Leadosophy

Episode 96 Tim discusses the importance of gaining and keeping momentum in pursuing objectives, tasks, goals, etc. After failing to record a podcast in over a month, he goes back on the airways to discuss his challenges, hoping, in a small way, to inspire others who may have lost momentum in some way.

This podcast is dedicated to all of you who seek momentum or have lost momentum. So let us light the fires of passion together.

References

https://www.simplypsychology.org/self-actualization.html

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 95 Tim talks about what he learned doing some basic research on the company NatureSweet®. Leadosophy is intrigued by the cultural aspect of NatureSweet: how their Associates talk about the organization, how the organization makes them feel, and the opportunities that the organization provides to its Associates. NatureSweet makes some very positive assumptions about human behavior and human motivation, and we'll discuss these assumptions and the positive benefits that come from those assumptions. This episode is also about the language that an organization uses and how that language can permeate the culture at all levels.

Leadosophy has no affiliation with NatureSweet, nor is Leadosophy endorsed by NatureSweet. But their tomatoes are delicious. Leadosophy likes them on salads, particularly.

References

https://naturesweet.com/our-story

https://naturesweet.com/our-story/social-responsibility-sustainability-report/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC9AgnAk0wk

https://m.andnowuknow.com/shop-talk/naturesweet-receives-second-consecutive-category-leadership-award-lori-castillo/chandler-james/74810

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 94 Leadosophy wants you to forget everything you've learned and been taught about a leadership conceptual framework. So instead, today's episode focuses solely on the human connection and why it's important anywhere. 

Human connectedness transcends the artificial boundaries of the workspace: all the cubicles and artificial lighting and annual performance reviews. We are social animals that bond with one another. Some bonds are strong, others weaker, but bonds are forged nonetheless. 

Today, let's remember that leadership is so much more than getting teams to work together to achieve common goals. Leadership is deeper than that, richer than that. 

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 93 Leadosophy examines the concept of "employee engagement" referencing an article in Forbes written by Kevin Kruse. Here are a few questions:

1. True or False: An employee can work on behalf of the org's goals with minimal emotional commitment?

2. Can you force your employees to "care" for your organization?  

3. What does it mean to "care" for your organization?  

4. How many situations have we been a part of where we "faked" caring for the goals of an organization?  

5. Is it possible that the farther away one is from the founder or founders of an organization, the less one will care for that organization? Is this not expected? Does a CEO truly believe that a new employee will “actually care” for the organization in the same way or with the same level of emotion or passion?

References

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/06/22/employee-engagement-what-and-why/?sh=4ad7ca217f37

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 92 Leadosophy discusses 5 takeaways from leading in a high-risk yet high-reward environment, namely the world of search and rescue in the maritime environment. Leadosophy has five reflective points and this episode elaborates on each. They are:

1. Establish and understand the purpose.

2. Direct energy towards purpose.

3. In matters of safety in a high-risk high-reward environment, there is little room for complacency. 

4. Remove barriers.

5. Without realizing the value of human capital, the existential purpose is worthless, the problems do not get solved adequately.

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

In this two-part interview, Leadosophy speaks with Carson Woody, a High School sophomore and wrestler from Madison High School in Northern Ohio. 

Carson talks about life, wrestling, adversity and triumph in sports and academics, finding something to do after High School that does not involve college, his joy of welding, and much more.

Enlightenment does not always have to come from adults. Kids have awesome life perspectives too! Sometimes, they just need a platform to share their thoughts with more people.

In this two-part interview, Leadosophy speaks with Carson Woody, a High School sophomore and wrestler from Madison High School in Northern Ohio. 

Carson talks about life, wrestling, adversity and triumph in sports and academics, finding something to do after High School that does not involve college, his joy of welding, and much more.

Enlightenment does not always have to come from adults. Kids have awesome life perspectives too! Sometimes, they just need a platform to share their thoughts with more people.

Episode 89 Leadosophy questions the validity of leadership questions in an applicant's job interview. Can you get a person's detailed concept of leadership from very abstract leadership questions? Is it not implied that a job applicant will tell you that they have an awesome leadership style when asked about their leadership style? How do you drill down on and predict someone's ability to lead? What sort of questions might increase your chances to understand how a person will lead in practice and not simply in theory? Of course, this is easier said than done.

Leadosophy thanks Indeed.com for their helpful guidance on asking leadership questions. You can read that article linked below.

References

https://www.indeed.com/hire/c/info/questions-to-ask-a-leader

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 88 Leadosophy reviews a short article written by educator Joseph Clark of Concordia University Irvine. He discusses equality, equity, and fairness as applied to the education world, but Leadosophy uses this article as a launching pad to discuss the concepts in relation to leadership and the work environment.

Can a leader treat everyone equally? Should he or she? Can a leader lead without bias and with impartiality?

References

https://www.cui.edu/academicprograms/education/perfecting-the-practice/blog/post/how-to-balance-equity-equality-and-fairness

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.

Episode 87 Like a compass that needs recalibrating from time to time, leaders within an organization may need to recalibrate from time to time. By recalibration, we mean reexamining the meaning and purpose of an organization. Existential questions are questions that tug at the reasons why an organization exists. Questions leaders might ask are:

Why does our organization exist? 

Does everyone in the organization know the answer?

What is our purpose, our mission?

What problems were we created to solve, and are we meeting the spirit of our existential purpose? 

Are we good at solving the problems we set out to solve in the beginning?

Season One: Foundations of Leadosophy Leadosophy is the fusion of leadership and philosophy. We use philosophical thought to deepen our understanding of leadership together.