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Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Tiny Habits, Big Shifts: How Leaders Create Lasting ChangeIn this solo episode of Challenge to Lead, Beka Shea dives into the power of tiny habits and how they can transform your leadership style, team alignment, and business outcomes. Inspired by Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg and the ever-popular Atomic Habits by James Clear, Beka shares real-world examples of how CEOs unknowingly sabotage their own growth—and how small, consistent leadership habits can unlock the next level.Whether you struggle with over-controlling decisions, unclear communication, or abdicating leadership responsibility, this episode offers tangible strategies rooted in behavioral science and real client stories. You’ll learn how to i...2025-07-0112 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.The Shadow Tone: How One Person Can Disrupt Your CultureWhat happens when a leader says they’re aligned with the team—but their behavior tells a different story behind closed doors? In this solo episode of Challenge to Lead, Beka Shea explores the concept of a “shadow tone”—the subtle, often unspoken emotional undercurrent that quietly shapes your culture and erodes team alignment.Using real-life examples and behavioral analytics insights, Beka unpacks how highly social, well-intentioned people can unknowingly create confusion or dissent by verbally processing their doubts in the wrong settings. You’ll learn how to recognize this hidden influence, how to redirect it for good, and wh...2025-06-1609 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.One Bite at a Time: Tackling Big Goals in BusinessIn this episode, Beka Shea dives into the art of breaking down overwhelming business goals into actionable steps, using the mantra: "You can do all the things, just not all at once." Reflecting on lessons from 2024, she emphasizes the importance of learning from the past, setting realistic financial targets, and ensuring the right people are in the right seats to drive success. Whether you're a CEO scaling your company or a leader refining operations, this episode offers practical strategies to tackle challenges with clarity and confidence, one bite at a time.2025-01-0215 min

The Everyday Awesome Project18: GUEST: Culture Index Expert Beka Shea on Unlocking Team LeadershipJoin Coach Polly this week as she unlocks more secrets to impactful leadership and team synergy with our Special Guest: Beka Shea. Beka is influential figure in both real estate and engineering, whose military insight into leadership is nothing short of transformational. Beka's talent in harnessing the 'Culture Index' in order to elevate work place team performance is a game-changer, showing us how professional success is always intertwined with each humans personal values. If you've ever wondered how to align your work life with what truly matters—like family or freedom—then Becca's journey will resonate deeply as she high...2024-04-2552 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Don’t Be a Chatty BekaListen for motivation 2024-04-1802 min

The Freedom Show With Flip and DaniFrom A military Officer to pioneering energy-saving projects worth over $100M: Beka Shea Welcome to another episode of The Freedom Show! In this exclusive Episode, Flip and Dani delve into the awe-inspiring journey of Beka Shea, a former military officer who has pioneered energy-saving projects worth over $100 million. Beka's story is nothing short of a masterpiece, transitioning seamlessly from the disciplined world of the military to the dynamic realm of energy innovation. Join the freedom show as Flip and Dani unravel the layers of Beka's strategic mind, unveiling how military tactics translated into groundbreaking initiatives that reshaped the energy landscape. As you navigate through Beka...2023-10-1845 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Whatever Truth You Seek, You WILL Find It.“Whatever truth you seek, you will find it.” I heard this comment today and it stopped me cold. The speaker was talking about a $1M hole he had gotten into in his construction business. At the end, he didn’t want to trust his gut that his partner was shady, he wanted so hard to be right that he sought out anything and everything that would prove his gut wrong. Spoiler alert - it wasn’t. What thing are you trying to force in your life that you should let go? What “truth” are you seeking despite all signs to the...2022-10-2105 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.I Am Only One - But Still I Am One“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” This week has been full of inspiration. From Bill Allen’s talk about tending to the soil of your life if you want to harvest good fruit, hearing the story of Tyler Jensen’s son Dawson doing his first BRRRR at 11 years old, to sifting data to learn the magic month for contracts from Adam Whitney, to Philip Blake I swear being in...2022-10-1905 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.What Kind of Reality Are You Making?Memories are crap. Emotions are fleeting. The story you tell yourself - over and over and over - is your reality.2022-10-1705 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Tugboats are built to last 30 years. Lighthouses are built to last multiple lifetimesBeing the lighthouse means that you are strong in your foundation, consistent in your light, and that the people you are serving having some motivation of their own. Being the tugboat means you are putting out extreme effort to move something much bigger than yourself.2022-10-1406 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Relax. Look around. Make a call.Sometimes we are faced with difficult conversations. They create so much angst and I often think the majority of it comes from putting those conversations off.2022-10-1204 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.What kind of leader do you want to be? What kind of community do you want to create?Persuasion appeals to our desire to be better - it hits our intellect and emotions in a way that creates genuine change. It expands our world view. Vilification appeals to our baser nature and emotions in a bad way - it foments fear and it hits our us/them buttons. It causes us to shrink our world view.2022-10-1004 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Life isn’t great, but it’s not completely terribleNo one is coming to save you or help you change. And even if they did, you wouldn’t let them. Knowing that, do you want to get to a 6 or a 7? What’s your next move?2022-10-0706 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.What phase are you in?We all have phases we go through in life. It is not always possible to be emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually balanced and primed all the time... and it's okay not to be okay. You'll find your way! 2022-10-0304 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Just start nowEveryone else got the jump on things and started their projects way before you. It’s too late now. It’s not worth trying. But what if… What if you DID start now? What could that turn into?2022-09-3002 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Dude get on that already!All those little undone things are building up in your subconscious and causing low level stress. Make a push to knock them out or let them go today!2022-09-2804 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.A little conversation on the difference between unapologetic and living with minimal regrets.God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.2022-09-2605 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Embark on your journeyIt’s interesting that we only want to start things we know we will win, yet we are notoriously bad at defining “winning” from our limited knowledge of a thing. It’s like we can’t understand what success actually means unless we start (or finish), but we don’t want to start unless we are assured of success.2022-09-2104 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Sometimes I think humans are like sunflowersShine light on them and they will grow tall and strong and turn toward the sun. A little bit of targeted encouragement goes a long way.2022-09-1904 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Long term goals are such a pain in the buttWe know where we WANT to be, but getting there can be a little tricksy and we have to remove temptations in order for us to achieve them 2022-09-1604 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Many hands make light workBut when you’re a perfectionist, letting other people help can be hard to do.2022-09-1403 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter."If you want some thing different, you have to do something different"- Jack CanfieldSometimes intentional living can be super uncomfortable and weird 2022-09-1206 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Hiring and growing a teamEveryone wants A++ superstar players on their team, even if they haven’t developed the skills to scout, recruit, pay, and manage that team. Take some time to be honest with yourself about where your organization is and then consider that a batch of solid players might be what you need as you grow together!2022-09-0904 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Culture is an incredibly dynamic thingYou can start seeing subtle shifts in 6 months and in 12 you can be in a completely different place. In your family, in your workplace, in your mind even.2022-09-0703 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Someone will always have more than you but that doesn’t mean you have to be unhappy!The best way to be happy is not to keep wishing for more and looking for what other people have. Make the best of whatever you have 2022-09-0504 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Success isn't always about 'Greatness', it's about consistencyConsistent, hard work gains success. Greatness will come. -Dwayne Johnson 2022-09-0203 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you thereThe path forward looks different for everyone. The only way you can know you’re on (your) right path is if you know where you want to go.2022-08-3104 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.The things we choose to do change us in unexpected (and often invisible) ways"The things that we do, do things to us" 2022-08-2904 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Are we too busy getting rich and healthy to live healthy and rich lives?Richness really comes from a depth of life and you can't have the depth of things unless you are willing to put consistent time.2022-08-2605 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die"Grudges do no good whatsoever and they benefit no one, neither in our business lives nor our personal lives"- Malachy McCourt 2022-08-2406 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Creating processes is one of the best things you can do for your peopleProcesses help build your team up by giving them the knowledge that they are doing it the right way!2022-08-2204 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a positive experience"The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience" - Ashley Rivera 2022-08-1902 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Think before you actBe careful what you put into your brain because it will cause you to go and do crazy things. Sometimes IMMEDIATELY!2022-08-1505 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How a little context helps with priorities!What matters is what I prioritize with my time 2022-08-1003 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.It's time to make some progress I sometimes think that finding the balance between maintenance and progress is the secret to life.2022-08-0503 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Do you know when the best time to plant seeds is?The best time to plant seed is now. There are things to be done and you might need to adjust based on what seeds you want to plant and the time that you have available for them to grow 2022-08-0302 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Who is a center for calm in your life?Recognize the people who bring that calm centeredness to your life and thank them for it 2022-07-2902 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Decide to move then MOVE.Take actions and MOVE 2022-07-2702 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Focus your energy on controlling your actionsYou can’t control other people, you can only control how you react to them. (But sometimes that is super hard!)2022-07-2502 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.You must confront the things that make you uncomfortable"The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable" - Conor McGregor 2022-07-2202 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Relationships are everythingYou can't be intentional with your relationships, until you are intentional with your time! 2022-07-2006 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Recognizing your mental energyEverything you do is either life giving, or energy stealing to you. And why the words you use matter.2022-07-1505 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.My journey is not your journey!Focus on the good things without then following it up with the things that need improvement 2022-07-1303 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Be mindful of the person you are developing"The way you walk the path is just as important as where it leads"- Tamara Levitt 2022-07-1103 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Turn envy into "study"Pay attention to how they got to where they are instead of just wishing you had what they had 2022-07-0803 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.God's timing is perfect!!"It takes a little patience and a whole lot of faith..... but it's worth the wait"2022-07-0604 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Check yourself before you wreck yourself!Pay attention of your emotional control 2022-07-0403 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Healthy and better relationship"Relationships get stronger when both of you are wiling to understand mistakes and and forgive each other" 2022-07-0104 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Accept where you are at today"Life is about moving on, accepting changes & looking forward to what makes you stronger and more complete" 2022-06-2904 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Anticipation is the worst and the best!!"Anticipation is better to be afraid, excited, and thinking the best than to be scared, worried, and expecting the worst anxiety"- David Cuschieri 2022-06-2404 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Action is Not Always Required“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” - Victor Frankl 2022-06-2102 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.You can’t “hold someone accountable”"You can't hold someone accountable for results if you supervise their methods" - Stephen Covey 2022-06-1503 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Don’t worry about being too much for people“When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of “Me too!” be sure to cherish them. Because those weirdos are your tribe.” ― A.J. Downey 2022-06-1303 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.Why I Quit My JobGo confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.2022-06-1013 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.No You Can’t Resign Yet!"You can quit your job, but you can't quit your calling.- Lissa Rankin"2022-06-0804 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 7: Retrain The Devil On Your Shoulder"What we say to ourselves in the privacy of our own minds matters. It drives our behavior, which drives our destiny, which shapes our world." ~Marie Forleo 2022-06-0607 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 6: Beware The Dream Killers“Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.” — Bear Grylls 2022-06-0305 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 5: Focus on StartingIf you want to get somewhere better, you have to start moving. Don’t let the enormity of the journey overwhelm you. The only piece that matters in the next one.2022-05-2503 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 4: Be Your Best SelfReason #4 why people fail to achieve their goals? The goal requires actions that are at odds with who you are at your core. As a result, you start self sabotaging!2022-05-1605 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 3: Vision AlignmentGoalsetting is an art form, and this area is probably one of the hardest to get right. It requires a level of self-awareness that you may not have at this moment. But I guarantee that if you set a goal that is misaligned with where you truly want to go in life, the small quiet voice in your head will let you know every single day!2022-05-1304 min

Challenge to Lead: Build Stronger Teams. Scale Smarter.How To Achieve A Goal Part 2: Log That Stuff!Goal setting is an art form! In part two of this series, I’m digging into #2 of the top eight reasons why I see people fail at achieving their goals, and what you can do to avoid that!2022-05-1104 min