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Episode 86 We discuss empowerment, democratic leadership, and the value and worth of employees. 

Questions for Leadosophy and our listeners:

1. How far should a leader, a leadership team, extend empowerment throughout the organization? Who should have a say in the direction of the organization?  

2. Beyond the HR department, who should be involved in hiring and firing decisions? If your org plans on hiring a new director of marketing, should the most senior person in the marketing department have a voice in that decision? If you answer yes, why not extend that to the next most senior person in the marketing department? Where does the road to DM empowerment end, where does it begin? 

3. Should an employee's worth or value to the organization directly correlate to how much say he or she has on organizational decisions even if that employee is not a member of the senior leadership squad?

4. If one of your employees wants to get involved in recruiting efforts, is this ok? Are you currently an employee who sees yourself as an ambassador for your organization? By ambassador I mean, you explicitly go out of your way to represent your organization in a positive light. If not, why? If you’re in a leadership role, are you creating the conditions within your sphere of influence that make people want to be around you and your organization? That makes people want to recruit others to come work with you?

5. Are you open to feedback about employee treatment? For example, your organization has a retention issue. Would you seek feedback from multiple layers of your organization? Take a sample from various layers? And conversely, if you are in one of those layers currently, do you feel like your voice would be heard? If not, why? 

References

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31505883/aaron-rodgers-issue-green-bay-packers-philosophy-not-jordan-love

https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/aaron-rodgers-press-conference-transcript-staying-with-packers-mulled-retirement-amid-frustrations

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Episode 85 Leadosophy continues the discussion about the ZDM. We left off with talking about the fear of failure as a motivator. We continue discussing the ZDM in the context of the recent Navy report delivered to Congress; specifically, does the Navy have a ZDM culture, and how would you address that perception or reality as the Navy four-star Admiral?

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Episode 84 This episode continues the discussion of the Navy Culture report generated for U.S. Congress. Specifically, Leadosophy examines the concept of a Zero Defect Mentality (ZDM) in the context of the Navy report, but also in the context of any industry or organization. What is the ZDM and when is it beneficial, and when does it create a crippling or punishing culture of low morale?

There are two major sides to this ZDM: On one side, you have leaders who are intolerant of mistakes because they have to be or choose to be or some combination of both. On the other side, you have followers who fear making mistakes, which manifests for many different reasons. Leadosophy dives into the ZDM, which will span two episodes. Hope you enjoy them.

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Episode 83 focuses on a meta-review of the report for Congress, looking at this report through the lens of an organization development (OD) practitioner. What is OD and why would I focus on this report from an OD practitioner viewpoint? OD defined is the “. . . process of increasing organizational effectiveness and facilitating personal and organizational change through the use of interventions driven by social and behavioral science knowledge” (Anderson, 2020, p. 2).

After reflection, I think it is prudent to comment more on the value of this report and how we should exercise caution while trying to make wide generalizations about Navy culture from this report. I provide analysis on general leadership takeaways and questions from a philosophical standpoint.

References

Anderson, D. L. (2018). Organization design: Creating strategic & Agile organizations (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.

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Episode 82 This is the first part in a series of videos where Leadosophy explores leadership within the U.S. Navy as outlined in a recent report delivered to the U.S. Congress on the second week in July of 2021. The report is linked below, but in this episode, Leadosophy uses an article which was written by Captain John Konrad (Licensed Ship Master in the Commercial Maritime Industry and founder of the gCaptain website) to help set the stage for a leadership discussion as it applies to perceived problems within the Navy Surface Fleet and amongst Navy leaders.

Leadosophy weighs in briefly on Konrad's article, but in this episode refrains from offering analysis which will be saved for the next few parts, coming over the course of a week or so.

References

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/navy_report.pdf

https://gcaptain.com/senate-report-navy-toxic-culture-seamanship/

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Episode 81 We all have a scavenger of self-doubt that circles the winds of our mind just waiting to feast upon the scraps of our insecurities, fears, anxieties, and perceived limitations.

Can we embrace the scavenger of self-doubt, and if so, how?

Episode 80 Leadosophy examines the differences between managing and leading. It's Leadosophy's assumption that the two concepts are different from a philosophical standpoint. Plus, Leadosophy offers some insight into why this might be so.

There are no hard and fast rules here, just some ideas to throw out in hopes that we can deepen our understanding of leadership and of management in this case.

If you would like to send your thoughts to Tim about this podcast, you can email Leadosophy at "[email protected]".

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79Episode 79 Leadosophy explores the philosophical nature of camping as Tim discusses 10 takeaways from his trip across America in a 21-foot travel trailer along with his wife, his oldest son, and their two Great Danes, Plato, and Frank. Camping is life, life is camping. There just might be something to the idea of getting a little primitive, disconnecting from the smartphone a bit, and enjoying and embracing nature in its raw state.

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Episode 78 Leadosophy returns after nearly a 45 day absence. Tim and his wife moved from Washington State to Washington D.C., and Leadosophy went comms dark. Now, Leadosophy returns, and Tim talks about the concept of self-purpose. What is our purpose and how can we discover that purpose? Does our purpose continually change? Tim's glad to be back in the saddle of podcasting!

Episode 75 Leadosophy is about using the tools of philosophical thoughts to deepen our understanding not just of leadership but also of life. Michael Woody co-hosts on a three-part series where Michael reflects upon his first year as a college freshman: the challenges, successes, obstacles, and future plans.

Over the next three episodes, Michael discusses life on the golf team, the benefits of joining a fraternity, and the rigors of academic life in the midst of a pandemic.

This is part three of three.

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