Episode 34: Benny Ausmus - Innovation and Leadership Awareness

In this episode, we get to know Benny Ausmus and his journey getting to starting his company, Big Change Agency. We discuss the differences and affects on leadership to going on a complaining detox to give yourself and the world a chance to level you up. Resources: LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/bennyausmus Big Change Agency - https://www.bigchangeagency.com/ The Bold Type - Mentioned Show from Hulu Fyre Festival Documentary Trailer Hulu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkaq_he-BU Fyre Festival Documentary Trailer Netflix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0KNVU2fV0 Posh Incredible Transformations - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/posh-incredible-transformations/id1377517663?mt=2 Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyrz1fZpMDHSfGm7t29ieOA/featured Website - Poshinc.com Email - [e-mail]   Episode Notes: * Intro - 0:00 * Clearing Up a Moment in the Show - 0:35 * Who is Benny Ausmus? - 3:18 * Big Change Agency - 3:48 * My Day to Day - 4:18 * My Interests - 4:30 * How Did You Get Into This Work? - 4:50 * Similar Stories and Variety - 9:00 * Needing Variety and Adventure - 9:58 * Did You Find Some Books Repetitive? - 10:27 * Did You Start Seeing Consistencies In What You Learned? - 11:22 * What is Leadership Awareness? - 12:45 * My Definition of Leadership - 14:09 * People Centric Leadership - 16:15 * Power In It’s Simplest Definition - 17:25 * Examples of People Centric Leadership - 18:20 * Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz - 19:15 * Triggering a Transformation - 21:41 * Leaders Affecting to a Change - 24:19 * What Makes a Difference in These People - 25:31 * A Belief That Every Leader Has the Answer - 28:54 * An Example: Fyre Festival - 31:44 * What Would a Leader ‘A’ Do vs. Leader ‘B’? - 36:10 * The Paradox on Personality Traits - 39:50 * Influence and the Ego Drive - 41:01 * The Biggest Problem With Self Awareness - 42:37 * Do Unaware Leaders Attract Unaware Employees - 43:40 * Will Leader ’B’ Attract and Train More ’B’ Typer Leaders - 45:11 * There’s No Going Backwards - 45:55 * How Would You Able to Look for a Leader ’A’? - 49:45 * The Issue with Self-Awareness and a Leader - 53:00 * How to Move Towards Empathetic, Courageous, Responsible and Resourceful - 55:10 * Closing - 58:12