The Impact of Leadership^® Podcast

Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment, which owns and operates the Savannah Bananas.

The Bananas have welcomed more than 1 million fans to their ballpark and have been featured on MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, Access Hollywood, HBO Real Sports, CNN, and ESPN. 

The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game since the first season and have a wait list for tickets that’s over 90,000. 

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What would you do differently if you handled every difficult business conversation as if it was a hostage negotiation?

Derek Gaunt, the author of Ego, Authority, Failure, applies his experience in hostage negotiations to leadership, providing powerful yet practical ways that will change the way you negotiate and lead.

Have you ever felt like a fraud and doubted your credibility to lead your company, department or project?

You’re not alone.

Christy Wright shares with us that 70% of high achievers feel that way.

Listen to this episode and have your mind melted with ideas and love.

Hear what the heart of servant leadership is all about and how embracing it can have a huge impact on the lives of others.
Jon Nelson, former Youth for Christ of SE WI executive director, says it’s about trust, relationships, and a willingness to put others before yourself.

Shanna Hocking is a leadership consultant, philanthropic adviser, keynote speaker, and author.

She spent 20 years in university fundraising, raising hundreds of millions of dollars and leading large teams.

Her book titled: One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take To Fulfill Their Leadership And Career Potential.”

Covered in this episode:
A definition of leadership, creating your own opportunity and building a personal board of directors.

Take 5 minutes to hear how identity maintains the mission of a servant leader.

“A Servant Leader is someone who uses their authority and influence for the benefit of those who are under their authority and influence.”

As servant leaders, we should be secure in who we are, producing stability in those under our care. But we also need to remain open to being wrong.

Take 5 minutes to hear how identity maintains the mission of a servant leader.

Kyle Jolly is a father and one of the best friends you could hope for.

He’s Doc Holliday in the movie Tombstone.
He’s the guy that will stand in the rain until midnight to ensure your car starts. 
And he’s also the Vice President of Operations at CCB Technology.

You will hear an inspiring story of what it takes to be an executive worth following. 

There’s a ditch on either side of the path called leadership transitions.

On one side is the lack of clear communication – who’s doing what? When is it happening? Why is it happening?

On the other side is a lack of support – according to McKinsey & Co, only 29% of organizations in the US feel their companies adequately support the new leadership coming in.

We need to hear from real people who will keep it real and have done it well.

Patrick Booth & Logan McCoy are my guests today- it’s a triple threat match.
Patrick is the CEO and Owner of CCB Technology, a family business that started in 1991 and specializes in outsourced IT.
Logan is the new President of CCB.

Patrick has been President of CCB since 2013, became CEO and Owner in January 2019, and passed the Presidential sword to Logan in 2022.

Fatherhood is one of the most important jobs in the world. Many of the social ills in America are directly attributed to fatherlessness.

Sharmain helped establish the Dedicated Dad’s Program of Kenosha, is a National Fatherhood Practitioner, Certified Father Engagement Trainer, and has written a book to help those who engage dad’s in family services.

His story of being an incarcerated felon to UW Parkside adjunct professor is inspiring.

There is good all around us, Sharmain is one shining example.

In this 15-minute episode, Steve Scherer discusses a practical lesson he learned from his son and how important defining terms can be.

This is a re-release of episode 67 and will be well worth your time.

Align your actions with your beliefs and get expected results.

Lyle explains the power simple, purposeful actions have over our success.

You can’t give what you don’t have. 
This episode highlights resources to pour into yourself and your team. Books (audio and physical), podcasts, mastermind groups, and events. 
How To Think by Alan Jacobs
Winning The War In Your Mind by Craig Groescel 
The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team by Patrick Lencioni
Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
The Rise Of Teddy Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Read To Lead by Jeff Brown and Jesse Wisnewski
The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
A Failure Of Nerve by Edwin H. Friedman

Listen to the episode for the podcast, workshop, and mastermind suggestions.

It takes courage to feel the fear and go anyway. And those are the kind of leaders we want to follow.
Sonnie Linebarger is a wife, mom, COO of Bristol Hospice, host of the Evoke Greatness podcast, and entrepreneur.  She’s accomplished, respected, and redefining the next chapter in her life.
I feel fortunate to have gotten this interview even as the story is being written. Hear how Sonnie navigated Covid as an executive with thousands of employees depending on her. And what lead her to leap into solopreneurship.

What does it take to upset our ideology of how the world works? Or how a business should be run? NéAndré shares how encouraging others to embrace that they are perfectly imperfect and helping them realize the best in themselves can be catalyst for change.

Dr. Michaela O’Donnell is back with us today. And for this conversation I focused on her personally.
Not her book or really even the work she does at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership.

We all know people that seem to be made of something different-they’re killin’ it in every area of life.

If you looked at Michaela’s accomplishments you’d think the same of her, so I asked her if she’d be willing to demystify things for us about her personal life.

Where does she fail? How can she do so much and what is she learning?

You’re going to need to listen back to this one.

Please enjoy Dr. Michaela O’Donnell freeing you from having to do it all.