The John Eades Podcast

“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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“Don’t treat the symptoms treat the fundamental cause of culture issues”

In season 19 episode 2, we are joined by Phil Burgess.  He is the Chief People Officer at C Space. Their journey from a toxic culture to an exceptional culture has been just that, a journey.  In this real life and revealing conversation, Phil shares what the team has done to improve culture and drive results.

- What causes a company to need a culture change

- Why employee engagement is so important

- Why business results change when you fix the culture

- Why culture change takes time

- What is the value of improving the culture

- How to get people on the culture change bus

- What can a company do to get the company to change

- Why transparency is a catalyst for culture change

- Why core values help drive culture

- How to lead culture with remote workers

- What to do if people don’t buy into the culture

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“Those leaders who truly embrace being a steward of other people's time are the most successful at leading meetings”

In season 19 episode 1 we are joined by Dr. Steven Rogelberg.  He is a Professor and Director of Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.  He also authored the new book, The Surprising Science of Meetings.  

In the show we cover:

- Why do professionals hate meetings?

- Why you should change your meeting times

- Why you should think harder about your meeting times

- What’s the proper size of a meeting

- What is social loafing

- Should you have strategic or tactical meetings?

- Why you should invite the right people to meetings

- Why self-awareness is so important?

- Should you have walking meetings?

This podcast is brought to you by the Ultimate Leadership Academy.  Find out more at learnloft.com.

“Coming up with excuses takes more energy than coming up with the solution”

In Season 18 episode 8 John Eades is joined by Farshad Asl.  He is a serial social entrepreneur, regional director at Bankers Life, founder of Top Leaders, Inc., Amazon best selling author and John Maxwell certified coach. 

In the conversation John and Farshad cover:

- What success really is?

- What's living intentionally?

- What's the rule of 5

- What is the no excuse mindset

- Why you should be the encouraging voice in someone else’s life

- Why you should focus on others

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"The whole point of feedback isn’t to make yourself feel good or to show your power as a leader it’s to help adjust behavior to improve future results"

In season 18 episode 7, John Eades closes out the versus series with a very important topic, what's better coaching or feedback?

In the show he covers:

• What is coaching 
• What is feedback
• How are coaching and feedback different
• When is the best time to use coaching
• When is the best time to use feedback
• Good coaching questions to ask
• How to deliver feedback that works

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