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Thoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep008: Exploring Authority - Steve Brossman - Australian Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Producer (Part 2)Changing the Game: Positioning a product, service or personal brand as an ‘authority’ is a powerful way be a leader in that field. Steve Brossman and Jomar Reyes explores how the experience and how you make your customers ‘feel’, can set you apart.2020-02-1519 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep007: Exploring Authority - Steve Brossman - Australian Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Producer (Part 1)Jomar speaks with Steve Brossman, a multi-talented business leader who works with professionals and businesses on developing their unique 'Authority Factor'.2020-02-0316 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep006: The Importance of Values in LeadershipValues are what a brand, company or person stand for. A company with strong values will most likely have strong brands, great people and be delivering great products and services to society. A leaders’ role is to really define and to be the ambassador for the company values.
Values are also a defining factor in how a person, brand or company behaves, the decisions or paths they take. Success of any kind is often associated with with strong values, and leadership should be the guiding beacon for assimilating the right values.
2020-01-1821 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep005: The Importance of Culture in LeadershipCulture is at the very foundation of doing business. Culture in business can be defined in many ways, with cultures from the different nationalities, different companies or working culture formed by guidelines and personalities involved.
Leadership should be defining and ‘walking the the talk’ of culture and it is something that has a direct impact on people, their productivity, innovation and overall happiness.
“(Culture) is the very foundation of organisation development and business development”, as stated by Jens in this episode
2020-01-1121 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep004: The Importance of 'Failure' In LeadershipFailure has a value when it comes to leadership. Jens Nielsen and Jomar talk about how failure has shaped their lives and careers and how leaders should take on leadership as something that can take them to the next level.
Fear of failure can also be paralysing, and can also hold back progress and opportunities that may not have been apparent. For a leader the easy path could be to say ‘No’ to ideas or project, and this is often from the leader’s fear of failure.
Jens and Jomar explore how failure can be manage...2020-01-0423 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep003: The Importance of 'Goals and KPIs' in LeadershipGoals and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) relate directly to the vision. Often a goal can be confused with a KPI and vice versa. In this episode Jens Nielsen and Jomar Reyes talk about their thoughts and experiences with setting goals and KPIs.
Goals have to be realistic, and be a motivation factor that is aligned with the vision. Goals should also bring teams together as they support each other’s individual and team goals. In today’s world, live dashboards help display Key Performance Indicators that can guide teams and organisations on what can be done.
Ac...2019-12-0721 minThoughts on LeadershipToL-Ep002: The Importance of 'Vision' in LeadershipThe ‘Vision’ is the north star for leadership. ‘A vision is where you dream of being; as a company, organisation or person’, says Jens Nielsen who together with Jomar Reyes explores the factors that can help in working towards the vision. ‘If you don’t have a vision, you are probably already there’, says Jomar in having a look at companies, brands or people do not have a vision or a purpose. Chloe the dog can also be heard in the other room at Jomar’s place, as Jens and Jomar start to talk about examples of companies with a strong vi...2019-11-3021 minThoughts on LeadershipThe Thoughts behind 'Thoughts on Leadership'Friday 22 November 2019: In building the framework for the Thoughts on Leadership podcast series and website, Jomar Reyes and Jens Nielsen have a casual talk about the ideas behind this project. The first season will be kicking off in January 2020 with 10 weekly episodes of 20 minutes.
Sitting in Jen's kitchen, the two explore the ideas on the meaning leadership. They discuss how leadership is not necessarily represented by an individual, but can be a team, product, brand, organisation, a society or even a movement.
Jens Nielsen brings 30 years international business experience including Managing Director of Netbooster...2019-11-2421 min