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! 

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.