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Every successful person you know or have learned about, wasn’t.  No one just arrives and never fails or never makes a mistake.  You know what drives most failure?  People’s constant behavior of not starting or giving up.  On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we ask the question, Why Not You????   Why not?  Really! Once you realize that stages come in stages and growth is a process of eliminating what doesn’t work (it’s not actually that you’re not good enough…..no….it’s not that!) you can move forward and start achieving the things you want.

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Ken Blanchard had it 100% right.  Your leadership isn’t complete until your team doesn’t need you anymore.  When you invest so much in your teams and create new leaders, they won’t need you anymore.  What that really means is you are ready for a higher leadership level, and most importantly, someone or multiple someone’s are also ready for more.  In this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, listen to how your ultimate goal should be to create other leaders.

There is no such thing as a winning team with ONE player.  It’s impossible.  Create new leaders: find them, grow them, and give them room to run!  Leadership is not about you….but later….it will be about you.

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That’s a lot of dogs!!!  Well….I’m not talking about real 4-legged dogs.  DOGS stand for Disciplines Of Growth Success.  There are 5 categories you need to not only understand, but focus some of your time in.  You will probably be naturally gifted at some of these Disciplines and others you will not.  However, you will need the Disciplines you are not good at.  You don’t have to be great at all 5, but you have to acknowledge their importance, so you aren’t held back to what you can actually accomplish.

The good news is that even if you aren’t good at some of these Disciplines, you can improve your ability in them, making you the most effective version of you.  So, have an open mind and challenge yourself to be better at all 5 DOGS.  This podcast episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, is all about investing in yourself!

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You’re dreaming of doing something big.  You’re about to do something big.  Then…..it hits.  Imposter Syndrome.  Who the hell are you to accomplish something?  Are you good enough, talented enough, smart enough….and the list goes on and on.  Well, guess what?  It is actually normal when imposter syndrome hits.  Every successful person you know has had their doubts and challenges.  Many people give up better they break through.  That’s exact what it is, a breakthrough.

On this week’s episode of the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we talk about how normal imposter syndrome is and that, once you realize it’s a process, you can process through it.  If you haven’t listened to last week’s episode, Why Everyone Needs 5 DOGS, go back and listen.  It will reframe your prospective on yourself.  Then, come back to this episode and discover that you can achieve the dreams you want by giving imposter syndrome the thought process it deserves.

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Work evaluations are a standard work practice.  After all, how else can you help your team get better without feedback?  The question really is, is the feedback you’re giving current, accurate and effective?  On this week’s episode on the Leadership Lifestyle Podcast, we break down what’s wrong with the current evaluation system and how you can fix it.  It may sound like a boring topic, but I think we all have a story of receiving a bad evaluation and how that changed our focus of work.

If you really want to empower your team forward, break the old cycle of evaluations and make feedback meaningful.  Evaluations shouldn’t be for HR style documentation to “hold people accountable.”  It should be, and can be, a great tool to moving your team forward by acknowledging their daily behaviors and decisions that support the Vision and the Strategy.  Evaluations…..what an amazing tool to move your team forward!

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