Leadership Is Changing

Are you committed as a leader? You may be surprised but many are not. Some are hiding behind a title, a mask, or a suit. The thing is, it’s ok to not want to be a leader! For those who are willing to lead, it’s not enough to just be involved, you have to commit. This is tied to the concept I call, the Bacon and Eggs Equation, whereby one animal (the pig) is committed, and the other is just involved (the chicken). 

Sound a bit strange? Tune in to the episode and learn more about the Bacon and Eggs Equation and how it can help strengthen your mindset as a committed leader!

On this episode:

• I shed some light on the issues behind leaders who fall into their position without commitment and how to be the kind of leader who knows how to show up
• I talk about the bacon and eggs equation: what it means and how it applies to us. Be the kind of leader who gives their whole self to making a final product in order to become match-fit

Key Takeaways:

• Some leaders fall into the position by accident 
• It’s ok if you don’t want to be a leader 
• Leaders need to “show up” - make decisions and add value
• The Bacon and Eggs Equation - the pig vs. the chicken
• Committed leaders bring an energy that is real and authentic 
• We need to become ‘Match-Fit’

Tweetable Quotes:

“Leadership is a commitment, not an involvement.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“How you show up each and every day is really important… Are you coming in there with a committed attitude or one of being involved?” - 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/

Potential is waiting to be unlocked in you, in your team, and on every level of your business! So what does it take to unlock it, where do we start? 

Ken Miller is an executive in the healthcare industry, focused on transforming companies into industry-leading organizations. Over the course of his career, Ken has been successful at developing high performance teams across the globe.  

Ken was committed to making a difference in the world – and decided to take his skills and experience to the expansive diabetes market. In 2014, Ken was named Worldwide President for Diabetes Care at Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). In this role, he oversaw a $1.3 billion business. 

He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Nasco Healthcare, a private equity owned company, and has received numerous corporate and industry awards for leadership and impact.  

Your team is waiting for you, and who knows, you may be responsible for raising up the next Ken Millers! So tune in and let’s talk about unlocking their potential. 

On this episode:

• Dive into Ken’s background in healthcare and how his passion for leading within the industry is helping people and making an impact all around the world
• What does it take to make an impact in the world around you? Ken talks about how it can’t happen without a rigorous work ethic and an undying commitment to building up the best habits
• Learn how having the right coaches and mentors in Ken’s life helped guide his leadership and unlock his potential as well as what it takes to develop yourself
• Ken talks about what it takes to unlock potential in yourself and others
• Associates and employees can see through the phony. In order to make it in this day and age, you need to be authentic and listen to the needs of others around you 
• We work with diverse and unique markets. Leaders must cultivate a deep understanding of the needs of different cultures

Key Takeaways:

• To make an impact you have to commit to practice the best habits
• Having the right support network can develop your leadership skills
• You have to have an insatiable appetite for curiosity to develop yourself
• Finding your purpose is the key to unlocking your potential as a leader 
• Leaders are expected to know and understand the needs of the organization
• Leaders needs to think globally in their perspective 

Tweetable Quotes:

“Leaders are like athletes to some degree, highly competitive, willing to give everything of which they have to be successful, and have a tireless appetite to succeed.” - Ken Miller

“You have to have an insatiable appetite for curiosity. You’ve got to want to continuously learn and develop.” - Ken Millers

“When a leader can find his personal purpose, NOW you can start to unlock your potential.” - Ken Millers

Connect with Ken on LinkedIn. Learn more about the products that prepare frontline healthcare heroes to Be READY the moment they are called upon at https://nascohealthcare.com/. 

Resources:

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/

Now more than ever, leaders need to be creative enough to see the opportunity within the opportunities and empower their team to do the same in order to create wealth. 

Richard Taurima is an entrepreneur who loves to create new wealth ideas!

Richard’s experience has always been in sales and wealth creation. He run’s a number of businesses in New Zealand and offshore with the belief that relationship building is critical to succeed with business partnerships, which include Corporates and Governments.

He’s owned a number of companies and while many have failed most have scaled! His success seems to be founded on his ability to recognize a viable commercial opportunity and position the business to grow through coaching and mentoring them on how the other sides work.

Definitely a lot of value packed into this episode, so jump right in and let’s learn from Richard about how leaders need to focus on what matters.

On this episode:

• Get a look at Richard’s background in sales within companies and how wealth creation defined his early career
• As leaders, you need to understand and catch the current waves, for example, look at the growing trend of decentralization
• Learn how Richard entered the leadership space through relationship building
• How putting the right staff in place is vital to the success of the leadership culture of your organization/company/business and what makes a good leader 
• Richard talks about the importance of technology and being multifaceted in your skill sets 
• Leaders and entrepreneurs need to be creative in their approach to solving problems and focus on what matters 

Key Takeaways:

• You have to understand the current wave and catch it
• Understanding people takes understanding their backgrounds 
• Your staff is the lifeblood of your cash flow - the wrong staff give the wrong results
• Learn from leaders that are current and that are global 
• Technology is the norm now, leaders can’t and should not operate without it
• Every new situation is an opportunity to do things a new way

Tweetable Quotes:

“Leadership is about making people account… The result is that your customers are happy, they’re staff are happy, which is your staff, and you’re making money.” - Richard Taurima

“Any leader needs to understand what’s happening in the world…” - Richard Taurima

“An entrepreneur is all about creativity and it's all about meeting customer expectations. It's all about finding the opportunity within the opportunities.” - Richard Taurima

Connect with Richard on LinkedIn. 

Resources:

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/

Are you constantly struggling to find your zone? Sometimes it’s like we’re in a dark room and we can’t seem to find the switch to turn the light of focus on. You’re not alone. In today’s fast moving world, attention, energy and focus are constantly being pulled away from us and adding more work and just trying to force ourselves is not going to cut it. So how do we equip ourselves to get back into our zone of focus?

Tune into this episode and I will give you the 3 hacks I believe will help you flip the switch to focus. 

On this episode:

• In this fast paced world we live in, it’s even faster for busy leaders. So many things after our attention and focus and, honestly, we’re tired! Here I’ll give you a way to get out of autopilot mode and into a state of consciously deliberate.
• I talk about how employing habits consistently will train your brain to strengthen your focus, how challenging yourself will engage your brain, and how to break the cycle of stress that causes distraction.

Key Takeaways:

• So many things are vying for our focus 
• We need to switch from autopilot to consciously deliberate
• Train your brain - it’s like a muscle that needs exercise 
• It’s important to take breaks and ‘fuel up’
• Challenge yourself - the mind needs stimulation 
• Break the negative cycles that cause stress and distraction

Tweetable Quotes:

“You can find the switch and turn it to the on position with a little bit of work. It’s almost like going from autopilot to, unconsciously doing things, to being consciously deliberate.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“Stress and distraction are often cozy together, they go hand in hand, they feed off one another. Stress leads to distraction, which then leads to missed tasks, which then adds on more stress.” - 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/

If you want to achieve something more than just what you can do on your own strength then you need to become a leader - and to become a leader, you need to learn how to do it first and do it well. 

Matt Edmundson is the CEO of Aurion Digital and one of the most well-versed eCommerce entrepreneurs. His sites have generated over $75m in worldwide sales and his Coaching has helped his clients turnover of over $100m.

Matt will be the first one to tell you he is a business guy who has had more failures than successes; but his successes far out-weigh the failures. How? The backing of a great team and a desire to constantly learn and improve.

As someone who likes to challenge the 'norm' Matt loves developing teams so that capabilities match the company culture. Matt is also a host of "The eCommerce Podcast" where he reveals world-class industry strategies. 

Jump into this episode and let’s unpack the value of having a desire to constantly learn. 

On this episode:

• Matt has quite a unique venture into the world of eCommerce. Learn how the unplanned, ‘un-goaled’ path has led to Matt’s current definition of success
• Want to build a business or company? You NEED to work well with people and that takes becoming a leader, and to be a leader you need to learn it 
• Matt shares his experience with a leader who led through fear and command, leading him to his current revelation: that leadership has to be much more than that to be effective
• How can leaders stay ahead of the game? Matt talks about how constantly learning is the key to moving forward and staying fresh
• Learn the mindset that you need to achieve continual growth in the 5 key areas of life
• Gone are the days of waiting around to hire the superstar, leaders today need to find the people who fit the culture and actively retain them

Key Takeaways:

• Success and wealth is more than just money
• Leadership in any sphere needs to be learned 
• Leadership today is about empowering people
• Hold fast to timeless principles but change tactics daily
• Success is a journey that takes constant and daily learning 
• If you are a good leader people will follow you - simple as that

Tweetable Quotes:

“It’s not just about the money, you gotta succeed in other areas as well.” - Matt Edmundson

“If you are going to do anything, you need to work well with people… Leadership then becomes one of those things that you have to do, you have to learn.” - Matt Edmundson

“You’ve got to have that mindset of growth… It’s when we sit back and say, ‘man, I’ve got this,’ that we struggle.” - Matt Edmundson 

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn and Instagram. Want to get into eCommerce but having a hard time starting? Go to https://mattedmundson.com/ and get everything you need to be successful.

Resources:

• Aurion - eCommerce platform creator 
• eCommerce Podcast with Matt Edmundson

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/

In Ventures magazine calls her “The Reinvention Guru.” TEDxNavesink calls her “The Queen of Reinvention.” Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author specializing in resilience and reinvention.

As a consultant and an educator, Dr. Nadya helped such companies as Coca-Cola, IBM, Cisco and L’Oreal Group, to name a few, reinvent their products, leadership practices, and business models to meet new market demands and prepare for incoming disruptions. 

As a speaker, she delivered keynotes to more than 100,000 executives – including four TEDx talks in Slovenia, Austria, Romania, and the USA.

Dr. Nadya is the author of a number of books. Nadya’s latest book is, “The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos”.

Dive into Dr. Nadya’s incredible and unique story and perspective to learn more about the intentional process behind reinvention and how it is vital to the life of our businesses, teams, and leadership.

On this episode:

• Born in the Soviet Union to a family of dissidents and life full of challenges, learn how the art of disruption was cultivated in Dr. Nadya and how she brings it into her leadership today
• Learn the valuable lessons and skill sets that Dr. Nadya took on as she was trained in leadership from a young age
• If we want to see change then we need to reinvent. Dr. Nadya talks about the alternative to reinventing is perishing.
• There are fundamental questions we need to be answering to take on reinvention. Who am I? What do I want? Why am I here? 
• Dr. Nadya talks about how a lack of intention ultimately leads to a lack of attention
• So how do you reinvent? How do you disrupt? Change is a process and project that happens on a regular basis

Key Takeaways:

• Leadership is not a title, it’s a space you enter and exit daily
• Are you one of your favorite leaders? Lead yourself with love to lead others
• How we show up and see the world determines our leadership
• Reinvent or perish - we need to rethink or relationship with change altogether
• We aren’t facing an attention deficit in our day and age, but an INTENTION deficit 
• Reinvention is a process/project - intention and mastery creates success

Tweetable Quotes:

“I do not believe that you are a leader in the sense of a title or a noun. Leadership, for me, is a space you enter and exit.” - Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva

“I think when we learn to love ourselves and lead ourselves, fully taking responsibility for every single choice, and doing it with a lot of love - then we can lead everyone else.” - Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva

“Either you are out, or you are building the type of organization that is reinventing proactively, on a regular basis, without being dragged through transformation against your will.” - Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva

Connect with Dr. Nadya on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Check out https://www.learn2reinvent.com/ - start reinventing yourself, your leadership, your world.

Resources:

• How to Thrive in Chaos - Handbook

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/

Have you ever noticed that little dash between the date of birth and date of passing of a person on a tombstone? While it may look blank to us, that dash represents who we are, and everything we will be remembered for. So the question is, what will you be remembered for, or in other words, how are you living out that dash? I believe there are some things we should have in mind as we navigate our leadership that will help us leave a legacy.

Dive in and let’s talk about the leadership dash.

On this episode:

• We will all be remembered for something by the end of our life. How you spend your dash matters, so let’s talk about what we need to do as leaders to maximise that dash while there is still breath in our lungs.
• How can we shape the dash of our life? There are several mindset shifts that can help us on our journey, that will actively define your leadership legacy.

Key Takeaways:

• When all is said and done, what do you want to be remembered for?
• Start with the end in mind
• You are the custodian of your role or position
• It comes down to clarity of where you are going as a leader 
• Make sure you become the right leader for the job 
• Keep developing your executive presence and influence

Tweetable Quotes:

“Everything you did, will be represented by that single dash between the two dates: the day you were born and the day you died.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“For all of us who are in leadership roles today, we don’t actually own that role… we are the custodian of that role.” - 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/

The strongest leaders are the ones who are willing to take on new information and let their teams be smartest ones in the room. 

Kristi Venta Diemoz is the senior manager of GTM (go-to-market) and operations on eBay. In her role, she’s responsible for updating their sellers on key programs and changes.

Kristi has been at eBay for almost 20 years, working in various roles, from customer service to project management to marketing. 

When it comes to engaging with customers, understanding their needs, and delivering changes through integrated Marketing strategies, Kristi is at the forefront of the charge. 

Jump right in and learn from Kristi how to be willing to have your mind changed. 

On this episode:

• Learn from an inside perspective how 20 years in one company like eBay can feel like working at 3 different companies when it changes and adapts to evolution in leadership 
• How a love for people can help you create good experiences for the people you lead as you band together for a common goal 
• When you support your team and surround yourself with brilliant people, you don’t need to be the smartest person in the room 
• Examples of when humans become the priority within your organization it leads to long term success 
• How the best leaders are willing to have their minds changed. Be ready to take on new information
• Secrets in the workplace are unnecessary. Now more than ever, transparency and vulnerability is a valuable culture to set as a leader 

Key Takeaways:

• Become a team and fight together 
• Start breaking down the silos 
• Leaders create high performance teams when they get rid of the ego
• If you’re the smartest person in your group, get a new group
• Be willing to have your mind changed to become a stronger leader
• The strongest leaders are vulnerable and they share 

Tweetable Quotes:

“I love people, and I love leading them and creating a good experience.” - Kristi Venta Diemoz

“It’s really great when I see the company coming under one mission and one vision… Where I’ve seen that is when the leaders kind of remove their ego and care more about the mission and the success of the company.” - Kristi Venta Diemoz

“I think any time you’re willing to take on new information and change your mind then you’ll always be a much stronger leader - and I think in this world it’s more important than ever.” - Kristi Venta Diemoz

Connect with Kristi and reach out on LinkedIn!

Resources:

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/

Let’s be honest, nothing ever goes exactly as planned and failure is just part of the deal. But if you keep moving forward, you may just open the doors to success. 

Jared Hummel is an experienced business leader with a history of building start-up organizations into streamlined, revenue-generating companies. 

As the President of Parqa, he leads with a strong financial background and is motivated by enhancing growth and finding solutions to complex operating and execution-based challenges. 

He is passionate about working with company leaders to integrate digital strategies into overall business decisions – with an emphasis on nurturing clients and candidates through automation – to drive revenue. 

He has actionable and unique advice for staffing agencies, team leaders, marketers and technology buffs looking to understand complex and niche strategies in action.

Jump in and find out how leaders navigate the chaos of the real world. 

On this episode:

• Find out how Jared’s upbringing in sports and team dynamics has contributed to bringing a unique leadership style into the workforce 
• Everyone told Jared his role was doomed to fail, instead of quitting, he changed his mentality to ‘you don’t know if you will fail if you don’t even try’
• Jared talks about how mentorship matters. They can push you to the next level, help you think out of the box, and help you leave a legacy
• How Jared navigates the generational gap in leadership between millennials and their employers
• What contributes to the success of an organization or business? It’s all about how you move forward to stay relevant and effective 
• The world is controlled chaos, so as a leader, what kind of culture do we need to set in order to take care of your team and your business? 

Key Takeaways:

• Just because others fail doesn’t mean you will
• Do it first, ask for forgiveness later
• If you don’t try, how do you know if you’ll make it or not?
• For entrepreneurs, failure is just a small annoyance on the way to their goal
• The younger generation has something to offer in the leadership space 
• Leaders need to create inclusive environments to attract people 

Tweetable Quotes:

“If you don’t try, how do you know if you’re going to make it? And when you do try and you do make it, how cool are the opportunities?!” - Jared Hummel

“If you look at 80% of the entrepreneurs that are successful today they've probably failed, they maybe went bankrupt… but they’re so determined to be great and do their own thing.” - Jared Hummel

“The real world is controlled chaos, it never goes as planned and you’re always reading, reacting, and adjusting.” - Jared Hummel

Connect with Jared on LinkedIn. Be sure to visit www.parqamarketing.com to learn more about growing your 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/

Some of the most dangerous words you can hear a leader say is, ‘We’ve always done it this way.’ The thing is, change is constant, whether you’re in it or not. It’s time to break out of complacency, because the hard truth that we all need to face, in leadership, is that there is no such thing as standing still; if you are standing still, you’re already going backwards. So what can we do?

Dive into today’s episode as I share some actionable steps on how you can keep moving forward and avoid being left behind.

On this episode:

• If there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that change can happen at any time and it happens fast. It’s a business’ responsibility to adapt or risk getting left behind by innovation
• So what can we do to ensure that you don’t get left behind? Here are the five steps I believe will help you move forward. Keep in mind things are easier said than done, so keep these in your back pocket and keep working at them daily

Key Takeaways:

• Businesses need to change with its surroundings
• Keep a positive attitude 
• Schedule and take time out to think 
• Keep up with industry trends 
• Massive Action! - discipline, focus, consistency
• Surround yourself with the right people

Tweetable Quotes:

“It’s already changed, and if businesses haven’t changed with it, then they’re probably already been left behind.” - Denis Gianoutsos

“If we can understand where you’re going then you’re going to be able to adapt and be part of [the future].” - 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/