Key Conversations for Leaders

Dr. Steve Yacovelli Owner & Principal of TopDog Learning Group, LLC, a learning and development, leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA, with affiliates across the globe.  Steve and TopDog have worked with Fortune 500 companies including The Walt Disney Company and Bayer as well as non-profits such as The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The American Library Association.

With over twenty-five years’ experience in leadership, strategy, organizational learning, and communication, Steve applies academic theory to create real business results. 

Inside This Episode

Why do organization struggle with inclusiveness?

How to Measure Diversity and Inclusion in an Organization

Creating Long-Term Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

The Connection Between Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement

Identifying Our Unconscious Biases

Creating Lasting Organizational Change

How to Address Micro Aggressions

The 6 Core Competencies of Leaders

The Need to Level Up Our Leadership Skills

Creating Buy-In For Culture Change

What If The Organization Won’t Change? 

Links:

Website: www.TopDogLearning.biz 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveyacovelli/

Twitter: @gayleadership

Books: www.topdog.click/freeship

Implicit Bias Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Jude Charles started his company as a teenager. He is a Brand Strategist Filmmaker, and Speaker.  For almost 15 years, has been helping purpose-driven, 7-figure and 8-figure entrepreneurs to bring their stories to life through documentaries & videos.

Inside This Episode

Sharing Your Story

Nail It, Then Scale It with Video Marketing

Why You Need to Show Your Story

When Video Is Right (or Not Right) For Your Company

How to Demonstrate Your Expertise

The Power of Roadmapping Your Message

Creating Marketing Assets, Even If You Pivot Later

The Timelessness of Starting with Why

Why We All Need to Develop Our Personal Brand

How Keeping It Simple Can Be An Advantage

Capturing the Moment with a Story

To connect with Jude, visit www.judecharles.co/list

Dr. Kurt Nelson is an applied behavioral scientist, the president and founder of the Lantern Group.  He is also a sought after speaker and recognized leader in human motivation and behavior change. For over 20 years, Kurt has worked with global companies to apply behavioral science principles to drive change in their organizations. All his work is focused on understanding ways to positively influence how people behave.

Inside This Episode

Why Employees Are Disengaged

The Four Drive Model to Creating an Engaged Workforce

How Recognition Reduces Turnover

The Cost of Disengagement

Realizing the Synergy of Communication and Culture

Barriers to Effective Leadership

Is It A Culture Issue or a Leadership Issue?

The Impact of Friction on a Company’s Results

Understanding and Creating Positive Social Norms

Using Social Proof as a Leader to Effect Change

The Power of Framing

The Key to Avoiding Short-Term Behavior Change

The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make Regarding Motivation

The Say-Do Gap

Links:

Website:  www.lanterngroup.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwnelson/

Twitter:  @WhatMotivates

Paul Smith is one of the world’s leading experts in business storytelling. He’s one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of 2018, a storytelling coach, and bestselling author of several books including The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell, Sell with a Story, Lead with a Story, Parenting with a Story. Paul holds an MBA from the Wharton School, is a former consultant at Accenture, and former executive and 20-year veteran of The Procter & Gamble Company.

Inside This Episode

Why Storytelling Works

Why Emotions Drive Good Decision-Making

How to use stories every day

What’s Your Company Story?

An Example of a Founding Story

Top 10 Stories Leaders Must Tell

How Stories Create Culture

Common Storytelling Mistakes

How to Start a Story So People Listen

Why Telling Stories Is Better Than Giving Advice

Keep It Short & Sweet

Using Questions to Customize and Create Stories

If Not Now, When?

Links:

Website: www.leadwithastory.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithpa9/

Twitter: @LeadWithAStory

Paul's Book Page on Amazon

Jonathan Pritchard.  Jonathan is the Founder of Hellstrom Group; international consulting agency. Author of "Think Like A Mind Reader." And a Fortune 500 Mentalist.

Inside This Episode:

What is Mentalism and Why You Want to Think Like One

Understanding Human Wiring Opens Us Up to Better Marketing and Sales

Why We Never Experience “Reality”

The Reason Our Brains Use Mental Shortcuts

How Micro-Predictions Frame Our Experience

How the Brain Manages Its Bandwidth and Focuses Its Resources

A Live Demo of the Limitation of Our Mental Wiring

How Our Values and Beliefs Determine Our Experience

The Dual Meaning of “I can’t imagine…”

The Importance of Communicating in the Language of The Person You’re Communicating With

How to Get “Admin Privileges” of a Person’s Human Software

Why You Don’t Want to Compete on Price

The Power of Preparation in Negotiation

Developing Your Ability to Walk Away in a Negotiation

The Power of Time Compression

The Value of Staying Present During Dynamic Experiences

Setting the Agenda at the Beginning to Avoid Gotchas at the End

Creating Win-Win Negotiations

Why Decisions Should Be Made Ahead of Time

How Structure Actually Creates Flexibility

The Importance of Getting Out of the Box You’re Stuck In

Why You can Never Relate to Anything outside of Its Context

Why You’re Always Stuck In A Box, Even When You Climb Out of One

Getting Beyond False Dichotomy Living

The Answer to The Existential Nature of Our Reality!!

 

Links:

Website: www.mindreaderuniversity.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpritchard/

Twitter: @the_pritchard

Books: Think Like A Mind Reader

Kim Ades is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of five, Kim has 15+ years of experience coaching many of North America’s most respected leaders. Recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery and mental toughness, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results.

Inside This Episode

The Key Characteristics of Top Performers Based on Research

The Importance of Emotional Resilience In Success

Answering the Question of Nature or Nurture in Emotional Intelligence

How Accountability Coaching Can Actually Be A Disservice to Clients

Why You Need to Forget About Skills and Focus on The Thoughts & Beliefs

The Need to Identify Conflicting, Beliefs and Actions

How a Lack of Alignment Is The Real Problem in Performance

How To Identify Thinking Traps And How to Get Out of Them

The Danger of Isolative Leadership

How to Get Out of a Limited Mindset

Breaking Through Leadership Limitations

The Power of Solution-Focused Thinking

They Key Question to Ask When You Get Stuck

How to Expand Your Thinking and Comfort Zone

Increasing Your Results Coaching-Based Leadership

Change Your Thoughts and the Results Will Follow

The Main Assumption You Need to Have as A Leader

How Empathy is Actually Something to Avoid

Why Jumping To The Solution Can Be Counter-Productive?

The Importance of Remaining Calm During a Crisis

Why Slowing Down Leads to a Massive Speed Up

Why Leaders Need to “Know Thyself”

The Power of Journaling in Identifying and Changing Thoughts

How Your Mental Picture Impacts Those Around You

Links: 

Website: www.Frameofmindcoahing.com

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimades/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/kimades

 

Free Coaching Experience with One of Kim's Frame of Mind Coaches:

Send Your Answer to the 2 Journal questions to [email protected]

What do you want more than anything?

What’s stopping you from having that?

Jen McFarland has over 25 years of training, teaching, and executive experience. She led large-scale public sector projects affecting over 50,000 businesses, handling millions of dollars. Today, Jen consults with business owners on leadership, strategic project planning, and digital marketing. She also hosts a weekly podcast called “Women Conquer Business.”

In this episode:

Learn How Projects Drive Everything We Do

The Difference Between A Marketing Roadmap vs. Treasure Map

Making Sure You’re Building and Climbing the Right Mountain

Balancing Logic and Intuition

The Importance of Self-Awareness for Leaders

The Power of Communication in Team Building

How Listening & Understanding Creates Buy-In

The Power of Meditation in Increasing Effectiveness

The Need to Establish A Foundational Framework in Your Business & Marketing

How to Break a Problem Down Into Actionable Items

Why We Need to Focus on The Real Problem and What The Solution Will Look Like From the Customer’s Perspective

The Need for Ongoing Feedback In Guiding Projects

The Disconnect Between Marketers and Customers

What Happens if You Stop Listening To Your Intuition

The Downfall of Making Decisions Based Solely on Data

The Danger of Allocating Too Little and Too Much Time

Surrounding Yourself With Excellence and Leading Through Trust

How Self-Awareness and Openness to Feedback Enables Us to See Our Blind Spots

A Call to Disconnect With the Digital to Deliver Greater Results

Creating Your Daily Formula To Start the Day On the Right Foot 

Links:

Website: www.jenmcfarland.com

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensmcfarland/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jensmcfarland

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jensmcfarland

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

 

Recommended book: Digital Minimalism

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Minimalism-Choosing-Focused-Noisy/dp/B07LGDY5PC/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9O8QH8JG4AAL&dchild=1&keywords=digital+minimalism&qid=1589236953&sprefix=digital+minim%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-2

Dominique "Dom" Brightmon, DTM is an award-winning speaker and certified member of the John Maxwell Team. He is the author of "Going North!: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself" & the follow-up bestseller, "Stay the Course: The Elite Performer's 7 Secret Keys to Sustainable Success". Dom host's the Going North podcast, a top rated self-help podcast that interviews authors from all over the world. His mantra is Advance others to advance yourself.

In This Episode

Advance yourself by advancing others.

How to use major life events to re-evaluate priorities.

The importance of thinking versus reacting.

How to be the light to help others find theirs.

The power of immersing yourself in books, audios, and people that lift you up.

Why we need to Walk Slowly Through the Crowd

The key to deciding to Move Forward, Retreat, or Pivot.

How intentionality and awareness precede growth and development.

What we Speak About, We Bring About.

The Need for Consistency

90% of Success is Showing Up

The importance of being authentic and having humility

How Elite Performers create Simple Consistent Habits

Why you want to change your “Zip Code” and choose a demanding environment. 

Links:

Website: www.dombrightmon.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DomBrightmon

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dombrightmon/

Dom’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ADominique+Brightmon&s=relevancerank&text=Dominique+Brightmon&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1

Mike Cameron is an author, speaker, successful entrepreneur and philanthropist.  With over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurial endeavors, Mike is the Former CEO of Axiom Mortgage Partners.  He has a TedX talk called Redefining Badass, is an ultramarathoner and an ironman triathlete.

In This Episode:

What Really Drives Our Decisions?

How to Create Buy-In By Connecting With Emotions

How Understanding Our Emotions Can Help Us Make Better Decisions

How to Live a Meaningful and Purposeful Life

How Self-Examination Leads to More Effective Leadership

How to Identify the Cause of Behaviors, Rather Than the Symptom

The Need for Empathetic Leadership Instead of Using Brute Force

The Importance of Avoiding False Vulnerability

Why We Need to Take Off the Mask and Look Into the Mirror

How Awareness is the Key to Creating Choice and Responsibility

Shedding the Shackles of Expectation and S.O.A.R.

How Slowing Down Allows You to Accelerate Your Results

Accepting and Using Our Emotions to Guide Our Behaviors

Getting More Done with Ease, Rather Than Effort

Taking 60 Seconds to Reset and Refocus

The Power of Rituals In Creating Consistent Success

Challenging and Expanding Your Comfort Zone

Shifting Your Mindset

Setting Smaller Goals to Create Momentum and Maintain Focus

Narrowing Your Focus to Expand Your Results

How Ram Dass’s Letter to Rachel Helped Mike During Tragedy

Links:

Website:  https://www.mikecameron.ca

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axiommike/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikedavidcameron/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/axiommike

TedX Redefining Badass Talk: https://youtu.be/M1mxagsjmao

Ram Dass’s Letter to Rachel: https://www.ramdass.org/a-letter-to-rachel/

Mark Green is the author of two books, Activators: A CEO's Guide to Clearer Thinking and Getting Things Done and Creating a Culture of Accountability. He’s also a speaker and coach to CEOs and executive teams worldwide. He has addressed, and advised thousands of business leaders, helping them unlock more of their potential and teaching them how to do the same for their teams.  

Inside This Episode:

How Leadership Requires Understanding People & Behavior

Why We Need to Raise the Bar & Accelerate Your Learning

Why We Know What to Do But We Still Don’t Act

The Three Hidden Growth Killers

The Two Basic Motivators

How Fear Impacts Your Thinking

How To Reduce Fear and Bring In More Logic

3 Principles for Adapting to An Increased Velocity of Change

Creating a Bias To Action

The Paradox of Flexibility From Structure

Why the Pandemic is Not the Problem

The Importance of Learning How to Reframe Problems to Create Solutions

How to Make Decisions With Imperfect Information

Using Guiding Principles vs. Mental Models to Direct Your Behavior and Manage Your Thinking

The Paradox of Structure vs. Flexibility

A Simple, Person-Focused Question to Create a Greater Sense of Control

Allowing Humanity to Come To the Forefront

Operating Amid Additional Leadership Overhead

 

Links:

www.Mark-green.com

LinkedIn: Coachmarkgreen

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkEGreen

Mark’s Free Tools and Assessments: https://mark-green.com/tools-assessments/

Mark's Books on Amazon: Activators & Creating a Culture of Accountability

https://www.amazon.com/Mark-E-Green/e/B07HFJHDBJ/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1