How would you like to become a Superboss? 

 

Say it’s time to expand and grow your team. When you bring someone under your wing, it is important that they share your company’s values. What about what you are bringing to the table? How do you handle training and bringing up this new hire? Do you think you’re a good boss? 

 

Having dynamic and empowering leadership is essential to building innovation into your company’s DNA. Our guest this week is Sydney Finkelstein, a Professor at Dartmouth College, Executive Coach, and Author. His latest book Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, is all about strategic ways to grow your business by hiring smart and leading them well. Sydney knows that leadership development is an essential function of innovation. Sometimes, those strategies feel a little counter-intuitive. Learn from the best today about how to become a Superboss and revolutionize your work flow! 

 

Much more to learn in this episode: 

• Why do people want to work for Superbosses?
• Leadership development can mean problems for retaining employees. Find out why that is a good thing? 
• Scaling the Superboss mentality throughout your whole corporation. 
• Digital learning experiences are the future of leadership. 
• Dealing with disengagement using your Superboss superpowers. 
• See who Sydney’s favorite Superboss is. 
• Sometimes, Superbosses act counter-intuitively. 
• Sydney’s biggest takeaway for aspiring leaders. 

 

Resources

Don’t forget to grab your copy of Superbosses! http://www.superbosses.com/

Twitter: @sydfinkelstein 

Check him out on LinkedIn and Facebook

 

Are you feeling stuck in your Marketing or distant from your customer? Do you Are you frozen in place, trying to decide how best to reach your audience? It’s no small feat to bring a product or service to a customer these days. Gone are the times where you are able to simply “sell” a customer. Today, my guest, Bruce Turkel, is going to teach you his tools to meet your audience with some savvy strategy of your own.

Beatrice Chestnut is a student of the Enneagram System. it’s the typology of 9 different personality and leadership types that are associated with that personality type. It’s an ancient and time-tested system and it allows for more discussion about growth. The more aware you are of the impact you have on others, the more skillfully you can navigate interpersonal relationships. This is critical in business because it allows you to put your team together and improve performance.

Our world is saturated with information and communication. With all that noise and chatter, it can be tempting to try to tune some of it out, rather than leaning in a listening. However, failing to listen to the market can mean failure for a business. To sustain a competitive edge, you have to, in a sense, keep an ear to the ground. How can we learn to listen well? Mark Goulston, this week’s guest, is somewhat of an expert. 

After beginning his career as a Psychiatrist and Suicide Prevention counselor, Mark shifted into business consulting. It was there that he found the key to landing any sale, booking any client, and serving the community well was a robust set of listening tools. So many of us hear, but never listen to understand. Mark calls us to change our habits, turn on our listening ears, and develop the empathy and compassion that a competitive business needs to have in our chatty world. 

Show Highlights:

• Learning to listen from his work in Psychiatry and Suicide Prevention.
• Getting curious about what people say. 
• Your 4 key things to notice in any conversation.  
• Learn the 4 Components of “Gotta Have It!” 
• A closer look at why we don’t listen. 
• Mark’s “Better Listening” takeaway. Be present! 
• Free Gifts for you, including the 7 Keys to Insanely Great User Experience

 

Make sure to grab your copy Mark’s books. 

Just Listen

Talking to Crazy 

 

 

In the cutting-edge world we live and work in, your business is going to have to adapt to survive. Where does that adaptability come from? Your Leadership. Agile leadership is necessary to help an organization stay relevant. That takes a certain amount of creativity and personal development. Why bother? This week’s guest, Bob Anderson, has the answer.

There’s no doubt we are living in a hi-tech world. If you aren’t constantly looking to upgrade how you integrate technology into your business, you are not seeking to innovate. Technology is here to stay, but in some cases, the advantages of high-tech innovations have led to a loss of that invaluable human touch. Think about it this way: hi-tech innovations have increased, while high-touch interactions with real people are becoming increasingly rare.

It takes more than a great product and a sleek business model to find success. More than anything, it takes the dedication and commitment of a great team of thoughtful leaders. We’ve talked before on the show about mindful thoughtfulness, and how it is important as business leaders to operate from that thoughtful mindset. However, it is time we put the focus on business relationships, and how to mindfully develop ourselves and our teams to really give ourselves an edge.

You know that a successful business is focused on building innovation into its DNA. The shift these days is that every member of a team is acting an entrepreneur. It all sounds excellent on paper, but how can we make that happen? What needs to change in order to add value to the market, change the DNA of the company, and build your influence in your community? It turns out, it’s all about your attitude.

Growing your business is hard work. Sometimes, there are external forces beyond your control that seem to say “this is the end.” Today, I am excited to share with you the story of Matt Morris, an entrepreneur who has found success…but wasn’t always successful! Matt will show you how to shift your focus away from those challenges you can’t control and onto the things we can control.

High performing teams are essential for your company to be competitive and innovative. But does your team look like its on life support? What could be going on? This week’s guest is Jenny Evans, CEO of Powerhouse Performance, and she is obsessed with human performance.