Leading With Nice Interview Series

Today's global workforce is made up of 50% millennials, and in just a few short years that number is projected to balloon to 75%! The approach to leadership is changing but not fast enough — what we deem important and how we lead needs to catch up. Adam Kingl, leadership expert, speaker and author, stopped by the Leading With Nice Interview Series to discuss why organizations must adapt to the expectations of younger generations in order to thrive.

What does it take to overcome the biggest challenge you have yet to face? Brandon Peacock’s road to recovery after a near-fatal drive-by shooting has several parallels that can be applied to your business. In the second part of our interview with Brandon, he helps connect the dots on what it takes to turn a crisis into a crucial piece of your success. Listen to Part 1 of our conversation here. 

Brandon Peacock was on his way to get his hair cut in June 2020 after work when he was shot three times as he entered the barbershop. He wasn’t the intended target but he ended up the victim. However, Brandon didn’t take to the victim moniker. Instead, he used an experience that could have left him confined to a wheelchair as an opportunity to found Hit the Ground Running, a non-profit that supports others who have experienced trauma. Listen to Part 2 of our conversation with Brandon here. 

Tristan Norton is a city kid working in a country world. He grew up in an urban environment and is one of the few visible minorities at Briercrest College and Seminary. As the Director of its Centre for Leadership Studies, Tristan approaches his work from a different perspective than many of his Briercrest colleagues. He is so gracious on this episode to help me understand what that means, and offers some great insight on how we can all appreciate everyone’s differences and take advantage of that fullness in our work and personal lives. 

As an owner, founder, CEO or executive director, the amount that rests on your shoulders can seem overwhelming. Richard Walsh owned a contracting company and was experiencing this same burden so he did something about it. After investigating the best ways to lighten his load in order to concentrate on the five percent he alone could do, he developed Escape the Owner Prison. In this episode, he explores some of the concepts you can enact today.

When you’ve been hired by a client to complete a job, there is a tension between delivering what they’ve asked for and leading them toward something greater. Heather Dubbeldam is one of Canada’s leaders in sustainable architecture. When clients hire her firm, they do so not only because of their great work, but also to be drawn into a larger conversation. On this episode, Heather discusses how you can do this with your clients and the right balance of leading versus following. 

Burnout carries with it a huge cost for not only the person experiencing it, but also the colleagues and family of that person and the organization they work for.  Janice Litvin — expert speaker, author and trainer specializing in burnout prevention —  joins us for today’s episode to discuss how you can recognize and prevent burnout before it happens. Learn more about Janice at janicelitvin.com.

For the first time in our history, we work in a four-generation workplace alongside baby boomers, Generation X, millennials and Generation Z employees.

On this episode, Clint Pulver — the Undercover Millennial — discusses what it looks like to have success managing and leading such a diverse workforce.

We’re also giving away copies of Clint’s new book, I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave. If you’re a client of Leading With Nice, you’re already getting a copy. But if you’d like one, visit our website and sign up for our weekly leadership email. We’ll be giving away copies each week! 

Being productive and getting things done is a key habit to develop for anyone. It can be so difficult to accomplish — text messages, video calls and email are just a few of the distractions that can take you off your game. In this episode, Fred Moore, speaker and educator of all things productivity, discusses how you can get things done.

Added bonus: he’s a magician.

Chris Tompkins, COO at Muskoka Woods, has been working as a youth development professional for over two decades, and in that time he’s sought to help young people develop their full leadership potential.

Leadership should be taught young, he says, and as adults, our job is to be conscious of what is shaping their world. Chris is launching a podcast in that exact theme: Shaping Our World can be found on your favourite podcast platform (including the one you're using to listen to this episode).