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50: Ryan Hawk – The Learning Leader

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On this episode of Uphill Conversations, we delve into the topic of leadership with Ryan Hawk. He shares how his personal experiences and his Learning Leader Show podcast have shaped his life and leadership style.

Ryan Hawk is the creator and host of The Learning Leader Show, a top rated iTunes business podcast that focuses on learning from the smartest, most creative leaders in the world (including such luminaries as Simon Sinek, Seth Godin, Kat Cole and Adam Grant). Hawk’s podcast has exploded on a global scale with listeners in 134 countries world-wide. Ryan also writes for The Huffington Post on the topics of leading and empowering others. In addition, he is an executive at a Fortune 500 company in a Leadership role. Full bio here.

Show Notes:

  • Good interviews require prep and true listening
  • Making connections and building relationships
  • Value of repetition and curiosity
  • Leadership is a choice and comes with great responsibility
  • Serving others, vulnerability and leading with trust
  • Not allowing others that negatively impact your mindset
  • Intentionally making time for deep work and leading from within
  • Empowering those you lead by giving them problems to solve
  • Parallels in leading, coaching and parenting
  • Preparing people by stretching and pushing them before releasing them to do the job
  • Hiring people who can adapt – who have faced adversity, who have grit
  • High-performers must do a better job celebrating their wins and not just successes of others
  • Importance of establishing daily habits and rituals
  • Teaching the value of hard work, love and respect
  • Raising our daughters to be strong women
  • Ryan’s uphill challenges + what he’s optimistic about
  • Megan + Tim’s input on common themes we hear from leaders on Uphill Conversations

Connect with Ryan: 

Resources / Books: 

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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49: Jim Palmer – Just Say Yes!

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In this episode we have an Uphill Conversation with Jim Palmer on the importance of going after your dreams and just saying “Yes!”

Jim Palmer is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Academy and Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program.

He is the host of Dream Business Coach TV, the hit weekly Web TV show watched by thousands of entrepreneurs and small business owners, and he is also the host of Dream Business Radio, a weekly podcast based on Jim’s unique brand of Smart Marketing and Business Building Strategies. Jim is best known internationally as ‘The Dream Business Coach’ and creator of No Hassle Newsletters, the ultimate ‘done-for-you’ newsletter marketing program used by hundreds of clients in nine countries. Read full bio here.

Show Notes:

  • There is no “right” or perfect time, there’s “go time”
  • Entrepreneurs need to get comfortable with unknown
  • Importance of being stretched personally and professionally
  • The “What-Ifs” and what holds people back
  • Trade-offs and priorities of an entrepreneur
  • Managing criticism and opinions of others
  • Jim’s personal story and things he’s overcome
  • Embracing challenges, facing fears, and overcoming self-doubt
  • Importance of forgiveness and forgiving yourself

Connect with Jim:

Books/Resources:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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48: Richard Barrett – A Values-Driven Life

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In this episode, Richard Barrett joins us and we take a deep dive into values and culture and how they relate to employee well-being and sustainable performance.
Richard Barrett is an author, speaker and internationally recognised thought leader on the evolution of human values in business and society. He is the founder and chairman of the Barrett Values Centre, a Fellow of the World Business Academy and Former Values Coordinator at the World Bank. He is the creator of the internationally recognized Cultural Transformation Tools (CTT) which have been used to support more than 6,000 organizations on their transformational journeys. To date, more than 5,000 change agents, consultants and coaches have been trained by the Barrett Values Centre to use the Cultural Transformation Tools in over 50 countries. Full bio here.
Show Notes: 
  • Your life will look like the choices you make
  • Cultural entropy and cultural health
  • Methods of surveying individuals to understand values
  • Organizational Culture experiences vary based on position within company
  • Organizational transformation begins with personal transformation of leaders
  • Different stages of psychological development – specifically self-actualization and individuation – and how to meet employees needs at different stages
  • Specific challenges men and women face in different stages
  • Importance of connecting and emotional intelligence
  • Thriving in your role vs. surviving
  • The cost of work-related stress in the U.S.
  • First thing you must do as a leader is learn to lead yourself
  • Importance of adding in the adaptive approach to development and coaching
  • Ways that teams can utilize Richard’s resources to build teamwork
  • Richard’s professional journey from transportation to transformation
Connect with Richard: 
Resources: 
Books: 
INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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47: Deb Ingino – Leading from Within

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In this episode of Uphill Conversations, we have another great discussion with Deb Ingino around leadership – taking a deep dive into benefits and challenges of leading from within.

Deb Ingino is a mentor and consultant to leaders who are eager to move into a higher level of performance. She leads individuals and enterprises through a process to discover, leverage and lead with their strengths.

As The CEO of Strength Leader Development, she is a highly sought-after executive mentor, consultant, and speaker worldwide, Deb is well versed in business operations and in the importance of asking key questions most business leaders won’t ask themselves. She brings deep experience in leadership development, strategy, high-performance team building, global operations, brand management, design, product development and training to her work. Her passion is for leaders and their teams to move into a higher level of performance.

Show Notes: 

  • Being recognized as a leader vs. influencer
  • Importance of recognizing and knowing yourself and your gifts
  • Value of understanding the needs, challenges and desires of others
  • Leaders look for opportunities to contribute and serve the greater good
  • Your potential: see it, seize it, serve using it, and simplify it
  • Risk failing in your journey to success
  • “We find our confidence in our competence”
  • Imposter syndrome and maintaining true self in new situations
  • Happiness is temporary, joy is lasting
  • In order to be a good leader, you need to learn to become a good follower
  • Having a values match at the core within an organization or team
  • Leadership means developing others to become leaders
  • Optimism on innate gifts, obstacles and leadership

Connect with Deb: 

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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46: Freedom – Pursuit + Perspectives

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In this episode Megan and Tim have a conversation all around freedom: what it means, different perspectives and our individual pursuit. We are hoping our listeners will join in the conversation! We’d love to hear your thoughts.

Show Notes:

  • What does freedom mean to you? Are you truly free and living freely?
  • Five areas discussed: mental, physical, financial, emotional and spiritual
  • The active and continuous pursuit of freedom
  • You can be physically and financially free, but lack emotional, mental and spiritual freedom
  • Your level of freedom is directly related to the choices you make
  • Must understand that it’s ok to fail forward and change your mind
  • Resistance to freedom and change vs. the comfort of habit and routine
  • Projecting how you believe others will respond can be dangerous
  • It’s important to be thoughtful and inclusive of others, but while you are responsible to others you are not responsible for them
  • Importance of alignment and continuous growth and adapting
  • Keep your head up and looking forward: focus creates blindness
  • Correlation of freedom and honesty with yourself and others
  • Physical incarceration vs. your heart being incarcerated
  • Your quest for freedom, even if unpopular, may actually liberate others
  • Freedom can be difficult, but own your choices and embrace the consequences

Learn More + Connect with Tim and Megan:

References: 

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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