In this episode SLI Founder and CEO Art Barter sits down with former Los Angeles Laker and current CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad, Brad Holland. Brad shares the many leadership influences he has had throughout his career, from his time playing for UCLA, getting drafted to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coaching for University of San Diego's basketball program, to now being the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad, CA. When making decisions, Brad asks himself and his team...
Oct 01, 2019•56 min•Ep. 83
Here is part 2 of our discussion on diversity competence. Diversity and Inclusion is absolutely vital in servant led environments …in fact we can't call ourselves “servant-led” if we are not diverse in our organizations. Servant leadership calls us to treat every individual with dignity and respect. We look at the with the final 5 things you can do as a servant leader to improve your diversity competence. We hope you enjoy! We have a free gift we would like to send you that goes along with this ...
Sep 23, 2019•42 min•Ep. 82
This podcast focuses on diversity in our businesses and work teams. Diversity and Inclusion is absolutely vital in servant led environments …in fact we can't call ourselves “servant-led” if we are not diverse in our organizations. Servant leadership calls us to treat every individual with dignity and respect. Today we are going to talk about the first 5 things you can do as a servant leader to improve your diversity competence. We hope you enjoy! We have a free gift we would like to send you tha...
Sep 12, 2019•35 min•Ep. 81
In this episode, our very own mother-son team, Carol and Bryan Malinski, talk about "back to school". They explain how we can use this seeming stressful time to our advantage as servant leaders to serve first, build trust, and live our values with our children and teachers to help strengthen our overall community. We hope you enjoy! We have a free gift that goes along with this episode. Email us at info@servantleadershipinstitute.com with the subject title “Back to School” and we will send you a...
Sep 09, 2019•33 min•Ep. 80
Today, we have part 2 of our conversation on the 10 things you can do to begin as a servant leader. Robin Swift, President of SLI, and Carol Malinski, Director of Content and Curriculum, bring you the final 5 things any individual can do today to begin being a better servant leader. Be sure to take careful notes during the delegation portion of their talk. These “10 things” are simple to do; all you need is commitment. We hope you enjoy this episode! We have a free gift for you. Email us at info...
Aug 29, 2019•33 min•Ep. 79
To celebrate our 100th podcast episode, we sat down with SLI founder and CEO Art Barter to gain some insight on how he exercises the Nine Behaviors of a Servant Leader throughout his day. As Art lays out, it is important for servant leaders to look for opportunities throughout their day to serve first, build trust, live their values, listen to understand, think about their thinking, add value to others, demonstrate courage, increase their influence, and live their transformation. Thank you so mu...
Aug 21, 2019•54 min•Ep. 78
In this episode, we have the privilege of listening to a conversation between world-renowned trust expert and author Stephen M.R. Covey and SLI Founder and CEO Art Barter. They discuss the relationship between trust and servant leadership, and the importance of building and maintaining a strong sense of trust in your organization. Prepare to take copious notes during this podcast. We hope you enjoy! We have a great free gift we would like to send you. It’s an article by Stephen M.R. Covey titled...
Aug 09, 2019•55 min•Ep. 77
This week Robin Swift, President of SLI, talks with Director of Content and Curriculum Carol Malinski about actions any individual can take today to begin being a better servant leader. Many people focus on difficult to attain, extreme goals. These “10 things” are simple to do; all you need is commitment. We hope you enjoy this episode! We have a free gift for you. Email us at info@servantleadershipinstitue.com with the subject line "10 things" to receive a downloadable PDF of "10 Things You Can...
Aug 02, 2019•39 min•Ep. 76
Today we have a presentation by Habeeb Habeeb from our 2019 Servant Leader Conference. Habeeb is the CEO and Principal of BPC, an employee benefits administration firm. BPC is a repeat winner (4 times) of "Best Places to Work" in Illinois. He is also the founder of the H-Squared Leadership Institute, an organization focused on helping people take the good in life to a higher level and to inspire them to pursue excellence while making the world a kinder, gentler, and more positive place. Habeeb h...
Jul 19, 2019•54 min•Ep. 75
This episode focuses on Bryan Malinski and his developing journey in servant leadership. From his introduction to servant leadership when getting a job at SLI, to his current position 4 years later and what he has gone through in that time including a near death experience requiring open heart surgery which radically shifted his life path. We look at the take aways Bryan was been able to gather going through these events, and how he was able to see servant leadership all around him. We hope you ...
Jul 10, 2019•44 min•Ep. 74
Today, our founder and CEO Art Barter sits down with Kelly Cardenas to have a conversation about the impact servant leadership has had in their lives. They share stories and explain the importance of leading with purpose. We hope you enjoy! If you are interested in receiving a free gift, we would love to send you a digital download of our nine behaviors card. We recommend you print this out and keep it close to be able to reference it through your day. To receive this gift email us at info@serva...
Jun 27, 2019•48 min•Ep. 73
Today, our Founder and CEO Art Barter sits down with Lyle Tard to talk about finding significance in what you do as a leader. Lyle is the Founder and CEO of IMPACT Servant Leadership. He is currently in his 19th year as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force. Lyle takes pride in leading the next generation of world changers. From universities to businesses to churches, Lyle's passion is to influence the world to realize that "Leaders lead best when they serve." We are excited to hav...
Jun 21, 2019•46 min•Ep. 72
Welcome back to the SLI Podcast. Today we are bringing you a full keynote presentation by Kelly Cardenas. During this talk, Kelly walked our audience through his 6 Indicators for Business and Life. Be ready to take notes and be thoroughly entertained. Kelly Cardenas is an industry icon, author, international educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems, Business Coach, Salon Owner, Husband and Father. He attributes the success of his five namesake salons, located in Las Vegas, Chicago, Carlsbad, Salt...
May 31, 2019•59 min•Ep. 71
We continue this conversation with 3 more common business scenarios. Part of evolving as a servant leader involves learning to lead yourself. To effectively lead others it seems foundational to increase our skills at leading ourselves in all kinds of situations that occur in our workplaces and communities. So the question is: How do I lead myself when?... After listen to the episode, email us at info@servantleadershipinstitute.com to receive a Free Gift PDF....
May 17, 2019•39 min•Ep. 70
We are so happy this morning to welcome our friend and servant leader Don Janssen. Don is the retired head of veterinary medicine for San Diego Zoo Global. He is an author, podcaster, blogger. Don’s book is called Upside Down Leadership: A Zoo Vets Journey to Becoming a Servant Leader, and if you haven’t read it, you’re missing out as it is filled with stories of his adventures at the zoo and great leadership advice. Let’s get started with today’s topic, Putting Relationships Before Results. If ...
Apr 29, 2019•32 min•Ep. 69
Part of evolving as a servant leader involves learning to lead yourself. To effectively lead others it seems foundational to increase our skills at leading ourselves in all kinds of situations that occur in our workplaces and communities. So the question is: How do I lead myself when?... For more information on the Servant Leadership Institute and the services we provide visit our website: https://www.servantleadershipinstitute.com/...
Apr 18, 2019•31 min•Ep. 68
Welcome back to the Servant Leadership Institute Podcast. For this week’s episode we focus on your ability to be a great servant leader. Art Barter opened the 2019 Servant Leader Conference with a talk solely focused on asking the question of Are You Able? Listen as he challenges you to check your beliefs and be open to changing your view point on leadership and serving others first. We hope you enjoy! For more info on servant leadership click here: https://www.servantleadershipinstitute.com/...
Apr 10, 2019•48 min•Ep. 67
For this episode, we are bringing you a full presentation from our 2019 Servant Leader Conference that wrapped a few weeks ago. Vicki Clark is one of our favorite presenters, and has spoken at 3 of our conference. This time she talked about Diversity and Inclusion making us able. This presentation is rich with content so make sure you are equipped to take notes! We hope you enjoy. For information on Servant Leadership Institute and the services we offer visit our website: https://www.servantlead...
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 66
Today we are rounding out our Speaker to Speaker conversations. Kelly Cardenas chats with Carla Rieger about helping servant leaders find resilience when faced with obstacles in the workplace. Carla is the CEO of The Artistry of Change Training Inc. This was a fun, lighter conversation that gave insight into who these great leaders are. We are excited to have both of these great leaders on stage for the 2019 servant leader conference. We hope you enjoy this episode. There is still time to regist...
Feb 28, 2019•31 min•Ep. 65
We have another great conversation for you. Kelly Cardenas is back in the studio to talk with another SLC19 featured speaker. Habeeb Habeeb is an experienced servant leader and the Founder of H-squared Leadership Institute. Listen as these two talk about the "It" factor when working with employees in a servant led organization and how investing in your relationships can give you a great advantage over your competition. We hope you Enjoy! For information on how you can register for the 2019 Serva...
Feb 18, 2019•40 min•Ep. 64
For this episode, because our 2019 conference is right around the corner, we thought it would be interesting to have one of our featured speakers engage in a leadership conversation with another featured speaker. Kelly Cardenas is an Author, International Educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems, Business Coach, and Salon Owner. He sits in today with one of his personal heroes, Ken Blanchard, best selling author, Co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies and a great fr...
Feb 13, 2019•27 min•Ep. 63
In this episode we sit down with our founder and CEO Art Barter to talk about our upcoming Servant Leader Conference in March 2019. Art explains how he plans to challenge attendees' in their leadership. He wants to show the importance of serving the person rather than an ideology in servant leadership. We hope you enjoy! For information on how you can register for the 2019 Servant Leader Conference click here: https://bit.ly/2T60btL
Feb 08, 2019•59 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, we have the pleasure of talking with one of our 2019 conference speakers, Kelly Cardenas. Kelly is an industry icon, author, international educator for John Paul Mitchell Systems, business coach, salon owner, husband and father. He attributes the success of his five namesake salons to the team he constructed around him. Cardenas' concept of integrity based leadership has conditioned his team of trend-setting stylists to reach exponential heights - both as individual professional...
Jan 21, 2019•48 min•Ep. 61
This week, we look at a panel discussion held during our 2018 conference. Art Barter, Ken Blanchard, Vicki Clark, and Joe Nayquonabe take turns answering questions attendees have about servant leadership. These leadership superstars give great insight into how you can create change in your organization by turning your mindset from "Me" to "We." We hope you enjoy! For information on our 2019 Servant Leader Conference click here: https://bit.ly/2T60btL...
Jan 15, 2019•32 min•Ep. 60
In this episode, we are bringing you a recorded webinar presentation we did on "Why Kindness DOES Matter." We had the pleasure of having our Founder and CEO Art Barter as well as Olivia McIvor. Olivia is the Best-selling Author of The Business of Kindness, I SEE YOU and Four Generations, One Workplace. This webinar was intended to be just a taste of what you can expect from Olivia when she speaks at our upcoming 2019 Servant Leader Conference. Be sure to check our website for details on how you ...
Dec 21, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 59
In this podcast, we take a deeper look into the subject matter that SLI Founder and CEO Art Barter provides during his presentation "Can You Spare Some Change?" Art talks on the importance of living servant leadership through your behaviors. We expand on important takeaways that we gathered from listening to this presentation. We hope you enjoy this episode!
Dec 08, 2018•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 58
In this episode, we are talking with one of our featured speakers for the 2019 Servant Leader Conference. Jeff Foley the Founder, CEO and President of Loral Mountain Systems. Jeff coaches executives who want to grow by making positive, lasting change in behavior for themselves and the people they lead. Jeff is a retired Brigadier General in the US Army and we have the benefit of his 32 years of experience in the armed forces along with his business experience. His enthusiasm for teaching others ...
Nov 13, 2018•31 min•Ep. 57
In this episode we talk with our friend Don Janssen, DVM about a recent blog he wrote, Preventing Conflict by Learning to Like People. Don is the retired corporate director of animal health for San Diego Zoo Global. In this blog he outlines three principals for preventing conflict. We liked the blog so much we had to have him on to explain in further detail each one of the principles. Don gives great examples of how he used these principals during his career at the zoo. We hope you enjoy! To get...
Nov 01, 2018•25 min•Ep. 56
In this episode we talk about the importance of Living Your Values as an individual and as a successful, servant led organization. We give examples of the importance of developing a set a values in an organization and why those values should be in alignment with employee values. Values are an essential building block for an organization, and can be used to inspire and motivate individuals. So take your values off the wall and put them into action. We hope you enjoy this episode! For information ...
Oct 12, 2018•33 min•Ep. 55
The conversation today will explore some aspects of building trust in the workplace. We'll use an acronym for TRUST to help you understand the building process of trust. We address broken trust and how to repair it, as well as looking at ways you can extend trust to people you may not know. Overall points include: Check yourself first The importance of the pause If you behave in a way that damages trust, you need to behave your way back. Just talking won’t work Using the "Trust" acronym througho...
Oct 04, 2018•42 min•Ep. 54
