January 31, 2024

What if the key to unlocking your leadership potential lies in 12 data-driven habits? It’s William Vanderbloemen’s job to find the “unicorn” or that special candidate who will make a big impact on a team and organization. Through research from 30,000 face-to-face interviews, he identified 12 habits unicorns have in common. William joins Kevin to

How to Play for Greatness with Skip Bowman
January 24, 2024

Psychological safety is the foundation for effective leadership and team collaboration. Skip Bowman shares with Kevin the concept of “safe to great,” which is based on creating psychological safety to enable individuals and teams to move from the comfort zone to the learning zone and ultimately to the growth zone. Skip emphasizes the importance of

How Trust Works with Dr. Peter Kim
January 17, 2024

We know trust is essential for both personal and professional relationships. Dr. Peter Kim tells Kevin that risk is part of trust, and we spend more time trying to reduce risk vs. building trust. Dr. Kim shares insights from his research on the science behind how trust works. He discusses common misconceptions about trust, how

January 10, 2024

Follow: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or your favorite podcast player. What role does power play in your organization and your team? Tania Luna joins Kevin to discuss rethinking power as capacity, not control, and using “power with” instead of “power over” others. She shares four “power with” principles: follow purpose over person, rely on context over control,

How to Set Direction, Create Advantage and Achieve Excellence with Rich Horwath
January 3, 2024

Follow: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or your favorite podcast player. How do you define strategy? How does your team define strategy? According to Rich Horwath, there are 91 definitions of strategy. No wonder we get confused during strategic planning. Rich joins Kevin to discuss some of the mistakes and misconceptions about strategy, such as confusing numbers with

December 27, 2023

Follow: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio or your favorite podcast player. As we wrap up 2023, Kevin reflects on the trends, ideas, and lessons he has gained from the episodes in the past year. He discusses the importance of culture and workplace environment, the development of teams, the changing nature of leadership, and the need for strategic thinking.