Leadership Impact

S2 29 | How to Create Breakthroughs with Anyone

How do we create a breakthrough with anyone, anytime, anywhere? How do we have tough conversations? How do we get out of tough situations that are intractable? It all starts with one key -- and with …

00:21:23 | Wed 18 Sep 2019

S2 28 | How to Distinguish Requests From Requirements

Fundamentally, humans are not awesome at distinguishing between requests and requirements. That point of miscommunication easily erodes trust in relationships and undermines a team’s focus on priorit…

00:23:10 | Wed 11 Sep 2019

S2 27 | Stop “Holding People Accountable”

What if there were a way to have your team’s performance improve without “holding them accountable” or “holding their feet to the fire” or “enforcing standards”? There is a more effective and less pa…

00:22:34 | Wed 04 Sep 2019

S2 26 | How to Stop Managing and Start Partnering

Sure, we’re happy to engage in partner-based leadership when things are going well...but as soon as something goes wrong we slip right into managing the issue “back into line!” We’re left agitated an…

00:25:38 | Wed 28 Aug 2019

S2 25 | Words Disappear; How to Make Your Commitments Concrete

How often do you count on your memory to record the tasks and activities you intend to do? Our short term memory only retains about seven pieces of information at a time...and, even then, only for ab…

00:23:01 | Wed 21 Aug 2019

S2 24 | Get to Know Your Default Escape Strategies

What is your go-to under stress -- anxiety and late nights? Righteousness and swooping in as the hero? Resignation and gossip? Fear and hiding out? With the constant barrage of things coming at us ea…

00:22:38 | Wed 14 Aug 2019

S2 23 | How to Deal with Others' Expectations of You

Others have expectations of us. Sometimes they are explicit and agreed upon, but -- more often than not -- they are unstated, not agreed upon, and wreaking havoc on our relationships, our collaborati…

00:24:57 | Wed 07 Aug 2019

S2 22 | How to Mess Up and Actually Improve Your Relationships

Whether it’s in business, our personal relationships, or life in general, we all make mistakes. It is how we respond to these mistakes that makes the difference in our relationships. Accountability i…

00:17:59 | Wed 31 Jul 2019

S2 21 | How to Free Up Your Brain and Your Life

Life is full of incompletions -- open loops of unanswered emails; vague coffee invitations; big projects we need to ‘get to’; kids’ recitals; the nagging awareness that we really should be should be …

00:27:29 | Wed 24 Jul 2019

S2 20 | The Importance of Creating a Condition for Success

Most of the time, we think of accountability as what happens “after-the-fact” -- once something has gone wrong and it’s time to ferret out the responsible party. The trouble is, this doesn’t give us …

00:25:46 | Wed 17 Jul 2019

S2 19 | Getting Things Done Isn't Accountability

When all stakeholders thrive, profits rise. And, in order for stakeholders to thrive, accountability is critical. However, what many people miss about accountability is the stark difference between a…

00:24:15 | Wed 10 Jul 2019

S2 18 | Accountability...Without Being a Jerk

Accountability -- it’s what separates good employees, leaders and organizations from great ones...but just the word makes most of us cringe! This season, Kari Zeller (FKA: Granger) and Paul Adams unv…

00:29:40 | Wed 03 Jul 2019

Season 2 Teaser

What if you didn’t have to “hold people’s feet to the fire” to have extraordinary things happen? Season Two of the Leadership Impact podcast will introduce a whole new model of accountability. Get a …

00:05:03 | Wed 05 Jun 2019