Experience Leadership

We all have one thing that dominates our thinking. It is our aspiration and the image that drives us. That image gives clarity to where we are going and what we decide to do with our lives. It is the thing that ignites us and sparks us to that next level of making a difference.

Rather than getting obsessed with the journey of finding your purpose, take the time to discover that dominant image. Then take the necessary steps to pursue that. This is where passion really lies.

This week, I invited an expert on these ideas to talk more about them: Phil Rose from Ignium Consulting. He started out as an engineer for Rolls Royce, but in 2005 launched his own strategy consulting business. Phil is now an ICF Certified Professional who is passionate about inspiring people to find their purpose to step up, scale-up, and change. 

Not only is Phil an amazing coach, but he also hosts his own podcast and even holds a Guinness world record. Tune in to hear our incredible conversation on purpose and passion.

In this episode, you will hear:

• What made Phil realize he wanted to go down the managerial route rather than the technical route.
• How he got into consulting and coaching.
• How the importance of passion and purpose led him to start Ignium Consulting.
• Why consistency is the key to business success.
• How to decipher your purpose.
• Boiling your purpose down to one word.
• How to balance responsibility and the things you can’t control.
• Why you should start taking action before you know your purpose.
• How to become an active participant in releasing your inner genius.
• How to start creating a spark within your business’s culture.

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

Supporting Resources:

Phil's podcast, "Sparks by Ignium"

The E Myth by Michael E. Gerber

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

A lot of people get disgusted with the word “management” and they would often argue one should always be a leader, not a manager. They always want to make this distinction between management and leadership – as if one were bad and the other was good. 

And so, one of the largest mistakes within an organization is that people don't have someone who will manage anymore because they only want leaders. The fact is, we need both these two. We need great managers just as much as we need great leaders. 

In today’s episode, Nicky J. Davies joins us, along with our very own Dr. Stephen Crawford – two leaders and visionaries – as they discuss the core of leadership. And part of leadership is to recognize that managers matter just as much as leaders do. 

Both Stephen and Nicky have extensive backgrounds in executive coaching and corporate training, each having served in the U.S. and around the world. Today’s discussion is around helping leaders and mid-level managers become the best versions of themselves through inspired leadership. 

In this episode, you will hear:

• How can a manager juggle their competing priorities effectively?
• Why we need both leaders and managers in an organization
• The reason some people are disengaged and what you can do as a leader
• Steps a leader can take to activate a person’s full potential
• Why motivation is a symptom and understanding a person’s high-priority values
• How to operate in balance – between disconnection and micromanagement
• The biggest challenge managers have faced during with the impacts of COVID-19 and the opportunities we’re seeing
• How to avoid Zoom fatigue
• The next best step for a manager to level up their leadership

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

www.nickyjdavies.com

Developing Inspired Leaders podcast

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Drive by Daniel Pink

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

One of the things this whole pandemic has led us to is this craving for human connection. Just look at how your Facebook friends list has probably grown over the past year or the number of Zoom meetings you’ve attended. Indeed, there is power in human connection. 

But how do we truly connect with other people? Do we bring out our authenticity, talk about our strengths, vulnerabilities – warts and all? Or do we carry this facade and hide behind a veneer because we’re too scared of being judged by other people?

In today’s conversation with Jason Todd, he talks about his podcast, Coffee with Humans, which started as a social experiment around authentic human connection. 

With everything happening around us today, Jason got this idea that people were descending almost into hopelessness and a lot of fear. The whole point of his podcast is that we have this facade of who we are – of this holistic self, of successes and failures, and of hopes and fears. We always live life with a veneer. But it’s okay to go deep. This is the reason Jason Todd created his podcast: to be able to provide a space for people to do that. 

In this episode, you will hear:

• How Jason created Coffee with Humans as a social experiment
• Living life with a veneer, having this facade of who we truly are
• How the isolation has made people question what do we all have to prove
• Examples of some interesting conversations he has had on the show
• Every story is powerful if you look for it.
• Our actions take place first than our beliefs and our beliefs can run completely contrary to facts.  
• The 2 types of false humility that could be hiding behind the veneer
• Why people end up hiding behind their veneer (the core of this is our identity!)

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

Supporting Resources:

Coffee with Humans

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

We've reached the last of our three-part series on Secrets of a Scalable Entrepreneur with Jennifer Smith, the founder and CEO of Innovative Office Solutions. Today, she talks about the importance of planning, sticking with structure, and staying aligned with your core values as key aspects in scaling your company. 

If you’re ready to grow and scale your company but you’re still afraid to do it, understand that some fierce conversations have to be done and tough decisions have to be made. But as long as you run through those from the lens of your core values, trust that you will only come out stronger as a company – better and bigger.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Having a planning process for your vision
• Sticking with your structure
• Are you still able to scale while retaining talent at the same time?
• What to do when people don’t align with your core values
• Having transparency and handling fierce conversations
• Changing your core values over time

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Episode 22: Interview with Jennifer Smith, CEO of Innovative Office Solutions Part 1

Episode 23: Interview with Jennifer Smith, CEO of Innovative Office Solutions Part 2

Innovative Office Solutions

Harvard Business Review Article: Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Scale

Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Have you thought about those ROL moments in your business? As you're growing and scaling your business, you've got to grow your brand and put your brand out there. You have to put yourself into situations where you're getting opportunities. And as much as you're getting the attention, make it a point to recognize your team as well. After all, it's a team effort.

This is Part 2 of the Secrets of a Scalable Entrepreneur series with Jennifer Smith, the founder and CEO of Innovative Office Solutions. In the last episode, she talked about how she scaled their previous family-owned business from a million to $12 million in less than 2 years. Today, she talks about going through your decision-making process from the lens of your core values.

In this episode, you will hear:

• How to bring in your team to your success
• Building a team you can trust
• Why it’s necessary to stay true to your structure
• Recognizing your ROL (Return On Luck) moments
• Resetting her company in the face of the pandemic
• Ways to get brand credibility

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Episode 22: Interview with Jennifer Smith, CEO of Innovative Office Solutions Part 1

Innovative Office Solutions

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

This is the first of a three-part interview with Jennifer Smith, the founder and CEO of Innovative Office Solutions as we grace this series on the Secrets of a Scalable Entrepreneur. Jennifer started her entrepreneurial path when she didn’t have any choice but to run their family business. She essentially redesigned it based on her background and knowledge and grew the company from a million dollars to $12 million in just less than two years before she actually sold it. 

Jennifer created Innovative Office Solutions in 2001, at a time of the 9/11 crisis and a triple-hit recession in the U.S. when every industry was suffering. As a leader, carrying such weight was not an easy task. But she still managed to inspire people to love what they do and who they do it with. 

If you're a leader looking to scale and you think you've hit your limits, Jennifer is going to speak into our lives and our leadership today!

In this episode, you will hear:

• How she got into running their family business
• Creating her own company and how 9/11 influenced the culture of the company
• Lessons she learned from scaling their family business
• The importance of reflecting on your core values especially in times of crisis

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Innovative Office Solutions

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

This is part two of The Power of Persuasion. Last week, we dealt with self-mastery, which means that if you want to influence people, then you have to master yourself, build your own self-esteem, and begin to build yourself into another person. 

This week, we're going to tackle the next two principles – People Mastery and Process Mastery. I also would like to briefly cover the concept of embracing failures which is part of the Self-Mastery principle that I missed discussing last week.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Why you need to embrace failures
• Learning People Mastery
• The 4 Factors in People Mastery
• Learning Process Mastery

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Episode 20: The Power of Persuasion Part 1

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin

Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson

Your Brain at Work by David Rock

25 Ways to Win with People by John Maxwell

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Everybody loves to buy, no one likes to be sold. And that’s because humans have this defense mechanism where they don’t want to be influenced or persuaded by other people for fear that they might be led in the wrong direction.

As a leader, part of your challenge is to master persuasion so you can influence your team and sell them on the vision, the dream, and the mission of your organization. Influence is all about changing behavior, and part of that is changing the way you believe about yourself. In other words, self-mastery.

Your results are a reflection of what you believe about yourself. They’re the mirror image of what you truly believe you deserve. And until that shifts, you will consistently live at the level of your belief. Remember, you don't live at the level of your dreams, you live at the level of your belief. 

So, how do you build your belief to the next level?

In this episode, we’re giving your great insights into how you can tap into the power of persuasion so you can master this skill.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The first step to persuasion
• The indicator of your level of self-confidence
• 4 principles about self-image you need to understand to develop your persuasion skills 
• Why it’s necessary to reframe the way you think

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

This is the fifth and final installment of The 5 Most Effective Leadership Practices. Today's final leadership practice is centered around building an infectious environment. 

In some ways, it's the job of the leader to create or build that environment that allows, enables, and encourages their team members to bloom. This skill requires breathing encouragement, affirmation, and celebration into people. 

As humans, it's ingrained in our nature to crave a positive feedback loop and to seek validation and affirmation. Encouragement propels us forward in any environment. When we're being encouraged, we can deal with much stronger challenges and much more resistance. This is when people really begin to bloom. 

And that's the way we want all of our team to feel. So they can take that energy into their meetings, their client interactions, and essentially take that energy into their home. This internal and intentional work indeed makes all the difference.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The impact of positive affirmations
• What is psychological safety?
• Creating psychological safety through SCARF
• The prisoner’s dilemma
• Nurturing your team through BEST

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Your Brain at Work by David Rock

Episode 14: The Game of Business

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

This is the fifth and final installment of The 5 Most Effective Leadership Practices. Today's final leadership practice is centered around building an infectious environment. 

In some ways, it's the job of the leader to create or build that environment that allows, enables, and encourages their team members to bloom. This skill requires breathing encouragement, affirmation, and celebration into people. 

As humans, it's ingrained in our nature to crave a positive feedback loop and to seek validation and affirmation. Encouragement propels us forward in any environment. When we're being encouraged, we can deal with much stronger challenges and much more resistance. This is when people really begin to bloom. 

And that's the way we want all of our team to feel. So they can take that energy into their meetings, their client interactions, and essentially take that energy into their home. This internal and intentional work indeed makes all the difference.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The impact of positive affirmations
• What is psychological safety?
• Creating psychological safety through SCARF
• The prisoner’s dilemma
• Nurturing your team through BEST

Subscribe and Review

Share your thoughts and ideas with us and email me at [email protected].

If you like what you’re hearing, please subscribe to this podcast. Each week, Experience Leadership Podcast shares coaching tips as well as new facts, figures, and cutting-edge theories and thoughts about leadership to help grow your business. We also feature stories of successful people so you learn from real people, and not just from theory.

I’d love for you to give me a review over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://experienceleadership.com/podcast​ to download it.

Supporting Resources:

Your Brain at Work by David Rock

Episode 14: The Game of Business

Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com