The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Pivot may have been the 2020 word of the year. For Jordan Babineaux, though, it is about changing directions and looking for new opportunities. Jordan is a former NFL player turned sports broadcaster, entrepreneur, and author of Pivot to Win. He discusses choices and the simple concept of just asking for what we want. Although you may not get what you asked for, you get the opportunity to grow and go through adversity with confidence. He also draws parallels between the teams we lead and professional football teams. Leaders need to be specific in their communication and set clear expectations. In this episode, Jordan talks to Kevin about: Fixed vs. growth mindset. Cultivating persistence. Coaching lessons from coaches. 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: Pivot to Win by Jordan Babineaux Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck Connect with Jordan Babineaux: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Related Podcast Episodes: What Makes Teams Great with Sam Walker. Nine Mistakes People Make with Skip Prichard. Leading on the Football Field and in Your Field with Michael Lombardi. 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/

Wellbeing. It’s important for you personally, and with only 20% of the workforce engaged, it is important for your team. Jim Harter is Ph.D. is Chief Scientist for Gallup’s workplace management and wellbeing practices. He is also the co-author, with Jim Clifton, of Wellbeing at Work: How to Build Resilient and Thriving Teams. He joins Kevin to discuss the 5 essential elements of wellbeing (career, social, financial, physical, and community). Trust may start at the top but happens at the local level. As a leader, you have the most influence on your team. You can have conversations about work/life integration and help improve overall wellbeing, leading to successful teams. In this episode, Jim shares: The 5 elements of wellbeing and importance for leaders. Risks to wellbeing. 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 Book Recommendations: Wellbeing at Work by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Connect with Jim Harter: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook Related Podcast Episodes: The Art of Community with Charles Vogl. Finding and Leading the Talent You Need with Micah Rowland. Becoming the Leader Your Team is Waiting For with Jonathan Raymond. 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/

Since the world changed last spring, there’s been a lot of talk about the “new normal”. And while I understand why we are phrasing it this way, in the video below, I’m giving us a new way to look at our “normal”. Tweet it out: ‘Normal’ is always changing. Make your next normal that serves you and your goals. @KevinEikenberry From This Episode: Check out “Creating the New Normal” video here. Subscribe to our Remote Work Newsletter here.

Trust is a relationship, and we know how to do relationships. So, why does earning and keeping trust seem like a mystery? Sandra Sucher is a trust researcher and professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. She is also the co-author, with Shalene Gupta, of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build it, Lose it and Regain it. Sandra and Kevin discuss how organizations can build trust and the role of leadership. Their research shows trust can be measured and there are concrete actions any company can take to ensure it gains the trust of its employees, leading to greater trust with customers. Sandra also shares the worst trust killer is layoffs and leaders must find a way to manage workplace change. In this episode, Sandra discusses: Trust build from the inside out. The 4 elements of trust. Trust recovery. 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: Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It by Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta Connect with Sandra Sucher: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter Related Podcast Episodes: The Laws of Trust with Joel Peterson. 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/

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/