Leadership Junkies Podcast

Are you looking for strategies to grow your business and your people? Are you committed to being a leader and organization focused on putting your people first? Do you want tools to achieve your business goals by putting your people first? Our special guest Lori Kaiser answers these and other questions about people first leadership, culture and business growth. Lori Kaiser is the Founder and CEO of Kaiser Consulting, which she founded in 1992. Lori is a chief executive, corporate leader, and business strategist with a proven track record in assessing risk and creating solutions for Fortune 500 Company C-Level Executives and Boards. Kaiser Consulting is an international professional services firm specializing in accounting, finance and IT consulting with 80 finance and accounting professionals. Most important, Lori and Kaiser Consulting have grown the business on the simple premise of putting their people first. In fact, Lori and Kaiser Consulting have built and grown a business based upon what you may think a crazy approach – ask your people what kind of career and practice they want and then deliver it. In 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Kaiser Consulting was named a Columbus “Best Places to Work”. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Building, growing and running a business based upon your people’s optimal schedule The death of the 40-hour work week and the benefits of having flexible schedules for your people You can run a people first business and still deliver high value to all clients (including large corporations) Building and nurturing an attraction model for building your team The importance of cultural fit with your team members Creating and using a success factor grid for your business and team Interview questions to help you assess cultural and success factor fit The importance of training and developing your people The value of providing a training and development allowance for your people (in addition to in house training) The challenge in offering flexible schedules is worth the returns Get clear on the skills that are needed for your people to advance their career (and support them in growing those skills) Using internal processes to continually evaluate your people’s time and schedules (avoiding overwork) Keys for growing and advancing your people based upon the skills needed for the next level (not just their current level) Every person is different which requires enhanced listening skills to understand each person The clearer you are about what kind of people you want, the clearer it will be who’s not a good fit When you put your people first, they will serve your clients well Be willing to fire clients that don’t treat your people well Be willing to say no to potential clients that don’t fit your people first model It’s essential to understand and use your key performance indicators Ask your people and make it safe for them to tell the truth and even say “no” Resources: Lori Kaiser Kaiser Consulting Website Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It Book (Peggy Klaus) The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for strategies to achieve balance in your life? Are you struggling with the challenges of growing a business while maintaining your life priorities? Are you feeling handcuffed to your business? Do you want tools for scaling your business without burning out and getting out of balance in your life? Is your relationship with money keeping you from your goals? Our special guest Cassidy Arbeli answers these and other questions about leadership, business building and life integration especially for women. Cassidy is a serial entrepreneur who owns several businesses. She now works with businesses, especially female entrepreneurs, to help them grow their businesses, scale their businesses and get the life they want out of their businesses, including multiple streams of income. She also started her first business while beginning her journey as a mother – in essence, navigating the journey of business, marriage and motherhood all at the same time. Her foundation and podcast are called Unburden Your Business, and helps women build their businesses despite the unique challenges and burdens faced by women. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Focusing on life integration (not balance) Assessing priorities based upon either a “Heck yes” or a “Heck no” The benefits of theming your days Asking and answering the question, “What would you do if you only had two hours a week to work on your business?” It’s essential to put your team first and help them not only perform, but achieve their dreams The importance of having a clear vision for what you want your business to achieve for you and in your life It’s critical to processize your business and your team’s activities in the business The biggest challenge in business is execution and the role of a strategic execution plan Minimize the resistance to execution Understanding your money (not just growing revenue) Understanding the different ways the women function and lead in business (feminine energy versus masculine energy) Leading your business in alignment with your feminine cycles Acting and leading like men is NOT the answer for women (although it may deliver short term results) The reality of ongoing challenges for women (and the reality that men are often unaware of these ongoing challenges) It’s vital for women to show up as their authentic selves in business and leadership Clients care about relationships and value Let your people be themselves in their networking activities, dress code and sales methods You can create a profitable business that aligns with who you are Doing business with a persona requires that you work harder People follow authentic people (not personas) The difference between living an integrated life versus a balanced life The power of pause in your business and life Breaking the cycles that keep you handcuffed to your business Embrace the data to run your business Understanding your relationship with money and the ways that relationship impacts your business and financial performance Power Question: Where do you see yourself in 12 months? Resources: Cassidy Arbeli Unburden Your Business Website (FREE business quiz) Unburden Your Business Podcast The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you frustrated with the current state of leadership? Are you wondering about the future of leadership? Are you willing to make a fundamental shift in your leadership to help enhance engagement, trust, followership and performance? Our special guest Paul McCarthy answers these and other questions about leadership, leadership development, and a fundamental shift in leadership for the future. Paul McCarthy is the Founder of a movement called FIRED Leadership. He's working on his first book that's called The FIRED Leader: Reinventing the Future of Leadership, challenging CEOs to rethink who they are firing, because they're getting rid of the wrong talents and skills. Despite being a global multibillion-dollar industry, studies show that the more companies spend on leadership development, the less leaders are ready for today's changing marketplace. Driven by the quest to discover what motivates people to do what they do, Paul thinks big, questions deeply, and strives to create the conditions for leaders of all levels to have courageous and honest conversations that build strong and healthy organizations. Having worked within big firms in the UK and Canada, he brings global perspective to his work as well as real-world experience and straightforward guidance that informs and supports leaders and leadership teams to navigate opportunities and challenges presented by transformation. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Leadership and leadership development is a broken model that requires foundational disruption Exploring the fundamental defects in today’s model of and approach to leadership development The trouble with performance review processes and performance improvement plans The importance of dropping your ego in order to explore solutions to leadership and leadership development Creating conditions for an honest discussion of what’s working and what’s not working in leadership, management and business Beware the guruizing of leadership and leadership development Understanding the profound cost of disengagement in business The performance impact of clarity and alignment around purpose Key drivers of team disengagement The role of fear in staying stuck personally, professionally and organizationally The connection between leadership, culture and mental health The foundations of FIRED leadership as a mindset and practice Fresh thinking Inquisitive nature Real and accountable Expressive and challenging Direct and transparent The power and impact of treating people like humans The many ways we’re failing in our meetings Resources: Paul McCarthy LinkedIn Fired Leadership Twitter The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking to grow your leadership, impact and engagement? Are you curious about the ways that understanding and using your soul intelligence will enhance your leadership and impact? Are you committed to enhancing your team’s impact and performance? Our special guest Kristine Glein answers these and other questions about performance, team engagement and soul intelligence. Kristine Glein is a conscious leadership coach committed to bringing the power of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) into the mainstream. She is dedicated to helping executive and senior leadership transform their managers into game changing leaders resulting in increased performance, consistency and alignment with the best version of themselves so they can make a greater impact on their individual teams and the organization as a whole. When it comes to motivating others to meet and exceed expectations, Kristine knows you must have your purpose and passion aligned, as that’s when you are able to fully stand in your power and embody your potential. It’s this fundamental transformational change that allows you to access the flow of energy within you by tapping into your Soul Intelligence. It drives your actions, enabling you to leverage your talents and gifts and share with others to influence and inspire. There is no doubt that we need more soulful leaders in this world. A native New Yorker, she is tenacious and singularly focused making Soul Intelligence not just a concept, but a sweeping movement across the country. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Using the Game Changer Index to grow yourself and your team The role of intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional quotient (EQ) and soul quotient (SQ) IQ only uses 5% of the brain – your subconscious mind is the other 95% Understanding the DSCO coaching model (Drama – Solution – Choice – Opportunity) It’s vital to get clear on identifying and living mission, vision, values and purpose People (especially millennials) want to be motivated by the work Trust and transparency are vital in managers and leaders Focus your people development on your mid-performers (not your poor performers) Understanding inside out problem solving Understanding and solving our engagement issues and opportunities The ROI of investing in your people Understanding the Game Changing Index and ways to use it in your business The power and impact of soul intelligence Resources: Kristine Glein LinkedIn Kristine Glein Facebook Game Changing Impact Website Free Master Class (email Kristine at [email protected]) The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you seeking to achieve peak performance? Are you looking to achieve alignment between your priorities and your actions? Do you want tools and strategies to enhance and accelerate your balanced performance in life and business? Our special guest Katie Stoddart (Sweden) answers these and other questions about peak performance, balance and removing the obstacles that get in our way. Katie Stoddart is the Founder of ‘The Focus Bee’ and an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie supports founders and executives on sustaining peak performance in their business. Katie started her career as an engineer, working offshore, mapping the seafloor. From her time at sea, she gained the experience of managing teams under stressful circumstances and this led her towards coaching. She has coached in English, French, Spanish and German. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews leading experts in high performance. She’s passionate about leadership, performance and resilience. Katie challenges every person she works with to re-focus on what matters most. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through one-on-one coaching and workshops on focus, leadership and performance. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Peak performance is overall balance while pursuing excellence (striving and thriving) Balance is adjusting areas that you’ve underprioritized Self-leadership requires doing your identity work and creating healthier habits The ego challenge to making identity shifts The importance of identifying and acknowledging the “wins” of the behaviors you want to change Our subconscious defaults to certainty and comfort zone unless we’re aware and willing to shift Ways that not “knowing” what to do is a form of resistance to change and pursuing what you desire Ways we get stuck in the doing Naming your internal saboteurs as a strategy to be more aware of them and avoid them Not enough is the foundation for all internal saboteurs The role of emotions in personal change and transformation We hesitate to acknowledge the truth of choices because then we can’t blame or be the victim (blame doesn’t exist) Strategies for inviting others to take responsibility and change themselves (versus demanding that they take responsibility and change) The critical role of why and purpose in change (including taking the focus off themselves and onto others) The vital role of energy in leadership and performance Paying attention to the energy of your space Beware energy thieves including unfinished tasks Beware the words you use to enhance or diminish your energy The “busy excuse” is an excuse for not making something a priority Alignment of values, priorities and actions is essential The reality of conflicts between long term vision and short-term gains (dopamine hits) Regularly assess your time allocation based upon priorities Important role of focus in managing energy and time, and a lens through which we choose to see things through Strategies for enhancing their focus Clarity is essential for peak performance and achieving your goals and objectives Resources: Katie Stoddart The Focus Bee website Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Book by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you struggling to lose weight and improve your physical health? Are you falling victim to the “I don’t have time” excuse for not exercising? Are you looking for practical ways to achieve your health and weight loss goals? Our special guest Gav Gillibrand will answer these and other questions about exercise, weight loss and your physical health. Gav Gillibrand is a fitness and nutrition expert who specializes in helping busy men and women lose 20 pounds or more in 12 weeks or less without cutting out carbs and other fun stuff from their lives. From a TV appearance on “Blind Date” in 1993 to a distinguished career as a male revue artist (aka a male stripper) traveling all over the UK and Europe, Gav went on to become one of the UK’s most successful online health & fitness coaches having helped hundreds of clients in the last 15 years to health & weight loss success. His techniques have helped people lose body fat with ease, increase their energy, improve their health, and give them the weight loss goals that they have always wanted. Finally, Gav’s unique take on fat loss has led to him building a community of 33,000+ followers on LinkedIn where he inspires them each day with content that is fun, informative, and unique. Gav is the author of The GHG Method: A No “Bullshit” Approach to Losing Body Fat, Upgrading Your Mind Set & Radically Changing Your Life. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… The journey from global male stripper to health and exercise guru What you need to know about exercise and carbs myths Weight loss is all about the math (calorie deficits) Understanding your obstacles to weight loss and improved physical health Key mindset shifts to achieve your weight loss, exercise and physical health goals The critical role that your friend and relationships play in achieving (or not achieving) your weight loss and health goals The psychological aspects of losing weight and improving your health The importance of attaching emotion to your health and weight goals The challenge of portion size differences in the United States Overcoming the mental barriers of weight loss and physical health The vital role of sleep for your overall health including weight loss Why We Sleep book Losing weight is not a magic bullet (the answer is to control your calories and move your body 3 or 4 times a week) When choosing exercise do something you like (you can exercise and lose weight your way) Understanding N.E.A.T. (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) and its role in weight loss Ways to ignore the outside voices of “expertise” on what you “should” do Ignore the noise about weight loss and exercise Resources: Gav Gillibrand Gav Gillibrand Website The GHG Method: A No “Bullshit” Approach to Losing Body Fat, Upgrading Your Mind Set & Radically Changing Your Life book The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you often focused on doing in your leadership? Have you ever felt stuck in your business or career journey? Are you looking for tools to enhance your leadership effectiveness and impact? Do you want to learn to be more resourceful as a leader? Our special guest Noa Ronen is back to answer these and other questions about leadership, change management and Being the leader you desire to BE. Noa Ronen is a speaker, certified executive coach, author, disruptor, and coffee lover with more than 20 years of experience in change management, human resources, project management, and coaching. Noa encourages founders, executives, social leaders and their teams to challenge the norms so they can create the change they desire. As part of her want to do things differently she founded the Walking Mastermind™ a unique networking system for leaders that allows people and communities to network outdoors. Noa’s personal relocation experience from Israel to the United States resulted in a refreshing view of the world that invites you to hold a new mindset of what she calls BEyond leadership where you hold your leadership BEyond yourself, your vision and values to engage and grow others to BE their best selves. Noa’s the author of the book BEyond: Leadership from AwareLess to AwareNess: Dare to BE the Leader You Can Be. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… What is BEyond leadership You can BE anything (even if you can’t do everything) The fears we have of Being Understanding the BEing of the system especially with your team The importance of having conversations with your people in order to understand them The risks of only doing in leadership (and failing to be) The critical role of why and purpose in achieving your objectives Getting honest about what’s important and not important Courage is moving ahead even when you feel uncertain and even weak Redefining courage The importance of learning the systems inside your team and organization that don’t align with your values Learn about a change formula: D (doing) x BE3 (emotions, expectations, energy) Leaders lean back rather than lean in Resources: Noa Ronen Noa Ronen Website BEyond: Leadership from AwareLess to AwareNess: Dare to BE the Leader You Can Be Book The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you often focused on doing in your leadership? Have you ever felt stuck in your business or career journey? Are you looking for tools to enhance your leadership effectiveness and impact? Do you want to learn to be more resourceful as a leader? Our special guest Noa Ronen answers these and other questions about leadership, change management and Being the leader you desire to BE. Noa Ronen is a speaker, certified executive coach, author, disruptor, and coffee lover with more than 20 years of experience in change management, human resources, project management, and coaching. Noa encourages founders, executives, social leaders and their teams to challenge the norms so they can create the change they desire. As part of her want to do things differently she founded the Walking Mastermind™ a unique networking system for leaders that allows people and communities to network outdoors. Noa’s personal relocation experience from Israel to the United States resulted in a refreshing view of the world that invites you to hold a new mindset of what she calls BEyond leadership where you hold your leadership BEyond yourself, your vision and values to engage and grow others to BE their best selves. Noa’s the author of the book BEyond: Leadership from AwareLess to AwareNess: Dare to BE the Leader You Can Be. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Understanding the key leadership blind spots and roadblocks Strategies for navigating transition points in life and business What it means to move from awareless, to awaremess, to awareness The critical role of Being when it comes to leadership The challenges of navigating change and challenges on your own (and limiting yourself to your own thoughts) The many challenges of being instead of doing Ways we’re all taught to focus on doing for success, acceptance and worthiness The importance of having a resourceful mindset The critical need to understand your tendencies and their impact What it means to allow your being energy and your doing energy to complete with each other (not complete with each other) Awareness of your thoughts (especially those that don’t serve you) allows you to shift and pivot your thoughts The importance of making time for reflection (and being) The fears we have of being (versus doing) Being often feels uncomfortable so we resist it Understanding the role of surrender on the journey from awareless, to awaremess, to awareness Resources: Noa Ronen Noa Ronen Website BEyond: Leadership from AwareLess to AwareNess: Dare to BE the Leader You Can Be Book The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for ways to enhance your people leadership mindsets and tools? Do you want strategies to enhance your people culture and leadership impact? Are you ready to lead and manage differently to meet the leadership needs of today? Our special guest Denise Cooper answers these and other questions about leadership, tools for HR leaders, and strategies for creating cultures of psychological safety and belonging. Denise Cooper, MBA, is a Certified Conversational Intelligence Trainer with 25 + years as a human resources leader who brings a practical approach to improving both soft and hard leadership skills. According to Denise, The majority of corporate “transformations” fail to meet their objectives. We know it is usually not because of a flawed business strategy, but due to poor people management or approaches that have not changed, despite the very different business model evolution. Better leaders and managers simply hit or exceed their goals more reliably. Denise’s also the author of Remarkable Leadership Lessons. As an accomplished HR executive turned owner of a boutique leadership and coach to human resource professionals, her work is focused on advising executives and HR professionals on how to create a responsive people strategy that creates a more motivated and talented workforce than your competition. Denise is a business coach for people who hate people issues but love getting things done. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… The difference between having a great strategy and implementing that strategy (all people issues) The myth and fundamental failing of our leadership thinking What we’re missing in assessing leaders and their leadership The need for change in HR and leadership The struggles of creating workplaces where people feel like they belong The bell curve truth of mediocre leaders and managers The importance of value in the culture and leadership conversation People have a core desire to be seen, heard and relevant If you can’t see a way, then what you see is in the way People need to learn to be adaptable but few of us are being taught adaptability The importance of allowing your people to bring their full selves to work What are you attached to as a leader and manager? Leadership is like learning to ride – eventually you have to actually ride the bike and you actually have to lead (and learn to recover when you fail or fall) Understanding the boundaries in allowing measured risk The role and importance of psychological safety in the workplace Compassion is understanding empathy and still hold people accountable The power of asking who’s the best people developer versus asking who’s the best performer What is the true meaning of being an alpha leader Resources: Denise Cooper Remarkable Leadership Website Remarkable Leadership Master Class Remarkable Leadership Lessons Book The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to be more brave in your life and leadership? Are you ready to face your fears and lead with greater purpose, alignment and intentionality? Do you want tool to enhance your bravery in leadership? Our special guest Nicole Bianchi answers these and other questions about overcoming resistance, bravery and leadership … and what it means to lead as your bravest self. Nicole Bianchi is a founding partner at Bravium HD, where she’s a professional speaker, facilitator and ICF executive coach leading leadership, team alignment and culture-building workshops. Before Bravium, she was a human resources and organizational development executive, leading transformation within Conagra Brands and Markel Insurance. She is the author of “Small Brave Moves” by New Degree Press in April, 2021. Her passion? Inspiring Bravery. Her focus? Enabling leaders to stretch into their bravest selves. She decided to write this book when she saw the common missing element in leaders was bravery, everyday bravery. Immediately she thought, how can I help? Giving back to her community is important; Nicole and her family have partnered to bring the Butterfly Effect Movement, a national movement to Papillion, NE. The Social Butterfly Installations are an art project mural designed to promote positive community change. The Leadership Junkies Podcast is brought to you by Cardivera.com. Show Notes Episode highlights… Understanding the concept of bravership and the power of this daily question, “What’s the bravest thing I did today?” What it means to stand up for who you are, and the purpose and values you bring to the table The reality that we’re discouraging from being brave inside and organization and rewarded for it outside an organization Understanding the fears that hold you back in your leadership The truth that bravery often comes in small steps The three most common fears: 1. Fear of loss; 2. Fear of change; and 3. Fear of not getting it right Did you know that 62% of people prefer the status quo The power of giving yourself permission to experiment The impact of asking yourself what’s the worst thing that could happen The importance of transparency and vulnerability in leadership The importance of bringing your authentic self to your leadership Have you done your deep work on your own values and self Experiential exploration of intentionality Key differences between high performance and impactful leadership Ways your resistance is an obstacle to change What it means to make small brave moves in leadership and life Key questions to ask yourself regarding your fears Don’t trust your first answers to the difficult questions to yourself Understanding the role of resistance in change efforts Better and differently understanding your fears Reframing bravery Resources: Nicole Bianchi Bravium HD Website Small Brave Moves Book The Leadership Junkies Podcast Cardivera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices