Reality-Based Leadership
The Podcast

Your ego narrates the world in your favor. This means you're always getting a distorted interpretation of reality. Learn how to get mentally flexible and stop believing everything you think.

Today, I want to talk about a concept called "Co-Creation". Most of us don't know we have the access to it and how important of a resource it can be in our day to day life. 

This episode today is about what I believe to be my greatest idea, the discovery that I feel is my biggest contribution to society. That idea is this: happiness isn't something we pursue, it's our natural state once drama is gone. Listen to this episode for the full story. 

For this episode today, I want to go a little bit deeper into how exactly you can get your team to understand what great looks like quickly. How can you say to your team with confidence "Go be great"? Tune in for more!

In this episode, I'm switching things up a bit! Recently I had an exclusive call with all the members of my No Ego Book Club where I talked for a bit and answered questions. But the content was so good, I am now releasing it here for all of you to hear as well! Enjoy. 

In today's episode, I'm so excited to have my first guest ever join me in conversation. Tina Hallis is an author and professional speaker. Her philosophy "The Positive Edge" will help you see things in a positive light and reduce stress in your day to day.

Excited to be introducing you all to another guest today, Craig Ross. His new book, "Do Big Things", aligns so well with my philosophy around how leaders don't manage people, they manage energy. It's a leader's job to facilitate movement away from "why we can't" to "how we could". Tune in to today's episode for more!

You know those times when you get into an awesome conversation and then later you wish you had recorded it? Well, this time, I lucked out. I captured my entire conversation with Brent Phillips, president and CEO of Regional Health, a health system that serves the Black Hills of South Dakota. You get the opportunity to listen in - it was an amazing chat.

How do you build a company that values people over everything else? That is what Claude, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia, is aiming to do. She is the heart of the 800 person advertising agency based in New York City, keeping a pulse on every single person. Our philosophies overlap so much, it was amazing to sit down with her and discuss ditching the drama and dropping the ego.

Another great episode for you guys today - last month I hosted a number of informal, exclusive, member only chats for everyone in my book club. Excited to share the second one with you all now, just for my podcast listeners! Listen in.

In this episode, the last of the exclusive book club calls, I talk about why I believe our approach to change management has been one of the biggest fuels of drama in the workplace. We are asking ourselves, how can change be least disruptive to our team? But what we should be asking is: how can we make change least disruptive to our business? By making sure our teams are always ready for what's next.

On this episode, I'm so excited to introduce you all to Ricardo Palomares, and international keynote speaker and author and one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. He's been faced with seemingly insurmountable hardship in his life but has always prevailed. I often speak about how true freedom is having nothing to lose. It's the perfect recipe for no ego moments. We broke down some of his standout stories from his life. 

I got wind of a fan of who was starting their own reality-based leadership revolution at their company so I surprised them with a phone call. We managed to capture the conversation and get great tips on how to start from where you are, even if it's not a company sanctioned program. 

In this week's episode, I answer the often asked question, “How do I make someone change?” with a surprising answer. You can’t make anyone do anything - but, you can stop enabling them. When you stop enabling your teammates, it 's the quickest way to ensure that their relationship with reality is a direct one and that they have the best information possible with which to make better decisions. 

Would you believe it if I told you that recent surveys suggest 90% of workers are ‘disengaged from their work?’ My friend, and guest on the podcast this week, Robb Holman, started with this alarming statistic, and has used it to inform his philosophies at Inside Out Leadership. Join us as we discuss the inherent problems facing today's leaders, and our ideas on how we can fix them.