Designing Leaders

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  • Four Things Your Employees Need To Thrive Post COVID

    Do you have a workplace your team loves to be in? We have reached a time where quiet quitting is trending and you need to be in tune with the current workforce. Your team members and employees need to love to be in your workplace, seeing and feeling the progress, and we need to be intentional in creating workplaces that your employees want to be.

    Desi Mayner has been where you are. He’s been a Division I football player, teacher, and an athletic coach. If he’s learned one thing from those experiences, it’s that high performing people are often poor judges of themselves and what their team is capable of. Why? Because they can’t see the whole picture. Not because they don’t care. Because they are just too close to the situation and have invested everything.

    They need a coach who sees their potential, then challenges them to reach it. It’s the #1 difference between success and failure. Without a coach, the player will stay stuck and the rest of the team will follow suit.

    The key to unlocking your team’s fullest potential is you.

    Let’s get you there with Leadership Accountability Coaching.

    Get your four day leadership challenge: https://maynerleadership.com/about/

    Ready to dive in? Apply for coaching: https://maynerleadership.com/connect/

    Video and podcast produced by Michigan Video and Photography.

    Follow Desi at http://t.ly/IyRe

    Questions to ask your employees in regular one-on-ones:

    1. What do you love most about what you do?
    2. What frustrates you the most?
    3. What do I do that frustrates you the most?
    4. What can I do to better support you
    5. If you could change one thing in the workplace, what would it be?
    6. Where do you feel you have more to offer?
    7. What else is on your mind that I haven’t asked about?
    8. Time Stamps:

      00:00 - Four Things Your Employees Need (Intro)

      04:53 - 1: Mission To Accomplish

      10:05 - 2: Culture To Embrace

      17:03 - 3: A Place To Grow

      24:01 - 4: People To Enjoy

      27:28 - Bonus 1: Flexibility

      30:59 - Bonus 2: Employees Want To Feel Settled

      33:10 - How to give your employees these needs

      40 min
    9. TMLS Episode 10: Improve Your Leadership in 2023

      Goals are absolutely essential to your ability as a leader, but are you setting goals you will achieve? Are you setting yourself up for success or failure? Desi and Jeremy are walking you through three steps to set SMART goals today to improve your leadership and set you up for success in 2023.  

      Desi Mayner has been where you are. He’s been a Division I football player, teacher, and an athletic coach. If he’s learned one thing from those experiences, it’s that high performing people are often poor judges of themselves and what their team is capable of. Why? Because they can’t see the whole picture. Not because they don’t care. Because they are just too close to the situation and have invested everything.  They need a coach who sees their potential, then challenges them to reach it. It’s the #1 difference between success and failure. Without a coach, the player will stay stuck and the rest of the team will follow suit.   

      The key to unlocking your team’s fullest potential is you.  Let’s get you there with Leadership Accountability Coaching.  

      Get your four day leadership challenge: https://maynerleadership.com/about/   

      Ready to dive in? Apply for coaching: https://maynerleadership.com/connect/   

      Video and podcast produced by Michigan Video and Photography.  Follow Desi at http://t.ly/IyRe   

      Time Stamps: 

      00:00 - Improve your leadership in 2023 (Intro)

      04:50 - Step 1: Write down what you want
      09:13 - Step 2: Write down the challenges you will face
      11:13 - Step 3: Set SMART goals
      28:17 - Setting a SMART goal example

      37 min
    10. TMLS Episode 9 - Episode Highlights 2022

      It has been an incredible year and an incredible launch to The Mayner Leadership Show. To celebrate we compiled the highlights from 2022, giving you the best of the best of each episode.

      Desi Mayner has been where you are. He’s been a Division I football player, teacher, and an athletic coach. If he’s learned one thing from those experiences, it’s that high performing people are often poor judges of themselves and what their team is capable of. Why? Because they can’t see the whole picture. Not because they don’t care. Because they are just too close to the situation and have invested everything.

      They need a coach who sees their potential, then challenges them to reach it. It’s the #1 difference between success and failure. Without a coach, the player will stay stuck and the rest of the team will follow suit.

      The key to unlocking your team’s fullest potential is you.

      Let’s get you there with Leadership Accountability Coaching.

      Get your four day leadership challenge: https://maynerleadership.com/about/

      Ready to dive in? Apply for coaching: https://maynerleadership.com/connect/

      Video and podcast produced by Michigan Video and Photography.

      Follow Desi at http://t.ly/IyRe

      Time Stamps:

      00:00 - Learning from loss and grief

      02:00 - The difference between a good leader and a bad leader

      02:18 - The leadership vacuum

      02:51 - The number 1 challenge leaders face

      03:26 - You are created for greatness

      04:23 - Communicating effectively

      08:50 - The cons of succeeding

      10:05 - Encouraging feedback from yourself and your team

      13:57 - Focusing on the positive over the negative

      18:53 - Leading your team to success with self accountability

      20:30 - Teaching and learning the value of why

      23:22 - Busy v. Efficient

      27:09 - Setting your priorities effectively

      28:53 - Ownership mindset

      37 min
    11. TMLS Episode 8 - How to Succeed Through Failure

      We have all failed at some point. We will all fail again. Desi and Jeremy discuss specific ways to mitigate the ‘F’ word in your life.  

      Info and complimentary four day video course at Mayner Leadership.

      Video produced by Michigan Video and Photography.

      36 min
    12. TMLS Episode 7 - The Must Have Mindset of Every Leader

      As humans we can only control two things: our mindset and our actions. In this episode Desi and Jeremy talk about  one mindset that every leader must have to be successful.

      Sign up for a complimentary 4-video mini-course at MaynerLeadership.com.

      Video and podcast produced by Michigan Video and Photography.

      21 min
    13. TMLS E6 - Three Strategies To Avoid Burnout

      Desi and Jeremy unpack three specific strategies you can implement immediately, to keep you from becoming burned out, and make the most out of each day.

      Sign up for your complimentary 4 day video course at maynerleadership.com.

      Video and content produced by Michigan Video and Photography.

      44 min
    14. TMLS E5 - The Only 4 Actions A Leader Must Take

      With the term leadership having so many different meanings from different sources, Desi and Jeremy simplify the concept into 4 simple to understand, but not easy to do, actions. Immediate results will follow!  

      Sign up for your complimentary, free, 4 part video course at maynerleadership.com.

      Video produced by michvp.com.

      1 hr 1 min
    15. TMLS E4 - How to Break a Sales Slump in 3 Easy Steps

      The hidden truth about sales slumps. We will uncover, explain and teach you how we overcome a sales slump in 3 easy steps so you can get back on track and smash those goals without burning out and slipping into a downward spiral…and you can implement these steps before every sales situation you are about to enter in as little as 90 seconds!

      Learn more at www.maynerleadership.com.

      Video produced by Michigan Video and Photography; www.michvp.com.

      48 min

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    Welcome to 'DESIgning Leaders,' the podcast where simplicity meets leadership. I'm your coach, Desi Mayner, your guide on this