This episode is a semester reflection from your's truly. Dan and Travis share lessons learned from a semester of distance learning as well as their personal chart toppers for books, movies, and tv shows in 2020. Enjoy!

Today’s guest is proud Oklahoman and all around good dude, Cody Jefferson! Cody helps successful entrepreneurs and professionals like you reclaim their power and redefine success. He is a father, husband, son, and a successful and sought after coach, consultant, and communicator.

You can check out Cody and more Embrace the Lion goodness in the following places:

https://www.embracethelion.org/

https://www.instagram.com/cody_jefferson/ (@cody_jefferson)

Discussion:

What is something you spend a lot of time doing? What does this say about you?

If someone were to hangout with you 24/7 for a week, what would they say you value?

In what way did Cody challenge the way you think about something?

Today’s guests are Chuck and Ashley Eilliot! Chuck and Ashley are relationship specialists who help people build thriving personal and professional relationships. Together, they are certified in eight different Pscyho-educational programs aimed toward building relational success. Chuck is also a Pastor and Ashley a Professor, overseeing the Psychology and Addictions Counseling Program at her university.

They love to speak about the topic of relationships, grief, love, and doing hard things! And we loved getting to hear them speak about all that and more so let’s get to the interview!

Check out their amazing work and connect with them:

https://www.elliottlifecoaching.com/

IG: @chuckandashleycoaching

Travis and Dan were invited to attend the 2020 Ramsey Influencer Event November 11-13, in Franklin, Tennessee. In this episode they talk about the event and share embarrassing stories...mainly about Dan. Ok, only about Dan.

Thank you to the Ramsey Team and Amy Severson for their kindness and hospitality. Check out all of their amazing content over on their site - https://www.entreleadership.com/

Check out more info and leadership resources on our website - http://www.matterleadership.com

Follow us on Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/matterleadership

Breezy Bochenek was diagnosed with cancer during elementary school and made the difficult choice to have her leg amputated. Since then she has completed multiple triathlons, done amazing work with the Challenge Athletes Foundation, given keynote speeches, starred in commercials, sung on stage with famous musicians...the list goes on.

She was also one of Dan's Leadership students and is among the most inspirational people Dan and Travis know!

Editor's note: This episode was recorded a few week's before this upload. Sorry for the delay!

Jessica Skupien is a leadership coach, strategy consultant, and Enneagram teacher/aficionado. She primarily works with highly ambitious and motivated leaders who have realized their old playbooks and habituated ways of being are no longer working for them. Originally from Boston and a recent transplant from the San Francisco Bay Area, Jessica now lives in Houston with her husband and 3 year old son. One of her favorite things is helping others become the best and most empowered versions of themselves.

Leadership Lessons:

Consider why it is important to build trust as a leader and then identify one thing you can do to increase trust within your own spheres of leadership influence.

Now, go and do that and reflect on the impact of doing so.

Jonnique Bell is currently an Assistant Unit Director at UCSF in the birth center unit. She has been a registered nurse for 13 years and is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and worked in this capacity as the first black lactation consultant at UCSF. She most recently helped her hospital to obtain “baby-friendly” status - an apparent big deal in the hospital birth center worldShe supported UCSF’s application process by working with other nurses in this transition, while conducting audits and education for providers. Jonnique is an incredibly impressive leader, paving the way for other people to follow in her impressive footsteps.

Leadership Lessons:

Jonnique talks about the importance of balance in her life. What is an area in your life where you should be focusing on balance more?

How can you create better boundaries between your work and personal life?

Ruthie Kim is the founder of Because Justice Matters, a nonprofit working with women and girls in the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Ruthie is passionate about women, justice, urban communities, and how they all intersect. Raised in English, Ruthie has spent the past 10 years fighting for justice and developing leaders in the Bay Area.

Find out more info about BJM here - https://www.becausejusticematters.org/

Leadership Lessons:

Who are some of the people near you can impact?

Find out someone's story. Who is someone you can come alongside and listen to?

Bill Casher is the Director of Laboratory Operations at Gilead Sciences where he oversees a team of 40 staff that maintain analytical instrumentation in labs that are working to discover, develop and deliver innovative therapeutics for people with life-threatening diseases. Bill is a California Bay Area native, born in San Francisco, CA and raised in a suburb just south of there. After finishing High School, he attended UC Santa Cruz where he studied Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and was an active member of the African American & Filipino Student community groups. He and his wife, Jessica, have three kids spanning elementary through high school and love the Bay Area for its diversity of culture. Bill is passionate about people, justice, continuous growth and being the change that he desires in the world.

Leadership Lesson:

- Bill talked a lot of balance (even if he didn't use the word itself frequently). In what way can you add more balance to your life?

- How are you regularly pursuing and incorporating diverse perspectives in to your leadership roles? What perspective(s) should you seek out more?

- In terms of leadership, what is one take away that you have from what Bill discussed?

Yo! The world of distance learning can be intimidating, but Travis and Dan want to make it a beat easier. We have big plans for season 2. Enjoy our kickoff episode!