The Smart Thinking Podcast
Ted Neitzke brings you the ”The Smart Thinking Podcast.” Smart Thinking is for anyone and everyone -- because we are all leaders. Join us weekly for reflective activities and strategies to grow yourself and others. Ted shares his leadership expertise with simple to apply tools. You will grow in your ability to step into the storm’s life presents with energy and optimism. Just like the 🦬!
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Episodes
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
Lessons from the Rockies: wave to others, laugh at yourself, and lead from the back of the herd.
Are you humble in your leadership and taking the time to acknowledge the important role of everyone around you?
Do the conditions in your organization exist so that you can laugh at yourself?
Describe how empathy can support your ability to move with and behind the nerd when necessary.
@smartthinksix
@tneitzke
@cesa6
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Fuel your ability to empathize with children who face adversity. Join me for a great conversation with Liz Murray. Liz is the author of Homeless to Harvard and an inspirational speaker who has been featured on Oprah and now – The Smart Thinking Podcast. She fired me up and this conversation will do the same for you!
@Liz_Murray
@smartthinksix
@tneitzke
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Take a listen to this great interview with educational neuroscientist, author and Professor -- Jared Horvath. Get his book: Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 insights from brain science to make your message stick. This is a text that should be read by everyone in the teaching and presenting profession!
@JCHorvath
@smartthinksix
@tneitzke
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Join me for a great conversation with author and social entrepreneur- Deanna Singh. Get her book Purposeful Hustle and fuel your inner servant leader!
What will you do today to support your passion and others?
Twitter:
@smartthinksix
@tneitzke
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Approach your leadership in a new way. Take a listen as we explore tools to help you get to see your team in a new way.
Describe your approach to getting your team to look at themselves in new ways.
List the songs of the mix tape of your career.
Can you take 20 minutes to launch a Spotify account and get your team singing, laughing, crying, and dancing together?
Spotify: Buffalo4u Mix Tape
Twitter: @smartthinksix
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Take a listen as we explore how to speed up your colleagues and yourself by focusing on engagement. Too often cultures get in the way of organizational success and we need to focus on the skills to increase opportunities for people to find success and be engaged.
Twitter:
@smartthinksix
@tneitzke
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
This episode explores the need for us as leaders to create opportunities for us to grow and learn as a colony. All in an effort to stay relevant. Take a listen as I share lessons from the Cliff Swallow.
Describe how you provide the leadership to bring people together to learn and grow.
List how you can utilize social media platforms to share your newest knowledge and spark others.
Identify two people that you could have as informal mentors – one younger and one older.
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
Sunday Jun 09, 2019
You can’t get anywhere without a little hustle. Join me for a conversation on how to build hustle within your mindset and your system.
Describe what you do when you happen to find yourself in the waiting place.
Describe your hustle skills
List the behaviors you need to grow in order to be a buffalo with hustle.
Twittter: @smartthinking7
Spotify: Search Buffalo4u
Sunday Jun 02, 2019
Sunday Jun 02, 2019
One of the most important elements of leadership is being reflective and taking time to think about your decisions, actions, reactions, and responses to those around you. This makes you predictable and that is a key quality of great leaders.
Here is a short list of do not’s:
Do not sarcastically respond to some of the prompts
Do not say this is really good because I do all of this
Do not roll your eyes
Do not discard anything said in the room
Here is the list of do’s:
Shut up
Listen
Reflect
Show gratitude
Change to meet the conditions of the team.
Smart thinking:
What is your walk up song?
Describe what makes you predictable as a leader, parent, spouse, or colleague.
List the ways that others are predictable to you.
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
This episode is a discussion of the skills and qualities of leaders that advocate for the people and ideas that are not often given attention.
Describe the behaviors of the advocate
List the people in your life that have supported you when you were the underdog
Reflect on an upcoming opportunity for you to advocate for an underdog.