The Smart Thinking Podcast

Episode 92: Predictability (Leadership & Tools)

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.

Episode 91: Underdog (Leadership)

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. 
 

Episode 90: Outside in or Inside out? (Reflection & Leadership)

When you end up in new places did you ever notice you have a heightened sense of awareness for what is different? Listen as we discuss the tools and behaviors of leaders when they enter new roles, join new committees, or change within their own organization. 
Describe leaders in your life who have successfully on-boarded to your culture.
List the behaviors of great leaders as they step onto a moving train. 
Describe what you need to do in order to successfully build a culture of excellence as you start on a new team, on a new committee, or in a new organization.

Episode 89: Get to (Mindset)

Each day we are faced with situations that we did not expect. When we face them we have to have a mindset that we “get to” be in this moment. Join me for a conversation exploring how to shift to a positive mindset around any situation.
Describe what you normally don’t want to do that now you get to.
List ways in which you can create the conditions for yourself and others so that you begin to recognize that it’ll all work out in the end.
Describe the bad day that has become a great story.
 

Episode 88: Organize this! (Conflict Avoidance)

Why can’t everyone just think and organize like you? Hear five ways to support your leadership when people have organizational styles that clash with yours.
 
Reflect on the conflict you’ve experienced or created as a result of your organization biases.
Describe your trapper keeper compliance.
Describe tools you can employ to increase outcomes and decrease compliance when it comes to organization.

Episode 87: Order of Ingredient’s (Improvement)

You can’t solve a problem you don’t take the time to understand, you can’t force fixes, and you can’t race to excellence. Take a listen to this episode as we discuss the importance of following a process to get to the root of the issue.
 
Describe process you follow in order to identify the root cause.
Explain how you will five why your current problem.
List the order of ingredients of problem identification.
 
 
Explain how you will five why your current problem.
 
List the order of ingredients of problem identification.

Episode 86: In Sync (Leadership and Reflection)

In this episode we explore the importance of leaders syncing with those they serve and hear about my kayaking adventure with my son.
Describe how you navigate from the back of the boat.
List the skills necessary to be in in sync with those you serve.
Explain how you can better serve others willingness to take risks by pulling your paddle out of the water.
@tneitzke

Episode 85: SPRING BREAK whoot whoot (Leadership & Reflection)

This episode we reflect upon the following: When you have your break what are you going to do? What will you do to grow and learn? How will you help others? What will you do to ensure you have moments of joy to fuel your leadership and life?
 

Episode 84: A Chat With Daniel Pink (Leadership)

This is a conversation I had with Daniel Pink. Listen as we discuss his latest text When. 
Pink and I discuss his upbringing, his books and his unique ability to write with a voice of discovery.
Twitter: @tneitzke

Episode 83: Why you flexin? (Reflection)

There is a fine balance between confidence and arrogance and that is the subject of this week’s podcast. 
Describe the difference between arrogant leadership and confident leadership.
List strategies you can employ to create a humble and confident culture.
Explain what you need to do to support reflection and create empathetic leaders.