THE LEADERSHIP BLOG
Making Deep Connections, Restoring Trust, & Leading from the Bottom Up
Managing Mindset Part 2
https://youtu.be/MhZaE_ze9_8 Hey, Rooftop Nation. Last week, we were talking about emotion, and the question that I posed to you was how much does emotion affect your life? How much does it affect your day-to-day? I made a compelling case for you to consider, that...
Managing Mindset Part 1
https://youtu.be/EECj_iUeFFM Emotions are part of who we are. The fact of the matter is humans are emotional creatures. We are meaning seeking, emotional, creatures. We always have been, and we always will be. As million-dollar consultant Alan Wise says, "Logic...
3 Reasons Why Grinding Isn’t Enough
https://youtu.be/N5cVf8R9vQo I've seen that look in the mirror. When I looked at myself after grinding and grinding and grinding, well, there's a predictable outcome to that. And it's generally not a good one. I want to share with you today three reasons why grinding...
What’s Changed in Your Arena?
https://youtu.be/xM211qjehQc In Special Forces, Special Operations, we have these things called imperatives. These are the guidelines that move us through complexity, crisis, ambiguity. A lot of the same things that you're facing. The number one Special Ops...
Mistakes Leaders Make During Crisis
https://youtu.be/1wI_fVNDWX0 We all face crisis as leaders, as organizational leaders, certainly. We live in a dangerous world. We may think we're super sophisticated and we've got everything going on, but as we're seeing today with the coronavirus, with 9/11, with...
Leading Through Fear
https://youtu.be/43asgb1o9Cw We need leaders who can lead through fear because the reality is, fear is a normal human function. It kept us alive for hundreds of thousands of years. It is a fight, flight, or freeze thing. It is a primal reality. Fear motivates...
Self Sabotage: No One Wants to Hear This
https://youtu.be/t1dS7yxM-s4 We've talked about things that are too daunting. Overwhelming. We've talked about the “Imposter Syndrome”, talked about being “Too Busy” and now we're talking about, “No One Wants to Hear This”. That's another form of self-sabotage. It's...
Self Sabotage: Too Busy…
https://youtu.be/fNQqd_B0anw The “rat race”, the operational tempo that will dominate you, own you if you're not careful. It can make it very difficult to do what Rooftop Leaders are supposed to do, which is to play a bigger game. To serve a purpose bigger than...
Imposter Syndrome: Who am I to Do This?
https://youtu.be/QxAse1y2Jlg Who are you not to do it? What happens if you don't write your book? What happens if you don't put your music out there? Your art, your movie, your ideas. Who are you not to share the lessons you have learned? Who are you not to do...
Self-Sabotage: Do What Scares You
https://youtu.be/2lkJZ7UwTbQ Welcome to 2020! This year I am going to talk about pain points that leaders just like you who are playing a bigger game, who want to do something bigger than themselves, who are creating movements, who value connection and impact are...
Manage Your Anxiety: What if My Nerves Get in the Way?
https://youtu.be/7tEK-NB-Ua4 We all have to manage different kinds of rooms don't we? Some of us find ourselves on the stage. Some of us are in board rooms or meeting rooms. Some of us are asking donors to invest in our nonprofit to make a difference in the community...
Relationships Before Transactions: What Makes Clients Loyal for the Long Haul?
https://youtu.be/mSvCmNGza4Q One of the challenges that we face today as rooftop leaders, whether we own our own business, or maybe we work in a corporation or a midsize company as leaders and we do sales or we're relationship managers, how do we keep our clients, our...
Making Human Connections: How Do I Overcome Skepticism?
https://youtu.be/jtrkpZ8jYgg When you think about a tough negotiation or a tough client, the first thing is you've got to make a human connection. If you just roll in with the agenda, if you just roll in with the transaction, if you're just rolling with the PowerPoint...