Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

Randy Cantrell
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Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

Grow Great - a city government podcast - serves to help leaders achieve high-impact influence in their careers, teams, and organizations. Randy Cantrell is a leadership/executive coach. Lisa Norris is an executive in city government.

  1. OCT 16

    3 Important Questions For Improved Team Communications

    “What do I know? Who needs to know? Have I told them?” — Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos NOTE: James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American veteran and former government official who served as the 26th United States Secretary of Defense from January 2017 through December 2018. A retired United States Marine Corps general, Mattis served in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Lisa recently met with her leadership team where one member takes the lead. Her direct reports all have a military background. The volunteer leader of this session, a retired Marine, focused his session on these three questions first posed by retired Marine Corps General Mattis. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    31 min

  2. OCT 2

    Pay More Attention To High-Performers

    As an executive/leadership coach, I hear clients devote an extraordinary amount of time sharing their experiences with low-performing team members. It makes sense. These people are responsible for considerable headaches to leaders. Today, I’m going to suggest leaders devote more time to the high-performers by embracing a few common components of high-performing organizations: * High Accountability * Proper Resource Allocation * High Trust * Constantly Improving High-Performing Culture Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    57 min

  3. SEP 25

    Mindful Leadership: Don’t Over-Burden Your High-Performers

    High performers tend to take on more and more…because they have a high degree of willingness, they want more responsibility and we know they’ll get it done. Leaders must be mindful of over-burdening star players simply because we know they’ll “get it done.” Great leaders are highly aware of what their team members are going through and are committed to providing the necessary resources to help them achieve more.  Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    29 min

  4. SEP 18

    The Legacy of Great Leadership: Who Will Stand On Your Shoulders?

    Legacy. What will yours be? Every great leader quickly recognizes people who make a difference in their lives. Maybe it was a school teacher. Or a sports coach. It may have been a parent or grandparent. Each of us is standing on the shoulders of somebody who came before us. Who will stand on your shoulders? Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    25 min

  5. AUG 21

    Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Battle

    Author Brad Meltzer said… “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” Today, we’re pulling back the curtain to demonstrate Meltzer’s quote is correct. The point? Compassion. “A focus on others.” Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    24 min

  6. AUG 14

    No Excuses Leadership

    You’ll either find a way…or an excuse. Lisa and I were discussing understanding. Mostly, we were considering this quote from an unknown author… If only we fought just as hard to understand as we do to disagree. It morphed into a conversation about the difference between high and low performers. Not that there’s only one difference, but we were considering the one difference we most notice today in our work. We landed on something we’re both seeing – and one we’ve always seen. Making excuses. Blaming something or somebody else.  Great city government leadership leans heavily on a culture where excuses are unacceptable. As Harold Geneen said, “Managers must manage.” Translation: we have to find a way.  Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    33 min

  7. AUG 7

    Great Leaders Don’t Misplace Their Empathy

    From childhood until this present moment…I suffer from high empathy. When recently describing my empathy I reiterated how the depth of my empathy wasn’t some universal brush used to paint everybody or every situation. I’m discriminating. Selective. Because I know I’m a finite resource with only so much to give, only so much time to serve, and only so much ability to make a difference. I also know not everybody wants or deserves my empathy, but I can offer high value to those who do. High-performing players dominate high-performing organizations. Low performers don’t exist on high-performing teams. So I limit or restrict my empathy for those who serve the organization best. It’s not equal, but it is fair.  What do you want? What kind of team/group/organization do you want? What is your tolerance for poor performance or behavior?  How do you want to spend your days? Who do you want those days with? We can ask ourselves many great questions as we work to figure it out. High performance doesn’t just happen. We have to make up our mind that we will pursue and do whatever is required to achieve it. Today, we discuss one requirement – directing our empathy appropriately to foster high performance!  Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    47 min

  8. JUL 31

    Get Uncomfortable, Grow Great

    Be scared and do it anyway. Be under-qualified, and get in the room anyway. Be messy, imperfect, and unsure and show up anyway. Comfort is the enemy of growth. Get uncomfortable. Growth requires learning. Learning requires us to attempt things we’ve not tried before. Along the way, there will be missteps, mistakes, and failures. But if we persist, and learn as we go, we’ll figure it out. That’s today’s topic – embracing discomfort as we learn to grow great! Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin •  Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for watching and listening!

    34 min
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Grow Great - a city government podcast - serves to help leaders achieve high-impact influence in their careers, teams, and organizations. Randy Cantrell is a leadership/executive coach. Lisa Norris is an executive in city government.

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