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The Art of Creative Leadership

To be courageous you need action!

Courage is a prerequisite for truly great leadership. While it has many faces, at the heart of courageous leadership is the willingness to take action amid uncertainty; to do what is right over what’s expected and to risk failing and falling short in the process.

The reason is unless leaders are willing to lay our psychological safety (i.e. pride and power) on the line for the sake of those we serve, no amount of brilliance or showmanship will suffice.

One such leader who demonstrated courage was Reid Hoffman co-founder of LinkedIn.… Continue Reading

Whirlpools and Swagger

Claire Chandler is the president and founder of Talent Boost, a business growth and strategic leadership advisor and also the Author of The Whirlpool Effect. You will learn from Claire in this show:

How to create your leadership whirlpool
How to discover your profitable swagger
Why your “mission” is so important
How to spot and fix your “churn symptoms.”
Plus lots more hacks!

Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner.… Continue Reading

The Leadership Decade

Buddy Hobart is the founder and President at Solutions 21; he’s an entrepreneur, speaker, and author of Gen Y Now, Experience Matters, and just launched his latest book, “The Leadership Decade”. You can learn from Buddy:

How our biases can prevent great leadership
Why our new era of leadership may need new thinking
Context and “Why” are a key leadership tool
Why business owners need to shift their mindset from expense to investment.

Relentless ImprOOVment

Preston Weekes is the Co-author of, “How To Be Up In Down Times” he’s a business builder, an entrepreneur and Chief Strategy Officer/ Co-founder of Operations X. We can learn this from Preston in today’s show:

How your passion can become your career
How outsourcing can support your virtual working even more
Explore soul tips, mind tips and body tips
The power of relentless improvement

Podcast Transcript.

Steve Rush: I’m joined on the show today by Preston Weekes. He’s an author, a business builder, an entrepreneur.… Continue Reading

Drive Your Career

Steve Rush: Joining me on the show today is Ed Evarts. He is a leadership and team coach. He is the podcast host for Being Brave at Work, and he is a author of his new book. Drive Your Career, 9 High Impact Ways to Take Responsibility of Your Own Success. Ed, welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast.

Ed Evarts: Thanks Steve. It is great to be here.

Steve Rush: So it is always great to get a fellow podcast host on the show too.… Continue Reading

Human Being not Human Doing

Steve Rush: Joining me on the show today is Ben Renshaw. Ben is a thought leader who specializes in purpose led cultures. He is a speaker and author of nine books. The latest is called Being, which is a practical playbook for leading in the age of fast change. Ben, welcome to the Leadership Hacker Podcast.

Ben Renshaw: Steve, great to be together. Thank you very much.

Steve Rush: I am really intrigued in your backstory and how you’ve arrived here and I wondered for our listeners perspective, you can give them a little sense of how you’ve arrived here.… Continue Reading

The Indispensable Leader

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Bruce Tulgan is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker Thinking Inc. He is a prolific writer, having published over 21 books, including his latest book, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. In this episode learn from Bruce:

How to be the go-to person and not get overwhelmed
Avoid over commitment syndrome
Know when to say yes and when to say no
Get yourself a go-to-ism and think like a go to person.

Unlimit Your Leadership

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Nathanael Zurbruegg should be dead six times over according to medical professionals. While still suffering from chronic illnesses, he is now the founder and CEO of Unlimit You and runs a non-for-profit business called, “Live Life to the Fullest.” In this inspirational episode you can learn from Nathanael:

How life can be amazing when we don’t focus on negativity
Surround yourself with positive people had help you become strong
How you can discover your Victorious Mindset
Why nothing can take us back if we never give up.

From Despair to Millionaire

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Eric Chasen is a resiliency coach and a turnaround expert. Having suffered adversity, he has put those lessons to work in his new book, From Despair To Millionaire. In this episode you can learn from Eric about:

It’s not about life’s events, it’s how you react to them
Why mentoring in leadership is so valuable
How gratitude can unlock fulfilment in your life and work
Eric’s ABC of leadership