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01.07.2021
20 Minuten
Mostly, we think of leadership
as epitomizing confidence. We lead, therefore we
know.
But beneath that is a deeper truth, an apparent weakness -
vulnerability. But vulnerability can be a leader’s
superpower.
As Concord Leadership Group's founder, Marc
Pitman helps leaders lead their teams with greater
effectiveness and less stress.
His latest book is The Surprising Gift of Doubt: Use Uncertainty
to Become the Exceptional Leader You Are Meant to Be.
He's also the executive director of TheNonprofitAcademy.com and
an Advisory Panel member of Rogare, a prestigious international
fundraising think tank.
Marc's expertise has caught the attention of media organizations
as diverse as The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Al Jazeera, Fox
News, SUCCESS magazine, and Real
Simple.
In this episode, Marc highlights bringing back the values and
humanity into leadership other than just the mechanistic way of
leading.
What you will learn from this episode:
Find out about the map to leadership, so you know what stage
in the four quadrants of leadership you are and learn to manage
yourself and your team so you move forward
Learn about actionable tips to help in your personal journey
as a leader and as a team as you navigate the world of the
unknown
Learn to find strength in vulnerability and transparency to
make that your point of progression in
leadership
"Consider, I'll just say, consider listening to… that
doubt, that confusion – ‘internal’ we've been told
is subjective. It's emotions and that's
bad. …
try to think of them as a partner."
- Marc Pitman
Topics Covered:
02:04 - Bringing values and humanity back to business
leaders
03:05 - Helping leaders face the challenge of the unknown
05:16 - The map to leadership and the two axis
07:11 - Why feeling doubt is never a moral failing or sign of
weakness for leaders
08:20 - How uncertainty and self-doubt help you figure out how
you are as an individual and understand others more
10:23 - The two personality assessment tools to help leaders in
their goal-setting
12:05 - Looking at the map -- the four quadrants of where you are
to help you progress as a leader and as a team
14:23 - Should everybody be open about their doubts and share
them widely with people?
16:43 - Permitting yourself to think you're the perfect person in
the leadership role
Key Takeaways:
"Some of the best leaders feel like, they must doubt, is a moral
failing or a sign of weakness. And it could be that you need
professional help, and there's no stigma in that. There are a lot
of places to get help. But it could also be that you're really on
the verge of greatness." - Marc Pitman
"Knowing that there's a map, figuring out where you are, where's
your process on the four quadrants, and then how do you best be
in that quadrant? And not try to short circuit your
growth." - Marc Pitman
"There's strength in vulnerability and being vulnerable. But I
would caution leaders to be vulnerable in safe spaces only. Not
everybody has your best interests at heart. There are employees
or people in your team that are gunning for you." - Marc
Pitman
Resources:
Get the 4 Quadrants Worksheet FREE: Click
here: https://concordleadershipgroup.com/focusedleader/
Connect with Marc Pitman:
Website: https://ConcordLeadershipGroup.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcapitman
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marcapitman
Facebook: https://facebook.com/concordleadershipgroup
Instagram: https://instagram.com/marcpitman
YouTube: https://youtube.com/marcpitman
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03.06.2021
22 Minuten
We were already in the midst of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain,
Complex, Ambiguous) times. Then COVID hit. Now it’s
VUCA 2.0 given COVID’s very real economic and mental
health ripples. So the question is, “How to flourish as a leader
despite mounting uncertainty?”
This is Melissa’s realm of expertise.
In this
episode, Melissa unpacks how VUCA affects
leaders. She talks about the mistakes leaders make, the
importance of slowing down, and shares
valuable insights that you
can apply to remain
intact, navigate through VUCA and be the leader
your organization, your people, and this world needs you to
be.
Melissa Eisler, MA, PCC, is an ICF certified executive
coach. She partners with leaders to develop their systems
thinking, resilience, strategic communication skills, and
executive presence in order to reach individual, team, and
organizational goals. She blends more than 15 years of experience
in leadership positions in the corporate world, with her Master’s
degree in Organizational Leadership and extensive background in
mindfulness to help her clients master their leadership skills
and steer their teams through challenges and change.
Get a copy of her leadership ebook
at https://melissaeisler.com/leadership-ebook-leaders-guide-vuca/
What you will learn from this episode:
Understand what VUCA is and how to navigate it
Discover the power of pause
Find out how to develop resilience and adaptability
– the competencies you need
“To really answer the question of how do you know when I'm
navigating VUCA effectively or what's the best thing I could do,
I would recommend assessing what impact your state of being has
on people.”
- Melissa Eisler
Topics Covered:
02:11 – The biggest challenge leaders face in business
today.
04:26 – Self inquiry, the feedback loop, and the mistakes leaders
are making despite knowing that they need not to stay still in
this changing world.
08:02 – An actionable step leaders can undertake to develop
resilience.
09:43 – How to develop one’s curiosity?
11:54 – Actionable tips and Melissa’s go to’s that absolutely
work in terms of building leadership presence.
13:50 – Melissa’s free Leadership eBook and the 5Cs of her
leadership framework that paved way for it.
15:50 – What is the VUCA challenge asking of you, or what kind of
leader is that asking you to be? Buddhist teacher and author
Thich Nhat Hanh and his story.
19:45 – Melissa’s final message.
Key Takeaways:
“As a leader, if you show up frazzled, anxious, and worn out by
the unknown, letting your nervous system get the best of you,
others are going to feel that too, and then everyone in the
organization ends up unproductive and stressed as a result. If
you show up a steady during change in volatility, others follow
suit and feel at ease by your steadiness. It's the leaders’ job
to help others to the groundlessness of VUCA.”
“Learning how to lead is a process and a mindset, and there's not
one book you could just read or step you can take to learn how to
become better. You got to do the inner work, and the answers
aren't in a book. They're through a process, and usually it
starts with self inquiry.”
“It isn't what you do. It's how you are being that is most
important.”
Connect with Melissa Eisler:
Website: https://melissaeisler.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaeisler/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelissaEisler
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaEislerExecutiveCoach
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29.04.2021
19 Minuten
A leader’s mindset affects the entirety of the group, but with
the pandemic and the things it make us experience, disengagement
is slowly becoming present and it’s making life a little harder
to live.
Left with no choice but to find and do work in order to survive,
we tend to pay more attention to that job instead of crafting the
life we want. In these times, learning how to live a
rhythm-organized life is necessary for you to avoid burning your
entire soul out.
David Taylor – Klaus is the author of the best
selling new book “Mindset Mondays with DTK: 52 Ways to REWIRE
Your Thinking and Transform Your Life” – a book that will guide
you towards living a life in rhythm. He reintroduces successful
entrepreneurs and senior executives to their families, and
challenges leaders in their teams to reach their highest levels
of performance in both their professional and personal lives. As
a serial entrepreneur, David was recognised for combining
candour, intelligence, and humour with masterful
coaching.
In this episode, David shares his insights on the disengagement
leaders experience that slowly kills them and their being. Here,
he discusses how a ‘work-life balance’ system practiced in your
life actually affects you in a way that exhausts you out, and how
good it would be for you to shift into the idea of ‘life rhythm’.
Listen and check these concepts out.
What you will learn from this episode:
Discover why the concept of ‘work-life balance’ is actually
killing you
Learn ways on how you can start making a move to change the
way you experience life with the help of a framework
Find out what ‘life rhythm’ is and why it’s better than the
idea of ‘work-life balance’
“We are paying attention to work more than our life when in
fact it should be crafting the life you want.”
- David Taylor - Klaus
Topics Covered:
01:23 – The reason why David focused on the concept of
mindset out of everything that’s possible to cover in
leadership.
02:29 – What is the biggest challenge leaders face in
business today?
04:44 – What are some of the biggest mistakes people are
making in their attempts on living a good life?
05:57 – Some actionable tips on how someone can actually
start making a move and have traction.
08:45 – Other actionable steps David recommends
for you to take.
10:11 – Another tip David shares for you to start getting more
out of what you read: The REWIRE Framework.
11:57 – A free resource: The REWIRE Framework
explained.
14:35 – The link that will lead you to see the REWIRE
Framework: https://www.mindsetmondayswithdtk.com
15:05 – Why does David hate the term ‘work-life
balance’ so much and why it should be changed
to ‘life rhythm’.
Key Takeaways:
“Mindset, for me, is the most critical element to leadership
because not only does the leader’s mindset impact his or her
ability to lead and the way they lead; it's contagious. I've
always heard that a leader sets the weather. The leader’s mindset
is something that he imbues, or I’ll say, emits and becomes
contagious to their team, and that's something incredibly
important. It changes the way teams work.” – David Taylor
- Klaus
“When you stop and look at your life and take an assessment with
blameless discernment, letting go of the judgment, just
objectively looking at where you are and where things are going,
you’ll look forward and you’ll realize, ‘If I change nothing, if
I keep going the way I'm going, it's just going to keep getting
worse’.” – David Taylor - Klaus
“You can wait until you hit bottom, or you can make the decision
that this is the bottom and you can start taking action to change
things.” – David Taylor - Klaus
Connect with David Taylor-Klaus:
Website: https://www.mindsetmondayswithdtk.com
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14.01.2021
19 Minuten
As a business leader today, what are the necessary key
skills?
Given the context of extreme uncertainty, where must a leader
focus? Tough decision making. Courage. Ensuring others shine. A
leader grows and empowers those around them.
Henry Lopez is a Serial Entrepreneur, Small Business Coach
& Consultant, and Host of The How of Business podcast show.
He has over 35 years of diverse business experience, including
successful careers in the information technology industry, sales,
and sales training. He has been directly involved in over 11
different small businesses since purchasing his first business in
1991, And he is involved at every stage of launching, developing,
buying, and selling.
What you will learn from this episode:
Find out one important capability a leader needs to have to
run a business
Learn what a leader should think and do to ensure everyone’s
working together to help achieve common goals
Learn how to build a business and lead others truly
“Leaders are the ones … to make those tough decisions.”
- Henry Lopez
Topics Covered:
02:00 - Looking from a small business perspective, what is one
capability leaders need to develop?
03:00 - The important questions you need to ask yourself before
going into business
04:17 - What does a leader do in moments of crisis
05:12 - What biggest mistakes business owners commit to running
their business
06:22 - Why develop and empower your people
08:23 - What responsibility do you have as a leader of an
organization?
10:04 - Two questions you need to ask your team in your weekly
sales meeting
10:48 - Delegation worksheet as a systematic approach to
delegation
11:51 - Steps on how to delegate effectively
13:55 - What holds people back on decision making?
15:14 - An embarrassment that we have to learn how to deal with
as entrepreneurs
16:06 - The biggest thing that you're missing when you do away
with a delegation and empowering others
Key Takeaways:
“It's not that I, by any stretch think I'm always making the
right decisions; it's to have the courage to make a decision
because that's often what we need.”
“What paralyzes people sometimes is they think, 'I have to have
it perfect every time.' Or 'What if I make the wrong decision,
and then what will people think about me?' Or 'What will that do
to the business?' But that paralysis, otherwise, can kill your
business.”
“Real leaders say to their teams, just by example, 'We're going
to figure this out. We may not, but we're going as sure as heck
give it a try. We're not just going to sit here idly and let it
happen to us. We're going to try to impact the things that we
can.' That's what a leader does in those moments of
crisis.”
“A lot of times now, we have a virtual team, but trying to do it
all yourself. That's not what a leader does. A leader empowers
others to do so that everybody's working together to help us
achieve our goals.”
“What I find is that people who aren't leaders think they have to
do it all. That only they can do it right. They have to
make the doughnuts every day, instead of empowering others to
become great donut makers.”
“I think the biggest way you coach your people is by making sure
that they have the systems and the tools to do their jobs.”
“The biggest thing that you're missing [the issue of delegation],
besides the fact that you have to leverage others to grow is that
you're missing out on the perspective that others bring to it
that you would have never thought about. Everybody has a unique
voice. So, you need perspective.”
Connect with Henry Lopez:
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-lopez-9758524/
Website: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HenryLuvsBiz
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17.12.2020
21 Minuten
Looking to 2021 cannot be business as usual. If 2020 has taught
us anything, it’s the need to be nimble. But towards what? Where
do we pivot to? Where does some order of certainty lie?
Kim Chernecki is Canada’s leading expert on helping
high-performing executives, consultants, coaches, and smaller
businesses land lucrative contracts. She is the creator of the
Land Corporate Contracts Fast-Track System and is a top-rated
sales performance executive, facilitator, coach, advisor,
speaker, and strategist. A 25-year entrepreneur, Kim has
consulted with executives from100+ leading North American and
Fortune 1000 companies and has, herself, started up and helped
grow 10 businesses and business divisions. She’s closed millions
of dollars in corporate contracts and provides powerful
strategies and proven formulas to help her clients do the same.
In this episode, Kim talks about leaders’ challenges to getting
into new and changed opportunities brought about by the pandemic,
and at the same time retaining clients. She encourages leaders to
develop strategies to stand out and differentiate themselves from
others who provide the same services like theirs. She shares how
to listen rather than sell, develop trust, and give value. She
suggests employing a strategy called ‘targeted ask’ to increase
your network. And more than anything, she underlines how
important it is to digitize everything.
What you will learn from this episode:
Find out what challenges leaders face today and the
strategies that work now and into the future
This includes strategies you need to build a larger network
to find opportunities new clients, as well as keep current ones
Discover the one strategy that is so underutilized but can
10X up your network
“Digitize everything. Whether you are a large organization, a
small organization, or you're a solo business owner, you need to
incorporate leading-edge technology in how you do business.”
- Kim Chernecki
Topics Covered:
2:09 - The challenge of how to gain access to these new and
changed opportunities at the same time differentiating yourself
from other providers
04:14 - How to adjust your messaging and your services to be able
to address those needs now
05:21 - The need to know your target clients needs - being
specific, targeted, and being really sensitive
07:19 - What you need to do to stand out above the rest of the
people who are calling corporate
09:29 - Why do we need to shift mindset?
11:35 - Business as usual isn’t the case anymore -- you need to
adapt
12:41 - Lean on to your ability to be nimble and agile and to
move a dime
13:52 - What you as consultants and small business owners need to
know and do to get in the virtual door and meet your corporate
clients’ needs as we head into 2021. Attend a webinar on January
08, 2021, called Corporate Predictions 2021, and receive your
FREE Corporate Predictions Special Report. Click here:
https://www.freedomstreetinc.com/corporate-predictions-2021-webinar
15:09 - What is the number one insight for building your business
with corporate clients in light of the pandemic in shifting your
place?
17:53 - Get your networking strategy up - use this underutilized
but powerful strategy to surely up your network
Key Takeaways:
“I guess what the struggle is, how to gain access to these new
and changed opportunities, but then also how to stand out and
differentiate from other providers who could be offering similar
services because the old messaging, ‘business as usual,’ it's
gone. It's different now.”
Resources:
Attend a webinar on January 08, 2021, called Corporate
Predictions 2021, and get your FREE Corporate Predictions Special
Report. Click here:
https://www.freedomstreetinc.com/corporate-predictions-2021-webinar
Connect with Kim Chernecki:
Website: https://www.freedomstreetinc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimchernecki/
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