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Change is ever present. If you are not changing, then you are not growing and if you are not growing then you are dying. In order to lead successful organizations, we as leaders need to master the art of change management. This is where my guest Jen McFarland is an expert in.

Jen McFarland is a business systems expert, podcaster, and blogger. She’s helped hundreds of businesses and thousands of podcast listeners make better business decisions. Jen’s passion is helping women-owned businesses get the growth tools they need to meet their 3-5 year business goals. Are you starting a business? Confused about how to grow? Check out Jen’s Picks, her favorite business growth tools. You can also listen to her weekly fun and inspiring podcast, the Third Paddle with Jen McFarland.

Leading Change Topics

Jen and I discuss the following topics during this interview:

• Her background
• How she got into Change Management
• How leaders can their people to buy into change
• Where do leaders fail with change management
• How to ensure that communication is flowing smoothly
• Benefits of cross-functional teams
• Technological resources for change and project management

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/68

This is the second of a new series my "leadership thoughts" of the week. In addition, I have thrown out a Question of the month - what is your first leadership failure?

During this thought I discuss why we lead.

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This is the first of a new series my "leadership thoughts" of the week. In addition, I have thrown out a Question of the month - what is your first leadership failure?

I run you through my first failure.

There are no show notes for these LTs. But you can swing by:

https://movingforwardleadership.com for all your needs.

Moving Forward Leadership Resources

Keep on top of Moving Forward Leadership with all the resources which I have established for you:

POWER Goals Program - If you are ready to stop complaining and start achieving those goals which you have been trying to achieve for some time now. Then stop chasing your dreams and start achieving them through my very own POWER Goals program. Learn about picking the right goals, figuring out how to achieve them, getting on track with achieving them and most importantly how to get back on track when you fail... because you will. Learn more here!

Moving Forward Leadership Resources - Check out the Moving Forward Leadership Resources section where I list every single resource mentioned on the show. As well, there are books which I have read written or read personally and finally various types of services which I use and recommend.

The 9 Foundations of Leadership – I’ve written this ebook for you all to get a base of your leadership skills. With this book, you will be able to begin to form your leadership style. For a small fee, you can get your journey started and get ahead of your peers! Just follow the link in the title, and your copy awaits you!

Facebook Page – Check out updates from Moving Forward Leadership, as well when links and videos.

Facebook Group – Come and let’s discuss leadership. I will swing by and answer any questions you have as well as provide advice and guidance for your situations.

Twitter – Definitely subscribe here to find out when new episodes go live, or if I have a random idea to share with the world.

Monthly Newsletter – Sign up for my newsletter and see what is happening in the background with me, read the most interesting articles in leadership, as well as get inside information from time-to-time on what I have upcoming!

Email – Don’t hesitate to reach out to me with ideas, suggestions, comments or questions. I truly love hearing from you all!

Where to Subscribe to Moving Forward Leadership

Love the Moving Forward Leadership Podcast? Then subscribe to your favourite device and app! As well, please leave me a review! These reviews mean more to me than you could ever imagine.

Regardless if you believe it or not, we all have leadership potential in us. In some form or another we all can be leaders. Some people naturally are able to unlock it themselves while others need someone to show them the way to unlock it.

During this interview, I bring back for a third time George Penyak. George is a younger leader, like myself who has seen a lot of success in his journey. I felt compelled to bring George back on the show to catch up and for us to have a discussion revolving around unlocking leadership potential in ourselves.

Unlocking Your Leadership Potential Topics

During my discussion with George we cover the following topics:

• Catching up with George
• Transitioning from one leadership role to another
• How to unlock your own leadership potential
• Advice on how to establish yourself as a new leader.

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/65

As an organization you are either flying or you are dying and this holds true whether you are for-profit or not-for-profit. Organizations grow over time to meet their increasing demands are requirements. However, there are ways to fail at growing. Organizations can actually set themselves up for failure when they grow too fast with little or no vision to what this growth actually means. This is where my guest Karen Walker comes into play.

Karen is a consultant, author, and advisor to CEOs and senior leaders. She helps her clients grow their companies with successful outcomes that include IPOs, acquisitions, market share increases, and significant leadership development. Her clients include Inc. 500 start-ups and Fortune 500 firms. Prior to launching her consultancy, Karen was employee #104 at Compaq Computer - then the fastest growing company in American and fastest to $1billion in revenue.

Dumbing Down Organizational Growth Topics

During this episode Karen and I discuss the following topics:

• Struggles which faces organizations during explosive growth
• Where CEOs fail in organization growth
• Principles behind her book No Dumbing Down
• How can organizations address the problems with increasing organizational span and depth

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/64

Change, it is the ever consent in our world. Since forever, the world has been changing. Organizations are no different. Organizations at times need to be steady like an rock and others they need to be adaptive and nimble like a cat. This is where "agile" comes into play. Agile allows organizations to change, morph, and become more effective in a short period of time. However, to employ it properly it has to be respected and executed by the team and not one lone individual.

Chris Williams is a consultant, writer, speaker and podcaster in the business and personal agility space. With a background in literature, music and technology, he found his way to his true calling; creating experiences that develop the deeply powerful leaders in each of us.

Lead a Badass Agile Organization Topics

Chris and I cover a wide-range of topics during our conversation today including:

• His background
• What Agile is
• Is Agile the “next big thing”?
• Principles of an Agile organization
• How to implement Agile into an organization
• What are the pitfalls, hiccups, and where does Agile does not work.

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/63

In today's modern and fast-paced world we need all the help that we can get. Frankly, keeping our heads above water is often a difficult task, let alone driving our organizations forward and creating real-lasting change. Only if there was something which could help us exponentially. Something which would take our efforts right now and turn them into something even more powerful. This is where leadership force multipliers come into play.

First off, what the heck is a force multiplier and even more what the heck how does it relate to leadership? Well today, I go through those questions plus give you 5 force multipliers which you can implement RIGHT NOW to help you and you organization move forward further and faster than before.

Leadership Force Multipliers Topics

During this solo podcast episode I cover the following topics:

• What a force multiplier is
• Vision
• Delegation
• Training
• Vacation time
• Health

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/62

It's the beginning of 2019 and there is a sense of new beginnings in the air. People across the world have made goals to make themselves better in some form or another. Whether they are looking for personal or professional growth goal setting is crucial process to develop oneself.

However, within the next few weeks most people will begin to slowly fail on their goals to the point of complete catastrophic failure. In fact, only 8% of all people who set new goals for themselves at the beginning of the year will reach them! Only 8%! Why do so many people fail? Is it their motivation, sense of purpose, or capabilities? In reality, everyone is different, but a significant issue is that people generally do not have a plan for achieving their goals.

Ditch the SMART Goals for POWER Goals Topics

Today I discuss the following topics in order to help you set better goals and most importantly achieve them:

• What SMART Goals are
• The limitations of SMART Goals
• The POWER Goal
• Purpose
• Observe
• Weekly Plan
• Execute
• Reflect Weekly

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/61

All organizations will go through this during their life cycle at some point... misalignment. Organizations go through misalignment because of many factors - size, age, poor leadership, etc - but all have one thing in common a transformation is required.

Alex Vorobieff has helped countless businesses eliminate the source of their frustration and stunted growth by selecting the proper Business Alignment Tools for their specific needs. Alex started his financial clean-up firm in 2003 and evolved into a business turnaround firm to remove common issues that cause financial challenges across many industries. He has served as a clean-up CFO and president of companies in telecommunications, aviation and aerospace, hospitality, healthcare, and outsource staffing, leading successful turnarounds in a little as three months. His latest book, Transform Your Company: Escape Frustration, Align Your Business, and Get Your Life Back, details for executives the critical steps and business alignment tools to transform their dysfunctional company while also eliminating the reason why many business concepts fail to produce results

Company Transformation Through Alignment Topics

During my interview with Alex, we cover the following topics:

• Why do organizations get misaligned in the first place
• How leaders can identify that their organization is misaligned
• What steps leaders need to do to realign their organization

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/60

Conflict is ever present. Even reading these podcast show notes could be causing you conflict this very instant. As leaders, we need to know the good, the bad, and the ugly revolving around conflict. Additionally, whilst conflict can be a catalyst for good change, unresolved conflict can cause long-lasting damage to an organization. As a leader, you need to know how to use conflict for good, and then ultimately resolve it. This is where my guest, Nate Reiger comes to play.

Nate Regier, Ph.D., is CEO and co-founding owner of Next Element, a global leadership training and certification rm specializing in communication and conflict skills. He’s an expert in social-emotional intelligence and leadership, positive conflict, neuropsychology, group dynamics, interpersonal and leadership communication, executive assessment, and coaching. Regier is a co-developer of Next Element’s Leading Out of Drama® training and coaching system, an LOD® master trainer, and Process Communication Model® certifying master trainer. He is the co-author of Beyond Drama: Transcending Energy Vampires. He’s an enthusiastic dad and husband.

Using Conflict for Good Topics

During the interview between Nate and I we cover the following topics: 

• His background
• What is his perspective on conflict?
• Where do leaders struggle most when it comes to conflict?
• What are some tips for leaders who have conflict directly with them and a co-worker/subordinate 
• What are some practical ways for leaders to resolve conflict between two subordinates
• What are some coaching techniques for leaders dealing with subordinate conflict
• What are some practical tips leaders can apply to turn conflict from a distraction into a resource?

For the complete show notes, be sure to check out our website:

https://leaddontboss.com/59