Leadership Voyage

Discover how pay transparency can increase employee motivation and performance. Learn about the impact of revealing salary information on workers' productivity. Find out how conversations about pay can lead to discussions around fair compensation and performance improvement.

Text Jason @ Leadership VoyageMichael Watkins came on the show to talk about a variety of topics related to transitioning into a new role. You can find Michael at:www.genesisadvisers.com (Website)https://news.genesisadvisers.com/ (News Page)https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldwatkins/ (LinkedIn)==========The Importance of Transitions we go through so many of themthey're times when there's a lot at stakeoftentimes there's an overlay of multiple transitions at onceClean Break During Transitiontwo roles in parallel is too toughthe point of transitioning at all is to move to the new roleusually the difficulties are the result of poor planningwrap thing up in your old job quicklyPromotionsdelegation looks different after a promotionyou're now communicating from a distanceyou might be leading former peersOnboarding at a New Companyusually this is a lateral moveculture and politics are usually the reason for failure here, not competenceSTARS FrameworkStartup, Turnaround, Accelerated growth, Realignment, Sustained successunderstanding which context is importantCulturelayers of values, behaviors, and languagereal values don't necessarily match what's written on the walls   Learninggain actionable insight asap in your new rolehave a living learning agendaidentify sources of actionable insightbe systematic in asking questionsactive listening is a critical skill==========Michael Watkins has spent the past two decades working with leaders, both corporate and public, as they transition to new roles, negotiate the future of their organizations, and craft their legacy as leaders. A recognized expert in his field, he ranked among Thinkers50’s top fifty management influencers globally in 2019. He is the best-selling author of The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, the globally acknowledged handbook for leadership and career transitions, which recently earned the accolade of Amazon’s Top 100 Leadership Books. He is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at the IMD Business School in Switzerland and previously served on the faculty at INSEAD and Harvard University, where he earned his PhD in Decision Sciences.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership VoyageBrian Slade is a Combat Rescue Helicopter Evaluator Pilot in the United States Air Force with 25 years of military service. He is also a real estate professional and recently minted author. His debut book "Cleared Hot" is a compelling, non-fiction account of what it takes to face your fears and overcome potential PTSD. When it comes to war and life, there are a lot of things that can happen. And while you can't always control what happens to you, you can control how you react to it. With wit and humor, he recounts his experiences in the military and how he overcame the challenges he faced both during and after his service. His story is inspirational and educational, and it's sure to help anyone dealing with PTSD or any other kind of trauma. "Cleared Hot" is available as a book and audiobook. https://www.linkedin.com/in/clearedhot/https://www.instagram.com/brian.slade_/For the Trauma to Triumph program, email brian@clearedhot.info==========In this episode, we talk about:LearningYou have to look for it, pay attention to itStop and analyze what happenedStuff doesn't happen TO you, it happens FOR youIt's like building a muscleObstacles are cleverly disguised opportunitiesCompartmentalizationA certain level is necessary so we don't derail our livesBut we have to go back to deal with those compartmentalized things in a healthy wayChair FlyingIt's a combination of meditation + visualization + role-playing to prepareThe added benefit is stress inoculationPerspectiveGunfights & mountainsGunfights are finite, while the beauty of the mountains is infiniteIt's important to keep the gunfights in perspective==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Managers have a major impact on mental health, even more than therapists or doctors. Tips for managers include managing themselves, recognizing their impact, giving people a reason to care, connecting team members, providing challenge, and giving people choice. The podcast discusses the importance of supportive leadership in promoting employee well-being and creating a positive workplace culture.

Text Jason @ Leadership Voyage"The Emotional Crumbling of Leaders" by Dan Pontefract was a Forbes story last week that's worth discussing.Gallup, Asana, and Deloitte have studies showing the difficulties senior leaders are facing while supporting employees and their own health69% are thinking of quitting because of their well-being70% believe burnout affects their decision-makingBetween 2020-2022 the number of employees that believe their employer cared about their wellness was cut in halfIn addition to surveys and studies, there are three poignant anecdotes in the article==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership VoyageTricia Broderick, co-author of Lead without Blame, is a leadership and organizational advisor. With over twenty-five years of experience, her transformational leadership ignites the growth of leaders and resilient high-performing teams to deliver quality outcomes. Tricia boldly role models putting people first.  Her aim is to create inclusive connections and collaborations that challenge and support people in an authentic, vulnerable, and engaging way. She is a highly-rated trainer, coach, facilitator, and motivational keynote speaker.  In 2020, she founded Ignite Insight + Innovation.When not traveling to experience the world, Tricia lives in Denver with her family.==========In this episode, we talk about:Groups v. TeamsGroups and teams are differentGroups are cooperative, willing to work together, and reactively supportiveTeams are collaborative, feel a sense of shared ownership, and are proactively supportiveGroups are good for task-based workTeams are better when we need to discover value amidst complexityMost organizations are structured for group-based workLeaders Shouldn’t Have All The AnswersYou’re promoted for your last job’s skillsYou can’t scale yourselfLeaders can be the bottleneck to high performanceOrganizations likely look at the leader as the expertEfficiency v. EffectivenessEfficiency is doing something fast, but what if it’s fast and wrong?Effectiveness is doing something wellCollaboration is not efficientYou have to take the time for the team, take time for learningResilient Learning TeamsPeople don’t come to work trying to blameBut there’s blame all over in organizationsThe momentum in organizations looks for a false sense of controlPut effort into what you can learn rather than what you falsely believe you can avoidThere’s no checklist to create that safe environment, but to promote learning focus on essential motivators and resilience factors==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership VoyagePeter Hayashida is a nonprofit consultant and coach based in Honolulu. He most recently served for more than 12 years as president of the UC Riverside Foundation and vice chancellor for advancement at the University of California, Riverside. He oversaw development, alumni engagement, university communications, and advancement services and led planning, execution, and completion of UCR’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign. The effort surpassed its $300 million goal, doubled annual production of private support, and tripled the endowment.Peter previously worked for more than 19 years at UCLA, mainly in advancement leadership. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies from UCLA and an M.B.A. from California State University, Northridge.Peter served on the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Board of Trustees and has chaired and presented at CASE educational programs for 25 years. He served for a decade on the board of directors of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world’s largest and most comprehensive provider of healthcare and human services to the LGBT community He speaks and writes on issues of fundraising, leadership, diversity, talent management, and succession planning.==========In this episode, we talk about the following:InterviewsWhen interviewing, look for a place aligned with your values, that will challenge you, and where you'll report to someone invested in your growth.Have a healthy objectivity about your job opportunities.Behavioral interviews are the norm.Be prepared with questions about the organization.Search committees are valuable when they bring a diversity of perspectives, members are present and engaged, and aligned on job definition. Bad ManagersMaybe they've not been coached?Anyone can become an effective manager.They might be missing organizational training.CultureIt's the set of values, practices, norms, and rituals that makeup where we work.Toxic cultures tend to have a lack of trust, lack of transparency, and/or inconsistent accountability.Leaders can help culture by modeling behaviors, creating incentives for others to come along, operationalizing values, and confronting bad actors.Practice respect and show compassion.Hybrid v. Remote v. In-PersonRemote/Hybrid present challenges for building camaraderie and holding meetings.An intentionally handled hybrid setup may be the best.But there's not enough history or data to conclusively weigh in on this. ==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StaLeadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership Voyagehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/personality-managers-effective-teams-11675879509 ("The One Personality Trait Crucial to Creating Effective Teams") was in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago. It discusses a study led by Siyu Yu at Rice University that suggests "status intelligence," or the ability for someone to understand who has influence within a team, is the key individual skill for an effective team dynamic.According to the article:Managers and employees spend 75% of their time collaboratingThe key skill for individuals is "status intelligence"Status intelligence is different from emotional intelligenceOne's status intelligence is predictive of how effectively they'll work with others3 recommendations:Be explicit with status conversationsAcknowledge the existence of statusGet involved when teams conflict about status==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership VoyageLiz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Multipliers, The Multiplier Effect, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has received the top achievement award for leadership from Thinkers50 and has been consistently named one of the world’s top 50 management thinkers in its bi-annual ranking.She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and talent development and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at Brigham Young University and Stanford University and is a former executive at Oracle Corporation, where she worked as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development. Liz holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and a master’s degree in organizational behavior, each from Brigham Young University.==========In this episode, we talk about:Rookie Mode outperforms expert modeTo get into Rookie Mode, 1) force yourself to think like a rookie or 2) say yes to things you don't know how to doImpact Players are people who more successfully 1) handle unclear roles 2) handle messy problems without clear owners 3) handle unforeseen obstaclesAs managers, to help contributors get closer to becoming maximally impactful: 1) tell them about the high impact behaviors 2) show them what you appreciate about them 3) give them safety 4) stretch them by giving them right-sized, hard things==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Text Jason @ Leadership Voyagehttps://www.businessinsider.com/4-day-workweek-successful-trial-evidence-productivity-retention-revenue-2023-1 came out a few days ago, and the results of a 6-month trial about the 4-day workweek are fascinating!==========Leadership Voyagesite: leadership.voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.commusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com==========Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Leadership Voyageemail: StartYourVoyage@gmail.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonallenwick/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeadershipVoyagemusic: by Napoleon (napbak)https://www.fiverr.com/napbakvoice: by Ayanna Gallantwww.ayannagallantVO.com========== Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.