“When you are doing something successful you can repeat things day after day.”

In season 20 episode 4, we are joined by Elvis Epps. He is the Principle at Lake Worth Community High School.  He was recognized by the Central Florida YMCA as an outstanding Black Achiever for the volunteer community service with families and youth in the Central Florida area. He has been the special guest speaker on Oprah and Friends XM radio programs. He has been a guest panelist at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education in Washington, DC. He is the author of two books, "You Make the Difference: Educate, Motivate, Celebrate!" and "Teaching with Passion and Purpose."

In the show we covered:

- What do you want to be known for?

- How often you should think about the impact you are making on others

- How to Influence Other Leaders

- How to transfer character to others

- Why listening is so important in leadership

- What’s the best way to insert a process orientation thinking

- Why Integrity is so important in leadership

-How to eliminate negativity from your culture

“As I continue to be a student of the leadership, I have to continue to be real and lead with authenticity”

In season 20 episode 3, we are joined by Jay Shah.  He is the CEO of Personal Capital a company who gives its customers a whole new way to understand, manage, and grow their money.

In the show we cover:

- What is the difference between the CEO and COO

- How do you channel ambition to become CEO

- Why company mission and purpose are so important

- What two financial questions you should ask yourself

- Why it’s important to stay close to your employees

- How do you scale leadership across the organization

- How do you build a strategy?

- Why diversity and inclusion is so important today from a leadership perspective

- What’s the ROI of being a purpose-driven organization and culture driven?

“We all have courage inside of us, we just have to find it.  When we do that, we will unlock a version of us we can’t even imagine.”

In season 20 episode 2 we are joined by Dylan Slattery. He is a 2x cancer survivor, Podcast Host, Mental Health advocate, Performance Coach, and Mentor.

During our show we cover:

- Why denial hurts you so much

- Why excuses cause so many issues in your life

- What a cancer diagnosis feels like

- How to be more vulnerable with your people

- What you can learn from the footprint stories

- Why cancer can give you something to fight for

- Why you have to be willing to let people in your life

- Two Powerful questions to ask yourself

- What seeing death can help you in your life

- How do you want to be remembered?

“If the people around you aren't ok with what you are willing to sacrifice to be great, it won’t last long.”

In season 20 episode 1 we are joined by Don Yaeger. He is an 11-time author, spent 25 years at Sports Illustrated, and is an accomplished professional speaker.  You can learn more about his work and Journey to Greatness Course here.

In the show we cover:

- What Does Greatness Mean

- What most people aren’t willing to give up in order to be great

- What habit separates the greatest from the others

- What role does a leader play helping a team understand the sacrifice

- Why preparation is so important to success

- Great questions to ask to better understand your people

- Why mindset and visualization is so important for success

- How Serena Williams visualizes victory

- What’s the best way to get better at visualization a professional

- What does it mean for you to be great

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“It’s hard for a lot of managers to lower themselves in relation to the team.”

In season 19 episode 8 we are joined by Sam Walker. He is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal and author of The Captain Class; which documented the greatest teams of all time and the captains behind them.  You can follow more of Sam's work bysamwalker.com and follow him on twitter @samwalkers.

During the show we cover:

- Why there such an intersection between business and sports

- How the Captain Class came to be

- Why Captain’s are so important

- Why communication is so important for leaders today

- Can anyone learn about the traits fo great captains

- What you can learn from Michael Jordan and Bill Cartwright

- How to think about the development of your team

“It’s a lot easier to come up with a great strategy when the mission is clear”

In season 19 episode 7, Sherri Kong interviews John Eades for a Ph.D. Project for Leadership Studies.  Sherri is a Certified Executive Coach specializing in helping leaders reach their professional goals as well as improve their team's ability to collaborate and generate innovative solutions.

In the show we cover:

- Why Mission is so important in leadership

- Why being nimble is good and bad

- How my team would describe me

- Why company values are so important

- How to define values

- What culture means

- What you can learn about Vision from Elon Musk

“If you are waiting around for your company to own your development, you are going to be disappointed because no one can own it for you.”

In season 19 episode 6 we are joined by Max Yoder.  He is the CEO of Lessonly and author of the new book "Do Better Work." In our conversation we cover:

- How Music and Leadership Intersect

- What does "Do Better Work" mean?

- Why you should share before you are ready

- Why you must communicate early and often

- How to be patient with yourself

- How to highlight what’s working

- Why setting clear expectations is so important

Learn more about the book here or Lessonly here.

“How can you make someone else’s life better or easier today?”

In season 19 episode 5 we are joined by Jodi Glickman.  She is an author, speaker, and founder of Greatonthejob.com.  Are you curious how to stop searching for work you love?  You found the right place.

In the show we cover:

Why generosity so important?

How to take more initiative

How to leverage forward momentum?

Why it doesn’t get easier the older you get in your career

Why transparency is critical in today's work environment. 

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“If you want to be a better leader focus on what is the next thing you need to do be a better leader. It’s a quest, not a destination.”

In season 19 episode 4, we are joined by Andrew Davis a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker. You can follow him on Instagram @drewdavishere. 

In the conversation we cover:

• Why you should be looking for the next career opportunity
• Why you should tell your leader where you are trying to go
• Why you shouldn’t use fear as a motivator
• Why it’s important to connect to the emotional side of others
• How to tell better stories to create an emotional connection
• What has changed about marketing leader must know
• How to think about leadership today
• What is the difference between leading a team and being a soloprenuer

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“Worry less about your title and focus on who you are becoming as a person.”

In season 19 episode 3, we are joined by Jordan Montgomery.  He is a performance coach and keynote speaker and founder of the Montgomery Company.  

In the show we cover:

- How to discern career moves?

- Why is having a growth mindset so important?

- Why focus is so important

- What can you do to be more focused

- Why relationships matter so much in 2019

- How to find key relationships on your journey

- Why reading is such an important habit

- How to be unique and why it’s important

- How to live out your passion

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