The Lead Up Podcast

In this episode, Mike is joined by special guest Paul Gustavson where the topic is perseverance and why it is so important.

They talk about Paul's book Breaking Average: The 7 Critical Factors to Team Strong Leadership, where Mike is a contributing author.  The book is wrapped around the idea of victory.  They discuss how we are all called to break average and be more than we are now. It's team strong leadership, it's breaking average teamwork that makes the dream work. 

Paul shares how we need to cast a vision, we can't leave that to somebody else. You need vision but it has to be backed up by values. Start with a value inventory.  What are your values? Then you can get clear on your vision.

If you need help getting clear on those values, you can email Mike at [email protected] and he will be glad to guide you through defining your values.  

Paul shares, "if we want to make an impact if we truly want to add value, that means we've got to be something more than we currently are today."

The resistance that we feel is actually an indicator that you're probably heading in the right direction and we got to take that head on the wind that's in our face, move forward, and persevere.

We all want victory at the end of the day, and we want sustained victories, not just one-time victories, it's continual impact, we continue to do that. And that's what breaking average is all about

Paul Gustavson has a passion for what he calls full spectrum innovation, which is centered on personal, technical, and corporate growth. In 2000, he helped cofound SimVentions, Inc., a technology firm that delivers engineering solutions for today’s military. SimVentions is frequently recognized as one of Virginia’s Best Places to Work and was named by Inc. Magazine as one of “The 50 Best Places to Work in 2016”. As the CTO, Paul leads in identifying and contributing to the company’s capability and influencing the strategic vision. Paul is the author of the recent book Breaking Average and Leaders Press On. Paul is also the co-host of the Breaking Average Podcast. As a leader with an engineering background, he is also an active member of the simulation and virtual reality communities. Paul and his wife Barbara live in Virginia.

About SimVentions: SimVentions tagline “Imagine. Create. Explore. Discover.” represents a culture centered on employee ownership, customers, and community. They are a technology firm supporting today’s military with innovative engineering solutions, and currently have over 300 employees across four locations. The core values for SimVentions include Customer Passion, and Continuous Development among others, and their purpose is marked with a commitment to operate using biblical principles. SimVentions is headquartered just south of Washington D.C. in Fredericksburg, VA, and you can find them on the web at www.simventions.com.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgustavson/

In this episode, Mike challenges you to have a transformational 2021.

What are you listening to? What are you feeding your mind on a daily basis? What are you consuming? 

As leaders, we must be diligent in leading and lifting others up to a common cause. 

The realization is we cannot add value to others unless we are willing to add value to ourselves. 

We must stop waiting on someone else to change, our circumstances to change- we must start the change with ourselves. We have to be conscious of what we think, watch, and say. 

Start today, get our new Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to keep track of your priorities and goals. Follow this link The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to get yours today.

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In this episode, Mike shares four ways to flip the script and create your best year ever in 2021.

Fix your mind on what you really want is the first way to creating your best year and life your want. 

Leading yourself- not just in your mindset but in your relationships, health and fitness, and all areas of your life. By leading yourself well you gain the respect of others by leading by example.

Insulate yourself from outside negativity. This can be from relationships to social media, news anything that can cause you to change your mindset from positive to negative. 

Finally, the last way to ensure you have your best year is to plan daily. Our Daily Compass Tool is a great way to start. We just released The Daily Compass Quarterly Planner to help you plan longer-term and have it all conveniently in one place.

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In this episode, Mike talks with Jill Katz about how human resources is the human side of leadership and the human side of business.

Also discussed

• Being so in tune with those that you lead that you can feel or sense, something's going on.  

Jill shares some key myths in leadership that she has learned through her career in human resources. 

Jill Katz is an Influencer, Speaker, and Strategy Coach that is passionate about shifting the workplace to be more #PeopleFocused. She is the Founder and Chief Change Officer of Assemble HR Consulting, a boutique Human Resources firm that focuses on Culture, Communication, and Conflict in the workplace.

Jill is best known for her #CandorCourageAndCareTM Feedback Model, which changes the way teams communicate, and allows for more honest and productive relationships.

Jill earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication from the University of Michigan. Most important of all, she is a very proud Mom, a devoted wife, a Broadway fanatic, and a dog lover.

Learn more about Jill at Assemble HR Consulting. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

In this episode, Mike gives us 5 Leadership Resets to prepare for the new year

"2020 is going to be the year that we never forget, even if we lose our minds."

"At this point last year in 2019, I was excited about 2020 I had big goals and big dreams. And I as I do every year I spend a lot of time preparing myself for the year to come." 

We must do a mindset rest. Whatever you think becomes your reality and so when we think about leadership,  we're producing the thoughts that we have about our teams, about our goals, and our building the ability to accomplish those things. We truly have to change the way we think. 

Mike wants to challenge you to do a reset for 2021. Write some goals and share them with him.  You can send them to him in an email or share them with him on his Facebook or LinkedIn page. What's a new goal you are setting? 

Be fully committed to increasing your capacity to lead at a high level because you can't take others where you're not willing to go yourself.

What you do now to set yourself up for a better year next year is going to determine how your next 10 years ago. Start now don't wait.

This is our second episode in our series with Quint Studer, author of The Busy Leaders Handbook.

In this episode, Mike and Quint discuss Optimizing Employee Performance. Quint says," the number 1 capital we have in a company is human capital. How you make the company hum is really maximizing the human potential of your workforce."

They talk about why culture is so important. High-Performance Consistency is the key to creating the culture you desire. When you have a great culture, the people have the right behavior, even when the bosses aren't around and no one is watching it shows the values have kicked in. 

Quint talks about why investing in training your leaders is so important. You can't have consistency if you don't have training. he quotes his book, Hardwiring Excellence, "You can tell the values of an organization by the amount of money and investment they make in their middle managers." 

People need to know what right looks like, they need to know what best practices look like. Taking the time to demonstrate what right looks like that best practice is really the key to keeping consistency.

Mike and Quint also discuss turnover, reactive leadership, and much more. You don't want to miss this episode.

To learn more about Quint visit Quintstuder.com

 You can get copies of Hardwiring Excellence and The Busy Leaders Handbook here.

In today's episode, Mike teaches on what it means to be a contagious leader.

He gives you tips on how to rid those that follow you of those pre-existing conditions. How to eradicate them and be a contagious leader as it relates to the positive energy, the positive attitude, the positive things that you bring to the team to move your team forward.

Learn what to do when you think your desire and vision is greater than you.  Maybe when you look in the mirror and think to yourself, I'm crazy, I can't do that. I don't have the ability. Until you set the desire, you'll never find the ability.  Every great thing ever accomplished started with a dream. 

When you remove excuses by staying focused on the things that are important, you become contagious to others. When you stay focused, others are drawn to that focus. You become a light for others.

You have to have a vision. As a leader, you are to call people up to the vision. Believe in that vision for yourself. Stay positive, despite the headwinds, stay focused. Be persistent. And never ever give up. 

Don't forget to download our Daily Compass Tool that Mike mentions in the podcast to help you to prioritize and achieve your goals and dreams. 

Visit our website, to learn more on how we can help you to be a Contagious Leader! 

Our Lead Up guest in Episode 210 is Ms. Kerry Wekelo.

Kerry  is the Chief Operating Officer at Actualize Consulting, a financial services firm. Her book and program, Culture Infusion: 9 Principles for Creating and Maintaining a Thriving Organizational Culture and latest book Gratitude Infusion, are the impetus behind Actualize Consulting being named Top Company Culture by Entrepreneur Magazine, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post, and Great Place to Work-Certified.

In her leadership, Kerry blends her experiences as a consultant, executive coach, award-winning author, mindfulness expert, and entrepreneur. Kerry has been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, The New York Times, Thrive Global, SHRM, Inc., and Forbes

In today's podcast, you will learn more about  “Gratitude Infusion” and how you can make this a part of your leadership culture. 

We discuss how you can make gratitude a successful process in the workplace?

Kerry will share a few ways you can use gratitude to build your teams?

Why is gratitude certain to work in uncertain times?

We even discuss the hard topic of if team members don't believe in gratitude or having a really bad day and don't want to participate?

And finally how frequently should you be using gratitude as a tool? As well as many more things about culture and leadership.

Kerry may be reached directly at [email protected]     

 Or learn more about

Actualize Consulting at https://www.actualizeconsulting.com/

Make sure you get a copy of our Daily Compass Tool. We have a special surprise coming soon. 

In this episode Mike talks with Dr Daniel Amen. Dr Amen is a Board Certified Child and Adult psychiatrist, award-winning researcher, and 12 time New York Times bestselling author. They discuss how our brain health impacts our leadership, how bad habits produce mental stress and getting your brain right, and your mind will follow.

Daniel Amen believes that brain health is central to all health and success. When your brain works right, he says, you work right; and when your brain is troubled you are much more likely to have trouble in your life.  His work is dedicated to helping people have better brains and better lives.

Sharecare named him the web’s #1 most influential expert and advocate on mental health and the Washington Post called him the most popular psychiatrist in America.

Dr. Amen is the Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa, Walnut Creek, and Encino, California, Bellevue, Washington, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, and New York, NY.

Amen Clinics has the world’s largest database of functional brain scans relating to behavior, totaling 170,000 SPECT scans on patients from 150 countries.

Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world’s largest brain imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. His research has not only demonstrated high levels of brain damage in players, but also the possibility of significant recovery for many with the principles that underlie his work. 

Together with Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Amen is also one of the chief architects of “The Daniel Plan,” a program to get the world healthy through religious organizations that has been done in thousands of churches, mosques, and synagogues. 

Dr. Amen is the author or co-author of over 80 professional articles, seven book chapters, and over 30 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller The Daniel Plan and the over one million-copy bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, along with Healing ADD, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, The Brain Warrior’s Way, Memory Rescue, and The End of Mental Illness.  In March 2021 Tyndale published Dr Amen’s latest book, Your Brain Is Always Listening.

In 2010, Dr. Amen founded BrainMD, a fast-growing nutraceutical company dedicated to natural ways to support mental health and brain health. 

Dr. Amen is married to Tana, the father of four children and five grandchildren to Elias, Emmy, Liam, Louie, and Haven.  He is an avid table tennis player.

Listen in and learn how brain health can help you lead more effectively. 

Find out more about Dr. Amen at the following links

http://www.brainhealthassessment.com/

http://brainmd.com/

amenclinics.com

https://amzn.to/32vKiUs

We are right in the middle of election time and I am more interested in you winning your own race than the chaotic race outside your control. In this episode, I am sharing 5 Ways you can win the race that matters most...your leadership race.

Start with the person in the mirror, understand what your weaknesses are, understand where those blind spots are, understand that you need people around you.

One of the most disarming things you can do in winning your own race,  and in influencing others so that you can increase your impact is agree with the other person's perspective first. Then work to influence them to your way, to your values, to your direction.

Listen to this episode to find more ways to win in your leadership race.

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