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CAPE Lead

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Welcome to the CAPE Lead podcast, where amazing things happen. This podcast was created by retired US Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Timothy “Chachi” Pachasa, and was created to discuss emerging leadership concepts, and hopefully open up the thought process for how we interoperate with our people and our teams. CAPE Lead focuses on teaching leaders how to succeed through solid understandings of Caring, Alignment, Perspectives, and Expectations.

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  1. Ep 25-02 Lead, Follow, or get the fuck out of the way!

    Today's podcast is dedicated to one of my favorite teammates, and the man who inspired this podcast, Mr. Reggie Moore. In this conversation, we talk about an age-old military phrase called lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way. However, inside this podcast, we explore a deeper…

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  2. Ep 25-01- I'm back!!

    This episode is my return from an 18 month break from being locked out of my podcast. This is where I share some exciting new updates, and discuss some of the evolution of CAPE Lead over the past two years.

  3. Ep 24-01 The New Fundamentals of Leadership- Intro

    A new year brings new thoughts! In todays episode, I tease out my refreshed look at leadership fundamentals, and how we apply them in our daily lives!

  4. Ep 23-04 Moral High Ground Take 2

    Wow. In this episode you get to hear me battle with my recent struggle with maintaining the moral high ground!

  5. Ep 23-03 Random Walk

    How do we measure someone's value to an organization? Listen to this and tell me what you think!

  6. Ep 23-02 Words is Important

    Today, we discuss (once again, LOL) how purposeful we are with our words, and what we can do to engage with our followers better!

  7. Ep 23-01 Control the controllables

    Today we discuss what we can do to control the controllables in our life (through the lens of expectations), and we talk about the possible understanding of narcissism in our lives.

  8. Ep 22-06 Japanese Pancakes

    This episode discusses the metaphorical relationship between making regular pancakes, making Japanese pancakes, and how we can apply leadership principles to understand the difference in the two

  9. Ep 22-05- Expectations vs Standards

    This episode discusses the differences between expectations and standards in our every day lives.

  10. Ep 22-04 90 Degrees

    This episode discusses the simple things that we can do to find value and make leadership easier for ourselves and others

  11. Do 22-03 Five Hard Skills

    This episode discusses our mindset of buying a car, and the correlation we can make with how we give our people hard skills to be successful in life and leadership

  12. Ep 22-02 Tim vs Tor

    This episode is a discussion about our mindset,and how we can help ourselves and others grow from being a vicTIM, to a vicTOR!

  13. Ep 22-01 Proud Father

    This episode discusses a conversation that our seven year old son Rennan had with my wife about his understanding of expectations

  14. Ep 21-11 Does Military Leadership Work?

    Today, we discuss whether the military model for leadership "really" works, and whether or not we have the capacity to evolve our leadership processes.

  15. Ep 21-10 Customer Service Expectations

    Today's podcast is brought to you by a frustration I had in the customer service realm, where a store manager was very unclear about the expectations of what he could provide for me

  16. Ep 21-09- Noah and Rennan

    This episode is brought to you by my two sons Noah and Rennan. What I discussed today is born of conversations I had with them yesterday not only about expectations, but about the importance of using the correct words.

  17. Ep 21-08 Expectations Revisited

    In this episode, I revisit some of my key concepts toward understanding expectations, and I explain why expectations are so important in our daily lives.

  18. Ep 21-07 Input vs Feedback

    Today's episode discusses our understanding of the differences between input, feedback, and how we interact with these two concepts

  19. Ep 21-06 Organizational Commitment

    In this episode we discuss our understanding of both obedience and discipline, but then also add in a third dimension of what is our understanding of organizational commitment inside our respective workplaces.

  20. Ep 21-05 Unpacking Obedience vs Discipline

    This episode expands on my conversation on the Free Range American Podcast with Jarred Taylor where I brought up the difference between obedience and discipline, and how the military has grossly oversold obedience AS discipline. I reference a great article by Safa Mahzari (link below) in helping...

  21. Ep 21-04 Information Plus Context

    Today’s episode discusses what we can do to understand the information we give other people, and what we can do to make sure that we’re adding context to that information to make sure that we are leading expectations.

  22. Ep 21-03 Breathing Down Your Neck...

    This episode discusses how we can be more positive and the science that backs the positivity that comes from giving people benefit of the doubt and trying to look on the bright side of things. #leadership #capelead #expectations #Pachasa8 #gooddudeership

  23. Ep 21-02 Revisiting Perspectives

    This episode revisits a previous podcast about perspectives and what we can do inside our respective organizations to shape conversations toward a mutual sharing of perspectives and understanding

  24. Ep 21-01 Don’t Put Oil In Your Gas Tank

    This episode discusses our foundational understanding of not only leadership theory, but human connection theory

  25. Ep 20-36 Actions vs Expectations

    This episode discusses the subtle difference between our actions and the expectations of our actions. Being able to differentiate between these two topics (if only philosophical) can be the key to avoiding frustration and/or conflict.

  26. Ep 20-35 Words IS Important

    This episode discusses why we need to be more purposeful with our choice of words. I discuss common situations where a "synonym" just doesn't cut it, and I make the case that to the careful and educated communicator... synonyms don't exist!

  27. Ep 20-34 Three Analogies

    This episode discusses our understanding of leadership concepts through the lens of three different analogies/metaphors that can help paint a picture of what we need to do while implementing leadership principles; the chef, the orchestra conductor, and the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. My…

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  28. Ep 20-33 Fight with My Wife

    In this episode, I explain my HUGE absence over the past few months, and I introduce a "great" fight I had with my wife, Allison. It was a great learning moment for us and I thought that some of you out there might benefit from our lessons learned!

  29. Ep 20-32 Hospital Expectations

    This episode discusses lesson learned that I had last week, while my wife and I were in the hospital preparing for the birth of our third son, Jackson

  30. Ep 20-31 Pop Culture Expectations

    This episode discusses recent events in the news in regard to popular culture, and how our understanding of expectations can help us break down and decipher the problems they are facing.

  31. Ep 20-30 Earn vs Deserve

    This episode discusses the differences in our understanding of what we deserve, versus what we earn.

  32. Ep 20-29 The Leadership Dynamic

    This episode discusses the six things that are at play inside any leadership dynamic, and what you can do to find success inside that infrastructure

  33. Ep 20-28 UFC and Importance

    This episode discusses our desire to have multiple leadership styles so that we can lead in environments that are suitable for anybody that follows us, and how we can help shape conversations so our teams can communicate what is important to them

  34. Ep 20-27 The Struggle Bus

    This episode discusses a little bit of the struggles I’ve been having over the past few days, and what one friend can do to help put you on the right path

  35. Ep 20-26 Recognition

    This episode helps us delve into the understanding of how we like to be recognized for great performance, and whether some of the measures inside our organizations are doing that in a way that will produce more quality performance and motivation

  36. Ep 20-25 Hyper Critical

    This episode discusses the steps that we should take when we are asked advice for what we would do about any type of leadership question and/or situation.

  37. Ep 20-24 Understanding Perspectives

    This episode goes into the thought process that, at best, in any given conversation, we can only account for 50% of the perspectives that we could possibly talk about.

  38. Ep 20-23 Flashlight Leadership

    This episode discusses our understanding of what we can do to be a shining light of awesomeness in the darkness, and what happens when we don’t realize all the different environmental factors that change around us.

  39. Ep 20-22 Why Football Analogies

    This episode discusses the reasons why I use American football analogies in my leader ship concepts, as opposed to some other professional sports out there in the world.

  40. Ep 20-21 Thermostat!

    This episode discusses the metaphor of whether as a leader you are a thermometer, or you are a thermostat. We also discuss what has to happen in order for you to be an affective “thermostat.”

  41. Ep 20-30 The Birth of an Ish

    This episode discusses what happens when we miss an opportunity for pure communication, and what kind of stress that puts into the situation.

  42. Ep 20-19 Drying Off with a Damp Towel!

    This episode discusses a communication metaphor about how minor annoyances can become huge problems.

  43. Ep 20-18 Organizational Commitment

    This episode discusses our understanding of commitment to an organization, and the leaders that exist within it.

  44. Ep 20-17 Do What Your Career Can Afford

    This episode discusses some of the decisions that we are forced to make as we try to find success as we go about our careers.

  45. Ep 20-16 Personal Maintenance

    This episode discusses more of the concept of taking care of yourself, and understanding what we do on a micro and macro basis to take care of ourselves.

  46. Ep 20-15 Doing Digital Comm Right!

    This article discusses ways to find success while communicating over a digital medium.

  47. Ep 20-14 Leadership IS Communication

    This episode discusses the concept of leadership communication and more specifically, how we can communicate on different levels, and still be affective for every member on the team.

  48. Ep 20-13 The Price of Incivility

    This episode discusses an article from the Harvard Business Review about what can happen when we can’t be civil to each other inside the organization.

  49. Ep 20-12 Bob Ross Leadership

    This episode discusses a Bob Ross leadership metaphor, and how we understand leadership as knowledge, action, and emotion.

  50. Ep 20-11 Circumstantial Leadership

    This episode discusses the great conversations that I have with Colonel (Ret) John Price and his wife Stephanie, as well as pointing out the concept of understanding when the different environmental factors affecting leadership evolve..

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to the CAPE Lead podcast, where amazing things happen. This podcast was created by retired US Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Timothy “Chachi” Pachasa, and was created to discuss emerging leadership concepts, and hopefully open up the thought process for how we interoperate with our people and our teams. CAPE Lead focuses on teaching leaders how to succeed through solid understandings of Caring, Alignment, Perspectives, and Expectations.

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