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Podcast Episode 76 — How to Recognize and Avoid Complacency In Leadership!

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 76: How to Recognize and Avoid Complacency In Leadership!

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LDR 076: How to Recognize and Avoid Complacency In Leadership!

Hi friends! There’s a lot of people that start out their careers with all the motivation in the world to become great leaders. They want to change the world and start out working hard to be great. For the first few years or even longer, they hit the ground running. As years begin to pass, the motivation starts to slip and all the dreams of success and changing the world fade.

The drive to make every day count fades. The new desire is to do what it takes to get through each day, but then leave as soon as they can to enjoy life. Their strong dedication gets replaced with a very common disease. Now this is a very serious disease.

I have seen great people get infected with this disease to where it completely derailed their career drive. In the worst cases, this disease can lead to the loss of jobs. If you are still wondering what this terrible disease is, I like to call it complacency.

In this episode, I am going to talk about three things that happen when complacency sets in and five tips to overcome complacency.

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Before we get to that, do you want to become a better leader? If you do, I can help you take your leadership to the next level!

I have some leadership coaching sessions available for a limited time just for you! In these coaching sessions, I’ll help you accelerate your career, leadership, and life so you can take your leadership to the next level.

In these coaching sessions, we’ll discuss how you can improve yourself and your leadership. We’ll help you develop and complete challenging goals through proven goal setting strategies, and create and refine your personal development plan. In addition, I’ll guide you through leadership training to refine your communication, time management, teamwork and other leadership skills.

If you want to become a great leader today, send me a quick email at brandonwjones@leadershipdoneright.com, or message me on Facebook, LinkedIn, or twitter to let me know that you’d like to schedule your free coaching session today!

What Happens When Complacency Sets In?

Alright, let’s talk about what happens when complacency sets in. Several years ago, I had a great leader, Larry Spackman. He taught me a valuable lesson about complacency. He was very successful in everything he did and attributed his success to his strong drive and unrelenting desire to never back down when working to complete his goals.

When I was around him, he always stressed the importance of working hard and doing your very best. In addition, he lived what he taught. Because he was so driven, he despised complacency. He taught that complacency would keep you from reaching your dreams and goals. Larry taught me to avoid complacency at all cost and his example confirmed the validity of what taught.

There are three major side effects that come with a complacent attitude. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode 76 — How to Recognize and Avoid Complacency In Leadership!

Podcast Episode #64 — 5 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 64: 5 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders.

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LDR 064: 5 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders

Hi friends! In this week’s episode, I am going to share five tips for new leaders. These tips will help you start off on the right foot so you can gain the respect of those you lead. Before we get to that, I want to share some quick tips for the week.

Tip of the Week

Every year around this time, I start thinking about education. My kids are going back to school and I can feel fall coming on. I love the feeling and I love thinking about education. I also love thinking about and setting new goals. With those two thoughts in mind, I set goals for education for the upcoming school year. 

If you have not completed all of your educational goals, now is the best time ever to start those goals back up. Look into opportunities to progress your education. There’s many ways you can do that. I have other posts and podcast episodes that focus more specifically on education, so I won’t go into much more detail now. Here’s just a few ways you can advance your educational goals. Go to school, get into a certification program, take an online course, or look into other programs to advance your education.

5 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders

New leaders go through a wide range of emotions. There’s excitement about the new opportunities, anxiety about making a mark, and confidence in the skills that brought them to where they are. With all this excitement, they also often lack knowledge and experience. There’s nothing wrong with that. The way to overcome those feelings is to seek advice. Along those lines, I was recently asked, “What is your advice for new leaders?”

I was recently asked, “What advice would you give to new leaders?” To answer this question, I have to go back in time to when I was a new leader. As a new leader there are many things that went through my head. I felt excited, overwhelmed, nervous, and a wide range of other emotions. Those feelings were and are normal and expected. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #64 — 5 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders

Podcast Episode #50 — 10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 50: 10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail.

Hi friends, we are all so blessed to be alive and talking about leadership today! I hope you are doing well and life is going well for you wherever you’re listening to this episode!

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LDR 050: 10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail

Sneak Peek

Last week I explained the Top 10 Causes of Leadership Failure. In creating that list, I put out a request on Facebook and received an abundance of reasons why leaders fail. So, this week I am going to share an encore to last week’s list with 10 additional reasons why leaders fail. But first…

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Are you trying to take your leadership to the next level, but struggling each step of the way? Are you wishing you could get help from someone who has been through leadership challenges and continues to make it through?

Well, if that’s you, I want to let you know that I still have some open coaching sessions available. Send me a quick email at brandonwjones@leadershipdoneright.com, or message me on Facebook, LinkedIn, or twitter to let me know that you’d like to schedule your free coaching session today!

10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail

Alright, now we’ll discuss the 10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail. I really like learning why others failed, so I don’t have to make the same mistakes myself. So let’s consider these 10 reasons with that mindset. Unlike last week, these are not in any particular order.

1. Poor Leadership Approach

Number one, leaders fail when they have a poor leadership approach. This can be manifest in many ways.

One way is that leaders sometimes use fear tactics. They try to coerce people through intimidation, manipulation, or overbearance. The whole point being to scare people into doing what they want.

Another poor leadership approach is to become a leader strictly to gain power over others. If you are leading just for power, you are probably not leading the right way.

And one final poor leadership approach is to lead with no confidence, rudeness, insincerity, or just flat out in a way that you show everyone you don’t know what you are doing. That quickly loses everyone’s confidence, and often even causes resentment. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #50 — 10 Reasons Why Leaders Fail

Podcast Episode #46 — Follow-up and Follow-through: How To Get Things Done!

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 46: How To Get Things Done! Follow-up and Follow-through.

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LDR 046: Follow-up and Follow-through: How To Get Things Done!

Sneak Peek

Before we get into this episode, I want to give you a quick sneak peak of what’s in store. In this episode, I am going to share with you my tips, tricks, and other secrets to get things done through effective and timely follow-through and follow-up. These skills have helped me stay on top of my day-to-day activities, get promotions, AND complete large multimillion dollar projects. Be sure to stay tuned!

Take Advantage of This Free Coaching Opportunity!

Are you trying to take your leadership to the next level, but struggling each step of the way? Are you wishing you could get help from someone who has been through leadership challenges and continues to make it through? Well, if that’s you, I want to let you know that I still have some open coaching spots available for free leadership coaching sessions. Send me a quick email at brandonwjones@leadershipdoneright.com, or message me on Facebook, LinkedIn, or twitter to let me know that you’d like to schedule your free coaching session today! 

Alright, let’s get started!

One of my favorite hobbies is mountain biking. It is challenging, fun, and really good exercise. When I mountain bike, there are many types of trails. Some are technical with lots of obstacles, rocks, and other things I need to go over or around while others are wide open and flow. There is also a wide variety of trails in between. 

Regardless of the trail type, there’s one thing in common for most trails. When I ride a trail, I must pick the line I will ride and stick to it. When I do that, I am able to avoid ruts, trenches, boulders, fallen trees, cliffs and a wide variety of other obstacles. As I follow through on my chosen line, I am able to avoid danger.

I have ridden some trails that were difficult and even scary. When riding those paths, there’s a tendency to want to change my line and take a different line. Most of the time, that is a bad idea and leads to other problems. I have gotten stuck in a path, flipped over my handle bars and gotten in other small wrecks. So why does that happen in the first place? Because I am not following through with the plan and sticking to my line. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #46 — Follow-up and Follow-through: How To Get Things Done!

Podcast Episode #44 — Why You Need To Be a Curious Leader with Kingsley Grant

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 44: Why You Need To Be a Curious Leader with Kingsley Grant.

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LDR 044: Why You Need To Be a Curious Leader with Kingsley Grant

Get to Know Kingsley

Podcast Episode #44 — Why You Need To Be a Curious Leader with Kingsley GrantOur guest today is a National and International Motivational Speaker, Consultant, Licensed Psychotherapist, Clarity Coach, Online Radio Podcaster, and published Author.

His Role in Gaining Clarity

He focuses on helping middle income professionals cut through the confusion, gain clarity, and confidently take the next low-risk step towards their desired goal.

Contributing Writer

Our guest is a contributing writer for the Huffington Post, Addicted 2 Success, Thrive Global and The Goodmen Project.

Family Life

He is a proud dad, husband, a man of faith and an entrepreneur at heart. He is the President of Helping Families Improve Inc., a company that focuses on improving communication within relationships.

Our Connection

I met him through our common interest in podcasting and had the privilege of being on his podcast recently. I am excited to have him on the show. Our guest today is Kingsley Grant. Kingsley, welcome to the show! [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #44 — Why You Need To Be a Curious Leader with Kingsley Grant

Podcast Episode #36 — Effectively Communicate and Be Resilient with Suzanne Bates

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Hello, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right Podcast, Episode 36: Effectively Communicate and Be Resilient with Suzanne Bates.

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LDR 036 Effectively Communicate and Be Resilient with Suzanne Bates

Get to Know Suzanne

Podcast Episode #36 — Effectively Communicate and Be Resilient with Suzanne BatesOur guest today is the CEO of Bates Communications, a global coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations improve performance through communicative leadership.

Bestselling Author

She’s the author of All the Leader You Can Be: The Science of Achieving Extraordinary Executive Presence (McGraw Hill 2016) and the bestselling Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results (McGraw Hill 2005), which went to #6 on amazon.com and is now published in seven languages.

The Start of Bates Communication

Suzanne launched the firm in 2000 after 20+ years as an award-winning broadcast journalist in Boston and other national markets.

She’s developed proven coaching and leadership development methods to help leaders build presence and influence, based on her successful career in television journalism and experiences as the first woman anchor in various markets.

She and her team consult with leaders from global organizations such as CVS, TJX, Dow Chemical, State Street, Boeing, Fidelity, and Raytheon.

Welcome!

We connected on LinkedIn and I am honored and humbled to have her on the show. Our guest today is Suzanne Bates. Suzanne, welcome to the show!

Communication is One of the Biggest Needs

Early in Suzanne’s career, she took a leap and transitioned from the news room to CEO of her own entrepreneurial adventure. She decided to start Bates Communication. “I saw the path in my life to make a change. I guess I had the entrepreneurial bug. I started modestly just thinking, perhaps I could carve out a niche as a solo entrepreneur doing presentations, media, and leadership communication coaching.” That’s what she did in the beginning.

As she got to know more leaders, she realized there was a deeper need that she could fill. That required a more comprehensive approach. She built a company and brought in people that had expertise in a variety of areas.

The Need for Communication Coaching

As she consulted with a variety of companies, leaders explained that communication training and skills were the biggest need. That was due to communication breakdowns and challenges to effectively communicate the vision and direction of the organization.

Suzanne explained that “It’s [effectively communicating] the most important thing leaders can do. Learn to tell the story, engage their audiences, connect them to the purpose, and understand what kind of qualities of presence there are.” “Qualities of presence are a lot more than people think. It’s qualities of character like authenticity, integrity, concern about other people, and the substance we bring to our deliberations and decisions.” She explained that it includes things like practical wisdom, decisiveness, and the style of communication we bring. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #36 — Effectively Communicate and Be Resilient with Suzanne Bates