Check your vision … and your mission, and values. It is wise to review your personal and professional vision, mission, and values from time to time. Vision is an ideal state in the distance, just out of reach. If you haven’t revisited your vision in a long time, you may have surpassed it, and it might now be behind you. Or you may have drifted way off course. Your mission can change fairly regularly depending on many different internal or external factors. Conditions change, and you may find your mission needs alterations to fit the current circumstances better. Your values can change too, but not often. Of the three, your values should hold firm, like Excalibur. Your values are not situational, so always be deliberate and thoughtful before deciding to replace them. It was time to review and renew our company vision, mission, and values at Karl Bimshas Consulting. We are in the leadership business, and our vision now reaches higher. *** At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Order Karl’s Latest Book, “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

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294. Check your Vision

Karl Bimshas briefly describes thirteen types of leadership. *** At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Order Karl’s Latest Book, “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

293. 13 Leadership Types

Audio from the on-demand video, "How Do You Measure Leadership Success?" where Leadership Advisor, Karl Bimshas shares 18 metrics to consider when measuring leadership performance. Watch Video Here: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/how-do-you-measure-leadership-success/ At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Latest Book, “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

292. How Do You Measure Leadership Success?

Swagger and bluster are but a thin camouflage for incompetence, and it would be a wholesome thing for these leaders to be able to realize the scorn and disgust they are implanting in the hearts of their team. An excerpt from “Welcome to Leadership” Order Karl’s Latest Book, “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X *** At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

291. Symptoms of Poor Leadership

In this episode, I’m delighted to speak with JC Bernstein, Leadership Realist, Writer, and Consultant. We chat about how leaders can better provide what their direct reports want and need, and how to do so without making it a big project. You do not want to miss JC explaining her SPARK method, which can also be found in her forthcoming book, “From Spark to Fire: How Successful Managers Build Motivated and High Performing Teams.” It’s a tactical book that cuts out the fluff and gets straight to the point on how to transfer motivation into action at work. Learn more about JC Bernstein: https://www.jcbernstein.net/ *** At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Order Karl’s Latest Book, “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

290. JC Bernstein - From Spark to Fire

Human nature demands that before people can put their best efforts into work, they must know the objective. Purpose is the guiding motive in life, and we are made so that we seek the purpose in all our efforts. Upon finding it and believing in it, we naturally give it our best endeavors. In starting any new work, undertaking, or policy, the most efficient thing to do is assemble the whole group of people concerned and explain to them what you and they together are going to try to accomplish. Order “Welcome to Leadership” Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

289. Knowing the Purpose of Work

In today's episode of Reflections on Leadership, I'm thrilled to speak with Dr. Bob Nelson. His latest book, "Work Made Fun Gets Done; Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Morale, and Results," is one you're going to want to add to your library of leadership resources. "Dr. Bob" works with 80% of Fortune 500 companies, and you're going to want to grab a pen because, in this conversation, you'll pick up a lot of practical tips and ideas you can use in your company, regardless of its size or your position. Dr. Bob Nelson’s Website and Bookstore: https://drbobnelson.com/ *** Order “Welcome to Leadership” Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

288. Dr. Bob Nelson - Work Made Fun Gets Done

Author Karl Bimshas answers questions about his latest leadership book. What inspired “Welcome to Leadership?” Who is “Welcome to Leadership” for? What are the central tenets of Welcome to Leadership?” Order “Welcome to Leadership” Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

287. A New Book for New Leaders

No one expects perfection, and it is impracticable to take on qualities that are not natural. You must realize that leadership is developed. Absorb its fundamentals into your system, and study yourself while applying them to your position's problems. Your personality is the one big thing going for you. Learn to appreciate its strong and weak points, its possibilities for doing the right and wrong, and its probable effect on others. Get a handle on it by practicing self-control, and make it work intelligently per your wishes. Preorder “Welcome to Leadership”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JFG3L1X?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420 *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

286. Qualifying for Leadership

Having an independent spirit, thumbing your nose to convention, and erecting the middle finger to all those you disagree with or feel offended by has a time and place. And let's be honest, if you're a fan of rugged individualism, it's most of the time and in most places. Collectivism is putting the needs of the greater society (or team) before your own. Candidly, it's not in us to embrace collectivism wholeheartedly. Positive change will not come from them. Change comes from you once you demand a balance between liberty and responsibility, individualism and collectivism, and possess the wisdom to discern when to turn which dial up or down. Good leaders do this regularly. Lousy leaders refuse to acknowledge the need. Start acting like a good leader. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

285. A Little Collectivism From Time to Time Wouldn't Hurt

In 1920, Lincoln C. Andrews published "Manpower" – a loose field guide created to quickly train many inexperienced men for leadership roles after World War I. The book contained dozens of forthright leadership principles, many of which I believe could serve this century's new and existing leaders equally well, regardless of gender. We again find ourselves shook by a pandemic, threats to democracy, and a renewed urgency to quickly train a significant number of people for new and ongoing leadership roles. Not to put us on a war footing, though future battles are likely, but to remind us of the central tenets and benefits of good and effective leadership, particularly in defense of democracy, and literally, saving the world. Five Central Tenets: Stay creative. Have ingenuity in helping others become more efficient. Build a stronger character. Have a higher purpose. Improve our democratic institutions. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

284. Effective Leadership Is Not A Birthright

Not feeling inspired? Do it anyway. Waiting for inspiration is like waiting for confidence. It comes later after you have proven you’re serious by taking action. So make the call, paint the canvas, dare more today than you dared yesterday. Inspiration is the rare reward you get for doing the basics every single day. Occasionally, a fresh perspective or new idea flitters past, curious and seeking attention. Enjoy that boost, but never depend upon it to move you forward. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

283.Do It Anyway

You know the phrase, "sometimes you can't fix stupid," that is often uttered by a supervisor or a mid-level manager? Replace them, and you will see how quickly stupid becomes brilliant. Find the managers who say some members of their team “simply can’t be taught,” are “a lost cause,” or “just don’t want to work,” and you have found your primary cause of dysfunction. Now, you won’t have the appetite for this, but instead of the five why’s, ask five who’s. Questions like, Who hired or promoted that manager, or who thought that attitude was acceptable? Eventually, if you’re the organization’s head and you’re honest, the uncomfortable “fifth who” will likely be you. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

282.The 5th Who

The kind of leader you aspire to be just walked into the room. * What do they look like? * What are they doing today? * How do they feel? * What do they have to tell you? Give specific answers and review them carefully. From now on, before every decision you make, test to see if your actions move you closer to or farther from that ideal leader. That leader is within you right now. You could ignore your desires and replace them with regret, or could choose to do the daily work to grow and develop. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

281. The Leader You Aspire to Be

If you ever feel the need to tell a kid who is pursuing something they appear to love that they will never be good at it, shut up. For every success story you hear about someone who battled all the naysayers of their youth to persevere to greatness, there are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands who gave up their dreams, happiness, and identity in order to “fit in” with those who couldn’t be bothered to pursue their own dreams and happiness. The world is full of obstacles. Your “tough-love” to an impressionable child is destructive, not constructive. Don’t be that idiot. Work on yourself. *** Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/ Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com The Leadership Hotline: https://roxer.com/karlb At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you! *** About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com *** Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/ Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/reflectionsonleadershippodcast/ LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/ More resources => LearnFromKarl.com Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/message

280.Dream Killer

Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/karlbimshas/support