http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_106.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSIf you’ve ever tried to use Myers Briggs in your organization, you know the problem with it. It’s just too complicated. Most people can’t remember which of the 16 personality types they are, or what difference it would make even if they could. My…
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What Are Your Leadership Blind Spots?
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_105.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS This week I had a chance to talk to Rich Berens, the CEO and Chief Client Fanatic of Root Inc. (seriously, the best job title I’ve ever heard), and a noted speaker on the issues of strategy and change. Rich has a new…
Leaders Have No Rules
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/Lead_with_a_Story_104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSThis week I got the chance to chat with Kevin Kruse, the founder and CEO of LEADx, a company that offers a leadership development platform powered by artificial intelligence. He’s a New York Times bestselling author, host of the LEADx podcast, and he has a new book…
How to give your leaders a year's worth of decision-making experience in a single day, risk-free
Most leadership development is leadership training — you go to a class, listen to the teacher, take some notes, do a few exercises, and then you’re done. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It can work. The problem is that I think we all know that most leadership skill is learned on the job from the…
Three Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask Themselves
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_102.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSMy guest this week is executive coach, Kim Ades. She shared a memorable story about a client of hers who came to her after he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The advice she gave him will serve all of us well, so I…
Employee to Entrepreneur
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_101.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSHave you ever considered quitting your corporate job and starting your own business? Most of us have thought about it a little. But not as much as Steve Glaveski has. Steve’s the CEO and Co-founder of an innovation accelerator in Melbourne, Australia, and the…
My 6 Favorite Leadership Metaphors and 2 Methods to Create Your Own
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_100.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSWhen my then son Matthew came home from his first day of fifth grade, he announced, “I’m going to learn to play the euphonium!” I said, “That’s great!” Then I sheepishly added, “Uh, what’s a euphonium?” In response, he just matter-of-factly said, “It’s like…
Long-Term Strategic Planning Doesn't Have to Be Boring
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_099.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSSometimes a long-term vision is so lofty or so aggressive it comes across as an unachievable dream, instead of a realistic vision. If that’s the case with your vision, congratulations on having such a worthy idea! But if people don’t believe your vision will…
Un-Stuffing the Stuffed Shirts
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_098.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSIt’s lonely at the top. Or, so I’ve heard. And the reason is that senior executives are often viewed as unapproachable and impersonal. And in a military setting where officers have to send troops into deadly combat, that irreproachable stature is probably necessary. But…
You're a Leader, Not a Comedian -- You Can't Get Away With That
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_097.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSIt’s okay to be funny in the office. In fact, I think a sense of humor is critical to success in life and work. But at work, you’re a leader, not a comedian. You don’t have the same latitude as a stand-up comic on stage. And…