Executive Shaman

It is a common experience for others to type-cast you. Sometimes that works to our advantage, but in seasons where you need to transition or grow, it often hinders us. We also unconsciously put ourselves in a position to play certain "roles" in relationships. Understanding the common ways you are triggered to play these roles will help break patterns of repetitive conflict, stagnation, and a lack of innovation.

Good Managers give great answers. Amazing leaders give good questions. This podcast uses great questions to provoke enhanced performance and effective improvement. What noise are YOU ignoring in your life? What is so loud you can't deny? What needs more volume or more filtering? Tune into this episode and use the process in your own self reflection or to develop your team.

Organizations that function well set professional development goals for their managers. This is a strategic way to achieve greater productivity and quantifiable results. Organizations that THRIVE have managers that help their employees ACHIEVE professional development goals for themselves. Adam and I review the framework he uses to inspire growth in those he leads. Those that work for and around him quickly move from being a "manager" to being a "leader" because he helps them get the real-life SKILLs to be ready for that role.

Two ends of a spectrum. Ying and Yang. These forces are known as POLARITY, and we all express them.

We all want balance. The first step is to be aware of where you're off balance. The easiest way to do it is to quickly assess your own tendency to lean, and implement realtionships, daily routines and frequent habits to motivate you to adopt another way. Intuitive coach Amiel and I light-heartedly discuss three main areas where polarity shows up in people and offer guidance in the name of balance.

Fuel Yourself and Inspire Others. Learn to be powerful and collaborative. Uncover your blindspots and build a strategy to get you and your team winning.

Join leadership psychologist and team performance conultant Dr. Krystal White and like-minded growth oriented leaders this early fall, September 5th-8th, 2019. Port Angeles, WA. We start in the evening and end in the early morning. Come a day early and tour with us to awesome Victoria Canada.

You can develop someone by giving them new skills, habits and disciplines. Or you develop somone by giving them new insights and responsibilities. I tend to work first by giving people more awareness into who they are, increase their capacity to lead (aka take responsibility) and THEN give them how-to-skills. This top down approach, called Conscious Use of Self, is a thought-leadership method to organizational success. Today Dr. Michael Broom and I discuss real world applicability and why we adopt it's tenants in our own lives.

All of us experience moments of uncertainty, stress, and chaos. Most of us have a season that are characteristically "chaotic." If you're a leader where you are faced with "dramas on the daily" developing skills to RESPOND in the moment that leads to growth rather than survival. Today we discuss the 3 reactions to chaos, and provide 3 key ways to start learning responsive habits.

If you read the book or take The Letter Code test, you'll learn why you love the way you love. Most of also want to love our work, and Hs are no different. Hs want to be self-reliant, independent thinkers and also fundamentally connected to the mission of their profession. Tune in today to discuss how they balance needs for natural self-stability with needs for contribution. And Tune into Episode 2 (Ys) and 18 (Ws)for more insights. You'll definitely discover yourself or colleagues in some of the descriptions!

People who appear to "have it all" annoy me, because I compare my insides to their outsides. AND YET: I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE COMPLETELY FULFILLED. Are you suffering from a job, a relationship, a health issue that is just short of having it all? The stylish Melissa Rubini of The Mayfair Hall and I explore how to start living YOUR best life and commit to HAVING IT ALL. Inspiring and uplifting episode.

It's contagious. Following your passion. And it isn't always rainbows and unicorns. Figuring it out doesn't often happen in a light-bulb moment, and often it requires support from others along the way. Entreprenuer Jeff Bradford of Beer Wine and Spirits and I converse about the sacrifice and pleasure passion entails. And encourage you to live out yours in how you lead your life.

From 20 years in the US Army to traveling around the world learning working with brewers, wine makers, distillers, and telling their stories, Jeff follows his passion.