“The best leaders in the world gain influence because people want to be around them not have to be around them.” --Jeremie KubicekJeremie Kubicek (@JeremieKubicek) is the CEO of GiANT TV, Co-Founder of GiANT, speaker, best-selling author of multiple books, husband, and father to three. Jeremie specializes in getting leaders to a higher and healthier level, which he talks about in his books The 100X Leader and 5 Voices: How to Communicate with Everyone You Lead among others. In this episode, Jeremie highlights and elaborates on a talk recently given to entrepreneurs from all over the United States about the differences in a dominating and liberating leader. He weaves many themes and principles from his book The 100X Leader into this discussion including the analogy of climbing Mount Everest with the help of a Sherpa. Jeremie teaches audiences what a leader should do in terms of providing support while also providing challenge, what he has learned about being a leader throughout his entrepreneurial journey, and the practices he uses to live out leadership daily.Notes on a Dominating vs. a Liberating Leader: A dominating leader provides high challenge with low support.A protecting leader provides high support with low challenge. A liberating leader brings empowerment and opportunity but also a challenge.Awesome quotes by Jeremie in this episode: “We need leaders who bring unbelievable challenge but provide support.”“No one can do it without someone helping them along the way. To be a sherpa, I fight for them. I create support for them. And I follow up behind them to challenge them.” “The platinum rule is to do unto others as they’d like done unto them.” “Credibility and influence is a daily thing. It’s something I’m doing today.” “Opportunity comes when you do relational things really well.” “Call people up, don’t call them out.”“My dad always told me this in my 20s. It’s not what you do, it’s who you work for.”“Circumstances don’t dictate your behavior.”Links in this episode include:Zoom, a digital video conferencing toolNew Way MBA, Bonvera’s education platform for entrepreneurs GiANT TV, a digital media company for leadership information transformationThe Sherpa people, the group of people who live their lives summiting Mount EverestLeadercast Conferences, leadership conferences Jeremie was a part ofGiANT Worldwide, a leadership transformation company The Prairie at Post, a modern farmhouse community real estate development The Change Equation, the equation needed to evaluate and implement changeJeremie’s Bio & ExperienceThe 100X Leader, book available on Amazon Heroic Leadership, by Chris Lowney available on Amazon5 Voices: How to Communicate with Everyone, book available on Amazon5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There is Never Enough Time, book available on Amazon This episode mentions books 5 Voices: How to Communicate with Everyone You Lead by Jeremie Kubicek, The 100X Leader by Jeremie Kubicek, and Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney. A principle referenced is the Change Equation, which is as follows: Change = dissatisfaction with the status quo x your future vision x the next steps to get you there to your future vision > resistance. You can learn more about Jeremie at this link. To learn more about Bob’s two books, find them on Amazon here: The Leap and Love Your Work.Follow Bob Dickie on Twitter @RobertDickie

“As a leader, you put yourself in their position, and I think that has been an asset in my entrepreneurial journey. Just being able to feel what they're feeling." -- Cody Newton Cody Newton (@newton_cody) is a leading industry professional, serial entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Bonvera, franchiser, and father of 5. Cody is a self-taught, hands-on entrepreneur that has started multiple companies including Bonvera, and has become a leading industry professional building teams of passionate people rooting together toward one goal and vision. In this episode, Cody joins Bob to discuss the heart behind his entrepreneurial journey. They chronicle hilarious stories from Cody’s childhood that shaped his educational path and the beginning of his entrepreneurial endeavors. Along the way, Bob highlights the phenomenal speaker Cody is and what good books they’re reading. The continuous thread throughout this episode is what it takes to have the heart of an entrepreneur, to feel the pain and joy, and the heart to learn, grow, and do it even when you’re scared. With these two, there are many laughs, good stories, and sharings from the heart. This episode mentions books and leaders including Peter Thiel, The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams by Sam Walker, The Power of Five by John Maxwell, How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People by Les Giblin. Links include Thrive Farmers Coffee, which is a unique partnership with Bonvera to provide customers and entrepreneurs with exceptional coffee from Latin America. Thrive Farmers offers specialty-grade coffee hand-grown by farmers in Latin America that have grown coffee for generations. By partnering with Thrive Farmers, farmers receive 3.5X more in wages than before. This net income increase empowers farmers to then improve access to other needs for a thriving life, including healthcare, education, clean water and more. You can learn more about Cody at this link.Follow Bob Dickie on Twitter @RobertDickie

“Anybody can be what they want to be if they're willing to put in their 10,000 proverbial hours." -- Tim JarvinenTim Jarvinen is an entrepreneur and sales leader at Bonvera, an all-star football and basketball athlete, and a former Delphi automotive engineer. In this episode, Tim joins Bob to rehash what it was like to be an engineer dreaming of a day where he had more time, more money, and more time with his family of six. Tim reflects on lessons he learned as a football and basketball athlete and how they carried over into lessons he learned as an entrepreneur. His wife, Brandy, joins him later in the episode to talk about what it was like to set out to build a business together as a couple and team. They share sacrifices, goals, and teachings they carry out in order to do it well, embracing that entrepreneurship is a family affair. It’s something they can do together with their kids.This episode mentions books including Real World MBA by Jack Welsh. Follow Bob Dickie on Twitter @RobertDickie

“It's so important to us that we connect what we're doing with what matters to us and what we're passionate about. We want more. We want to do something we love and enjoy but also resonates deeply with us." --Casey Roths Casey Roths is a millennial career gal, recent University of Tennessee Knoxville college graduate, and Manager of Marketing Operations at Bonvera, a network marketing start-up in Knoxville, Tennessee. In this episode, Casey joins Bob to set the stage for the podcast. In this episode, Casey asks Bob why he wanted to do a podcast, what he’s most excited about, and what content to expect in this podcast. Along the way, they discuss what it’s like to be a millennial in this new age economy, what’s important to millennials, and how their values impact their decisions when beginning their career journeys.They land the episode on the hope this podcast offers to those later on in their career and the bridge that connects these two generations. This episode mentions books Windows of the Soul by Ken Gire, Counterfeit Gods by Timothy Keller, and At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider. Follow Bob Dickie on Twitter @RobertDickieFollow "Taking the Leap Podcast" on Youtube.com