Bold Leadership podcast

Nothing kills a team faster than playing DADDY BALL leaders must not succumb to the pressure of having people placed in their organizations.  Promotions must be earned and teammates must be placed in positions by capability.   When leaders start playing DADDY BALL and place individuals in positions that they are not qualified for the team will revolt.

I don't know how many times i have seen it in sports.  A coach has a kid that stinks, but places him is the most prominent position because his daddy wants him there.  The team suffers, the coach loses credibility and the team fails.

The same thing happens in organizations.  Be careful and don't fall for DADDY BALL LEADERSHIP.

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Dave

I have heard a bunch of discussion lately about quitting.  Honestly, we have changed as leaders and parents and unfortunately allowed this behavior.  Today we will discuss 10 questions you should ask before someone quits.  Its our job as leaders and parents to mentor and develop people around us into AMERICANS not AMERICAN'Ts

This episode will help you ask the right questions and make informed choices before you step away from a job or a task.  We all make bad decisions when we are emotional or frustrated.  Don't let this get the best of you.

Enjoy this episode and let me know what you think on twitter @theboldleader

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Dave

I read the article below and just had to share it in our most recent podcast.  Culture is vital to winning teams and every leaders must understand this if they want to be hugely successful.  Based on this excerpt from Entrepreneur Magazine.

How a Culture of Leadership at ALL Levels Will Help Your Team Take Gold

As a child in 1980, I heard Al Michaels count down the clock, “6, 5, 4”…and then in a chilling and dramatic tone say, “Do you believe in miracles!”

The U.S. Olympic hockey team had just accomplished the unbelievable: they defeated the Soviet Union team and went on to win the Olympic gold medal. It was indeed a miracle.This was a group of college kids from around the country, who previously had fiercely competed against each other and were about to compete again for spots in the NHL. By contrast, the Soviet team had many years of experience playing and even winning gold together. On this day in 1980, the U.S. team put their personal aspiration aside and united a nation that was much in need of a moment like this.

This sort of team effort can, and should, be applied to your business. But how do you inspire a group of people, like the US Olympic hockey team, to play for a bigger game and to think outside of their individual gain? It comes down to sharing a greater purpose and fostering “leadership at all levels.”

Leadership at all levels: the what and the why

Leadership at all levels is a paradigm, in which regardless of your title, tenure or compensation, you relate to your company as if “you own the joint.” That is, you generate ideas and make decisions from a place of ownership. This paradigm creates an environment around self-expression, self-organization, self-management and full accountability for results.

Evidence shows us that leadership at all levels not only wins gold medals, but it also creates stronger companies. Richard Feloni recently published an article that helps you understand why creating this environment should be one of your top priorities for 2016. In it, Feloni compares the weakness of a typical corporate structure to the resilience of structures that succeed in nature, such as the human body. In traditional corporate structures, employees operate out of compliance rather than self-management, meaning that they wait for management to generate direction and innovation. By contrast, the human body operates out of a self-managed model, and it is incredibly resilient and strong. 

Leadership at all levels: the how

As a leader, there are a few things you can do to foster this paradigm in your organization.

Create a higher purpose: This purpose should inspire people to play a game that is bigger than what is in front of them and bigger than their individual job descriptions or mandates.

In my experience, people are purpose-driven and choose to align with leaders who strive to make a difference. This is exactly what Herb Brooks was able to get the 1980 Olympic team to realize: they weren’t just playing for a gold medal, they were playing a game that could unite a nation when it desperately needed to be united.

In a previous role as VP of sales at a technology company, I directly witnessed the effects of creating and communicating a purpose. During the process of growing from startup to successful IPO, our purpose of “Connecting the world collaboratively in order to do better business” was instrumental in creating alignment and inspiration. We all really believed this, and it is what propelled us to success. 

Trust yourself and your team: Step back to let your team step into their leadership.  As Pat Riley, the successful basketball coach and executive, once said: “A leader’s responsibility is to create an environment where people

We have all dealt with teammates that want to quit.  Our job as leaders is to motivate our teammates to push through during tough times.  This week's episode is very personal and we will discuss techniques to push your team through the tough times and help them succeed.

Remember it is a leaders job to motivate the team to reach farther and higher than ever.  Leverage these tips to reach your goals and grow your company.

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Dave

You have 90 days to make a difference no matter where you sit in an organization. After that you will be mired down in the daily grind.  Great leaders understand that its all about the 3 P's.

People, Process, and Performance...In this weeks episode we will give you time tested and proven tricks to accelerate your leadership and strengthen your team to make your first 90 days count!

Everyone wants to be mentored.  They want to know what it takes to move out of the cubicle and into the C-Suite.  Today's episode discusses the most important thing you can do when starting a new job or taking on a new position.  

Its as simple as solving problems.  Find solutions to the teams biggest challenges, have a positive attitude and understand that everyone is a leader.  

If you want to climb the success ladder you must listen to this episode.

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Dave

Today we start a new series, Leadership Fundamentals.  This is part of our live Blab.im series.  

We discuss the character as the foundation of leadership and our model for building organizations with character that are empowered to succeed.

We are closing our our series on Good to Great.  We will discuss enabling others to act as well as encouraging the heart.  

If you want to truly inspire your team and reach heights like never before this could be the best advice you have ever received.  

Today we look at Step 3 in Kouzes and Posners step for Great Leadership: Challenge the Process.

Understand that your competitors aren't standing by they are looking at ways to improve their product or process so they can win your business.  If you are stagnant you become irrelevant.  

Are you enabling your team to Challenge the Process?  Learn the impact in today's episode

This is step 2 of Kouzes and Posner 5 steps for Great Leadership.  If you want to build a team that fights for the organization and works harder for the company you must Inspire a shared vision.  Today's episode will elaborate on the importance of a shared vision and shares a great story from combat leadership in Afghanistan and the impact of Inspiring a Shared vision.