Monthly Archives: September 2025

217. You’re Just 5 DOGS Away From The Best Version of You!!!!!

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Leadership Pro Tip: Everybody struggles!!!!  Yes, everyone.  We are started from somewhere and hopefully, we are all trying to be a better version of ourselves.  The good news is that you just to 5 DOGS that you feed well, exercise and take care of properly.  Stop trying to just beat or be better than others.  When you do that, the other person is the goal.  What if you really expanded yourself to be better.  That’s it….just better.  Then, repeat that process over and over again.  On the week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast we’ll explain how 5 DOGS gets you to focus on you, so you can be the best version to serve others.

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216. Is Your Team Happily Unmotivated?

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Recent data shows two things that on the surface, do not make sense.  Worker happiness is at a 30-year high, but worker disengagement is still at 70%.  How can both things be true?  Don’t confuse happiness with engagement.  Those are two separate things.  As a leader, you need to start asking yourself some questions.  No, you can’t solve everyone else’s problems or concerns.  However, you can make some serious headway if you start to acknowledge them.  On the week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll explain some of these issues and some simple things you can do to move the engagement needle back in your favor.

 

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215. Want Better Team Performance? Do this simple 4 “E” Exercise

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Ok….nothing is simple, but it’s definitely not complicated.  Leaders, the fact is, there is always a rub between what you want to accomplish and what gets in the way of accomplishing it.  We get caught up the day to day so much that taking time to really examine how your team is doing and how they get better results seems like it takes too much time.  But what if you don’t take the time?  Give yourself one hour or less, to complete this 4 “E” Exercise and you’ll start to see clearly, and pretty quickly, how you can effect change with your team and start achieving more.  Press play on this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast.  You’ll be glad you did!

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214. Win Or Lose…..Keep Moving On!!!!!!

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Sounds strange but moving on is the same for winning and losing.  Yes, I know, it’s much more glorious to win but you can’t stay there.  You can’t be that person that peaked in high school or did an amazing thing, but yet never expand from that.  Losing also DOES NOT DEFINE you.  It was a moment in time.  That’s it.  On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we’ll show you that you should always move on to what’s next.  It’s as simple as 2, two word questions.  Answer those, and you’re on your way!

 

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