Dr. Larry Richards of Lawyer Braintalks to us about building resilience. Did you know that lawyers consistently score in the bottom 90% of people for resilience? People with low resilience tend to be thin-skinned, defensive, and easily wounded by criticism, rejection, or other setbacks. Dr. Larry Richards, who is both a lawyer and a psychologist, [...]

All companies say that people are their greatest resource. If that’s true, how do you get them to care more? How do you get people more excited and passionate about their job? We talk about that in this week’s episode. EP 49: How Do You Get Employees to Care? How do you get employees to [...]

At one point or another, all businesses will have to deal with change. How do you get your team on the same page? How do you get them behind the change? We talk about this and more on this week’s podcast. What does your personality tell you about how you’ll deal with change? Take a [...]

Before Bob Shannon started Assured Performance 360, a leadership development consulting firm in Las Vegas, he worked for the Fire Service for more than 30 years. Now he’s taking the leadership lessons he’s learned to Corporate America. We talk about his background, developing a culture of leadership in the Fire Service, and his future plans. [...]

Every day in corporate America companies deal with crap magnets . What is a crap magnet? Someone who s first to gossip, holds grudges, and has a lot to say about what s wrong in an organization without any real solutions. Almost every work environment has them. If left unchecked, they could start to suck others into their [...]

Transportation disruptor Uber is in the news a lot recently. From sexual harassment reports, to the CEO caught on tape arguing with a driver, it’s clear that the company has some issues. Chip uses his decades of experience turning around dysfunctional organizations to weigh in on Uber’s current situation. He offers some steps towards fixing [...]

Chip and Randy talk about the origins of the Champions Leadership Program. Champions Leadership started because of a desire to give back to the community through a lasting legacy. It’s not enough to donate to a nonprofit and hope they do well. Companies need to partner with their nonprofit neighbors to really make a good, [...]

Is it better to control or empower? Sometimes successful business leaders let their leading roles get the best of them and not in a good way. There are two common leadership styles: controlling and empowering. Controllers impose external controls on their followers to keep them in line. This negatively affects employees and work they produce. Controlling [...]

Today on the podcast we talk with Robert Grossman of Black Diamond Leadership based in LA. He’s a business growth consultant, trainer, facilitator, and coach with decades of experience. We talked to him about many things but kept circling back to creating passionate teams. How do you build a team you can trust? How do [...]

Chip gave a talk on personal leadership at a recent Charity Champions event in Waco, Texas. He talked about the missing element of execution. Many leaders have a strong vision, they clearly articulate their goals, and they even have devoted followers. Where they fail is in execution. Chip talks about this missing element. To find [...]