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
September 28, 2025 • 11 mins
We/you have an oppotuity to awaken up to the life we/you are following just now. If it's not fully working for you, if it seems as if it's "running away from you" you have an opportunity to take control today. Follow the x 7 'P's' of Transformational leadership and retake control of your personal and professional life. Let's take action with:
- Purpose
- Promises
- Projects
- Persuasion
- Praising
- Perseverance
- Preparation
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September 21, 2025 • 25 mins
Is failing to prepare the death call of transformational leadership?
Yes, but not in the manner you may be accustomed to. The planning I’m recommending is the planning for undergoing the individual transformation required to lead the organisational transformation you're looking for - for your personal and professional life.
People at work or in your personal life who have achieved something extraordinary and who live lives known as r...
Yes, but not in the manner you may be accustomed to. The planning I’m recommending is the planning for undergoing the individual transformation required to lead the organisational transformation you're looking for - for your personal and professional life.
People at work or in your personal life who have achieved something extraordinary and who live lives known as r...
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September 14, 2025 • 15 mins
From time to time you’ll find that what you’re doing is no longer working. I have worked with technology executives for many years. One of the hardest things they have had to do is leave behind the enjoyment of the technical side of their work.
They entered the technology field because of an enjoyment or skill in what they are doing and have become enamoured with the intricacies of their technology. Although loving what you do and...
They entered the technology field because of an enjoyment or skill in what they are doing and have become enamoured with the intricacies of their technology. Although loving what you do and...
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September 7, 2025 • 15 mins
Living a purposeful life and not an accidental life - accidental doesn’t mean accidental in the sense that your leadership and life are mere accidents. But what I find with that with nearly every executive and entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with is that the demands of their work are inhibiting them from designing the leadership and life that allows them to flourish.
The reality is that your transformational leadership journey will ...
The reality is that your transformational leadership journey will ...
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August 31, 2025 • 22 mins
Every transformational leader wants to do compelling, meaningful great work, and they see their leadership purpose as the starting point for doing this. Yet, they can grind to a halt at a barrier.
Leaders who are successful and satisfied have learned how to address the four most common barriers that inhibit them from accomplishing their purpose. By understanding these leadership barriers, leaders are better prepared to overcome the ...
Leaders who are successful and satisfied have learned how to address the four most common barriers that inhibit them from accomplishing their purpose. By understanding these leadership barriers, leaders are better prepared to overcome the ...
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August 24, 2025 • 21 mins
We continue our exploration of the principle of Perseverance and look at the "Tortoise and the hare" within organisations.
The tortoise represents that part of our work and professional lives that can only be accomplished with perseverance and a protective outer shell. The destination is clear and in focus, but it comes forward in baby steps. The hare represents the fast-twitch muscles required to get out of the blocks fast, but th...
The tortoise represents that part of our work and professional lives that can only be accomplished with perseverance and a protective outer shell. The destination is clear and in focus, but it comes forward in baby steps. The hare represents the fast-twitch muscles required to get out of the blocks fast, but th...
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August 17, 2025 • 24 mins
I and my colleagues have found in our coaching and consulting work that when it comes to transformational performance, talent is overrated and perseverance is underestimated.
Perseverance is prominently displayed in the world of politics, business, and sports. Serena Williams once said about success, “Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in ti...
Perseverance is prominently displayed in the world of politics, business, and sports. Serena Williams once said about success, “Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in ti...
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August 10, 2025 • 8 mins
This may be the shortest podcast in our journey exploring transformational leadership. However, it may have the longest shelf life.
The diary grooming process is an ultra-short (five minute) process of reviewing your day as a transformational leader. It is a process of finding the areas of your leadership that are going well and accentuating them, along with the areas that are not going well and reducing or eliminating them. It's a...
The diary grooming process is an ultra-short (five minute) process of reviewing your day as a transformational leader. It is a process of finding the areas of your leadership that are going well and accentuating them, along with the areas that are not going well and reducing or eliminating them. It's a...
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August 3, 2025 • 18 mins
The 'compliment' to praising is purification - its purpose is to help us identify areas that are negatively impacting performance while building our credibility as leaders. Purification is about removing obstacles and barriers to higher performance, both for the leader as well as for your Team and colleagues.
Transformational leaders isolate one or two harmful beliefs or behaviours and work to eliminate or remove them.
Empowering...
Transformational leaders isolate one or two harmful beliefs or behaviours and work to eliminate or remove them.
Empowering...
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July 27, 2025 • 22 mins
Praise will act as a catalyst for even higher levels of success when three praise aspects are present. Stakeholders know if a leader is paying attention to what they’re doing and sincere praise creates a positive feedback loop in which what gets noticed and rewarded gets magnified.
The three aspects are:
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Forbes: recognition - the key to 2025 employee e...
The three aspects are:
- sincerity
- timeliness and
- specificity
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Forbes: recognition - the key to 2025 employee e...
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July 20, 2025 • 21 mins
Praise helps people feel valued, heard, and appreciated. People who feel valued, heard, and appreciated work with more passion, experiment, take risks, and grow at rates far greater than those who don’t.
In every organisation there are pockets of workers/coleagues potential lying dormant. When you ask these people if they could do more the resounding answer is yes.
What’s fascinating is that when you ask people why they don’t accompl...
In every organisation there are pockets of workers/coleagues potential lying dormant. When you ask these people if they could do more the resounding answer is yes.
What’s fascinating is that when you ask people why they don’t accompl...
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July 13, 2025 • 13 mins
Far too many of us live in fear when it comes to our business lives. For some of us, it’s financial fear. For others, it’s emotional. No matter the source or type of fear, fear has a debilitating effect on personal and professional growth over extended periods of time. Fear can be a catalyst for action, but accelerated progress can never be made beneath the shadow of a fearful mindset.
The best way to fight fear is to identify what ...
The best way to fight fear is to identify what ...
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July 6, 2025 • 23 mins
Let's talk about how to present your ideas in such a way that people will want to say yes to them.
There are eight strategies for having someone say yes to your requests. Some of the strategies are more mindset related and others are more skill set related. But in each case the strategies are a positive step forward to hearing someone say yes to your ideas.
The 8 strategies are:
There are eight strategies for having someone say yes to your requests. Some of the strategies are more mindset related and others are more skill set related. But in each case the strategies are a positive step forward to hearing someone say yes to your ideas.
The 8 strategies are:
- Put Others First
- Be Open to Being Persuaded
- Exude Con...
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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
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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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