Ep 180: Juliet Funt on Freeing Your People (and Yourself) for High-Value Work
How often do you struggle to navigate the desire to contribute high-impact, important work for your organization, and the seemingly constant demands on your attention from email, messages, and other activities? As a voice in the battle against busyness, Juliet Funt helps organizations release their people so that they can give themselves to their most important, high-impact work. In this conversation with David Ashcraft, Juliet explains some of the mindset shifts that leaders need to undergo in order to be champions for “white space,” and to minimize unnecessary busywork in their organizations.
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Ep 179: Les McKeown on Making Success “Predictable” (Pt. 2)
In this second part of a two-part episode, GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft continues his conversation with author and consultant Les McKeown on the lifecycle stages of organizations, and the different ways leaders can respond in order to meet the unique challenges of each stage
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Ep 178: Les McKeown on Making Success “Predictable” (Pt. 1)
What does it take for a new organization to succeed? After launching numerous companies, Les McKeown began to identify some common patterns that new ventures all seemed to go through, releasing his findings in his book, Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—and Keeping it There. He recently sat down with the GLN’s own David Ashcraft to go deeper into the six stages in the lifecycle of an organization, and how leaders can respond in each of them. This is the first part of a two-part episode.
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Ep 177: Carey Lohrenz on How Leaders Can Stay Laser-Focused
As a pilot of a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter plane, Carey Lohrenz learned the importance of being able to focus when the stakes are high. In this conversation with Jason Jaggard, she shares some of the simple tools that can help leaders in every situation learn to pursue excellence, plan effectively, and gain clarity on their “span of control.”
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Ep 176: GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft on De-Cluttering Your Leadership
Part of the work of leadership is about achieving and maintaining clarity: on your personal vocation, on your organization’s purpose and mission, and on the most important activities to achieve results. Moreover, clarity helps us navigate the curveballs and unexpected challenges that life inevitably brings our way. We are kicking off this month of talking about de-cluttering leadership by hearing from GLN President and CEO David Ashcraft. David shares some of the strategies and activities that help him to stay focused and lead with simplicity and clarity.
Designed for curious leadership enthusiasts like you - The Global Leadership Podcast brings you insightful conversations with dynamic guests that will help you thrive as a leader. Leading the conversations with our guests are our podcast hosts, Whitney Putnam and David Ashcraft. Whitney is the Vice President of Marketing at Global Leadership Network and David is the President and CEO of Global Leadership Network. Join a community that believes everyone wins when the leader gets better. Available in video and audio format.
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