Humanergy Leadership Podcast

David talks with Judy Brown and Rick Eigenbrod about two CEO's and how they are looking at their organizations differently. They discuss leadership and followership, flexibility and agility in an organization and pushing decision making to where the information is at.

Corey Fernandez looks at how we can often make assumptions about people's intent and this can get us into trouble. He recommends being curious and searching past the words to find the intent behind them to ensure understanding

David talks with Mike and Michael Williams, two generations of leadership at this tier one automotive supplier based in Troy, Michigan.  They discuss best practices they have learned from leading and transitioning within a family business

Judy Brown reads from her book, A Leaders Guide to Reflective Practice, a segment called, Cone-in-a-box.  She talks about how dialogue can help us see a better truth

Jim Marshall talks to our First Friday group about having difficult conversations.  This will be continued next month.

David talks about how important it is for leaders to create space:

• The pause after a question
• The pause before solving someone else's problem
• Strategic time
• Safe venting

David talks with Joe & Joey Cekola of Imperial Beverage about their experiences working in the family business - and the best practices that have allowed for success.

David reflects on a kids hockey coach who has the leanest version of behavioral expectations (from the Set-Up box of What Great Teams Do Great) - work hard and be a great teammate!

Lance Satterthwaite talks about how teams can make great decisions

David builds on the ideas from Ep95 about creating a personal board of directors.  Imagine doing a seating chart for an event... who are the people you have at each of the following tables:

• Coaching
• Sponsorship
• Mentoring
• Friends

Who can provide insight and advise to you personally and professionally?

David shares the idea that when we are preparing to leave a role, we can create a glidepath that best allows for a great transition by stepping down our work

David continues his exploration of family business best practices with Lauren Clark and Bob Barry of Bergquist

David talks to Jeannette Stawski about her new book, The Outdoor Leader - a great introduction to leadership whether you work in the outdoors or not.

Corey Fernandez talks about how stakeholder mapping can help identify the interdependencies and set up a clear picture of the greater good

David talks about how problem solvers can sometimes become bottlenecks because they don't develop problem solving skills in others. The simple idea of 'showing your work', like the math teachers made you do in school, can help others see your thinking and develop the skills themselves

David talks with John Gallagher, President and owner of Gallagher Uniform in Battle Creek, Michigan about this 5th generation family business

Corey talks about how the What Great Teams Do Great model can be applied to support remote teams and how, with intention, they can be as or more productive than face-to-face teams

David shares a gift of language that you won't forget and you will probably go check for yourself. This is to celebrate our upcoming 24th anniversary as a company.  Happy birthday to us!

David talks with Judy Brown and Rick Eigenbrod about how  it is a leaders responsibility to "end well". They look at how leaders should be checking themselves regularly to make sure they are still offering the leadership the organization needs right now... or are they hanging on, hanging in or hanging out?  Perhaps it's even time to hang up!