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D is for Diversity.

BLUF: Increasing your workforce diversity can increase your bottom line.

It's easy to take over as a manager and leave everything "as is" when it comes to who makes up your workforce. But to get to the next level, you can't use just the tools and resources that got you where you are today. Consider diversifying your workforce.

Well, how do you do that without resorting to tokenism?

Fortunately my guest, Dr. Cynthia Pickett, is just the expert you need. In addition to teaching Social Psychology, she serves as the Associate Vice-Provost- Faculty Equity and Inclusion at University of California, Davis.

Listen to this awesome interview so you can have less stress and more success with your workforce.

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The BLUF: I'm pausing the A to Z series in order to provide helpful episodes as you lead others through this Coronavirus crisis.

No matter how experienced of a leader you are, you've likely not seen anything like this.

It's easy to lose confidence and even hope.

But you STILL have the tools to lead yourself and others through this!

You WILL get through this.

Listen to this short episode and I'll help you focus step by step to get yourself re-centered with positive but realistic thoughts.

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C is for Confidence.

The BLUF: Build confidence in yourself before you build it in your team.  It's a process, and just because you're good at your job doesn't mean you're 100 percent ready to teach others at the next level. However, confidence-building is something you can start right now to make yourself a more effective leader. 

I interview a confidence coach, Murray Unger, and ask about where he got started in his career, to include his lowest moments. Murray will discuss his specific tools and habits that he teaches all his clients. Listen in and take note so you can have less stress and more success with confidence building!

Show notes:

4:12- when Murray saw his low points

7:55- Murray's go-to tool when he sees himself slumping

15:00- how different ways of hearing info are more effective

19:00- Murray's barriers with coworkers and subordinates before he learned his confidence-building skills

Murray Unger's IG is @murrayunger

Murray's Coaching Facebook Page 

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B is for Baseline

This is a fairly short and to the point episode of why it's important to remember where you started once you became a leader or THE leader in your organization. The "firsts" are progress markers. And you've likely come further than you've ever thought!

1:35- learn about my childhood travels and how a framed $1 bill influenced this episode

3:03- what working with homeless clients taught me about baseline establishment

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Season 2 is kicking off strong with A is for Anxiety Management! Every episode this season will focus on tools leaders can use to improve their abilities, especially if you're new to leading people towards a common vision.

One real challenge is dealing with anxiety and learning how to manage it when it starts to influence your decisions and morale. In this episode, I conduct an interview via Zoom with Kip Brooks of The Brooks Empowerment Academy.

Kip tells his story about where the anxiety started in him and how he went through alternating periods of "sucking it up" to full blown panic attacks at work.

Then there was a turning point in his life where he managed to gather all that he had learned to push through a tense moment of what he thought was life or death for his newborn. Once he pushed through, Kip kept building his skills which ultimately led to a new career in helping others!

Timestamps:

7:20- when anxiety struck the job he was good at

14:24- the bad advice he got about how to handle his attacks

17:18- the life changing moment towards managing symptoms

21:51 - what Kip does now..empowers people! 

Brooks Empowerment Academy

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Season 2 is coming! This season will be dedicated to providing at least 26 different principles that new leaders can use as they learn how to guide their subordinates to a common vision!

And it won't be just my words, education and experience that will help. I've managed to recruit and interview top experts in various fields to bless you with what you need to know.

This will be an A to Z guide for new leaders. Listen to a sample of episodes and interviews you won't want to miss this upcoming season. Be sure to subscribe!

Enjoy!

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This is the season 1 wrap up episode!

Show notes:

1. Summary of the various episode series

2. Shout outs to contributors

3. A preview into what's coming, to include approximate launch of Season 2, video submissions, and pending publications.

Even though we're closed for the season, the Bright Insights Media blog (https://brightinsightsmedia.com) will still be active. Be sure to visit and watch updates and the expansion of our mission.

Thanks for joining me on this journey thus far. Please share your favorite episodes with people you know that need less stress and more success!

Paul

The fifth and final part of the Leadership 101 Series: Servant Leadership. Almost every leader says things that servant leaders embody: "I have an open door policy." "Tell me what you need to do your job better." But how often do they follow through or demonstrate what it means to say these things?

And do you?

Show notes:

-Credit to Lord of the Rings as an example of servant leadership.

-Common servant leader phrases and traits

-The drawbacks to servant leadership

-Examples of servant leadership in my various jobs, to include babysitting.

-How you can put action behind those servant leadership traits

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for more leadership towards less stress and more success!

Take a trip down history lane as I review General George Patton, his authoritative leadership style, and how to manage it towards long term success if this tough-as-nails style is what you use.

Show Notes:

-How Patton motivated his troops to battlefield success

-Why Patton's style limited his ascension in the ranks

-Why I don't think the authoritative style is all that bad when managed correctly

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In Part 3 of the Leadership 101 series, we explore Leader Member Exchange theory, also known as LMX, and how you may be unintentionally creating "in" and "out" groups with your employees. And does Batman have the answer?

Show notes:

-Holy Pop Culture! A throwback to 1989 is used to illustrate LMX

- What an "In Group" looks like in your workplace

- How LMX is like parenting multiple children

- How I found out I was part of an "In" group

- What you can do to make everyone feel included or have an opportunity to step it up

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