Episodes

  • I'm Not Sure if You're Being Straight With Me or Engaging in a Little Political Sabotage

    I'm Not Sure if You're Being Straight With Me or Engaging in a Little Political Sabotage
    Dec 15 2022
    How To Deal With Someone Whom You Believe Might be Trying to Sabotage You Sometimes it’s difficult to determine if a coworker is out to sabotage you or if something else entirely is going on. In many situation our preconceived notions about someone can completely color the way we see them and their actions in an unfair and inaccurate way. That’s called prejudice. Remember, it’s a quantum world and before you conclude that someone is engaging in sabotage you owe it to yourself and the other person to do your best to determine the reality of what’s going on before your own actions contribute to evoking the very behavior from the other that you desperately do not want. Listen in and we’ll give you three action steps you can take to deal with a potential saboteur.
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    12 mins
  • Conscious Leadership - And The Power Of Energetic Fields.

    Conscious Leadership - And The Power Of Energetic Fields.
    Aug 10 2022
    How to Become a More Conscious Leader and Create a Healthy, Energetic Culture for Your Team or Organization. My guest today, Rebecca Watson, has spent nearly 20 years coaching senior leaders on how to create high performing teams and a healthy, vibrant culture in their workplaces. She is a master coach, author, speaker and online trainer hoping to share her knowledge as widely as possible so people don’t suffer under poor leadership. Her most recent book is entitled “Conscious Leadership - And The Power Of Energetic Fields.” Rebecca is based in London, England.
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    15 mins
  • What Do Emotions Have to Do With Leadership? How to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ).

    What Do Emotions Have to Do With Leadership? How to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
    Aug 9 2022
    What Do Emotions Have to do with Leadership? Why Your Success Depends on Your Leadership EQ and Your Business Skills Talking about emotions at work has traditionally been discouraged. Dealing with feelings was often dismissed as “touchy-feely” or soft—certainly not in the same category as hard business skills. At best, it was considered fluff; at worst, a nuisance. But that thinking is changing. Research now shows that the most effective leaders consistently demonstrate something called emotional intelligence—or EQ—alongside strong business acumen and smarts. Curious? Want to know how to build your own EQ and boost your leadership impact? Listen in—we’ll give you the lowdown on how to develop emotional intelligence and lead with greater effectiveness.
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    11 mins
  • I Am Not Sure That I Can Be Honest With You Or With Myself

    I Am Not Sure That I Can Be Honest With You Or With Myself
    May 24 2022
    What to do when you’re a good ways into a collaborative project and you realize in your gut that you're just not into it? Your ability to be truly honest with others is dependent upon your ability to be honest with yourself about your feelings. Taking your feelings into consideration when making important decisions and commitments gives you the capability to make better decisions and avoid making commitments that your heart just can’t make. If you’d like to learn how to get better at including your feelings in major decisions and commitments give a listen.
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    12 mins
  • Is It Just Me or Do Most Online Zoom Training Sessions Bore You to Tears Too?

    Is It Just Me or Do Most Online Zoom Training Sessions Bore You to Tears Too?
    Feb 13 2022
    How To Do Training and Development Right In An Online, Zoom Work World. Whether you’re a provider or consumer of online training it’s important to understand how the online learning experience vastly differs from that of the in-person classroom. Taking material developed for the in-person classroom and just pushing it online doesn’t work and bores your learners to tears. Want to learn what makes for successful and engaging online learning? Give a listen to my interview with Curt Dowdy, CEO of InnerProfessional on what works and what to look for in your next online learning experience.
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    18 mins
  • I'm Pretty Sure I'm Picking Up A Negative Vibe Here

    I'm Pretty Sure I'm Picking Up A Negative Vibe Here
    Jan 19 2021
    How to Deal With an Unspoken Vibe Without Either Ignoring it or Having it Blow Up Into a Big Confrontation. Communication glitches where something is sensed, but is not being spoken happen all the time and they rarely resolve themselves. We’re big advocates of living in reality as the further away you get from dealing with the full facts, feelings, and reality of a situation the more you invite confusion, conflict, and ultimately failure into your life. Do yourself a favor and make a commitment to find a way that works for you to deal with what you sense, but that is not being spoken. Listen in to this cast and we’ll show you how.
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    12 mins
  • This Doggone Unrelenting Uncertainty of Today’s World Has Totally Scrambled My Leadership Compass.

    This Doggone Unrelenting Uncertainty of Today’s World Has Totally Scrambled My Leadership Compass.
    Jan 4 2022
    Uncertainty has always been a part of our world, but with Covid 19 and all the disruptions it has caused it looks like uncertainty is now a permanent, unrelenting worldwide fixture rather than something that happens in response to a particular crisis and then recedes. Despite how much we may dislike uncertainty, learning how to not only accept, but truly embrace it and the new possibilities it brings is one of those fundamental leadership skills for our time. If you’d like to learn how to make this leadership switch, give a listen to my interview with executive coach, leadership consultant and six-time Ironman triathlon finisher Bobbie LaPorte.
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    13 mins
  • Does Self-Coaching Mean That I’ll Finally Be Working With Someone Who Totally Gets Me?

    Does Self-Coaching Mean That I’ll Finally Be Working With Someone Who Totally Gets Me?
    Sep 3 2021
    It turns out that one of the absolute best coaches you can hire is yourself. If you'd like to learn some practical self-coaching skills give a listen to my interview with Mike Normant, the creator of Coach Your Self Up, a training program that teaches self-coaching skills to help individuals make lasting behavior changes in support of their career and life goals.
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    12 mins