Clarity and accountability are key to healthy relationships and effective workplaces. This can look like prioritizing long-term benefits by facing conflicts rather than avoiding them, working with and through difficult emotions with clarity, care, and connection, understanding the stories we live by and evaluating whether they're serving us, or learning to listen and lead in ways that align with our mission and values. In this episode Marc Lesser, Author of Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Acc...
Aug 17, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Can you relate to the phrase, overwhelmed working manager? Recently we received a question from a manager and this manager writes, "I am a working manager. Not that all managers aren't working, but I have an enormous pile of my work besides having to lead my team. I constantly feel guilty that I'm not doing enough for them, but if I let my work go, my results will suffer. What should I do?" In this episode, get eight practical ways to help you reduce the overwhelm and become a more effective wor...
Aug 10, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Why do we have to have a conversation about maintaining our infrastructure? When you build a road, you know it's going to deteriorate. You build a bridge, the engineers will tell you upfront what the serviceable life of that bridge will be. And they even have fun graphs that show the downward curve of the bridge's reliability over time. Are conversations about how we will maintain our business, work, or team infrastructure more difficult topics for some leaders? Leadership Without Using Your Sou...
Aug 03, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast What does your Leadership Brand Authority say? We look to brands for what to do, what to think, and how to feel. We want to know what to support and what to stand against. Brands are the new voice of authority and now is the perfect time to reveal the humanity behind the brand. Consumers want to connect with the brands they support. Business leaders want to create purposeful, passionate companies. At this intersection of shared values is where a brand’s authority is established and humanity shin...
Jul 27, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast The numerous daily leadership decisions we make, both at work and in life, are small chances to make a big impact. In this episode Richard Moran, author of Never Say Whenever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference, offers a blueprint to help everyone understand why and how the choices we make, even the minor ones, are pivotal to professional development and career trajectory. For young graduates just starting out to seasoned professionals seeking ways to reenergize their careers, it's a time...
Jul 20, 2023•51 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast To achieve culture change, you don't want to be scared of the conflict between values. When people know your values as an organization, but you don't see those values being lived out, the problem is likely one of two invisible conflicts within change. Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightful discussions on leadership and management, focusing on essential communication skills, productivity, teamwork, delegation, and feedback to help leaders navigate various leadership styles, ...
Jul 13, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast So many leaders feel the need to be right to demonstrate competence or to feel like they have all the answers, but in most leadership positions this doesn't fly anymore and leaders need to be wrong from time to time. The people you're leading who are closer to the work will inherently know more about it than the leader, so the question is, can you learn? Can you change your mind? If listening is the willingness to have your mind changed, can you learn to listen and learn to be comfortable with b...
Jul 06, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Compassion and accountability are too often in tension - leaders feel they have to pick one or the other when in fact, practicing compassionate accountability can lead to a thriving organizational culture. Solely prioritizing accountability can create toxic work environments that drive away good talent. On the other end of the spectrum, being too nice can compromise performance and productivity. The solution is recognizing that compassion and accountability are not opposites. In fact, accountabi...
Jun 29, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you want to be heard, you need to know how to listen. Communication isn’t all about what you say. It’s about what you hear, what you notice, and how you respond. In short: it’s about how you listen. And despite leaders spending eighty-three percent of their day listening, only two percent of them have ever been trained in how to listen effectively. At a time when we are more technologically linked than ever, our conversations have never been more distracted and disconnected―because most don’...
Jun 22, 2023•54 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast If you change your leadership assumptions, can you create a powerhouse with the organization or team you already have? The COVID-19 pandemic and an ever-changing array of new ways of working seem to have all of us asking, “Does work really have to suck this bad?” It looks like a small taste of flexibility and freedom has made many of us rethink the nature of the work we do and how we do it. In this episode Melissa Swift, author of Work Here Now: Think Like a Human and Build a Powerhouse Workplac...
Jun 16, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell gives practical and inspirational ways of leading through fear and decision-making in high-stress situations. You'll get lessons and stories that will serve as a resource for you as you lead your employees, students, and others through the challenges of life and work, learning to create a positive impact and make a big difference in the lives of the people who follow you. Kim offers specific strategies and tech...
Jun 09, 2023•51 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever experienced a recurring issue and despite thinking of multiple angles, no clear solutions come up? You can probably relate to this one too, have you ever looked for something in your refrigerator or bookshelf, not been able to find it, only to discover it was right there in front of you the whole time? Sometimes to find what you're looking for, you have to first update the search image that your mind is using to look for it. Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insight...
Jun 01, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast "There's nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." - Arthur Conan Doyle. Leadership perspective creates different kinds of creative solutions that make far more sense and have more support than the limited but obvious approach you might have started with. Many times, particularly as a leader, a tough question is way more important than having an easy answer, and a discussion is more valuable than the dictate. Can you identify the issues that are obvious to everyone and find value in the diff...
May 25, 2023•12 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Have you wondered how your past experiences impact your present success and future opportunities? Experiential Intelligence—the mindsets and abilities gained from your personal and professional life experiences-- helps uncover just that. While you can't change what's happened to you or how you've responded to it, within your unique stories are hidden strengths waiting to be discovered. Your Experiential Intelligence (XQ) isn't only what you've learned over time. It's how you perceive challenges,...
May 21, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you want to gain insight and understanding in both yourself and your organization? The ability to take on another person’s point of view is a vital part of getting anything done successfully, and the Enneagram offers a unique and effective route to open people up to other ways of thinking. In this episode Karl Hebenstreit, Ph.D., author of The How and Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram, provides an overview of Organization Development tools and frameworks traditionally associated...
May 12, 2023•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Showing up with authenticity and love creates a legacy. In today's episode, Rani Puranik shares lessons of life, love, and leadership from her book, 7 Letters to My Daughters: Light Lessons of Love, Leadership, and Legacy. Rani provides a roadmap to equip not only her daughters but the daughters of the world. From growing up in a country foreign to her family to finding strength during a tumultuous and scarring divorce to finally understanding a greater purpose and independence in spite of cultu...
May 05, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you find yourself caught in the day-to-day demands wondering how do I find time for strategy that allows me to invest in myself, be more effective, or invest in building my business, you don't need a new productivity trick. The first step is to begin a deeper leadership journey and address four core factors – Tactics, Influence, Mindset, and Environment (T.I.M.E.). In this episode, Richard Medcalf gives you a roadmap to becoming a more strategic leader and offers a complete set of strategies ...
Apr 27, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you experience genuine concern in your leadership? Do you lead by example and does your team know they are in the V.A.U.L.T? In this episode, David talks with Virg Palumbo, President of Organizational Efficiency for Kforce Inc. on what leadership is, how to handle high-pressure, high-stress situations, and how every person on your team can make a difference. Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightful discussions on leadership and management, focusing on essential communicati...
Apr 20, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leaders know how valuable coaching conversations can be but it's not always easy to find the time. In this episode, Wendy Swire, author of Anytime Coaching: Unleashing Employee Performance, gives us effective and impactful coaching skills to use at any time. The Anytime Coaching model equips managers (from first-time supervisors to senior executives) with tools they can use immediately to transform the way they work with employees and colleagues unleashing their best thinking and developing thei...
Apr 13, 2023•51 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Building rapport doesn't always come easy when we're dealing with different personality types, time constraints, or being forced to create relationships online where trust and connection are naturally more difficult to cultivate. This is why we had to have Michael Redding back on the podcast to continue the discussions on excellent conversation and rapport-building skills. The first time Michael Reddington joined the podcast we discussed his book, The Disciplined Listening Method, How a Certifie...
Apr 06, 2023•50 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever thought, if I just had more discipline I could achieve that goal? If you're looking to master your discipline then this episode with Dre Baldwin, Author of Work on Your Game, is for you. Whether you’re just starting out in business or looking to take your career to the next level, Dre has the strategy you need to succeed from the inside out, including a four-part model for achieving any goal, based on discipline, confidence, mental toughness, and personal initiative. Dre takes you ...
Apr 02, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever wondered what the most essential leadership competencies are and how they can be learned without taking up too much time? Whether you are in a formal leadership role or are a rising leader, entrepreneur, or changemaker driven by a desire to use your voice to create change, in this conversation with Reiner Lomb, you will get tips on how to positively influence key stakeholders, build trust, lead with optimism, ride the waves of negative emotions, mobilize people to take action and c...
Mar 23, 2023•57 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast If you aspire to embody authentic leadership across all spectrums of your life, this episode is for you. Sean Georges and John Buford, are two former marine officers with a combined 80 years of leadership experience in the military, business, nonprofit, and education. Sean and John share a simple but powerful servant leadership model with a focus on mission, and practical, fundamental, and timeless leadership concepts designed to help you understand what it means to lead in an authentic way. Get...
Mar 16, 2023•53 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast What's the risk involved in creating stronger human connections? Great leaders know that deeper human connection fosters more engagement and better performance and that investing in people boosts results and increases retention. Leaders accomplish more by asking powerful questions than by commanding and controlling. In this episode, Chad Littlefield gives you practical tools and questions to use to help you connect with your team more effectively, build better relationships and results, have mor...
Mar 09, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading with gratitude and mastering connection have been keys to driving the success of event MC & Speaker, Dan Ram. Dan has hosted changemakers like President Barack Obama, billionaire founders Sir Richard Branson and Reid Hoffman, Grammy-winning artists, and celebrities. In this episode, you get practical ways to posture your mentality for gratitude, create connections, and find ways to invest in others to help build a future we all want to live in. Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast ...
Mar 02, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hey, it's David, and you're listening to Leadership Without Losing your Soul, your source for practical leadership, inspirational tools, and strategies you can use to achieve transformational results without sacrificing your humanity or your mind in the process. Well, here we are. I have been looking forward to this episode for months, seeing it on the editorial calendar. Why? Because it is the 200th episode of Leadership Without Losing Your Soul! In this episode, we highlight several guests who...
Feb 24, 2023•41 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast When we’re looking for answers, why is changing your questions so important? Intentionally using questions helps us make wiser choices, find solutions, and transform our personal and professional lives. In this episode, Dr. Marilee Adams gives you powerful tools of Question Thinking, and how to apply the same information and practical skills in our own lives. Tune in to change your questions and mindsets for the most rewarding outcomes. Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightfu...
Feb 16, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast What does the DEI journey look like to achieve your idea of a workplace utopia? When Dr. Ella F. Washington asks company leaders what a workplace utopia looks like to them she often hears about an ideal vision of an organization that values diversity and inclusion and wants employees to bring their whole selves to work. A truly inclusive workplace requires invention and reinvention, mistakes and humility, adaptation to a changing world, constant reflection, and sometimes significant sacrifice. I...
Feb 10, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast What does it take to fuel human centered performance? In this episode, Jeannie Diefenderfer gives you what she found after conducting the Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance 2022 Study on How Human-Centered CEOs Fuel Performance. As a business leader who turns the challenges of modern corporations into profitable opportunities and with extensive experience as a senior executive in a Fortune 20 environment, Jeannie understands how to transform operations to focus on fueling human centered perform...
Feb 02, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading with an ethical compass may seem to be challenging in this time of deepening divisions and “alternative facts”, trust and authenticity grow more precious by the hour. More and more people find themselves driven to overcome the personal, professional, and social pressures of ignoring what is right in favor of what passes for ‘success.’ But what people want is truth in their decisions, authenticity in their relationships, and solid ground for making tough, ethical choices in business and l...
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