Leaders are often unfairly held to an unreasonable and unrealistic standard that they must always have everything together and never show any weakness. As a result, many leaders are burned out, stressed, overwhelmed, and possibly even dealing with serious mental health issues.

In this episode, Jeremy Couch explains the importance of recognizing the human side of leadership and provides some tips to help both leaders and followers recognize and embrace this reality.

In this episode, Jeremy discusses his model for performance improvement, called the 3A model. Whether you want to improve professionally, personally, relationally, or you just want to develop a better method for achieving your goals, this model can help. Listen as Jeremy breaks down this model and explains how you can apply it to your life and leadership.

In this episode, Jeremy Couch is joined by Joe McLeod of McLeod Communications for a discussion on effective communication in leadership. What are some of the biggest communication mistakes that leaders make? How can leaders get better at communication? Why does communication matter so much in leadership and in life? These are a few of the questions that we will explore on a deeper level.

Here are some of the key points that Joe shared in regards to effective communication:

1. Frequency of communication is not equal to competency

Joe McLeod is managing partner at McLeod Communications and an instructor of communications at Keiser University at Lakeland.

In this episode, Jeremy Couch provides insights that will help you become a better leader, even when you lack the formal authority to lead others. Adapted from the book How to Lead When You're Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins, four key principles will be discussed to help you learn to lead yourself well first. These four principles are:

1) Lead Yourself. You are in charge of you.

2) Choose Positivity. See the big picture. Trust in God. Be hopeful about the future.

3) Think Critically. Stop being critical. Be constructive. Bring solutions.

4) Reject Passivity. Find something to own and be intentional about making it better. Control what is controllable.

Great leaders know how to lead when they’re in charge because they’ve been leading long before they were ever given that authority. Lead where you are RIGHT NOW by changing your perspective. Great leaders look ahead to the future and begin to act today to become who they want to be.

Listen to this episode and learn some tips that will help you lead well when you're not in charge!

In this episode of Leading Well, Jeremy Couch provides insights that will help you become a better leader, even when you lack the formal authority to lead others. Adapted from the book How to Lead When You're Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins, four key principles will be discussed to help you learn to lead yourself well first. These four principles are:

1) Lead Yourself. You are in charge of you.

2) Choose Positivity. See the big picture. Trust in God. Be hopeful about the future.

3) Think Critically. Stop being critical. Be constructive. Bring solutions.

4) Reject Passivity. Find something to own and be intentional about making it better. Control what is controllable.

Great leaders know how to lead when they’re in charge because they’ve been leading long before they were ever given that authority. Lead where you are RIGHT NOW by changing your perspective. Great leaders look ahead to the future and begin to act today to become who they want to be.

Listen to this episode and learn some tips that will help you lead well when you're not in charge!

In this episode, Jeremy Couch discusses the importance of getting the right people on your team in order to create a high-performing, healthy organizational culture. To help you figure out what the "right people" look like, Jeremy provides a series of characteristics to look for in the people you hire. No matter what type of business you are in, these characteristics apply. Take a listen and then evaluate how you're doing at getting the right people on the bus!

As a leader, you are responsible for getting things accomplished. However, if you're not careful, you can end up completing a number of tasks, while at the same time neglecting to give your team what they really need. In this episode, Jeremy Couch discusses five rules that every leader should follow every day if they want to lead their team more effectively.

Ask not what your team can do for you; ask what you can do for your team! Leaders who want to lead a high-performing, healthy team need to focus less on giving orders and more on giving support. In this episode, Jeremy Couch discusses five key things that team members need from their leader.

Great teams don't happen by accident. They are built through intentional effort over a sustained period of time. In this episode, Jeremy Couch discusses some of the key ingredients that every leader needs to cultivate in order to build a high-performing, cohesive team.

Want to take your organization to the next level? Need clarity about where to focus your efforts, what to aim for, how to measure it, and what actions to take? In this episode, Jeremy Couch explains the remaining four questions for the strategic roadmap and how you can apply them to your organization.