Episodes

That’s a lot of dogs!!! Well….I’m not talking about real 4-legged dogs. DOGS stand for Disciplines Of Growth Success. There are 5 categories you need to not only understand, but focus some of your time in. You will probably be naturally gifted at some of these Disciplines and others you will not. However, you will need the Disciplines you are not good at. You don’t have to be great at all 5, but you have to acknowledge their importance, so you aren’t held back to what you can actually accomplish...

We’ve all heard the expression, short term gain-long term pain. That’s what happens when teams are managed through fear like, hit these numbers or else. It’s also an incredibly lazy way to lead people. In fact, I wouldn’t consider you a leader if this is what you do. On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, I’ll explain that your Culture level will determine your level of Execution. Don’t think that wow, I don’t have the time or energy to create a strong Culture. The reality i...

It sounds completely counterintuitive to not correct your team when things go wrong. This is not about accountability. This is about what happens every day and all day. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, listen in about what happens when you constantly lead through correction. More importantly, learn how much more productive your team can be when you focus on the behaviors you actually want, not what you don’t want. We all know that is the way forward in our own lives t...

Ok, we all know it. Most meetings are time wasters. You don’t learn anything knew. It could have been an email. However, meetings can be a super valuable tool, if you use them the right way! On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we promise not to waste your time about meetings :). Learn how to make them effective and maybe even share this with your leadership to help them help you. Let’s Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-charest-a08369a4/

With so many things competing for your time and attention as a leader, how do you know what to focus on first? How do you build teams for long term success? I’m not saying it’s a simple math problem, but I am saying you can compartmentalize your priorities and learn 2 things. One, you are probably better at doing some things than you think you are and two, if you know what is really driving some frustration, you can make plans to start attacking those frustrations. On this episode of the Leaders...