Influence Leadership

Having a team of people simply isn't enough. Without roles clearly defined and assigned, your team is just a group of people. A crowd. Leaders must be committed to clarifying the roles of the team, and placing the right people in those roles for the ultimate team experience.

In this episode, we'll discuss the different roles of a team as detailed in Iditarod Leadership, including ...

- Lead Dogs

- Swing Dogs

- Team Dogs

- Wheel Dogs

Listen to the episode now, and learn more about Chris Fuller and Influence Leadership at InfluenceLeadership.com.

Having a team of people simply isn't enough. Without roles clearly defined and assigned, your team is just a group of people. A crowd. Leaders must be committed to clarifying the roles of the team, and placing the right people in those roles for the ultimate team experience.

In this episode, we'll discuss the different roles of a team as detailed in Iditarod Leadership, including ...

- Lead Dogs

- Swing Dogs

- Team Dogs

- Wheel Dogs

Listen to the episode now, and learn more about Chris Fuller and Influence Leadership at InfluenceLeadership.com.

Does your team always meet your expectations? Regardless of your answer, a key part of the process has to do with your communication to your team.

In this episode, Chris walks you through how to communicate effectively with your team in a way that gets results:

- The difference between how amateurs practice and how professionals practice.

- How to communicate clearly in a way the motivates your team to meet, even exceed, your expectations.

- How to create checkpoints of communication

- How to be a leader who is involved and aware without being overbearing or a micromanager.

Learn more at InfluenceLeadership.com.

Does your team always meet your expectations? Regardless of your answer, a key part of the process has to do with your communication to your team.

In this episode, Chris walks you through how to communicate effectively with your team in a way that gets results:

- The difference between how amateurs practice and how professionals practice.

- How to communicate clearly in a way the motivates your team to meet, even exceed, your expectations.

- How to create checkpoints of communication

- How to be a leader who is involved and aware without being overbearing or a micromanager.

Learn more at InfluenceLeadership.com.

If you don't have an accurate assessment of yourself, your strengths and your weaknesses, how can you know where to focus to make the biggest strides in your own self-improvement.

In this episode, Chris discusses ....

- How self-awareness is fundamental to strong leadership.

- How to hire team members that strengthen both you and the team.

- How to ask your team members where you're weak.

If you don't have an accurate assessment of yourself, your strengths and your weaknesses, how can you know where to focus to make the biggest strides in your own self-improvement.

In this episode, Chris discusses ....

- How self-awareness is fundamental to strong leadership.

- How to hire team members that strengthen both you and the team.

- How to ask your team members where you're weak.

Leaders realize the road ahead of them is both a journey and an adventure. How deliberate are you in seeking out the adventures that are within reach? In this episode, we discuss ...

- the story behind Iditatord Leadership.

- how to proactively identify adventures in your life.

- how to pursue opportunities to take on more leadership roles, even when no one is offering one.

Originally recorded in September 2015; published October 2015

Leaders realize the road ahead of them is both a journey and an adventure. How deliberate are you in seeking out the adventures that are within reach? In this episode, we discuss ...

- the story behind Iditatord Leadership.

- how to proactively identify adventures in your life.

- how to pursue opportunities to take on more leadership roles, even when no one is offering one.

Originally recorded in September 2015; published October 2015

Culture and leadership are undeniably linked together. Leaders are ultimately responsible for culture. The culture they create then produces the results the organization is after. In this episode, we'll cover ...

- Why culture and how you do business have such a direct impact on everything happening in your organization.

- Leaders must focus on strategy, vision, the future and culture. Let the amazing teams you create take care of the daily operations.

- How culture and identity are linked

- How to shape an intentional culture strategy

Originally recorded in August 2015; published in September 2015.

Long ago, John Maxwell made it very clear that leadership is all about influence. It's also what this podcast is all about. In this episode, Chris Fuller walks you through exactly how influence is the most important component of any degree of leadership. We'll cover ...

- How to have influence even before you have a leadership title.

- The different ways to gain influence (it's not just charisma or a personality)

- The differences among attention, influence and manipulation

- How you not just influence someone, but how to inspire them.

This episode was originally recording in August 2015; published in September 2015.