3 Habits of Exceptional Leaders
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Release Date: 11/28/2022
How to Get You and Your Team Focused
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
7 Ways Managers Can Create Improved Focus for Their Team It’s no surprise that people struggle to focus. We’re bombarded with distractions, burdened by unrealistic expectations, and drowning under too many incoming requests. In a world of constant distractions, many employees can't find the focus to get quality work done. A recent survey showed that almost two-thirds admit they don't put in an hour or two each day without being derailed. As leaders, how do you help your team stay productive and focused? Results Driven Leadership has identified seven best practices for helping...
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7 mistakes that cost leaders their employees.
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Managers must focus on improved leadership to avoid employees quitting because employee turnover can be costly and disruptive to an organization. When employees quit, managers have to spend time and resources recruiting and training new employees, which can slow down productivity and negatively impact the bottom line. Additionally, high turnover can lead to a loss of expertise and experience, which can be difficult and costly to replace. A good leader creates a positive work environment and fosters a sense of belonging among employees, leading to increased job satisfaction and loyalty and...
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How to Achieve More With My Goal Setting Tips
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Results Driven Managers who want results meet with their employees to talk about long-term goals. They do this at least once a year. They also have quarterly meetings to discuss progress toward the goals. I think it would be better if we had this meeting at a different location. If that's not possible, we need to make sure that there are no interruptions for the 4 hours of the meeting. During the meeting, managers and their team members should talk about what is happening with the business and what could be improved. They should also set new business goals, with their team’s help. You do...
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The Secret of Great Leadership? CREATE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
In this second in a series of three podcasts, I will share how to have a discussion with your leadership team to determine your main areas of improvement is the first step toward creating your annual goals and planning activities. This information will inform your technology decisions throughout the year, helping you stay ahead of the curve on trends affecting your industry. It is important to determine the key targets for your annual planning cycle. From your SWOT exercise (previous podcast), identify the factors that will directly impact your business performance-- earnings, sales,...
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SWOT ANAYSLIS Strategies For Beginners
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
The first step for annual goal setting is to reflect on your current situation and assess your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This process, known as a SWOT analysis, will help you identify areas of your business, department, division, or team that you may want to focus on and goals that will help you move forward. After you have completed your SWOT analysis, the next step is to set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals. SMART goals are specific, meaning they are clear and defined. We will cover that in next week's podcast. Today's...
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How To Eliminate Your Struggles with Time Management with THE EISENHOWER BOX
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Now we're going to start sharing how to prioritize like Eisenhower. Now, this isn't going to be much of a history lesson on Eisenhower, but I think you need to know a little about the man. He was president of the United States in the fifties, uh, early sixties. He also was an American general during World War ii, and apparently, this guy knew a ton about managing time because of his approach. The Eisenhower Box, or the Eisenhower Quadrant, is taught in business schools all over the country. And today, in this video, I will share his approach that's taught the world over with you. Eisenhower...
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3 Categories of Management Styles Which is Yours?
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Management styles vary between individuals. And though most tend to gravitate towards a particular style type, a manager could choose to use different management styles depending on what fits best for a particular situation. Your management style will depend on various factors, including your personality, the organization you work for, the person you work for, your team, and your goals. So know that rarely is there a one-size-fits-all style; you likely put on multiple style hats throughout the course of a day or week. A look in the mirror, having an honest understanding and being clear on...
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A Guide To DISC PROFILE For Any Position
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Today's show got prompted by one of my attendees this week at a training session; she was in her second month or so of training with me and her team, and thank you, Navina, for prompting me to do this show today. She and I were talking about DISC, her DISC profile, and she asked, have you ever done a podcast on DISC? I wanna go back and listen to it. And I had to stop for a minute. In all these years, no, I haven't, I haven't done a show talking about DISC explaining DISC, the value of DISC, how DISC works, what it tells you, what it doesn't tell you. And so today, this is gonna be a little...
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3 Habits of Exceptional Leaders
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
During this podcast, I want to share with you an important truth about leadership: As I was thinking about the topic for today, I reminisced back to all the great managers who were really impactful leaders. Both ones I worked for and have worked for me over my decades of experience. I started thinking about a few things they all had in common and came up with some strong commonalities. Special Offer For First 50 Managers and First 25 Companies It came down to their approach and attitude as bosses and how they truly valued their employees. All of these managers were top performers year...
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Stop Taking Things So personally for Improved Leadership Skills
The Business Mechanic Podcast with Vaughn Sigmon
Communication is essential to the human experience and being a great leader. This short podcast wants to carve out the topic of taking things too personally and tie it to the topic of difficult conversations. In my podcast on difficult conversations, you may remember that you want to avoid any pre-determined perceptions at all costs. Go into any tough conversation with an open mind. If not, you will wind up feeling stressed out, unhappy, and anxious over conversations; AND you may be taking things a little too personally all the time. Visit Our Website and Get a Limited Offer of a Full...
info_outlineDuring this podcast, I want to share with you an important truth about leadership: As I was thinking about the topic for today, I reminisced back to all the great managers who were really impactful leaders.
Both ones I worked for and have worked for me over my decades of experience. I started thinking about a few things they all had in common and came up with some strong commonalities.
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It came down to their approach and attitude as bosses and how they truly valued their employees. All of these managers were top performers year after year. They worked less and accomplished more.
They all had successful careers advanced in their company, and their employees respected the hell out of them.
They truly made considerable contributions to their companies, and even in bad times, they stood out as being far less impacted in down economies or even recessions.
They all were able to achieve superior results compared to their peers consistently.
What was it?
It was how they valued employees as human beings. And as I thought more, I captured what I believe are the 3 Habits all of these exceptional leaders had in common.
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So let's get into it.
But Let's first be clear on the difference between leading and managing.
Management consists of controlling a group or a set of entities to accomplish a goal.
Leadership refers to an individual's ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success.
Influence and inspiration separate leaders from managers, not power and control.
Unfortunately, Nowadays, survey after survey demonstrates a shift toward managers being more focused on management.
By doing this, they may be losing their team members' respect. Yeah, they get things done but with a more difficult burden of doing so.
Also, there is a perceptual confusion that treats both management and leadership as the same, which is not a mere reality.
So, in this leadership tips podcast, we will dig deep into the 3 Habits of Exceptional Leaders on how to shift your mindset and thoughts and move from a Management-heavy style to a more effective leadership style.
What is so critical to these three tips is that they are so simple—but often missing.
It is Valuing people.
Showing how much you value your team members is a necessary (soft) skill, sadly missing from many managers' toolbox today. To change. It takes both mind and heart to do it effectively.
But doing it well will seamlessly drive your employee's success and commitment down the path of higher productivity, better service, and profit.
If you're a manager, especially a new manager, you need to pay attention to these 3 Key Habits.
It is most likely No one else will tell you these simple soft skills on how to motivate and inspire your team to respect you and perform at extraordinary levels.
Today I'm going to supply you with some ammo.
And hey, If you are a more seasoned manager who is looking for that next gear for driving success and making your job easier, these 3 leadership tips will go a long way to you achieving that goal.
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