Leadership Without Losing Your Soul: ...
Does your team's lack of productivity frustrate you?
What if I told you it's possible to be a decent human being and STILL lead teams that achieve transformational, breakthrough results?
In Leadership without Losing Your Soul, your host, best-selling author David Dye, gives you the same real-world leadership and management tools he’s shared with tens of thousands of leaders around the world to help you master communication skills, boost productivity, and ease your overwhelm.
You’ll learn how to support your team, hold them accountable, and still feel like yourself at the end of the day. In every episode, you’ll gain communication skills to:
- → Confidently navigate tough leadership and management scenarios
- → Increase your team’s productivity without burning out
- → Reduce stress and have fun while building effective teamwork and strong relationships
Ready to transform your leadership? Listen to fan-favorite episode: “12 G.O.A.T. Powerful Phrases to Instantly Boost Your Communication Skills” and get started - today!
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Helping Everyone Contribute Game-Changing Ideas
It can be tempting to write people off and assume they don’t have creativity or innovative solutions to offer. Many times, however, there’s something blocking their contribution. In this episode, you’ll get strategies to help you bring in your reluct...
17 min
252
Make Space and Listen
So many people are hurting, frustrated, traumatized, scared, or, at the very least, uncertain. That includes your team – and they’re looking at you. In this episode, we talk about fundamental ways to make space and listen. Your team needs you. […]
6 min
253
Don't Waste Your Team's Courage
If it takes courage to show up for work every day, your people won’t have the energy, creativity, or courage they need to solve bigger problems or better serve your customer. This episode challenges leaders to find their own courage to […]
9 min
254
Ask for What You Need and Other Leadership Esse...
Jane Miller has an incredible track-record of business leadership success including roles as CEO for a variety of food businesses making nutritious (and tasty) products. She’s served as President for the UK & Ireland Division of HJ Heinz and is curre...
51 min
255
When Being Right Frustrates Your Leadership
You’re smart, informed, and know your work backward and forward. But sometimes, being “right” stops you from being effective. In this episode, you’ll discover challenges leaders face when they’re overly focused on being right and how to let go of bei...
12 min
256
Why Your Open Door Policy Doesn't Work (and Wha...
The intent behind your open-door policy is good: a door that is figuratively always open to encourage transparency, open lines of communication, a standing invitation for your employees to bring you issues that affect them or their work.
11 min
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Supporting and Building on Your Team's Discoveries
Disruptions like the recent crisis also create opportunities. Your team gets scrappy. They figure out different ways to serve your customer or solve problems you didn’t know existed. As you move through these times and establish a new cadence,
14 min
258
Leading Beyond Ego - Interview with David Meltzer
In this wide-ranging interview, David and David discuss how to rapidly make effective leadership decisions, how to keep your ego from derailing your influence and effectiveness, a three-step process to quickly work through strong emotions and find a ...
38 min
259
10 Ways to Manage Your Energy and Avoid Leaders...
Feeling tired, burned out, or listless? You might just need a good night’s sleep – or you may need to make some changes to how you manage your energy as a leader. In this episode, you’ll get ten ways to manage […]
15 min
260
How to Build Your Team's Confidence
You’re in a unique position to develop your team’s confidence (or erode it). In this episode, we discuss one of the most important ways leaders help teams to develop confidence and belief in themselves.
11 min
261
Leading Teams When Everyone Works from Home
For many leaders, the challenge of keeping your team focused, productive, and connected when everyone works from home can feel overwhelming. In this episode, you’ll get practical strategies you can use to lead well,
15 min
262
Leading the New Normal - Interview with John Re...
John Register was a decorated athlete when one misstep changed his life forever. How do you find that positive new normal and lead well when your world has turned upside down? Join us for a discussion of how to keep the […]
37 min
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Lead Remote Meetings That Get Results and Build...
Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay. In this episode you’ll get several ways to ensure that your remote meetings are the best use of everyone’s time – including how to take advantage of technology to do […]
24 min
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Leading Through Crisis and Rapid Change
Coronavirus has turned the world upside down. When you’re called on to lead your team through crisis and rapid change, focus on clear, concise, calm communication. In this episode, get a practical example and more ways you can lead your team […]
14 min
265
An Easy Way to Check on Your Culture
Culture can be tricky to measure. How can you assess how well people look out for one another and commit to one another’s success? It turns out that there are places you can look to get a sense of your culture. […]
14 min
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What To Do when Your Peer's Team is Struggling
You start to hear concerns from your team. Or your colleague’s team, who you rely on for your own performance, isn’t getting it done. Or maybe you’ve observed the dysfunction firsthand. No matter how you became aware, it’s clear that your […]
11 min
267
Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring – Int...
Be ready to take notes as you listen to this powerful interview with Lisa Fain, co-author of Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. You’ll get practical ways to be a fantastic mentor, a great mentee, and more inclusive leader including: The three...
36 min
268
Why 'Just Do Your Job' Doesn't Work
When you’re frustrated with a team member who seems to be doing everything but the work you hired them to do, it can feel tempting to bark “Just do your job.” Or perhaps you’ve got a team member who responds, “I […]
13 min
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The Leadership Problem with Passion
Passion is good. Passion for your customers, passion for excellence, and the team’s passion to support one another all lead to great results. But there’s a dangerous problem with passion that can undermine your culture and ruin your leadership.
10 min
270
How to Disagree with Your Boss
You see it differently. You’re concerned about a missed opportunity or a strategic mistake. Stay silent and you miss a chance to build your credibility and reputation. But disagree without tact or grace and you can permanently damage your career. In […]
11 min
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Leading in a Caustic Culture
How do you lead well when the culture around you is negative, apathetic, or abusive? In this episode David discusses how you can lead and create a positive experience for your team – and even have a chance at transforming a […]
12 min
272
How to Get the Most Out of Tough Feedback
You’re working hard, but then a team member, customer, or colleague gives you some harsh criticism. Should you take it in? Ignore it? In this episode, you’ll get specific tools you can use to get the most out of tough feedback […]
16 min
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Developing People When You Don't Have the Time
You’ve got 37 tasks that needed to be done yesterday and somewhere in the back of your mind you know that you should be investing in your people and helping them to grow. You’re right, of course – but you don’t […]
13 min
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What to do When the Job Outgrows Your Employee
You’ve got an employee who does great work, but their role is changing. It will ask for new and different skills from them. You’re not sure they’ll be able to succeed. You’re a caring, compassionate leader who’s also committed to achieving […]
14 min
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Holding Your Team Accountable for the First Time
How do you start to hold your team accountable when you’ve been letting things slide? It’s a common question because it can feel like you have no credibility and have lost the chance to build a focused team. But you haven’t. […]
11 min