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Latest Podcast Episodes
The 4 Zones of Leadership & How to Sustain World-Class Results
The Kill Zone, the No Zone, the End Zone, and the Friend Zone… Where does your leadership style fall?
Handling Underperformers: the Counterintuitive Reason Why Bottom Performers are Performing Poorly
When we focus the bulk of our time on underperformers and fixing problems, we bring the rest of the team down. Every time you fix something, does something else break? Are you constantly drained from plugging leaks and putting out
Handling Underperformers: the Counterintuitive Reason Why Bottom Performers are Performing Poorly with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask
When we focus the bulk of our time on underperformers and fixing problems, we bring the rest of the team down. Every time you fix something, does something else break? Are you constantly drained from plugging leaks and putting out
How to Hire the Right Person and Find an Ideal Team Player
Once you know when you need to hire, the next question is who do you need to hire? In this micro-episode, host Jeff Mask walks through a simple, but effective, model you can use to determine whether or not a person is a good
How to Hire the Right Person and Find an Ideal Team Player
Once you know when you need to hire, the next question is who do you need to hire? In this micro-episode, host Jeff Mask walks through a simple, but effective, model you can use to determine whether or not a person is a good
How to Know When It’s Time to Hire
Hiring a new person is serious business, and there are some really important questions to ask yourself as a leader before you take that step. In this episode, hosts Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask walk through some really vital steps
How to Know When It’s Time to Hire with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask
have a saying that reflects an important value: We take the social responsibility of hiring very seriously. What does that mean? It means that, when they make the decision to hire someone, it’s more than an exchange of time for
When and How to Have “Awkward” Conversations with Your Team
As leaders, alignment, clarity, and trust among your team are great, but sometimes the bridge to get there is the dreaded awkward conversation. Every leader can relate to the sense of dread that comes with knowing you need to have
Designing Organizational Trust
Trust among coworkers has never been more important than it is in today’s virtual environment, and leaders have to intentionally design experiences that help build
Designing Organizational Trust with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask
Trust among coworkers has never been more important than it is in today’s virtual environment, and leaders have to intentionally design experiences that help build
Unlocking the Gifts in Those We Lead with Stacey Ferguson
One of our roles as leaders is to identify and unlock people’s gifts. Today’s guest tells us how. Unlocking people’s gifts presupposes that we believe
Unlocking the Gifts in Those We Lead with Stacey Ferguson
One of our roles as leaders is to identify and unlock people’s gifts. Today’s guest tells us how. Unlocking people’s gifts presupposes that we believe
Managing Conflict in a Virtual Workplace
Leading people was already difficult in a pre-Covid world, but learning how to engage in healthy conflict is extra challenging in a virtual environment. It’s
Managing Conflict in a Virtual Workplace with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask
Leading people was already difficult in a pre-Covid world, but learning how to engage in healthy conflict is extra challenging in a virtual environment. It’s