The Leadership Foundry Podcast

If you are not spending time to intentionally connect with your colleagues to strengthen trust and alignment, this is a must! Here's your Leadership Intention for the week: Challenge yourself to reach out to one of your peers and schedule some one-on-one time to learn more about them, their team and how you can better collaborate. Pro Tip: Consider inviting them to coffee or lunch "off campus" to enhance the richness of the conversation.

When everything is urgent, nothing is urgent. For this week's "Leadership Intention" - what are the three priorities you need to communicate to your team on Monday?

In a fluid environment, how do we remain flexible leaders? Kevin Eikenberry returns to share insights from his new book, Flexible Leadership. Listen in as he and co-host Brandon Smith discuss critical thinking, engaging in better one-on-one conversations, regular examination of our leadership style, and more.

Who can you intentionally recognize and celebrate? Here's your "Leadership Intention for the Week" (with a bonus tip on how to make sure this actually gets done)!

Brandon tackles a leadership challenge he continues to encounter in various organizations: striking the balance between compassion and accountability. He explores how leaders can offer grace and empathy without losing sight of performance, standards, and the mission at hand.

It's time for our first "Leadership Intention for the Week!" Your mission, if you choose to accept it: be intentional to set (or maintain) a boundary this week.

The best leaders "pull complexity up and push simplicity down." This episode featuring Frank Blake, former Chairman and CEO of The Home Depot is a true gift! Frank highlights how CEOs and senior teams need to understand the inverted pyramid (you're at the bottom, folks!). Communication does not cascade. He also talks about listening to your team and maintaining the mindset of a continuous learner. These are important concepts to revisit on a regular basis.

Have you ever made a $2 million mistake at work? Today's guest did during his early days as CMO of Chick-fil-A. Listen in to this special edition of the podcast as Steve Robinson, author of Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A, shares what he learned and how it changed his career.

We're taking it back to one of our favorites from the vault this week. In this episode, Brandon Smith sits down with Rick Gilkey, a member of the Emory University family as a professor for many years. The two discuss how, if we better understand our brains, we better understand ourselves AND our relationships! Our brain creates 10,000 new neurons each day! But as Rick says, "use it or lose it!"

Keynote speaker and bestselling author Jennifer Kahnweiler has been a friend of the show for many years. We're excited to welcome her back later this spring for a brand new episode on her book, The Introverted Leader 3rd Edition! So to help us prepare, we're pulling one of Brandon's previous conversations with Jennifer from the vault for this week's release. Whether you lead with quiet influence or you're looking for tips on how to be the best "introvert ally" - today's show is for you!