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A 45-minute leadership workout: just plain talk with Steve Thomas Thoughts and insights designed to challenge you to move even the slightest bit because small movements matter! What keeps you from moving on in your leadership? How is your leadership different now than one year ago? What do effective leaders do to not just maintain, but to grow and improve them and others?
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Episode 20 | The Good Lie! - Why good simply won’t work anymore!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
We have been led to believe the biggest enemy of good is bad. Turns out, that is not accurate. We are endlessly tempted by the good. So much so that it is what we pursue and settle for often. However, good is not what will get us, our leadership, or our organizations where we want and need to be. There is so much more we might be missing out on.

Friday May 13, 2022
Episode 18 | Navigating Obstacles! Choices You Make in Tough Times
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
There is no question that you are going to face obstacles in your life and leadership. There are two things that hold us back from being the best version of ourselves. Those same two things are the biggest obstacles we will face. What are those obstacles and how do we navigate them? In this episode, we will chat about it and expose those two things while looking at choices we can make to move us past them.

Friday May 13, 2022
Episode 19 | The World According to Great Performers!
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
What can we learn from great performers? They all have a few things in common that might surprise you. Those qualities they have can transfer to other parts of our life and leadership.

Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Episode 16 | The Little Thing That Makes a Big Difference!
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Sometimes we believe that the big things are what makes the difference in life and leadership. Turns out, that is not necessarily accurate. However, there is a little thing that will make a difference in our life, leadership, marriage, parenting, physical health, emotional health, mental health, team and culture. It is a little thing that packs a big punch. Join us to fid out how this small characteristic that can be developed to make a tremendous difference.

Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Episode 15 | The Venti Leader
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Developing your leadership is a constant process. It is a process in which the information you get from the event is practiced. Everything in life happens like this…awareness, practice, habit. You become aware of a thought or idea, you practice that though or idea until it becomes habit. Are you practicing the right things so that the right things become habit? Are you intentionally developing your leadership to become the leader you want and need to be? In “The Venti Leader,” we will chat about what that development could look like for you. And, what it may take to build capacity to become a Venti Leader!

Monday Nov 08, 2021
Episode 14 | The Foolishness Solution
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Have you ever said anything and as soon as you said it you knew you shouldn’t have said it? Have you ever heard someone complain about something only to find out they didn’t have the whole story to begin with? Have you ever been frustrated, irritated or angry with someone for something and then found out you really didn’t have enough or the right information to justify your irritation? If you answered yes to any or all those questions, this episode is for you! And, if you have a team of people that seem to do the same thing, this episode is for them.

Friday Sep 17, 2021
Episode 13 | 366 Days Later!
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
In this 13th episode, we will reexplore the principles of Budge and chat about how leaders continue to improve their influence to make a difference in the lives they are responsible for. And, we will chat about what holds leaders back from moving on in their leadership. Some leaders are satisfied to maintain, but effective leaders are not…they continually move.
Don’t miss this challenge!

Friday Sep 17, 2021
Episode 11/12 | The Questions Episode
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Leaders who are effective at leading are learners. If we are going to learn effectively, we have to be curious and ask questions. Everyone has something they want to know more about, but sometimes they don’t ask. What questions do you have about leadership, team, people, etc.? Your questions will guide this episode.

Friday May 28, 2021
Episode 10 | The Middle Blank Issue
Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
We all have a middle BLANK issue! We have something we want to accomplish in, with and through people in our…
leadership, marriage, parenting, coaching, sales approach, friends, etc. However, we can't seem to get it done because the other person won’t BLANK! Enter the middle BLANK issue!
The question is not why won't they stop doing that, the question is how do I lead them through and beyond that?

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Episode 9 | The Leadership Spice - How and why Emotional Intelligence Matters
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
How can leaders do all the right things and be very smart and still not get results in their leadership that they want? It makes no sense! Well, that’s because you can be really smart and actually “do” the right things and still not get the results you want. Experience and research have told us for many years that emotional intelligence is the underlying ingredient that changes everything. It is the “spice” that makes leadership that much more effective!
In this episode, we will chat with Lisa Austin about what emotional intelligence is and why it matters.