Executive Minds Podcast | Professional Development and Career Tips for Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Non-Profit Leaders

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Executive Minds Podcast | Professional Development and Career Tips for Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Non-Profit Leaders

Executive Minds is the podcast helping go-getters like you become difference makers with practical guidance proven to convert potential into high-performance so you can grow your career.

  1. EM 211 | How to Develop Yourself as a Leader

    03/17/2022

    EM 211 | How to Develop Yourself as a Leader

    If you do a great job fulfilling your role, you'll likely get opportunities to lead projects and people. However, transitioning from subject matter expert and independent contributor to leader is like an athlete transitioning from playing on the field to coaching the team. It requires different skills and abilities. Consequently, a promotion into a leadership position often negatively affects the contributions of an organization's top performers, but it doesn't have to be that way. We can begin preparing ourselves and our team members for opportunities to lead. In episode 211, Heather Zempel of National Community Church in Washington D.C. shares how she develops herself and others as leaders at one of the most successful churches in the United States. She also gives us a framework to do the same. Welcome to episode 211.Click the icon below to listen.

    27 min
  2. EM 210 | How Top Executives Manage Their Time & Calendar

    03/15/2022

    EM 210 | How Top Executives Manage Their Time & Calendar

    The reward for doing a great job at work is typically more projects to manage, more people to lead, bigger decisions to make, and bigger goals to accomplish. However, you never get more time to do it all. As you grow, One of the keys to your professional success will be how well you manage your time as the demands for your time increase. In episode 210, David Farmer, SVP of Restaurant Experience at Chick-fil-A and one-fourth of the MNTR team, shares how he masters his schedule to maximize his time. In the process, David gives us a masterclass in time management and productivity. Welcome to episode 210 of Executive Minds.Click the icon below to listen.

    1h 3m
  3. EM 209 | How Affirmation Improves Performance at Work with Dr. Tim Irwin

    03/04/2022

    EM 209 | How Affirmation Improves Performance at Work with Dr. Tim Irwin

    Ambitious, high-achievers, like us, often struggle to acknowledge what we are doing well. We develop a critical eye, which quickly identifies when we and others around us are not hitting the mark. We believe it helps us raise our game, deliver excellence, achieve results, gain recognition, and maximize our growth. However, brain science disagrees. In this episode, we revisit Jeff Henderson's conversation with organizational and clinical psychologist Dr. Tim Irwin to learn how affirmation, not criticism, is the way to improve performance at work and bring the best out of others.Click the icon below to listen.

    39 min
  4. EM 208 | Leading for the Future & Living in the Present [David Farmer’s 2021 Annual Review]

    03/01/2022

    EM 208 | Leading for the Future & Living in the Present [David Farmer’s 2021 Annual Review]

    As go-getters, we often have a future-focused, what’s-next orientation that can rob us of enjoying today. However, we still need to think, plan, and work ahead intentionally. It’s required to be an effective leader for ourselves and others. Planning today helps us reduce the potential stress and overwhelm of tomorrow. So, how do we both stay present and get ahead? In this episode, we catch up with Chick-fil-A executive and founding mentor at Executive Minds, David Farmer, for a behind-the-scenes into his annual review for 2021. We also discover how he works to balance leading for the future while still living in the present.Click the icon below to listen.

    56 min
  5. EM 207 | Finding a Problem Worth Solving

    02/25/2022

    EM 207 | Finding a Problem Worth Solving

    Everything gets hard at some point. There are just different types of hard. Physically, it's hard to work out, and it's hard to navigate a failing body. Relationally, there's the difficulty of uncomfortable conversations or the challenge of fractured relationships. Professionally, we can lead ourselves and our teams through the obstacles of just growing the bottom line or also solving problems that matter. Our opportunity is to choose our version of hard, so the effort put into our work and career is for something that matters. In this episode, Ashley Jones of Love Not Lost shares how she discovered a problem worth solving. However, this conversation also reveals principles we can use to do the same.Click the icon below to listen.

    29 min
  6. EM 206 | How to Achieve Goals that Can’t Be Measured [Shane Benson's 2021 Annual Review]

    02/25/2022

    EM 206 | How to Achieve Goals that Can’t Be Measured [Shane Benson's 2021 Annual Review]

    Go-getters, no matter how motivated, often struggle to achieve goals when it’s hard to measure their progress. Physically, we know when we’re losing weight. Financially, we know when we’ve earned more money. Professionally, we typically know when goals are achieved and projects are completed at work. However, things are never quite as clear in our marriage, parenting, spiritual life, and even our leadership at work. In this episode, we catch up with Chick-fil-A executive and founding mentor at Executive Minds, Shane Benson, for a behind-the-scenes into his annual review for 2021. We also discover how he’s learned to make progress in areas of life that are a bit harder to measure.Click the icon below to listen.

    48 min
  7. EM 205 | What To Do When Your Idea Doesn't Work

    02/18/2022

    EM 205 | What To Do When Your Idea Doesn't Work

    All of our ideas will not work. Some ideas will underperform and not meet expectations, and some ideas will simply bomb. Back in 2016, after significant research and development, David Farmer’s team at Chick-fil-A replaced the restaurant’s classic barbecue sauce with a new one. Despite having success during testing, it was publicly criticized by thousands of loyal customers, and the original sauce quickly returned. In episode 205, Jeff Henderson leads a conversation with David and Shane Benson recapping the experience — what happened, how they responded, and what they learned. Along the way, they will arm you with a toolbox of strategies and principles on how to handle situations where ideas, projects, and products simply don’t go as planned. Welcome to episode 205.Click the icon below to listen.

    31 min
  8. EM 204 | Grow What You Are Given with Courtney DeRonde

    02/16/2022

    EM 204 | Grow What You Are Given with Courtney DeRonde

    It’s challenging to work your way up the ranks of an organization. Unlike the military, most companies provide no clear path for earning more opportunities and preparing yourself for the next level of leadership. In this episode, Courtney DeRonde, the managing partner of the accounting and business intelligence firm TDT, shares her journey and how she went from an entry-level employee at the company out of college to now leading and owning the organization without ever being given a roadmap. Through her story, we extract a strategy to help you grow where you are and what is assigned to you so you can get where you want to go. Welcome to episode 204.Click the icon below to listen.

    44 min
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