Unleashed - Elevate Your Leadership Impact

In this episode, Jeff sits down with renowned author and expert in influence, Zoe Chance, to discuss the pivotal role of influence in business success. Zoe shares practical insights and strategies from her book "Influence is Your Superpower," offering valuable tips on leveraging influence for professional growth. From navigating negotiations to building strong professional networks, Zoe's expertise shines through as she delves into the nuances of persuasion and effective communication. Join the conversation as they explore the intersection of influence and business, uncovering key tactics for achieving success in today's competitive landscape. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or aspiring business leader, this episode provides actionable advice to elevate your influence and drive business growth.

Most employees want to do a good job, be valuable, and have an impact. Yet in many companies leaders don't foster Impact-Player traits. This leads to disengagement and poor results. Leaders must recognize, develop, and support their Impact-Players. Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with Liz Wiseman a world-renowned expert in organizational leadership about what it means to be a impact player.

Champions live in a state of Wonderhell, constantly bouncing between feeling wonderful and being overwhelmed and uncertain. Recognizing these feelings, leaning into the emotions, and developing loving critics are the keys to ongoing success. Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with best-selling author Laura Gassner Otting about her upcoming book.  Wonderhell explores the traits and strategies of successful people in various vocations and walks of life.

At times leading our companies is like walking through a minefield. One wrong step could be disastrous. Being able to first recognize and then step around these mines is essential for getting to reaching our destination.   Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with Nick Thompson, the former CEO of North America’s largest promotional products conglomerate.   Instead of focusing on what we should do in leading our firms, Nick shares a few pitfalls we must avoid to succeed.

Recruiting the best talent doesn’t drive performance. Only 40% of a team’s performance is linked to the skills and knowledge of the individuals. The rest comes from how the team functions.   Listen as host Jeff Tetz speaks with David Burkus, a global expert on team dynamics and performance.

Today we overvalue security and comfort. If we stay in our comfort-zones too much, we won’t grow, learn, and progress. Our organizations won’t innovate. We must get comfortable with discomfort. Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with Tom Morris who is known as the World’s Happiest Philosopher. In this episode, Tom describes how our society has swung too far towards security and comfort, and how we must push ourselves to take more risks and get used to living in uncertainty.

Avoiding all risk is a path to failure. If we never take risks, we stay in a comfort zone and never grow, change, or learn. But approaching uncertainty and risk in the right way ensures that we maximize the benefits. Join host Jeff Tetz as he talks with adventure athlete Will Gadd about his philosophies and process for operating in uncertainty.

Most first-time managers fail. This is costly for organizations. However, with the right playbook, managers can improve their chances of success, and better recruit, engage, and develop their people.   Listen as host Jeff Tetz as he talks with Dave Kline about his management playbook and how it can improve the odds of having successful managers and leaders in your organization.

Remaining in the status quo is dangerous for both individuals and organizations. If you don’t drive change, you are likely to be changed by some kind of disruption.   Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with author and innovation expert Shawn Kanungo about how innovation and adaptation need to be part of every healthy culture.

Lack of self-awareness could be costing you time, money, and relationships. 95% believe they are self-aware, but the research shows that only 10-15% of us truly are. But the good news is we can train ourselves to be more self-aware and help those around us do the same.  Listen as host Jeff Tetz talks with Dr. Tasha Erich, a researcher, author, and organizational psychologist who’s passionate about helping leaders, employees, businesses, and marriages get better by focusing on raising self-awareness.  Insight Quiz Working with People Who Aren't Self-Aware