#327: I'm planning to share a quote I found that I think it absolutely true about Christians when I talk in church this Sunday. In fact, I think it's true about every leader I've ever met too. Maybe you'll see things differently. Get weekly le

Learning to Manage This One Thing is Critical

10 days ago 15m 13s

#326: It may be one of the hardest things to do as a leader. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that managing emotion is a critical skillset to scaling our ability to lead large groups. If you're passionate about what you do then this is likel

Why You Resist Delegating & How to Fix That

24 days ago 27m 17s

#325: The way to scale is to delegate decisions. And yet most of us are slow to do that because we fear someone will screw things up or make the wrong choices. How do you know if someone is worthy of delegating decisions to? In this episode I s

Upgrade your leadership team!

Feb 28th, 2024 23m 23s

#324: What's your plan for developing leaders around you? I want to share with you an option that hasn't been available until now that I think is an amazing opportunity to train yourself or the leaders around you. We just reopened Lead In 30 to

Is It a Gain or Maintain Type of Day?

Feb 14th, 2024 15m 30s

#323: Thoughts at the gym... this time I'm thinking about two different categories of workouts, two categories of days, two categories of leaders. Which type of day are you having today? Which type of workout are you having? What type of leader

The 3 Principles of Success

Feb 8th, 2024 32m 26s

#322: Success comes when you acknowledge and lean into three core principles. What are they? How did I discover them? I share all that in this episode. This is one I want you to share with someone who needs to hear it!Get weekly leadership tips

The Choice That Generates Power

Feb 6th, 2024 22m 9s

#321: You make this decision dozens of times a day. You do it constantly in meetings, conversations, on projects, and in your relationships. The choice determines whether or not you gain or lose power - or influence - with the people around you

5 Leaders & Their Disastrous Mistakes

Jan 16th, 2024 31m 57s

#320: Their mistakes led to the Nazis invading Poland, the rise of employee unions, the firing of Steve Jobs, the bankruptcy of WeWork, and the Soviet empire collapsing. As we're researching our next book we're uncovering stories that are blowi

Ryan Holiday: Ego Is the Enemy

Jan 11th, 2024 26m 29s

#319: Ryan Holiday shares how ego can destroy us in three phases of our lives. Ryan is the best-selling author of Ego Is the Enemy and other books like Stillness Is The Key. If you haven't read Ego Is The Enemy you've got to go get the book. Ry

Are you The Pleaser, The General, or The Creator?

Jan 8th, 2024 40m 33s

#318: What kind of leader are you? In this episode I describe what we call The 1st Leader, The 2nd Leader, and The 3rd Leader in Lead In 30. Which one of these leader types most accurately describes you and where do you need to shift in order t

Why Your Opinions Are Wrong So Often

Jan 4th, 2024 32m 52s

#317: I've been digging into the science of opinions. So many of the challenges we see in the companies we work with come from conflicting opinions. I've started wondering why does everyone think they're right and struggle to hear and see diffe

Overcoming the Holiday Hangover As You Return to Work

Jan 2nd, 2024 30m 57s

#316: It's time to get back to the grind - back to your routine - after the holidays! Do you experience that funk like you wish you could just not ever work again and just hang out with family and friends? Yeah, I feel that too. Here's how I ma

Leaders Who Think Small

Dec 16th, 2023 20m 7s

#315: Nothing spurs growth more than thinking small. In this episode I share a few conversations I've had lately with people who've left large corporations because of their desire to return to thinking small. Connect with me on LinkedIn or to s

Most of You Suck At This!

Dec 11th, 2023 20m 16s

#314: It's one of our biggest challenges as leaders. In this episode I've got to share why most of you would be terrible golf coaches or piano instructors! Why should you care? Because they do something remarkably well that I think all of us -

I Can't Stop Thinking About This Concept

Dec 7th, 2023 18m 58s

#313: There's this idea... this concept... this word that I can't stop thinking about. I've recorded a few videos about it for Instagram lately and ever since then I've been thinking about how this one word is critical to happiness, success, he

How Badly Do You Want It?

Nov 27th, 2023 17m 40s

#312: Talk about a contrast! I just messaged two different vendors and the difference in their responses could not have been more stark. It got me thinking about how badly do you want success? You say you want it but are you giving off that vib

The Leaders I'm Most Grateful For

Nov 22nd, 2023 22m 26s

#311: What are the traits, characteristics, and behaviors that I value most in the leaders I work with and spend time around? I made a list of the five things I'm grateful for most in leaders. See how my list compares with yours. Connect with m

He Couldn't Hide the Pressure He's Feeling

Nov 20th, 2023 20m 22s

#310: It just happened a few hours ago. I was on a Zoom call with a top executive in a large manufacturing company. This is an extremely bright successful leader and yet the moment he logged into the call you could see it all over his face. In

What's Your Personal Response Rate?

Nov 15th, 2023 24m 49s

#309: You've never been asked that question have you? You don't even know what I'm talking about when it comes to the term "response rate." In this episode I introduce a new concept that I want you thinking about because it affects your stabili

Success Is Impossible Without These 2 Things

Nov 13th, 2023 17m 48s

#308: Everything good I've achieved or gained in my life came through these two things.... the two things I talk about in this episode. And yet we're wired to not want to do either of them. They require discipline. They require the right mindse

Stop Complaining - They're Clones of You!

Nov 9th, 2023 13m 38s

#307: Teams are reflections of the people leading them. Ever notice how boring teachers have bored students. Lazy bosses have lazy employees. In this episode I share some things I want you thinking about in the way that you show up to the peopl

The Word of The Year Is....

Nov 8th, 2023 26m 8s

#306: One word has totally consumed me this year. I've been totally focused on it for months now. It's driven everything we've been doing as a company. I want to share with you what the word is and how it's affected me and why I want you think

3 Things to Do to Prepare for Next Year

Nov 1st, 2023 29m 39s

#305: Leaders who create momentum going into a new calendar year do three things in Q4. While the majority of the world checks out right about now and spends the last quarter of the year shopping and day dreaming of holiday parties successful l

The Speed of Transformation

Oct 30th, 2023 20m 11s

#304: Your ultimate job as a leader is transformation. Transforming your team from where they are now to where they need to be in order to achieve or deliver the results you need from them. The same is true for your customer. Your job is to tra

People Who Help You Think Bigger

Oct 2nd, 2023 23m 10s

#303: It's after midnight and I'm on an empty freeway but I had to capture what I'm thinking and feeling after flying home from spending half the month as a student. I did something the last few weeks that I've never done and it profoundly impa