In this next installment of Leader Fables, Jacob & Casey share their process for making ideas happen. They discuss the importance of capitalizing on fleeting inspiration, explore the art of persuasion, highlighting the use of leading questions and inclusive brainstorming to gain support for ideas. They conclude by sharing some tips for effective project execution strategies.

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In this episode, Casey & Jacob explore helping your family love your job. They discuss the challenges leaders face in achieving work-life harmony and debunk the idea of work-life balance. They emphasize how your family's perception of your work impacts your success and well-being. They also share personal stories and provide practical strategies, such as loving your own work, setting boundaries, involving your family in your work life, and refraining from complaining.

Ultimately, they stress the significance of cultivating a positive relationship between your family and your job for mutual support and fulfillment.

Travel, especially nowadays, is hectic. Join Jacob & Casey as they share their tried and true travel tips and tricks. They also discuss ways to stay focused, present, and maintain their routines while away from the comforts of home and office.

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Balancing finding inspiration and developing additional hard skills is essential for effective leadership. Join Casey & Jacob as they discuss the whys, whats, and hows of professional development, and ways to get the most of the many resources available to leaders.

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Coping with and preventing burnout is an invaluable skill for team leaders. Join Jacob & Casey as they discuss identifying burnout, preventing it, and eliminating it when it rears its ugly head.

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As a follow-up to their last episode on meetings, listen to Casey and Jacob share their thoughts on what makes for a good presentation. They discuss how to make presentations powerful by building impactful content, inviting audience interaction, and delivering a memorable intros and outros. They also share how to incorporate these elements into in-person and virtual presentations.

This episode is for you if you're looking for tips on ensuring your next presentation inspires your audience.

Listen to Jacob & Casey discuss the four elements of an extraordinary meeting: energizing, inviting, informative and celebratory. They deliver tips for making every meeting memorable, impactful, and fun. They also share how to incorporate these elements into in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings.

If you're struggling to make your meetings effective or if you could use some advice to spice up an impending meeting, this episode is for you.

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Join Casey and Jacob for a special bonus episode of Leader Fables, discussing the manifold benefits of creating margin in our lives and work. They talk about strategies to own your calendar, live on the edge of financial well-being, and mind commitments.

If you have little margin or lots, there's a tip in this episode that will help you maintain and create a lasting margin.

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Jacob & Casey finish talking about the Five Altitudes of Planning by taking two of their own life goals through each altitude. Along the way, they deliver lots of tips on developing a life plan, completing annual planning, ratifying quarterly goals, making weeks work, and doing daily planning.

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Join Jacob & Casey as they deliver the final installment of the Five Altitudes of Planning: life planning. Learn how to envision your best future self, consider key relationships, identify life accounts, and assess your ideal and current state. Hear tips on how to use your life plan to inform your days, weeks, quarters, and years.

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