Do you ever feel stuck? Do you ever feel threatened? Does every new change threaten you?
When you have conversations with others, are you trying to win? Trying to defend a position?
Then, perhaps, you might be stuck.
In this great conversation with social researcher and author Michael McQueen, we learn what is is to be Mind Stuck, and how we might discover a new way to see and be seen.
We create tools. The tools help us off load burdensome tasks as well as act as highly leveraged fulcrums to expand our energy and minds. These tools have helped us create. They have helped us build. They have helped us cure disease. They have helped us mitigate threats, from both human and animal.
And now we have artificial intelligence. However, many of the implementations are failing because we are deploying management and process thinking from the industrial age.. Ironically, in the era of the machine we have become one.
Our great conversation with Brian Evergreen, author of Autonomous Transformation: Creating a more Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, is enlightening as we pause to consider our next steps on our path to value; as individuals, businesses, and the world.
We are all on the journey of becoming. And we hope and pray, that at the end of the journey we are whole. For all of us that means being loved for who we are. And to get there, we need to establish trust in ourselves and in others.
Trust. Could it be the foundation of everything we touch? Are we not all builders? And if so, wouldn’t we want to build all the relationships we have in this life on top of a platform of trust? And wouldn’t it make sense if that same platform that builds those relationships would be the fuel that drives innovation and change within the organizations we live and work in every day?
This is a great conversation that holds nothing back. This is not an easy fix; especially if you do not have a roadmap. This conversation is about that roadmap that will create the scaffolding that will help you build a beautiful business and a beautiful world.
Go to the dictionary. Go to the university. Go to your next event.
Wherever you go, you will find different paths to leadership proficiency. But if you pause a moment and look around, you will find people making a difference. Usually through others. What language are they speaking?
We have a great conversation with the author of Leadership Language and discover a level of authenticity that is effective and inspirational that we can adopt in our own circle of influence.
Lives of quiet desperation. We have been pulling on the quote from Thoreau for awhile in our great conversations. Our great conversation on the Future of Work with this dynamic and inspirational leader may provide you the nudge to seize this moment to recognize your impact on others and help create an engaged culture of impact and purpose with your team.
Whenever you attempt to capture knowledge it is useful to understand that it is a snapshot in time. Very little of what we learn will survive as true given the unique nature of change. However, it is a platform for growth as long as you have access to the real time experiences of change that are occurring. We explore this idea in this great conversation with a security consultant attempting to create a bridge between the rear view mirror and the road ahead. The conversation applies to any market anywhere.
We run a company. We want to attract great people. We want them highly engaged. We want them aligned with our core values and our mission. We want them to be innovative. We need them to be team players.
How do you create a process for doing so?
We have a great conversation with one of the great leaders who helped shape a well-known and respected leadership framework for a Fortune 100 company.
Get ready for a great conversation with Allan Church, P.h.D.
We are builders; in our markets and our world. We are given the opportunity to align our vision, mission, and goals with stakeholders who share our values. We impact their lives, personally and professionally. Our definition of wealth is creating something that has mattered to people, customers, markets, and the world. We are owners and we deeply want a path to that value.
I am interviewed for the first time on the methodology I call The Path to Value™. I was a reluctant interview. But one of my previous interviews convinced me to leave these footprints in the sand before time washed them away.
Join me in a great conversation.
I cannot imagine what it is like to be treated as if you are invisible. And I cannot imagine only being seen, labelled, and dismissed because of the color of your skin. But, as we all know, it happens. You have two choices when this occurs. Play the victim or play the game better than those who have dismissed you. This is a story of being invisible while “infusing the system to diffuse the system”. This is truly a Great Conversation with a new best selling author, Doug Melville, the multi-generational grandson of a collection of amazing men.
Love it or hate it, the term “Holy Grail” is often used in life and business to describe something that has always been unobtainable. The pursuit of the “unobtainable” takes patience and indomitable faith.
The pursuit of a leadership development program that can crack the code of an organization’s people, lifting them to a new level of engagement with the organization’s vision, mission, and purpose, feels unobtainable, especially given the millions of dollars invested and the meager measurable return on investment it has produced.
This Great Conversation with Dr. Daniel Hallak of WiLD Leaders, gave me hope in this “impossible” dream. Perhaps it will for you too.
At our best we are learners. And those who rise in their journey, are best equipped to be masters of their craft by the learning DNA. But as we go down the road, it might be useful to know where the major turns might be. As well, learn the risks and opportunities we might experience.
This is a Great Conversation with a accomplished observer of The Three Turns of an Executive Leader.
We begin and live this life largely within the garden we are born into. Some of us are blessed and never know the slings and arrows of life. Others are not so lucky. But all of us must find our way to being a light to others. This great conversation is about a man who took such a journey. He found his way out of a traumatic childhood into the British SAS and into some of the most remarkable incidents of the century. And he found a way to measure what is right and true. His slogan “Who Dares Shares” is another way of saying: to win in life, we must seek and live truth. He is doing so today. Enjoy this great conversation with Robin Horsfall.
The measure of one’s life is between the birth and the death. It is a sacred journey filled with fear, uncertainty, and doubt by many; filled with hope, courage, love, and kindness by a few. It is truly the hero’s journey, and this author, Ben Martin, provides us a book full of songs marking each day of the year. Enjoy a great conversation with a friend from the past, as we catch up with a song of life.
“Serve Honorably. Drink Honorably” Inspired by a previous Great Conversation with author Michael Trott (The Art of Protecting the Leader), we caught up with his latest venture: Four Branches Bourbon. Imagine the heart, mind, and fortitude in launching a new company, and a new bourbon. It would take a Hall of Fame effort and Hall of Fame help to do it. We have a great conversation with the men representing the four branches of the military, the four grains of their unique mash, and four hearts who continue to want to serve. “Serve Honorably. Drink Honorably™"
Well done Rick Franco, U.S. Marines, Michael Trout, U.S. Airforce, Robert Casey, U.S. Army, and Harold Underdown, U.S. Navy.
You can learn a lot about life by studying how you and others make decisions. If you think about it, our life is a series of transactions of value. In a transaction, there is the possibility of a yes, a no, and the ever so dangerous maybe. Why dangerous? Because a “maybe” can indicate a problem with your criteria for value. It can speak to a lack of readiness. It can indict you for your lack of courage or confidence. Whether you are a “buyer” or a “seller” in your life’s transactions, pay attention to the process by which you engage your world. In this second great conversation with the CEO of a Sales Training Company called M3, we get more insights into the psychology of a true profession called “sales”. Listen then tie it into your own life.
We are largely motivated by self-interest. If we are acting as a buyer, we want the best product at the lowest price. But we also know that lowest price may not be the answer to our needs. If we are acting as a seller, we may be motivated to “win”. But how do we define this term? Now let’s pull back and see if there is a connection between these two notions and the behaviors of the buyer and seller. There is a beautiful ending to this story… listen and see if you can find it!
When you strike up an unscripted conversation you never know what will transpire. You have to be a little bit fearless and transparent to do this. When this characteristic is aligned with your leadership, efficacy, and heart for your profession called “security”, you add depth to the description of Mark Ledlow’s podcast called: Fearless Mindset.
I had a great conversation with him about the future of security and we both discovered the future of business.
Humans created constructs that represent time. Consider it the canvas in which they have painted their origin stories as well as their stories of the future. As this pendulum swings, we also are exploring the depths of our understanding of the who and why of our being. We believe “truth” is in the data. But then the data changes. We need someone to help us understand the reader (us), and the story they are living. Within this story lies the secret of navigating the risks and opportunities that represent the human experience. Enjoy this Great Conversation with the time-traveler Cyndi Coon. Be prepared. You may become a fellow time-traveler.
