Out of the Comfort Zone

Uncommon Greatness with Mark Miller

26 Apr 2024

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Send us a textHave you ever wondered about the essential skills for being a leader that inspires people and that people want to follow? What really s...

Finding Success, Happiness and Purpose with Lan Phan

19 Apr 2024

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Send us a textThis episode addresses one question: How do you come to understand who you are and what matters to you so that you can live the life you...

Avoiding Procrastination with Sam Bennett

12 Apr 2024

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Send us a textMost of us avoid getting things done either from fear or self-doubt or lack of time. Regardless what you need to get done or your tempe...

Breathwork and De-Stressing with Lauren Vestal

05 Apr 2024

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Send us a textStress comes from the big events at work and outside of work as well as in all the small micro moments. Managing stress levels may well ...

Solving Problems with Atif Rafiq

29 Mar 2024

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Send us a textIf you are leading a team, you probably spend a lot of your time solving problems with or for the team. And, perhaps you spend more time...

Exploring with Whitney Johnson

22 Mar 2024

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Send us a textTaking time to explore is one of the things that we need to do more of but that is out of the comfort zone for those that are task focus...

Science of Motivation with Ayelet Fishbach

15 Mar 2024

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Send us a textThis is part of the motivation series. In this episode, we turn to science to ask what research tells us about motivating ourselves and ...

Motivation and Personality with Ryne Sherman

08 Mar 2024

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Send us a textOne of the most common questions I get is about how to motivate a team, and yourself as a leader. In this multi-part series, we address ...

Incentives That Drive Change with Bruce Rigal

01 Mar 2024

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Send us a textThis is part of a series on motivation where we explore what you can do to motivate your team and yourself. The focus in this episode i...

Motivating and Leading with Sam Kendall

23 Feb 2024

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Send us a textThis is another installment in the series on motivation, a key concern for many leaders. This episode focuses on the lessons of experie...

Transformation through Communication with Jacqueline Farrington

16 Feb 2024

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Send us a textCommunication is the means for inspiring, motivating, persuading, transforming, sparking innovation, developing and nuturing a talented ...

The Leaders We Choose with Moshik Temkin

09 Feb 2024

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Send us a textWhich leaders do we gravitate to in time of stability versus in time of crisis? Are leaders changed by events or not? What does that say...

Fixing Friction with Huggy Rao

02 Feb 2024

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Send us a textDo you feel that you are stuck in mire and can’t get things done? Is your organization wasting a lot of time with inefficiency? Are ...

Winning in the People Age with Kate Bravery

26 Jan 2024

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Send us a textBeing a people leader has never been more important and never more difficult at the same time. Demands, expectations, work load, burn o...

Being Fooled with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris

19 Jan 2024

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Send us a textNone of us, regardless how competent or cautious we are, are immune from being fooled. If you doubt that you can be deceived, then tune ...

Your Sense of Self with Brian Lowery

12 Jan 2024

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Send us a textThose giving you advice about how to improve your leadership typically start with the advice to “know yourself”. But have you ever s...

Cascading Change with Greg Satell

05 Jan 2024

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Send us a textOne way or another, every leader is trying to create change. However, organizations are extremely slow to adopt change even when the log...

Conversation and Social Presence with Jeanine Turner

29 Dec 2023

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Send us a textRegardless where you sit in an organization or the part of the world in which you reside, I think we can all agree that the quality of o...

Encore How Mindfulness Gives You an Edge with Matt Tenney

22 Dec 2023

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Send us a textNo doubt you have heard about mindfulness and may have attended a workshop at your organization. If you are not yet a devotee, tune in t...

Mindtraps with Hortense le Gentil

15 Dec 2023

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Send us a textWhat holds you back? Most of us create our own traps that keep us from stepping out of our comfort zone. What are the common mindtraps? ...

Great Leadership with Tim Elmore

08 Dec 2023

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Send us a textGreat leadership involves a complex set of demands – often ones in conflict with each other. In this episode we begin with the eight ...

Resilience with Marie-Hélène Pelletier

01 Dec 2023

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Send us a textGetting out of your comfort zone means learning to cope with mistakes and set-backs – in other words being resilient. In fact, senior...

Encore Fair Pay with David Buckmaster

24 Nov 2023

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Send us a textNothing seems to raise concerns like pay and benefits. If you think you should be paid more or if you want to ask for a pay increase, t...

Accelerating Careers and Leadership with Jennifer McCollum

17 Nov 2023

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Send us a textAdvancing your career today is harder than ever for many reasons from economic pressures to competition, uncertainty, changing expectati...

Radical Respect with Kim Scott

10 Nov 2023

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Send us a textRespect, being valued, feeling like you belong, appreciating your contribution – these are things all of us want from our employers. S...

Your Confidence Superpowers with Lisa Sun

03 Nov 2023

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Send us a textWho doesn’t want more confidence, especially when you have stepped out of your comfort zone and are trying to do something you haven’...

Think Faster and Talk Smarter with Matt Abrahams

27 Oct 2023

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Send us a textDo you struggle to frame your thoughts in meetings? Do you avoid speaking up? Do you dread speaking in public? If so, this episode is f...

Getting Along with Amy Gallo

20 Oct 2023

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Send us a textAt some point in our careers, all of us have to work with a co-worker or a boss who is “difficult”, from our point of view and who u...

Self-Promotion with Meredith Fineman

13 Oct 2023

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Send us a textYou have probably been told that you need to raise your profile or do more self-promotion in order to get the opportunities you want to ...

The Real Work with Adam Gopnik

06 Oct 2023

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Send us a textHave you ever wondered what it takes to become truly skilled, an expert, in a new area – that is when “we become the Master of It in...

Getting People to Listen with Gabe Zichermann

29 Sep 2023

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Send us a textGetting people to listen is step one in persuading them to take an action. That is true whether you are giving a big speech, making a pi...

Power and Influence with Robert Dilenschneider

22 Sep 2023

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Send us a textPower and influence – two words that are critical in a world that is vastly different from a decade ago even. We often think about hie...

Digital Leadership with Brian Spisak

15 Sep 2023

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Send us a textDigital transformation, data analytics, AI, ChatGPT are the current headlines. What does it mean for you as a leader? What do you need...

Influencing with Brian Ahearn

08 Sep 2023

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Send us a textIn the project driven work of today, the ever ominous matrix and the need to manage stakeholders, influence is critical, perhaps more so...

Asking Great Questions with Bob Tiede

01 Sep 2023

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Send us a textQuestions are the most important tools in a leadership toolkit. Questions help you coach effectively as well as delegate, learn, innova...

Preparing for the Next Step with Kirsten Jordan

25 Aug 2023

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Send us a textHear from a leader who has stepped out of her comfort zone and learn what she has done to be successful in those moments, how she prepar...

Developing Your Leadership with JP Elliott

18 Aug 2023

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Send us a textMany writers and consultants have an opinion about what makes for great leadership – usually focused around their main theme. This ep...

Future Proof Your Career with Design Thinking by CJ Meadows

11 Aug 2023

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Send us a textSome skills are and will be essential in the coming decades and if you want to stay relevant regardless the latest technology or content...

Bragging with Lisa Bragg

04 Aug 2023

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Send us a textMost of us don’t love self-promotion but we know we need to do it – or rather we think we are supposed to do it. Finally, there is ...

Getting Along with Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier

28 Jul 2023

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Send us a textRegardless where you work or how empathetic and caring you are as a person, everyone eventually needs to work with someone where the rel...

Your Back and Your Life with Dr. David Rowe

21 Jul 2023

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Send us a textWhen we think of well-being, we usually think of mindfulness and relaxation. Being free from pain is just as important. What you do tod...

Compassion AND Accountability with Nate Regier

14 Jul 2023

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Send us a textIf you are struggling to hold people accountable, then this podcast has the solution for you. It turns out that both compassion AND acc...

Developing Courage with Jim Detert

07 Jul 2023

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Send us a textDo you admire leaders who have courage and who seem to make bold moves without enormous stress? Do you wish you had more courage? Or, d...

Mentoring Roles with Scott Miller

30 Jun 2023

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Send us a textPerhaps you have been asked to be a mentor or to be part of a mentoring program. Perhaps you have mentored before and probably had a cou...

Making The Right Call with Sally Jenkins

23 Jun 2023

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Send us a textLeaders faced with decisions often ask if they made the “right” call. Winning athletes and coaches make a constant series of calls. ...

How Managers Add Value with Nicolai Foss

16 Jun 2023

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Send us a textDo you wish you worked in an organization with no hierarchy – where each employee determined their path to achieving stated goals? Are...

How Mindfulness Gives You an Edge with Matt Tenney

09 Jun 2023

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Send us a textNo doubt you have heard about mindfulness and may have attended a workshop at your organization. If you are not yet a devotee, tune in t...

Attention and Focus with Gloria Mark

02 Jun 2023

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Send us a textDo you think you are good at multi-tasking? Do you wonder why you can’t stay focused and what to do about it? Do you really need to ta...

Guiding Minds and Changing Behavior with Stephen McGarvey

26 May 2023

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Send us a textHow you think about a situation impacts how you feel about the situation and ultimately how you interact with people. The problem is tha...

Finding Mentors with Glenn Stearns

19 May 2023

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Send us a textIf you are looking for an inspirational story on the power of one or two words of encouragement, this is the episode for you. We talk a...

Brain Science and Your Performance with Dr Nicole Byers

12 May 2023

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Send us a textNeuroscience has a lot to say to us today about how our brains default to habits that are not conducive to productivity, motivation, thi...

How to Lead Inclusively with Gena Cox

05 May 2023

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Send us a textNo doubt your organization has a diversity and inclusion effort and it may go by any number of acronyms: DEI, IED, DEIB, etc. What do yo...

Changing Culture with Donte Vaughn

28 Apr 2023

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Send us a textChanging the culture is among the top plans for many leaders whether they lead a large organization or a small team. Yet few really succ...

Microstress: The Cause and the Cure with Rob Cross and Karen Dillon

21 Apr 2023

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Send us a textThe impact of stress is not a new topic. However, have you stopped to think about all the tiny, almost unrecognizable things that happen...

Access Denied with Brenda Harrington

14 Apr 2023

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Send us a textDiversity matters for innovation and performance at a minimum. Why do so many who are part of a minority group within the organization ...

Confidence with Lydia Fenet

07 Apr 2023

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Send us a textRegardless of what you have done, when you get out of your comfort zone to do something new, your confidence will take a hit. How do yo...

Generational Divides with Tammy Dowley-Blackman

31 Mar 2023

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Send us a textMillennials will make up 75% of most workforces by 2025 and Generation Z is right behind them. The differences in perspectives between ...

Future Back with Bob Johansen

24 Mar 2023

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Send us a textWhat if you had a methodology for looking into the future, drawing implications and taking actions that matter today? Tune in to hear h...

Demonstrating Value with Patti and Jack Phillips

17 Mar 2023

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Send us a textWhether you are talking about your brand or your big idea, being able to show a specific measure of success helps others invest in you a...

Rise Together with Sally Helgesen

10 Mar 2023

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Send us a textBuilding a culture where diverse opinions are heard, debates happen in the room and people feel comfortable saying what they think in a ...

Winning an Argument with Bo Seo

03 Mar 2023

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Send us a textDebate, disagreement, different perspectives, different priorities and even different sets of facts make persuading others extremely tou...

Comfortable with Conflict with Marlene Chism

24 Feb 2023

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Send us a textConflict, tension and disagreement are part of every team and every organization. Those that can navigate through the tension can achie...

Building Accountability with Lynne Curry

17 Feb 2023

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Send us a textHow often has you questioned whether your team was accountable? How many times have you told someone on your team to hold others accoun...

Getting People in Power to Change with Amy Rothenberg

10 Feb 2023

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Send us a textHow do you find the courage and the strategy to persuade people in positions of power to do something different? So many people have gre...

Making Time for Strategy with Richard Medcalf

03 Feb 2023

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Send us a textYou know you need time to think and to plan, you know you have a very important future-focused task to work on in the next 6 months, and...

Your Power with Sharon Melnick

27 Jan 2023

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Send us a textHow can you understand and grow the power you have? What are the good ways to use your power? What are the ways you give your power aw...

Motivating Yourself and Others with Ayelet Fishbach

20 Jan 2023

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Send us a textHow can you motivate others, and by implication yourself? That is one of the most common questions I hear from leaders and for good rea...

Being a Better Leader from Day One with Bill Treasurer

13 Jan 2023

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Send us a textFar too often, new leaders are not prepared for the leadership role and thus are frustrated, disillusioned and ineffective. This is a f...

Sticking or Switching with Elaine Fox

06 Jan 2023

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Send us a textResilience, adaptability and agility are becoming even more essential skills for leaders. But, in the face of change is it better to st...

Happiness and Time with Cassie Holmes

30 Dec 2022

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Send us a textWhat do you need to do to experience more happiness? It turns out there is strong link between a finite amount of discretionary time and...

Encore Saving Face with Maya Hu-Chan

23 Dec 2022

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Send us a textWhereever you work, you probably interact and collaborate with people from a range of cultures. What do you need to do to insure that y...

Chinese and Western Attitudes with Geshe Michael Roach

16 Dec 2022

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Send us a textSo many of the cultures that we interact with are not truly understood – no less so than China and the West, in particular the US. We ...

A Radical New Way to Negotiate with Barry Nalebuff

09 Dec 2022

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Send us a textWhen most people prepare for a negotiation, they worry about how high to start the “bidding”, what information to withhold and who i...

Quieting the Mind with Gillian McMichael

02 Dec 2022

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Send us a textOur minds are always in high gear - interpreting events, watching for blockers, protecting us and more. That activity can make destress...

Encore Who We Listen To and Why with Steve Martin

25 Nov 2022

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Send us a textHow effective are you at influencing people? Do you ever wonder why people do not appear to take your ideas seriously? Tune in to learn ...

Finding Out Anything from Anyone with Maryann Karinch

18 Nov 2022

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Send us a textAs a leader, you ask questions of your team, potential hirees, your customers, your peers and sometimes even your competitors. Just thi...

Change Your Questions Change Your Outcome with Marilee Adams

11 Nov 2022

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Send us a textThe questions we ask ourselves as well as the questions we ask our team ultimately drive our thinking, our engagement, our sense of sati...

Manager as Coach with Gillian McMichael

04 Nov 2022

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Send us a textOf course as a leader you strive to give feedback to your team and to develop them. But, are you coaching enough? Or are you instructi...

Fair Pay with David Buckmaster

28 Oct 2022

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Send us a textNothing seems to raise concerns like pay and benefits. If you think you should be paid more or if you want to ask for a pay increase, t...

Curious Minds with Perry Zurn and Dani Bassett

21 Oct 2022

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Send us a textCuriosity – gentle curiosity – is an essential skill for leaders and teams. Whether it is the curiosity to ask why before leaping t...

Inspiring Performance with Max Spoto

14 Oct 2022

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Send us a textTune in to hear one leader’s experience inspiring people in his organization to do more, make change and reach a higher level of perfo...

Master Mentors 2 with Scott Miller

07 Oct 2022

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Send us a textSo many books to read and no time to read them – listen in for insights from some of the best leaders and authors. What is their key ...

Anxiety with Tracey Marks

30 Sep 2022

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Send us a textWhile anxiety has always been a part of the human condition, today more and more people are talking about anxiety in themselves and in t...

Taking Risks with Andy Waldeck

23 Sep 2022

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Send us a textYou have heard about the need to change, the coming potential disruptions to your business and the risks you need to take in your career...

Ruthless Efficiency with Scott Solomon

16 Sep 2022

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Send us a textWho doesn’t have more tasks than there are hours in the day to get them completed? Or more emails than you can possibly read and resp...

Are You High Potential with Jim Shanley

09 Sep 2022

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Send us a textHave you been identified as a high potential talent in your organization? What does it take to be seen as high potential? What do high ...

Finding and Keeping Talent with Carol Schultz

02 Sep 2022

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Send us a textWith the “Great Resignation”, most leaders have renewed their focus on finding, hiring and keeping great talent. Are you doing the r...

Resilience Reframed with Bruce Daisley

26 Aug 2022

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Send us a textThe stories of how individuals overcome extreme adversity are widely told and lauded. They emphasize personal grit, perserverance, growt...

Getting Out of Quicksand with Mark Miller

19 Aug 2022

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Send us a textDo you find yourself struggling to keep up, to make the impact you know you can make? What choices do you need to make to get out of qui...

Agile Leadership with Chuck Mollor

12 Aug 2022

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Send us a textWhat makes a great leader today? No doubt you have your own experiences with leaders you thought were truly inspirational and admirable...

Advocating for Yourself When Others Don’t with Amy Balog

05 Aug 2022

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Send us a textIn this episode, we begin with a story of a newly hired leader who is overwhelmed, not fully backed by the team, not getting the support...

Delegation with Bill Ringle

29 Jul 2022

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Send us a textAll leaders need to create greater leverage by delegating more effectively. That isn’t news; yet most leaders struggle to delegate ef...

Change with Erika Andersen

22 Jul 2022

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Send us a textLeadership is about leading change whether the change is to get better performance, better teams, better cultures or better client/custo...

Telling Stories with Frank Rose

15 Jul 2022

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Send us a textStories – no doubt you have heard that to capture your audience you need to tell a story. Yet, most executives don’t use narrative ...

Irritating People with Chris DeSantis

08 Jul 2022

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Send us a textWho do you find irritating at work? Chances are they are not very much like you – they may be from a different generation or backgroun...

Inspiring Conversations with Steve Curtin

01 Jul 2022

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Send us a textIf you are looking for ways to inspire your team, we have a process to follow that will lead to inspiration, engagement and better decis...

Encore Changing Behavior with BJ Fogg

24 Jun 2022

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Send us a textWhat is the secret to changing your behavior and changing your habits? What about changing the habits of your team? Tune in to discover ...

Confidence, Flaws and Values with Kelli Thompson

17 Jun 2022

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Send us a textWe often get feedback about a behavior that is too much – such as being too direct, too quiet or too assertive. However that same beh...

Parenting, Work and Life

10 Jun 2022

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Send us a textIn honor of fathers and mothers around the world who are working and struggling to keep all the aspects of their lives together. First, ...

Business Growth with Douglas McGann

03 Jun 2022

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Send us a textGrowth is a key focus today whether that is expanding the company’s footprint or expanding product and service offers. How can you bet...