The Remarkable Leadership Podcast

Disruption, do you need it in your business? According to Charlene Li, what you do need is to acknowledge your customers are changing and you need to be thinking about your future. Charlene is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail as well as co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Groundswell. She sits down with Kevin to talk about real disruption. It’s not about “blowing things up”, but about creating a real change. You need a passion to serve your future customer. And it’s not easy, in fact, the “process” can be incredibly difficult. It’s important to remember the “why” and move people to act and see themselves as leaders. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail by Charlene Li The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg Leading Through Disruption with Tony Hunter. Creating Radical Outcomes with Juliana Stancampiano. A Future Lens on Leadership with Bob Johansen. Learning Leadership with Jim Kouzes. Learn more about Charlene Li. Sign up for our free video training series, 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership. Get your free copy of my inspiring e-book, 101 Ways to Unleash Your Potential.  

We'll explore what is called the Galatea Effect, why it is so powerful, and how it can help us all improve.

Several years ago, I went through a phase of using fountain pens. So when one of our viewers challenged me to find leadership lessons from a fountain pen, I was more than happy to oblige. In this episode, I have five valuable leadership lessons from this every day object. From This Episode: Learn more and sign up for our weekly e-newsletter, Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential, here.

Leaders are always transmitting signals, whether they are intentional or not. Teams take cues from their leaders to create a culture and your culture can give you a competitive advantage. Jeff Grimshaw works to align people with their strategy and is the co-author of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. With over 20 years of research, Jeff and his colleagues found leaders create a culture through their words and actions (their signals) on Five Frequencies. Jeff discusses these frequencies and gives examples to turn the culture you have into the culture you need. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage by Jeff Grimshaw Scaling Leadership: Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most by Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams Scaling Leadership with Robert J. Anderson. Creating Culture – Lessons from Chick-fil-a with Steve Robinson. Creating a Culture of Hospitality with Cameron Mitchell. The Power of Corporate Culture with Chris Dyer. Culture and Values with Joe Tye. Learn more about Five Frequencies. Sign up for our free video training series, 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership. Get your free copy of my inspiring e-book, 101 Ways to Unleash Your Potential.

Are you a leader who gets frustrated when people don't reach their performance goals? Do you wish people would "just do their jobs?" Do you have that "one person" that you wish would just "get it?" Come join me for this episode and you might get an idea that will change your results and the results of your team forever. You can also sign up for my free upcoming webinar on The Power of Expectations: https://KevinEikenberry.com/expectations

This week, I am continuing to answer the challenges that our viewers have given me – asking me to derive leadership lessons from everyday, random objects. And today is especially appropriate given that it’s almost the end of summer: Check out this episode for four ways that we can connect a swimming pool and leaders!

In this world of constant change, leaders are challenged with uncertainty. Brad Deutser recognized the struggle of leading through ambiguity and founded Deutser, a consulting firm that helps organizations and their leaders achieve clarity, and the Deutser Clarity Institute, a think tank, idea accelerator, and learning lab. Brad is also the author of Leading Clarity: The Breakthrough Strategy to Unleash People, Profit and Performance. Brad joins Kevin to discuss expectations, for both leaders and their people. When leaders have clarity and can share, they are able to provide a space for their employees to achieve great results. However, Brad cautions us to look for masqueraders of clarity. We believe things, like policies, help make things clear and really leave gaps in expectations. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Leading Clarity: The Breakthrough Strategy to Unleash People, Profit and Performance by Brad Deutser Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein Walk The Talk…And Get The Results You Want by Eric Harvey and Al Lucia Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss They Call Me Coach by John Wooden A Future Lens on Leadership with Bob Johansen. Lead Like Caesar with Phillip Barlag. Learn more about Deutser. The Deutser Clarity Institute. Connect with Brad on his website or Twitter. Sign up for our free video training series, 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership. Get your free copy of my inspiring e-book, 101 Ways to Unleash Your Potential.  

As many of us are either wrapping up our summers or have already wrapped it, I thought it would be fun to share a few leadership lessons that I learned from my summer vacation. Additional Resources: If you'd like to receive my daily email and be a part of a fun and interesting community, sign up at https://kevineikenberry.com/daily.

Not only is it a messy world, but we also have blind spots to some of the chaos surrounding us. So how do we move past the mess to success? Scott Jeffrey Miller joins Kevin to discuss vulnerability, self-awareness, and feedback. Scott has spent 23 years with FranklinCovey and serves as the executive vice president of thought leadership. In addition, he is the author of Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges To Become The Leader You Would Follow. The book is divided into challenges that leaders can apply to change the way they lead and produce greater results. The big takeaway is Scott believes that vulnerability is a new leadership competency. Leaders don’t need to have all the answers, however, they do need to know when to be confident, like in times of change or crisis. Additional Leadership Resources Book Recommendations: Management Mess to Leadership Success by Scott Jeffrey Miller How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman Leading in a Changing World with Dr. Jeffrey Hull. The Leader Habit with Martin Lanik. Learn more about Management Mess. FranklinCovey. Connect with Scott on LinkedIn or Twitter. Sign up for our free video training series, 13 Days to Remarkable Leadership. Get your free copy of my inspiring e-book, 101 Ways to Unleash Your Potential.  

Your answer to this question is critical to your success as a leader. Join me and I will explain why.  Sign up for my upcoming webinar titled The Power of Expectations.