Leadership Is Changing

To be a great coach, you don’t have to have mentoring skills, but to be a great mentor, you need to have the ability to coach. What is the difference between coaching and mentoring? I get asked this question quite often, and I think the difference between the two is important to note to understand what somebody should be to you or what you should be to others. In this episode, I give an in-depth look at both processes and what it takes to be great at both! 

In this episode:

• I dive right into how I define coaching and mentorship separately and the important distinctions between both. 
• I share insights on the benefits of having skills in both areas. I talk about what performance looks like in each and what skills both may bring to the table in leadership. 

Key Takeaways:

• Coaching is asking quality-thinking questions 
• Coaching doesn’t require mentorship, but mentorship requires coaching
• Mentorship is about establishing relationships
• Mentoring is long-term, whereas coaching lasts as long as it takes for the goal 
• You can’t expect coaching to work within one or two sessions - give it time 
• Which skill you use or seek out will depend on what goal you’re trying to achieve

Tweetable Quotes:

“To be a great coach, you don’t have to have mentoring skills, but to be a great mentor, you need to have the ability to coach.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“I know how to take you from A to B… I know how to challenge you, I know how to support you, I know how to hold you accountable to what you’re saying.” - Denis Gianoutsos

Reach out to Denis:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

All the great leaders of 2022 are doing something game-changing that is driving success where others are not. Adam Strong is known as the ‘Game Changer.’ He is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, international speaker, and Founder of ‘The Game Changers Experience’ podcast. 

As a Former Elite Athlete that trained with Olympic and World Champions, he takes the same skill-set to teach business owners how to increase profitability by building purpose-led, results-orientated, and impactful businesses. 

In this episode, Adam dives into the topic of servant leadership and why it’s so necessary for long-term success.

You don’t want to miss this one. Tune in to discover how great leaders put others first. 

In this episode:

• Find out more about Adam’s background as an Elite Athlete and how it led to his journey into world-class leadership. 
• Adam breaks down some of the tough questions anyone in a “decision-making process” should be asking themselves.
• Can McDonald’s really teach you core leadership skills? Adam talks about how his first job and mentorship cultivated his leadership skills. 
• Adam shares his insights on how the needs of others (personally, professionally, and culturally) should inform how we adapt to changes. 
• Adam reveals what the greatest leaders of 2022 do now that many others aren’t. 
• Leaders need to give up the need for control, step back, and give their team the resources to succeed and drive results. Adam teaches how to do this through the 3 Cs. 

Key Takeaways:

• Go back to basics by getting clear about your vision and purpose 
• Putting processes and systems in place leads to success 
• Leaders need to evolve based on the needs of people 
• Vulnerability and authenticity is no longer a weakness but an indispensable strength
• Great leaders empower others by putting them before themselves 
• Your team needs to have a tribe-like community, communication, and collaboration

Tweetable Quotes:

“We have to evolve our leadership styles based on the demands of people. What is it that people want and need?” - Adam Strong

“Great leaders put others first before themselves… I want to give you the tools and resources to empower you. That’s what great leaders do now.” - Adam Strong

“As a team, you’re invincible.” - Adam Strong 

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Check out https://adamstrong.net/ for more ways to improve your productivity and performance as a leader!

Other Resources Mentioned: 

• Move it or Lose it
• Fit Body - Fit Business
• Play the Game
• Leaders Eat Last
• The Game Changers Experience

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

As a leader, you have a clear vision for the future; you rally the troops and pump them up… then what? Today, we will find out what a true visionary does with their team that sets everyone up for future success.

Steve Fredlund spent 25 years in Fortune 500 companies, including Medtronic, 3M, Thrivent Financial, and Allianz. Steve’s 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience includes 6 boards of directors and a community-wide effort to transform a community in northern Rwanda.

Recently, Steve started Small Small Business, where he and his team provide entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit leaders with a level of support usually only available to larger organizations. In this episode, we learn from Steve’s incredible insights on being a visionary in your leadership.

Jump in and reveal the way to true visionary authentic leadership. 

In this episode:

• There is a value to “playing small.” Steve gives us some background on his perspective on life and experience in driving impact through non-profit.
• Learn how Steve’s skill in “starting things” fuels his leadership style and how managing and leading is a different ballgame than igniting something. 
• Steve talks about how leadership can’t hold to one single skill anymore. We need to start thinking about leadership differently. 
• Steve reveals exactly how leaders can stay ahead and adapt to changes. It boils down to staying engaged and interactive with your team, followers, stakeholders, etc. 
• Are leaders happy? Steve explains how his research suggests most aren’t and how we can start turning this around.
• Why are non-profit organizations becoming the benchmark for some of the world’s best leaders? Steve breaks down the best way to set a vision for your team, step by step. 

Key Takeaways:

• Operate from a place of gratitude 
• Leaders are the catalysts for progress
• Leaders set the vision and rally the troops
• Keep an eye out for emerging leaders and what makes them successful
• Leaders need to stay engaged and interact with their followers
• Get clarity of vision, then surround yourself with the right people

Tweetable Quotes:

“Let’s live life large and try things out.” - Steve Fredlund 

“Hope is not a strategy… That’s not going to get you any closer to happiness.” - Steve Fredlund

“The world is spinning a million miles an hour. You don’t have to keep up with it.” - Steve Fredlund

Connect with Steve on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Check out https://stevefredlund.com/ and discover your most authentic self. 

Other Resources Mentioned: 

• Small Small Business

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

Too many are jumping from one task to the next without taking the time out to reflect. It’s a recipe for failure when you don’t take stock and implement changes as you go. In this episode, I’m going to introduce the 3 x 3 Reflection Model. It’s all about asking yourself these 3 questions and reflecting on the answer. As simple as it seems, you’ll see it will have a massive impact in time, so let’s dive in!

In this episode:

• I break down the 3 x 3 Reflection Model; what it is, why it’s important, and the 3 questions it represents. 
• How do you get this done in the best possible way? I discuss best practices and strategies to implement the model for long-term results best. I also explain what to do after your reflections are done to cement it all in place.

Key Takeaways:

• Reflect on what went well
• Think through what could have been done differently
• Plan how you will change things moving forward
• Get somewhere you won’t be disturbed and zone in 
• Writing down your answers and reflections will give you the best results
• Put your insights away, then revisit them later along with someone you trust

Tweetable Quotes:

“Not many are taking time out to think, not many are taking out time to think, to be honest… It’s about you taking out time right now to work on yourself, your team, your leadership, and your organization.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“How will you process the items that need to be worked on? How will you implement the learnings and insights you’ve got… turn around and put some actions in place.” - Denis Gianoutsos

Reach out to Denis:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

What would your organization look like if your whole team became just 1% better leaders? Negotiations, communications, leadership, career planning; do you have all these tools under your own belt? In this episode, Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit, will uncover the skill no one teaches. 

From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups, Fortune 500s, and academia. 

He now uses his expertise to train future leaders in the workplace. He’s also a seasoned university instructor and event speaker. 

Dive right in, and let’s unpack what it means to lead your career!

In this episode:

• Learn about Mark’s academic background and how he still had to learn key skills by building them in himself. 
• Mark breaks down how leaders can use resources to train their teams to lead themselves. You can use content like The Career Toolkit as a start. 
• Mark reveals the essential skills that are the building blocks to becoming the leader you need in your organization. 
• What is the myth of the Alpha Male, and what does it have to do with leadership? The best leaders today might look much different from our stereotypical views. 
• Mark talks about why it’s so important to have a career plan and how you can implement that plan into your organization and even your life. 
• We need to be honest about our roles in our organizations. Mark talks about facilitating honesty around our employees' personal goals and plans. 

Key Takeaways:

• School will never teach you every skill you need to lead in your career
• Use Peer Learning Groups to facilitate practical skills
• Just helping your team lead better by even 1% has massive ROI potential 
• The best leaders set their teams up for future challenges
• Pull a career plan together and implement it, or failure is inevitable
• We need to continue to strengthen the relationship piece with our employees

Tweetable Quotes:

“There is no date to memorize for leadership; there is no formula for communication. You can’t just memorize it…” - Mark Herschberg

“What happens if everyone in your organization was 1% better at leading; 1% better at communicating, negotiating, and team building? What would that do to your bottom line?” - Mark Herschberg

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Get you and your team the career skills no one teaches by checking out https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/ for more resources!

Other Resources Mentioned: 

• Good to Great

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

How do you drive a mindset of growth in your teams across the whole organization? During his 30-year tenure with Johnson & Johnson, Swami Raote earned a reputation as a trusted transformative growth leader across fast-moving consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. 

Swami has delivered results through globalizing innovation, making strategic portfolio choices through acquisitions and divestitures, and building aligned, inspired teams who drove success beyond his tenure. 

He has successfully built robust organizations for over 20 years in developed and emerging Asia, with a decade in the US and global roles. 

Dive in to learn from Swami's incredible wisdom on how to generate a growth mindset and the positive effects it will have on your business and employees.

On this episode:

• Learn more about Swami’s background in his upbringing and career that led to his leadership today.
• How Swami learned the art of people leadership by watching others and making decisions based on trusting yourself and others. 
• Swami shares the importance of leaders reaching out for help and not having all the answers. Leaders can’t get stuck in the frame of their own image. 
• Learn how widespread access to information has changed leadership and the actions we need to take to make things happen.
• Swami talks about making employees feel like leaders in their roles to generate a growth mindset. Allow them to co-craft the vision.
• Organizations need to learn how to afford flexibility and autonomy in their culture to keep people working for them.

Key Takeaways:

• Start looking up and at different cultures to learn people leadership
• To trust others, you first need to learn to trust yourself
• If you’re not good at what you do, you won’t be good at what you’re supposed to do
• Be a “learn-it-all,” not a “know-it-all”
• Generate a growth mindset by making it safe to make mistakes
• Allowing employees to co-craft the vision will make them stay longer

Tweetable Quotes:

“If you want to move ahead in life, you have to learn to trust people, and you have to first learn to trust yourself.” - Swami Raote

“You need to generate that growth mindset across the organization, and that would mean allowing people to fail; that would mean giving people the safety to voice out where they made mistakes.” - Swami Raote

Connect with Swami on LinkedIn. 

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

Leadership is not easy. We have the microscope on us all the time while we navigate an increasingly changing world. The most significant changes we’re seeing are in technology and data in business. These days, it’s not good enough to stay where we are, we have to adapt to these changes. So, how do you lead in this area? In this episode, I will break down 5 tips to help you survive, thrive, and lead in a virtual world.

On this episode:

• We can’t sit back watching things change around us. We need to be proactive and not just survive but thrive. I start by talking about the concept of “high-tech, high-touch.” 
• On top of the 5 tips on how to lead in a virtual world, I give some encouragement around taking care of yourself and making sure you are always in your best state of mind and body, and reaching out for help when you need it.

Key Takeaways:

• Make virtual meetings more personal by using the camera 
• We need to keep things positive and inspirational 
• Increase your visibility
• Establish a culture of fun and humor 
• Be sure to take care of yourself through the whole process
• Get good at delegating - you’re not on your own

Tweetable Quotes:

“Be optimistic and look for the good or opportunities in any challenge we may face.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“You don’t have to be everything to everybody. You can turn around and get others to help out.” - Denis Gianoutsos

Reach out to Denis:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

What do you do when your courage gets dented? In leadership, we will inevitably face our worst fears, but there are mindsets we can adopt today that will make us “counter-phobic.”

David Wood is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a total collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety, and depression, among other instances.

David, Founder of Focus.CEO, is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching.

Today, he coaches high-performing business owners to double revenue by helping them balance dignity and humility. In this episode, he’ll break down how we can do the same as well as use our fears to our advantage.

Dive right in, team, and let’s discover how to lean into your fears.

On this episode:

• David shares the experiences that led to his revelations and inspirations in life and leadership. 
• David talks about how silly it is to let fear keep us from doing what will potentially lead to success. 
• What does leadership mean? David reveals his discovery behind his unique leadership and how it applies to anyone in a leadership position. 
• Learn about the humility-dignity spectrum; how to have vulnerability without collapsing.
• David breaks down the recipe of a successful leader. Know where you’re going, and believe it’s possible.
• Building systems of humility and dignity into your company. 

Key Takeaways:

• When you go through an incident, reassess and then get back in there
• It’s good to have power over fear, but it needs to be balanced with humility 
• You are the first person you need to lead 
• You’re voice matters and needs to be heard, AND all voices matter
• Know where you’re going, believe you can get there, and enroll others in that vision 
• Anything worth doing is worth inspecting

Tweetable Quotes:

“I lean into my fears; that’s my natural orientation… If I’m afraid of something, I don’t want it to have power over me, so I lean into it.” - David Wood

“I think that we all need to lead ourselves. That’s the first leadership… We’re either showing up as good leaders for ourselves, or we’re not.” - David Wood

“Can you be more of you in the world?” - David Wood

Resources Mentioned: 

• Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
• Extraordinary Focus Podcast
• Get involved with Mouse in the Room
• MyFocusGift.com

Connect with David on LinkedIn. Double your revenue by focusing on less over on https://focus.ceo/. 

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

What was done well in the past may not work that well today. We’re seeing this pattern repeatedly; it’s time for leaders to break the status quo and get curious again!

Dr. Diane Hamilton is a nationally syndicated radio host, keynote speaker, and the former MBA Program Chair at the Forbes School of Business. She has authored multiple books required in universities around the world, including Cracking the Curiosity Code and The Power of Perception.

Dr. Hamilton is the Curiosity Code Index® assessment creator, which is the first and only assessment that determines the factors that inhibit curiosity. In this episode, we will dive a bit deeper into her insights on curiosity and how it’s integral to leadership.

Jump right into the episode and crack the code of curiosity in leadership.

On this episode:

• Dr. Hamilton talks about her background in sales and software and how it built the foundation for her to go into leadership. 
• How do you assess curiosity? Dr. Hamilton explains how she arrived at her model for assessing curiosity and taking it further by helping people build up a low curiosity. 
• Let’s break down the 4 factors that inhibit curiosity - F.A.T.E.
• Leadership is a task that we thought we were prepared for, but the pandemic taught us we weren’t. Find out Dr. Hamilton’s thoughts on having foresight and proactivity in leadership. 
• Leaders need to raise the bar for themselves. Dr. Hamilton explains that one of the ways to do that is to get around people who are more intelligent than you.
• Find out more about how employees need and want growth. To keep the best, you have to be the best yourself. Dr. Hamilton reveals how perception plays a big part in making you a respected leader.

Key Takeaways:

• Curiosity is like cake; you have to turn on the oven to bake the ingredients
• You need to build curiosity into your core values and emulate what you want to see
• F.A.T.E - fear, assumptions, technology, and environment 
• Leaders need to be proactive and have the foresight to get out of status quo thinking
• You can’t be the smartest person in the room, or else you’re not growing
• Curiosity needs to be rewarded in your team and yourself

Tweetable Quotes:

“[Curiosity] is a huge discussion about how to be innovative, how to engage all the ingredients of the cake that everybody’s trying to fix and nobody knows that we’re not turning on the oven.” - Dr. Diane Hamilton

“We need to get out of status quo thinking… Just because we’ve done it right in the past and it worked great then, doesn’t mean it’s going to work well in the future.” - Dr. Diane Hamilton

Resources Mentioned: 

• Cracking the Curiosity Code
• The Power of Perception 

Connect with Dr. Hamilton on Facebook and LinkedIn. Do you want to improve your workplace's behavior, performance, and culture? Check out https://drdianehamilton.com/ to make it happen.

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/

Over the course of the lockdowns, people everywhere have been upskilling and developing themselves. Now that people are starting to get back to their teams, how can we develop ourselves for the future? Let’s break down what developing yourself looks like for you and the 8 action steps I believe will help you reach your goals.

On this episode:

• What does development look like for you as a leader? Whatever the case is, you need to be proactive and take ownership of it yourself. I give you 3 questions to think about today to develop your leadership journey. 
• You need to come up with a solid development plan. I talk about getting clear on where it is you want to go and the 8 ways you can get there. 

Key Takeaways:

• Never wait for others to develop you 
• Understand your gaps so you can build an action plan
• Figure out where you are today and where you want to go 
• Plans aren’t enough - you need execution to reach your goals
• Figure out the best way you receive to research and education
• Get yourself accountable through coaching, mentoring, or events

Tweetable Quotes:

“Never wait for others to develop you, because it’s never going to happen… Just think about what YOU need to do and what’s right for you.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“If you’ve got a goal: understand where you are today, understand where you want to go, and then understand there’s going to be some gaps and then pull a plan together to help close those gaps.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“Put your hand up and give it a go…! When you’re out of your comfort zone, that’s when the magic happens.” - Denis Gianoutsos 

Reach out to Denis:

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ 

Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/

Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/