156: What It Means to Lead from the Core

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

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155: The Five Energies of an Exceptional Leader

Are you aware of the kind of energy you bring to conversations? My guest Marcel Daane has combined his study of martial arts and neuroscience to create a powerful, practical model you can use to apply the right energy in any situation..

In our conversation, we discussed the model and Marcel’s latest book, Five Energies of Horrible Bosses and How Not to Become One. You can take his free 5-minute assessment to become more aware of your own dominant energy and learn how to adjust it for the person you’re with.

Marcel is the CEO of Level V Partners, a global network of uniquely trained Executive Coaches working with multinational organizations, teams, and leaders. In 2020 Marcel was voted Executive Coach of the Year by Singapore Prestige Brands, and in 2016 he was awarded the Global Coaching Leadership Award.

You’ll discover:

How to identify an organization’s culture in terms of weather
The 3 Pillars of Wisdom and the one most leaders mistakenly rely on
A practical definition of Energy
Why the acronym W.I.S.E. serves as an excellent model for leaders
The 5 Energies we all have and what they look like on our behavior

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Five Energies of Horrible Bosses and How Not To Become One

Marcel’s Website

Marcel Daane

Marcel’s Books

Headstrong Performance: Improve Your Mental Performance with Nutrition, Exercise, and Neuroscience

154: The Success Factor of Extremely High Achievers

Want to know what separates peak performers from everyone else? Dr. Ruth Gotian has studied super successful people for decades and shares the four elements that set them apart. You can learn and adopt these same behaviors.

Ruth is the author of The Success Factor: Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Performance and a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about optimizing success. She won the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement “Radar” Award, ranking her the #1 emerging management thinker in the world to bridge theory and practice.

You’ll discover:

A definition of success that has nothing to do with money
The single sentence from one of Ruth’s mentors that totally changed the focus of her work
The four elements that all super successful people have in common
What you can do to identify and work with a mentor
How the mindset of very high achievers differs from everyone else

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Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

The Success Factor: Developing the Mindset and Skillset for Peak Business Performance

Dr. Ruth’s Website

Ruth Gotian

Dr. Ruth’s Book

153: Be a Go-Giver in Marriage and Life

What if you could find out secrets to a strong marriage and then discover that these same secrets can apply to all your relationships? That’s exactly what you’ll learn in this profound conversation I had with John David Mann and Ana Gabriel Mann, co-authors of The Go-Giver Marriage.

John is coauthor of more than 30 books, including his classic 2008 parable The Go-Giver, coauthored with Bob Burg. Ana is a clinical psychologist and therapist currently focused on training coaches around the globe to lead The Go-Giver Marriage workshops.

You’ll discover:

The role John and Ana each played in the creation of this book
The one principle that underlies all 5 secrets
Specific words you can say to express appreciation
Which secret is a favorite for John and for Ana – and why
Why they refer to one’s partner as an “unexplored continent”

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Connect with Ana

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Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

The Go-Giver Marriage: A Little Story About the 5 Secrets to Lasting Love

John & Ana’s Website

The Go Giver Marriage

John & Ana’s Book

152: Learn to See People Through

Do you need to get things done with people whose personalities are very different from yours? Dr. Nate Regier shares how you can recognize their drivers as well as their distress signals—and then respond in a way that best serves you and them.

Nate is the CEO and founding owner of Next Element Consulting, a global leadership firm dedicated to bringing compassion into the workplace. He’s brilliant in creating models that foster positive relationships and workplaces…and then teaching clients how to use them to transform their organizations.

You’ll discover:

What it means to “see people through” versus “see through people”
The 6 personality types in the Process Communication Model
Why it’s important for leaders to detect distress signals so they can invite people back to a healthy place
What it means to have personality agility
How leaders can become “self-full” rather than selfish or selfless

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Connect with Nate

Connect with Your Team

Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills

Peer Coaching Made Simple

How to Do the 6 Things That Matter Most When Helping Someone Improve a Skill

Seeing People Through: Unleash Your Leadership Potential with The Process Communication Model

Nate’s Website

Next Element

Nate’s Books

Conflict without Casualties: A Field Guide for Leading with Compassionate Accountability

Nate’s Podcast

On Compassion with Dr. Nate