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High Impact Leaders
Episodes
245 episodes
Are You a Good Leader? Answer These 5 Questions
Leadership is not a singular skill. You're not a good leader if you just know how to discipline well, or delegate well, or coach well, or set goals well, you are only a good leader if you can fulfill all of these roles simultaneously. The probl...
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What Really IS Team Building?
The term “team-building” is thrown around quite often describing any type of activity that is likely to build some type of camaraderie or team environment. However, the specific activities and games that make up a good event can be lumped into ...
Generating Secondary Sources of Income
Welp, we're finally here, the last secret to building wealth. Maybe "secret" is the wrong word because, especially in this case, this is a tip that I'm sure you've heard before. It's almost universally known as the biggest factor in building su...
Increasing Your Main Source of Income
Last week, on the first episode of this 3 part series, I went over how to develop the right mindset to start building personal wealth, and the pitfalls such a mindset brings with it. But just a way of thinking isn't enough to make money, it's t...
Improving Your Mindset to Grow Wealth
Get rich schemes are scams. I'm sure this is something we all know and looking at the title of this series may lead you to believe this is just another one, but I will tell you right now listening to this podcast won't make you rich overnight.&...
5 Simple Tips to Being an Amazing Supervisor
Here are a few tips for new supervisors that can help you motivate your team and increase efficiency. This is a continuation of our “soft skills” series. In the first session, we talked about what soft skills are and why they are important in a...
Why Adaptive Communication Is Important in the Workplace
This week, Roma is filling in for Doug to talk about something she and everyone else has experienced in every workplace out there. Miscommunications!Speaking to different people, in different circles, doesn’t seem like a big deal. It’s ...
What is Strategic Thinking?
I remember going on an important job interview decades ago. The person interviewing me asked, “In this company, we like to hire strategic thinkers. How much time per week do you spend on strategic thinking?” I had been on a number of different ...
Experience is (NOT) the Best Teacher
Who said that experience is the best teacher? Well, just about everyone who has ever taken a class on a subject and who later struggled to apply the content. In fact, one of the reasons why we attract so many people to our leadership classes is...
The 5 Steps to Group Problem Solving
Looking for a way to get a group to solve challenging problems without coming to blows? In this session, I’m going to cover a few effective group problem solving techniques. One of the more challenging leadership skills is getting a...
How to Start Holding More Effective Meetings
Want to create more a more effective team meeting for your group? Well first, let’s assess where your team meetings are right now.How would you describe meetings you have attended in the past? Better yet… How would your team describe you...
The 5 Best Tips for Management
This week, we will focus on Management Skills. Managers have a slightly different skill set than leaders. Once the path is already created, the manager makes the movement along that path more efficient and effective. So the leader creates...
How to Keep Your Team Positive in Negative Times
Want a few tips about how to build team spirit when you hear words like “slow down,” recession, and uncertainty? You are not alone.In this episode, we go over several ways to keep heads up when times look low!Show Notes...
The Five C’s of Management
Being a great manager does not mean you are a great leader. There is crossover and making yourself better at either will benefit both, but being able to lead a team and manage an operation is totally different. If you are a manager looking to g...
The Absolute Best Leadership Book (And a Few that Don't Really Hit the Mark)
For the last few weeks, I've been going through my list of the 25 absolute best Business Books of all time. And today, I finish up the list with a few of my favorite marketing books. Then, finally, I give you the best leadership book of all tim...
Best Communication and Sales Books
A couple of weeks ago, I explained how experience is NOT the best teacher. Someone else's experience is really the best teacher. When you can learn form someone else who has already done what you want to do, you shorten your learning curve. You...
The Best Business Mindset Books
A couple of weeks ago, I explained how experience is NOT the best teacher. Someone else's experience is really the best teacher. When you can learn form someone else who has already done what you want to do, you shorten your learning curve. You...
The Best Business Books
In today's digital world with AI at our fingertips and the answer to every question just a Google away, it's easy to feel like there is really no need to read, or attend seminars, or take a class. But the one, major constant that I have seen in...
Bridging The Invisible Communication Gap in the Workplace
Last week, I covered the different generations in the workplace. On that episode, we talked about how the different communication channels that each generation prefers depends a lot on the technology that was trendy during their formative years...
Generations in the Workplace
A client recently asked me to do some research on the differences between the generations in the workplace. Specifically, she wanted to know about the different styles of communication between different ages. I like to think of myself as a comm...
Improve Your Conversation Skills and Become a Better Problem Solver
Business leaders who learn how to improve their conversation skills have a dramatic (no pun intended) advantage in their professional lives. These good conversation skills enable them to communicate their needs more effectively and also brainst...
Improve Listening Skills in the Workplace
On this week's episode I'm going to be talking about listening skills. Now, hold up, I'm sure when you read that the first thing you think is "welp, guess I'm skipping this week's episode, I already have excellent listening skills, I know sever...
Top 5 Ways to Stay Organized as a Leader
Merry Christmas, everyone. Happy Hannukah, and Happy New Year. I hope your new year gets started off with a lot of growth in your business and happiness for you and your team members.In order to help, I wanted to start the new year off w...