The Lead Up Podcast

The Lead Up Podcast

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The Lead Up Podcast episodes

  • Episode 180 Power Principled Leadership in the Midst of Chaos

    Affirmation #6 - Fear

    I feel fear and do it anyway, and I take as many people with me to the top as possible.

    “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

    There is a story in my book Power Principles about the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz? You remember him, right?

     He went on a very long journey to find courage. He felt certain the Wizard of Oz would be able to dispense it as a doctor does a prescription and that his fear would suddenly dissipate.

    Much to his disappointment, the Wizard was not able to accommodate.

    And yet, the Cowardly Lion did find courage – not in a gift from the Wizard but from deep within himself. How did he find it? It surfaced when he found a cause greater than his fear – saving his dear friend Dorothy. The cause – the love for his friend – trumped the fear.

    Look I am not always courageous, I have been a coward many times in my life that I am not proud to admit. But I have stepped up demonstrated courage many times as well.

    When I am pushed against the wall, I remember a lesson from my favorite leadership book…

    Joshua 1:9 "...Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

    We all have God in us…I am not a religious person, and I am not pushing my beliefs on to you, but we are all created by the same Grand Overall Designer in my opinion or else we this thing floating around would affect us differently.

    One last piece of advice.

    One is too small a number to achieve significance…don’t lead alone, don’t be alone…lead others up with you.

    Affirmation #6 in the Power Principles is this” I feel fear and do it anyway, and I take as many people with me to the top as possible.”

    Grab a PDF version of this book right now, you can go to www.mikeharbour.net and go to my store or go to amazon and look for the title to order a paper back version.

    15 min
  • Episode 176 Invisible but Invaluable
    DO you know the percentage of your team that are invisible?
     
    Over 70% of the workforce feels unappreciated today?
     
    Do you know who you are at risk of losing and how you might keep them?
     
    The percentage of your team considering leaving should scare you into acting as a leader.
    17 min
  • Episode 174 Leading Wire to Wire

    Have you ever had things going your way as the leader and then feel like you are losing the momentum?

    Are you a leader who has risen to the top rung and then fell? 
     
    How can you surge to the lead and then keep it? 
     
    Learn this and many more ideas on this episode Leading Wire to Wire
    22 min
  • Episode 173 3 Things to Knock Out of Your Leadership

    Why do some leaders excel and others seem to stay stuck?

     
    Learn 3 subtle things keeping leaders stuck.
     
    Because of this...one dies before one actually dies.
     
    He said this is latin for "the mess we are in." 
     
    Be a self-coach not a self-critic
     
    If you aren't careful success breeds this and then failure sets in
    21 min
  • Episode 172 5 Reasons Your Team is Disengaged

    Is your team fully engaged?

     
    Do you know what the cost is for disengagement on your team? 
     
    Less than 30% of the US Workforce is fully engaged.
     
    Can you create the right environment for fully engaged team members?
     
    All this and more in this episode. 
     
    Get our white paper on building high-performance teams
    21 min
  • Episode 171 4 Ways to JUMP Start Your Team
    Team work makes the dream work, but the leader is responsible for making the team work.
     
    Do you know how to create a completion culture inside your tema versus a competing culture?
     
    Teach them to see each other's equal value on this team 
     
    You've got to spend time with your team to recognize and learn to observe and see where their strengths are and put them in a position that they can most help the rest of the team.
    16 min

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Great leaders know the way, show the way and go the way. The best leaders step up to lead, they don't wait on others, they never stop working to make themselves better. They understand that everything…