Leadership Voyage

Thank you to all of the listeners over these past 5 seasons. The shows will remain hosted, even though the show won't post any new content.

It's been my honor to learn alongside you!

-Jason

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Jason wraps up his 3-part engagement series based on Gallup's 2026 reports on engagement.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• 13-point drop in Gen Z and younger millennials feeling like their supervisor cares about them as a person (falling from 54% to 41%). 
• 28% of workers identified "better communication" as the primary way to gain clarity, and 24% identified "supportive relationships, communication, and respect" as what would help them feel cared about.

Small things you can do as a manager:

• First understand WHY, then explain it
• Spend a few minutes at the start of 1:1s to ask a question about outside of work
• Tell an employee about one of their strengths

Leadership Voyage
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Jason talks more about Gallup's latest on employee engagement, with a focus on how a clear understanding of exceptional can lead to 4X more engagement.

Things to try as a manager:

1. Ask your employees for their Top 3 priorities and compare them to your answer
2. Objectively write down what you're judging your people on (hours worked? calls made?), and then write "Exceptional" and start to list the quantifiable things that define it
3. Use the GROW (Goal-Reality-Options-Way Forward) model in your 1:1s
4. Ask what "great" looks like, converse about it, and document it as a behavioral north star for your employees

Leadership Voyage
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Jason goes over the latest engagement numbers from Gallup, in part 1 of a 3-part series on what's going on out there and what you can do about it.

Jason challenges managers to do one of two things THIS WEEK:

1. Show more care, communication, or respect for employees in 2-3 mins/day.
2. Have a conversation with your managers and employees about what great performance looks like.

Leadership Voyage
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youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyage
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Leadership Voyage
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Jason recommends six leadership books to gift someone you care about during the 2025 holiday season!

• Andy Crocker - The Unconditionals
• Brian Reich - Life in Motion**
• Dominic George - The Authentic Edge Leading Without Losing Yourself
• Jim Carlough - The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership
• William Davis - How to Lead Without Just Managing
• Don Schminke - Winners and Losers

**Jason mistakenly refers to this book as "The Unscripted Mind." The Unscripted Mind is Brian's newsletter!

Leadership Voyage
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Andy Crocker is an aerospace executive with three decades of experience across human and robotic exploration, hypersonics, and missile defense. He’s held senior roles at several companies, leading the development of innovative technologies and managing complex system programs for NASA, commercial, and Department of Defense customers. As a strategic leader, he’s built high-performance teams and contributed to some of the most ambitious projects in aerospace, including NASA’s Human Landing System. He’s been inducted as a Technical Fellow at a global, Fortune 300 company and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, humanities, management, and leadership. This multidisciplinary educational background and diverse career shaped his perspective that led to The Unconditionals, in which he reveals the foundational, timeless values that help readers unlock the potential for their greatest personal and professional fulfillment.

• Andy was inspired to write his book "The Unconditionals" earlier in life, but did it when 1) his oldest son was a senior in high school, 2) he finished 3rd in the space race with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, and 3) he reached midlife and wanted to share wisdom.
• Failure in his human landing project led to the realization that failure is okay, and that's where growth happens.
• Our challenges aren't unique today; we can find comfort and leverage timeless wisdom
• The 5 unconditional values are: Love, Gratitude, Integrity, Accountability, and Endeavor. 
  • Love applies in the workplace because you want to treat all humans around you with respect
    • you have an infinite supply
  • Gratitude often goes wrong because of either worry (future) or complaint (past)
  • Integrity comes from the word integer and implies "whole," it's more than honesty
  • The path to ACCOuntability is ACCO (Acknowledge, Consequences, Complete, Own)
  • Endeavor requires Effort, Purpose, Attitude, and Growth
    • Failure is a stepping stone to success, it's not a roadblock
  • Superpower is standing out from who you were, just start by taking one step to embrace these unconditional values and align yourself with it

Leadership Voyage
email: [email protected]
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyage
music: by Napoleon (napbak)
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voice: by Ayanna Gallant
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Dominic George is a dedicated leadership coach with a passion for empowering Black men to ascend from mid-level leadership roles to senior leadership positions. With a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by Black professionals, Dominic brings a tailored approach to his coaching, providing targeted guidance and strategies for career advancement.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiccgeorge/
Email: [email protected]

Book ("The Authentic Edge"): https://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Leading-Without-Losing-Yourself-ebook/dp/B0FJ2PCQY9

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• Black men's biggest corporate struggles
  • "keep your head down" and do your work has been the biggest pitfall
  • but they need to prioritize cross-departmental relationships, understand the mission and vision of their org, and learn the work streams of others in the org to collaborate and create win-wins
• Black men's biggest obstacles
  • not enough sponsors in the workplace
  • not enough coaches and mentors within the workplace
  • often you might be the only African-American in the room; when you "see yourself" in the room you can more likely imagine yourself in a role
• Black men connecting with mentorship and support
  • look to your own personal network!
  • conferences, podcasts, referrals
• For organizations serious about DEI, what practical steps actually support Black men?
  • too often, when Black men are "the only" in a space they feel the pressure to represent all Black men rather than themselves
  • look to HR and ask why (if there are) so few Blacks, and question hiring practices and how they serve the mission
  • ask what you want to be as an organization
  • provide internal or external executive coaching opportunities
• Growth Opportunities
  • if you don't communicate effectively, you lose people as a result
    • people often don't realize they're poor communicators or that they aren't being received
    • you're communicating for the person across from you, and it takes some emotional intelligence
    • when you practice (e.g. record a meeting), you and those around you get to improve
  • in order to identify your own knowledge gaps,
    • be a lifelong learner! have an intentional desire to grow and develop
    • ask for feedback (your team member, 360)
    • some areas you can objectively see you don't cut it yet
    • see the resources to improve, through coaching, reading, podcasts, or other
  • strategic career mapping starts with identifying where you want to go; once you know the destination you create the relationships to get you there and develop the skillsets
    • 3 Ms - Mindset, Mastery, Motivate
  • you can always be whoever you want to be, rebrand, sit in the moment

Leadership Voyage
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linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyage
music: by Napoleon (napbak)
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Jason discusses the Harvard Business Review article, "Why Kindness Isn't a Nice to Have." After a discussion of kindness versus niceness and other insights from the article, we also dig into seven characteristics of effective feedback.

Leadership Voyage
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linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyage
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Jason discusses the Forbes article "Planning Your Team’s 1:1s? Use This 4-Step Framework."

GROW Framework

• Goals
• Reality
• Options
• Way Forward

Leadership Voyage
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linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyage
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