Leadership on the Ground: The Complete Series

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode Six! Today, on Episode Six, Erica Peitler and I discuss accelerating Talent Development to build your bench! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode Six: Accelerating Talent Development to build your bench: 1. It’s one thing to get into a rhythm. It’s quite another to figure out how to MAINTAIN it… 2. The key is to accelerate talent development. It’s no longer enough to just recruit good talent, you have to develop it…quickly! 3. “Do you have enough talent to fill the bench? To fill all the gaps in your organization? Most do not… 4. There is a time-value to talent. What does that mean? 5. We tend to be short-term focused, and we can no longer afford to be. 6. Part of the magic of accelerating the development of talent is developing talent in your organization to accelerate the talent development in your organization! 7. So how do you actually accelerate talent and talent development? “You have to keep giving them different looks, keep stretching their experiences….” 8. Most employees are not getting the feedback they need to truly accelerate their development… 9. …And more importantly, feedback (such as performance reviews), cannot only happen ONCE A YEAR… 10. As always this season, we discuss the rhythm killers… 11. Does accelerating talent only rely on the management? Or does the talent themselves have a role to play here? “It is a rhythmic co-creation process…” About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 6: Accelerating Talent Development to build your bench appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode Five! Today, on Episode Five, Erica Peitler and I discuss navigating the dynamics of lifecycles! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode Five: Navigating the dynamics of lifecycles: 1. What does Erica mean by navigating the dynamics of lifecycles? 2. Most organizations don’t even know they are in a lifecycle, let alone diagnosing where they are in that cycle? 3. Lifecycles are prevalent in virtually every element of businesses, careers, or projects… Are you in the beginning, middle, or end? 4. Misdiagnosing is a common problem. Most organizations believe they are in a growth mode, when they are not… 5. “Where were we, where are we, and where are we going?” 6. Lots of lifecycles going on at any given time, between the individual, a team, and the organization… 7. Erica then explains how rhythm plays into how we manage business lifecycles. Are there different rhythms for different lifecycles? 8. We discuss the differences between entrepreneurial and enterprise mindsets with regards to both rhythms and lifecycles… 9. Startup phase, growth phase, and maturity phase…where does your organization/startup fall into these lifecycles? 10. As always, we discuss the rhythm killers with regards to navigating the dynamics of lifecycles… About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 5: Navigating the dynamics of lifecycles appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode Four! Today, on Episode Four, Erica Peitler and I discuss embracing personality hardwiring differences! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode Four: Embracing personality hardwiring differences: 1. What do we mean by “embracing personality hardwiring?” 2. There is a diversity of talent out there. How exactly do we take advantage of that? 3. We have to embrace different hardwiring, but not let it trip us up and disrupt our rhythm… 4. Again (a common theme), too many organizations and management teams aren’t even thinking about the personality hardwiring of their people…. 5. Introverts and extroverts are the most obvious, but there is so much more to be aware of, and we share some examples of how this can manifest itself… 6. Organizational rhythm is killed when personality hardwiring is NOT embraced, considered, and recognized. 7. How understanding all this enables entry points! 8. The differences between thinkers and feelers, and judgers and perceivers, and task-oriented vs. people-oriented… And if none of these folks are in sync, rhythm is disrupted in a bad way… 9. It’s one thing to understand and embrace someone’s personality hardwiring. It’s quite another to try to change someone’s hardwiring. How do we deal with this challenge? 10. Most people responsible for hiring aren’t thinking about the hardwiring of their potential hires. How do you shift this focus? 11. “Are you even aware of YOUR OWN hardwiring?” 12. The reason that many are unhappy in their work is simply because management has NO IDEA about the employee’s personality hardwiring… About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 4: Embracing personality hardwiring differences appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode Three! Today, on Episode Three, Erica Peitler and I discuss establishing forums for productive engagement! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode Three: Establishing forums for productive engagement: 1. Erica leads us off by explaining what she means by establishing forums for productive engagement. 2. Having these types of forums are mission critical, but too many organizations don’t even think about it… 3. Are you creating safe space for people to have meaningful interactions where progress can be made? 4. But don’t we already have too many “meetings?” Don’t people hate meetings? What’s the difference between a standard meeting and a forum for productive engagement? 5. “Task-driven or information-sharing vs. Purpose-driven! This is how a leader can establish rhythm for meaningful action.” 6. Erica futher explains “productive enagement.” 7. We’ve talked about how to look for entry points to make impact. And forums are golden opportunities to use them. In fact, a forum is designed to ENCOURAGE you to do so. 8. Note: these forums need a very specific purpose and objective. 9. What are some types of forums that leaders can orchestrate? Business performance, organizational, workshops, retreats, and people forums (coaching circles, succession planning, etc.) to name a few. 10. Some organizations have too many forums, but most have too few. What are the pitfalls of this? 11. It’s hard to conceive of making any kind of organizational progress WITHOUT having these kinds of forums… 12. There is a natural rhythm to forums, and forums contribute to the rhythm of the organization, but…there are obviously some rhythm killers here to understand too. [Pink Elephants, from Season 2, to name one…] 13. “You cannot have one forum to DISCUSS EVERYTHING…” 14. Most meetings that achieve little are just poorly-organized forums… About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 3: Establishing forums for productive engagement appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode Two! Today, on Episode Two, Erica Peitler and I discuss creating & owning the narrative! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode Two: Creating & owning the narrative: 1. Erica provides an overview of creating and owning the narrative. 2. Why the “narrative” is important in the context of your team and your organization. The “rhythm” is in how to tell the narrative! 3. “Where were we? Where are we? And where are we going next?” This is a good model with which to build your own narrative. 4. It is ok for the narrative to evolve over time. 5. The narrative serves as a way to connect to people, to get them to buy, in order to take bold risks, and move the organization forward. 6. The biggest risk is that most leaders underestimate the power of the narrative. 7. Remember, the role of leadership is to communicate the vision until everyone understands and buys in. 8. How do different leadership styles come into play with regards to creating and owning the narrative? 9. Old story, new story. Leaders often struggle with the team sticking to the old story, and not moving to the new story. Leaders have to call that out. Their job is to convince and inspire people to buy into the new story. 10. You can use entry points to contribute to building the new story. 11. Any rhythm killers and narrative derailers to know about here? Rumors, breaking alignment to name two. And how to contain them… About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 2: Creating and owning the narrative appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Three, Episode One! Today, on Episode One, Erica Peitler and I discuss Facilitating progress and aligned action! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Discussion Guide for Season Three, Episode One: Facilitating progress and aligned action: 1. The importance of “facilitating…” Leaders today need to be facilitators of progress… 2. “Leadership is a full-contact sport…” 3. You have to make your team “change-ready” leaders. That’s your job, as a leader! 4. Why is the process of “facilitating progress” the first part of this new series? Why are we starting here? It’s about fitting to an organizations’s culture and values… 5. Creating safe space… 6. The four keys to facilitating progress… 7. Facilitating progress vs. being a facilitator-of-progress: What’s the distinction? 8. Successfully facilitating progress vs. having the wrong people on the team. How do you know? 9. The power of mantras, and the role they play in setting and determining an organization’s rhythm… 10. The risks of changing both mantras and rhythms. Changing mantras too often can be a rhythm-killer… 11. How the analytical-model applies here: the role that data plays… 12. The Growth-Risk-Change equation. Creating space and trust… 13. Any additional rhythm-killers we should be aware of here? About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3, Episode 1: Facilitating progress and aligned action appeared first on .

Welcome to Leadership on the Ground, Season 3! On today’s premier episode, Erica Peitler and I discuss and provide an overview of the coming season. And define the Rhythm of Leadership! In Seasons 1 and 2, we focused on the individual mainly and how to acquire fundamental skills and then apply them in real time, situation by situation. So, entry points, altitude, sequencing, calling out unproductive behaviors…all critical building blocks to get us to build a strong foundation. In Season 3, we take our learning to a more MACRO level now. We now look at the concept of RHYTHM and how team leaders and organizational leaders can use their energy and rhythm to achieve performance and productivity. Rhythm…if you look up the definition: is a strong, repeated movement or sound, a systematic arrangement. It is a pattern. Great leaders have rhythm in the way they lead. In fact, they are adept at: Season 3 Overview presentation: Episode 1: Facilitating progress & aligned action Episode 2: Creating & owning the narrative Episode 3: Establishing forums for productive engagement Episode 4: Embracing personality hardwiring differences Episode 5: Navigating the dynamics of lifecycles Episode 6: Accelerating Talent Development to build your bench About our host, Erica Peitler: Erica is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. You can find Erica’s critically important book right here: Leadership Rigor! — Breakthrough Performance & Productivity Leading Yourself, Teams, Organizations CLICK HERE and never miss one episode of Leadership on the Ground’s 3rd season, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! SEASON ONE, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND! SEASON TWO, LEADERSHIP ON THE GROUND, IN REAL TIME! Leadership on the Ground is made possible by DeskHub Atlanta! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season 3 Overview: The Rhythm of Leadership appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 7 is here! Healthy Organizational dynamics require a frequent, real time Hunt for Pink Elephants — learn what these are and how to use them to transform your team! Discussion guide for today’s episode: The Hunt for Pink Elephants! 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. Why is this episode the crescendo? How we get swamped with unproductive behaviors? 3. In other words, how do you take an organization that’s been stuck, and get them to break through and make positive change? 4. So…what exactly is a pink elephant, and why have we gone through six episodes to learn how to do this? [Hint: The things you THINK you don’t have the power to change…but you do!] 5. In other words, “Am I going to lose my job if I raise this particular issue?” 6. You have to recognize/acknowledge the amount of organizational energy consumed WORKING AROUND all these pink elephants… 7. The advantage of “hunting” pink elephants, is that once you address it, once you bring it to the forefront, you now are in a position to do something about it. Rather than keeping it hidden because you are AFRAID to address it. Now, you can address and prioritize it, which changes everything! 8. Truth, trust and transparency are critical to the success of an organization, and when you are UNABLE to hunt pink elephants, truth, trust, and transparency are NOT possible… 9. And organization can fail if the pink elephants are NOT addressed. Season 1, and the first six episodes of Season 2 are designed to empower you to hunt for pink elephants… ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE #LOTG SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post The Hunt for Pink Elephants: Lessons for leaders appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 6 is here! The antidote to a lack of accountability in your organization – The Accountability Conversation — learn about the three-step model of this powerful tool and how to use everyday in real time! Discussion guide for today’s episode: The accountability conversation 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. Why is accountability so hard? It isn’t necessarily about your direct report…it is about YOU (the leader). 3. “Accountability is a partnership.” 4. An accountability conversation is really about having a negotiation. 5. Accountability does happen in real time, and has to happen in a proper sequence. 6. The three-step model of the accountability conversation: a. Clarifying the expectations (what is wanted, verses what is needed). b. Role and resources. c. Mutually agreed-upon deliverables. 7. The dynamics will change. How do you move with those changes after you’ve had an accountability conversation? 8. What else should we be watching out for when it comes to accountability? ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE #LOTG SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post The accountability conversation appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 5 is here! Leadership is about Service —who do you serve? Discussion guide for today’s episode: Who do you serve?: 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. In leadership, you have to be in service to others. But who can, and who should, you serve as a leader? 3. Should you be serving the master? 4. Serving others builds personal power. 5. Me-ology vs. We-ology. 6. Being a servant vs. Being in service to others. 7. If you lead a team or an organization, should you be “serving yourself?” 8. What altitude are you serving at when you “serve the master?” Are their risks? 9. Assume you have both served yourself and served the master, how do you change this? 10. The benefits to being in service to others (aka in service to the company and its people). 11. Calling out unproductive behaviors and seizing entry points is A LOT easier when you have that reputation of being in service to others. 12. What to do when “the master” asks you to do something that you know isn’t in the best interest of the organization. ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE #LOTG SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post As a leader, who do you serve? appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 4 is here! What are unproductive behaviors and how to call them out in business — as they are happening! Discussion guide for today’s episode: Calling out unproductive behaviors: 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. What IS unproductive behavior? And how they significantly impact performance and productivity… 3. Fact is, we tolerate too many unproductive behavior because we don’t know how to deal with it, or do not have the courage to call it out… 4. But isn’t the act of calling out unproductive behaviors culturally frowned upon in business today? 5. Why peer-to-peer accountability, especially in real time, truly matters in an organization… 6. When you have trust, calling out unproductive behaviors can have a VERY positive impact on a team or in an organization! Because in a trusting environment, you will know that someone calling YOU out means they are trying to make YOU have more impact…to make you better. 7. When you call out unproductive behaviors, in the right spirit, you recalibrate the room and foster a more productive environment. 8. How do you ACTUALLY call out an unproductive behavior? In a way that isn’t negative. Some actual language to use…. 9. It’s not just the LEADER of the meeting that can call unproductive behaviors out. EVERYONE in the meeting should be EMPOWERED to do so… 10. What happens when you actually achieve this potential? ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE #LOTG SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Calling out unproductive behaviors appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 3 is here! The Dynamics of “Intentions and Impact” and why leaders must own their “impact” immediately… Discussion guide for today’s episode: Intention and impact of leadership: 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. Erica explains the concept of intention and impact. And the importance of aligning them! And rarely are they aligned, and therin lies the problem! 3. “You have to still own your impact, regardless of your intention.” 4. What you say matters. But how it actually lands is equally as important. 5. This is about communication and relationship skills. 6. A big risk is to appear that you are not listening, that you’re not aware of the impact of what you say and do. 7. A misalignment between intention an impact can lead to a lack of trust. When it happens, you need to be strong and apologize, and work to make it right. 8. When you make a mistake as a leader, you have to own up to it. How do you do that? Why do you do that? 9. How do you attempt to avoid this? Can you avoid this? 10. Social awareness matters too. Reading body language… 11. “Use your ability as a leader to fix things as a tool to improve, not as a weapon.” You have to HEAR what people are saying. 12. Tips and strategies to have a more positive impact on people. ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Intention and impact of leadership appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 2 is here! Charisma….sure its nice to have…but leaders today need to understand and fully leverage their Personal Power in the moment! Discussion guide for today’s episode: Leveraging your personal power: 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. What is “personal power?” 3. Types of personal power: position power, expertise power, to name two. 4. Learning how to leverage your personal power to influence… 5. But here is key point: leveraging personal power is helping OTHERS, not yourself. 6. What is charisma? Is that personal power? Or are they different? 7. Personal power is gravitas…wise counsel, but compassionate. 8. You do NOT declare that you have personal power. Rather, others have to bestow that on YOU. Others have to declare it for you… 9. Style versatility (from Season 1) matters here… 10. Be mindful of introverts and experts, and provide and facilitate entry points (Ep. 1) for others… That’s how we influence the room… 11. Does emotional intelligence (Season 1) also matter? 12. “People with personal power are in service to others.” ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Leveraging your Personal Power! appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season 2, Episode 1 is here! The foundation for all that is to come as you develop your leadership ability, seizing leadership entry points: identifying and taking the opportunities to presence yourself and make an impact! Discussion guide for today’s episode: Leadership Entry Points: 1. Review of the concepts of Leadership on the Ground, as well as In Real Time, practicing leadership at the speed of business. 2. Erica explains what entry points are, which provide the whole foundation for Season 2. They are opportunity to present yourself as a leader, and to make an impact. 3. Learning how to seize entry points makes or brakes your opportunity to develop into a leader. 4. First, you have to look for entry points. These opportunities will not just fall into your lap. You have to be aware of your point of view on the issues being discussed, which will prepare you to sieze those entry points. 5. The more you look for entry points, the more you will find. 6. The differences between how introverts and extroverts handle and go after and sieze entry points. 7. “You cannot influence people if you don’t have an entry point.” 8. Seizing entry points does require courage and confidence, so those will have to be developed. But that’s necessary for ALL leaders. It takes practice to ultimately learn how to select the right entry point. 9. Using body language to position yourself. 10. What happens, and what to do, if you MISS an entry point? 11. And, what happens if you go after TOO MANY entry points? ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Leadership entry points: Seizing opportunities to lead and make an impact appeared first on .

Leadership on the Ground, Season Two is finally here! We continue the dialog around this critically important approach to leadership, but add the power of leading IN REAL TIME! In today’s preview episode, we accomplish two things: Host Erica Peitler and I do a quick review of Season One, a quick refresher course on the key concepts that build your leadership foundation. Then, we walk you through how to apply what we learned in Season One with next layer of development, leadership in real time, by previewing the next seven episodes: 1. Entry Points…..how to seek them, see them and seize them as a leader! You won’t want to “miss this”! 2. Charisma….sure its nice to have…but leaders today need to understand and fully leverage their Personal Power in the moment! 3. The Dynamics of “Intentions and Impact” and why leaders must own their “impact” immediately, period! 4. What are unproductive behaviors and how to call them out in business—as they are happening! 5. Leadership is about Service—who do you serve? Hint….3 choices and 2 are bad! 6. The antidote to a lack of accountability in your organization–The Accountability Conversation—learn about the 3 parts to this powerful tool and how to use everyday in real time! 7. Healthy Organizational dynamics require a frequent, real time Hunt for Pink Elephants—learn what these are and how to use them to transform your team! In this preview episode, we also do a refresher from Season One: 1. What is Leadership on the Ground? 2. Altitude 3. Sequencing 4. Emotional Intelligence 5. Style Versatility 6. A facilitator of progress. 7. Your action plan! Leadership on the Ground, In Real Time, Season Two Episode One, starts next week! ### CHECK OUT SEASON ONE of Leadership on the Ground HERE! ### Subscribe (and download) the COMPLETE SERIES direct from iTunes here: ### Erica Peitler, Co-host This series co-hosted by Erica Peitler: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations This series is made possible by: ### CLICK HERE and never miss a single episode of Leadership on the Ground, sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Leadership on the Ground, Season Two Preview! appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 7, and the conclusion, of our popular intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Erica Peitler, Co-hostDiscussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. Key initial steps to setting your Leadership on the Ground action agenda. 2. This is critical whether you are setting an individual plan, leading a team, or leading an organization. You need an action agenda at ALL levels. 3. “You need to manage your VIPS (voice, impact, presence, style).” You shouldn’t lead by chance… 4. An action agenda at the individual level is a development plan, what do you need to be working on? 5. At the team level, you have to deliver the work, you have to help develop your team, and helping develop healthy team dynamics. 6. The three disciplines: Administrative, engagement, and productivity. 7. The organizational excellence model (create an environment that is safe, content and culture, is your talent in the right seats, how are you measuring performance, master communicators?). 8. How do you begin this entire process of Leadership on the Ground, how do you get started on the right path? 9. “Don’t think this is an overnight conversion to Leadership on the Ground, this is a long-term process that requires practice and discipline.” Check out the complete Leadership on the Ground series! Episode One – Introduction – What is Leadership on the Ground? Episode Two – Altitude Episode Three – Sequence Episode Four – Emotional Intelligence Episode Five – Style Versatility Episode Six – Be a facilitator of progress Co-host, Erica PeitlerAbout the co-host: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations Today’s episode is made possible by: ### To never miss another episode of Leadership on the Ground, CLICK HERE, and get the next episode sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Episode Seven – Creating your action agenda appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 6 of our popular intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Erica Peitler, Co-hostDiscussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. Put simply, a facilitator of progress is a leader who drives performance and productivity. 2. The organizational hurdles to progress? Such as, how a leader is allocating time… 3. Leaders have three resources: people, time, and money. 4. “Green dollars verses blue dollars.” Budgeted dollars vs. budget time… 5. “Being efficient isn’t necessarily the best thing. Getting in and out might too quickly might leave important issues on the table undiscussed.” 6. Being effective is what you should be looking for next, followed by real productivity. “The right behaviors in the room…” 7. How important is process, processes generally designed to solve problems? 8. Setting expectations matters. 9. What other skills do you need to be a facilitator of progress? 10. As a leader, you cannot be afraid to call out unproductive behaviors. 11. Many leaders are NOT facilitators of progress. Can this be learned? 12. As leaders, you need to be “change ready.” 13. You can be a facilitator of progress, not just at the organizational level, but also at the individual and team level as well. 14. A true leader, a facilitator of progress, always arrives at clarity and closure. Check out the complete Leadership on the Ground series! Episode One – Introduction – What is Leadership on the Ground? Episode Two – Altitude Episode Three – Sequence Episode Four – Emotional Intelligence Episode Five – Style Versatility Co-host, Erica PeitlerAbout the co-host: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations Today’s episode is made possible by: ### To never miss another episode of Leadership on the Ground, CLICK HERE, and get the next episode sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Episode Six – Only true leaders are facilitators of progress. Are you? appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 5 of our popular intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Erica Peitler, Co-hostDiscussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. Today, we have to deal with a very, very complicated business environment. This has impacts all across the board. So, what does this mean? Today’s leaders have to not only on top of their game, but aware of a very diverse business environment. 2. “We love to tell people what to do. But there are a variety of coaching (leadership) styles, and you have to adapt to the situation at hand.” There isn’t just one way to lead… 3. To practice on-the-ground leadership, you have to know when to use a directive style of leadership, to a coaching style, to an affiliative style, participative, pace-setting, and finally, a visionary style. You cannot practice only ONE style… 4. If this seems hard, it is. But if you curious about learning, you can make it happen. Curiosity is a critical trait of the modern leader… 5. Understanding the key differences between directing vs. coaching… 6. The positives and negatives behind affiliative leadership… 7. The different vibe behind participative leadership… 8. Pace-setting leaders…it isn’t just about setting the next big goal…if you aren’t careful, the attitude will be “Gee, what I am doing is NEVER good enough.” 9. “Blending these different styles of leadership is where the real magic of leadership happens.” Thus, the whole point behind leadership style versatility… 10. “Own your impact…” 11. Using the wrong style of leadership can EASILY demotivate your people… 12. Understanding the difference between motivation and inspiration… Check out the complete Leadership on the Ground series! Episode One – Introduction – What is Leadership on the Ground? Episode Two – Altitude Episode Three – Sequence Episode Four – Emotional Intelligence Co-host, Erica PeitlerAbout the co-host: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations Today’s episode is made possible by: ### To never miss another episode of Leadership on the Ground, CLICK HERE, and get the next episode sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Episode Five: Style Versatility – Knowing how to adapt as a leader appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 4 of a new intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Erica Peitler, Co-hostDiscussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. When you are recruiting leaders for your organization, should you be looking for the person with the highest IQ? 2. Self-awareness is essential with leadership, and emotional intelligence makes this possible. It helps us understand how to be in healthy relationships. 3. It’s not just how you handle other people, it is also about understanding how to handle yourself in specific situations. 4. The importance of being vulnerable, and how that makes you a more effective leader, by creating safe space and safe environments to work. 5. Some leaders struggle because they fear delegating. Self-awareness and emotional intelligence enables a leader to have the right person handle a specific situation. 6. Understanding your hard-wiring…enables you to effectively manage your relationships. 7. Business is messy. And you have to be able to roll with it and still be productive. 8. Where sequencing falls into this idea of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, followed by self-management. 9. How am I showing up (as a leader)? Are you a passive leader? Are you a reluctant leader? Are you an active leader? Don’t make the mistake that, as a leader, your team has to adapt to you and your style. You have to “flex to the team around you… Check out the complete Leadership on the Ground series! Episode One – Introduction – What is Leadership on the Ground? Episode Two – Altitude Episode Three – Sequence About the co-host: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations Today’s episode is made possible by: ### To never miss another episode of Leadership on the Ground, CLICK HERE, and get the next episode sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Episode Four – Without emotional intelligence, you cannot lead appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 3 of a new intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Erica Peitler, Co-hostDiscussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. Why does sequence matter? I guess the “order of things” has an impact on how leaders lead. It’s an under-appreciated challenge… 2. We will always talk about self, team, and then organization. You CANNOT be an effective leader without focusing on yourself FIRST. You have to work on your blind spots first. “Understand what is next in the sequence of YOUR OWN development.” 3. First mistake MOST LEADERS make is NOT properly setting expectations. Without doing do, leadership is just plain hard. Without this, you cannot achieve true accountability. 4. After setting expectations, you then have to “stay in the pocket.” 5. We talked about “communication and relationships” in a past episode. Now, in the context of thinking about expectations and accountability, you begin to better understand their importance. 6. Why the idea of “mutually agreed…” matters. 7. Is there a model that applies to achieving these same things at a team level (these are far more complex)? This might be called “analytical rigor.” 8. Shifting to organizations, most organizations want growth, but aren’t prepared for growth. How should we think about sequencing here? 9. A common tale, when an organization says, “We don’t have a leader ready to take on this new challenge, right now.” This generally means leadership development is out of sequence… 10. “Strategy matters, yes. But the culture and the right people on the bus matter too…BEFORE strategy.” 11. KEY TO LEADERSHIP (and SEQUENCE MATTERS HERE): In order, Culture, Talent, Strategy, Performance About the co-host: Erica Peitler is a Leadership Performance Coach who courageously partners with individuals, teams and organizations who want to realize their visions of success by transforming their leadership potential into visible, on the ground, breakthrough leadership performance! With an engaging, provocative and straight forward approach, Erica inspires leaders to reach beyond their comfort level as they pursue becoming the performance based leaders they aspire to be in both their professional and personal life. As a keynote speaker and author, Erica educates, entertains and enlightens audiences on leadership, transformational change and professional/personal growth initiatives. Erica is the author of the groundbreaking leadership book, Leadership Rigor: Leadership Rigor: Breakthrough Performance and Productivity–Leading Yourself, Teams and Organizations Today’s episode is made possible by: ### To never miss another episode of Leadership on the Ground, CLICK HERE, and get the next episode sent DIRECT to your INBOX! The post Episode Three: The Correct Leadership Sequence > Culture, Talent, Strategy, Performance appeared first on .