Engagement Matters: Bridging the Leadership Gap Jeff Underwood and Kord Stockwell

In this episode Jeff and Kord talk about the fine line between engaging and enabling. If you're always the one pulling them out of the fire are you really teaching them how to avoid the fires in the first place? This applies to how we manage ourselves, too. Join us in the conversation!

In this episode, Jeff and Kord unpack the importance of being "intentionally unavailable" every once in a while so your teams can learn to trust that they know what they're doing without you having to co-sign every decision. There are only so many hours in YOUR day and if you give them all away to circular conversations, how will you or your team ever grow past that? It's a vital topic to master before real scale can be realized. Enjoy the discussion!

In this episode, Jeff and Kord discuss the importance of sharing the emotional load with your team, and being authentic in stressful moments. It's important to keep the big picture in focus as a leader, but we also have to live on the ground with our teams. Hope to hear from you about your thoughts and practices around this topic. Enjoy the listen!

In this episode, Jeff and Kord discuss what it takes to engage with folks that are used to operating as lone wolves, professionally speaking. Even lone wolves want to plug into a pack every now and then, but on their terms. We also decided to finally go all-in on discussing our industry, payments. Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts.

In this episode, Jeff and Kord discuss how vital it is to address the negatives or shortcomings in performance with engaged intention. Engagement is more that just the fluffy nice stuff, you also have to be engaged when there's trouble in paradise. If done well, it's life changing for both parties. If done poorly....well, you probably already have your own examples of how that doesn't work. Enjoy the listen!

In this episode, Jeff and Kord discuss the paradigm shift that happens when you start leading at the next level, leading leaders. The most important leader you'll ever lead is yourself if you plan on leading for much longer. Enjoy the conversation as we unpack this important topic.