The Impact of Leadership^® Podcast

Titan is a person of exceptional importance and reputation. We have a history of leaders – TITANS…who have impacted our world with their leadership.

Today, new Titans are being recognized in Chicago, Colorado, Georgia, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa, Wisconsin and more.

The Titan 100 program recognizes a premier group of 100 CEO’s and C-level executives in a region.

It is a blessing that I have been inducted into the WI Titan 100 Hall of Fame with ten other Titans. 

Representing both the private and public sectors, these leaders are Titans of industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership, vision, passion, and influence in their field. 

This incredible community is led by one Titan that is leading the pack. Today’s episode is with the CEO/Founder of TitanCEO, Jaime Zawmon.

Today’s podcast will give you incredible motivation to be the TITAN you were destined to be!

In today’s episode, I will focus on  “CHOOSING A WORD FOR THE YEAR”.

This word acts as a guide to help you make decisions, stay aligned with your goals, and bring more clarity to your life throughout the year. It serves as your personal motto or compass.

How do you pick your word for the year?

This 22-minute podcast will review these key focus areas to help you.

Sit down quietly and review the previous year (highlights, challenges, etc.)

Ask yourself hard questions 
What makes you happy?
What energizes you?
What caused challenges in your life? 
Where do you need boundaries?
What habits do you want to start & stop this year?

Key Relationships & Goals For Each
Family
Friends
Faith
Work
Health
Self Care

Brainstorm 

Narrow down your options

Select your word & keep it front/center

In today’s episode, Nicole Ryf (President of KABA); shares her passion for inspiring economic growth in her community. 

Nicole has over twenty years of experience with economic growth. She is from Wisconsin (GO PACK GO!) but worked in Texas & Virginia, all on economic growth. She was recruited back to WI in 2022. She has been leading KABA since July 2023.  

Inspiring economic growth is a team sport. Everyone has to come together and support the vision of a local leadership group like KABA. It takes many people, each with a unique talent, to help a community be successful.

Nicole shares what she learned in those positions early in her career and the importance of mentorship. She is extremely vulnerable when sharing where she has made mistakes but has had great leadership support her in learning from them.

Leadership is a lot of things, but one thing it is not cute!

Welcome to the Impact of Leadership podcast, brought to you by CCB Technology – The Best IT Experience Ever – They Guarantee it!) At IOL  we believe “No One Drifts Into Excellence!” I am your host Patrick Booth. This is the last episode for 2024. It’s hard to believe but we released 25 episodes on many topics. Each year we like to do a little bit of a recap of what we experienced on the IOL podcast.

Some of the key ones that you would know:

LEADERSHIP TRANSITION – This is a massive opportunity for the roots of trust to be tested and go deeper. When facing a transition, get ahead of it early, give yourself more time than you need to. Ask over and over “What is best for the organization?” Make the transition visible to all as soon as you can.

PASSION FOR YOUR JOB – You have to love what you do! Create moments that feed your WHY and PASION for what you do. Burnout comes at everyone but when you can remember your WHY then it will keep you going! You have to find the right people and put them in the right seats. Just because someone interviewed well doesn’t mean they are in the right seat. Their performance and passion will determine if you need to make a change.

Be The Buffalo -The buffalo is only animal that runs towards the storm so they can get through it quicker. That is what leaders need to do! Your team will follow you when you have confidence, don’t be passive. Live without regrets! Being uncomfortable is not fun but that is where growth happens. Life is short, you only get one shot, live without regrets!

There are a lot more so listen to this twenty minute recap for the past year and get ready for 2025! 

Happy Thanksgiving 2024! 

This episode is part of our Legacy Builder series called “Count Your Blessings” because Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to think about all you have been blessed with in the past year. 

What traditions do you have at Thanksgiving? 

In our family, we have Turkey Tom/Tina. This tradition was started by my wife years ago. She brings Turkey Tom/Tin out at dinner a few weeks before Thanksgiving. She gives us each one or two paper feathers. She asks us to write out the things we feel blessed to have in our life on the paper feathers. My wife collects them all and glues each one onto the paper turkey. 

This year has been one of the worst because of our family’s health trials but God carried us through it! 

Life is hard, but we aren’t made to carry the burden alone. 

I hope you find encouragement in the podcast. Here are some songs that encouraged me to trust God with this trial.

Rest For Your Soul

I Still Believe 

Faithfully

Evidence

The Jesus Way

Our God Will Go Before Us

The Legacy Builder series is focused on helping leaders understand how their impact at work and at home will leave a legacy for the future.

This week’s episode, “Be The Visionary” is dedicated to helping the CEO/Executive Director of the organization to understand their role and how it’s vital for the organization to grow.

In today’s episode, you will hear how Tamarra’s corporate life of twenty-four years helped prepare her for the job she feels called to at the Shalom Center.

To build a community partnership you must have UNITY & SERVANT LEADERSHIP. 

Tamarra believes “action is the foundational key to all success” and that has helped her build brand awareness for her organization’s mission. 

People must understand what your organization does, how you serve others, and where they can get involved.

You have to promote your organization’s mission so that others can join in the cause. 

Nothing in life is a waste Tamarra believes there is a purpose and plan behind everything. 

Get ready to be inspired by how Tamarra and her team are leading their community forward with action & loving hearts! 

Ron learned as a young boy, watching his Mother, give back to the community with her servant leadership. Ron asked his Mom “Why do you work so hard to help others?” Her words impacted his life forever and those were “It’s not always about you!”  

You will hear how Ron took that same passion to impact others through mentorship and servant leadership.

Leadership is hard. Leading others well is risky. It means taking the chance that things could go poorly, or failure could happen, people could be hurt, or you could be hurt.

But it’s worth it.

I have many more scars now, which I’m very proud of because it means that I took the risks I needed in business. 

I’ve noticed a lot of the scars I have fall into one of these three categories:

SCARS from unfair assumptions

SCARS from my emotional reactions

SCARS from broken trust

Have you ever heard someone say “I love where I work?!” It’s rare. Often we hear the opposite. 

No one starts a business hoping their employees will hate where they work but why does it happen so much?

One keyword will  make the difference: CULTURE

Company culture can be defined as the set of values, beliefs, and behaviors that shape how employees interact with each other, their leaders, and the work itself in an organization.

This week’s podcast is with Dave Strash, President and CEO of the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce.

KACC has been impacting SEWI, specifically Kenosha, for 109 years.

Under Dave’s leadership, it is dedicated to helping provide businesses with opportunities to come together through events, leadership training, and other initiatives.

How important is it for a community to come together as business leaders? It’s critical!

Listen and learn six critical takeaways that every leader will benefit from by hearing this podcast and putting them into action.

Enjoy! 

Sales & Marketing have an interesting partnership when it comes to business development.  

Marketing generates leads and sales converts those leads to paying customers. 

But why is it hard for them to work together?! 

Many times Marketing & Sales often exist like two separate silos, having their own systems and processes but it’s powerful when they come together.

Keeping your business relevant is no easy task. 

Adapt or die. 

In order to stay ahead of the competition, you must have the right partnerships. 

Success is not found by accident.

No one drifts into excellence. 

Today’s episode is with Ryan Morris with Morris Management Partners. Ryan has 25+ years of consulting experience on how to keep your business relevant. 

Kevin Fillers, CFO for the Major League Paintball, is this week’s guest on the IOL podcast.

When Kevin was in middle school he decided it would be his dream to become a professional paintball player. Guess what? He did it for several years and now he is the CFO for the sport he loves.

Kevin shares the story of how the MLPB has overcome crazy obstacles including a hurricane in 2022 for the World Cup.

“Sometimes it feels like you are the only one pushing the boulder up the mountain but you realize there is a group and this is our strength as we work together.” – Kevin Fillers

Enjoy listening to Kevin’s story as we all wish we could follow our childhood dreams.

Grant Buenger is the Executive Director of Racine Habitat For Humanity who believes in building HOPE & TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP through his leadership.

For the past three years, Grant has focused on helping build a healthy leadership team and has implemented change management leadership so his organization can adapt when change is needed.