"Do you have a wins list?" – Gordon Sheppard

Gordon Sheppard, business advisor and host of the Executive Wins Podcast, reveals why most leadership teams spend hours complaining but go silent when asked how they celebrate success. In this conversation, Gordon breaks down his "anatomy of a win" framework—a five-bucket structure (strategy, work plan, people, operations, results) that helps leaders reverse-engineer past wins to solve future problems. We explore why strength-based leadership creates more impact than problem-focused management, and how his simple framework cascades through entire organizations without requiring an MBA to understand.

What you'll learn:

• The five-bucket "anatomy of a win" framework for reverse-engineering success and building repeatable systems
• Why most leaders don't have wins lists—and how this gap undermines positive work cultures
• The "save, delete, join" method for mining your past wins to extract the best repeatable parts
• How to create common language that cascades from leadership to frontline workers without getting lost in jargon
• Why starting from a winning perspective builds leadership capacity faster than problem-solving approaches
• Practical celebration strategies that create authentic moments of recognition (not just Disneyland trips)
• How to build organizational alignment by putting the five buckets on every meeting agenda

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You can connect with Gordon Sheppard here:

Executive Wins Website - https://executivewins.com/

Executive Wins YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Executivewins

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonsheppard/

You can connect with Karl Pontau here:

www.thehumanconnectionpodcast.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kpontau

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbf_bDWwB9KVrFn5Sj3u2w?sub_confirmation=1

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