Leadership Improvement – Jay Izso

The easiest thing for us to do as leaders is rely on what worked in the past.  But let’s be honest there is not guarantee what we have done in the past will produce success in the future.  We also need to face the reality that as businesses change, younger generations, enter our businesses, our leadership needs to be more fluid, adaptable and innovative.  As a leader you cannot expect your business to change if your leadership doesn’t change.  This is the insanity of leadership.  Doing the same things you have always done as a leader and expecting things to change among your followers.  It simply never works.  So what do we need to do?  Take your leadership to the next level.

Maureen Metcalf joins us again on this episode of A New Direction.  Maureen Metcalf, is the Founder, CEO, and Board Chair of the Innovative Leadership Institute.  She is a one of the most sought-after experts in anticipating and leveraging future business trends and leadership to transform organizations.   She is also the author of the book the “Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations“.  As Maureen so adeptly points out any change that is going to occur is going to start with leadership.  However, leaders will not change unless they have the awareness that they need to change.  This is not always easy.  That is because leaders are in fact human.  And as humans go we do not like change.  What is worse we are often reluctant to change ourselves.  It can also be a challenge for us as leaders to break our old habits and replace them with new habits.  The question as leaders we need to ask ourselves is: How Innovative do I want to be and am willing to be?  Depending on your answer will determine quickly if you are in fact going to transform your organization.  Innovative Leaders Guide is a great read for anyone in leadership.  Whether you have been leading for one year or a hundred, it will be a great tool in your leadership tool chest.

To contact Maureen and learn more about her coaching email her at [email protected]

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Are you someone in leadership?  Well the truth is we all are leaders in some way.  So much has been written about leadership.  How to be a good leader.  How to be a more effective leader.  It seems however, when it comes to leadership and philosophies of leadership so many say very similar things.  As leaders we often are looking for the “golden carrot”.  You know that thing that we can waive around that will induce our employees or people to be motivated to follow and be committed.  However, rarely is it stated that loving your people can be an extremely and perhaps the most effective way to lead.  WORD OF CAUTION: Just because we say “love” does not mean being “soft”.  As a matter of fact when you truly love your people you expect discipline and accountability.

Co-author Gary Heil (pronounced HILE) joins us on this episode of A New Direction.  Gary and his son Dr. Ryan Heil have written a book that will challenge your belief system when it comes to leadership “Choose Love Not Fear: How the Best Leaders Build Cultures of Engagement and Innovation that Unleash Human Potential.”  Gary and I discuss what is leadership of love, we also talk about the age old question…How do you motivate your employees? (You may be surprised by the answer).  Gary also shares with example after example of the different businesses and business people he has coached and consulted.  He also talks about how much he learned from Dabo Swinney the Champion head football coach of the Clemson Tiger football program and how that influenced him in understanding why when you Choose Love and Not Fear that it is a recipe for champions.  So much to learn and so much to glean from Gary, the book and the show!

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When it comes to Special Operating Forces there is a phrase commonly used, “embrace the suck”.  The idea that you are in the midst of horrible circumstances you have to decide if you are going to make through this adversity, you have to sit in the middle of this discomfort so that you can come through it in the end.  Now let me ask you this, if you want to be Leadership and be successful will you deliberately choose discomfort?  Or are you trying to find a way around the uncomfortable so that you can do only what you like to do.  The fact is if you look at the most successful leadership in the world and our military special forces they intentional choose the difficult course.  Why?  Because success is about doing the hard things, the things you don’t want to do, doing the things you hate, and using that energy as a catalyst to propel you to even greater success.

Green Beret Major Jason Van Camp (ret’d) joins on A New Direction discussing the elements of “Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

” to propel you to become a greater leader and enjoy greater success.  The book is one story after another of men that Jason interviewed before taking his first command.  These men endured some of the most grueling conditions, suffered under fire, some were shot, lost limbs, blown up, and had to make incredible decisions to not just take one more step, but decide if they wanted to live.  The choose to embrace “the suck”.  In order to survive and thrive they chose Deliberate Discomfort.

In addition to his work as the director of Mission Six Zero Jason Van Camp also serves as the leader of a non-profit organization called Warrior Rising empowers U.S. military veterans and their immediate family members by providing them opportunities to create sustainable businesses, perpetuate the hiring of fellow American veterans, and earn their future.   Please make a donation by clicking on Donate to Warrior Rising.

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How many times have I been asked, “how can I motivate my people”?  It is question that is asked of every coach.  As a coach we typically do not give an answer because we know you are not ready to hear the truth.  And even if we were to tell it to you, you not only have a reluctance to believe it, but you also get angry with us when we say it.  And that is what Dr. Tara Peters and Dr. Cathy Bush have answered that question in their book “The Demotivated Employee“.  Here is the answer that they so brilliant explain in the book.  Ready?  It’s the wrong question.  It’s not how do you motivate your employees, it is how you stop demotivating your employees!  Ouch!

In the 100th episode of A New Direction co-author Dr. Tara Peters edu-tains us (educates and entertains) with her brilliant insights and her wit, wisdom and humor.  She will take us through how “Fundamental Attribution Error” is a problem for leaders.  Oh you don’t know that that is?  Well then  you will need to the show.  Then she start walking us through the 5 pitfalls that move the employee from motivated and excited when they come in to demotivated the honeymoon is over and now that horrible marriage to the organization takes over and they dread it.  “The Demotivated Employee is simply an enlightening fabulous book one you will want to keep in your library!

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, they have been serving people in the real estate world for more than 35 years.  And in so doing their customers rave about them, by saying they have “legendary customer service”.  When you have customers from 35 years ago still stopping in to say “hello” and thank you that says there is something special about Linda and her team.  When you are ready to sell or buy why not start with Linda Craft & Team, www.LindaCraft.com

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Change is inevitable, but in today’s world change comes at us at an accelerated pace.  This means that businesses and organizations must be able to transform.  How does a business do that?  Well it starts with the leader.  There must a leader that first must transform before he business can transform.  If I were to ask you the question do you want to be a better leader, your response will probably be “yes”…but what does a better leader look like?  Well it really starts by understanding what “leader type” are you.  Or in another words what is your “Leader Personality Type”?  For most leaders they are probably not even sure what that is.  That’s where Maureen Metcalf can help.

In this episode of A New Direction CEO and Founder of the Innovative Leader Institute and author of “Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations” joins us on today’s show.  Maureen Metcalf walks us through the Five Elements of Innovative Leadership.  A pyramid that helps every leader understand how they need to progress if they want to create innovative transformation in their business or organization.  The very base of the pyramid starts with understanding the “Leader Type” and progresses until we get to the more specific “Leader Behaviors” needed to constructively make a transformation.  Innovative Leaders Guide to Transforming Organizations will challenge you, it will really make you think about who you are and what you need to transform in yourself, before you can make an impactful transformation in your business or organization.

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors for 35 years they have been helping people all over the world meet their dreams when it comes to their home.  Whether it is buying a new home where new memories are created, or selling a home to downsize or move to a bigger place because you have expanded, the experts at Linda Craft & Team, would like to show you why their clients say their customer service is “legendary”.  Just click on www.LindaCraft.com to learn more.

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So often we point fingers at leaders for their problems.  We will look so intently at the things we do not like about a particular leader and in the process we neglect to realize we have become arrogant believing that we “know” more, or someone else would be better suited to be in their place.  The fact is our belief that we are so smart and no so much has created a state of “Hubris” and that my friends is already started to “kill” your ability to lead.  Yes, arrogance…better yet Hubris is The Leadership Killer.  So what is Hubris You so eagerly ask?

Webster’ s defines it as, excessive pride or self-confidence.  Dictionary.com adds the word “arrogance” to the definition.  The fact is our pride, over-confidence, and arrogance will kill our relationships and hence our leadership abilities.  In this episode of A New Direction Captain John “Coach” Havlik US Navy SEAL (retired) joins the show and discusses some of the downfalls and the fight of hubris, and even takes us through his own personal journey as a SEAL where he too for a period lost to The Leadership Killer.  This book is absolutely fantastic.  It is not a long read, but it is a punch in the face look at ourselves.  If we think we can be so arrogant as to point fingers at ourselves, then we need to take a long look in the mirror, because that finger is in fact pointing back to our own hubris that has subtly taken over.  The Leadership Killer is a read for anyone and everyone get your copy here!

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors no matter where you live in the world, Linda Craft and her team can help you find the best professional in your area to help you sell or buy your next home.  While most real estate professionals belong to a nationally affiliated company where they are obligated to use the people in their company’s network.  Linda Craft and her team are privately owned and operated.  That means they can find the absolute best professional from ANY company to ensure you get the best service. Located in the Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina…they are indeed legendary when it comes to service.  Learn more  by going to Linda Craft & Team, Realtors  www.LindaCraft.com

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Fear.  So often we do not want to admit it.  But as long as we are human we will fear.  But what about fear when it comes to leadership?  Can a leader afford to be afraid?  A leader may deny their they are afraid, but the truth is their behavior will give them away.  Because no matter how hard you try to deny it or ignore it, fear will rear it’s ugly head in a variety of different ways and flush you out!

In this episode of A New Direction I have the Internationally known and recognized rock star millionaire consultant and coach Dr. Alan Weiss!  Dr. Weiss has a brand new book out entitled, “Fearless Leadership” and in it he not only address fear, but then he helps you break it down, throw away your baggage and eliminate your fear.  Fearless Leadership is book that is not simply for leaders it is a book that is for anyone and everyone who is trying to move to the next level of their life and do it without that “little guy” on your shoulder telling you “you can’t”.  Fearless Leadership is Home Run for sure!

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, for 35 years they have created a reputation of relationships.  The understand that your home is more than likely the largest personal investment you will ever make, but they also know that investment is more than money, it is an investment in memories.  And knowing that they want to be part of making your memories special by ensuring that your home is treated with the utmost care and fits your needs.  So whether you are selling or buying leave it to the “legends of customer service”.  Leave it to Linda Craft & Team, Realtors.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

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Agile is a process that allows teams to basically work independently on small pieces of a larger project.  Basically they govern themselves, work in spurts (called sprints) and are suppose to be unified on what they will work on at any given time.  But does that really work without leadership involvement?  Perhaps not as consistently well as we would like to believe.  The fact is even though in principle this all sounds well and good, perhaps a better approach is that there needs to be facilitative leadership to help add rigor, alignment, and efficiency to the process.

Agile expert Michael K. Levine joins me on this episode of A New Direction (AND).  Michael helps us understand that even in the best of circumstances when it comes to teams leadership is still critical to making even agile teams more successful.  In his book “People Over Process:  Leadership for Agility”  Michael Levine helps us understand why leadership is still important to these unique teams and provides frameworks to help us better understand how to make agile teams work even more successfully.  Michael will even help us understand how to have better meetings, deal with emotions of people on these teams, and offers some key advice to even the most ardent fan of those who want to work and govern themselves.  Because at the end of the day, it really is about “People Over Process“.

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EPIC Physical Therapy, they have all the latest equipment, tools, and technology, but what makes EPIC…well…EPIC is their certified staff.  They really do understand that no two injuries or people are exactly the same so they will customize a treatment plan specifically for you.  So if you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results whether you are recovering from surgery or overcoming an athletic injury or just want to be a better version of you please contact EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors for 35 years they have remained at the top of the real estate market.  Why? Because they truly are known as the “Legends of Customer Service”.  For 35 years they have built their business by building one relationship at a time.  Linda’s first customer was in 1985 and they still come to see her today, because that relationship is still as important today as it was 35 years ago.  Find out why Linda Craft & Team offer a real relationship difference.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

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Yesterday is not today…well that’s obvious.  So why do we believe that so many of yesterday’s leadership principles will still be effective today?  The fact is when it comes to work attitudes have changed.  Jobs are plentiful and when people do not like their boss, manager, or CEO, they just leave.  This costs the business massive amounts of money.  At some point we need to look at the lowest common denominator of employees exiting…the leader.  The days of “it’s my way or the high way” are over if you want to survive in business today.  The fact what people want from today’s leaders is to know that their leader actually cares.

In this episode of A New Direction (AND) author and leadership expert Michael Bianco-Splann discuss his book Conscious Leadership:  7 Principles to Change Your Business and Change Your Life.  We start by analyzing the most important piece to the puzzle and that is bringing the authentic you to your leadership.  If you are loved and cared for by others…why is that not the same person leading the company?  Why are often two different people?

Michael Bianco-Splann goes on to touch on such topics as being a better and more active communicator.  Taking Risks.  Servant Leadership.  How can we expect employees to care for customers if we do not care for them, Uncovering Myths when it comes to getting closer to your employees and associates and more!   We also learn one of the most powerful principles through out Conscious Leadership…it is our choice.  And that choice is going to take both courage and risk.  Do you have what it takes to truly be a Conscious Leader and employ a game changing attitude and behavior Conscious Leadership.

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, they have for 35 years been known in the real estate industry as having “legendary customer service”.  Why?  They have built a reputation of getting to each and every client personally.  They understand that so many of our life time memories are made in our homes.  And whether you are selling your home or you are going to buy a new one they desire to make sure your memories are great!  Learn more how Linda Craft & Team, Realtors can do that for you too.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

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Have you ever been around someone you are trying to avoid?  Or maybe it is someone that you feel like you just cannot get along with?  Maybe you believe there is someone out to get your job or get you fired?  Maybe it is your boss or manager that you feel like you have to walk on egg shells around because you just “know” they are out to get you?  And any one of these feelings translates into your shoulders creeping up to your ears, your heart rate increases, you have these horrible imaginary conversations with yourself.   And at the end it all may say something like, “I’ll show them!”.  Welcome to the “Judger Mindset”  our mindset that takes down the spiral path and pit of self-destruction.  Nothing gets accomplished, we get more and more skeptical and we wallow in our pit.  What if I told you there was a way to get out? What if I told you you can change! There is and this is were you have to employ your Question Thinking ™, start asking switcher questions and get into the Learner Mindset.

In this episode of  A New Direction we are blessed with the presence of Clinical Psychologist and Coach to the Fortune 10 Dr. Marliee Adams PhD and her best selling book Change your Questions Change Your Life:  12 Powerful Tools for Leadership Coaching and Life.  This book is a game changer for everyone!  Seriously, Change Your Questions Change Your Life gives you tools to help you take control of those immediate reactions you have to different people and situations and helps you start developing questions to switch you from having a Judger Mindset so that  you can rationally and calmly through the asking of the right question come up with not only better answer but better results.  Change Your Questions Change Your Life is perfect to better develop yourself, teams, leaders, and coaches.  When you purchase your copy you can enter in a code to get your free “choice map” that can help you navigate from Judger, to Switcher questions so you can get to the Learner Mindset.  Read set Get your Copy Here!

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, for 35 years they have created relationships that last a life time, that is why when it comes to real estate they are known as the “legends of customer service”.  The know that your home is personal.  It is part of your legacy of life.  And they want to get to know you so that they can sell your home in the way it should be sold, and help you buy the home to start your next chapter of life.  Why not click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Don’t forget you can listen to AND on The Oak 93.5 fm in Raleigh?  What?  You say you don’t live in Raleigh?  No problem you can stream the show every Thursday at 4 pm EDT and Sunday mornings at 10 am EDT by clicking here OAK 93.5  Tell your friends!

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