Servant leadership is more than just laying yourself down for serving the needs of the team you are leading; then, this is a wake-up call for you. You might not realize, but that mindless strategy is driving you and your company to a disaster. 

Let’s dive in and combat the self-defeating mishaps in servant leadership and correct our practice to our success and our team holistically. 

[00:01 – 02:05] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show 
• Leadership is an essential company aspect.
• No company is perfect 

[02:06 – 04:01] Foundations of Leadership

• Engineering illustration: building design
• • It starts at the top
• Do you have a suitable foundation for your business?

[04:02 – 12:18] Servant Leadership Exposed

• Attending to every care is NOT servant leadership
• Your company must produce strong, competent leaders!
• Servant leadership defined
• • Care for yourself while caring for others too!
• Make sure to give big impact
• Look no further 
• • Who is your community?
• Accept the fact: you’re not a superhero
• • Balance is the key

[12:19 – 17:07] What role are you serving?

• Examine yourself
• It’s not too late!
• 10 qualities of a servant leader
• • Let’s recount related episodes
  • • Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life
    • Communicating Your Way to Success
• Think on these things:
• • Are your actions helping or hurting the long term development of your organization?
  • Are you winning the battle but losing the war?

[17:08 – 18:53] Closing Segment

• Blog is under the works
• • What’s your take on the previous articles? What are your questions?
  • • Let me hear directly from you! Take the audio survey.

Tweetable Quotes:

“If you don't have leadership, if you're not taking leadership or control of your life, then it lacks direction, if it's your company, and your company lacks leadership, guess what: it's going to lack direction.” - Dr. James Bryant

“Leaders may eat last but they still need to eat. Putting others before you does not mean that you forget yourself.” - Dr. James Bryant

“ A servant leader serves others through the development of the ability of the people that they lead to serve themselves, so that they can serve their community.” - Dr. James Bryant

Sponsors:

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Coupon Code: JAMES to get 3 FREE hours of logo design or redesign work with the purchase of any other product. 

Resources Mentioned: 

• Episode 5: Communicating Your Way to Success
• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/

• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session

If you are impacted by this content, please be sure to subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from myself and guests who are working to help you engineer your success!

Use this link to drop a question or a topic that you would like to see covered on a future episode: Questions or topic suggestions

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You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life.   

If you cannot communicate, you can't succeed. Therefore, communication is essential for your success, both in business and in life. If you think that communication is an area where you can improve, you don't want to miss this episode. We're going to talk about some of the critical concepts for you to become a better communicator.

Let's dive right in and learn how to communicate as means to achieve your success effectively.

[00:01 – 04:03] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show 
• Engineers are excellent communicators!
• Exclusive offer from Banowetz Marketing 

[04:04 – 07:25] Communication is a key to success 

• An intro to why we Communicate
• • Examples 
• Let go of the misnomer
• • Improve and Cooperate
  • It is still worthwhile 
• Effective communication improves relationships
• • Vendor to client
  • Principals and Owners
  • Business partner and co-workers

[07:26 – 09:52] We all Communicate Differently

• On Dr. James’ Marriage 
• • The Art of Listening 
• How to Improve
• • Be an Active Listener
  • Remain in the moment 
  • Stay Curious

• A word from our sponsor

[09:53 – 15:09] Package your communication well

• Do you translate languages well? 
• • Craft your message well
  • • Give solution to the need
  • Apply the principles in Engineering setting

[15:10 – 16:42] Closing Segment

• Grow in your ability to communicate!
• • Business and Personal life
• I want to hear from you 
• • Take the audio survey below
• Final Words

Tweetable Quotes:

“Communication is absolutely measured by the response that you get back from the intended recipient.” - Dr. James Bryant

“You can craft the solution that you provide in a way that addresses their problem. But, you can only do that if you can listen effectively, translate what you hear into what your product and service can offer to help solve that problem.” - Dr. James Bryant

Resources Mentioned: 

• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/

• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session
• Webinar:  Click to Sign-up for the Engineer’s Blueprint for a balanced life webinar

Sponsors:

Banowetz Marketing: Growing a business is hard. Banowetz Marketing provides an action plan and expert help so your family business can thrive

BanowetzMarketing.com/James

Coupon Code: JAMES to get 3 FREE hours of logo design or redesign work with the purchase of any other product. 

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Many have good, well thought out intentions, but intention is not the same thing as execution. You can have great intentions but intention alone will not help you achieve success. This episode is the next step in the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life. We’ll take a look at how we can collect everything we’ve learned from the previous steps and begin putting your plan into action in order to achieve the balanced life you deserve. 

Let’s dive right in and learn how to execute your plan by clearing the roadblocks and motivating the desire to change. 

[00:01 – 02:38] Opening Segment

• • Welcome to the show 
  • Continuing the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life
  • • Recap of the blueprint
    • Our last discussions
  • Takeaways from the last episodes
  • • What matters most
    • Visualizing success
    • Design your plan
  • This week, 4th step: 
  • • Execute your plan
• Exclusive offer from Banowetz Marketing

[02:39 – 07:11] Execute Your Plan

• Quick recap of designing your plan
• An intro to executing the plan
  • Examples
  • Intention vs. execution
• The roadblocks of achieving your goals
  • Lack of a plan
  • failure to execute the plan
• Planning is not hard, but executing is 
  • It requires changes 
  • It is still worthwhile
• A word from our sponsor

[07:12 – 13:05] Execute Your Plan: Clearing the Roadblocks

• The fear of failure and the fear of success
• • Generally it’s the fear of change 
  • Embrace and acknowledge your fear 
• How to play it out 
• • ‘This is just who I am…’ 
  • Take ownership of your own outcomes 
• Executing the plan
• • Adjusting and monitoring the process
  • The plan is only a map, you need to follow it 

[13:06 – 14:59] Closing Segment

• You need to surround yourself with like-minded people
• • Join us for our upcoming Webinar!
• I want to hear from you 
• • Take the audio survey below
• Final Words

Tweetable Quotes:

“You can have great intention to do something, but intention alone, in and of itself, will not help you achieve success… the success that you want comes as a direct result of executing the plan.” - Dr. James Bryant

“When you set your mind on changing, when you set your mind on a goal… and you actually achieve your goal, it is a worthwhile endeavor.” - Dr. James Bryant 

“Obstacles actually provide opportunities. Strength is on the other side of whatever the struggle is that you may face in instituting this change, in executing your plan.” - Dr. James Bryant

Resources Mentioned:

• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/

• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session
• Webinar: Click to Sign-up for the Engineer’s Blueprint for a balanced life webinar

Sponsors:

Banowetz Marketing: Growing a business is hard. Banowetz Marketing provides an action plan and expert help so your family business can thrive

BanowetzMarketing.com/James

Coupon Code: JAMES to get 3 FREE hours of logo design or redesign work with the purchase of any other product. 

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You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life. 

Everyone needs a plan to get from point A to point B even if it seems simple. Why? If you don't have a plan to achieve your goal, it becomes much harder for you to have an overall picture of the action steps that you need to take in order to be able to bridge the gaps that you've identified between the life that you have and the life that you want. This episode is a continuation of the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life where we will focus on this very thing. Today you’re going to learn the third step of the process: designing your own plan in a four step approach that will help you begin to close that gap between your dreams and reality.

Let’s get started and start mapping out your unique plan for a balanced life.

[00:01 – 05:22] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show
• Continuing the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life
  • Recap of the blueprint
  • Our last discussions
• Takeaways from the last episodes
  • What matters most
  • Visualizing success
• This week, 3rd step:
  • Design a plan for your balanced life

[05:23 – 08:37] Design Your Plan

• Why you need a plan
• What the plan should be
  • Professional and personal life
  • It’s not a barrier to freedom
  • Focus on one area first
• Step one: Review the gaps between your dream and reality
  • What do you have to do
  • Who do you need to become
• A word from our sponsor

[08:38 – 15:47] Design Your Plan: Practical Action Steps

• Step two: Plan out the action steps to bridge the gap
  • It’s not enough to see it, you have to do something
  • Direct steps and supporting steps
  • Examples
• Step three: Determine the habits you need to implement
  • The importance of positive habits
  • Getting rid of habits that don’t serve you
• You are worth the investment!
• Step four: Who do you need to incorporate into your plan?
  • Find your tribe
  • Supportive community of similar goals

[15:48 – 17:18] Closing Segment

• Want more details?
  • Engineer’s Blueprint links below
• Webinar coming up breaking down the first step
• We want your feedback
  • Participate in an Audio Survey
• Final Words

Tweetable Quotes:

“If you don't have a plan to achieve your goals… it's hard for you to have an overall picture of the steps that you need to be able to bridge the gaps that you've identified between the life that you have and the life that you want.” - Dr. James Bryant

“When we fail to plan we fail in everything that follows.” - Dr. James Bryant

“It's not enough to see yourself living a life of success. It's not enough to visualize you living the life that you want, you actually have to develop a plan, and then follow through on that plan and execute it till you get there.” - Dr. James Bryant

Resources Mentioned:

• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/

• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session
• Webinar: Click to Sign-up for the Engineer’s Blueprint for a balanced life webinar

Sponsors:

Banowetz Marketing: Growing a business is hard. Banowetz Marketing provides an action plan and expert help so your family business can thrive

BanowetzMarketing.com/James

Coupon Code: JAMES to get 3 FREE hours of logo design or redesign work with the purchase of any other product. 

If you are impacted by this content, please be sure to subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from myself and guests who are working to help you engineer your success!

Use this link to drop a question or a topic that you would like to see covered on a future episode: Questions or topic suggestions

Let’s connect! Find me on my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life.  

Your work life and your personal life can not be compartmentalized. You are a whole person, not two halves, so there will always be spill over. The key is in finding the balance, so let’s get one step closer! This episode is a continuation of the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life, the four step process I’ve used in my own life to build my career and manage my personal life. Last episode we took stock of what matters most to us, and today you’re going to learn the second step of the process: visualizing the balanced life you want.

Dive in and let’s start seeing your success, however that looks like for you. At the end of the day what you SEE is what you GET. 

[00:01 – 04:01] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show 
• Continuing the  Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life
• • Recap of the blueprint
  • Our last discussion
  • • Link to episode below
  • You are a whole person
• Takeaways from the last episode
• • Mirror moments 
  • What matters most to you
• Today’s episode’s focus
• • Visualizing your balanced life

[04:02 – 07:17] Define Your Personal Success

• Define what success looks like for you 
• • Examples 
• A combination of career and personal 
• Think through a define it for yourself

• A word from our sponsor

[07:18 – 12:29] What You See is What You Get: Practical Action Steps

• Visualize your success then frame it as reality
• • Visualizing things create the opportunity to happen
• How visualizing helped me personally 
• • The effects of the pandemic 
  • Inspired to visualize a goal
  • Achieving the goal
• There’s no excuse
• • Take the time to see your goal

[12:30 – 17:18] Closing Segment

• Seeing is believing
• What to look forward to in the next episode
• • Developing your plan for success

Tweetable Quotes:

“There is really only one you. So you may think there’s a business side of you and a personal side of you… but those two halves can’t be compartmentalized, they’re going to come together.” - Dr. James Bryant

“Visualizing helps you see yourself succeed which also helps you believe that you can and will succeed.” - Dr. James Bryant

Resources Mentioned: 

• Episode 1: What Matters Most to You
• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/

• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session

If you are impacted by this content, please be sure to subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from myself and guests who are working to help you engineer your success!

Use this link to drop a question or a topic that you would like to see covered on a future episode: Questions or topic suggestions

Let’s connect! Find me on my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life.   

As a leader, you know firsthand that achieving work life balance can be hard. Do you struggle with balancing between your personal and professional needs? I'm here to tell you, you did not have to choose between building the business of your dreams and enjoying life. This podcast will help you engineer your success by providing the tools, tips and techniques that will help you plan and design your balance in life. This process starts with what I call the Engineer’s Blueprint for Success

Let’s start your journey with the very first step in the blueprint by finding out what is most important to you and how it affects the people around you.

[00:01 – 03:12] Opening Segment

• Welcome to the show
• Opening question
  • Work-life balance struggles
• What to expect in this podcast
  • A balanced life designed for success
  • The Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

[03:13 – 06:39] The Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life

• Giving yourself permission
  • You can have it
• You are in the small fraction
• I introduce the 4 steps in the Engineer’s Blueprint for success
  • Determine what matters most to you
  • Visualize that balanced life you want
  • Develop a plan
  • Execute on that plan
• I talk about ‘Mirror Moments’
  • Who you are not who you project
  • Acknowledge the things you need to change

[06:40 – 15:09] What Matters Most

• Determine what is most important to you
  • Examples
  • Write down your top 3
• A word from our sponsor
• Taking inventory of your schedule
  • What are you spending your time on
  • Asking the people around you
• I share one of my own stories in entrepreneurship
  • My true accomplishment
  • Time for others - a central part of who I am

[15:10 – 17:18] Closing Segment

• Remember your life is shown through your actions
• The results of a balanced life
• What to look forward to in the next episode

Tweetable Quotes:

“I absolutely believe that you can have success in both areas, you do not have to choose between building the business of your dreams, the professional life of your dreams, and a life that you love.” - Dr. James Bryant

“Many people know what to do, fewer people know how to do it and an even smaller amount of people, a small fraction, actually do it..! You are in that small fraction.”  - Dr. James Bryant

 Resources Mentioned:

• Sign-up to receive the Engineer’s Blueprint for a Balanced Life:
  • https://betteryou4u.com/change-starts-here/
• Schedule a complimentary Introductory Coaching Session

If you are impacted by this content, please be sure to subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from myself and guests who are working to help you engineer your success!

Use this link to drop a question or a topic that you would like to see covered on a future episode: Questions or topic suggestions

Let’s connect! Find me on my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

You have the strength of a hero within you. Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and achieve success both in business and in life.  

Welcome to Engineering Your Success, I’m your host Dr. James Bryant, a certified John Maxwell speaker, trainer and coach, and engineering professional who is passionate about your success in business and life.

Whether you are an engineering leader or business owner, this is the right podcast for you! As a leader, you know firsthand that achieving work life balance can be hard. Do you struggle with balancing between your personal and professional needs? I'm here to tell you, you did not have to choose between building the business of your dreams and enjoying life. This podcast will help you engineer your success by providing the tools, tips and techniques that will help you plan and design your balance in life.

Listen in and learn more about what you can expect from this show and how it will help you engineer success in YOUR life!

[00:01 – 03:46] The Path to Engineering Your Success 

• Welcome to the show, I’m Dr. James Bryant
• I’m here to help all those struggling with work-life balance
  • For business owners and engineering professionals
• There’s a better way!
• What to expect and what we provide:
  • Practical tools and tips
  • Solo, interview, and panel episodes.
  • Show format and length
• I’m always here to connect with you
  • My links below!

Tweetable Quotes:

“I believe that you can have success both in business and in life and it's my passion to guide you on your path to engineering your success.” - Dr. James Bryant

If you are impacted by this content, please be sure to subscribe for more access to the empowering conversations from myself and guests who are working to help you engineer your success!

Let’s connect! Find me on my LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

Check out my website https://betteryou4u.com/ and learn how to unlock your potential and start engineering your success today.