Unlabeled Leadership

I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 71, Mohamed Hammoud explains something a teacher told him that profoundly affected his life. He then shares his plans to expand the number of people he leads. Finally, Mohamed advises how we can strengthen our leadership.

00:00 Prologue

What’s your purpose? Mohamed’s purpose is to empower others. It is his passion as well. As an expert in emotional intelligence, Mohamed consults with executives and professionals to coach them, build their culture, strength their leadership, and provide teambuilding for employees. He has terrific insight into diversity and inclusion and leverages his expertise in all he does.

01:20 Part 1: The Fox and Little Prince

In this story, Mohamed talks about something that one of his teachers told him that profoundly affected him. He expands on this concept and connects it with leadership.

06:12 Part 2: Influence, Politics, and Leadership

Mohamed explains what he is doing to expand the number of people he leads. This is in addition to his podcast. The dialogue transitions to discussing what it means to serve others and model leadership behaviors.

13:19 Part 3: Becoming an Active Participant in Your Story

Mohamed advises how we can strengthen our leadership. He also explains the difference between growth and fixed mindsets.

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Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Mohamed’s LinkedIn Profile

Mohamed’s website - Desire2Lead

The UNFLTRD Podcast

Mohamed’s TEDxTraverseCity, Reclaiming My Name

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book, The Little Prince

John Maxwell

Simon Sinek

Roger Kaufman

Podcast episode 023: Simma Lieberman Elevates Culture with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Carol Dweck’s book, Mindset

Gary DePaul’s blog about growth and fixed mindsets

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 70, Amina Alami describes something that teacher said that influenced her. In another story, she then explains how she met the needs of her new class and how doing so increased engagement. Next, Amina advises us about some small changes to help us retain our experiences.

00:00 Prologue

Living in Morocco, Amina enjoys her early retirement from instructing while living an entrepreneur’s life with a real estate business. As a lifelong learner, she completed many online courses and earned certificates for emotional intelligence, creative writing, business and innovation, and design thinking (to name a few). Amina has learned a great deal from her life experiences and shares her wisdom with others.

01:23 Part 1: When Teachers Believe in Prospective Students

In this story, Amina describes how a teacher took an interest in her desire to learn Spanish and shares something meaningful that the teacher said.

07:07 Part 2: Meeting People Where They Are At

Amina describes how she met the needs of her new English as a second language class. In doing so, she raised their engagement and achieved some notable results.

11:54 Part 3: Leaning through Observations

Amina advises us on becoming more active in our engagement and raising our awareness by making some small changes. She also shares a story that putting health in perspective.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Amina’s LinkedIn Profile

American Language Center (ALC)

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 69, Mark Clark talks about his motto. He then shares a story in which, through his chain of command, he is asked to do something unusual. Next, Mark advises us about job searching and using a cover letter.

00:00 Prologue

As Mark might say, "Life is a gift and very short." He is an Ohio-born Indiana native who lives in North Carolina by choice. Mark is a lover of life and is passionate about recruiting and linking people with their purpose. He is a dad, papa, cyclist, and believer with the motto: Assume Positive Intent. When I worked with Mark at Lowe’s, his title was College & Military (Veteran) Recruiting Manager where he also managed the internship program. Currently, he is a Senior Recruitment Consultant at ALG Senior.

01:34 Part 1: Commit to Making Positive Assumptions

The story that Mark shares are about his motto, assume positive intent. In it, he talks about how a PepsiCo CEO talks about the phrase at a conference.

07:48 Part 2: Orders from Above

Mark shares a story in which he was asked to hire a specific intern. From his account, Mark shares some advice.

13:29 Part 3: Communicate How You Lead in a Cover Letter

For those actively job searching, Mark asks us to consider a broader perspective about the recruiting process. He advises us to include cover letters in our applications. If people ask you to review their resume or curriculum vitae, consider Mark's advice.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Mark's LinkedIn Profile

Gary DePaul's website 

Gary's books:

What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives.

In Episode 68, Mirko Maccarrone changes the atmosphere of a meeting and energizes the participants. He then describes how he connected with an executive board to gain their support for his company’s app, StorySign. Finally, Mirko advises us on how we can lead more effectively.

00:00 Prologue

While Mirko is an entrepreneur, marketer, and public speaking coach, he is also a giver. He inspires and empowers people with the aim of elevating human potential. In the episode, you’ll learn about StorySign, a fantastic app that takes words from selected books and turns them into sign language. Mirko worked to launch the app in Australia, and now the app helps thousands of deaf children and their parents around the globe read and sign together. Mirko now is the CEO of The Mastery Hub, the world’s first digital Coachsulting platform.

01:38 Part 1: Pitchday

In this story, Mirko discusses how he transformed the atmosphere of a pitchday meeting. He describes how a simple act changed the energy of those participating.

07:23 Part 2: StorySign

Mirko shares a story about how he connected with a board of executives. Because of his adaptability, he earned support for his company’s app, StorySign.

16:14 Part 3: The Power of Collective Vision

Mirko advises how we can lead more effectively by being inclusive with our teams. Also, he discusses being impact-driven.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Mirko’s LinkedIn Profile and his new endeavor, The Mastery Hub

Deaf Australia

StorySign

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 67, Kim Ruyle explains what a manager said that has affected his perspective. He shares a story about how his department built trust, and Kim advises how we can develop our leadership capabilities.

00:00 Prologue

If he isn’t helping businesses build their leadership pipeline or overhaul their performance-management system, Kim is writing and directing plays over Zoom and soon in person. He is an international consultant, speaker, and learning & development expert with decades of practical and evidence-based experience.

01:12 Part 1: Pay Attention

In this story, Kim relates what a previous manager said to him that has helped him throughout his career.

06:11 Part 2: High Degree of Trust

Kim shares a story about how a new team member demonstrated her leadership and helped change the department’s culture for the better. With some specific acts, Kim explains how they built trust.

16:15 Part 3: Three-Legged Stool

Kim advises us about how we can become more effective at leadership. Kim introduces three specific areas that will help move us in the right direction.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Kim’s LinkedIn Profile, website, YouTube, Twitter

Kim’s book: Lessons from a CEO’s Journal

Sydney Pollack

Learning from Life: Turning Life’s Lessons Into Leadership Experience

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements.

00:00 Theme music: Uplift Corporate Inspire by OlexandrIgnatov

00:55 Calm Corporate Inspiring by LightBeats

05:52 Simple Acoustic Guitar by Remstunes

15:56 Corporate Indie Pop by AirFamily

22:21 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 66, Raul Hernandez Ochoa talks about a direct report who overcame performance challenges. He then explains that people are not the errors that they make. Lastly, Raul advises us to consider adopting his five pillars.

00:00 Prologue

Even entrepreneurs need a strategy, and Raul can help! His mission is to help successful entrepreneurs create certainty in their business with simple proven frameworks. In addition to authoring a book and coaching entrepreneurs, Raul hosts the #dogoodwork podcast.

01:17 Part 1: Untapped Potential

In this story, Raul explains how one of his direct reports overcame performance challenges. He explains that the employee thanked him for a conversation that happened six months before this talk.

05:41 Part 2: People Are Not Errors

Raul describes a situation when a junior-level employee made an error and how Raul handled the situation.

11:30 Part 3: Five Pillars

In Raul’s book, he describes the Heroic Leadership Five Pillars. Raul advises us to use these pillars to help us when leading teams.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Raul’s LinkedIn Profile, website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Raul’s book: Productive Profits

Raul’s podcast: #dogoodwork

Core Operations Worksheet

Thomas Szasz: The Second Sin

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 65, Dave Best responds to three traditional leadership assumptions:

1. Team members are the cause of unproductivity

2. Team members cannot be trusted

3. Team members are less important than revenue, profits, operational expenses, and leaders

00:00 Prologue

Dave Best is not only a senior manager at The Home Depot, he is a drummer, hockey commentator, self-improvement guru, and a family man. He graduated from Penn State University with a BA in Telecommunications. Regardless of the company, Dave innovates and strengthens team relationships. He builds trust wherever he goes.

02:26 Part 1: Teams and Productivity

Whether consciously or unconsciously, some leaders work from the traditional leadership assumption that team members are the cause of unproductivity. When problems occur, they blame the team. Dave talks about what happens when you don’t work from this assumption.

19:59 Part 2: Teams and Trust

Too often, leaders assume that team members cannot be trusted. Trust can mean not able to execute tasks alone or believing that employees will use knowledge about leaders against them. Dave describes what can happen when you work from an assumption of trust.

15:13 Part 3: The Employee Value

In organizations that have frequent workforce reductions, benefit cutbacks, or removal of employee perks, you’ll likely find leaders who act as if team members are less important than revenue, profits, operational expenses, and leaders. Again, Dave discusses what it is like when employees as more important.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Dave’s LinkedIn Profile

Episode 010: Dave Best and Integrity without Reward

Geary Rummler reference can be found in my blog, Looking Under the Hood

Kevin and Jackie Freiberg’s book, Nuts!

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary's books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives.

In Episode 64, Megan Edwards offers us a quotation about helping others. She then describes a personal story about how she found her voice. Finally, Megan advises us by sharing another quotation.

00:00 Prologue

If you need help with brand communications, corporate video scripting, customer research, service launches, and LinkedIn marketing (to name a few), you might contact Megan. As a yogi, mum, workshop facilitator, Megan works with professionals – from Reiki masters to corporate executives – to communicate in ways that customers relate to and become inspired to pursue!

01:19 Part 1: Helping Others

Helping others is a fundamental part of leadership. In this story, Megan shares a quotation that aligns with helping others.

11:02 Part 2: Finding Your Voice

With experience, people can find their voice. Sometimes, though, we need more than experience. Megan shares a personal story about a friend who helped her find her voice.

20:38 Part 3: Baking a Cake

Megan advises us about how we can keep moving forward with our efforts to achieve.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Megan’s LinkedIn Profile, website, Twitter, LinkedIn company page, and Facebook

Tony Robbins, Dave Sanderson, and Dov Baron

Tom Fishburne’s TED, The power of laughing at ourselves at work

Abraham/Esther Hicks (Law of attraction)

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary's books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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10:44 Gentle Technology Presentation by tunestogo

20:20 Highway Roads by _Blacksmith_

23:37 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 63, Jacqueline Way explains what Harry Rosen taught her about working with customers. She then shares a personal story about her father and his influence on her leadership. Jacqueline also advises us about the Return of Investment of happiness.

00:00 Prologue

Jacqueline Way is a true world changer. Her soul purpose is to educate and inspire the hearts and minds of people globally to create a happy, meaningful life. She expresses her purpose through her charitable organization, 365give, which her son inspired. The vision: to change the World with one give, one day at a time. In her TEDx, Jacqueline explains how 365give evolved.

01:15 Part 1: It’s in Our DNA

Jacqueline shares a story about one of the insights learned from Harry Rosen. She describes links a quotation with leadership.

06:49 Part 2: Three-degrees of Separation

In this story, Jacqueline talks about her father and how he modeled leadership and influenced her giving philosophy.

14:02 Part 3: ROI of Happiness

Jacqueline explains the Return on Investment of happiness for organizations. She advises what C-Suite executives should do to promote happiness.

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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Episode links

Jacqueline’s LinkedIn Profile, website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Jacqueline’s TEDx Talk: How to Be Happy Every Day – It Will Change the World

Harry Rosen

James Hunter

Roger Kaufman

Tony Robbins

Research on the Ripple Effects of Kindness

TEDxGullLake: Mirror Neurons: Causing Change within Others

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

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You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements.

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00:57 Inspiration by Dirtyflint

13:44 This Is Ramadan by EightBallAudio

22:22 Happy Children by GreenRocketAudio

00:00 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia

Lead on!

I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 62, Kevin P. Jordan describes two events that had a positive effect on his life. He then explains how an internship helped multiple stakeholders. He ends the episode with some advice about listening and making a small change to generate a cumulative, positive effect.

00:00 Prologue

Kevin is a leadership and career coach who partners with business professionals who are one to two levels below the C-Suite. Kevin provides strategic coaching and consulting to these professionals and their teams. If you are in the San Francisco area, you might meet with Kevin in person. Many clients are international, and Kevin coaches them using Zoom of the phone.

01:33 Part 1: Positivity May be Unclear in the Moment

When life happens, we often are shaken by the experience. However, we may not understand the opportunities that the event offers. In this story, Kevin explains how two events positively affected his life.

09:49 Part 2: A Different Kind of Internship Experience

In this story, Kevin explains how an internship program helped multiple stakeholders.

21:51 Part 3: Becoming More Intentional

Kevin advises us about listening, but he offers some additional advice that is well-worth following!

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How You Can Support the Show

Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

No transcript available (future enhancement)

Episode links

Kevin’s LinkedIn Profile, website, blog, Twitter

Gary DePaul’s website 

Gary’s books:

  What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

  Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership 

Background Music

You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements.

00:00 Theme music: Uplift Corporate Inspire by OlexandrIgnatov

01:14 Gypsy Guitar by simming

09:31 The Jazz by Tonydrumer

21:32 Background Saxophone by _Blacksmith_

26:22 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia

Lead on!