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276: How to Learn From This Year’s Lessons to Accelerate Into 2021

December 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Character matters more than anything else. —Ron Kitchens On Today's Episode: My biggest lessons learned in 2020 Why it's so important to digest lessons and use those as fuel to launch What's in store for 2021 How you can recharge over the holidays so you can accelerate in 2021 2020. It is a year for the history books. And the lessons it has brought along for every one... I do not have adequate words to describe the heaviness and pain that I have witnessed over the last 12 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: 2020, 2021, accelerating the future, Always Forward, Carla Sones, development, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, lessons learned, looking back on the year, podcast, preparing for a new year, professional development, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, year end podcast

275: Why You Need to Empower Employees Through Delegation

December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Don't try and do everything yourself because you can't. —Anthea Turner On Today's Episode: Carla and I dive into the importance of delegation Three big reasons people have a hard time delegating The best advice I ever got around A players and delegation How I set up, in writing, a system for delegating I always thought of delegation as dumping responsibilities. But as I have grown in my career and leadership, I have learned that delegation is part of the art of leading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, building trust, Carla Sones, communication, delegating, delegation, development, empowering employees, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, podcast, professional development, purpose, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First

274: Do You Want to Be Virtually Unstoppable?!

November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

You cannot serve from an empty vessel. —Eleanor Brown On Today's Episode: It is Catalyst University week! Carla and I walk through the amazing line up of speakers How going virtual allowed us to create even more impact I have attended a lot of conferences throughout my life, and I am convinced that the lineup of speakers we have for Catalyst University this year is the most impactful lineup any conference has ever seen! If you do not have a  ticket yet, there is still time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, Carla Sones, Catalyst University, communication, development, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, podcast, professional development, purpose, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, unstoppable, virtual conference

273: Start Cultivating Your Gratitude Practice Right Now

November 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. —William Arthur Ward On Today's Episode: Carla and I share a conversation about the importance of gratitude Gratitude is being pleased about where you are and excited for the opportunities tomorrow brings How being grateful yet acknowledging a need for change can coexist together The most impactful thank you note I've ever received Which thank you note felt like the most important one I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, Carla Sones, communication, development, grateful, gratitude, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, podcast, professional development, purpose, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First, thank you, thank you note, Thankful

272: The Importance of Challenging Your People to Reach Their Potential

November 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. —Jack Welch On Today's Episode: Carla and I talk about challenging your team to reach their potential It's a leader's job to help their team recognize their strengths The Pygmalion Effect: the theory that people will rise and fall based on authority figures' expectations of them We can lead people to the ocean but they have to decide what they do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, bring out the best, Carla Sones, communication, development, dig deep, growth, high performance team, high performing team, leadership, leadership development, podcast, professional development, purpose, push team, reach potential, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First

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