Leadership Is Changing

Welcome again to another episode of the Ask Denis freestyle series. We continue to the third and final part of the 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change special series for today's episode. If you haven't had the chance to listen to parts one and two, I am encouraging you to listen to episodes 64 and 65 to help you grasp the context of this special 3-part series.

In part three, I talk about the following:

[00:01 – 04:43] Opening Segment

• I talked briefly about the valuable information you can take advantage of in this episode.
• A recap of part 1 and 2 of the 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change series

[04:44 – 14:08] 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change (Part 3)

• Way #4: Recruit Help
• Recruit the essential people to your life and business
• People that will help you in filling the gaps
• Do you have the right people around you?
• Way #5: Start Small
• The little changes can add up to a significant difference
• The power of THREE
• Keep it simple
• Way #6: Take it easy on yourself
• Mistakes will happen, but the important thing is you've taken action
• Don't be too serious. You need to take it easy on yourself

[14:09 – 18:18] Closing Segment

• A summary of the 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change series
• Now that we've covered the 6 Ways, what do you need to do?
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"Change is scary and challenging, but you don't have to go it alone." – Denis Gianoutsos 

"Start small if you need or want to. You see, the little things or little changes can add up to a significant difference, and it will allow you to do things at your own pace." – Denis Gianoutsos

"Learn to laugh at yourself. Make mistakes but learn to laugh at yourself. Don't be too serious. You need to take it easy on yourself." – Denis Gianoutsos

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Welcome back to another episode of the Ask Denis series. For this episode, we continue with part two of the 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change, where I discuss the first three: deciding your risks, imagine your future if you change, and imagine your future if you don’t change.

In part two, I talk about the following:

[00:01 – 04:59] Opening Segment

• I talked briefly about the valuable information you can take advantage of in this episode
• A recap of part 1 of the 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change series
• The 7th Way: The Leader’s Mindset

[05:00 – 21:14] 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change (Part 2)

• Way #1: Deciding your risks
• Make a change or make a decision
• I share my personal experience with struggling to make the decision to start my own business
• I give actionable steps that’ll help you in making your decisions
• Are you risking more than your potential rewards?
• Way #2: Imagine your future if you change
• Imagine what could happen if you change
• Brainstorm around a five-year vision
• “Future pacing.”
• Way #3: Imagine your future if you don’t change
• How would you feel if you didn’t go ahead with the decision to change?
• What are the consequences if you don’t change?

[21:15 – 24:54] Closing Segment

• I give a recap of the first three ways from the 6 ways to accelerate action for change
• Additional questions
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“Fear stands for False Evidence Appearing Real.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“If you can think about it and you think about it in a way that is what you are looking for. Imagine your future if you can change. Imagine what could happen.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“As you start to imagine your future if you change, don’t limit your thinking. It’s amazing what you can achieve if you really want to.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“For something to happen, something needs to change. You can’t expect to get the same results if nothing changes.” – Denis Gianoutsos

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In this episode, Denis shares the 6 ways to accelerate action for change divided into 3 parts for the Ask Denis series.

In part one, Denis talks about the following:

[00:01 – 09:49] The Only Thing That’s Constant Is Change

• I talk about the purpose of this 3-part special series
• Action is needed to accelerate change
• What is a leader? Denis shares his interpretation of the true meaning of a leader
• How to step up as a leader
• Leaders know one common thing: change is constant
• I share a story of someone I know
• Leaders getting sucked out of organizations due to change
• Change is scary. So, what do you do?

[09:50 – 17:22] 6 Ways to Accelerate Action for Change (Part 1)

• The 7th Way (bonus)
• Plays a huge role in the overall roadmap for leaders’ success
• The “leader’s mindset”
• I give examples where the “leader’s mindset” comes in and does its magic
• Current happenings produce certain thoughts that create emotions that you bring to the team, which then produces results
• The important thing is you need to change your thoughts
• Different language, thoughts, and actions produce different results
• Always ask yourself these questions:
• Where is my thinking at the moment?
• What am I thinking about, and how is that helping me towards my emotions, actions, and results?

[17:23 – 20:45] Closing Segment

• There are things that you can and can’t control
• The TWO THINGS that are always in your control:
• Your ATTITUDE
• Where you’re going NEXT
• My call to action for this episode.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“A lot of change needs to happen and is happening at the moment. In fact, we know that change is constant.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“Every time change is needed to happen; action is one of those things needed to accelerate the change.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“Change is incredibly scary. Especially at the times like the present. The unknown and the unfamiliar territory. The knowledge that you don’t even know or that you don’t know.” – Denis Gianoutsos

“Sometimes though, you know that you need to make change. You know that if you don’t take action that things will certainly not get better on their own. In other words, you can’t put your head in the sand and hope everything will go right.” – Denis Gianoutsos

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On this episode of Ask Denis, Denis shares the purpose and importance of hiring an executive leadership coach. 

10 Areas a Coach Can Help You With:

1. Crystalizing your goals
2. Designing a career trajectory 
3. Becoming a better leader
4. Working on a career transition
5. Improving communication skills
6. Increasing wealth
7. Sharpening your skills
8. Managing work/life balance
9. Growing your mindset
10. Networking

Tweetable Quote:

“Everything rises and falls on leadership” - John C Maxwell

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

Dr. Stephanie Murphy currently leads the Assessments & Analytics practice at Dell Technologies. Here she manages global projects such as Dell's employee engagement survey reaching over 140,000 team members, conducts research and surveys to improve Dell’s global performance management and career practices, develops and implements strategies for key executive solutions, and validates skills and assessments that are used to identify and develop talent. She aided in the culture integration efforts as Dell Technologies made history with one of the largest acquisitions in the Tech industry. Stephanie also teaches management courses to undergraduate and graduate students at McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. 

In the past, Stephanie served as project manager at AROS Consulting, a University-based consulting firm. Here she gained both practical experiences, from working with Fortune 500 hundred companies to nonprofit and local organizations, and research experiences, from measure development to experience sampling methods and Smartphone research. 

Stephanie holds a B.S. in psychology from the University of New Orleans and a Ph.D. and M.A. in industrial-organizational psychology from Louisiana Tech University.

On this Episode:

• Hear Stephanie’s background and how she “stumbled” into her area of work.
• Stephanie shares her journey as an African-American woman and how she had others advocate for her to become a leader.
• Hear Stephanie talk about humility in leadership.
• Stephanie and Denis talk about the differences in human and virtual leadership and how to manage both.
• Stephanie talks about moving from hierarchy to collaborative leadership. 
• Hear Stephanie share her thoughts on adaptability in leadership and why it is key.

Key Takeaways:

• Don’t be afraid to be on someone’s level to build trust.
• To make leadership personal- check in on people more than once.
• Shift your view of leadership from “power” to “empower”. 

Tweetable Quotes:

“There is more to leadership than being in power over a team. There was this need to influence people and motivate people.” - Dr. Stephanie Murphy

“Leadership is putting your team before yourself.” - Dr. Stephanie Murphy

Dr. Stephanie Murphy:

LinkedIn: Stephanie Murphy

Twitter: @dr_smurph4

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

Sake Hitman is a globally experienced executive in the areas Business Transformation and Change Management, Organisational Restructuring and Business Process Outsourcing. 

As Country Manager for Lee Hecht Harrison in New Zealand, Sake works with Managing Directors, senior HR managers and other key stakeholders to plan, negotiate and implement large scale restructures, downsizes and career management projects spanning the public and private sectors, covering all industries. 

Previously, Sake worked for American Express Advisory Services, providing a mix of management consultancy and e-commerce solutions. 

Extra-Curricular: As Honorary Consul to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as an extension to the Dutch Embassy in New Zealand. 

Sake is a Graduate from the Maastricht School of Management in Maastricht, the Netherlands. 

On this Episode:

• Sake gives his background and how he got into management.
• Sake shares lessons he learned from one of his favorite leaders and how it has affected Sake’s leadership style.
• Denis and Sake discuss the importance of reinvention and how no leader should be exempt from reinventing themselves.
• Sake explains how being fundamentally approachable as a leader is important especially during changing times.
• Hear why Sake believes leadership is changing faster now and what leaders need to do about it.

Key Takeaways:

• People connect emotionally with service or a product so keep your focus on customers.
• It’s okay to make mistakes- just not the same one every time.
• Focus on learning individually and providing learning for employees to prepare for the future.

Tweetable Quote:

“You need to reinvent yourself to stay current in the marketplace.” 

Sake Hitman:

You can find more and connect with Sake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sake-hitman-33b99b/

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

On this episode of Ask Denis, Denis talks about the topic of becoming match fit. In leadership and entrepreneurship, people can often become board and mundane. When this happens, they do not bring their “A” game. Hear Denis share three ways to take your team from a general readiness to high-performing match fit!

How to Become Match Fit:

1. Health- Think about your diet, water intake, and breathing practices.
2. Fitness- Focus on activity or movement for heart-rate.
3. Mindset/Knowledge- Determine to ingest knowledge through books, blogs, podcasts, etc, and continue to network.

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

Eric Skwarczynski has always been a storyteller.

He has spent the last 7 years fulfilling various media production roles, as a videographer, photographer, writer, graphic designer, and now podcaster. His work has taken him to over 20 states and 13 different countries, and has included a documentary film, an 8-episode mini-series, and several commercials. He is also the creative producer of Build Your Network with Travis Chappell, a top 25 business podcast that has been featured in Forbes and Entrepreneur.

Eric is also deeply passionate about raising awareness about mental, physical, and sexual abuse within Independent Baptist Churches, and is currently producing a documentary on the subject. His accompanying podcast, “Preacher Boys,” launched in January 2020, and has already accumulated 200k+ downloads.

On this Episode:

• Eric explains how being passionate about his cause  has given him a platform of leadership because people rally behind the cause and follow.
• Eric and Denis discuss Eric’s inspiring leader and how a unique passion can help attract people to you.
• Eric and Denis talk about the difference between a leader who shows up periodically and those who work in the trenches with their team.
• Hear why some podcasts and digital content by corporate leaders falls flat with their audience and what leaders can focus on to change that.
• Eric talks about developing a leader/follower relationship around giving the tools to your followers to succeed even more than you as the leader.

Key Takeaways:

• Allow your passion to flow into your work naturally.
• Be a leader who works with your team and instills confidence in their work.
• A successful leader will show what they are doing and bring their followers along the journey. 

Tweetable Quotes:

“When leadership fails, it's when people try to push themselves into a position versus allowing a position to come from what they’re already passionate about.” - Eric 

“My two requirements for any stage of life are: am I in a position where I can continue to learn and am I in a position where I can help the most people I can?” - Eric

“We’re the multiplier- not the diminisher!” - Denis 

Eric Skwarczynski:

Check out his website: www.Preacherboysdoc.com

Connect with him on Instagram: @eskwarczynski

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

Jodi Flynn of Women Taking the Lead is an Executive Leadership Coach, Podcaster, Author, Speaker, and Workshop Facilitator for high achieving women who are recovering from their last big opportunity or getting ready for the next one. She is the host of the critically acclaimed Women Taking the Lead podcast, and an Amazon bestselling author with her book, Accomplished: How to Go from Dreaming to Doing. She is the President of the board for The Maine Women’s Conference and has been featured in Entrepreneur and Forbes Magazine. 

On this Episode:

• Jodi tells about her background in psychology and doing what she needed to do while she continued to pursue her passion in coaching.
• Jodi and Denis talk about falling into leadership and how many do not realize they are capable of leadership until it is upon them. 
• Jodi and Denis discuss the characteristics of a great leader.
• Jodi stresses the importance of following your interests.
• Jodi explains the importance for development of women leaders and how this is changing over time.
• Rather than focusing on the bottom line, Jodi says the emphasis of leadership should be change from the top!

Key Takeaways:

• Leaders must be committed to their own personal development.
• Make sure you are walking your talk.
• When there is a balance of men and women in leadership, there is better long-term sustainability due to better risk assessment. 

Tweetable Quotes:

“It’s not about getting into leadership. It’s becoming the leader. Owning it is really important for sure!”- Denis

“ We don’t just need leaders. We need great leaders.” - Jodi

“ It’s not like we’re looking for women to take over. We’re looking for  balance.” - Jodi 

Jodi Flynn:

Find out more about Jodi at womentakinglead.com

Email: [email protected]

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiflynn/

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

On this episode of Ask Denis, Denis talks about the struggle leaders face in staying motivated during changing times. From the attitudes and obstacles they face, leaders today can have low motivation. So  Denis shares his thoughts and advice on how to supercharge your motivation!

Key Takeaways:

1. Focus on the things you can control
2. Constantly remember your purpose
3. Celebrate the small wins
4. Act first, feel later
5. Do visualization exercises
6. Break a big goal into smaller goals
7. Repeat affirmations daily
8. Surround yourself with people who motivate you

Tweetable Quote: 

“By visualizing their goal, they bring the future into the present.” 

Resources:

Email: [email protected]

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

PDF Report: 8 Simple Ways To Supercharge Your Motivation Every Day

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