The Leadership Foundry Podcast

During one of our first podcasts, Brandon Smith was joined by Papa John’s Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and Transformation, Rob Pepper. Rob’s conversation points highlight executive presence and influencing change, two topics we’ve been focused on in recent weeks. Take a listen to this re-release as Rob shares his knowledge on affecting change through influence, when EQ matters more than IQ, and how to do more of what motivates your people so you can impact your organization at both the total and individual team member level.

As a leader, navigating change isn’t always easy and for many, it feels like we’ve been navigating great change for the last several years. So today on The Leadership Foundry Podcast, we’re revisiting our conversation with Leslie Nydick, The Conflict Strategist. Leslie shares how to navigate friction and foster discussion when issues arise in the workplace. 

A key trait of those leaders who best represent executive presence is their ability to be inspiring and courageous. As we continue our focus on how we “show up” as leaders, let’s look back at our conversation with Tiffany Willis, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations with Starbucks. In this episode, Tiffany spoke with co-host Brandon Smith on resiliency and how to nurture courage within the individual team members we lead each day.

Last week on the podcast, Leadership Foundry co-founder and podcast co-host, Brandon Smith, brought us back to basics, detailing the two key functions of all leaders and executives: drive focus and alignment. As a perfect follow-up, we’re revisiting our episode on how to build and maintain executive presence. Fellow co-founder, Randy Hain, joins Brandon for this conversation. Listen in!     

We live in a messy, noisy world where everything is urgent all of the time. Today on the podcast, co-host Brandon Smith takes leaders back to basics as he reminds us of the two key actions all leaders should be doing right now: driving focus and alignment. 

"Is this person a narcissist... how can I tell?" This question has been posed to co-host, Brandon Smith, several times recently in his work with leaders. Today, Brandon breaks down the five signs you're working with a narcissist and shares survival tactics for navigating this type of office relationship. 

As we approach the July 4th holiday, we're honored to welcome back Retired Lieutenant General, Ken Keen, to the podcast. In today's discussion, he and Brandon highlight the newly launched Masters in Business for Veterans program at Emory University. Ken also breaks down the three components to leadership development and examines the difference between character and competence. 

Here at the Leadership Foundry, we’re all about giving you tips and tools to help you run effective teams and accomplish goals. Today, we’re revisiting our conversation with Holly Bellmund, President of GLC Minerals. Listen in as Holly shares two key ingredients for making a successful leadership transition. 

In this episode, co-host and Leadership Foundry co-founder, Brandon Smith, examines new data on what researchers call "invisible work." But doing things outside our job descriptions are those actions that most often get us noticed and promoted. Listen in as we discuss from both the junior and senior-level viewpoints. 

Accountability plays a big role when it comes to teamwork, ranging from tough conversations to achieving results. So today on the Leadership Foundry Podcast, we’re examining the 3 C’s of Accountability: Clarity, Communication and Candor.