“Part of someone’s expertise as a leader is knowing that they don’t have to have all the answers they just need to know the right questions to ask”
In season 13 episode 3 we are joined by Bob Tiede. He is an author, blogger, at Leadingwithquestions.com and part of the leadership development team at Cru.
In our conversation we cover:
- What great leaders do?
- Why great leaders ask questions
- What’s the difference between a Multiplier and a Diminisher?
- The art of leading people to their own path
- How to build better relationships
- How to be a more effective parent through relationships
- One question to show how well you know your team
- The best parenting tip you will ever hear
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“To be an optimistic leader in the face of challenges is a true competitive advantage in the world today”
In season 13 episode 2 we are joined by Mike Erwin. He is the co-author of "Lead Yourself First," founder of two non-profit 's (Team Red White and Blue and The Positivity Project), and is the CEO of Character and Leadership Center.
In our conversation we covered:
- What is positive psychology?
- When is Character developed?
- How positivity relates to leadership
- Can negative people change?
- How to become a more positive person
- Why leaders put limits on their people
- What is solitude and why is it some important
- Why Eisenhower was such a great leader
- How do you make solitude a part of your daily practice?
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"If all you are doing is staying out of your remote team members way, you aren't leading"
In season 13 episode 1, John covered how to lead remote team members.
A few of the topics we cover:
- Why leading a remote team is so important
- Trends to support remote work
- Focus on building great relationships with team members
- Leverage a meeting structure focused on 3 questions
- Spend time on purpose and vision
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"Leadership is all about improving the performance of team members."
In season 12 episode 8 (Episode 100!) we are joined by one of our favorite guests Roderic Yapp. Rod is the founder of Leadership Forces. In our conversation, we cover everything leadership including:
- Rod's simple leadership definition
- Great leadership stories about Shackelford and General James Mattis
- Why command and control leadership is misunderstood
- How command and control is actually defined
- Why it’s important to care what peers think about you
- Why defining standards are so important for leaders
- Should consequences of standards be enforced always the same?
- Why there is a real need for more leaders in the world
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Season 12 episode 7 is all about helping you make 2018 your best leadership year ever. John Eades covers his 1 word for the new year and challenges you to create a new word to help guide and focus you.
Then he covers the 5 New Year's resolutions the best leaders commit to every year.
- What is a resolution anyways?
- Why it's important to ask for feedback about yourself
- Why you must communicate why the team is doing what it's doing
- How to reject negativity and naysayers
How to focus on the most important things every single day
Why you must show belief and appreciation for team members
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