Blue Shirt Leadership Podcast

This episode will make you question your perspective on accountability and communication among several other leadership challenges and pillars. 

Jeff Cohen is my guest today and he is a founder of six businesses, has worked with 300 business leaders to develop and test his Count-On-Able method of leadership. 

Jeff shares what effective communication really looks like, how saying what you are NOT count-on-able to is key to helping you thrive, and the importance of taking action on the lessons you learn. 

To connect with Jeff and learn more about his method, visit www.countonable.com

In today's episode, I speak with attorney Matt Davis. His law firm focuses on helping companies and entrepreneurs deal with the complex vulnerabilities they face in their problems and opportunities. 

We discuss the importance of knowing your business' "word problem" and how this solves a lot of issues. Matt dives in with us on the importance of being bold in where you want to go and start building the plan and structures to get there. 

As an Inc 5000 business, Matt understands the importance of knowing your vulnerabilities, numbers, and priorities. In this episode, we go into detail on is Strong Protected Business System and how you can overcome common vulnerabilities in your business.  

Matt is available to talk with you and you can find him by visiting https://davisbusinesslaw.com/

In this fun episode, Breanna Gunn shares with us several useful and practical insights about business funnels, messaging, and finding your voice. As an expert copywriter and funnel specialist, Brea brings great perspectives to her clients and to today's episode.

You will learn the importance of data and how to gather it. She urges us to look at our data and create opportunities to use the data to better our sales and interactions with prospects. Speaking of prospects, I asked Brea about how to know who is a great fit for your business.

She made some suggestions you can immediately apply. Figure out who your best customers are and replicate them. Talk to them and find out what makes them tick then get your message out to fit this ideal customer.

Number two, ask powerful questions such as "What else is difficult about this challenge?" and "If I could wave a magic wand to solve this problem, how would it make you feel?" Through it all, Brea challenges us to know our own voices and share our stories.

To be real with our customers is one of the best ways to serve them. To learn more about Breanna Gunn and her services, visit www.breannagunn.com/magazine.

I can't believe it, I've completed 200 episodes on the SAGE Mindset Podcast! That is an amazing milestone. In this episode, I share a few key leadership takeaways from these shows. To keep it simple, I broke the lessons into 5 insights. 

It's been an interesting journey along the way and I've found that the lessons I've learned from hosting a podcast fit very nicely with leading a team. Here are some of the lessons. 

Find your voice. In the podcast world, you need to find your own voice to stand out and be able to influence. The same is true in leadership. 

Learn how to ask great questions and listen well. It goes without saying that these are necessary skills in hosting and leadership. 

Expect insights. As a host, I require my guests to provide life-changing insights to my listeners. And they deliver. As a leader, you can deliver this level of insight to your team and they to you too. 

People are fascinating. After interviewing 150+ people I've learned a lot. One of the biggest insights is that people are fascinating. Now I assume the people I am interviewing are fascinating just like I assume they have powerful insights. You can believe the same with those you lead.

Finally, of the four parts of the SAGE Leadership Framework, accountability has proven over and over again to be the most valuable to my clients, guests, and listeners. Because of this, I have a free SAGE Accountability Guide that I'm giving away to help you unlock exceptional accountability in life and business. 

Download it by visiting https://www.sagemindset.com/accountability-guide/

In this episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast, Deanna Hurn and I discuss the power of your brain.

Deanna is a brain learning expert that focuses on helping K-12 students learn and grow in their abilities. Today, she shares her experiences in becoming an award-winning entrepreneur and how your brain is key to your growth.

From the power of pausing and resting to not rushing Deanna shares, learning all you need to succeed is inside of you, Deanna brings the encouraging words that many of us need to hear. She shares her passion for the brain and how we aren't stuck as we are, there is always room to grow and shift our thinking.

Tune in to learn about her tips on seeing the bread crumbs, journaling, and much more. Connect with Deanna by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannahurn

Recently a colleague of mine unexpectedly lost her dad. What do you say in moments like this? How does someone deal with grief in the workplace and personally? 

Grief comes in many forms but it is fundamentally loss. Loss of a loved one, loss of an opportunity, loss of friendship, and many other things. In today's episode, we touch on a subject that all of us deal with in minor and major ways. 

Victoria Volk is a self-published author, Advanced Cert. Grief Recovery Specialist®, Creator & Podcast Host of Grieving Voices, Reiki Master, Cert. YouMap® Coach and End-of-Life Doula. She aims to use her strengths and skills through various offerings to help those whose lives have been upended by grief and loss go from surviving to thriving. 

As someone who experienced several significant losses between the ages of 6 to 12 but was unable to truly grieve these losses until her mid-thirties, Victoria is here to share part of her journey and the lessons she learned to help you as you work through your loss and grief. 

SAGE Leaders realize the importance of helping people through the various kinds and intensity of loss in life. In this episode, Victoria will help you become a better leader through her experiences and skills.

To connect with Victoria, visit https://www.theunleashedheart.com

In this episode, LinkedIn expert Daniel Alfon shares helpful insights and tips on what LinkedIn is really for. You'll be surprised by what he shares.

A few of the key insights that you can immediately apply include LinkedIn serves as a funnel to get people to go to your website and interact there, it's not about the metrics of LinkedIn but how LinkedIn is impacting your business metrics, and your profile is not about YOU it's about THEM (your prospects and what they want). Daniel is the author of "Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success."

Daniel joined LinkedIn in early 2004 and publishes articles, interviews, and exclusive content about advanced LinkedIn strategies to clients and subscribers to his website, www.danielalfon.com

Visit his website to experience a powerful 1:1 call to help you make the most of your LinkedIn profile.

You can also download Daniel's powerful quadrant PDF to help you design a next level profile by clicking the Bitly link below.

https://bit.ly/3MPhxq3

In today's episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast, Jonathan and Renee Harris teach us how to parent the passions of your kids. As parents of 9 kids and the creators of the Parent Their Passion approach to helping your kids have marketable skills for the business world, they share great insights on how this approach has changed their lives and the lives of their kids. 

As you listen, you'll learn about the compound interest effect of this approach. They share insights on how to help your kids shift from consumers to producers along with a simple approach to helping your kids get the most out of their passions through blogging. 

The husband & wife team, Jonathan & Renee Harris, have years of experience fine-tuning & developing a strategy now dubbed “Parent Their Passion” that can be used to create a compelling & irresistible unique portfolio of a child’s marketable talent. They now coach other parents through the step-by-step method that can be used with any child, of any type of personality.

To connect with them directly, visit https://parenttheirpassion.com/

Clark Roberts is the Executive Director and founder of Ultimate Vision. Ultimate Vision "Inspiring Others to See in New Ways" is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that teaches people of all ages that life does not stop when adversity occurs. It is not a matter of if, but when, life is going to happen. At age 24 Clark lost his sight to Retinitis Pigmentosa.

He discovered that when life hits, you must learn how to embrace the challenge, find your potential and live life to its fullest! Clark is a subject matter expert who has dedicated his life to sharing a message of hope and encouragement. From CEOs in Corporate America to students ranging in age from Preschool - High School, Clark, accompanied by his guide dog, has shared with thousands of people, providing tools and knowledge to inspire and motivate them to see their life and their opportunities differently. He shows each person how to reach beyond their limitations inspiring them to live a life of significance, one with compassion, kindness, and confidence.

Through this increased awareness each person learns how to overcome the challenges that life can bring, celebrate their differences, and live a life that is full and rewarding, inspiring others to do the same. Clark has recently added to his subject matter the importance of “Resilience” and “Adaptability”.

Clark has a natural gift of humor, and is married to his amazing wife Karrie, who he met on a blind date, and 2 adult children. His son Jacob is married and has a 11-year-old daughter which makes Clark an enormously proud grandpa “Papa” and a daughter, Rebekah who has just graduated from college and is now taking her Masters.

All of them love to mess with him regarding his sight loss but also embrace fun adventures alongside of him. Clark is also an author and enjoys storytelling. He is an outdoor and sports enthusiast, who loves to downhill ski, tandem cycle, water ski, drive rally cars, swim, and hike in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Visit http://www.clarkroberts.org/ for more information and to connect with Clark.

The author of Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact. Eddie is a speechwriter and public speaking coach with 10 years of experience in the field. He loves creating strong narrative-driven speeches that focus on balancing emotional and thought-leadership content. He has worked with executives, business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and everyone in between.

In today's episode, Eddie shares with us some powerful tips on how to prepare for and give great speeches. One tip he shared is to write your key message in one sentence and center your speech around this message. Eddie suggests as you prepare for your speech and you deliver, imagine the audience is asking you great questions and you are responding to these in your speech.

Finally, find some stories in your life and take the mess from those stories and turn them into messages that will help your audience.

If you'd like to connect with Eddie, you can email him at [email protected] or visit any of the online book retailers to purchase Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact.

 

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