Hacking Your Leadership Podcast

Hacking Your Leadership Podcast

No role plays; just real. Chris & Lorenzo share four decades of combined experience to help you become a more effective leader. Keeping employees engaged and doing their best work today requires leadership that emphasizes soft skills like empathy, emotional intelligence, and a desire to make personal connections. Many leaders want to succeed in this brave new world, but employees continue to report poor engagement and leave companies about every three years. Listen and become a leader who people never want to leave. Check out Lions Guide Academy today! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/hacking-your-leadership-podcast--4805674/support.

Episodes

Be A Better Leader

July 31, 2025 • 21 mins
No roleplays, just real. Thank you for 8 amazing years.

-Chris & Lorenzo

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Ep 440: Separated leadership priorities will never get you the best outcomes.

July 28, 2025 • 25 mins
It's natural to focus on the things you'll see on your performace appraisal or review. But if every leader on a team is able to adopt the priorities of their peers in their absence, overall team performance will rise.

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Engagement Exchange: Repitition is a leadership super power.

July 24, 2025 • 14 mins
It might seem robotic or like you're being inauthemtic, but repeating yourself when it comes to top priorities is not only necessary, it's a very effective way to instill a sense of stability and confidence in your people. 

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 439: The energy you bring to a room is *always* important.

July 21, 2025 • 20 mins
If you're a leader, when you enter a room the energy will always change. It will always become either better or worse. It's your job to know this and to make sure your influence on this energy is always positive. A sense of urgency is required but not at the expense of focus from the people on your team.

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 8 of 8)

July 17, 2025 • 13 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 438: Being an optimistic leader without losing credibility.

July 14, 2025 • 20 mins
If you're a leader, being optimistic is a prerequisite. But too many leaders lose credibility and authenticity when their optimism seems unrealistic. There's a way to remain optimistic in the face of problems without losing this credibility though.

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 7 of 8)

July 10, 2025 • 11 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 437: You can't change people's perception of you with words, only with behaviors.

July 7, 2025 • 18 mins
Too many people attempt to change the perception of themselves with words. But how people see you is simply a collection of their observations of your behaviors and actions. There is no shortcut to this process.

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 6 of 8)

July 3, 2025 • 12 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 436: Can having the right spouse or partner actually raise job satisfaction?

June 30, 2025 • 20 mins
A recent study out of Washington University says that having a spouse or romantic partner who is both diciplined and dependable can significantly impact job satisfaction and even a person's ability to get promotoed.

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 5 of 8)

June 26, 2025 • 14 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 435: Common Leadership Problems (Part 4 of 4)

June 23, 2025 • 20 mins
Some leadership challenges are solved within the relationship of yourself and just one coworker. Others impact entire teams. Over four episodes we'll discuss some of the bigger ones that can impact the dynamic of an entire team.

Link to article by Sam Adeyemi: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/08/30/recipes-for-workplace-recovery-4-common-leadership-problems-and-their-solutions/

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 4 of 8)

June 19, 2025 • 12 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 434: Common Leadership Problems (Part 3 of 4)

June 16, 2025 • 21 mins
Some leadership challenges are solved within the relationship of yourself and just one coworker. Others impact entire teams. Over four episodes we'll discuss some of the bigger ones that can impact the dynamic of an entire team.

Link to article by Sam Adeyemi: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/08/30/recipes-for-workplace-recovery-4-common-leadership-problems-and-their-solutions/

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 3 of 8)

June 12, 2025 • 11 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 433: Common Leadership Problems (Part 2 of 4)

June 9, 2025 • 24 mins
Some leadership challenges are solved within the relationship of yourself and just one coworker. Others impact entire teams. Over four episodes we'll discuss some of the bigger ones that can impact the dynamic of an entire team.

Link to article by Sam Adeyemi: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/08/30/recipes-for-workplace-recovery-4-common-leadership-problems-and-their-solutions/

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 2 of 8)

June 5, 2025 • 12 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 432: Common Leadership Problems (Part 1 of 4)

June 2, 2025 • 21 mins
Some leadership challenges are solved within the relationship of yourself and just one coworker. Others impact entire teams. On the next four episodes we'll discuss some of the bigger ones that can impact the dynamic of an entire team.

Link to article by Sam Adeyemi: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/08/30/recipes-for-workplace-recovery-4-common-leadership-problems-and-their-solutions/

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Engagement Exchange: Causes of disengagement that are typically overlooked (Part 1 of 8)

May 29, 2025 • 12 mins
Sometimes the most common causes of low employee engagement aren't actually what is causing it on your team. Over 8 episodes we'll cover some of the less-obvious causes so you can take steps to mitigate them.

Welcome to the Engagement Exchange.

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Ep 431: Do others see you in the way you want to be seen?

May 26, 2025 • 24 mins
Many leaders never surround themselves with the right people needed in order to ensure they're seen in the way they want to be seen.

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