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“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”Michael JordanChallenging your team members to perform at their best can be difficult at times. You have to draw the line between encouraging them to step up through challeng
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”Henry FordOne of the biggest questions that leaders often face is how to get the most out of their team. The answer really is quite simple…empower them. The business or
“The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.”Guy KawasakiMaking decisions is the foremost responsibility any leader possesses. Sometimes the decisions we have to make as leaders aren’t the easiest decisions to make. We get worrie
Introduction“In business, when two people always agree, one of them is irrelevant.”-William WrigleyDisputes in the workplace are inevitable. It’s a simple fact of life that the longer we spend with other people, the more likely we are to become
This is a pretty brief episode. In it I discuss the traits Tact, Unselfishness, and Loyalty.TactBeing respectful and direct at the same time during uncomfortable conversations.UnselfishnessGive more than you get. Period.LoyaltyBe loyal to your
“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.”-John OrtbergOnce this episode goes live, Thanksgiving will have come and gone and most of America will be lining up at the stores re
“If the highest aim of a captain was to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”-Thomas AquinasTrue leaders do not wait for permission to be effective. They see opportunities to improve their team and their companies and make decis
"A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well, and to help those who are doing well to do even better."-Jim RohnIn continuation of our discussion of leadership traits, in today’s episode I will be going over t
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” -John MaxwellUp to this point, we’ve discussed the 11 Leadership principles that the Marine Corps teaches to its new leaders, so now we’re going to discuss the individual tra
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” --Abraham Lincoln.Good leaders take ownership of their respective spheres. Period. If nothing else in this podcast sinks in, allow this to. Take ownership of your actions!
As a leader, you need to know the capabilities of your employees. As mentioned previously in the episode I made about knowing your employees on a personal level, you must also know what each member of your team can and cannot handle. You don’t
Viktor E. Frankl said “between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Everyday we have a choice. As soon as we wake up, we choose to get up and
"We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us." — Ken LevineUltimately, what we decide has the potential to shape our entire lives. In this episode, I will discuss the importance of making sound and timely decisions, as well as how
This week is about training your employees as part of a team. Succeed or fail, the team will do it together. Training employees as part of a team is crucial to developing unit cohesion and accountability.Talking pointsA team is only as strong a
Nancy Kline said, “Supervision is an opportunity to bring someone back to their own mind, to show them how good they can be.” In this episode, I will be discussing why it’s important to not only supervise, but to do so effectively. Your team mu
There is a very clear difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, "go." A leader says, "let’s go." Today’s episode is going to be a relatively quick one. In it, I will discuss the fifth leadership principle, set the example. The exampl
Adora Svitek said, “The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed.” In this episode, my friend Mark Harper and I will discuss why it’s crucial to keep your team members informed of what’s going on in the workplace. I was havin
J.W. Marriott said “if you take care of your people, your people will take care of your customers, and the business will take care of itself.” In this episode, I will discuss the importance of putting your team’s needs first. If your team canno
In this episode, I discuss ways to enhance your leadership and your life by going over why it's important to be proficient in your field both physically and mentally. I also explain ways that you can improve the skills that you already have, as
Hello all! My name is Tony Griggs, I am the host and founder of the Common Man Leadership Academy and I will be joined by my co-host Mark Coleman II. In this episode, we'll be discussing the first principle of leadership taught to us in the Mar
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