Jim Bennett - Dream Dare Dazzle
Helping People to Dream. Dare. and Dazzle their world. Empowering Leaders without title to enable their family, community and organisation to be Stronger. Smarter. Safer!
Episodes
June 29, 2025 • 17 mins
It has been said that the eyes are the window into the soul. If true, the ears are the doorway to the heart. It is by our ears we listen to what’s important to someone.
We not only hear the words they are using, but hear the tone of voice, inflection, and can distinguish between the emotions expressed and listen for what is hoped for moving forward. Our ears afford us the ability to do so, but all too frequently we don’t take the ti...
We not only hear the words they are using, but hear the tone of voice, inflection, and can distinguish between the emotions expressed and listen for what is hoped for moving forward. Our ears afford us the ability to do so, but all too frequently we don’t take the ti...
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June 22, 2025 • 18 mins
Having clear expectations can reduce the strife in your personal life and professional life by 50 percent as well as increase your performance. You do that by getting clear about the expectations you have with someone.
Clear expectations are rooted in seven fundamental steps:
Clear expectations are rooted in seven fundamental steps:
- Reafirm the Purpose
- Define Success
- Clarify Roles, Responsibilites and Time Frames
- Clarify Decision Making
- Schedule Status Updates
- Address The Issues
- Confirm Unde...
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June 15, 2025 • 13 mins
If you are in a leadership position, you have likely read about how to have teams and workers you lead do something they may not want to do. A day doesn't go by that you don’t directly or indirectly persuade someone. You have high hopes for having people follow your lead and act in ways that foster innovation, growth, and passion.
But in everyday life, leaders are dealing with the realty that, all too often, people don’t do what t...
But in everyday life, leaders are dealing with the realty that, all too often, people don’t do what t...
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June 8, 2025 • 16 mins
Persuasion in transformational leadership is not about eloquent and stirring speeches like Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream" speech.
Persuasion in transformational leadership is about positive influence, not manipulation. In its purest form persuasion is the shaping with full integrity the thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviours of others. Let's examine in more detail....
Persuasion in transformational leadership is about positive influence, not manipulation. In its purest form persuasion is the shaping with full integrity the thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviours of others. Let's examine in more detail....
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June 1, 2025 • 15 mins
Every organisation has deep reservoirs of talent that are not achieving their full potential. There are many reasons why full potential is not achieved and excellence is not cascaded throughout an organisation.
You will no doubt have your own list, but after working with organisations for many years I have found a set of 20 reasons why talent is not realising its full potential - let's explore, then look, hear and feel a holistic le...
You will no doubt have your own list, but after working with organisations for many years I have found a set of 20 reasons why talent is not realising its full potential - let's explore, then look, hear and feel a holistic le...
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May 25, 2025 • 9 mins
There is a common misconception that people resist change. I believe people don’t mind change. What they mind is feeling bad about it.
If you want transformational levels of growth, understanding how the change impacts workers and stakeholders, how the change makes them feel must be recognised, respected, reflected on with a warm heart and responded to accordingly - let's explore....
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Rocking your Strategy
https://rockyour...
If you want transformational levels of growth, understanding how the change impacts workers and stakeholders, how the change makes them feel must be recognised, respected, reflected on with a warm heart and responded to accordingly - let's explore....
Support Data
Rocking your Strategy
https://rockyour...
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May 18, 2025 • 18 mins
Far too often leaders feel overwhelmed by the everyday demands of their jobs and they in turn disengage from the ideal of workers flourishing and doing their best work. They love the idea of workers flourishing and of a flourishing bottom line, but are not actively engaged in a leadership project that allows it to happen.
For me, it's about shining LIGHT:
Listening
Integrity
Generosoty
Heart
Truth
Let's explore....
For me, it's about shining LIGHT:
Listening
Integrity
Generosoty
Heart
Truth
Let's explore....
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May 11, 2025 • 12 mins
I would suggest that flourishing is in short supply because of lowered standards. Customers have become accustomed to airlines and railways that regularly delay flights/trains and dismiss passenger frustration; they’ve come to expect banks and other financial institutions to be more concerned with the bank’s financial wellbeing than the customers. Also, political narratives has been degraded to unimaginable levels. Let's explore i...
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May 4, 2025 • 10 mins
Are you, your workers and customers flourishing? Are you faring well, prospering, highly productive, excelling, and living boldly? Let's explore and see what that means to you and your stakeholders.
Resource:
Flourishing at Work and Flourishing in Life
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/human-flourishing/202109/flourishing-at-work-and-flourishing-in-life
Resource:
Flourishing at Work and Flourishing in Life
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/human-flourishing/202109/flourishing-at-work-and-flourishing-in-life
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April 27, 2025 • 12 mins
If you are a financial advisor, accountant, attorney, engineer, IT professional, Human Resources specialist, or in any technically trained profession, you need to fall out of love with what you do and change your Focus to falling in love with making your clients’, customers’, and worksrs’ lives better for having worked with you.
This sends a powerful message that this person can improve the quality of my life. This is transformatio...
This sends a powerful message that this person can improve the quality of my life. This is transformatio...
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April 20, 2025 • 15 mins
In many organizations the word project creates a negative response. Too many projects are
cumbersome and lumbering. They’re populated with people who view the project as a time suck and who lack creativity and enthusiasm for doing meaningful work.
Also, because they feel over scheduled, overworked, and overwhelmed, they want to check off the project team meeting on their to-do list and go back to more important work.
Let's explore wh...
cumbersome and lumbering. They’re populated with people who view the project as a time suck and who lack creativity and enthusiasm for doing meaningful work.
Also, because they feel over scheduled, overworked, and overwhelmed, they want to check off the project team meeting on their to-do list and go back to more important work.
Let's explore wh...
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April 13, 2025 • 17 mins
When everythig is a priority, nothing is a priority
What is a priority? The word priority comes from the Anglo-Norman French word priorie, which means “elder or superior of a religious order.” A priory is a small monaster y or nunnery governed by a prior or a prioress. In today’s world, a priority is something governed by a higher order.
In this podcast I’ll make the case that your highest priorities are best derived from your purpos...
What is a priority? The word priority comes from the Anglo-Norman French word priorie, which means “elder or superior of a religious order.” A priory is a small monaster y or nunnery governed by a prior or a prioress. In today’s world, a priority is something governed by a higher order.
In this podcast I’ll make the case that your highest priorities are best derived from your purpos...
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April 6, 2025 • 15 mins
When you work through the exercises of the Purpose Principle, you come to the Promises Principle with high hopes of having your purpose become real.
This is a substantial piece of leadership development that while challenging, will provide you with 10 significant advantages. When viewed together these advantages become the catalyst for you accomplishing transformational work and creating a mindset of passion, innovation, and growth....
This is a substantial piece of leadership development that while challenging, will provide you with 10 significant advantages. When viewed together these advantages become the catalyst for you accomplishing transformational work and creating a mindset of passion, innovation, and growth....
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March 30, 2025 • 11 mins
Promises influence people’s behaviour in one of two ways:
Broken promises not only have an impact on the task and technical aspects of work, but they also have a much greater negative impact on the relational aspects of leadership.
In order for promises to have a positive influence on other people there are three must have aspects of a...
- A promise kept builds trust, respect, and credibility.
- A promise broken does the opposite.
Broken promises not only have an impact on the task and technical aspects of work, but they also have a much greater negative impact on the relational aspects of leadership.
In order for promises to have a positive influence on other people there are three must have aspects of a...
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March 23, 2025 • 20 mins
What is the root of apprehension, ambiguity, and uncertainty?
At the centre of each word is fear. If I am apprehensive, I am afraid of the unknown. When ambiguity is present I am unsure of what might happen. With uncerainty, I might be afraid about what I should do next. I don’t want to fail or lose something important, so I hold back.
In each case, smart, talented, and well-meaning workers stand on the sidelines rather than running ...
At the centre of each word is fear. If I am apprehensive, I am afraid of the unknown. When ambiguity is present I am unsure of what might happen. With uncerainty, I might be afraid about what I should do next. I don’t want to fail or lose something important, so I hold back.
In each case, smart, talented, and well-meaning workers stand on the sidelines rather than running ...
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March 16, 2025 • 10 mins
A promise is an abiding commitment, an assurance to others that we will or will not do something.
Promises are voluntary and not ever forced. Promises must be voluntary. When promises are made solely to placate someone or to get a foot in the door only to turn the tables and renegotiate the outcome, the promises come across as hollow and manipulative.
They are about so much more - let's explore.....
Promises are voluntary and not ever forced. Promises must be voluntary. When promises are made solely to placate someone or to get a foot in the door only to turn the tables and renegotiate the outcome, the promises come across as hollow and manipulative.
They are about so much more - let's explore.....
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March 8, 2025 • 12 mins
Can every day be an ideal day? No, it can’t.
Will the choices we make increase the possibility that the number of days we experience as an ideal day increase? Yes, most certainly
Here’s my bold ascertion: living an ideal day is a choice. There’s no way around the fact that we have a choice as to how we choose to plan and live our days.
Let's Explore this principle in more depth.....
Reference:
Mans Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
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Will the choices we make increase the possibility that the number of days we experience as an ideal day increase? Yes, most certainly
Here’s my bold ascertion: living an ideal day is a choice. There’s no way around the fact that we have a choice as to how we choose to plan and live our days.
Let's Explore this principle in more depth.....
Reference:
Mans Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
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March 2, 2025 • 13 mins
Organisations know about the power of brands. Brands create value, loyalty, and, when compelling and distinctive, they create profound emotional experiences for customers that attract more customers who want the same experience.
What is not recognised as much is that a leader’s brand can be a catalyst for transformational growth.
Transformational leaders no longer rely solely on their organisation’s brand to guide their behaviour.
T...
What is not recognised as much is that a leader’s brand can be a catalyst for transformational growth.
Transformational leaders no longer rely solely on their organisation’s brand to guide their behaviour.
T...
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February 23, 2025 • 12 mins
The key idea about being distinctive is less about being something to people that you aren’t and more about aligning what you are gifted and talented at doing in highly differentiated ways for people who value it.
Resource:
This I believe....
https://thisibelieve.org/
Resource:
This I believe....
https://thisibelieve.org/
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February 16, 2025 • 10 mins
Dramatic performance personally and professionally, are closer than you think when you have a clearly defined purpose. Improvements of almost all types in organisations start with one word: clarity.
It is used with respect to expectations, results, value, competencies, accountability, and what makes us feel alive and vibrant. Without clarity there is little-to-no likelihood that focus can follow. With clarity and focus come new i...
It is used with respect to expectations, results, value, competencies, accountability, and what makes us feel alive and vibrant. Without clarity there is little-to-no likelihood that focus can follow. With clarity and focus come new i...
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