Kick-A$$ with Klaas Podcast
by Klaas
On the Kick-A$$ w/Klaas podcast, we take a deep dive into the topics that kick-a$$ professionals are drowning in, from crummy leadership and unfulfilling roles to the ever unbalanced pendulum of work and the needs of our loved ones. Part leadership development, part personal. Either way, we're breathing life into the all important theme: You don't have to be an a$$ to kick-a$$!Follow along: https://open.spotify.com/show/6A0RMyaGD2m5CzGQ4bneKr?si=qv7tOWmzQOCKmTPcjj3waQLearn move about how Klaas can help you: www.moreklaas.com
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Show up, Shut up, Speak up: Parcells, presence, patience, and the upwork of puttin' it out there
In this episode, we explore the power (and opportunity) of showing up, even when we don't want to. We'll lean upon the lesson of NFL coach Bill Parcells and his line, 'availability is the best ability' as it sets the tone for the power of showing up for opportunities, keeping our mouths shut as…
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the LOVE effect: Jordan Love, Good Deeds, & the Science of Kindness on Performance
Maybe this is the scientific proof we needed that shows the correlation between good deeds and good performance at work. Last week, Green Bay Quarterback Jordan Love dominated social media two days before he dominated the Dallas Cowboys. But why? Because in the middle of a Wisconsin blizzard and...
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It's a Wonderful Life, even when it's not
Despite traditional perception, 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a dark movie. It's the story of a man seeped in bitterness, resentment, and jealously. He's known to fly into fits of rage. Though a father, husband, and community leader, he thinks the world would be better had he never been born....
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On Strength & Strategy: Aaron Rodgers, The Greeks, and the Achilles Connection
Did you ever consider the striking parallels between Aaron Rodgers’ injury, the sudden crash of the in the New York Jets' 2023 season, and hero to the Greeks during the Trojan War, Achilles? Well, I did and in today’s episode, we’re exploring how vulnerabilities impact success. We’ll also…
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Rickie Fowler and Redefining Failure
What is failure? By definition, it's 'omission of performance'. Over the last 4 and a half years, one of the formerly best golfers in the world experienced a lot of failure. But then a funny thing happened, life started bringing a lot of success to Rickie Fowler and it's here that we can start to...
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Done Different is Forward Thinking
It’s easy to get trapped in the woulda, coulda, shoulda's of life, especially when times don’t go as we would have hoped. A relationship scarred, a job lost, an opportunity missed. The list could go on and on and unfortunately, so does our head: I shoulda done __ different I coulda done __...
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Lessons from Lasso: feelings and friendship, leadership and life
Season (and series) finale of the fantastic Ted Lasso is out and we've got some thoughts. What is the theme of Ted Lasso? Are we boxing in the lessons of Lasso to just that of one-liners on leadership? If you ask me, the genius of Ted Lasso is due to the exploration of friendship and how when...
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Authority + Access, a recipe for A+ leadership
The moment you take on a leadership position, you are granted two unique powers: AUTHORITY and ACCESS. How you utilize each will define your leadership style. In today's episode, we're exploring the unique powers and burdens that all new leaders carry. What is Authority? Is it good or bad? What…
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It's a Wonderful Life, even when it's not
Despite traditional perception, 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a dark movie. It's the story of a man seeped in bitterness, resentment, and jealously. He's known to fly into fits of rage. Though a father, husband, and community leader, he thinks the world would be better had he never been born....
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Just Keep Swimming: Lessons for life, layoffs, and finding Nemo
'Just Keep Swimming', perhaps one of the most popular lines in all of film from the last 20 years. As we work through another month of difficult economic conditions as well as witness another 46,000 people lose their jobs in the month of November alone, there's no better time than to revisit the...
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Winter is Coming: Your job change will be longer and colder than you expect... Be Prepared
Winter is coming and your job change is going to be much longer and colder than you expect. So, add another item to the list of things you should have started...yesterday: taking action on your job and career transition. While we hear & see success stories of folks making rapid fire job...
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You're No Tom Brady: Reframing the professional decline you never saw coming
For an athlete, each passing year is one step closer to their professional irrelevance. They say the worst thing you can give an athlete is a birthday card. In our corporate careers, we assume our paths are quite the opposite. In fact, we're told (directly or indirectly) that each year of...
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What's your Call Sign? Calling Lincoln, Maverick, Impostor Syndrome, and more
What does President Lincoln, Impostor Syndrome, Talent Assessment, and Top Gun Maverick all have to do with one another? In today's episode we're exploring two psychological phenomenons, 'Impostor Syndrome' and the 'Dunning-Kruger Effect'. Each present unique barriers for personal and…
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Respect: people vs. position. how giving what's not earned is the key to successful leadership and relationships
Can you respect someone, like your boss or your team member, who hasn't earned it? Should you? A core ingredient in all healthy relationships is showing a certain level of respect without the bottleneck of asking someone to earn it. That's because respect is, and should be, more than just the...
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3 Signs that Your Culture is Sinking..and other tall talent tales from the lake
Spend enough time on water and eventually, you'll experience sinking! It's a frightening event and if you consider your company culture like a boat carrying your people, then it's all the more reason to ensure that you don't have a sinking vessel on your hands that's putting you, your people, and...
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Effort Will Be Rewarded: Rocky & the fighter’s mentality in goal pursuit
Effort will be rewarded, but that doesn't always mean the reward is what we had intended or equal to the effort which we put in. To help understand this more, we'll dig-in to the complicated equation of effort vs. reward and how our environments, and definitions can complicate the two. We'll also...
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Building a foundation of Humble Leadership
Humble leadership is all the rage but the danger anytime a new model, theory, or methodology gains traction or attention, is that it can quickly become more catchphrase or idea, than actual mode of delivery. When that happens, we can miss out on what type of impact something like humble…
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Four Mentors to keep your ego in check
For many, our Fathers are our first (super) heroes. Yet, somewhere between the end of childhood and the temptation of independence, there comes a point where the fantasy ends. We depend less upon others and more on ourselves. In doing so, our egos make tragic heroes of us all: virtuous, noble…
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Forest Bathing: A prescription for health and success is a walk in the woods away
Episode 14 of the Kick a$$ w/Klaas podcast and we're taking a bath! Not in the literal sense but the cleansing of the mind is attributed to a different type of immersive experience: Forest Bathing. Long touted by Japanese culture as a way to combat the negative health effects of overwork,...
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Free Your Mind & Creativity Will Follow: Meditation as the Spark for Workplace Innovation
Episode 13 of the Kick a$$ w/Klaas podcast and we're getting mindful. Just like the popular HiiT workouts, which maximize cardiovascular conditioning through micro but intense physical exertion sessions, an abbreviated but focused mindfulness effort can spark creative vision in the workplace....
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Performance boosting superfood: Advice vs. Feedback. We're asking for the wrong thing
Episode 12 of the Kick A$$ w/Klaas Podcast and we're talking about performance super-foods! There's an old saying that goes something along the lines of, 'advice is easy to give but hard to take.' Which may lead one to believe that if advice is so easily cast around and our ability to act on it…
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4 Reasons Great Talent Fails...Beware the kissing frog
Episode 11 of the Kick Ass w/Klaas podcast and we're talking frogs, princes and the 4 reasons that great talent fails! We've all been there, attracted to potential but married to disappointment. In our careers or relationships, we ignore red flags and trust that our influence or talent alone can...
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Choosing Losing: Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, and Culture Curiosities
New year, new season, new themes but the same motto: You don't have to be an ass to Kick Ass! This week, we're talking about the curious case of loosing cultures and how even elite talent is subject to its losing environment. Matthew Stafford, a lovable loser who in just one year, forever changed...
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It's a Wonderful Life! ...except when it isn't. Lessons from the film
Episode 9 of the Kick Ass w/Klaas podcast is up and we're diving into the lessons from my favorite holiday film, 'It's a Wonderful Life'. Even as a kid, I was drawn to its mix of innocence and haunting. As an adult, I've only grown to appreciate and learn from it even more. Yet despite…
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Plymouth, Pilgrims and Pipe Dreams: What we learn from Thanksgiving
Episode 8 of the Kick Ass w/Klaas Podcast is up and while a little belated, we're taking a little history trip to Plymouth colony and what we can learn from the early Pilgrims as we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Who were the Pilgrims? Zealots, heroes, or something in between? Just like we...
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You're No Tom Brady: Managing the professional decline you never saw coming
Episode 7 of the Kick Ass w/Klaas Podcast is up and we're talking about how to re-frame your professional decline. Tom Brady aside, we can learn a lot from professional athletes and how every birthday is one step closer to our professional decline. There's a misconception that if you put in the...
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Egos, Mentors and Tragic Heroes: What to learn from those around us
Episode 6 of the Kick Ass w/Klaas Podcast is the Audio Blog version today! Momentarily taking a break from live banter so we can walk you through one of the most recent posts from the Kick Ass Blog, 'Your Ego Needs 4 Mentors'. Sit back and relax as we reminisce on the mentors that shaped us, the...
About this show
On the Kick-A$$ w/Klaas podcast, we take a deep dive into the topics that kick-a$$ professionals are drowning in, from crummy leadership and unfulfilling roles to the ever unbalanced pendulum of work and the needs of our loved ones. Part leadership development, part personal. Either way, we're breathing life into the all important theme: You don't have to be an a$$ to kick-a$$!Follow along: https://open.spotify.com/show/6A0RMyaGD2m5CzGQ4bneKr?si=qv7tOWmzQOCKmTPcjj3waQLearn move about how Klaas can help you: www.moreklaas.com
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