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Episode 132-Alyson Van Hooser on Gen Z Leadership Perspectives


Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser, who was recently in Houston. We sat down for a live recording about her recent LinkedIn post, “3 Gen Z Perspectives Leaders Need to Know”.
Highlights of this podcast include:

  1. Why are you in Houston?
  2. Why did you write the article?
  3. How is Gen Z leadership different from Boomer leadership?
  4. Why do leaders need to learn from stories from their people, not statistics about them?
  5. How does the style of Gen Z parenting different from that of Gen X (or Boomers) and why is that important to a business leader?
  6. Why do you advise Gen Z leaders not to roll up their eyes but to roll up their sleeves?
  7. Why is connecting fast so important to training and communications?
  8. Why are you so passionate about leadership?

 Resources
Alyson’s weekly leadership blog HERE.
If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training Alyson does training,  HERE.
If you want to reach out to Alyson directly, email alyson@vanhooser.com.
P.S. Share and tag Alyson on social — @AlysonVanHooser

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Popcorn and Compliance

Leadership Lessons from Out of Africa


Richard Lummis and I are back. Today, continue our annual review of Oscar winning Best Pictures and the leadership lessons drawn from them. Over the next four weeks we will consider the following movies: Casablanca, Rocky, The Greatest Show on Earth and Out of Africa. Today, we conclude our series with Out of Africa.
Highlights of this podcast include:

  1. What are our favorites scenes from the movie?
  2. What are the leadership lessons from Karen Blixen?
  3. What are the leadership lessons from Denys Finch Hatton?
  4. Is your business resilient?
  5. Culture outside the US?
  6. Do these lessons from this movie hold up today?

Resources
Leadership Lessons from Out of Africa
Study Guide to Out of Africa
A Historian Goes to the Movies
Out of Africa – 10 Inspirational Quotes from Karen Blixen

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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

Fanatical About Empowerment

Would you say empowering your employees is important? I feel pretty confident your answer is “yes”. However, the leaders I know, the leaders I work with, the leaders I teach, many of them say yes, too — but they are not taking action consistently to empower their people. The result? Leaders, teams, and companies are missing out on achieving unprecedented success!  Empowering employees affects both a companies culture and the bottom-line.

In today’s episode we are digging into what is holding leaders back from effectively empowering their employees. I also walk you briefly through the “Levels of Empowerment” we teach in one of the Leadership Development sessions we teach to company leadership teams. We wrap up talking about how empowerment is a win-win-win strategy.

Choose today to put your stake in the ground, make a plan, and then take action to be the leader known for empowering employees the best!  It’s time to #LevelUp!

Levels of Empowerment Blog (mentioned in episode) HERE.

If you’re looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey, sign up for my weekly leadership blog HERE.

If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training I do HERE.

If you want to reach out to me directly, email alyson@vanhooser.com.

If you enjoyed this episode, will you please subscribe and leave a review? Your reviews help this show get discovered by more incredible leaders just like you. I’m obsessed with helping leaders ignite their performance results and I’d love to have you help me make an impact! Thank you so much!

P.S. Share and tag me on social — @AlysonVanHooser — and I’ll share your comments and big takeaways on my feed!

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Popcorn and Compliance

Star Trek III-The Search for Spock

In this podcast series, recovering screenwriter (and Mr. Monitor) Jay Rosen and Tom (the Compliance Evangelist) indulge in passion for the movies by looking at them through the lens of compliance. Jay is a contemporary movie fan and I am more of a classic movie maven so we present a well-rounded view of the movie fandom. If you want to indulge in your love for the movies with two guys who are passionate about Hollywood and get some ideas for your compliance program, this is the podcast series for you. For this  offering, we consider the Star Trek III-The Search for Spock.

Some of the highlights include:

Ø  How and why did this movie has such operatic themes?

Ø  Can you separate the soul from the mind?

Ø  What are some of the leadership lessons? Tom has five.

1. What is your one rule?
2. What is risk and how do you assess it?
3. Never carry a swagger stick or any other affecting accoutrement of leadership.
4. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
5. If you include your senior management in your decision making, they will be more invested in the outcome.

Ø  How did one short scene with Uhuru (Nichelle Nichols) explain the scope of her entertainment career?

Ø  How did Ronald Reagan make a related appearance in this movie?

 Tom gives the movie a full bucket and ½ of Popcorn and a medium sized Diet Coke. Jay gives the movie a full bucket of fresh popcorn with Milk Duds mixed in.

Join us again where in our next episode of Popcorn and Compliance, we consider Star Trek IV-The Voyage Home.

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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

Successfully Leading Millennials

Today’s show features an incredibly impactful leader in my own life, Jeff McDaniels. Jeff is a Yale graduate and now the President/CEO of Farmers Bank & Trust in Kentucky.
Jeff has created a culture in his bank that breeds success — especially for millennial employees! For as long as I’ve known Jeff, he has proven time and time again that no one generation is better than the other, but that we can all learn from one another. His results speak for themselves!
In this episode, we are digging into the approaches and thought processes that shape Jeff’s leadership style — all of which are attractive to the majority of Millennial employees. After this episode, your eyes will be opened to the potential and opportunity that lies within leading millennial employees. The question always is, will you put your stake in the ground and do something with what you’ve heard and learned today?
If you’re looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey, sign up for my weekly leadership blog HERE.
If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training I do HERE.
If you want to reach out to me directly, emailalyson@vanhooser.com.
Did you enjoy this episode? Will you please subscribe and leave a review? Your reviews help this show get discovered by more incredible leaders just like you. I’m obsessed with helping leaders ignite their performance results and through sharing this podcast, I’d love for you help me make an impact! Thank you so much!
P.S. Share and tag me on social–@AlysonVanHooser–and I’ll share your comments and big takeaways on my feed!

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Alyson Van Hooser on Leadership Lessons from Grey’s Anatomy

Richard Lummis is on assignment this week so I am pleased to host Alyson Van Hooser. Alyson is passionate about leadership. She has her own consulting practice on leadership as well as her own podcast on leadership. She recently wrote an article on leadership lessons from Grey’s Anatomy and I asked to come on 12 O’Clock High to expound on some of her thoughts. Highlights of this podcast include:

  1. Why did Alyson write the article on Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lessons?
  2. How does Alyson see useful leadership lessons from movies, books and TV?
  3. If you stumble as a leader, why is it important to get back up?
  4. When looking for leadership opportunities, why should you not take the first opportunity?
  5. Why is it important to push through hard things and how does someone do so?
  6. Why did you end your article with “It’s not about Jo, it’s about you”?

Resources
Read Alyson’s article Grey’s Anatomy Leadership Lessons
If you are looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey, sign up for Alyson’s weekly leadership blog HERE.
If your business would benefit from higher-performing leaders, check out more information about the comprehensive leadership development training I do HERE.
If you want to reach out to Alyson directly, email her at alyson@vanhooser.com
Check out Alyson’s podcast on leadership, STAKE: a Podcast on Leadership, on the Compliance Podcast Network.

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STAKE: The Leadership Podcast

Introducing STAKE: The Leadership Podcast


In this new show on the Compliance Podcast Network, Alyson Van Hooser is taking her breadth of experience – personal and professional – to explore and develop leaders across all industries.
The people who step up and take their place are the ones who will make the biggest change in the world. Alyson had to figure out a lot on her own as she was growing up, and that has inspired a passion for taking ownership of her own life and helping others do the same. When you take control of your own circumstances, you can change your reality to match your dreams.
Leadership comes from influence – and influence can go in all directions. Ultimately, the choice is whether or not you want to be a leader who makes incredible things happen. Alyson believes that the influence critical to leadership comes from serving people. Stories about the greatest leaders people have ever had have always been about those who wanted to serve others. Those stories and the lessons we learn from them are the focus of this podcast.
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Identify High-Caliber Future Leaders

 

I am kicking off STAKE: THE LEADERSHIP PODCAST by helping leaders do the most important part of their job–create the next generation of leaders.
How do you correctly identify high caliber future leaders?

 

How do you make sure you are not wasting resources on employees who will not step up to the plate?

 

How do you find the employees who will take your business to the next level?

 

In this episode, I am not talking about the obvious things you should be looking for such as high performance or relevant experience.  Instead, I am talking about 4 very specific signs that come from those employees already showing the highest potential of becoming a successful future leader.  Maybe you have been missing these signs all along?  It is possible.  However, once you have correctly identified your emerging leaders, the pressure is on for you to develop them!

 

Want me to train your emerging leaders for what it takes to successfully lead the 21st multi-generation workforce?  Let’s talk! Email me:  alyson@vanhooser.com

 

If you are looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey then get my weekly newsletter here.
If this leadership podcast episode was valuable to you, please take a screenshot and tag me @AlysonVanHooser on your favorite social media [Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter].
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Give Your Ear, Get Their Loyalty

How do leaders increase employee retention?

 

How do leaders know what employees want?

 

Leaders have the power to influence their people in a way that will transform their business.  But unless leaders learn the skill of listening at a high level, they will miss out on key information that will save them time, money, and a lot of headaches.

 

In this episode, I am talking about the importance of listening and sharing quick actions you can take TODAY to become a better listener–which will make you a better leader.  When leaders focus on improving their listening skills then they can directly increase employee retention rates.

 

Want me to teach your leadership team how to listen in a way that transforms your business? Let’s talk! Email me:  alyson@vanhooser.com
If you are looking for tangible action steps and refreshing insights to help ignite the power of your own leadership journey then get my weekly newsletter here.

 

If this leadership podcast episode was valuable to you, please take a screenshot and tag me @AlysonVanHooser on your favorite social media [Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter]. I’ll share your comments and big takeaways on my feed!

 

Also, please make sure to review the podcast on iTunes (or Google Play, Stitcher, Android, TuneIn, Spotify).  Thank you so much!

 

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Presidential Leadership Lessons for the Business Executive

Presidential Leadership Lessons from James Garfield

Richard Lummis and Tom Fox are back to continue our series of exploring leadership through the study of US Presidents. This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up James Garfield.Some of the highlights include:

  1. Educational and Professional Background.
  1. History as Radical Republican.
  1. Crédit Mobilier scandal of 1872.
  1. Nomination and Election of 1880.
  1. Presidency including the Tariff, Purging the Post Office, Supreme Court Nominations, Proposal for universal education and Assassination.
  1. Leadership Issues including the importance of strong ethics, a strong believer in education and Goldbug-a man for his times?
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Episode 112-Leadership Lessons from Rutherford B. Hayes

This episode begins a short series on Gilded Age Presidents, now largely forgotten. In this episode we take up Rutherford B. Hayes.
 Some of the issues posed include:
Hayes Educational and Professional Background
The Disputed Election of 1876 and Compromise-(1)Election Commission; (2) Terms of the Compromise and (3) Was it necessary?
Hayes’ Presidency-(1) Reconstruction ends-was it inevitable? (2) Civil Service Reform; (3) Cabinet Selections; (4) Port of New York and (5) the Post Office.
Foreign Policy-(1) Paraguay War settlement; (2) Mexican border crisis and (3) Immigration issues.
Great RR Strike of 1877, the Great Western Tour, his Indian Policy and Lemonade Lucy
Hayes Leadership Issues-(1)“He serves his party best, who serves his country best.”; (2) Rutherford the Rover; (3) Use of veto and (4) Conflicts with Congress over Congressional v. Executive Power.
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Episode 110-Leadership Lessons from General Douglas MacArthur

Richard Lummis and I are back and we head in a different direction today. This episode begins a three-part podcast series where consider the two principals from a titanic struggle in the early 1950s. It was between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. In today’s Part 2, we consider some of the leadership lessons from MacArthur. Some of the issues posed by a study of MacArthur’s leadership style include:

  • Some of the leadership principles of Truman included: (a) The Confidence to Stand Alone; (b) The Courage to Make Tough Decisions; and (c) The Compassion to Listen to the Needs of Others.
  • Treat subordinates with respect but when it comes time to terminate, do so.
  • Delegate when appropriate but keep the decisions you to make to yourself.
  • Stay cool, calm and collected.
  • Always set an example for your subordinates.

Additional resources
3 Traits of a True Leader
Leadership Lessons for New Managers from an Old General