The Leader's Toolkit
Learn new tools to help you become a leader worth following.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
012 Your Unique Voice
If you've been confused by or abused by a personality training or assessment in the past, Steve Cockram (the co-founder of GiANT) clears the air and gives a fresh perspective through the lens of the …
011 Don't Put Me In A Box
If you're weary from being put into a "personality" box and want to be released of the stereotypes or others-imposed expectations they have of you, you'll love this episode. Ed Ampaw-Farr helps to r…
010 Tempo Balance Focus
The game of golf requires strong habits and consistent mental discipline, and is a great metaphor for leaders. Thane Marcus Ringler, former professional golfer, shares a simple but powerful tool that…
009 Where do you land
On this episode, Masi Willis walks us through a "word cloud" of each quadrant of the Support Challenge Matrix in order to see where we land as leaders when it comes to the way our people experience u…
008 Support and Challenge
As we continue to explore the Support/Challenge Matrix, it's time to plot ourselves on this tool. Print off or copy this tool so you have it in front of you visually. Review each quadrant. Now think …
007 Two Components of Leadership
Leaders must learn to hold two components of leadership at the same time: support and challenge. Although it sounds easy, it's not. Most people are either good at support or they are good at challeng…
006 Lead Yourself First
The people you lead know all of your idiosyncrasies, your tendencies, inconsistencies. After all, they are with you most every day. But the question is, do you? Do you know the little things that und…
005 Do You Know Yourself
It's miserable having to follow someone who you have little respect for. They may be in a position of power or a role of leadership, and because of their role, you comply. But isn't it so much more e…
004 Keeping the Peace
Show Notes - Episode 4
As team leaders, our level of peace affects the way we interact with those we lead. It affects how we show up everyday.
In this episode Tracy introduces you to GiANT Co-Founder, …
003 A Look in the Mirror
Show Notes - Episode 3
What if there was a mirror you could look at every morning before you started your work day --- a leader mirror? This mirror would allow you to see what your employees or those …
002 The Sherpa Example
The Sherpa Metaphor
There are a lot of examples of good leadership: teacher to student, coach to athlete, parent to child, etc. At GiANT, we searched the world over for a metaphor that would accuratel…
001 Performing v. Leading Performers
The Leader's Toolkit Podcast
Whatever your profession or trade, you have a skillset or expertise. If you're a carpenter, an accountant, a teacher, a graphic designer, a CFO, etc you have a level of pe…