The Champion Forum Podcast with Jeff Hancher

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Are you a woman in leadership? Or are you curious about how women in leadership view the world? Aisling MacRunnels is the Chief Business & Growth Officer at Synack, a cybersecurity company located in Silicon Valley. In today's episode, she talks about her journey to the c-suite, the challenges women face in developing a strong career and family life, and how business owners and other leaders can overcome their natural bias toward working with people who are like them and make space for women to have a position and a voice on their teams.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Are you feeling… busy? As a leader, you have a lot to do, and you feel like you need help. But you also are probably worried that delegating will cause tasks to fall through the cracks or decrease the quality of work your department or business puts out. As a leader, you must align your staff with the mission of your organization and delegate tasks that help them fulfill that mission.Great teams enjoy being delegated tasks because they know that it will make them better contributors. When the process yields two-way success, your organization is better positioned to manage high workload situations. Here are four of the most common questions leaders ask me about delegation.Get the show notes here: www.thechampionforum.com/tcf073

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Ever wonder why nothing seems to rattle great leaders? The best leaders are tough-minded; they keep moving toward their goals regardless of the ridicule or conflict they may face. Mental toughness is not necessarily something all leaders born with, but it is always something that you can learn. If you are going to excel and transcend in leadership, allow your tough mind and tender heart to work together. Remember, you cannot be too much of one thing and not enough of the other. You must find balance in everything—in your personal life, in business, and especially in effective leadership.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Have you ever wondered how people handle high-pressure situations? Do you wish that you could lead with more confidence, influences, and effectiveness? In this week's episode, Jeff interviews former Naval Commander Dennis Volpe about achieving your goals, resilience, and dealing with failure as a leader. Tune in to hear how Dennis's experience in the Navy shaped his understanding of personal development and leadership and how you can apply those principles to your leadership!

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Join Jeff in this special Fourth of July bonus episode where he reflects on what leaders need to do when the world seems like it is divided and in crisis. 

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Do you focus on doing things the right way, or doing things the right way? Many leaders spend their time trying to force through projects and follow procedures to a T. They manage their employees’ actions to make sure everyone is on task. However, these leaders are missing the bigger picture! Before you worry about doing things better, faster, cheaper, you should worry about whether you are even doing the right things. In this week’s episode, Jeff will help you identify whether you are spending your time on the right things and teach you what activities you should be focusing on as the leader.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Approachability creates transparency, trust, credibility, and authenticity. Sadly, many leaders get a reputation for being separated from their employees and on a different, unreachable level. When this happens, their team members often stop communicating, feel unimportant, and see a decrease in morale. In this week’s episode, Jeff talks about seven things you can do to be a more approachable leader. You can have other leadership qualities, but without approachability, you will put a limit on how much you can achieve.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.When faced with difficult times, people rely on visionary leaders who see things as they can be, not just as they currently are. Every leader knows that to succeed, they must create and communicate an inspiring vision. If leaders spend too much time talking about the problems and the challenges, they run the risk of having serious morale issues. If they go too far the other way and just ignore the challenges as if nothing is happening and everything is fine, they will be seen as naïve and disillusioned. In today’s episode, we will talk about the purpose of vision and how you can incorporate the top three traits of visionary leaders into your leadership style.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Every leader has one thing in common: they have all experienced setbacks. If you want to be a successful leader, you have to choose not to allow failure to define you. Instead, you need to have persistence. Persistence is what will drive you and your team forward, even in the face of fear or doubt. In this episode, we will talk about four traits of persistent people and how you can develop those traits in yourself.

We want your feedback and questions. Text us here.Thank you for listening to the Champion Forum Podcast with Jeff Hancher! One of the qualities many leaders are told that they need to work on is “presence.” Your leadership presence, how you are perceived and accepted by others, is founded on your attitude, your character, and how you act when no one is watching. It’s about your positive energy: being there for and helping others. It’s about being genuine and comfortable in your own skin. In this episode, we will talk about what leadership presence is and is not, and we will give you five tips for increasing your leadership presence.