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What challenges you enough in your work, enough so that you want to show up every day? If you haven’t asked yourself this question in a while, go and have a listen to this episode, where I talk about the importance of keeping that fire in your belly going.

At what point do you need a sales leader in your company? I brought the sales expert in, the author of The Sales Team you Deserve, Mike Carroll, to answer this and other sales questions.

What is my Quarterly Talent Assessment for? It’s not just a different name for the performance review every quarter. And it’s not about rounding up everyone and telling me where they stand. I talk about what it is, and the important role it plays in this podcast episode. 

There’s a foundation to finding and keeping great talent density. And that’s the score card. But what can you do beyond that to maximize your talent density? My guest on the podcast, Elizabeth Lynch, explains how she helps executives do just that. 

There are TWO big problems I see come up over and over again when I discuss priorities with my clients: everyone on the leadership team has a different idea of what the priorities are, and the list of priorities is so long that nothing is a priority anymore.

Changing your limiting beliefs is easier said than done. But my guest on the podcast, Gina Mollicone – author, peak performance coach and speaker – has a better idea: have you tried changing your limiting decisions?

It’s important to know your one solid, never-changing WHY. But how do you know what your why is? I share my process for helping my clients get clear on it in this episode. 

You’re wearing many hats in your business, but your job as a CEO is not to do everyone else’s job. There’s a much more important role you need to play.

If you had a chance to do it all over again, would you enthusiastically re-hire everyone on your team? If the answer to that question makes you uncomfortable, then you need to listen to this episode.

There are six factors that lead to burnout in the workplace. Cait Donovan shares what they are and how to protect yourself and your team from them.

In this episode I talk about what you can do when there’s a lack of accountability on your team. 

Lisa Hirsh shares exactly how her family company’s values support their work culture in this interview.

In this episode I share 5 focus switches you can use for a more empowering focus.

Owen Fitzpatrick and I talk about how to do this in the latest episode of the Better Leadership Team Show.

This first episode of the Better Leadership Team Show is all about building your breakthrough leadership team.

You’re calling a leadership meeting – do you have the right folks in the room? I don’t mean the people who need to learn, or the people who need to represent, etc. The RIGHT people. There are a couple of tests that will answer this question for you. I share them in this video

To solve one problem we do not need to solve ALL of our problems. But we get stuck trying anyway? Listen to this story and tell me if this scenario sounds familiar

If someone in your team came to you tomorrow and told you they received an offer from a competing organization, how hard would you fight to keep them? How you answer this question is key to your next actions as a leader. I explain why in this video.

I’ve been wrong about something: calling people B- or C-players. When we do that, we’re off the hook. It’s their fault and they need to go. Maybe, but most likely not. Try this instead.

Productivity has improved since we’ve been working remotely. But a company’s success lies in more than its productivity. Hear my thoughts on what you need to focus instead here