The FRONT: A Leadership Podcast

Joe has over 20 years in business and leadership, Joe is a source of spiritual inspiration and daily motivation in positivity & sales strategies! Joe connects with people he ignites their passion, processes, powerful truths and helps them motivate themselves on a plan to execute immediately!

This guy is a powerhouse!

Make sure and check out this great addition to the “Live Leadership Lesson Series”

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Some key things that Joe shared tonight which I thought were great!

1. If you are going to make it anywhere in leadership, you MUST love and care for people.
2. Total transparency and honesty are very important. You must love your people enough to tell them what they need to know, not just what they want to hear.

I pulled this quote from Joe tonight: "When leading people, their worth and their behaviors are two different things." ~ Joe Cala

That is so, so powerful. Meaning no matter what, people are valuable. Sometimes we want to change and shape the behaviors; even destroy negative behaviors, but hang on to the people.

This show is great! It is a MUST watch episode!

You can connect with Joe at https://www.JosephACala.com

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“Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT” are live interviews with people that are known for their performance, work ethic, character, integrity, business skillsets, and of course their leadership skills.

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This video was such a hit, so by request... here are three things you can do to increase influence.

If you engage actively, and spend the time to really work on or learn these three things, you can increase your influence and your leadership aptitude.

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1. Know yourself and your team.

2. Be an open and authentic positive influence.

3. Active Listening.

If you would like to read the previous full blog article, CLICK HERE.

Leaders have clarity of purpose and they communicate well to get their ideas across to others. They have confidence, not arrogance. They are confident in themselves, their abilities and how they can groom others to have a high level of confidence. And they have the courage to tackle the unknown. They can leap and lead in the darkness, knowing that they can shine their own light to see enough to guide other people no matter what.

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Anthony is a nationally recognized Sales, BDC, and Motivational Trainer. He is an absolute rockstar on Business Development Center Training. He helps find customers, maintain customers, and create an amazing post-sale experience for people that buy. His roots are in hospitality and his heart is now in the car business! Anthony and I have talked on numerous occasions and he is an absolute force and a class act!  Make sure and check out this great addition to the “Live Leadership Lesson Series”

Make sure and check out this great addition to the “Live Leadership Lesson Series”

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His three primary leadership characteristics really hit home with me!

1. You MUST be selfless. Invest in other people. When you help others grow, you grow too!
2. Accountability. You must hold yourself and others accountable.
3. Create good habits. Your habits dictate your results. If you have crappy habits = crappy results. Good habits = good results.

Best line/quote in the video EVER... "Business development isn't a department, it's a mindset." ~ Anthony Alagona.

AND learn the D.I.M.E. concept! (You have to watch to learn about it!)

I really took away a lot of amazing This show is great! It is a MUST watch episode!

You can connect with Anthony at http://www.AnthonyAlagona.com

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“Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT” are live interviews with people that are known for their performance, work ethic, character, integrity, business skillsets, and of course their leadership skills.

These are the experts to tune in and learn from! We hope you’ve enjoyed the show! Each podcast is a 15-30 minute live interview.

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It's just like throwing a rock into a pond. The ripples and waves push outward.

Whether you are positive or negative, the leadership ripple hits the shore. It produces a powerful force and distributes either the positivity or negativity along the shore. You must understand that as a leader, mentor, and manager, your attitude, energy, and emotions are amplified through the people you work with.

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The ripple of leadership can be a powerful force of positivity or… it can be the opposite.  I choose to focus on the positive, so let’s stay there.
You are a driving force as an emotional wave of leadership that will influence other people. I encourage you, focus on the positive, build people up. Focus on the things that others do right. Celebrate their wins! Shine your light on other people and they will be positive and spread even further! Be the positive ripple!

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Shawn is known for his all-around awesomeness. Shawn has been an absolute force for good in the auto industry. He talks about the power of positive change, training, and daily inspiration. Shawn is just beginning his own leadership journey and he is someone truly leading from the front lines!

I really enjoyed talking with Shawn today. The few major takeaways I took with me tonight. And they are all massive.

1. It's about the people
2. Work ethic is important, as it proves leadership
3. Growth and opportunity are more important than the money. The money will follow growth.

Make sure and check out this great addition to the "Live Leadership Lesson Series" Make sure and check out this great addition to the "Live Leadership Lesson Series" This show is great! It is a MUST watch episode!

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Maybe it’s also want. And, motivation is the desire to accomplish something. It is the desire to get better, to have something better, or to at least have something different than what we have now.

The word motivation is derived from the Latin root "mot" which means to move, the reason for action. And it talks about moving in a direction with intensity.

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Also as a side note, the Latin word "motivus" means power. So broken down, motive and us; we as a group have power.

So how does someone get motivated? They must know their direction and their need. Other people can’t do it for you, but they can support you.

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.” ~ Credited to Dan Montano an Economist in 1985

What motivates the Gazelle is different than what motivates the lion directly, but each of their respective desires to live life is the core.

Many people find motivation a mystery. I’ve heard it said… I can’t motivate him or her. It’s because you can’t truly motivate anyone else. You can support them – when you know what their direction is and what their desires are.

How do you find that out as a leader? Talk to your people. Have meaningful conversations. How do you find what motivates you, yourself? The thing is… most people already know, the key is to grab hold, and start running! 

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Whatever day or time you are watching this video, I want to remind you that you are an amazing and unique being. You are excellent! In fact, stand up and tell yourself that… “I am EXCELLENT!” (You can yell it if you want to!) And for anyone that is listening, they should hear it too!

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So often what we do every day becomes the norm. We become numb to it.  Our abnormal, the stands outs or the things that used to be outstanding and special or amazing become normal. These become everyday mundane actions. And, they become expected.

Oddly, sometimes, if someone asks us about how we are special, or different, or what we do that is excellent, sometimes it’s hard to search for the words. Because it’s how we engage and what we do every day.

Let me share an example, our dealership, is in the running for an award based on customer service. Now we all would like to think we have outstanding customer service, but the customer’s experience is more than just being nice. And our management team was being interviewed by a group of evaluators, the question, I’ll give as an example, was about training, and how often, and what we do, and who conducts training?

Then… how do you decide what to train on? We stopped and stared at one another… 10 seconds is a long time in that situation, each one of us knowing, but not wanting to stumble over the other… “Well because we just do, we are in tune with what needs to be done in our stores.” The evaluator became visibly frustrated, and said, “NO! But what caused you to train on those items, and how do you know they got it?” And more importantly, how can you measure it.

After another minute, maybe, to put it into words, what over time has become second nature to us… we do those things. The decision is made what to train on and who to train it based on surveys provided to our staff, they vote on what they need. We poll management to determine strengths and weaknesses and using those, we develop a schedule up to 60 days in advance.

Then we create a plan of specifics for those items, handouts, etc. Then once the information is presented, we test our staff on it to know they have it. And ultimately these items are measured by surveys presented to customers and statistics based on areas within our sale.

So it’s all there, and not egotistically, we are good at it, but over time, it has become normal, numb, and expected.

I encourage you. Remind yourself… say it again, “I am EXCELLENT!”

Think about the things that you are doing in your regular day-to-day routines that you are good at, maybe even an expert, write them down. It’s important that you remind yourself how good you really are sometimes.

In fact, do me a favor, share one or two or three things in the comments below that you are excellent at! I’d love to continue the conversation with you after the episode!

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Subi is an absolutely awesome woman! Subi is known mostly for her business shenanigans... but seriously, she absolutely crushes it when it comes to Company Culture, Consumer Experience, Branding, and the concept of Leadership vs Management. She has a straightforward and commanding leadership style. Subi works for Stream Companies which is a full-service digital ad agency based in automotive.

I got a lot out of her discussion on external versus internal culture influences. Make sure and check out this great addition to the "Live Leadership Lesson Series" Make sure and check out this great addition to the "Live Leadership Lesson Series" This show is great!

It is a MUST watch episode for sure!

https://youtu.be/2uhPxOYR2o8

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"Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT" are live interviews with people that are known for their performance, work ethic, character, integrity, business skillsets, and of course their leadership skills.

These are the experts to tune in and learn from! We hope you've enjoyed the show!

Each podcast is a 15-30 minute live interview. --- AND please SUBSCRIBE and you can tune in to the replay on http://www.LeadTheTeam.TV

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Download This Episode Now!

Check out the #MVWM shop! http://mvwm.org/shop

My channel for leadership and motivation is http://www.LeadTheTeam.TV and please check out the shop for great gear at http://www.LeadTheTeam.net/shop

When you want to push your projects and … well, anything else for that matter to the back burner.

The days where you would rather eat cake and sit on a couch, maybe play video games, rather than make any strides towards great accomplishments? SURE! We all do!

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You must ask yourself, why are you putting things off in the first place. Here are a few of the primary reasons that people put things off according to Psychology Today.

Reason #1    You are putting something off because you are afraid you will screw it up.

Reason #2    You are putting something off because you don’t “feel” like doing it.

Reason #3    You are putting something off because it’s hard, boring, or otherwise unpleasant.

While there may be other reasons also, I think many of us can categorize the things we put off, heavily into these three.

And the good news is that you can train yourself to be deliberate in NOT putting things off! Here is the number one thing that I do when I find myself putting something off.

1. Visualize what the accomplishment will look like when it’s done. Take a time out and spend time, maybe in a meditation to see what it will look like when the task is done. Feel the emotions you will feel when you can look at yourself in the mirror and compliment yourself on a job well done. Or the joy in receiving the accolades from others. Sometimes we can set ourselves up for success in that manner.

For me, the feeling of accomplishment always crushes the illusion of fear. The happiness you will feel in getting things done will always outweigh the doldrums or the boredom.

So whatever it is that you may be putting off right now – Nike has a saying for that… JUST DO IT.

Once you do, and often once we get going, taking that action, putting in the effort, sometimes, that in itself makes it easier to keep going.

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You can connect with Mat through RockstarAutoConference.com

Mat is known for his outside the box leadership, sales, and marketing tactics. He is the co-founder of the Rockstar Auto Conference and is the creator of the first Spanish Classified and Spanish Website Solution.

What a great interview. Mat really cares about people and wants to make a positive and lasting impact on others. Make sure and check out this great addition to the "Live Leadership Lesson Series"

What I got the most out of this session #LoveAndLivelihood This show is great! It is a MUST watch episode for sure!

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"Live Leadership Lessons from The FRONT" are live interviews with people that are known for their performance, work ethic, character, integrity, business skillsets, and of course their leadership skills.

These are the experts to tune in and learn from! We hope you've enjoyed the show! Each podcast is a 15-30 minute live interview.

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AND please SUBSCRIBE and you can tune in to the replay on http://www.LeadTheTeam.TV

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Download This Episode Now! 

My channel for leadership and motivation is http://www.LeadTheTeam.TV and please check out the shop for great gear at http://www.LeadTheTeam.net/shop