THE LEADERSHIP BLOG
Making Deep Connections, Restoring Trust, & Leading from the Bottom Up
Leading Through the Churn: Webinar
https://youtu.be/xKudi-4sXXM These last six months have been unprecedented, but the churn in the next six months is going to pose more challenges to us than at any other point in our history as human beings. Regardless of your discipline, regardless of your party,...
Knowing When to Pivot
https://youtu.be/uuJOVrZzbQ8 I still remember the day that Wes and I made the decision to pivot. It was right after the pandemic had begun. The first speaking event that I was supposed to do was canceled, and Wes and I were already talking about what was coming....
Connecting With Prospects in the New Normal
https://youtu.be/PuFX1Ek1pgo How in the world are we going to maintain a face-to-face interaction and rapport with prospects and then bring them over to our side to inspire them to buy from us, when there's all this social distancing and we're wearing PPE. We've...
The Power of Story
https://youtu.be/opIx_z6WNSQ Narrative competence is one of the best ways to make a human connection. Inside narrative competence, lies the integration of storytelling, high-stakes listening, and then nonverbal skills for deep human connections to help...
Narrative Competence
https://youtu.be/RluH61HI1VM Narrative competence, Whether you are a senior leader in a Fortune 100 company, whether you are a speaker, whether you are a small business owner, a nonprofit owner, a warrior, or a transitioning warrior, pretty much anything...
Squirrel
https://youtu.be/qc-CxcMHiao Anytime there's somebody that's losing me, that can't stay focused for more than three seconds, I say, "Squirrel!" That's kind of the thing that we use these days to illustrate somebody who can't stay focused, and I believe...
No Rocket Fuel – No Moon Landing
https://youtu.be/4pbMa3_jG-w As you think about leadership today in your organization, in your household, in your community, do you see lots of motivation? Do you see lots of engagement? Do you see a lot of collective energy, or do you see evidence of...
Life Without Trust
https://youtu.be/NcPjWtG6t-o Community trust, the ability to trust your neighbor, is going down. This is not a doom and gloom thing. I mean, we've actually been here before. Trust can be restored. I saw trust restored in some of the most trust-depleted...
Well Dressed Neanderthals
https://youtu.be/phJ3maN-knA So when's the last time you thought about revenge? In modern society, in daily life, things like thoughts of ‘revenge’ show up that have been around for a hundred thousand years. Things like when you think that your resources...
Personal Ethos
https://youtu.be/QvYS5l-QrzE Two core questions that every human asks themselves at night when everyone else is asleep, who am I? And why am I here? These are questions that we are seeking answers to our entire life. And I don't know that we ever truly...
Resistance Countermoves
https://youtu.be/m3Zn37Yh_s0 This month our theme is, Know Thyself, so now we're going to start getting clear on what are the countermoves that you can use to overcome resistance. This is what professionals do. Amateurs don't do this. Amateurs just...
Personal Superpowers
https://youtu.be/epRQdMpVmDI How do I define a 'Personal Superpower'? It's those traits and characteristics that you can bring to bear externally that add value to the lives of others. How about that? Did you write that down? Those traits and...
Tracks and Torches
https://youtu.be/dqau3BVFPVY My dad, Rex Mann has always said, "Leave your tracks in this world." He described tracks as those indelible impressions that we leave in the Earth that serve, not those around us necessarily, as much as they serve those who...