Hacking Your Leadership Podcast

By Chris Stark and Lorenzo Flores

Education Business

What's Hacking Your Leadership Podcast about?

No role plays; just real. Chris & Lorenzo share four decades of combined experience to help you become a more effective leader. Keeping employees engaged and doing their best work today requires a leadership language focused on soft skills like empathy, emotional intelligence, and a desire to make personal connections.Many leaders want to succeed in this brave new world but employees continue to report poor engagement and they continue to leave companies about every three years. Listen and become a leader who people never want to leave.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4805674/advertisement

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Holiday Hacks 2023: Top Lea...

11.30.2023

On this year's Holiday Hacks, we break down the leadership videos being watched by the most Gen Z leaders. The third video is "Developing a Growth Mindset" with Carol Dweck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQPatreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime ...

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11.30.2023 Holiday Hacks 2023: Top Leadership Videos Being Watched by Gen Z (3 of 13) On this year's Holiday Hacks, we break down the leadership videos being watched by the most Gen Z leaders. The third video is "Developing a Growth Mindset" with Carol Dweck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQPatreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime ...
11.27.2023 Holiday Hacks 2023: Top Leadership Videos Being Watched by Gen Z (2 of 13) On this year's Holiday Hacks, we break down the leadership videos being watched by the most Gen Z leaders. The second video is "Retail Leadership" by John Addison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in5s6_QF-FoPatreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if ...
11.25.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: September 27, 2021 Ep 263: The world is smaller than you think.New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five ...
11.23.2023 Holiday Hacks 2023: Top Leadership Videos Being Watched by Gen Z (1 of 13) Over the next 13 Holiday Hacks, we break down the leadership videos being watched by the most Gen Z leaders. The first video is "Are you a giver or a taker?" by Adam Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXRYgjQXX0Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part ...
11.20.2023 Ep 364: Leadership lessons from Taylor Swift No, it's not clickbait; there are actually recent events and decisions that highlight the leadership of Taylor Swift. Lessons that should be taught to anyone who leads people.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you ...
11.18.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: September 20, 2021 Ep 262: Is it possible to make accommodations without playing favorites?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the ...
11.16.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Should you be hiring faster? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we listen to a clip from Gary Vaynerchuk and discuss the implications of hiring fast and firing faster.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on ...
11.13.2023 Ep 363: Why do good strategies still sometimes fail? Ever wonder why a good strategy still failed? On this episide we discuss content by Dr. Marc Sniukas.7 things that destroy a solid strategy:1. Inconsistency: conflicting actions & decisions.2. Complexity: overly complicated plans.3. Rigidity: inability to adapt to change.4. Ambiguity: ...
11.11.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: September 13, 2021 Ep 261: Having a hard time filling job openings?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five ...
11.09.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: The importance of formal leadership learning. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how to make formal leadership learning a part of your personal self-development.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us ...
11.06.2023 Ep 362: Why do more than 40% of new leaders fail in the first 18 months? A new study reports that more than 40% of newly promoted leaders fail within 18 months. We discuss why and how to lower the odds of it happening to you.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, ...
11.04.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: September 6, 2021 Ep 260: Training and teaching so your people actually retain the knowledge.New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from ...
11.02.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Are we putting too much thought into what causes burnout? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss a five-year-old article on the causes of employee burnout, and how we think differently about these things today.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in ...
10.30.2023 Ep 361: It seems there's actually a right way to ask people to return to the office. Roblox employees are being asked to return to the office. We discuss the way in which the CEO asked them and why it's the best one we've seen.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you ...
10.28.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: August 30, 2021 Ep 259: Finding a job you love.New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five years.Text us ...
10.26.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Are there interview questions for discovering attributes? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how hard it is to really know if a new hire will be capable and some questions you should be asking.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you ...
10.23.2023 Ep 360: Can you break a policy and not throw it out altogether? Why do some leaders seem to follow policy like it's law while others break it? How does a leader know when it's appropriate to do one or the other?Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if ...
10.21.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: August 9, 2021 Ep 256: Leadership lessons from Ted Lasso.New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five years.Text us ...
10.19.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Ramping up your democratic style of leadership On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss the democratic style of leadership and how some leaders seem to be better at it than others.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising ...
10.18.2023 Guest Roundtable: Stoyan Yankov Lorenzo hosts a conversation with Stoyan Yankov, the acclaimed host of the Productivity Mastery podcast and co-author of The Unsexy Truth About Startup Success. In this episode, we will dive deep into Stoyan's unique P.E.R.F.O.R.M. acronym - Purpose and Values, ...
10.16.2023 Ep 359: Are you always being asked to do more with less? Companies want to operate efficiently. Sounds obvious but what it means in practice is that the amount of resources (people, money, time, etc) you have to accomplish something will tend to go down over time. So then why do some ...
10.14.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: July 26, 2021 Ep 254: Where does your power as a leader originate?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last ...
10.12.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Courage and decisiveness. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss the leadership attributes of courage and decisiveness, and how each of them exists on a bell curve.Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising ...
10.09.2023 Ep 358: Do you have a personal Board of Directors? We already know how important it is to surround ourselves with the right people from a growth and development standpoint. In this episode we discuss why it's important from a leadership standpoint as well.Link to infograph by Joseph Forline: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-p-forline_every-great-leader-has-a-team-in-their-corner-activity-7115309646508167168-lNdWPatreon ...
10.05.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: I accept your job offer. Wait, never mind. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss the fact that more than half of all people who accept a job offer end up changing their mind in favor of a different offer before their first day.Text us your leadership questions! ...
10.04.2023 Guest Interview: Stephen Shedletzky - Author, Speak-Up Culture Shed was our first guest interview on Hacking Your Leadership back in 2019. Since then he has started his own company and written what I believe to be the best leadership book of 2023.Buy Shed's Book here: http://www.speakupculture.com/#BeABetterLeader #HackingYourLeadership #StarkEngagementConsulting ...
10.02.2023 Ep 357: Do you know what it means to coach your people and not just make them better? Some leaders think the words "leader" and "coach" are interchangeable. They're not. In this episode we discuss the differences and why coaching might be different than anything you've been asked to do before.Send us a message on Community! (213) 444-5381Patreon ...
09.30.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: June 21, 2021 Ep 249: Are you apologizing too much?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five years.Text us ...
09.28.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: A culture of gratitude and praise. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how creating a culture around praise and recognition will usually lead to higher engagement.Text us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you ...
09.27.2023 Guest Interview: Jim Harter - Author, Chief Data Scientist at Gallup Jim joined us over two years ago in the middle of the covid pandemic. Now he's back to discuss what he says is the biggest leadership issue of our time.Buy Jim's Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Shock-unstoppable-solution-leadership/dp/1595622470/#BeABetterLeader #HackingYourLeadership #StarkEngagementConsulting #LifeOfLozoThis show is part ...
09.25.2023 Ep 356: Are you perceived as authentic? People won't follow you unless they believe you're authentic. In this episode we discuss how leaders can make sure their people don't question their authenticity. Send us a message on Community! (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the ...
09.23.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: June 14, 2021 Ep 248: Are our standards for leaders too high?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five ...
09.21.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Is the bar being raised? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how expectations of leaders are changing, and how to be proactive if you're worried about them.Text us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, ...
09.18.2023 Ep 355: What is your personal impact on your team's psychological safety? As a leader, you impact your team's psychiological safety either positively or negatively in everything you do. In this episode we discuss some questions, written by Timothy Clark, that you should be periodically asking yourself.Link to questions by Timothy Clark: ...
09.16.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: May 31, 2021 Ep 246: How do you stop an employee from undermining you?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the ...
09.14.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Do you have leadership rituals? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss some of the rituals we do everyday that lead to better outcomes and why they happen to be important.Text us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the ...
09.11.2023 Ep 354: The 4 Zones of Thought Leadership (Part 4 of 4) If you're a leader of people, having a plan that takes into account all aspects of your environment and how each one is impacted by that plan is important. Over four episodes, we'll discuss each of the four zones of ...
09.09.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: May 10, 2021 Ep 243: Are you doing the right things with your results?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the ...
09.07.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: How do you get satisfaction from a leadership role after being in it for a long time? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how to continue gettting satisfaction from a leadership role after the initial novelty has worn off.Text us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, ...
09.04.2023 Ep 353: The 4 Zones of Thought Leadership (Part 3 of 4) If you're a leader of people, having a plan that takes into account all aspects of your environment and how each one is impacted by that plan is important. Over four episodes, we'll discuss each of the four zones of ...
09.02.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: April 26, 2021 Ep 241: Are you a leader or a therapist?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from the last five ...
08.31.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Do you ever have internal resistance as a leader? On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss why a leader may have a hard time speaking up or making a decision in the moment.Text us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime ...
08.28.2023 Ep 352: The 4 Zones of Thought Leadership (Part 2 of 4) If you're a leader of people, having a plan that takes into account all aspects of your environment and how each one is impacted by that plan is important. Over four episodes, we'll discuss each of the four zones of ...
08.26.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: March 15, 2021 Ep 235: How do you start to increase the level of diversity on a team with none?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those ...
08.25.2023 Two Minute Tip with Lawrence Franchetti Today’s Two-Minute tip is brought to you by Lawrence Franchetti. Lawrence is the CEO of One Beat Medical. In this episode, Lawrence speaks about building employee incentive plans.Lawrence Franchetti LinkedInCheck out our YouTube Channel!For more content like this, check out ...
08.24.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Setting goals vs focusing on impact. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss a clip from Brian Fretwell and why this approach can be incredibly impactful to your team.Link to infograph: https://imgur.com/a/aZCRD2BText us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the ...
08.21.2023 Ep 351: The 4 Zones of Thought Leadership (Part 1 of 4) If you're a leader of people, having a plan that takes into account all aspects of your environment and how each one is impacted by that plan is important. Over the next four episodes, we'll discuss each of the four ...
08.19.2023 "Best Of" Saturday Series - Original Air Date: March 8, 2021 Ep 234: Is it possible to have great culture AND high performance?New listeners often ask us where they should start or if there are specific episodes we recommend. This "Best Of" Saturday Series answers those questions with popular episodes from ...
08.17.2023 Thoughtful Thursdays: Toxic people to watch out for in meetings. On this week's Thoughtful Thursday, we dicuss how efforts to increase psychological safety can sometimes have unintended effects.Link to infograph: https://imgur.com/a/aZCRD2BText us your leadership questions! +1 (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you ...
08.14.2023 Ep 350: Making leadership roles and responsibilities more enticing. Do you have talented people who seem reluctant to want to step into leadership roles or take on more responsibilities?Link to Harvard Business Review article: https://hbr.org/2023/06/how-to-make-leadership-positions-more-enticing-to-primary-care-physiciansSend us a message on Community! (213) 444-5381Patreon Account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22174142This show is part of the ...

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