Peak Performance Leadership

Whether you are in a formal leadership role or are a rising leader, entrepreneur, or changemaker driven by a desire to use your voice to create change. The essence of leadership is creating a vision of an aspirational new future and then influencing people to change their behavior to make that vision a reality. Your inspiration to create aspirational change may come from your dissatisfaction with the status quo, joyful anticipation of an aspirational new future, or a new insight. To create such a vision and bring it into reality requires an emotional shift from hopelessness to optimism and inspiration, which then can mobilize any group - from dozens to millions. Reiner is the founder of BoomerangCoach, an executive coaching firm specializing in leadership and career development, innovation, and transformational change. Reiner’s mission is to mobilize and develop leaders to create a more sustainable and positive future for all. As an executive coach, he works with leaders and changemakers in a wide range of organizations, from start-ups and multinational companies to non-profits and local communities - all who aspire to create transformational change. Whether he’s working with corporate executives, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, or indigenous tribal leaders, Reiner’s clients appreciate his international business and cross-cultural leadership experience. Before becoming an executive coach, Reiner had a 30-plus year career in technology, started and developed software businesses, and led leadership development. At Hewlett-Packard, his home for 20-plus years, he launched new software product businesses and helped grow HP Software into a multi-billion dollar organization. While at HP, Reiner discovered his passion and talent in leadership development where he trained leaders in how to scale from leading one’s self, to leading others, to leading an entire organization. Topics In this episode Reiner and I discuss the following topics: How he came up with his list of 7 leadership behaviour and emotional statesEmpathyCompassionInterestOptimismInspirationTrustPositivityHow empathy is important and how to useHow to understand when we use too much empathyHow to be a compassionate leaderHow to be an "interesting" leaderThe different ways we can inspire othersHow to breed positivity in your organization For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/236

Chris is a Wellness Professional with 20 years of experience designing, implementing, and coordinating wellness programs and behavior change projects. His experience includes Personal Training, Strength and Conditioning, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Exercise Physiology, Teaching and Public Speaking. Chris holds a MA in Exercise Physiology from ETSU and a MBA from UAB. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Personal Trainer with the NSCA, a Sports Performance Coach with USA Weightlifting and is a Certified Wellness Program Manager through the Chapman Institute. In his personal time he enjoys playing with his 3 children and spending time with his wife. Topics During this interview Chris and I discuss the following topics: How to find the time to prioritize your health and fitnessHow to start creating habits which will enable your success in health and fitnessWhy sleep is so crucial for peak performanceHow water impacts our daily livesThe importance of protein in your health and fitnessSome tips and tricks to start living a healthier lifeHow to beat the “all or nothing mentality” How to involve your team in better health and fitness lifestyle For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/235

'Quiet quitting' isn't really quitting, but it is forcing employers to adapt. What it mean is that employees are holding the employers to account for their job descriptions. The phrase — which isn't actually intended to lead to a resignation — exploded into the popular lexicon last week when a TikTok video went viral.  Topics During this episode I talk about the following topics: What "Quiet Quitting" actually isWhy it has occurredWhy "quiet quitting" is not actually a bad thingHow to help your team members not need to "quietly quit." For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/234

Whether you’re a solopreneur, a small business owner, an emerging leader or in an executive leadership role, life in the 21st century dictates that you need to know your numbers and use them to enhance your impact. Increasingly, executives and board members around the world are held personally responsible for knowing the data – meaning that this understanding helps minimize and mitigate risk not only for businesses but for individuals. Whether you’re organizing your home budget and feeding your kids, or running a multinational, multi-million-dollar organization, it is no longer sufficient to say ‘but I’m not a numbers person’ and believe that it is someone else’s job to keep track of the numbers. We all need to be data literate and able to ask the right questions at the right time. Dr Selena Fisk is a data expert and consultant who is passionate about helping others sort through the ‘numbers’ to tell the real stories and lead positive change. She fiercely advocates for a world in which we are all data-informed, not data-driven. Selena has mentored executive, senior, and middle leaders, as well as hundreds of others in data storytelling, which has positively impacted the organizations in which they work. Topics During this interview Selena and I discuss the following topics: Why people become “non-numbers” peopleHow people can get out of their fixed mindset of not being good at numbersHow to identity the right early adoptersWhat data storytelling is and how to use it effectivelyHow use data to be informed and now drivenHow to start being a “data-informed” organization For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/233

In this episode I go solo and talk about three different types of leaders found in the world: The BossThe ImposterThe Leader I discuss these three but ask you "are you the leader in the arena?" This is an adjusted passage from Theodore Roosevelt's speech "Citizenship In A Republic" with this specific paragraph known as "The Man in the Arena." I've adjusted the paragraph to be inclusive to the female leaders here. For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/232

Paul is the No B.S. Workplace Development Coach who, for the last 30 years, has been assisting Leaders and their organizations to achieve their full potential. His approach is practical, hands-on, grounded in the realities of the real world of work and results oriented – all undertaken with a sense of humor and panache. He is also a "recovering trial lawyer", a Chicago Bears fanatic, an unabashed Starbucks addict, the author of WorkQuake™, a book dedicated to thriving in the Information Economy and a Member of the Forbes Coaching Council. Topics During this interview Paul and I discuss the following topics: Why a team becomes dysfunctional in the first placeWhat is holding leaders back from transitioning to a new generation of leadersHow to enable your teams to become self-organizing teamsWhy psychological safety is important for teamsHow to build relationships with your team members For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/231

Larry Yatch is an elite leadership strategist and the creator of the SEAL Success programs, a collection of skills-based training, workshops, and courses that enable high performers to find fulfillment, connect with their teams, and make a sustainable impact in their field. A graduate of the US Naval Academy and former ten-year officer in the Navy SEALs, Larry has spent nearly a decade since his retirement as a trainer and speaker, helping senior executives optimize their personal growth and leadership strategy for superior performance. In addition to numerous military honors, Larry is recognized as the go-to expert in leadership development, team performance, and project management. Topics During this interview Larry and I discuss the following topics: What brought him to be an officer in the US Navy SEALsWhy he would have not gone to officer training if he could redo thingsThe hard lessons he had to learn as junior officerHow to guide high-performing teams in the right directionHow to create leaders across all the levels of an organizationThe different types of authoritiesHow to effectively to coordinate your team into effective actionHow to ensure that you don’t burn yourself and others out in achieving success For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/230

This week's podcast episode, I go and answer your questions on leading! Here are a number of questions posed to me from members of our free Facebook Group and my answers to them. Have a listen because maybe, you're in one of these situations: Members asking about work-life balanceA member believes that their supervisors are too busy fighting the close fires and not being pre-emptiveHaving to deal with a negative high-performerDealing with an underperforming, high-performer If you have situations you'd like advice on, don't be shy to reach out to me!  For the complete show notes be sure to check out: https://leaddontboss.com/229

Kevin is a senior leader who likes to use data and analytics to transform, innovate, and continuously improve organizations to make them the best they can be. His passion is the intersection of business, technology, learning, and psychology. Kevin believes the world is constantly evolving and we should always be evolving and improving ourselves in business and in our personal life. Through many years of working in a variety of businesses and industries, Kevin has been able to leverage technology and psychology, along with data and analytics, to improve organizational performance and transform businesses into high performing organizations. Kevin frequently speaks and writes on topics of data-informed decision making, the future of learning, and growth mindset.     Topics During this interview Kevin and I discuss the following topics: The good and bad about our data hunger in this day and ageHow to avoid data analysis paralysis How to use data in the decision making processDifferent biases found in data-informed decision makingHow assumptions are crucial to planning and proper data analysisThe 5 Phase process to data-informed decision makingWhere leaders fault in applying the model For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/228

Nick Jonsson is the co-founder and Managing Director of one of Asia’s premiere networking organizations, Executives’ Global Network (EGN) Singapore — a confidential peer group network providing more than 600 senior executives and business owners a safe haven to share their challenges, receive support, and learn from each other. Nick has been featured in more than 30 newspapers and magazines including a 4-page feature in the Business Times and a full page in the Straits Times, as well as on TV including Channel News Asia (CNA), and is passionate about bringing the discussion to the forefront. Nick has worked across Asia, Australia and Europe representing major international firms, and is active in charitable and fundraising organizations to give back and support his local community, along with volunteering and fundraising for the Samaritans (SOS) – a suicide prevention hotline in Singapore.   Topics During this interview Nick and I discuss the following topics: How loneliness even starts for leadersHow to recognize the signs of leader loneliness How to identify when our judgment is cloudedWhat it took to begin to turn his life aroundHow support networks help you as a leader to avoid leader loneliness For the complete show notes be sure to check out our website: https://leaddontboss.com/227