Orchestrating Success
Episodes
OS 140: Leaders Transform: Empowering Collaboration
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode presents a practical leadership toolkit designed to help leaders turn principles like trust, alignment, empowerment, and collaboration in...
OS 141: Preventing Conflict Before It Happens
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, author Hugh Ballou argues that most organizational frictionis avoidable because it typically stems from ambiguous expectations rat...
OS 139: Motivating the Ensemble – Tuning into Individual Skills and Purpose
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter Five of our book, "Orchestrating High-Performing Teams," focusing on the crucial theme of...
OS 138: Empowering and Delegating: Empowering and Delegating – Expanding Influence Through Ownership
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our podcast, we dive into Chapter Four of "Leaders Transform," focusing on the crucial theme of empowering and delegating to orches...
OS 137: Leaders Transform: Communication and Collaboration
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter 3 of our book, "Orchestrating High-Performing Teams," focusing on the critical role of co...
OS 136: Building Trust: The Cornerstone of High-Performance Teams
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Leaders Transform podcast, we dive into Chapter Two of our book, which focuses on the critical theme of building trust and safe...
OS 135: From Boss to Conductor – Leading Through Influence, Not Authority
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I delve into the transformative shift from being a traditional boss to becoming a conductor in leadership. I explore the importance o...
OS 134 Leaders Transform: Book 2, Orchestrating High-Perfoming Teams Overview
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I introduce my book, "Leaders Transform the Art of Influence: Orchestrating High-Performance Teams." This book serves as a guide for ...
OS 133: Leaders Transform: Lead from the Inside Out
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we delve into the essence of transformational leadership, emphasizing the importance of leading from within. We explore the foundatio...
OS 132: Leaders Transform: Action Plan – Becoming an Unbound Leader
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter Seven, focusing on the action plan for becoming an unbound leader. I emphasize that trans...
OS 131: Leaders Transform: Balance and Self-Care
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we dive into Chapter Six, focusing on the crucial themes of balance and self-care in leadership. I emphasize t...
OS 130: Leaders Transform: Continuous Learning and Habits
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into Chapter 5, "Leading Transformation," focusing on the essential theme of continuous learning habits in leadership. I emph...
OS 129: Leaders Transform: Mindset and Confidence
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform the Art of Influence," we delve into the crucial theme of mindset and confidence as part of our ongoing series o...
OS 128: Leaders Transform: Vision and Self-Awareness
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform," we delve into the critical relationship between vision and self-awareness in leadership. I emphasize that a le...
OS 127: Leaders Transform: Authenticity & Integrity
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "Leaders Transform Self Transformation," we delve into the crucial themes of authenticity and integrity in leadership. I discuss ho...
OS 126: Leaders Transform: The Leader’s Journey Begins Within
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of my new series, "Leaders Transform," I delve into the essence of transformational leadership, a concept I've championed th...
OS 125: Dealing with Workplace Conflict
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dealing with Workplace Conflict Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict (with 17 years of nonprofit leadership experience, I can speak t...
OS 124: Brainpower with Nina Sunday
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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OS 123: How to Marry Creativity and Business Acumen
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to marry creativity and business acumen and turn them into superpowers We creatives often get in our own way because of the stories we tell oursel...
OS 122 Super Charge Your Profits with No Bid Federal Contracts!
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OS 122 Super Charge Your Profits with No Bid Federal Contracts! Federal Contracts are not just for the BIG COMPANIES, federal contracting is for smal...
OS 121: Scale Your Business by Following Evan’s C.A.S.T.LE. Methodology
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OS 121: Scale Your Business by Following Evan’s C.A.S.T.LE. Methodology Evan Tzivanakis is an Accredited Executive Coach (www.ExecutiveCoachAsia...
OS 120: Ed Krow on Leadership
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OS 120: Ed Krow on Leadership With a proven track record in HR, Ed Krow is a people expert who uses his unique talent transformation process to levera...
OS 119: Know, Like and Trust and Other Sales Lies
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OS 119: Know, Like and Trust and Other Sales Lies with Sara Phillips Website: superiorperformancecoaching.biz Free Ebook for listeners: https://w...
OS 118: 5 Leadership Myths That Kill Entrepreneurial Ventures
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
5 Leadership Myths That Kill Entrepreneurial Ventures Hugh Ballou The Law of the Lid Your leadership is like a lid or a ceiling on your organization....
OS 117: 5 Top Challenges for Today's Leaders
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Top Challenges for Today’s Leader Leadership is a general topic that people understand in different ways; in fact people have contrasting and confli...
OS 116: Complexity vs Simplicity
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.- Albert Einstein There are at least 200 working days a year. If you commit to doing a simple...
OS 115: Choosing Vs. Not Choosing
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” ― Robert Frost Choices are very ...
OS 114: Being Emotional versus Logical Thinking
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor se...
OS 113: Excellence vs Mediocracy
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. - Steve Jobs As a musical conductor, I... Learn mo...
OS 112: Equality VS Excellence in Diversity
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” ― Mahatma Gandhi We hear lots of noise in conversations and in the med...
OS 111: Leaders, Set Your Standard of Excellence
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders, Set Your Standard of Excellence You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held...
OS 110: Running and Leadership - Accountability
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hidden Goals Don't Work 5th of 5 (http://transformationalstrategist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Running-400.jpg) Set your goal. Share your goal....
OS 109: Running and Leadership - Focus
26 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Focus on the Outcome 4th of 5 Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison...
OS 108: Running and Leadership - Getting Fit
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If I miss a day of practice, I know it. If I miss two days, my manager knows it. If I miss three days, my audience knows it. - André Previn Run...
OS 106: Running and Leadership - Goals
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Setting Goals is the Key to Success 2nd of 5 (https://hughballou.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Running-360-Goals-300x180.jpeg) At the root of all suc...
OS 106: Running and Leadership - Commitment
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Commitment is everything. I decided to begin training for a 5K road race when I was 48 years old. I had trouble running from one driveway to the next ...
OS 105: Tradition vs Change
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I have been traveling around the country presenting Nonprofit Leadership Excellence Workshops (http://synervisionfoundation.org/summit/workshop/). In...
OS 104: Script Vs. Story
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Reverse Paradigms - Script vs. Story (https://hughballou.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CEO-Space-International-300x238.png)CEO Space SNAP: Super N...
OS 103: Changing Self vs Changing Others
17 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I constantly hear leaders complaining about others in the culture that they lead and focusing on how to change the behaviors of others in order to cha...
OS 102: Leadership Skill of Discernment
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership Skill of Discernment The culture of compromise is often accepted as the price of mass. But in fact, this is the crowded road to popular acc...
OS 100: Reverse Paradigms, Obstacles vs Opportunities
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford So, it’s not going as you planned? You are doing to...
OS 98: Reverse Paradigms, Controlling vs. Collaboration
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest traps I experience with clients is that leadership is a term not universally understood and that leaders don’t know how to lead. ...
OS: 98 Reverse Paradigms, Responding vs. Reacting
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Responding vs. Reacting We want to identify and solve problems instantly, when, in fact, we are not really sure what the problem really is. Our reacti...
OS 97: Leadership Perspective: Reverse Paradigms, Intervening vs. Observing
20 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership Perspective: Reverse Paradigms, Intervening vs. Observing Podcast Transcript Your job is to facilitate and illuminate what is happening. ...
OS 96: Reverse Paradigms, Talking versus Listening
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ― Ernest Hemingway Recently, I created a post about listening (https://hughball...
OS 95: Reverse Paradigms, Mindset of BOSS versus Influencer
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Reverse Paradigms,Mindset of BOSS versus Influencer The notion of being a boss as an effective leader is far gone. Once when I had a team, they gave m...
OS 94: Basic Business Leadership Wisdom with Entrepreneur Abe Loper
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Abe is a husband, father, business owner, business professor, and financial services provider. He is the owner of The White Hart Cafe in Historic Do...
OS 93: Leadership Paradigms - Secret vs. Confidential
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Secret vs. Confidential “Don’t confuse “strict confidentiality” with “keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is dece...
OS 92: Leadership Paradigms - Push vs. Pull Leadership
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership. - Dwight D. Eisenhower The Musical Conductor as Leader (https://...
OS 91: Leadership Paradigms: Balancing Life's Critical Aspects
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Creating Balance with Time In previous posts, I have encouraged you to plan your day by planning your work. In order to accomplish the most, it is imp...
OS 90: Leadership Paradigms: Expanding the Paradigm for Profit
17 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the pres...
OS 89: Helping LDS Lay Leaders Take Their Ability to the Level of Their Authority
09 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Francom currently lives in Woods Cross, Utah with his lovely wife Alanna. They are blessed to have two children (girl and boy). He enjoys drawing...
OS 88: Financial Freedom by Getting all the Clients You Want
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Tresidder’s background includes: * B.A. in Economics from University of California at Davis * Member of Economics Honors Society and Deans Lis...
OS 87: The Karmic Path: Better Karma for Better Living with Tina Erwin
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Erwin is a retired US Navy commander, who worked 20 years for the Submarine Force, serving in a variety of leadership positions, including first ...
OS 86: How Speakers Get Booked with Jackie Lapin
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Transcript of the Interview with Jackie Lapin Hugh Ballou: Welcome to Orchestrating Success. This is Hugh Ballou. This episode is a... Learn more abo...
OS 85: Keys to Designing a Business by Design vs. by Default.
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Allen is coach, speaker, strategist and founder of New Work Revolution. Allen's mission is to bring the human element to every work environmen...
OS 84: Bread for the Journey, pt 6 - Nutritional
21 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Feed Your Spirit, Feed Your Body Music did not reveal all of its secrets to just one person. - Ralph Vaughan Williams Learning from the Best Change...
OS 83: Bread for the Journey, pt 5 - Physical
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Effective Leadership and Physical Fitness Resonate Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. - Jim Rohn We eat to care for ou...
OS 82: Bread for the Journey, pt 4 - Relational
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.” - W. Clement Ston...
OS 81: Bread for the Journey, pt 3 - Wholeness
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leaders care for the whole person "Body, mind, spirit, voice - it takes the whole person to sing and rejoice." - Helen Kemp We are complex. We a...
OS 80: Bread for the Journey, pt 2 - Spiritual
17 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Leader's Journey is a Spiritual Journey Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right...
OS 79: Bread for the Journey of Personal Care
16 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirro...
OS 78: Interview with Dave Anderson, The Business Bully
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the Transcript of the Interview Hugh Ballou: Hey, it’s Hugh Ballou. Welcome to Orchestrating Success. I have a new friend, and man, we’ve c...
OS 77: Interview with Tom Poland on Getting the Correct Marketing Message
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Poland is a Marketing Mentor who started his first business at age 24 and has gone on to start and sell four others, taking two of them internatio...
OS 76: Leadership Skills, Words Are Power
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Words, words, words. Our society is full of words: on billboards, on television screens, in newspapers and books.... With so many words around us, we ...
OS 75: Amazing Workplace with Linda Ruhland
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview Transcription Hugh Ballou: Greetings, it’s Hugh Ballou. My guest today is a long-time friend and colleague, Linda Ruhland. Linda has a lot...
OS 74: The Art of Significance with Dan Clark
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Art of Significance with Dan Clark Hugh Ballou: It’s Hugh Ballou. Welcome to this special edition of the Orchestrating Success podcast. My guest...
OS 73: A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader, Pt 4
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I once saw a reporter stop a man on the street and ask him what he thought about apathy and indifference. He responded with, “I don’t know and I d...
OS 72: A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader, Pt 3
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Leadership Challenge The #1 complaint I hear from leaders: that they, as leaders, do too much and their teams do too little. Leaders blame other...
OS 71: A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader, Pt2
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader, Part 2 “Perform every act in life as though it were your last.” - Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emperor fr...
OS 70: A Culture is a Reflection of the Leader
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. - James Allen Leaders Model...
OS 69: Leadership IS Influence
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership IS Influence We confuse authority with influence, when in fact, we must influence others to be perceived as a leader. If your actions inspi...
OS 67: Leadership Perspective: Reverse Paradigms, Compromise vs Consensus
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. - Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an ongoing conversation that comes up ...
OS 66: Interview with Sandy Papavero
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sandy Papavero works with excited entrepreneurs who have a passion for their business but might not have the experience to manage the financial part o...
OS 65: The Upfront Cost of Leadership to Create Long-Term Value
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leadership is a container, which supports healthy growth for people like a garden supports healthy growth for plants. Planting the seeds is just the b...
OS 64: Do The Right Thing with David Duryea
25 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David A. Duryea is business improvement veteran with more than thirty-two years of experience in practical business improvement and technology innovat...
OS 63: Are You Taking Care of Yourself?
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all. – Emily Dickinson Once, upon ...
OS 62: Getting Unstuck: Unlocking Your Inner Potential
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s focus on Success! That means accomplishing what we set out to accomplish! According to the research… D & B determined that 90% of entre...
OS 61: Learning the Value of Effective Networking with Kelli Holmes
17 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Holmes on Networking http://teamreferralnetwork.com Welcome to TEAM Referral Network, where we are passionate about networking and connecting...
OS 60: Reverse Polarities - Must We Be Right or Wrong?
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It’s interesting to observe in the news accounts of politics the fact that people with opposing opinions both claim to be precisely correct. Is ther...
OS 59: Gaining More Time with Outsourcing
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Hirsch from Free Up shares his outsourcing secrets. Nate is the CEO of FreeeUp.com and the COO of Portlight. Nate has been an entrepreneur in ...
OS 58: Leadership Assessment: How Do You Rate?
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom…...
OS 57: Leadership Skills, Listening
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
“Being listened to is so close to being loved that most people cannot tell the difference.” –David Oxberg The Leadership Skills of The Musical ...
OS 56: Without Discernment, Leaders Fail
14 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Without Discernment, Leaders Fail We learn, then we digest that learning; finally we discern the appropriate application of the learning.– Hugh Bal...
OS 55: Leadership Skills: Evaluation
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Continuous improvement requires systematic evaluation. Continuous improvement requires unfiltered evaluation. - Anonymous Mastering the Evaluation is...
OS 54: Leadership Is Visionary
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Envision the Future Everybody has a dream. Only 3 out of every 100 people will actually do something about that dream by acting on the vision. Unfortu...
OS 53: Interview with Misfit Entrepreneur Founder, Dave Lucas
23 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Ballou Interviews Dave Lucas about his Misfit Entrepreneur concepts and systems. The Interview Transcript Ep 53, Interview with Dave Lukas Hugh...
OS 52:Session 52: Interview With Carmine Denisco on Products
16 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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OS 51: Transformational Leadership Skills, Transparency
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Effective leaders are not always right. They ensure that leaders on their teams are. Leading is empowering others. - Hugh Ballou As leaders, we fol...
OS 50: Transformational Leadership Skills, Delegation
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Transformational Leader Effectively Delegates A common leadership challenge is defining how to empower teams to function at a higher level, produ...
OS 49: 10 Tips for Being a Successful Principled Leader
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You have inherited a lifetime of tribulation. Everybody has inherited it. Take it over, make the most of it and when you have decided you know the rig...
OS 48: The Story and Legacy of Napoleon Hill
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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OS 47: 5 Steps to Effective Follow-Up
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We sometimes make a plan (entrepreneurs keep a lot of ideas in their minds and don’t always make a written plan to share), and sometimes we create a...
OS 46: Leadership Skills Being Vulnerable
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An effective leader does not have all the answers, but asks good questions. In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it d...
OS 45: Leadership Skills Observation
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The More the Leader Controls the Group, the Less Effective the Results Become My friend and colleague, Larry Dill, hired me to develop a world-class ...
OS 44: Leadership Skills, Balance or Not! With Leigh Anne Taylor
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Balance…or Not! I’m writing a new book. I’m thinking of calling it Adrenaline as a Way of Life. Or maybe I’ll try Time: There Will Never be E...
OS 43: Leadership Skills, Managing Our Negative Scripts
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We give energy to what we think about. - Anonymous You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take ...
OS 042: The "Shadow" that Limits Our Effectiveness with Dr David Gruder
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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OS 041: Leadership Skills - Use of Time
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Managing our use of time * Keeping yourself organized * Writing things down * Time wasters * Sharing your goals Keeping within the plan…intuitively...
OS 040: 5 Signs That it's Time to Invest in Your Leadership Skills
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. - James Allen Studying Leadersh...