Episodes

Now more than ever, it can feel like you’re running out of bandwidth. You only have so much energy and so much time. Most of the time people are running out of bandwidth and don’t really realize it until they feel like they want to stop everything. If you are living any life of value, constantly improving and moving forward, it will require more bandwidth from you. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, learn the warning signs and more importantly, what to do about it. You ...

This title might be confusing. The ultimate gift of leadership is getting others to become leaders in their own right. So why focus on getting people to follow you? It’s really about building the highest levels of trust. Getting people to follow you is what creates your ability to influence others. Then, you have a massive responsibility to mentor others into becoming leaders themselves. In this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll break down the process to help you understa...

You may be thinking, what kind of question is that? You’re a leader or you want to be a leader, but do you have any talent to lead? Does it take any talent to lead? Well, yes, and no. You really don’t need talent to lead….at first. We’ll break it all down on this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast and show you that learning leadership skills is a choice. More importantly, you can make that choice. It’s completely up to you and no one else!

I’m sure everyone is aware of the fact the whole world is short staffed. What does that really mean? Where did everyone go? Are there really millions of people sitting out and somehow making a living? Or does it really mean that the labor market is shifting, and people are just deciding they aren’t going to work the same way. Whatever the answer is, we are seeing something historical. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll talk about what this means for leaders and wha...

Facts are facts. If you are going to achieve something, you’ll have to join a “club” meaning, whatever group of people you are going to lead. There is a price to be paid for it. Also, there is a process to not only getting into the club but moving up in the club. For many of us, this isn’t a fun process. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll show you that even if you don’t want to, it’s necessary to get into the club and more importantly, show you that it’s just a pro...

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.

Those words may be very hard to hear. No one wants to think they can be replaced. Maybe, you’ve been at the same company for 20 years or more and it’s never happened to you. For many of us, it’s a very possible reality. Even within your job, maybe you’ve been reassigned or didn’t get that promotion you should have. Or…..maybe you were replaced. The feelings of anxiety, feelings of, “am I not good enough?” start to creep in. Maybe it was just a vindictive boss that wanted you out of the way. For ...

Leaders, I have a question for you. Do you lead through results, or the behaviors that drive those results? There is a huge difference between winning and what creates winning. Also, how do you protect your energy, your mental energy, while leading others to get results? On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll show you how to lead through behavior performance to get better results with your team and maybe even help you keep your sanity.

No one, I mean no one likes a micromanager. It’s not fun to work for one. Your team can’t develop to its full potential under one. True leaders do not need to micromanage. Or do they? There’s actually some good reasons to micromanage. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we will of course explore the bad side of micromanaging, but we’ll also talk about why it might be necessary and how you can turn it in to a good thing.

Leadership isn’t like it was 15 or 20 years ago. Soft skills are the hard skills and there isn’t a more powerful soft skill like empathy. Even though most don’t always use this skill, it has always worked. Think of the books created by Dale Carnegie. They are over 100 years old. It’s about the principal of connecting and understanding others. On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we take on the challenges of leading with empathy. We all know it’s the best way to connect and...

One of the most debilitating feelings you can have is feeling like you’re never enough. That mindset changes everything you do. You feel like you’re the only person that feels that way. Interestingly enough, you’re actually in the majority of how people view themselves. On this episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll show you what’s really behind that feeling and that YOU can understand it, change it and own it!