Episodes

Inevitably, not everyone will perform well on your team. Or maybe, they will make such a bad decision, you can’t just “coach” them out of it. You will need to fire them. Have you done all you can do with them? Can you let someone go with empathy? They may wind up being your next Customer. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how to let people go the right way. Most importantly, discover if you, as the Leader, have done what you should. You’ve set the Culture Table, y...

As the saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side of the septic tank. You get frustrated in your career and other places seem so much better. The fact is all jobs will have things you won’t like. You need to look a little deeper into you. Just changing your mindset changes how you perform, regardless of your job role. When you can get to the right type of work for you and the right mindset????? Well….jackpot! One this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how ...

Why can’t everyone on your team just behave? Why can’t they just do the right thing or treat everyone else the right way? This is the biggest frustrations of most leaders. When dealing with behavior issues, it’s so time consuming. You can’t focus on the things you want when you’re dealing with bad behaviors. What happens when you don’t deal with bad behaviors? Who is really in charge if you allow in to continue? On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how to deal with b...

When you become a Leader, there is one distinct difference that you’ll notice about your energy. Being physically tired is easier to deal with compared to being mentally tired. Everything about your leadership will revolve around your ability to stay mentally strong. The problem is, every challenge will be competing for your mental capacity. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how you can maintain good mental health so you can perform at the mental level that propel...

Winning. Succeeding. Achieving. Isn’t that what we are all striving for? What does winning really mean? You can’t just win once and be happy. You also can’t let a win, or a loss define who you are. You can’t dwell on either winning or losing. Winning, is really about the ability to move forward. For a Leader, how can you create an environment of winning? On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how to set your team up for success with sustainable winning.

Guess what? You are not special. Sounds like a strange way to talk about success. The fact is, everyone goes through the same process to achieve things. No one is immune. The sooner you learn it’s about a process before it’s about you, you can focus on what you need to do to move forward. On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how to remove your inner thoughts of anxiety, imposter syndrome and self doubt. Every expert was once a beginner. That goes for you too!

To really lead at a high level, you can’t get lost in the day-to-day grind. There has to be a level of thinking above the normal, above just getting through the day. Thinking long term and beyond where you are today is what will really change your focus. It will make you lead at a higher level. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn to Lead with a higher focus so you can be the leader you’ve always wanted to be.

If you haven’t failed at anything, you haven’t been trying to accomplish enough. Many of us can’t just stop leading because something has gone wrong. The big thing is recognizing when you’re failing. It’s not always noticeable when you’re failing and sometimes it’s painfully obvious. To really get your leadership chops if you will, you have to know how to lead through colossal failures to know what to do to lead through it. On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, hear about s...

As a Leader, how do you keep going? Everything is competing for your energy. How do you keep the energy you need to lead the way you want to? On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn how to keep the energy you need and be aware of what robs your energy.

Hard Leadership….you know….the drill instructor kind….is actually lazy leadership. Don’t get me wrong, there is a time and a place for very direct leadership. Think about a fire department putting out a house fire. You can’t have a development meeting or a long term sales strategy to put out a fire. How about an emergency room trauma patient? Same thing. What is really hard about leadership is developing soft skills. That takes time, investment in people, and you as the leader, actually caring t...

Sounds a bit weird for a leadership podcast so imply you should put up with a bad work culture. The fact is, just because you find out your work culture is bad, it doesn’t mean you can leave immediately. Or maybe you were in a good work culture and a new leader took over and bam…..now it’s bad. Either way, the worst thing that can happen is that you change who you are for someone you don’t like or respect. When you think of it that way, it doesn’t make sense to be a different person because of ...

Nobody likes to be judged. Many people swear that they don’t judge people. The fact is, people do judge. Sometimes for big reasons and sometimes for small reasons. It’s pretty easy to get sucked into conversations like that. Being judged can really change how you see yourself. The next thing you know is you’re telling yourself those same things….even if they aren’t true. What you need to do explore the truth of what you know about yourself. Be so confident, that no matter what people say, you ar...