This is a list of leadership mistakes that you might be making this is hurting your employees' motivation and employee engagement. Doing these keeps your business or organization from being productive and getting the results you want, and it can also lead to employee burnout, hurt employee morale, and increase employee turnover. Some of the mistake…

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Too often leaders get motivation wrong, and they end up hurting instead of helping. In this episode we talk about what it really means and how to effectively motivate your team and the members of your organization.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we talk about what you shouldn't do when you give feedback. These are errors that many leaders make that hurt the feedback they give.By Thomas R. Harris

Meetings are important, but they often don't seem that way because there are too many of them or they are run poorly. How do you know if you have effective meetings? Here are 15 signs you have bad meetings.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode we talk about how to give effective feedback to your team and employees.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we dive into 7 ways to build influence as a leader.By Thomas R. Harris

Trust is foundational for leadership. If you want to be effective as a leader, you must be a person people trust. In this episode, we talk about steps you can take to build trust as a leader.By Thomas R. Harris

If your team or employees don't respect you, that's an issue, and you need to look at why so you can fix it.By Thomas R. Harris

A common piece of advice in leadership and life is to "be yourself." The problem is, in many ways, especially with leadership, that's bad advice. Listen to learn why.By Thomas R. Harris

Sometimes people think you need charisma to be able to lead. Often they may think that because they think you need charisma to be able to inspire and motivate. It's just not true, though. Listen to learn why.By Thomas R. Harris

If you want to be successful as a leader, you need to be a leader people respect. It makes sense, because if people don't respect you, then you won't have much influence with them. Without influence, you can't really lead. In this podcast, we cover steps you can take to build respect as a leader.By Thomas R. Harris

Trust is vital in leadership. It's important that your team and employees can trust you. If they don't, that will highly limit your effectiveness as a leader. In this episode, we cover 10 ways that you destroy trust as a leader.By Thomas R. Harris

Leadership styles are a lot like learning styles: they are widely believed, widely pushed, and also not quite true. Listen to learn more.By Thomas R. Harris

You may not be as good of a leader as you think you are. It's just true - and there are many reasons for that. To know why and to help see if you are really as good as you think you are - listen now.By Thomas R. Harris

When you are about status or looking good versus learning and growing, you handicap your leadership. It's important that you have the right mindset. Listen to learn more.By Thomas R. Harris

Leadership isn't built on your style or preferences, it's built on principles. If you want to be a great leader, you need to learn the principles of leadership. If you want to know 7 of the key principles of leadership, listen now!By Thomas R. Harris

There are 7 common mistakes entrepreneurs and small business owners make when they hire - but these are mistakes any leader can make. What are these mistakes? Listen to learn now.By Thomas R. Harris

Sometimes people, leaders, think that if they plan or "do" time management, then it hurts their ability to be sponteneous, and, if they hurt their ability to be spontaneous, then they miss out on opportunities that may come there way. However, that's a false mentality. Planning and time management actually help you be spontaneous better. Listen to …

As a leader, we help create the culture and environment for our team and employees. By our actions, we can determine whether our employees pursue excellence, or if they are about avoidance. And this matters - because if they are about avoidance, their focus isn't excellence, and you will not get the results or productivity from your team or organiz…

We know that there are a lot of bad bosses and bad leaders out there, but why is that? What is the cause? It's important that we know the cause so that we can work to fix it. In this episode we dive in to the 7 main reasons (that tie together) that is creating the lack of leadership we have today.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we examine the benefits of leaders speaking last in discussions. Too often leaders speak first - and that can ultimately hurt the results we get when it comes to ideas, problem solving, and decision making. It's important that you speak last. Listen to learn more.By Thomas R. Harris

Often, to advance one's career, the only way up is through management. However, that's a problem, for numerous reasons, and that is a major reason we have so many bad bosses today. Why is it an issue and what should we do instead? Listen to find out.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we delve into the difference between leaders and managers. Many are unclear about these distinctionsbetween the two because of the confusion about leadership and partially because of the numerous cliches, memes, and infographics that compare and contrast leaders and managers. We will reveal the true difference between the two and h…

There's can be a lot of confusion about whether leaders are born or made. Some think they are born because they think there are certain traits you need to have in order to be a great leader. Others say it can be learned. Some say both? What's the truth? Listen to find out.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we dive deep into the importance of having a clear definition of leadership. We acknowledge that many individuals are confused about what it truly means to be a leader, mainly due to the conflicting opinions surrounding this topic. It is crucial to establish a concrete definition as it plays a significant role in shaping our action…

In today's episode, we delve into the topic of tacit agreement in leadership and the dangers it poses. As leaders, it is often uncomfortable to confront others and hold them accountable for their actions. However, when we choose to remain silent instead of addressing wrongdoing or failure to meet expectations, we unintentionally give our implicit a…

In this episode, we explore the topic of leadership and the significance of having the right motive as a leader. There is often a misconception about what it truly means to be an effective leader, and this misunderstanding usually originates from a self-centered mindset. As leaders, we can have two main motives - one that is focused on ourselves an…

In today's episode, we delve into the importance of effective prioritization and how it impacts our productivity and growth. It is crucial for us to prioritize our tasks and goals, as not doing so can lead to a lack of productivity and hinder our progress. One common mistake we often make is failing to prioritize at all. When we don't prioritize, w…

How you treat ideas matter, especially as a leader. Sometimes you can hold an idea tightly - to your detriment. You and your team can also start seeing ideas as attachments which keep you focused on defending your idea and prevents you from finding the best idea. Listen to learn how treat ideas better.…

If you want to be more productive as a leader and if you want your team or employees to be more productive, it's important that you follow the 3 keys of time management. Listen to learn more.By Thomas R. Harris

In this episode, we discuss 7 key ways to build influence as a leader. Influence is vital as a leader because, without influence, your effectiveness as a leader will be highly limited. Your position will only take you so far. You need influence.By Thomas R. Harris

Our results are determined by our choices. When we choose to skip out on the work or cut corners, we are really hurting ourselves. We can't expect to be great if we try to get by with as little as we can. As a leader, cutting corners and doing the minimum also speaks to our followers - can they trust us? What kind of followers do we attract? Listen…

One problem many leaders have is that they can't seem to get away from work. Their team may call or email them constantly about problems, they may feel they are always putting out fires, and they feel they can't get away because something always comes up. There can be multiple reasons that cause this - and it's something you can overcome. In this e…

Too often, consensus is seen as a golden standard of healthy teams. In reality, however, it's the opposite. You want disagreement. You want dissent. Listen to find out why.By Thomas R. Harris

One of the best steps you can take to create a high performing team and to create a company that is engaged is to make an environment where your team or employees feel safe.By Thomas R. Harris

Too often, leaders and organizations focus on process instead of outcome. As a leader, that can demotivate our employees, and as an organization, it can actually prevent us from reaching our goals. Listen to learn more.By Thomas R. Harris

When teams don't perform well, some leaders blame the team. They think, "If I only I had a better team, we would be getting better results." That mentality is false. It's ultimately the leader, not the team. Listen to learn why.By Thomas R. Harris

Too often, when people get put into a position of leadership, they fall into the trap of detachment. They think they understand and know better because they are in that position of leadership, but they are actually detached from the reality of their company and what is happening to those below them. Listen to learn more.…

Having an individual performer mindset as a leader can mess you up. In this episode, learn how these mistakes happen and how to avoid it.By Thomas R. Harris

Businesses can fail for many reasons. Sometimes it happens quick. Others are slow killers. In this episode we are going to discuss one killer that can slowly creep in on a business, destroy motivation, kill innovation, and make the business inept in much of what it does. As a leader, your actions determine whether this killer hurts your organizatio…

When it comes to the common knowledge and common practice of leadership, there is superficial information as well as misconceptions of what leadership is and how leaders should work. In this episode, we are going to talk about one of the most biggest misconceptions about leadership today.By Thomas R. Harris

Your definitions are important. When it comes to leadership and business, how you define them affects your behavior, outcomes, and long-term results. It affects everything. If you define it poorly, you could think you are accomplishing something, when really you are hurting yourself and others. So question : Are your definitions helping or hurting …

We all go through stages when we learn. It's part of it. It becomes dangerous, though, when we think we know whatever that topic is when we are still only in level 1. Too often, when people "learn" leadership, they are stuck in level 1 knowledge. It's part of the process, but it's dangerous when we are stuck there.…

Why the Podcast No More Bad Leaders? You've likely experienced what we've experienced in the past - bad leadership. Bad leaderships hurts people, businesses, nonprofits, school systems, the government - everything. Everything rises and falls on leadership. This podcast is about ending the trend of bad leadership and creating a world where great lea…