Welcome to the new season of This Is Your Life. In this first episode, Michele Cushatt, my new co-host, and I talk about why I decided to change my podcast so dramatically and what you can learn about leadership from our experience.

Many people talk about the value of collaboration, but in this episode, we get very specific about why you must collaborate with others if you are going to reach your potential as a leader. We also discuss how it benefits those you hope to influence.

Listen to the Audio

We discuss five specific benefits:

Increased satisfaction

Broadened perspective

Diversified talent base

Improved flexibility

Multiplied results

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You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.

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My favorite part of doing these podcasts is participating in the conversation they provoke. Each week, I ask one question. This week, it is this:

Binge on All 13 Episodes!

If you want to listen to more episodes, we have released all thirteen audio episodes of Season 1 here. The video episodes will be released weekly and are not yet available for batch listening. If you are looking for previous episodes, you can find Season 0 here

Explore Additional Resources

In this episode we mentioned several resources, including:

StrengthFinders 2.0 by Tom Rath

Test for All 34 Strengths

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