The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Innovation. Is it creativity? Is it disruption? Is it personal or organizational? It can be all of that and more. Josh Linkner joins Kevin to discuss innovation and a growth mindset. Josh is the author of Big Little Breakthroughs: How small, everyday innovations drive oversized results. and shares that research shows our brain is not fixed. We can develop our innovative skills. Innovation doesn’t have to be big or brand new. We can cultivate small ideas, which are less risky and more accessible. We can also innovate around the outcomes we are already doing. Small adjustments can make a big difference. In this episode, Josh shares: The difference between offensive and defensive innovation. The 70/30 rule. How our environment plays a role in innovation. This episode is brought to you by… Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential, Kevin’s free weekly e-newsletter. It’s full of articles and resources to help you become a more confident and successful leader. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results by Josh Linkner Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking by Jon Acuff Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant Connect with Josh Linkner: Website | Book Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: Innovation is Everybody’s Business with Tamara Ghandour. The Innovation Delusion with Lee Vinsel and Andy Russell. Making Creativity an Everyday Habit with Scott Anthony. Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. Apple Podcasts Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we’d be thrilled if you’d let others know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Here’s a quick guide for posting a review. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

Accountability is one of those words that everyone has thoughts and feelings about. I’ve been known to call it the longest 4 letter word in the dictionary. And when I am asked to define or describe it in my workshops and coaching sessions, I can do so with one word. Find out my simple definition of accountability (as well as how to be more accountable) in this episode. From This Episode: Learn more about our Master Class, Creating a Culture of Accountability, here.

There is no overnight success. However, there is hustle. DC Glenn is a platinum-selling rapper, actor, voice-over professional and featured in Geico’s “SCOOP THERE IT IS” commercial. DC shares with Kevin that his path to stardom was rather bumpy. He worked hard to get a label and signed a terrible contract. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he studied the law and waited for his day in court. This continuous learning attitude and preparedness for new ventures gave him the chance to not only star in the #1 commercial but provide input to the content. Sprinkles, anyone? He encourages us to step out of our comfort zone and be OK with things that don’t work out. Failures can lead to good things if we look for the opportunity. In this episode, DC talks about: Learning how to learn. Value of preparation. This episode is brought to you by… Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential, Kevin’s free weekly e-newsletter. It’s full of articles and resources to help you become a more confident and successful leader. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber Connect with DC Glenn: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest Related Podcast Episodes: Networking for People Who Hate Networking with Devora Zack. Get a Vision and Live It with Larry Olsen. Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. Apple Podcasts Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we’d be thrilled if you’d let others know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Here’s a quick guide for posting a review. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

What is the ROI of leadership development in your organization? Organizations invest a good deal of both time and money in training, yet we find the return dismally low. If this is the case, should we bother with development activities? Jennifer Mackin is the author of Leaders Deserve Better: A Leadership Development Revolution and a leader of two consulting firms. Jennifer shares with Kevin that the principles of leadership hold, and we don’t have a problem with the content. However, we do need to change how we leverage the new learning and create a culture where folks can put their new learning into play. In addition, we need to have a people plan to connect with our strategic plan and continue the learning beyond an event. In this episode, Jennifer shares: Thoughts on the leadership development problem. The 4 drivers of leadership development success. Thoughts on the use of an external coach. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Leaders Deserve Better: A Leadership Development Revolution by Jennifer Mackin Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Connect with Jennifer Mackin: Jennifer Mackin’s Website | Oliver Group | Leadership Pipeline Institute Related Podcast Episodes: Learning Leadership with Jim Kouzes. Leadership From the Inside Out with Kevin Cashman. Cracking the Leadership Code with Alain Hunkins. Helping Leaders Change the World For the Better with Bill Novelli. Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. Apple Podcasts Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Leave a Review If you liked this conversation, we’d be thrilled if you’d let others know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Here’s a quick guide for posting a review. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

One of my mentors has said repeatedly to me: Little hinges swing big doors. Stated a little differently, he was telling me that little things matter in big ways. Another common phrase that I’ve heard multiple times is: Don’t sweat the small stuff. I understand the sentiment, and there are some little things we don’t need to sweat, but I really love this idea from Bruce Barton: “Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things . . . I am tempted to think . . . there are no little things.” In this episode, I’ll unpack this paradox and say a little more about the idea between little hinges and big doors. From This Episode: Sign up to receive our email update with links to each week’s new Remarkable TV episode here.

We recognize that growth requires moving away from the status quo. Yet, how do you know what to change? Melanie Parish suggests it’s OK to experiment and collect data to decide what to do next. Melanie is the author of The Experimental Leader: Be a New Kind of Boss to Cultivate an Organization of Innovators. She joins Kevin to discuss this mindset shift to be experimental in problem-solving. When we can test assumptions and analyze the results, we can decide how to handle challenges and opportunities within our organizations and teams. We should expect failures; it is the small failures that provide good data. The big failures may be a result of doing too much, too soon. In this episode, Melanie discusses: A scientist’s approach to leadership. Best practices and experimentation. Failure and experimentation. This episode is brought to you by… 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership, a free leadership video series based on Kevin’s book, Remarkable Leadership. Additional Leadership Resources Connect with Melanie Parish: Website | Book Website Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. Apple Podcast Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

Fake it until you make it. This may work to help you overcome some insecurities, public speaking, for example. However, if you fake it too long, whether this is your experience, next quarter’s numbers, etc., the truth will come out. Sabrina Horn tells Kevin that integrity is not optional. She is the author of Make it, Don’t Fake it – Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success. She acknowledges it can be lonely at the top and even if you are making all the decisions, you don’t have to know it all. When you can admit what you don’t know or that you made a mistake, you level the playing field for your team and build a culture of trust and growth. In this episode, Sabrina discusses: The good and bad of faking it. Leadership authenticity. Leadership loneliness. Leadership self-care. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Make It, Don’t Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success by Sabrina Horn Let’s Fly by Giles Fraser Connect with Sabrina Horn: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram Related Podcast Episodes: Leadership Resilience with Ama Marston. Intentional Integrity with Rob Chesnut. Love Your Imposter with Rita Clifton. Trusting Yourself with Melody Wilding. Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

When I think of the word tradition, I instantly think of the song “Tradition” in one of my favorite plays The Fiddler on the Roof. And while when we talk about traditions, we are often talking about them in the context of holidays or celebrations and the things we do to commemorate them, in the context of this video, I’m talking specifically about traditions at work. As many of us transition back to the workplace or adjust to a hybrid scenario or are looking at a completely unknown future, re-evaluating your traditions is a really useful exercise. In this episode, I’ll provide some questions to ask and some ideas to consider to help ensure that the traditions you are either returning to or are continuing to observe are useful and actually feed you. From This Episode: Learn more about and sign up for Remote Work Resources & Updates here.

Change. I’m sure you have heard that the world is changing faster today. Henry De Sio would tell you it’s not just fast; it’s explosive. Everyone is in the change game. Henry is a former deputy assistant to President Obama and is the author of The Playmaker Changebook: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change. Henry and Kevin discuss the new game. Teams are no longer operating in silos with one leader. Today, there are different teams and different leaders based on the situation. You collect your talent around challenges and opportunities. Everyone can step into their bigness. Further, there is a premium on empathy and bringing together people to drive success. This episode is brought to you by… From Manager to Remarkable Leader, Kevin’s Flagship workshop based on his proven leadership model.   Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Changemaker Playbook: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change by Henry De Sio, Jr. Campaign Inc.: How Leadership and Organization Propelled Barack Obama to the White House by Henry De Sio, Jr. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki Connect with Henry De Sio, Jr.: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter Related Podcast Episodes: The Mindsets and Habitsets of Leadership with Darrin Gray. Understanding Power with Deborah Gruenfeld. Eat, Sleep, Work, Repeat with Bruce Daisley. What it Takes to Be in Awe with John O’Leary. Follow the Podcast Don’t miss an episode! Follow this podcast through the options below. iTunes Stitcher TuneIn Soundcloud RSS Or your favorite podcast app. Join Our Facebook Group Join our Facebook community to network with like-minded leaders, ask us questions, suggest guests and more. We welcome your wealth of experience and hope you will join us in sharing it with others on their leadership journey. You can join the group here: facebook.com/groups/RemarkableLeadershipPodcast/

Awhile back, I wrote a post on LinkedIn and had a blinding flash of the obvious. I asked a question at the end of the post and the post got more engagement and comments than ever before. I went back to see how often I ended with a question. And as I suspected, it wasn’t very often! This was a major lesson for me and I’m talking about it in the podcast episode because I think it’s an important lessons for all leaders as well. From This Episode: Learn more about the art of asking from this video. If you’re on Linked In and are interested in subscribing to my exclusive LI newsletter, Remarkable Results, you can do so and learn more here.