Change is emotional, and change is a choice. As leaders, we hope to help others make the choice to change rather than feel like they got forced to change. Using the four levers of change and learning a simple communication strategy can help you to help others to accept, embrace, and implement … [Read more...]

Change communication is a topic that nearly warrants its own podcast. It's complicated, it's messy, and it has lots of conditional issues to consider. And, it's worth talking about on this podcast. In this episode, I'll lay out some starting thoughts on how leaders can better talk about and sell … [Read more...]

Carl Smith and I continue our conversation on building trust. This week, we'll discuss less the process of building trust and more the impact of it with specific examples from our experience that illustrate the importance of knowing the order to follow when engaging with another person. … [Read more...]

Different people think about and approach building trust in different ways. In this episode, Carl Smith and I discuss the two sides of trust and how understanding them can help you build trust with more intentionality. Additional Leadership Resources Take our free DISC Assessment. … [Read more...]

In this episode I'm excited to welcome my long time friend and colleague JJ Brun to the podcast. JJ is a communication and relationship expert from Canada who served as an intelligence offer for the Canadian Forces in Bosnia. He has a great perspective about leadership communication that I'm happy … [Read more...]