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The Leadership ExchangeS3E3 - Beyond People-Pleasing: Recalibrating Your Understanding of Servant LeadershipSend us a textLupe Munoz and Steve McKeon tackle common misconceptions about servant leadership and provide practical insights for avoiding leadership pitfalls while genuinely serving your team.• Servant leadership is often confused with people-pleasing, but true servant leaders maintain accountability• Holding team members accountable can actually be an act of servant leadership when framed as a development opportunity• Over-functioning for your team by solving all problems yourself prevents growth and learning• Sometimes leaders need to step back and observe to find root causes rather than just manage symptoms• Servant leadership doesn't me...2025-05-0634 min
MetaPodBeyond the Buzzwords: Practical Strategies for DrivingExplore the forever labor shortage and cultural transformation with Ron Crabtree and guests Steve McKeon and Lupe Muñoz on MetaPod. Dive into practical strategies for assessing organizational trust, developing leadership accountability, and building systems that sustain high-performance teams.
2025-03-3154 minThe Leadership ExchangeS3E1 - Unlocking Organizational Potential with Ernesto GomezSend us a textErnesto Gomez, author of "Regrowth: How Organizations Can Overcome Stalling by Unlocking their People's Potential," shares how viewing organizations as living organisms rather than machines creates the conditions for people and teams to achieve peak performance.• Organizations are living organisms that require nurturing, not machines that need optimization• When companies focus solely on optimizing individual parts, they often suboptimize the whole system• Creating an environment where people feel safe to speak up and challenge the status quo is essential for adaptability• The team is the fundamental unit of any orga...2025-03-3029 minThe Leadership ExchangeS3E2 - Unlocking Potential: Transform Your Team and Organization. Our continued discussion with Ernesto Gomez.Send us a textOrganizational transformation requires seeing companies as living organisms rather than machines, with leaders who prioritize empowering teams rather than having all the answers themselves. • Psychological safety creates an environment where innovative ideas can flourish• Organizations must connect with employees' aspirations beyond just earning a paycheck• Companies should evaluate how far they need to extend beyond their core competencies• Great leaders acknowledge they are paid to empower teams to produce answers, not have all the answers themselves• Building trust requires getting to know your people and creating open channels of...2025-03-3024 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E11 - Recap of Season 2 and a Discussion on Leadership Reflection for Continuous ImprovementSend us a textJoin us as we revisit our season-two episodes and guests. Plus, we explain and demonstrate how to use reflection, as a leader, to professionally improve. Do you have the right mindset to improve how you lead? Listen in and find out!Follow us on Instagram or on Threads @LEADERSHIPEXCHANGEPODCAST. We'd love to hear from you! What topics you'd like us to explore with you? What questions on our topics do you have? Say hello and start the dialogue!2025-03-2324 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E10 - Discussion with Twanda "Tia" Young about lessons from her book, Dare to Lead Different...Chew on This: 16 Bites for Bold Leaders.Send us a textJoin us with Twanda "Tia" Young, BG (Ret.), US Army. We have an excellent discussion with Tia regarding some valuable leadership lessons she has to share with our listeners. Twanda Young now serves as the CEO of LT3 Leadership Solutions, where she focuses on shaping better leaders for society. Known as the Leadership and Conflict Management Coach, she is a solutions-oriented executive coach, motivational keynote speaker, an Amazon Best Selling Author of Dare to Lead Different...Chew on This: 16 Bites for Bold Leaders, and Barnes & Noble Best Selling Author -Destiny Exposè: Le...2025-02-1842 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E9 - Balancing Technology and People: The Key to Sustainable Change With Ron Crabtree Part 2Send us a textReady to transform how you approach transformation itself? This episode is your essential guide. The world of leadership and organizational change is complex, but Ron Crabtree has distilled decades of experience into a remarkably simple yet powerful formula that predicts the success of any transformation initiative. In this thought-provoking conversation with Steve McKeon and Lupe Munoz, Ron reveals why 80-90% of digital transformations fail to deliver their promised results - and how leaders can dramatically improve their odds.At the heart of successful change lies the D×V×S fo...2025-01-1628 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E8 - Culture Isn't Accidental: Strategic Leadership for the Digital Age with Ron Crabtree Part 1Send us a textReady to evolve your leadership approach for today's complex challenges? Listen now and discover how to create an environment where your team can thrive amid constant change.Leadership is evolving at breakneck speed, and Ron Crabtree brings decades of operational excellence expertise to help us navigate these changes. As founder of MetaOps and MetaExperts, Ron shares how the fundamentals of effective leadership have transformed over his 22-year journey helping organizations implement transformational change.The conversation opens with Ron's formative leadership lesson from early in his career—when his interviewer immediately co...2024-12-2236 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E7 - Situational Leadership: A Discussion with Ben Blaney on Adapting Your Style for Success.Send us a textLeadership isn't one-size-fits-all—it's a dynamic skill that must adapt to each unique situation. Ben Blaney brings decades of international experience to our conversation about what truly makes leadership effective across different contexts. "You can never jump in the same river twice. The river is not the same, and you are not the same person." This ancient wisdom perfectly captures why leadership requires constant adaptation. Ben illustrates this through practical examples, from organizations pivoting their product lines to sports teams changing managers, demonstrating how leadership skills that excel in one environment migh...2024-11-2546 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E6 - From Power Rangers to Executive: Unexpected Leadership Journeys. A Discussion with Lidia PetersonSend us a textLydia Peterson, Executive Director for Environmental Health and Safety at V2X, shares her extraordinary leadership journey from Power Rangers auditions to managing 300-person teams in Kuwait, revealing how relational capacity transforms leadership effectiveness. • Learning that relational capacity is good currency for collaboration and team building • Pivoting through multiple career transitions from martial arts to military to corporate leadership • Finding your voice and courage as a leader, regardless of physical stature • Making small adjustments that dramatically improve team loyalty and productivity • Balancing business needs with caring for people's individ...2024-11-0437 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E5 - Continued Discussion on Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions of a TeamSend us a textIn this episode we continue our discussion from our previous episode where we started the discussion on the excellent book, by Patrick Lencioni, titled, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable.We review the Five Dysfunctions and what to do to avoid the hazards in how your direct team's behaviors can be destructive to the team culture and result in poor, or reduced performance. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable: Patrick M. Lencioni,Patrick Lencioni: 9788126522743: Amazon.com: BooksFollow us...2024-08-1822 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E4 - Avoiding Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a TeamSend us a textIn this episode we review the key points from Patrick Lencioni's book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. We discuss some of the traps new leaders can fall into when trying to be Servant Leaders. We review Lencioni's pyramid/triangle with the five behaviors critical for a well-functioning team. We share some of our stories about young leaders that made the mistake of thinking Servant Leadership means not rocking the boat and not holding teams accountable when necessary. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership...2024-07-1517 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E3 - Leadership of High-Performance Work Teams with Mike SweeneySend us a textJoin us in an engaging discussion, with Mike Sweeney, on Leading High Performance Work Teams. Mike is an executive coach, a team development expert, and a learning & development nerd. He is an organizational psychologist by degree and has spent years studying and practicing the keys to great leadership. His diverse background helps him discover and optimize patterns of organizational behavior to help leaders and teams improve performance – giving him the ability to tease out the principles that work everywhere.https://www.sabercoaching.com/leadershipedgeFo...2024-04-2944 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E2 - Discussion with Alex Aranda on Leader Routines in Support of the People SystemSend us a textJoin us and our guest Alex Aranda, an HR and Operational Excellence Professional, in our discussion on what leader routines/habits are needed to create and sustain a positive work culture. Our dialogue includes actionable steps by leaders that can get implemented today. We review what important routines will take your leadership and your team to the next level!Reference Information we touch on:Change Management:Amazon.com: The Wheel of Sustainability: Engaging and Empowering Teams to Produce Lasting Results eBook : Lawrence, Adam T.: Kindle Store...2024-03-1632 minThe Leadership ExchangeS2E1 - Intro to The Importance of Leadership Standard Work to Sustaining Improvement and a Positive CultureSend us a textWhy is Leadership Standard Work critical to sustaining improvement and a positive culture? What is Leadership Standard Work? We kick off season 2 of our podcast with a focus on three important systems that leaders need to have strong Leadership Standard Work for. Join us in the conversation as we explore leadership through these two lenses!Follow us on Instagram or on Threads @LEADERSHIPEXCHANGEPODCAST. We'd love to hear from you! What topics you'd like us to explore with you? What questions on our topics do you have? Say hello and start the...2024-03-0327 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E15 - The Criticality of Training in High Performance Work TeamsSend us a textWe share thoughts on the importance of quality training within a High-Performance Work Team. Why is it important and what are the aspects of "Quality Training". We pull back the curtains on key elements of instructing and some of the traps we see teams fall into when selecting the trainers for the team. We touch on the topic of Training Within Industry and how powerful the method can be when used to train people. Additionally, we connect the importance of training with what inspires and motivates people at work...2024-01-2734 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E14 - A Discussion With Kyle Goodbred On The Challenges and Perspective of a Young LeaderSend us a textOur guest for this Episode is Kyle Goodbred, one of our podcast listeners. Kyle provides an excellent perspective on the challenges that young leaders encounter in the world and gives some excellent advice to other developing leaders. Kyle is a Submarine Warfare Officer and Submarine Tactics instructor for the U.S. Navy. He is also earning his Master’s, in Engineering Management, from Duke University. Join us and Kyle as we share stories and perspectives on Leadership!The following are some of the books we refer to in the di...2023-12-1237 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E13 - Why Healthy Conflict is Crucial to a Great Team.Send us a textWe discuss how important it is to have a team that understands that conflict is healthy and necessary with great teams. We define what type of conflict is good conflict and which is not good conflict. We also touch base on some examples and how you can help guide your team and set the right environment for team members to get comfortable with positive conflict. In this episode we also chat about a great book that speaks about Conflict within a team and the importance of it.2023-12-0630 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E12 - A Discussion With Gary Beaudette About High Performance Work TeamsSend us a textJoin us on our continued discussion on High Performance Work Teams. For this episode, we bring a great guest to join us, Gary Beaudette. We talk about some of the mistakes leaders make when working towards building HPWTs. We also take a look at what advice leaders can benefit from and continue building on what the leader's role is for HPWTs.Gary, is the CEO of Beaudette Consulting Inc. He is a lean manufacturing business consultant, curriculum design expert, and executive coach. He i...2023-10-1535 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E11 - Intro to High Performance Work Teams. What must a Leader do to Create the right Conditions.Send us a textListen in on our introduction to High Performance Work Teams! What are they? why would you want one and how does the leader play a role for this type of team? This episode is where we begin to move our focus from you, the leader, to the team you lead. What can you do to help build a High Performance Work Team? What's the benefit that these types of teams can provide the business? Join us and hear our stories and thoughts as we explore this powerful topic.2023-10-1030 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E10 - A discussion with Alan Leibowitz on Ethics and Leadership.Send us a textOur first guest, Alan Leibowitz, adds to our conversation on Ethics and Leadership. Join us as we discuss the ethical challenges new leaders can face in leading teams and what you can do to help guide you to Doing the Right Thing.Follow us on Instagram or on Threads @LEADERSHIPEXCHANGEPODCAST. We'd love to hear from you! What topics you'd like us to explore with you? What questions on our topics do you have? Say hello and start the dialogue!2023-09-1742 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E9 - Leading with Intent-Based Focus Vs. Task-Based FocusSend us a textWe discuss how Leading with Intent in mind can gain your team's commitment and empower them to be autonomous and provide the environment for them to become a Self-Directed Work Team. How Intend-Based Leadership helps you be a transformational leader and enable your team to have ownership of their work.(1886) Leaders Intent - Mark Smith - YouTube(1886) What Is Leadership? Intent-Based Leadership with L. David Marquet - YouTubeAmazon.com: Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute eBook : Blanchard, Ken, Carlos, John...2023-09-0524 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E8 - The Importance of Coaching in the WorkplaceSend us a textIn this episode Steve and Lupe discuss the importance of coaching as a leader. What is coaching? How is it different than providing feedback? What is needed to be an effective coach?Follow us on Instagram or on Threads @LEADERSHIPEXCHANGEPODCAST. We'd love to hear from you! What topics you'd like us to explore with you? What questions on our topics do you have? Say hello and start the dialogue!2023-08-1522 minThe Leadership ExchangeS1E7 - Situational Leadership and the Keys to Great DelegationSend us a textJoin us in our discussion on Situational Leadership and the four styles that are part of Ken Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model. We also provide the four keys to being great at Delegating. We share our experiences with both of these concepts with the hope that it can help leaders improve their teams and their organization.Follow us on Instagram or on Threads @LEADERSHIPEXCHANGEPODCAST. We'd love to hear from you! What topics you'd like us to explore with you? What questions on our topics do you have? Say...2023-08-0232 min