13 episodes

As a next-level leader, you can become better than you ever thought you could be. The key is to figure out what your blind spots are and get them out of your way. Find the confidence in yourself to lead better by looking for inspiration and strategy to impact your career and life with the Blind Spot with Deb Seymour.

The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Deb Seymour

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    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

As a next-level leader, you can become better than you ever thought you could be. The key is to figure out what your blind spots are and get them out of your way. Find the confidence in yourself to lead better by looking for inspiration and strategy to impact your career and life with the Blind Spot with Deb Seymour.

    The Secret Equation to Hit the Next Level with Greg Cavoli

    The Secret Equation to Hit the Next Level with Greg Cavoli

    In this last episode of the season before we take a little break, we’re talking about leading people through change and uncertainty to perform at a high level with a secret equation: Be Yourself (be real & human), add in some Fun (for growth) and sprinkle in some Competition (we like to push ourselves and each other). Watch out! Greg's team is coming for you!
    BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS
    Celebrate the behaviors your team does well...consistently. Keep Score & Celebrate Winners. Be vulnerable - It's ok not to have all the answers. Remember birthdays, reach out during the tough times and celebrate the milestones. Pull your team out of their own comfort zone: "Tell me where you want to go next. What do you think will make you a candidate for that next opportunity?" CONNECT WITH GREG
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-cavoli-502616111/
    https://www.teampahoops.com/
    Cavoli Barn (FB) https://www.facebook.com/CavoliBarn
    CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 41 min
    How to Build a Snowball with Mike Chambers

    How to Build a Snowball with Mike Chambers

    Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm speaking with Mike Chambers about sales performance.
    Imagine working for a company that has trust & culture at its core.  Teams collaborate, ideas are tested without fear of failure and respect and engagement help bring people to the "game" with a 100% committed attitude.
    Listen in! You'll hear Mike's energy. It's infectious!
    BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS
    "Attitude reflects leadership" Mike WORKS for his employees...not the other way around. Selling a service is really about selling your people. When employees care about the company reputation, exceptional performance happens. Success happens when you are consistent, committed and focused.  It's like a snowball being built before it gains traction! Connect with Mike Chambers on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mchambers63/
    CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 24 min
    Make It Stick

    Make It Stick

    Deb's sharing her top 5 best practices for creating a development program.
    BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS
    Create buy-in Consider cadence Leadership involvement Create content that is easy to follow Make it stick CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 10 min
    Will Your Story Take You Over the Pond with Leigh Lafever-Ayer

    Will Your Story Take You Over the Pond with Leigh Lafever-Ayer

    Today on The Blind Spot With Deb Seymour, I'm sharing a great conversation with Leigh Lafever-Ayer, VP/Human Resource Director, UK and Ireland. Leigh shares her career lessons about leading herself through opportunities that presented themselves over her tenure at Enterprise Holdings.
    BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & INSIGHTS:
    The story we have about ourselves may limit our courage to take that step. Gifts from others - how they view us and what that means...and, what to allow as truth to move us forward. About Leigh Lafever-Ayer:
    Enterprise Holdings/ Enterprise Rent-A-Car
    VP/Human Resource Director, UK and Ireland 
     
    As HR Director/VP Human Resources, Leigh Lafever-Ayer oversees human resources (HR) for all operating groups and corporate headquarters in the UK and Ireland. 
    Leigh champions, advises and sponsors diversity initiatives at Enterprise, who has been recognised by The Times as a Top 50 Employer for Women each year since the award’s inception.  Leigh also created and is editor of DRIVE magazine, an internal Enterprise publication, that was created to focus on diversity with a lens on gender equality.  
    Leigh often speaks professionally on human resource best practices and DEI.  She is on the Business in the Community’s (BITC) Gender Leadership Board.  Leigh was listed in the Involve HERos list in 2017 and 2018.
    Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been recognised for their work in the UK for skills employability, LGBTQ+ commitment, race equality and social mobility.  Most recently, Enterprise sponsored the Race at Work survey with BITC.
    In August 2020, Leigh received the inaugural Top Achiever Award-Department Head MVP for her team’s governance of a successful new business integration whilst steering leadership through COVID management.  In 2018, she received the Louis Johnson Outstanding Alumnus Award from the TTU College of Business.  
    Leigh is originally from Cookeville, Tennessee, and now lives outside of London with her husband and daughter. She is an advisory board member for Global Diversity Practice and is an adviser for Bridge Builders Mentoring Scheme.
    CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 28 min
    Business Integrity & Blind Spots

    Business Integrity & Blind Spots

    Today we're talking about a coaching structure I like to use called Business Integrity. I share a peek into what it's like to work with me and how we set a foundation to work from. Business Integrity is made up of Vision, Strategy & Alignment. And, Alignment is where the magic happens! Listen to the episode to learn how behaviors and relationships influence alignment and what that will mean for your success.
    BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & INSIGHTS
    Work with a coach to identify behaviors and relationships important for your success. A coach can help you figure out your blind spots that prevent you from seeing the whole perspective. CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 13 min
    Change the Meaning to Change the Result

    Change the Meaning to Change the Result

    Today we're talking about TFAR (Thoughts Feelings Actions Results). Basically, why you do what you do! BLIND SPOTS UNCOVERED & KEY INSIGHTS:
    Our brain is a muscle and has muscle memory We go through the day on autopilot without consideration of the meaning we assign certain things that have become routine. I share a professional and personal example of TFAR in action CONNECT WITH DEB
    Deb Seymour is a certified Executive Leadership Coach, Leadership Development Trainer and host of The Blind Spot with Deb Seymour Podcast.
    With 30 years of Corporate Leadership experience and formal education from ICF accredited leadership coach training programs, she enjoys working with individuals and teams to up-level their leadership... beginning with how they lead themselves.
    She is hired by companies for 1:1 Executive Coaching and her Game Changer Leadership Development Program, an experiential leadership development program that is guaranteed to help people figure out their blind spots and up-level their performance to match the potential within.
    You can learn more & connect with Deb at:
    https://www.deborahseymour.com/
    hello@deborahseymour.com
    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/debseymour/
    610-592-8142

    • 8 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

sschusko ,

CFO

Deb, thanks for bringing this podcast to us, leadership is always a great topic and there are many points of few and styles out in the workplace. Bobby’s story’s is so on point an a easy listen.

Bobby, thanks for the tips, it’s good to be reminded of what’s most important and that’s your brand and how you respect employees; I think it’s clear why your a great leader and part of so many volunteer nonprofit boards!!! Keep up the good work.

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