Darn Good Leadership
Whether you're an executive or starting your first job, we all struggle with leading effectively. This is a show where you will get ideas, inspiration, and practical advice you can take action on today to become a darn good leader. My mission is to create a community of strong leaders, who support each other to positively impact their teams, work environments, and the world. Email contact@darngoodleadership.com for feedback on the podcast, and additional topics you need support with.
Episodes
30 episodes
6 Simple Steps for When You Feel Overwhelmed
Feeling overwhelmed in life and work is a common experience for any leader. It can be caused by having too many responsibilities, not delegating enough, having a tight deadline, or having unclear or unrealistic expectations set on you. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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20:40
5 Steps for Creating a Successful Onsite
When was the last time you’ve been face-to-face, in-person with your employees or team? I'm a huge supporter of virtual work, asynchronously work, and empowering individuals to get work done at a time and place that fits their need...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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19:47
Leading Agility with Stories
Who doesn't love a good story?! Today's show centers around several of them. The first story is about one of my professional heroes...Josh Kerievsky. And then 6 quick stories that tie back to the 6 Agile mantras outlined in J...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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22:07
8 Practices to be a Darn Good Leader
It doesn't matter what stage you are in your career, you can start laying the foundation and the groundwork for being a darn good leader today! All of us can be leaders at any point in our career. Today we're discussing eight practices I ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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18:35
Envision Your Future-Self to Motivate Your Current-Self
How often do you think about future you...and not future you in 5-10 years, but future you as in 1 week from now or at the end of the day? Are your daily habits and practices helping your more immediate future or hurting it? An...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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16:19
What Would Vilfredo Pareto do...applying the Pareto Principle for Workplace Productivity
Want to be more productive but not sure how to focus your time and efforts? Just ask yourself "what would Vilfredo Pareto do?"In this episode I'm taking about the Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 rule. I'll rev...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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11:18
Taking Ownership of Your Happiness at Work
Who's ready to be happier at work?! If you are, then join me as I discuss 6 areas that can help you take control of your own happiness at work...and in turn hopefully have much more good days:Take charge of your profe...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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16:16
How are You Showing Up as a Leader?
Let me ask you as question...do you swoop and poop? Join me as I answer what that means and take you through five evaluations areas to help you reflect on how are you showing up as a leader:How do you work with...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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15:59
Work Savvier in 2023
To be the savviest of leaders we must refuse to just be busy, we must push back on burnout, we must say no to the things that aren't enabling our goals, and we must be unapologetic about it. If you want to work savvier in 2023, then you n...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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14:37
Why Do You Work Where You Work?
It's a new year and in 2023 we are taking the driver's seat, we are taking extreme ownership, and we are going to hold ourselves accountable for our own happiness, our own growth, and we are setting the example for those around us. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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15:30
Master the Art of Being Comfortable in the Uncomfortable
As 2022 is coming to a close, I've reflected on Season 1 and I'm bringing you my most important leadership takeaway of the year: strong leadership requires you being comfortable in the uncomfortable. Life is always gonna throw you curve b...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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13:45
Your Favorite Christmas Movies & the Critical Leadership Takeaways
Seasons greetings friends! We all have our favorite Christmas movies, but have you taken the time to analyze the critical leadership takeaways from each one? Well if you haven't, that is exactly my gift to you this holiday.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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23:02
The 3 Words You Need to Hear to Better Understand OKRs & KPIs
Raise your hand if you've ever struggled with understanding the difference between OKRs and KPIs. It's ok. You're not alone. Figuring out when to use them and how to use effectively together can be quite confusing. But ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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14:44
The 10-minute Leadership Consumption Audit
Got 10 minutes? How about a little tune-up to evaluate if your daily consumption of information and time spent with people is helping you reach your goals or not. It's free, fast, and is composed of just 3 easy parts: t...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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9:19
Finding your Personal Leadership Style
How would you describe your leadership style in 3-words? What words do your peers, co-workers, and stakeholders use when describing your leadership style? Do you know? If you do, do you like the words? If you don't, no w...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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18:51
Becoming a Professional Shapeshifter
Change is inevitable, but with change comes opportunity. Today I'm discussing how you can embrace change by becoming a professional shapeshifter. Join me as I share 5 ways I'm currently honing my craft as a shapeshifter, and how you...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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13:46
Coping with Professional Heartbreak
We've all experienced personal heartbreak, but what about professional heartbreak? With the economy the way it is today and many businesses forced to make difficult business decisions, how does one deal with professional heartbreak? Today...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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13:45
Make Your Work Environment (and the World) a Better Place by Practicing these 3 Things
What if I told you, you could help make your work environment (and the world) a better place with just 3 practices? As leaders, the behaviors we display is what we are showcasing to our teams as what is appropriate, what i...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:25
Halloween-Themed Retrospectives and Icebreakers
Not sure how to build community and connection with your team this Halloween? Witch, please...I got you! I'm sharing 2 Halloween retrospectives and lots of great icebreakers to get teams talking, engaging, and on their way to workin...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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19:06
The Biggest Leadership Takeaways from the Best Halloween-Themed Movies
I'm leaning into one of the best parts of October...movies that give us all the Halloween-feels. I've done the hard work, watching and analyzing, and now I'm ready to treat you with the top 10 movies that give off major Halloween...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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23:56
3 Lessons Halloween can teach us about Leadership and Community
Whether you're a scary movie fanatic, a pumpkin latte lover, or you hate the season altogether...Halloween is here and has so much rich history that there are several treats we can takeaway beyond candy. I'm passing out 3 lessons Hallowe...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:37
Fit to Lead-Part 2: 10 Tips for Running a Movement Challenge at Work
If you're interested in learning how to roll out a movement challenge at your place of work; and you want to keep it easy, budget, friendly, fun, and engaging. ..well look no further. I got ya! In this episode I share 10 tips to r...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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24:10
3 Stories to Better Understand the Power of OKRs
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a goal setting framework for teams and companies. OKRs drive focus, clarity, and alignment; and foster a cultures that is results and outcome oriented. One of the best ways to better understand,...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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18:50
The "Why" behind the Darn Good Leadership Podcast
In this episode, I'm spilling the tea on why behind this podcast. I'm sharing a little more about myself, my motivation, the mission for starting the show, and my ultimate goal of creating an interactive and engaging community of strong ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:30
5 Lessons Learned from a Team of Agile Experts
Have you ever wanted insights and consultation from a group of Agile coaches? In this show, I'm sharing five lessons learned from a team of agile experts. Now, who is this team of agile experts you ask? Well, it's none other t...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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16:35