living life uncomfortably, facing our fears, and using your platform and your gifts to inspire and encourage others along the way. As we...

This episode is an UNCORK Conversation with Cam Shapansky, a social sector fundraising and program development advocate, thought leader, and an old friend of mine. Cam is the Founder and CEO of Blue North, a fundraising and strategy group that works with Non-profit Organizations around the world, helping them improve their programs, raise more money, and do more great work for others. Cam and I re...

In this NITTY-GRITTY, I share two more Life and Leadership lessons that my RV trips are teaching me. I am applying these in my personal life and my work with my client partners. I am learning valuable lessons about towing the LOAD and gaining some insights about "weight distribution" and burning "fuel" in my life as I do. I am also learning about hooking up and testing my LIGHT...

In this NITTY-GRITTY episode, I encourage you to understand that your ears are not the only body part that helps you listen. So listen, and you will discover the other appendages you need to activate to help you hear better and more. Give me 10-minutes and 53-seconds of your time, and you will discover the secret power of note-taking when you use it to keep you on track in the conversation, contai...

This UNCORK conversation is sparked by this quote from Haile Selassie, "We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community."  Leadership Historian Craig Minchin and I UNCORK some except...

Back in EPISODE # 50 entitled UNDETERRED & UNDENIED (If you haven't listened to that one yet, please check it out), I outlined 12 positive predispositions undeterred and undeniable people.  In this 9-minute and 55-second follow-up episode, I share some more thoughts and encourage you to consider, at a deeper level, how they were TENACIOUSLY PATIENT, tenacious and patient. You will discove...

This episode is an UNCORK CONVERSATION with Matt Fletcher.  Matt is an UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast listener that I connected with through social media. After learning his story, I wanted to have on the show to share his personal and professional journey of buying his Dad’s business. And then recently selling that business to a larger corporation in an industry in which up to 70% of the industry’s knowle...

In this episode, I highlight the 4 GIFTS that I consistently hear that employees, teams, partners, your partner, your children, and even your dog and cat want and need from you and other leaders this Christmas and throughout next year. Give these 4 GIFTS that are on everyone's Christmas list this year and every year, and you will build trust and catalyze the attention and desire to set and ac...

This episode is entitled "a CURIOUS Man. a CONSENSUS Building Mayor. an UN-POLITICIAN who Marches to the Beat of a Different Drummer." it's an UNCORK Conversation hosted by Kris MacQueen (my Podcast Producer) with Cam Guthrie, the Mayor of one of Canada's fastest-growing cities, Guelph, Ontario.  In this UNCORK conversation, Kris and Cam (and myself: eavesdropper and occasional...

In this NITTY-GRITTY episode, I uncover and expose the GREAT BIG LIE that keeps you from being as productive as you could be.  Give me 12-minutes and 14-seconds of your time, which you will never get back, and you will discover the key to maximizing your impact and effectiveness. You will, as I have, find the TRUTH and the WISDOM within the GLASS. Think about this question before you listen to thi...

Are your personal and professional relationships BUILT TO LAST? Or do they crumble, fail, and fall apart too often or too quickly?  Here's what you will learn in this episode, if you want to build relationships that survive the "storms" and "winds" of life, relationships that thrive and stand the test of time, you will need to dig down and dig deep.  In this 1 MINUTE &...

This episode entitled "MindSet ReSet: Getting off the Hamster Wheel" is an UNCORK Conversation with Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner Lisa Schermerhorn. Lisa and I walk some of the fiery coals of our fears and failures and challenge ourselves and you to explore the conscience and subconscious beliefs, the "scripts" we run and rehearse in our mind – good or bad and how...