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6 Enemies of Delegation Apr 26, 2022

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Most leaders know how to delegate, but they often struggle to do it effectively. In this episode, we break down six internal enemies that keep the impact-driven leader from becoming a great delegator. We also discuss some key strategies and mindset shifts that will help you name, own, and conquer the enemies of delegation that you struggle with the most.

Your ability to create opportunity exceeds your ability to delegate it (0:41)
Without delegation, impact-driven leaders will keep taking on more and more (4:27)
A leader practicing healthy growth is keenly aware of their finite capacity (5:36)
A leader practicing healthy growth is keenly aware of others’ remarkable ability (7:02)
A leader practicing healthy growth is keenly aware of delegation as a developmental opportunity (8:36)
There are 6 internal enemies that keep you from becoming an effective delegator (11:00)
1. The insecurity of a leader (14:44)
2. The pride of a leader (18:01)
3. The aimlessness of a leader (23:51)
4. The distrust of a leader (28:24)
5. The impatience of a leader (32:05)
6. The perfectionism of a leader (39:07)

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Building in Public #2: Alex Judd (CEO) & Zack Estes (COO) Apr 19, 2022

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Operationalization helps you create clarity about what success looks like and properly equip each person on your team to reach it. In this episode, Alex talks with Path for Growth’s COO, Zack Estes about the four-step process they’ve used to operationalize the business. They also discuss the importance of finding partners who agree with your definition of excellence and explain how responsibility can lead to greater freedom in work and life.

What is operationalization, and why are you passionate about it? (2:42)
Why was operationalization the logical next step for Path for Growth? (6:27)
How do you define excellence? (11:42)
By operationalizing, you can succeed at the details without stressing over them (22:11)
Operationalization is a four-step process (25:19)
1. Standardize your processes and outcomes (25:58)
2. Document your standards (31:22)
3. Evaluate work by consistently comparing it to the standards (38:28)
When does it make sense to abandon standards? (43:37)
4. Improve the standards over time (48:25)
How can someone get started with operationalization? (49:20)
What does maintenance mean to you in this phase of life? (52:45)
Why is responsibility a vital part of freedom? (1:03:20)
What are you most excited about? (1:11:23)

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3 Foundational Questions for Your Business Apr 12, 2022

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If you want your organization to exhibit healthy growth, you as a leader must first get clear about why the business exists, what you stand for, and where you’re going. In this episode, we walk through the process of answering each of those three vital questions. We also talk about the importance of communicating your mission and values over and over and letting them guide you as you build your vision.

There are 3 key questions that leaders must answer (0:41)
Language creates culture (2:48)
Leaders have a responsibility to create a life-giving culture for their businesses (6:03)
You and your team should consistently be able to answer these questions (7:55)
1. Why do we exist? That’s your mission statement (9:20)
Mission statements connect the mundane to the meaningful (13:06)
Mission statements lift people’s eyes above the horizon (19:28)
Mission statements provide inarguable common ground (21:42)
Once you have your mission statement, communicate it over and over (24:02)
2. What do we stand for? Those are your core values (25:00)
Core values create boundaries within which people can feel free to act (27:24)
How to evaluate a potential core value (34:16)
To build an organization that stands for something, become a leader who stands for something (40:07)
3. Where are we going? That’s your vision. (42:06)
It’s reckless to chase an audacious vision without a mission and core values (45:23)

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Success Is Not Found In the Spotlight with Tim Schurrer Apr 05, 2022

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How do you define success for yourself, and how does that definition impact your life and work? For Tim Schurrer, success is less about being in the spotlight and more about building a humble confidence. Tim is the former COO for StoryBrand and the author of “The Secret Society of Success,” a new book that highlights stories of people who made a major impact whether or not the spotlight was on them. In this episode, Tim shares some of the biggest lessons he’s learned about pursuing healthy growth, rejecting the spotlight mindset, and right-sizing your impact as a leader.

What did the moon landing teach you about success? (2:17)
Why did you write “The Secret Society of Success?” (5:30)
What is the spotlight mindset, and how does it harm us? (8:34)
How do you find contentment without sacrificing ambition? (14:20)
What does it mean to right size your impact? (20:56)
What is your process for intentionally choosing people to learn from? (24:53)
How can leaders create a culture of healthy growth? (34:22)
Why does building an abundance mindset lead to helping others win? (38:18)
How does our definition of success shape our lives? (40:50)

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How to Get Out of a Funk Mar 29, 2022

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We can’t stop ourselves from ever getting into a funk, but we can take control and move forward when we find ourselves in one. In today’s episode, we talk about four practical actions to help us get out of a funk and recommit to pursuing healthy growth. We also discuss the importance of labeling your emotions in order to take away some of their power, as well as advice for finding the right people to confide in.

We often use language to hide the truth of where we’re at (3:01)
Today we’ll discuss four actions that can help us get out of a funk (6:40)
1. Own it: You will never fix what you refuse to see (7:15)
2. Talk about it: Another person can introduce rationality (13:01)
Find someone you trust to be solution-oriented and give good advice (17:34)
3. Jolt your way out of it: If you want different results, start doing different things (23:46)
When you disrupt yourself, you reorient your mind, body, and emotions instead of escaping (34:18)
4. Practice healthy growth: Create change that’s sustainable (36:32)
Your effectiveness as a leader is not measured by your ability to be perfect (41:27)

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Health, Growth, Authenticity, and Acceptance with Trey Sheneman Mar 22, 2022

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After years of prioritizing his career, Trey Sheneman is excited to direct new levels of focus toward his family and his health. Trey is chief marketing officer at The ASK Method Company, and in this episode, he shares his story of learning to show up as his authentic self in the workplace. Trey also discusses the importance of acceptance instead of agreement when interacting with people who believe different things than you, and he offers advice to other leaders who feel compelled to keep climbing rather than pausing to think about what matters most to them.

What is marketing, and why are you so passionate about it? (1:58)
What was the mindset change that allowed you to change career paths? (11:50)
How do you become a peacemaker as a leader? (18:16)
What has helped you overcome the desire to be liked? (22:40)
How do you make sure your image is aligned with how you’re actually feeling? (26:53)
What changed inside of you that equipped you to leave a job you love? (36:35)
How have you embraced authenticity while working in marketing? (46:16)
What is the difference between acceptance and agreement? (54:01)
What advice would you offer to someone who feels stuck trying to climb the mountain? (1:03:13)

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Great Leaders are Great Coaches — 7 of 7 Mar 15, 2022

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Great leaders are great coaches, and great coaches use principles to distill truth. In this episode, we close out our series on the five characteristics of effective coaching with a conversation about four tactics for principle-based coaching. We talk through some practical examples of patterns we’ve turned into principles at Path for Growth. We also wrap up our conversation on coaching with a reminder that wisdom and nuance are essential characteristics for all leaders and coaches.

Great coaches are relational, curious, assertive, directional, and principle-based (0:53)
Principles simplify, solve, scale, and separate (1:57)
Principle-based coaching involves 4 tactics (7:48)
1. Notice the pattern (10:43)
Experience is not authority (13:56)
The more evidence you gather about a pattern, the more assertive you can be (14:40)
2. Identify the principle (21:14)
Don’t sacrifice truth just to make your principles sound catchy or clever (28:36)
3. Collaborate to make the principle practical (35:52)
4. Understand that reality isn’t perfect (40:32)
Effective coaching requires nuance (48:49)

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Great Leaders are Great Coaches — 6 of 7 Mar 08, 2022

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Great leaders are great coaches, and great coaches operate out of principle-based thinking. In this episode, we start to wrap up our series about the five principles of effective coaching. We break down the definition of principles and discuss 4 practical ways that principle-based thinking can help you become a better leader and coach.

Great leaders are coaches who unleash the best in others (0:43)
Effective coaching is principle-based, and this is a skill you can learn (4:49)
If you want to be better at principle-based coaching, you have to be better at principle-based thinking (9:07)
What is a principle? (10:16)
Why do principles matter? (14:10)
Principle-based thinking can greatly benefit leaders in 4 key ways (19:00)
1. Principle-based thinking simplifies. (19:48)
2. Principle-based thinking solves. (27:20)
3. Principle-based thinking scales. (29:05)
4. Principle-based thinking separates. (34:34)

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Leadership Requires Relationship with Casey Graham Mar 01, 2022

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When Casey Graham successfully sold his first business, he started feeling stuck and without purpose. After working to redefine his goals and motivations, Casey became the founder and CEO of Gravy, a company that both helps with failed payment recovery and intentionally develops people and leaders. In this episode, Casey shares his story of climbing out of a difficult place to find both success and fulfillment. He also shares practical advice for other business owners about building trust-filled relationships, learning to delegate, creating an owner’s intent, and focusing on leadership development.

What happened when you sold your first business? (2:06)
Why is it important to know the motivation behind your business? (10:50)
How did your brokenness lead you to find your support system? (15:42)
How can confession help when someone is feeling stuck? (18:23)
How have you intentionally built trust-filled relationships? (22:11)
Where do friendships fit into your leadership development at Gravy? (28:58)
Why did you decide to prioritize people's development? (31:05)
How do you distinguish between preferences and core issues when delegating? (34:20)
What is an owner's intent, and how do you create it? (42:46)
How do you reorder and reinvent yourself when you need to? (49:51)

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Great Leaders are Great Coaches — 5 of 7 Feb 22, 2022

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Great leaders are great coaches, and great coaches help people figure out where they are and where they are headed. In this episode, we discuss the fourth of five coaching characteristics: Effective coaching is directional. We talk through the three planes where someone can excel at directional coaching, along with four common fears that keep people from seeing the path ahead of them.

The highest calling of a leader is to unleash the best in others (0:58)
To be a directional coach, you both have to agree on where you are and where you’re headed (2:22)
Directional coaching happens on three planes, and you have to excel on the first to move on to the next (6:14)
1. The conversational plane: Where is this conversation going? (8:27)
2. The situational plane: Where am I going in this situation? (11:40)
3. The existential plane: Where is my life going? (13:05)
When people have directional alignment on all three planes, it leads to outrageous harmony (16:18)
Your ability as a coach to see the path is nice but irrelevant: the goal is for them to see the path (17:21)
When people are lacking direction, err on the side of intentional curiosity (19:37)
Lack of direction is almost always related to fear (22:08)
There are four main fears that we can help people overcome to find direction (23:38)
1. Fear of the unknown (25:20)
2. Fear of failure (32:54)
3. Fear of incorrect aim (37:46)
4. Fear of impossibility (42:35)

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