It’s not you, it’s me. Or maybe it’s here. Sometimes you find yourself in a role that just doesn’t fit, and it feels like a failure. But you do belong, it might just be somewhere else. 

Knowing your Strengths is paramount to learning where you belong. There’s a difference between belonging and fitting in. Fitting in is being accepted if you’re meeting the expected norm. Belonging allows you to be yourself authentically, knowing that you are seen, heard, and valued. Belonging allows you to use your Strengths to make a positive impact. 

Do you need to dig a little deeper to find the source of your discontent? There are three choices you can choose from when that sense of not belonging is overwhelming. Listen today to discover what those choices are so you can make sure you don’t just jump out of the pot and into the fire.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Brene Brown - Atlas of the Heart

Alison Cook - The Best of You

Sound bites:

“You do belong. There is a unique space for you … we each believe you were created for a purpose and that purpose is to make an impact in the world.” 3:19 

‘Anger is a stage of grief’ 17:00

We’re back this week with Josh Hoaby. Josh is a young leader and executive director of creative arts at a church who helps his team of more than 70 individuals become their best selves. His leadership wisdom is valuable no matter where you are leading. You don’t need to be leading in a church to learn a lot from this episode. 

As a leader, Josh strives for his team to feel seen, heard, and appreciated. That takes a lot of one-on-one time for a leader, and it may feel daunting if you’re already feeling time-poor. But relationships are key to success so never diminish the power of those relationships and the importance of nurturing them.  A relationship culture built from the top down will help everything else move forward because it builds trust quickly. 

Let us know, what steps are you taking to practice your relationship-building?

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Book: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni

Book: Seven Practices of an Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley

Book: Culture Wins by William Vanderbloemen

Josh’s social media links: Calvary.org

@calvarygv for socials

@joshhoabymusic 

Join us this week as we welcome Josh Hoaby, an executive director of creative arts at a church. Josh is a young leader who helps his team of more than 70 individuals become their best selves. In this episode, Josh walks us through the importance for all leaders and teams to Define the Win. 

How many teams are lost and tugging in different directions? Keeping your team aligned starts by defining success. What does a win look like? Why is it important? How does it relate to each and every person on a team? And how do we celebrate when we get there? Josh shares his insights about how to keep a team aligned in purpose and success. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Book: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job by Patrick Lencioni

Book: Seven Practices of an Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley

Josh’s social media links: Calvary.org

@calvarygv for socials

@joshhoabymusic 

Quiet enemies are sometimes the most dangerous. Quiet quitting and quiet firing are both enemies of a healthy team.  Quiet quitting is the refusal to go above and beyond the basic realm of their job responsibilities and is usually caused by dissatisfaction or burnout. 

Quiet firing occurs when managers do the opposite of good management practices in the hope that an employee will quit or move on. It may seem like an easier, non-confrontational way to manage a toxic employee, but the repercussions can be disastrous to the whole team. 

As a leader, you need to step in and step up to combat these toxic tendencies. One key antidote for these toxic workplace habits is connection. Connection is not always easy. Listen along for some great tips on how to practice connecting so that you’ll be comfortable with it. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

State of the Global Workplace Gallup 2023 Report 

Past podcast episodes about Generations in Leadership:

Apple

Spotify

Go to the ALIGN website to download the 5 C’s of an Effective 1:1 Meeting

In today’s episode, we are thrilled to have an incredible guest – Melissa Shanahan, Founder of Velocity Work and host of The Law Firm Owner Podcast. Her resume is beyond impressive in helping businesses thrive and her story of how she got where she is today is so inspiring. 

With her unique career journey and life experiences, she now helps owners go further faster through a framework for intentionality.  Melissa shares how important planning is to gain clarity and make real progress. (Spoiler alert: We cannot make progress if we aren’t willing to do the work.)

What excuses are holding us back from executing? Listen for some tips on how to be intentional in implementing our plan and making the progress we need. Even implementing just a few “wee things” can make a huge difference. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

LinkedIn: velocity-work Facebook

Instagram

Monday Map/Friday Map Guide >>LINK<<

https://www.drwaynedyer.com/

All this talk about honoring people’s feelings seems risky. We understand that emotions are a part of the discussion in the workplace now, but are we going to just let them take over?  Because we haven’t learned as leaders or teams how to handle emotions with maturity, they are more likely to derail our progress, whether we acknowledge them or not.

Emotional maturity is a spectrum that can show up in various responses. So, how do we know if we are emotionally mature? Pamela shares a few traits this week that help show how well developed your emotional maturity level is (the complete list is in our notes today). 

Are you ready to do the work that brings emotional maturity so you can lead your team with confidence? Name it, tame it, and reframe it. We’re here to support you through the process.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Brene Brown Quote

10 Signs of Emotional Maturity

We’re back today with Tim Spiker, the author of “Only Leaders Worth Following.” If you haven’t listened to part 1 yet, feel free to go give it a listen before you join us. 

Today we continue to explore the two key principles of effective leadership: Inwardly Sound and Others Focused. And while you may think it’s about learning the right steps and checking the right boxes, it’s really about the forming of your heart and who you are becoming as a leader.

It begins with being aware of who you are and then realizing it’s not an overnight process and requires emotional maturity. While this is a long journey, in this podcast Tim gives us two of the first steps to become more emotionally mature. Becoming emotionally mature may sound scary to you, but Tim shares how important this inner development is for all of us.  

Are you ready to start that journey?

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Book: Only-Leaders-Worth-Following

Podcast:  https://www.theaperio.com/podcast

Website: https://www.theaperio.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timspiker/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theaperio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/timspiker

In today’s podcast, we excitedly welcome our guest, Tim Spiker, the author of “The Only Leaders Worth Following.” Tim takes us through how his research landed on two key competencies that are paramount in being a good leader. 

You might think you have a good guess or two but like Tim, you’ll be surprised at where the research landed. It doesn’t matter so much about what you do, it’s about who you are. If your team finds you trustworthy, their engagement increases tremendously. And engagement impacts results.

So, what makes you trustworthy as a leader? Listen in today and discover the answer and how you can develop those leadership qualities. Trust us, this is so worth the investment of your time. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Tim Spiker / The Aperio Resources: 

Book: Only-Leaders-Worth-Following

Podcast:  https://www.theaperio.com/podcast

Website: https://www.theaperio.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timspiker/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theaperio

Twitter: https://twitter.com/timspiker

While the adage “it’s better to give than receive” is true in many areas of life, in one area, we’re thinking you might need to start receiving it to give it better. That area is feedback. As a grounded and growing leader, you need to be able to receive and provide feedback in a healthy way that promotes growth.

The best way to learn how to give constructive feedback is to practice receiving it with grace. But if you’re the leader of a small business, who gives you feedback? You may need to find some loving critics that will help you grow into the leader you want to become. 

We also will provide you with some tips on how to proactively seek out feedback. Are you ready for that or are you terrified? Either way, listen to this week’s episode and learn how to practice receiving feedback with grace, and how to give feedback that is welcomed and appreciated.  

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: 

Interested in the FANOS exercise? Email [email protected] and we’ll be happy to email you a PDF!

Dr. Tasha Eurich's You Need to Find Loving Critics

We’re back this week with our incredible guest Dr. Ashley Lang as we continue our chat about leading and mentoring the different generations (if you haven’t caught part one of this series yet, make sure you start there!). 

Dr. Lang shares her knowledge on how to integrate the values and needs of different generations. Pamela and Ashley both share their perspectives on how to approach cross-generational mentoring. And we explore what to do when younger generations expect something that the older generations had to earn (promotion, authority, respect). 

Knowing a team member's Strengths can guide you through the challenges we encounter in a multigenerational team. Listen along today as we provide some tips on how to create a rewarding mentorship relationship with team members from every generation.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources: https://yourgoaldigger.com/generational-resources-contact-info/

[email protected]

www.yourgoaldigger.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleylang/

https://www.facebook.com/ashleylang

Instagram.com/ashlang51

linkedin.com/company/YourGoalDigger/

Twitter: @Your_GoaldDigger

Facebook.com/YourGoalDigger/

Instagram.com/Your_GoalDigger