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017: Engaging Lincoln Part 2: 6 Tactics to Be an Extraordinary Communicator
In the second part of the two-part Engaging Lincoln series, Jesse and Marty continue their analysis of Abraham Lincoln's leadership by exploring the techniques he used to be a truly extraordinary communicator. Lincoln's communication skills were central...
016: Engaging Lincoln Part 1: 5 Secrets Nearly Anyone Can Use to Be an Extraordinary Leader
This is the first of a two-part series examining the leadership of one of the top-two greatest presidents in U.S. history, Abraham Lincoln. Jesse and Marty discuss the leadership principles followed by Lincoln during the Civil War to engage a severely...
015: How to Deal with Resistance to Change | with Megan Burns
Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting. She has more than 15 years of industrial engineering and supply chain management experience. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked...
014: 5 Ways to De-Motivate People (Are You Making Any of These Common Mistakes?)
Jesse and Marty discuss five common mistakes leaders make that steal most people’s intrinsic motivation to be fully engaged in their work. These are not simply based on opinion; the five points are based on decades of empirical research with hundreds of...
013: Socially Smart: Things Gen Y Needs to Know that Schools Aren’t Teaching | Featuring Jenn Swanson
In this episode, Jesse is joined by the host of the Communication Diva podcast as well as author of the e-book How to Be Professional in the Workplace, Jenn Swanson. Jenn teaches Human Relation Skills at the college-level part-time, and the other part of...
012: Creativeship: How to Create Sustainable Engagement and Results | Featuring Bob Kelleher
Guest Bob Kelleher is an award winning speaker and author on employee engagement, workforce trends, and leadership. Bob's first book, Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps that Drive Results, has been one of the world's best selling...
011: How to Develop Executive Presence | with Tom Henschel
Tom Henschel is the president of Essential Communications, an executive development firm. Tom has been an executive coach for 20 years and for the last seven years he has also hosted the popular podcast The Look & Sound of Leadership™, a series...
010: What Every Leader Ought to Know About DRIVE
In this episode, Jesse’s cohost is Marty Lahey, who is not only his father but is also accomplished in the business world. Marty has an MBA, spent many years in leadership roles at a Fortune 500 company, has been CFO of several organizations, and 10 years...
009: The Power of Authenticity | Featuring Dave Stachowiak
Authenticity has become a buzzword. Everyone seems to know that a leader needs to be authentic in order to engage employees and other stakeholders, but what does that really mean? Authenticity. It sounds simple and easy. But it's not. To explore the...
008: How to Become an Interactive Leader
In episode 006, Jesse outlined the three primary motives -- Achievement, Affiliation, and Impact. He shared that for any leader or influential person, Impact is the most powerful motive. In this episode, Jesse explores the question, is it enough to have...
007: 5 Principles for Communicating Strategically | with Helio Fred Garcia
In this episode, Jesse is joined by Helio Fred Garcia, author of three books on communication. His most recent book, The Power of Communication: Skills to Build, Trust, Inspire Loyalty, and Lead Effectively, published in spring 2012. For more than 30...
006: The Impact Motive
In studying hundreds of thousands of people from countries around the world, researchers at Burnham Rosen Group discovered that of the 300 positive motives that influence people’s behavior, 80% of all people are driven by some combination of just three...