How to Lead with Clay Scroggins and Adam Tarnow

Here's a sobering truth for emerging leaders: most of the decisions about how your career will progress are made in rooms where you are NOT present. Yes, that's right, people will be talking behind your back. The results of these conversations will often impact: Raises Bonuses Promotions What can you do to make sure these conversations go well? Find a mentor (or two!) inside your organization. Give Adam and Clay 15 minutes, and they'll give you a plan on how to go about developing these critical and helpful relationships.

US: Does professional life ever leave you feeling overwhelmed? YOU: Uh yeah, I call that "Tuesday." US: Are you responsible to achieve a goal that feels unreasonable? YOU: It's ridiculous. Don't get me started. US: Did you just get some sobering feedback from your team? YOU: It's like they don't even know me. US: Are you facing some circumstances that feel unfair? YOU: See all my answers above. If you (or someone you know) are facing some challenging circumstances at work, this week's episode promises to be a breath of fresh air. After this episode, you might still have 99 problems, but how to respond won't be 1.

Accountability gets a bad rap. Some people love it, but most do not. Why is that?  Why do we have such a troubled relationship with this concept? That is exactly what Adam and Clay unpack in this week's episode of How to Lead. In less than 17 minutes you'll hear three simple ways to use this powerful, but misunderstood concept with your team.

You've started the meeting well and run the meeting even better. Now, the most important part: the ending 🏁. If you don't stick the landing, all that time and energy could be wasted. You don't want that and your team doesn't want today. Today in fifteen minutes, Adam & Clay will give you 2️⃣ productive ways to end your meetings.

You've started your meeting off on the right foot. ✅ You've Provided Inspiration  ✅ You've Checked-In Relationally ✅ You've Defined the Problem You're Solving Now what? In less than twenty minutes, Adam and Clay provide a few simple ways to ensure you run your meeting with excellence.

The pandemic might have killed off the acceptability of coughing in public, but it sure didn't kill off meetings. Love 'em or hate 'em, meetings are a part of organizational life. They are not going anywhere. The key to a great meeting is a strong start. In this first of three episodes on the topic of meetings, Adam and Clay give you a few simple & easy ways to ensure you start your meetings on the right foot.  Next week: they'll discuss how to run a great meeting.

Sometimes, you don't find motivation from looking ahead to the future.  Sometimes, you find it by looking back to the past. Clay recently spent time with some leaders and challenged them with one simple question. A question that, when reflected upon, will help reorient your priorities and give you the energy you need to keep moving forward. This is How to Lead!

The tool a leader uses most often is communication. This is bad news and good news. Bad, because this tool can become dull and in need of sharpening. Good, because sharpening this tool is not difficult. In this episode, you'll learn one quick and easy way to sharpen your communication skills. You'll also learn one of Clay's least favorite words and the oddest gift Adam ever received from his mother-in-law. Welcome to How to Lead!

Unfortunately, for many organizations, there is a disconnect between they way they treat potential hires and new hires. Potential hires are taken to fancy dinners, introduced to important people, and promised the world. New hires are given a laptop, a cubicle, and a pat on the back. This, can feel like a bait & switch. Healthy teams work hard to change this. In this episode, Clay and Adam discuss why it's important to be more thoughtful with your new hires and throw in some practical ways to make a new hire feel welcome. Along the way, Clay impersonates a sushi chef and Adam impersonates a GenZer. Welcome to How to Lead! _______________________ Have a question you would like to be considered for a future episode? Please send us an email: Info@HowToLead.Work

The great Holly Tate (SVP of Growth at Leadr) is on the podcast today talking about all things Gen Z and leadership development. If you have any young 20-somethings on your team, Holly has some interesting insights and practical ways to engage and develop this newest generation to hit the workforce. You can learn more about Leadr and its mission to develop 1,000,000 leaders at www.leadr.com