Everything rises and falls with leadership. Especially because of recent events, if you want yourself and your team to come out of this in a positive way, you have to S.E.E. clearly. If you’re wondering how to do that, I can help.
Today’s episode is quick and straight to the point. To understand the next right action you need to take as a leader, check out the tip in today’s episode!
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Ham-fisted Leadership
Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode Matt Kelly and Tom Fox take a look at two examples of ham-fisted leadership; one by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the second by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Both also had to respond to employee near revolts over their poor leadership. For Zuckerberg it was his refusal to stop President Trump’s incendiary and race-bait tweeting. For Goodell, it was lack of acknowledge of the racist murder of George Floyd.
Resources
See Matt Kelly blog post, Two Tales of Ham-Fisted Leadership
Richard Lummis is on assignment this week as we are preparing a multi-part series on leadership lessons from the life and Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Today, I am hosting Paul Simkins, a long-time leadership and training expert. Simkins believes that we should move away from leadership training to leadership development. He has some unique ideas on how organizations can develop leaders.
Highlights of this podcast include:
- Why does Simkins say its “not leadership training but leadership development”?
- What is the difference in training and development?
- Why is employee engagement really about leadership?
- What are Ten Signs Your company should invest in leadership Development?
- Where can listeners go for more information on how to Boldly Lead?
Resources
- Boldly Lead website.
- Blog post 10 Signs You Should Invest in Leadership Development-Part 1
- Blog post 10 Signs You Should Invest in Leadership Development-Part 2
In a world that has been turned upside down, should you be totally transparent with your boss right now or should you put on the façade of perfection? In today’s episode (which ironically was recorded months ago), we are discussing transparency in the workplace. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Let’s see if you change your mind after today’s discussion! I am incredibly excited to have Jennifer Janechek with me on this episode. Jennifer is the director of content strategy at Sound Wisdom. She has her PhD in English literature from the University of Iowa. Feel free to reach out to her at JenniferJ@soundwisdom.com.
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Jerry Dent is the Practice Leader and Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal. He joins host Vince Walden to talk about leadership and team communication during times of crisis. One positive thing that arose from the outbreak was that the US and Europe recognized they had a narrow window of preparation from studying the situation in China. Alvarez and Marsal were able to prepare to have an infrastructure that supported a remote environment. He gives examples of what his company is doing to maintain connectivity and productivity across all professional levels, and keep their employees engaged.
The challenge for those in legal and compliance would be the pivot from face-to-face meetings or sessions such as site inspections, interviews, and court appearances. Jerry has faith that quick adaptation will occur. Four risks that are critical due to the switch to a remote environment are: cyber predators, social media and employee conduct, data protection and privacy, and employee engagement and connectivity.
Jerry stresses that we have all been dealt the same hand, businesses included, so no one business has any huge advantage over another. During a crisis, it comes down to a company’s culture and communication to keep it afloat.
Resources
Jerry Dent on LinkedIn
AlvarezandMarsal.com
Given the paucity of leadership coming out of Washington during this crisis, I thought it would be a ripe time to consider some innovations in compliance leadership. While many compliance departments may have begun more as a command and control function, set up by lawyers to comply with anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), this type of leadership model is now becoming outmoded in today’s world. It is not that employees are interested in the ‘why’ they should do business ethically and in compliance with such laws but it is more that power is shifting inside corporations. As the compliance profession matures, it will become more a component of a company’s business function. This means less of a lawyer’s top down mentality of do it because I said to do it, to more collaboration.
Three key takeaways:
- The lawyer-driven command and control method for compliance is outmoded and outdated.
- Innovation in compliance leadership is recognizing the bi-lateral nature of power and communications in an organization.
- A feedback loop can be used in the leadership function as well.
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Today’s employees are much more likely to engage better, stay longer, and perform better for leaders who are invested in their personal and professional goals.
How do you do that?
In today’s episode I’m sharing with you my simple and very effective goal setting process: Lay Down the Law. This process can be used, with a few tweaks, for yourself, even your kids…but today’s focus is your employees.
As you work through this process with your employees, they will see and feel your investment in them and more of than not, they’re going to give that investment back to you tenfold.
Take your leadership results to the next level by laying down the law with your people today!
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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.
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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:
- Why are you in Houston?
- Why did you write the article?
- How is Gen Z leadership different from Boomer leadership?
- Why do leaders need to learn from stories from their people, not statistics about them?
- 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?
- Why do you advise Gen Z leaders not to roll up their eyes but to roll up their sleeves?
- Why is connecting fast so important to training and communications?
- 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.
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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:
- What are our favorites scenes from the movie?
- What are the leadership lessons from Karen Blixen?
- What are the leadership lessons from Denys Finch Hatton?
- Is your business resilient?
- Culture outside the US?
- 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
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!
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