Leadership Junkies Podcast

Do you want to better understand ways to lead with a growth mindset? Are you committed to building a culture of not only physical safety but psychological safety? Are you looking for ways to lead differently in the construction and engineering industries? Our special guest Michael Fisher (UK) answers these and other questions about leadership, people development and culture building in the construction industry and beyond.   Michael Fisher is a civil engineer is with an organization called RPS Europe and the host of a podcast called Leadership in Construction. Michael is a self-described leadership entrepreneur, as well as being dyslexic and a father of four.   Michael not only works in designing and building structures, including airport facilities, but he’s dedicated to redefining leadership in the construction industry.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Technical skills don’t equal leadership skills Creating a safe place for people to speak up Defining what is great leadership Leadership is creating environments where people can feel psychologically and physically safe … and bring their best selves to the to the work Trust is yours to lose Correlations between leadership and parenting Important role of empathy and humility in leadership The more you talk about difficulties, the more you can collaborate Unique leadership challenges in the construction industry Importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in business and the construction industry Impacts of a lack of psychological safety at work Psychological safety requires active listening and a coaching style of leadership Defining a fixed versus a growth mindset Importance of understanding your peoples’ values and what’s important to them Getting outside your comfort zone in order to grow your resilience The power and empowerment of “not yet” thinking Leaders must create a sense of purpose and belonging in their organization Resources: Michael Fisher Leadership in Construction Podcast The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to better understand and navigate past your blind spots? Do you want to accelerate the performance of your people, team and organization? Are you committed to growing your leadership and organization performance?   Our special guest Vinay Raman answers these and other questions about leadership, engagement and maximizing your organization’s and team’s performance.   Vinay Raman (Raleigh NC) is the CEO of CAARMO, which helps businesses and employees unlock their hidden potential, maximize their opportunities and mitigate risks using their Performance Intelligence software tool. Vinay’s decision-making tool helps you more deeply understand your people and your company, as well as showing you how you’re performing so you can optimize the behaviors of your employees and managers to align employees with the business outcomes you want. Vinay mantra: “I love to pay it forward and I’ve made lives easier for thousands of owners, senior leaders and employees across the United States.” His mission is to help business leaders improve employee retention, engagement, and productivity using data. Vinay helps leaders see their blind spot and punch through them with the help of CAARMO’s Business Blind Spots Exposed podcast which helps Vinay and his team reach audiences about how teams can provide solutions to their needs. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Importance of integrating data and stories in decision making and messaging Applying scientific thinking and processes to leadership and business decisions Assessing your failure velocity for growth and improvement (failing faster to the right answer) True mark of leadership is ability to be resilient and shift in order to respond, not react, to external stimulus The power of storytelling supported by data Using data to drive behavior and better decisions Importance of getting clear on what great performance means Leaders are aware that they’re often the biggest obstacle to their objectives What it means to empathize data in leadership Understanding the ways that employee self-performance drives engagement Understanding the great resignation driven by the great disengagement The people closest to issues have the best perspectives of the issues Using data helps you discover issues quicker and with greater clarity (including coachable moments for team members) Understanding empathetic leadership If profit is the prime directive, it's very short sighted. But if empathy is your prime directive, prophet comes along for the ride The big win of data – providing coaching for exactly what people need to improve performance, which leads to greater profitability for the company Resources: Vinay Raman ([email protected]) Caarmo Website Business Blind Spots Exposed podcast The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to build a culture that enriches the lives of your people? Are you committed to building a business that’s truly people first? Do you want to grow your leadership to have more impact in your business and the world?   Our special guest Mark Peters answers these and other questions about leadership, culture, people-first leadership and building a business that goes beyond products and profits.   Mark Peters is the Chief Executive Officer of Butterball Farms, Inc., which was nationally recognized as one of The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® from 2015 to 2021. The second-generation family business, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is America’s leading producer of culinary butter and margarine and creates custom butter flavors for some of America’s biggest brands.   Peters began as a factory worker in his father’s company at the age of 12: an experience that taught him first-hand about the challenges that frontline workers face. At 30, he took over the company determined to lead a financially successful business that would also enrich the lives of its workers.   In 2003, he organized a pioneering group of CEOs and community leaders to found The Source, a not-for-profit organization that has helped hundreds of workers navigate personal challenges that were interfering with their jobs and delivered an average annual return on investment of 200 percent to its partner organizations. In 2020, Peters published his first book The SOURCE: Using the Power of Collaboration to Stabilize Your Workforce and Impact Your Community highlighting his journey from concept to creation of The Source.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Leading with a holistic approach to supporting your peoples’ needs The importance of having a mission, vision and values that are meaningful (more than just words) What it means to live a mission of enriching lives Aligning rewards with mission and values Focus on your people first (not only when it’s the right time to put people first) The importance of understanding finance in leading a business Understanding the roles, lives and needs of your team (including frontline workers) Importance of empathy and understanding others in leadership Treating people well and taking care of them is the right thing to do Beware of policies that don’t support the mission and be willing to change them Value of localized decision making (by the people closest to the issues and opportunities) The role of flexibility in leadership and policies today Leaders must understand the complexity of the lives of their people Using collaboration to provide support to your team members Exponential returns on investments in supporting your people Understanding The Source as a model for providing support services and solutions for your people People engage when they feel supported and cared about When you take responsibility you empower yourself with choices and solutions Resources: Mark Peters ([email protected]) I-3 Leadership Website The Source Website The Source book by Mark Peters The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to think and be more creative and innovative? Do you find yourself hesitating to take risks for fear of failing? Are you looking for strategies and shifts to enhance your innovation, impact and outcomes? Are you ready to accelerate your growth and results?   Our special guest Colin Hunter answers these and other questions about leadership, the importance of learning and growing through mistakes, and disrupting your thinking, innovation and organization.   Colin Hunter is an Author, Mentor, Coach and the Founder and CEO of PotentialSquared, an international business that specializes in creating playgrounds to disrupt the way people are led. Colin works with leaders and their teams around the globe in the area of leadership impact – helping them to create an engaged, capable group of followers and bringing fresh ideas and stories to their teams and clients alike.   With the use of actors, cutting-edge virtual realities, and a new leadership framework, clients have shown an award-winning difference in how they have transformed their leaders. Colin prides himself by practicing what he preaches with being wrong more and learning fast from it   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Embracing more play in your leadership, team and organization The power of failure in growing your leadership and impact Why being wrong is the path to leadership and personal growth Be willing to experiment as a leader and organization The risks of playing in safe in business and leadership Fail small and learn big Do you empower your people to own their roles or only rent them Using leading indicators at guard rails while allowing people to learn by making mistakes Understanding design thinking and the role of experimentation Empowering your people to create memorable experiences for clients and customers Embracing disruption and experimentation in interviews for team members Allowing your people to bring their quirkiness to work Challenges and opportunities to recruit and hire differently Wisdom of growing your own leaders rather than seeking to find them outside the organization The trouble with the word failure Using small experiments to change things The difference between trying things out and failing versus messing up or making mistakes Small changes deliver big impacts Embrace testing small to learn, grow and innovate in big ways Resources: Colin Hunter (https://www.instagram.com/bemorewrong) Be More Wrong Website Be More Wrong: How Failure Makes You an Outstanding Leader book by Colin Hunter The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you struggling to find your true path in your career? Do you want to craft a career that you love? Are you looking for ways to live a more conscious, intentional and fulfilling career?   Our special guest Dr. Benjamin Ritter answers these and other questions about leadership, career design and crafting a job you love from a job you have.   Dr. Benjamin Ritter, founder of Live for Yourself (LFY) Consulting is a leadership and career coach, L&D director, values geek, international speaker, podcaster, author, mentor, and passionate about guiding others in finding, creating, and sustaining a career they love.   With over 10 years of experience coaching working with clients from companies such as Amazon, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, Northwestern, Pinterest, Segment, Twilio, and Yelp, Ben understands how to navigate any career path you decide you want to travel.   During his time as a healthcare executive and side hustling entrepreneur he was overworked and under-utilized, and despite his professional success didn’t feel successful. After much introspection he pivoted professionally and launched himself into the field of leadership development and personal empowerment.   Since launching his coaching practice he has guided hundreds of professionals toward creating the career they love and has impacted thousands through his events and media content.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Embracing curiosity in exploring your career path Leaders must ask their people what they want their career path to look like Career growth is not always about finding a new job, but recrafting your job where you are Workforce realities around career desires, career paths and key questions to ask your people Redefining career growth and what constitutes a normal career Changes in the ways people see work and career What it means to craft a job from the job you have Understanding the three C’s of self-leadership: 1. Clarity; 2. Confidence; 3. Control Role of corporate culture and values in career decisions Getting clear on your dream companies Importance of integrating your work life and your personal life relative to your career Rethinking your career by rethinking your life and priorities Natural curiosity and passion will naturally create opportunities Strategies for interviewing the companies you want to work for Exploring entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship The value of building reflection into your day Strategies to advance your career Importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in organizations and with team members Understanding humanistic leadership – people are people and they’re not their work The reality that everyone has a story and we don’t know it (empathy) “The most important leader is the one that's inside you.” Resources: Benjamin Ritter Live for Yourself Website Coach the Person, Not the Problem: A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry book by Marcia Reynolds Reframing: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Transformation of Meaning book by Richard Bandler and John Grinder The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you committed to personal and business growth? Are you ready to identify your blind spots and stop tripping over them? Do you want tools and strategies to grow yourself and your business? Our special guest Carl Gould answers these and other questions about leadership, entrepreneurship, coaching, business growth and peak performance. Carl Gould is a worldwide leading authority on business and entrepreneurship, a keynote speaker and best-selling author. His company, 7 Stage Advisors, helps organizations grow to the next level. He’s an entrepreneur who built three multi-million dollar businesses by age 40, and 7 Stage Advisors has mentored the launch of over five thousand businesses. Some of the companies Carl’s helped are Allstate, American Idol, USA Olympic Track, IBM, McGraw-Hill and the US Army. Carl created the farthest-reaching business mentoring organization in the world, and his methodologies are in practice in 35 countries. He’s trained, certified or accredited over 7,000 business coaches and mentors since 2002. Carl has written multiple books and articles on the subject of business strategy, leadership and sustainable growth. He co-authored Blueprint for Success with Stephen R. Covey and Ken Blanchard, and his best-selling book, The 7 Stages of Small Business Success, lays out the formula for HyperGrowth. Carl’s dynamic and energetic presentation style has made him a sought after keynote speaker internationally. He combines practical and impactful content with real-world experience…no theory here! Carl engages his audiences and keeps them on the edge of their seat. Gould’s content is original, profound and battle-tested.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Using assessments and peak performance science to accelerate and grow your leadership and business Skills for getting to your blind spots in two questions or less Strategies for growing the professional side of your life Understanding the ways your personality type impacts your leadership style Understanding the 7 Stages of Business Growth Strategic planning stage Specialty stage Synergy stage Systems stage Sustainability stage Saleability stage Legacy stage Understanding the difference between growing a business and scaling a business The difference between producer team members and manager team members Building great teams is about understanding the skills and mindsets for roles and finding the right fits for the roles (even if it’s not the typical fit) Focusing on core competencies versus prior experience with your people The four quandrants for business leaders – Direction / strategy, Income (sales / marketing), Systems; Controls Questions help people see things differently and help people find their blind spots Coach’s key role is to help clients understand the limit of their defined identity and expand that identity The importance of understanding the natural state of your comfort zone Leaders have a range of mismanagement, and the team knows it as well Behaviors follow incentives Resources: Carl Gould Carl Gould Website 7 Stage Advisors Website (Free Business Analysis) The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you confused about artificial intelligence and ways you can us AI to add value to your business? Would you like to more easily and consistently amplify your brand voice in sales, marketing and social media? Would you like to experience a 98% sales conversion in your business? Are you looking for ways to transform your fans into evangelists?   Our special guest Kate Bradley Chernis answers these and other questions about leadership, artificial intelligence, social media, sales and marketing leadership, and embracing more magic in your business and life.   Kate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, which uses AI to learn your brand voice and turn blogs, videos and podcasts into dozens of social posts. As a former marketing agency owner, Kate initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart, and got them a 130% ROI, year-over-year for three years.   Prior to founding Lately, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales and marketing expertise.   The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Understanding AI relative to your brand, brand message and social media The role of magic in your sales, marketing, business and life Ideas for transforming your fans into evangelists Living and leading with a child-like sense of wonder Embracing the impact of curiosity and synchronicity Claiming the power of your choices every day What you choose to believe changes your experiences of life The path to more magic is to believe in magic Even your superpowers have a corresponding weakness Leaders must be willing to call out the bullshit The importance of taking time to reflect on your moments and experiences every day The culture pressure for women leaders to always be on it, always be solving, always be fixing problems Navigating the daily pressures of the “mirror” (meeting self-expectations and expectations from others) for women in leadership The importance of being willing to move beyond your original idea and pivot in your business Beware losing your identity in your job, career or business Navigating your insecurities as a leader Wisdom for woman entrepreneur – listen to your gut! Resources: Kate Bradley Chernis Lately Website The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is your culture values based and are those values in action every day? Do you believe in the idea of business being a force for good? Are you looking for ways to build a truly people first organization and culture?   Our special guest David Baldwin answers these and other questions about people first leadership, values based leadership and what it means to build a business to be used as a force for good.   David Baldwin plays lead guitar for Baldwin&, the advertising agency he founded in Raleigh, NC. Baldwin& was named Small Agency of the Year twice in its first five years by Ad Age and the 4A’s, and David is one of the most awarded copywriters and creative directors working in the advertising business today.   The former Chairman of the One Club in NYC, David was also an executive producer for the Emmy winning film, Art & Copy, and an associate producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award winning film “The Loving Story”.   David also co-founded the Ponysaurus Brewing Co. in Durham, NC, and is the author of the Amazon Best Seller, The Belief Economy, How to Give a Damn, Stop Selling, and Create Buy-in.   Last year, in the wake of the George Floyd tragedy, David co-founded Take Your Seat, a company dedicated to get more Black representation into boardrooms.    The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… When it comes to DEI, no one cares what you have to say – they want to see what you’re doing Creating board opportunities for black leaders (Take Your Seat) If you want to support change for people of difference, ask them how you can help and listen A power phrase for DEI conversations – “I might be helping wrong, and I would like you to help me figure out how to not help wrong” Leadership means meeting every moment with an open heart The critical importance of getting clear on the purpose and why for your business and then make decisions based upon that why What it means to use business as a force for good and why it matters Companies with a meaningful culture, values lead, and based on purpose outperform the market significantly Growing a business by focusing on your people, not growth A unique definition of work life balance (presence) Leaders listen with an open heart and seek to understand their impact Leaders let go of the need to be right If you build a strong culture, the culture will filter out the wrong people A different approach to performance improvement plans What’s the people first always solution? (putting your values in action) A value’s not a value until it costs you in the marketplace Leadership lessons from the movie Twelve Angry Men (ask questions and listen) Resources: David Baldwin ([email protected]) David Baldwin Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/davidlbaldwin) Baldwin& Website Ponysaurus Brewery Website Take Your Seat Website Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life book by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does fear hold you back? Is fear keeping you from your goals and dreams? Do you want to differently navigate your fears to achieve your dreams? Our special guest Jacqueline Wales answers these and other questions about living and leading as a “fearless” leader and person. Jacqueline is the founder, creator and curator of The Fearless Factor. An astute observer of behavior, she’s endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and finds people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles to be incredibly interesting and courageous. She believes that being fearless is not the absence of fear but the courage to take the next step. As the author of When The Crow Sings, The Fearless Factor, The Fearless Factor @ Work, and soon to be published Fearless Women Leading The Way, Jacqueline’s explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths for more than 35 years. While observing and talking with thousands of people over several decades, Jacqueline has come to understand that the challenges we all confront are not much different—no matter who you are or what you’re doing in life. Jacqueline’s a writer, singer, and global nomad who’s lived and traveled on three continents, developed a passion for martial arts earning a black belt in karate, and now an avid CrossFit athlete. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Being fearless is not the absence of fear but the courage to take the next step Nothing changes if you’re not uncomfortable Asking yourself and honestly answering self-questions are keys to moving past fears Fear is an emotion driven by a thought The importance of taking a deep and honest dive into your fears and the fear drivers Gender differences around fear (women versus men) Leadership challenges for women in the workplace Importance of vulnerability in leadership and addressing your fears Impacts of the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves Value and impact to organizations of having more women and women in leadership Reality that people leave managers and the underlying values of the organization that allow the manager to lead (or fail to lead) a certain way Need for more compassion in the workplace Importance of bringing more humanity to work Value of assessment in building your people, culture and leadership Challenges to being more human at work Different ways to discuss and address feelings at work Vulnerability in leadership is not just about emotions (the key role of modeling in bringing more vulnerability in your workplace) What’s your fearless factor? Resources: Jacqueline Wales ([email protected]) Jacqueline Wales Website Complimentary Courses (Code JW21) Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life book by Tasha Eurich The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to be more innovative and creative in your business and leadership? Do you doubt your own creativity? Do you want to expand your own creativity in thinking, designing and strategizing? Do you want to grow your creative confidence? Our special guest Nora Herting answers these and other questions about visual leadership, creativity and strategy. A pioneer of visual strategy, Nora Herting is passionate about expanding peoples’ definition of creativity and believes the best way to meet the demands of business today is to take a visual approach that blends strategic thinking and creative expression. Nora’s skill and impact with businesses, and her own entrepreneurial prowess founding ImageThink, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business, Entrepreneur and INC. She leads a compelling conversation around the power of visual thinking as a catalyst for personal and organizational change. As a sought-after speaker and thought leader, Nora has inspired global audiences with her creative keynotes at Cannes Lions, SXSW Interactive, WBENC. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… The intersection of creativity, strategy and leadership Visualizing your ideas for greater innovation Role of visual tools in storytelling and brainstorming The importance of expanding people’s definitions of creativity Understanding the life cycle of an idea Using visual activation for creativity, innovation and strategy Our hard wiring to find meaning in pictures Overcoming obstacles to explore visual creativity experiences Tools for using visuals for your brainstorming, strategy sessions and problem solving The vulnerability in using visuals in your business leadership Visual tools as a strategy to surface and discuss difficult issues Integrating visual tools and humor to enhance business conversations and creativity Growing your creative confidence Visual tools enhance the experience, engagement, enjoyment and creativity Understanding visual tools for socialization within an organization Role of visual tools with mission, vision, purpose, values and strategic plan Understanding and implementing visual leadership Resources: Nora Herting ImageThink Website Draw Your Big Idea: The Ultimate Creativity Tool for Turning Thoughts Into Action and Dreams Into Reality Book by Nora Herting The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices