Bold Business Podcast

There is a freedom that comes with shifting the way we look at what we want. A shift away from what we want to what can we learn. The discipline to be a teacher sometimes and a student other times creates space for learning. It’s through active engagement with the information we seek that we learn - that we add depth to create a connection that can result in a lasting relationship. Jessica Dewell talks with Ken Garden about connections by design.

Embrace repetition. It changes more than your own perspective (clarity!) with understanding. Your business goals have a higher chance of completion with higher quality outcomes when everyone is moving in the same direction.

Measurement and results directly relate to how well you, and your team, understand the goal. Intentional and inevitably repetitive communication is a reminder of the direction everyone is going — together. Listening, working through obstacles, and recommitting to the goal on a regular cadence is a disciplined framework to get more work done and reach more success.

In this program, you will hear:

• How to remove problems by listening well and then intentionally communicating
• The four key questions to guide performance
• How repetition is part of successfully being accountable to your biggest goals

Jess Dewell talks with Jeff Eschliman, CEO and Executive Coach, about how discipline drives CEO success.

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If you want to identify business bottlenecks, the necessary skills, the initial actions to take, the expected milestones, and the priorities for achieving growth, try the "Growth Framework Reset" approach. This will help you keep learning and growing while working strategically on your business.

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You can get in touch with Jess Dewell on Twitter, LinkedIn or Red Direction website.

There are times we find ourselves watching or smack in the middle of a disagreement. What happens when everyone is against us? That’s what we’re going to dig into today. It’s easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate...but when the tables are turned...we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to solve a problem and get to the end goal. It takes willingness to be curious to figure out if there is a way that supports everyone’s perspective ... or build consensus on a combined idea that might not make everyone happy yet is clearly what’s necessary for the situation.

• What do you do when no one else agrees with you?

It’s easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate...but when the tables are turned...we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to solve a problem and get to the end goal.

Host: Jessica Dewell

What we do when people don’t agree with us.

What, how, where...avoid WHY. (Why creates defensiveness.)

Go forward when no one else is with us.

Do we ask for help - even if different thinkers? ...Sometimes.

When like-ability trumps productivity.

When the leader is the bottleneck - because leaders don’t want to develop.

HBR article summary: Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools.

Approachability and pressure.

Teams don’t have one weak link.

Communication (or lack of) patterns what the team will talk about.

The more open, and real, communication is within a group, increases value of each person.

Albert Einstein: “I speak to everyone the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”

Leaders stop and pause before responding.

It’s hard speak up (and the excuses we tell ourselves).

When we don’t communicate (in agreement and disagreement), burnout is the result.

We have to have courage to have a voice that is different that everyone else.

Jessica Dewell: The purpose of being on a team..is BEING on the team. We can still disagree.

Jessica Dewell: The wrong time is the exact right time to avoid a bigger mistake down the road.

Jessica Dewell: Every link in a chain has a strong point in a weak point.

Jessica Dewell: Speak up for the best in others.

Jessica Dewell: Part of productivity, sometimes what needs to be said...needs to be said.

Jessica Dewell: There is a when and a how to say what needs to be said.

Halt and Catch Fire

Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools

Is silence killing your company?

Tags: conflict, resolution, disagreement, defensiveness, relationships, weak link, conflict resolution, team building, communication, leader, development, strengths, weaknesses, skills, achievement, respect, emotion management, agreeableness, productivity, courage

We all grew up and learned lessons from our childhood. In fact we’re still learning lessons now (yet in both cases, the level of actual value varies). Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen...or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment. There are three facets to commitment that directly relate to business that we talk about on this program:

1. The definition of commitment; 2. Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher; 3. Commitment is a character strength.

• When is the right time to keep the boundary of commitment?
• When do we question our understanding of commitment?
• Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen...or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment.

Host: Jessica Dewell

Commitment is a mindset.

The definition of commitment: promise to do something, loyalty, and/or attitude.

What we expect of ourself and others comes from our personal experience.

Resistance can crop up when asked to commit.

The ways commitment problems show up and what we can do.

What does commitment mean to you? A barometer to check in.

Aesop's Fable: The Crow and the Pitcher

Try something and wait to see results.

Bring in the 3 definitions of commitment into a single idea.

Approaches building skills.

Stick to the plan until information is available to evaluate.

Every action moves us toward or away from our goal.

Planning is part of having our commitment.

Regardless of skills and work style - having a common understanding of the goal to work from.

Level of commitment shows through in action and word.

Commitment is a character trait.

Find the story to find out what’s been tried and try something different.

Under promise and over deliver ... has changed and is different today.

“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment" - Tony Robins

Disconnect in priorities. Right project, wrong communication.

Additional skills that contribute to commitment: loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability.

Jessica Dewell: We experience positive feelings when we add value and actively contribute to something bigger than ourselves.

Jessica Dewell: Its in our unique experiences that give our perspectives on life.

Jessica Dewell: How we define commitment relates to how we show up.

Jessica Dewell: We know we can believe in someone when they do what they say they will.

Jessica Dewell: Is where we are going really where we want to end?

Jessica Dewell: Stick with it long enough to see a result.

• 200 Aesop's Fables
• Are crows the best problem solvers?
• Crows give gifts.

Tags: commitment, promise, loyalty, quality, attitude, work ethic, problem solving, perspective, tenacity, results, uncomfortable, unknown, evaluate, data, planning, prioritize, communication, shared meaning, common ground, imagination, challenge, questionability, loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability

With a slight shift in thinking, you can become an even more global citizen. Since technology connects us more than ever, it is easier to think beyond our local community, take ethical action to help and commit to using our advantages to help others.

For many, the difference between passion and drive is blurred. Through reflection for self-awareness — rooted in values and integrity — intentional action becomes possible. The impact you want to have, the participation in something bigger than yourself, is BOLD. And it may take a lot of hard work to become the person you need to be to do it.

This program will present two questions you can ask yourself to reflect on and confirm that your values align with your actions. You will also learn what limiting beliefs do and how self-awareness can be a tool to navigate through them. Finally, you will learn the power of thinking more significantly than your current community to be an active global citizen, bringing opportunities to others.

Jess Dewell talks with Charlie Bresler, Co-Founder of The Life You Can Save, about his consistent alignment with his values to be an impactful global citizen and why it is BOLD to be a global citizen and allow others to have some of the advantages you do.

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If you want to identify business bottlenecks, the necessary skills, the initial actions to take, the expected milestones, and the priorities for achieving growth, try the "Growth Framework Reset" approach. This will help you to keep learning and growing while working strategically on your business.

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You can get in touch with Jess Dewell on Twitter, LinkedIn or Red Direction website.