Best Kari Granger Podcasts (2024)

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S3 48 | Leadership Impact Endisode 21:47

4y ago21:47

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The end of an era! In this special “end-isode,” Kari and Paul look back not only on this season in which we’ve explored trust, but on the past one-and-half years of Leadership Impact. For full shownotes: https://grangernetwork.com/48By Kari Granger

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S3 47 | Acceptance as a Revolutionary Act 26:33

4y ago26:33

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Sooner or later, all of us will experience betrayals in life. The key isn’t going to the ends of the earth to avoid betrayals altogether. That will never happen. Rather, the key is in learning how to respond to betrayals when they do happen. In this episode, Kari and Paul show how an inability to recover from betrayals poisons our relationships and…

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S3 46 | Betrayal in the Workplace 19:56

4y ago19:56

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When we think of a “betrayal,” we often think of an earth-shattering, personally-devastating, stabbed-in-the-back sort of deception. But betrayals come in all shapes and sizes. And failure to acknowledge and deal with the “little betrayals”—such as routine gossip at the water-cooler—can have a huge effect on the state of trust in our organizations.…

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S3 45 | Setting the Stage for a Trust Culture 19:31

4y ago19:31

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How often do we think we are on the same page with our colleagues—only to find out a little (or a lot) later that we had our wires completely crossed? Unclear agreements are incredibly common. In fact, one could say that most of the agreements that we make at work are at least partially unclear. And these unclear agreements don’t just lead to poor …

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S3 44 | Signs and Symptoms Your Are Not Oriented to Bring Trust 25:39

4y ago25:39

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Moods are everywhere! We are always in one mood or another. In a way, they are the background tone of our existence, the lens through which we see the world. In this episode, Kari and Paul look at which moods support trust and which make trust all but impossible to sustain. Although moods have an outsized effect on our daily lives, we are not at th…

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S3 43 | Trust is NOT a Light Switch 21:35

4y ago21:35

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We often think of trust as a binary -- either you have it, or you don’t. Either it’s there, or it isn’t. Like a light switch, we think trust is either “on” or “off,” with nothing in between. This extreme view of trust leads to some extreme behaviors. With a single violation, we can easily write off the possibility of trusting a person ever again. I…

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S3 42 | Potatoes and Van Goghs 25:19

4y ago25:19

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Whenever we get stuck in a downward cycle of distrust, even the smallest perceived slight can appear as an existential threat to our existence, and the faintest provocation can send us up the wall. In this episode, Kari and Paul show how building trust with others often relies on shifting our perspective on the “small things” in life and avoiding t…

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S3 41 | Thank You for the (Negative) Feedback 27:47

4y ago27:47

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Feedback. Many of us cringe at even the thought of giving it—let alone receiving it. But navigating feedback is an absolutely critical skill for maintaining the health of our relationships and our organizations. When we sit on our feedback and refuse to share it, we sow the seeds of distrust. In this episode, Kari and Paul show how we can develop o…

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S3 40 | Why Faking It Could Be Sabotaging Your Culture 22:06

4y ago22:06

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“Fake it till you make it.” That’s advice we often hear for how to step up our game at work. But as it turns out, when it comes to building trust, that advice just doesn’t work very well. Why do we often feel so compelled to pretend there’s trust when there isn’t. We do it in order to be polite, because we don’t want to ruffle any feathers with our…

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S3 39 | How Cultures Spiral Out of Control 21:01

4y ago21:01

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Distrust often starts innocuously enough. A bit of gossip. A smidge of dissent. But as the saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” Before you know it, a snowball effect takes hold, and the whole organization can easily become engulfed in cynicism, antagonism, and territorial bickering. In this episode, Kari and Paul discuss how to intervene before …

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S3 38 | The Value of Trust in Chaotic Times 25:39

4y ago25:39

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We are living in frightening, unprecedented times. Now more than ever, it’s easy to fall out of trust—with society, the government, the financial markets, and more broadly, with the prospect of a brighter future. In this episode, Kari and Paul remind us that trust is ultimately a choice, and underscore the importance of choosing trust amidst the tu…

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S3 37 | How To Practice Trust 22:08

4y ago22:08

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When it comes to building trust, we often turn it into a waiting game. “I will get around to trusting her…but she needs to prove herself first.” “Why should I re-engage with him if he’s the one who messed up to begin with?!” In this episode, Kari and Paul show how these justifications rarely yield desired results, and usually sabotage the outcomes …

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S3 36 | The Limitations of Unconditional Trust 20:23

4y ago20:23

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By Kari Granger

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S3 35 | Taking the Trust Temperature in Your Organization 19:04

4y ago19:04

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By Kari Granger

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Season 3 Teaser 9:12

4y ago9:12

9:12

By Kari Granger

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S2 34 | Season Two Endisode 21:21

4+ y ago21:21

21:21

This season flipped the script on traditional thinking, causing a fundamental shift in the way we relate to accountability. In the old paradigm, accountability was about explaining what went wrong; it was something to avoid; something that took up time at work; it was either the thing that missing or the thing we were subjected to; and it caused lo…

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S2 33 | How to Structure Performance Reviews That Are Celebrated 34:53

4+ y ago34:53

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For many, performance reviews are nothing more than an end of year obligation that devolves into uncomfortable conversations about performance gaps and compensation. However, if we structure them to take us step-by-step into aligning with one another in four key areas, performance reviews become a treasured opportunity for both colleagues and a hug…

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S2 32 | How to Replace the Hierarchy Mindset with Accountability Spheres 29:10

4+ y ago29:10

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“It’s not my job!” When silos run workplace dynamics and the “not-my-job” mantra leaves projects disconnected, the likely culprit is the “hierarchy mindset.” For many organizations, a hierarchical structure is a good fit, but the mindset of having to operate out of a little box on an organizational chart, can limit creativity and innovation, starve…

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S2 31 | Being Loyal to the Big Picture 24:56

4+ y ago24:56

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Like curiosity, loyalty is another key to accountability. This may seem counterintuitive -- afterall, isn’t our loyalty to others what makes holding them to account difficult in the first place? Actually, we have a choice. We can be loyal to a person’s shortcomings (and suffer the impact). Or, we can choose to be loyal to a person’s capacity to gro…

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S2 30 | Get to the Heart of the Issue with These Questions 24:52

4+ y ago24:52

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Curiosity levels up any professional’s ability to address problems without causing others to become defensive. And, it turns out what we get curious about makes a difference! Different questions trigger our brains to produce different types of answers. Join Kari Granger and Paul Adams as they guide us through what questions to ask to get to the cor…

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S2 29 | How to Create Breakthroughs with Anyone 21:23

4+ y ago21:23

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How do we create a breakthrough with anyone, anytime, anywhere? How do we have tough conversations? How do we get out of tough situations that are intractable? It all starts with one key -- and with it, we suddenly start to see things differently. We begin to question things. We learn things that we did not know before. Join Kari Granger and Paul A…

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S2 28 | How to Distinguish Requests From Requirements 23:10

4+ y ago23:10

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Fundamentally, humans are not awesome at distinguishing between requests and requirements. That point of miscommunication easily erodes trust in relationships and undermines a team’s focus on priority projects. When we begin to see where the wires get crossed (and the huge impact that causes), new pathways for circumventing these problems become ap…

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S2 27 | Stop “Holding People Accountable” 22:34

4+ y ago22:34

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What if there were a way to have your team’s performance improve without “holding them accountable” or “holding their feet to the fire” or “enforcing standards”? There is a more effective and less painful way to generate results. Join Kari Granger and Paul Adams as they debunk these traditional methods and show us how to, instead, inspire accountab…

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S2 26 | How to Stop Managing and Start Partnering 25:38

4+ y ago25:38

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Sure, we’re happy to engage in partner-based leadership when things are going well...but as soon as something goes wrong we slip right into managing the issue “back into line!” We’re left agitated and our “partners” are left defeated, with no option to regain their footing in the project or the relationship. Join Kari Granger and Paul Adams as they…

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S2 25 | Words Disappear; How to Make Your Commitments Concrete 23:01

4+ y ago23:01

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How often do you count on your memory to record the tasks and activities you intend to do? Our short term memory only retains about seven pieces of information at a time...and, even then, only for about 20 seconds. Relying on memory or notes that are written on napkins, the back of our hands, or random pieces of paper, sets us up to miss deadlines,…

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S2 24 | Get to Know Your Default Escape Strategies 22:38

4+ y ago22:38

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What is your go-to under stress -- anxiety and late nights? Righteousness and swooping in as the hero? Resignation and gossip? Fear and hiding out? With the constant barrage of things coming at us each day and minefields of unreliable people in our lives, human beings tend to react with habitual moods, thoughts, and patterns of behavior. Join Kari …

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S2 23 | How to Deal with Others' Expectations of You 24:57

4+ y ago24:57

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Others have expectations of us. Sometimes they are explicit and agreed upon, but -- more often than not -- they are unstated, not agreed upon, and wreaking havoc on our relationships, our collaborations, and our wellbeing, whether it is the mother-in-law who expects every holiday to be celebrated at their home or the colleague who expects same-day …

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S2 22 | How to Mess Up and Actually Improve Your Relationships 17:59

4+ y ago17:59

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Whether it’s in business, our personal relationships, or life in general, we all make mistakes. It is how we respond to these mistakes that makes the difference in our relationships. Accountability is at the crux of remedying our mistakes. Often times, when we fess up, level up, and go beyond what is expected, we create a stronger sense of trust fr…

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S2 21 | How to Free Up Your Brain and Your Life 27:29

5y ago27:29

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Life is full of incompletions -- open loops of unanswered emails; vague coffee invitations; big projects we need to ‘get to’; kids’ recitals; the nagging awareness that we really should be should be eating better or going to the gym; and dishes -- so many dishes. With all the demands on our attention coming at us all day, every day, it is predictab…

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S2 20 | The Importance of Creating a Condition for Success 25:46

5y ago25:46

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Most of the time, we think of accountability as what happens “after-the-fact” -- once something has gone wrong and it’s time to ferret out the responsible party. The trouble is, this doesn’t give us the opportunity to intervene before we have missed the mark on what we set out to achieve in the first place! Join Kari Granger and Paul Adams as they …

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S2 19 | Getting Things Done Isn't Accountability 24:15

5y ago24:15

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When all stakeholders thrive, profits rise. And, in order for stakeholders to thrive, accountability is critical. However, what many people miss about accountability is the stark difference between accomplishing outcomes and simply getting tasks done. Join Kari Granger and Paul Adams as they explore how many businesses function, the culture of ‘Mor…

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S2 18 | Accountability...Without Being a Jerk 29:40

5y ago29:40

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Accountability -- it’s what separates good employees, leaders and organizations from great ones...but just the word makes most of us cringe! This season, Kari Granger and Paul Adams unveil a new paradigm of accountability that supports us to exceed expectations, without treating others like means to an end. In this new paradigm, accountability is t…

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Season 2 Teaser 5:03

5y ago5:03

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What if you didn’t have to “hold people’s feet to the fire” to have extraordinary things happen? Season Two of the Leadership Impact podcast will introduce a whole new model of accountability. Get a taste in this short teaser! In this special Season Two “teaser” episode, Kari and Paul give listeners a preview of the upcoming season, which will addr…

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Bonus Episode: Where It All Began 58:59

5y ago58:59

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. In …

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Endisode 17.5 | Completing Season One 22:12

5y ago22:12

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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017 | Coordinating with Precision: How to Make Meaningful Offers 20:30

5y ago20:30

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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016 | Coordinating with Precision: How to Handle Complaints Like an Expert 19:27

5y ago19:27

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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015 | Coordinating with Precision: Are You Keeping Your Promises? 21:26

5y ago21:26

21:26

Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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014 | Coordinating with Precision: When Will You Be Satisfied? 24:24

5y ago24:24

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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Inbetweenisode 13.5 | From ‘New Futures’ to ‘Coordinating with Precision’ 9:07

5y ago9:07

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. In …

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013 | New Futures: How to Keep Your Vision Alive 22:22

5y ago22:22

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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012 | New Futures: What Do You Listen For? 23:04

5y ago23:04

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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Debriefisode 11.5 | The Value of Acceptance 15:23

5y ago15:23

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. In …

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011 | New Futures: How to Inspire a Resigned Team 26:54

5+ y ago26:54

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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010 | New Futures: How to Create a Compelling Vision 23:31

5+ y ago23:31

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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009 | New Futures: How to Say No 23:10

5+ y ago23:10

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. In …

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Inbetweenisode 8.5 | Shifting from Momentum to New Futures 14:49

5+ y ago14:49

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In this ‘inbetweenisode,’ Kari and Paul are transitioning between the Leadership Impact series on momentum to the next series of this innovative podcast, which focuses on new futures. Kari and Paul recap the four episode series on momentum, which focused primarily on the topics of mood, conversations and physicality. They discuss how mood can have …

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008 | Momentum: Are You Leveraging Your Stance? 21:59

5+ y ago21:59

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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007 | Momentum: How To Shift Your Conversation 22:19

5+ y ago22:19

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Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. Thi…

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006 | Momentum: What Is Your Source of Ambition? 21:16

5+ y ago21:16

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In this episode, Kari and Paul delve into how to cultivate new moods to maintain our most cherished ambitions. Paul uses the story of the Sirens’ Songs in Homer’s Odyssey to make the point that our attention can (and often does) get captured by tangential possibilities, causing us to stray from what we care about most. Kari shares her own Sirens’ S…

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