E119 - Creating a Remote Team Culture featuring Monique Lindner
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E119 - Creating a Remote Team Culture featuring Monique Lindner

Creating effective team cultures is challenging in the easiest of times, but creating an effective team culture in a remote setting is much more daunting. The irony is that a strong team culture is even more important when people aren’t regularly meeting in-person.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Monique Lindner, aka The Time Alchemist, a coach/consultant for Holistic High Performance, Leadership & Lifestyle Design who will offer her expertise and advice to help emerging leaders create strong, impactful, and meaningful remote team cultures.

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E118 - The Power of Stories featuring Shaun Bernstein, Eh!
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E118 - The Power of Stories featuring Shaun Bernstein, Eh!

Stories are how we communicate. Without realizing it, most people relay stories to get their points across. And we do this because stories engage us, they pull us in, they make us part of the conversation. In fact, stories are so powerful that the statistics have shown the human mind is 22% more likely to retain the facts of the story.

So, as emerging leaders, how can we use the power of stories to our advantage?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Shaun Bernstein, a journalist turned lawyer turned storyteller, who will offer his story, explaining how the story of his journey has brought him to power storytelling as a career path. Shaun will offer his thoughts on the importance of stories, also offering how emerging leaders can create the best stories possible.

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E117 - Being a Flexible Leader featuring Ian L. Paterson, Eh!
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E117 - Being a Flexible Leader featuring Ian L. Paterson, Eh!

In this episode, we dive into the concept of flexible leadership with Ian L. Paterson, a seasoned leader and expert in organizational dynamics. Ian shares insights on how adaptability in leadership not only fosters a resilient team culture but also drives innovation and success in a rapidly changing environment. Tune in to discover practical strategies to enhance your leadership flexibility and empower your team.

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E116 – I’ve Made it, Now What? featuring Tami Reiss
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E116 – I’ve Made it, Now What? featuring Tami Reiss

For many, getting into a leadership position is the first step of having ‘made it’, with the goal of becoming a leader as a career goal.

But what happens when you’ve gotten to this point?  Where do you go next?  How can you maximize your moment?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Tami Reiss, a Product Leader Coach, who will offer advice for emerging leaders to make the most of their first leadership role. Tami will also talk about how emerging leaders can realize their long-term goals, ensuring the journey is the one we want to take.

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E114 – Tuning Up Your Body Language featuring Jane Hanson
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E114 – Tuning Up Your Body Language featuring Jane Hanson

As leaders, we are always being examined, judged, scanned for any sign of what we are thinking or feeling. 

And often, the judgements are not coming from what we say, they come from what’s not being said, from the way we are standing, sitting, holding our arms, everything.

So, the question becomes, how can we use our body language in the most positive manners possible?  

Jane Hanson, an Emmy-Award Winning Television Journalist and Anchor will talk about the power of body language. Jane will offer advice and insight to help emerging leaders use their body language to lead their teams.

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E113 - Asking Empowering Questions featuring Carol Boston
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E113 - Asking Empowering Questions featuring Carol Boston

Asking questions is easy, but asking the right questions is empowering

The challenge for emerging leaders is knowing when, how, and what to ask, but this is often a skill that has to be learned by asking many, many.... many..... terrible questions long before we learn how to ask the right ones.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Carol Boston, a Business Development & Leadership Coach who will offer her insight into empowering questions. Carol will share her definition of empowering questions along with providing some example questions. Lastly, Carol will offer insight into how you can craft your own empowering questions.

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E112 – Thought Leadership featuring Vladimer Botsvadze
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E112 – Thought Leadership featuring Vladimer Botsvadze

We tell our leaders to think, to consider all the possibilities so we can safeguard our teams, our organizations, and ourselves.

In short, we’re asking emerging leaders to be thought leaders.

But what is a thought leader? How does one become a thought leader?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Vladimer Botsvadze, a Thought Leader, Professor, Startup Advisor, Fortune 500 Consultant, Speaker, Mentor, and Coach, who will offer advice and practical tools for all emerging leaders to be the most effective and efficient thought leaders possible.

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Bonus Episode – Flexible Leadership featuring Kevin Eikenberry
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Bonus Episode – Flexible Leadership featuring Kevin Eikenberry

What separates good leaders from exceptional ones?

The answer might be simpler—and harder—than we think. In this illuminating conversation with leadership expert Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group and host of the Remarkable Leadership Podcast, we dig into the critical skill of flexibility that so many leaders understand conceptually but struggle to practice.

Kevin reveals why most new leaders get trapped in rigid thinking patterns from the start. Promoted for technical expertise rather than leadership ability, they feel compelled to have immediate answers—creating a pattern of quick decisions based on limited perspective. This pattern becomes particularly problematic in today's complex world where old solutions rarely fit new problems.

Using the powerful metaphor of a mature tree, Kevin reframes the relationship between consistency and flexibility. Much like a tree with strong roots yet flexible branches, effective leaders remain consistent in their values and purpose while adapting their methods to changing circumstances. "We should be consistent in our what and why and flexible in our how," he explains, cutting through the false choice between being principled or adaptable.

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E111 – From Bud to Boss featuring Kevin Eikenberry
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E111 – From Bud to Boss featuring Kevin Eikenberry

The transition from a team member to being the leader is never easy. One day we are hanging out, being buddies with everyone, and the next day we are in charge, having to make decisions, pushing to meet organizational deadlines.

 

How can we make the leap from bud to boss, creating strong and impactful teams?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and host of The Remarkable Leadership Podcast. Kevin will offer advice and inspiration for front-line leaders to be their most remarkable selves during the transition from Bud to Boss.

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E109 - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
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E109 - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!

Leaders are often required to design their teams to achieve maximum success. But in the quasi-post COVID world, designing teams from a distance has become a reality of today’s leaders.

In this episode, you’ll hear from Wayne Turmel, a fellow Canadian and podcast host, an author, and consultant for the Kevin Eikenberry Group, who will talk about the challenges of creating teams from long distances. Wayne and Kevin will offer their insight into how leaders can create robust, diverse, and impactful teams.

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E108 – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield
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E108 – Connected Leadership featuring Angela Caufield

We’ve all heard about the importance of connections. We’ve talked about how building authentic connections creates strong bonds among teams, carrying them through the hard and easy times.

And the reason leaders often talk about connections is because they truly are an integral part of any successful team.

And so, in this episode, you’ll hear from Angela Caufield, a Business Consultant and systems creation expert, Speaker and Writer focusing on New-Wave Leadership, who discuss her views on why connections are so important, and their power to get teams through every challenge.  

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E107 - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan
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E107 - Unlocking Your Leadership Style featuring Robert Jordan

What is a mindset, and why do emerging leaders need to know what it is?

The fact is that leaders are required to set their own mindset to set their internal priorities to complete the taskings as effectively as possible.

But do we do this? How can we find that mindset sweet spot?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Susan Hobson, a fellow Canadian, podcast co-host, keynote speaker, author, former professional hockey player, entrepreneur and high-performance leadership coach, who will offer her story of learning how to identify our own mindset sweet spot. Susan will also offer practical advice and tools to help emerging leaders craft and use their mindset to help themselves, their team members, and the organization.

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E106 - How To Find Your Mindset Sweet Spot featuring Susan Hobson, Eh!
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E106 - How To Find Your Mindset Sweet Spot featuring Susan Hobson, Eh!

What is a mindset, and why do emerging leaders need to know what it is?

The fact is that leaders are required to set their own mindset to set their internal priorities to complete the taskings as effectively as possible.

But do we do this? How can we find that mindset sweet spot?

In this episode, you’ll hear from Susan Hobson, a fellow Canadian, podcast co-host, keynote speaker, author, former professional hockey player, entrepreneur and high-performance leadership coach, who will offer her story of learning how to identify our own mindset sweet spot. Susan will also offer practical advice and tools to help emerging leaders craft and use their mindset to help themselves, their team members, and the organization.

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