Applied Leadership Podcast

Applied Leadership Partners
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Two friends. One question. Half an hour. Zero script. Fun and thoughtful conversations, answering your questions about life, business, and all things leadership. Timely topics. Timeless wisdom.

  1. Jun 2

    How To Decide To Invoke Change As A Leader

    As a leader, a new leader especially, it's natural to have ideas that we want to put into motion, changes to make, and things we want to put our fingerprint on. We would do ourselves a favor by making sure we've got time in the seat/position, learning and understanding what's going on first, and offering help to what is already in motion. In this episode, we discuss making decisions as a new leader, considering a myriad of variables, managing resisters to decisions you've made, and being the biggest champion for your boss when they are the ones making tough decisions.

    42 min

  2. May 18

    How to be Elite Without Being Elitist?

    Being elite comes with high expectations, whatever the team may be or what you want to accomplish. There are standards that need to be adhered to if someone wants to be on the team. The standards have to be high and the support has to be high. Teams need to bring each other up together; the objective is to be successful TOGETHER.

    37 min

  3. May 4

    Evolutions in Personal & Professional Lives

    We've got a special guest this week! Our ALPs colleague Sarah Holzhalb joins us for the first time on the Applied Leadership Podcast. She shares a little bit of her story and we discuss our evolutions as people in our personal and professional lives, choices that have informed our job changes and what keeps others from making big leaps in their lives. We hope you enjoy this listen!

    40 min

  4. Apr 13

    Top Leadership Attributes We Want to Gift Anyone

    We discuss our top leadership tools, tactics and strategies that we would gift to anyone in order for them to be an effective leader.

    33 min

  5. Mar 17

    A Conversation on AI: What We Are Experiencing and How We Are Using It

    We hope you enjoy this conversation about AI, with our friend and episode guest, Ben Davis. We discuss what we are seeing and how we are using AI in our personal and professional lives. There's a lot to consider about how to use it for quick learning and answers, and not using it when it comes to true human connection, conversation, and deep work and creation.  Ben served nine years as a Navy SEAL, holding leadership roles across three combat deployments. Following his military career, Ben earned an MBA from the College of William & Mary and has since worked in finance, technology sales, and business consulting.

    52 min

  6. Feb 12

    How to Manage Your Effort and Energy for the Long Haul

    It's Q1, and people are already moving fast to meet their annual goals. We certainly are at ALPs. And, we're already feeling the strain and tension of our calendars. We talk all the time about managing our energy, time, effort, and business, to keep the bigger picture in mind. . We have to be able to stay in the game and do great work for the long haul, while also getting short term wins. We can't win the year in one quarter. It's going take all four quarters, and we need to have a strategic plan in place.

    31 min

  7. 12/08/2025

    What to Do When the Magic Fades

    Whether it's our careers, our personal lives, or hobbies, things aren't going to be exciting all the time. Sometimes a job is just a job, and we need to be okay with that, especially when it puts food on the table and provides for our family. And other times, sticking with something that is ruining our health or family, doesn't make sense. There's a healthy tension between the two that we will always have to balance.

    35 min

  8. 11/24/2025

    Reflections From a 1,000 Mile Road Trip

    Blayne and Brandon recently combined professional and personal travel in a 1,000+ mile, 20-state road trip together. They share reflections on the quality conversations they had, what they're grateful for, friends they dropped in on, massive CD collections and more.  We hope you enjoy this fun episode!

    28 min
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