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Leadership GPS
by The MESH
Let father-and-son program hosts Tony Jackson and Alan Jackson ”guide” you on the topic of leadership. Each episode is a discussion of an aspect of leadership, how to do it right, what to avoid, and what it means for successful organizations.
Episodes
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Leadership GPS: Teams - Are They Really All That Important?
There can be many similarities between the business world and the sports world, especially when it comes to the concept of “teams”. What does being part of a team really mean? How is it different from being a part of an “effective group of people”? How do you manage individual performance versus...
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Leadership GPS: Leading through the ”Trash Days”
We’ve all had those “Trash Days”… days where things are not going as you’d planned, things are not working as they should, and you could find it tough to be the good leader you need to be. Tony and Alan talk about strategies for not just getting through, but also making the best of those “trash...
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Leadership GPS: Shaping Corporate Cultures
Tony and Alan Jackson are back after a hiatus to record a new episode of “Leadership GPS”! In this episode, the Jackson boys discuss how to shape a corporate “culture” through modeling and communication. How do you communicate to employees the culture of the organization you are striving for, and...
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Leadership GPS: Communicating Decisions…That You Don’t Agree With
In light of the Yahoo CEO's decision to stop all remote employee working arrangements, Alan poses the question to Tony: "If you were a mid-level leader at Yahoo, what would you do if you had to communicate that decision your employees… but you ultimately didn't agree with it?" How do you...
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Leadership GPS: Leaders and the other ’L Word’ (Likeability!)
Tony and Alan Jackson discuss the concept of "likeability" when it comes to those in leadership positions. Some people say that for a leader to be effective, they must also be liked by their employees. Others may argue that being liked should not impact the strength of a leader, since sometimes...
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Leadership GPS: Leading Well When People Meet
We all have meetings. Meetings with clients, meetings with staff, meetings with teams… as much as we say we don't care for them, we end up using them daily. As someone in a leadership position, how can we make effective use of those meetings? What should we be doing to make meetings work, and…
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Leadership GPS: Hickory Young Professionals
Tony and Alan Jackson are visited by members of the Hickory Young Professionals to talk about the definition of leadership, challenges, obstacles, and communication. This discussion takes place shortly after Alan and Tony presented to their group at a lunch meeting; in return, three members of…
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Leadership GPS: All About Leadership Assessments
We are surrounded by a variety of leadership assessment tools - self-assessments, 360-style evaluations, personality tests - all designed to help you understand your leadership style and identify areas for potential improvement. But are these assessments all they are cracked up to be, and if so,...
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Leadership GPS: The Nuts and Bolts of Feedback
As a follow up to last months episode on “Constructive Feedback”, Alan and Tony now address the “nuts and bolts” of giving feedback properly. No one really likes to give feedback – especially if it’s poor. Where should you conduct your meeting? What makes the employee feel comfortable? Things…
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Leadership GPS: Constructive Feedback
Your father-son duo, Tony and Alan Jackson, join us on our newest installment of Leadership GPS to discuss the importance of constructive feedback. We’re talking about getting rid of the more familiar term, criticism, and discussing why feedback is the essential component in building strong…
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Leadership GPS 6: The Dark Side of Leadership
On this episode of Leadership GPS, join your favorite father-son team as Alan and Tony Jackson discuss the dark side of leadership. Is the dark side always a bad side? Does the light side always prevail? Find out just what the Jackson combo is talking about when this duo discusses different…
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Leadership GPS 5: What Do Leaders Expect?
When you are working for an organization in a mid-level leadership / management role, do you know what your own "leaders" expect from you? Do organization CEOs, Presidents, VPs, etc. have different expectations for their own leaders that you may not be aware of? How do you make sure you are…
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Leadership GPS 4: Satisfaction vs. Engagement
We hear the words "employee satisfaction" used a lot to describe how employees feel about their workplace and the organization where they work. However, does satisfaction always equal "engagement"? Is there a difference, and which one has more impact on the success of an organization? Alan and…
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Leadership GPS 3: Leadership and the Written Word
Whether it be a letter or an e-mail, leaders have to be effective in their written communications just as in any other forms of communication. But how important is the written word in the leadership realm, and what should those leaders not as effective in writing do to improve? Alan and Tony...
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Leadership GPS 2: The Abnormal Side of Leadership
Alan and Tony welcome you back to the second episode of "Leadership GPS"! This month, the Jackson boys talk about how, despite the fact that anyone can do leader-like things, to become a good leader some people have to learn and do things that are very unnatural for them. Case in point: public...
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Leadership GPS 1: Getting Started
Alan and Tony Jackson start the show off, on its first episode, with a little personal background, thoughts on how leadership has evolved over the years, and their hopes for future episodes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Let father-and-son program hosts Tony Jackson and Alan Jackson ”guide” you on the topic of leadership. Each episode is a discussion of an aspect of leadership, how to do it right, what to avoid, and what it means for successful organizations.
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The MESH
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Leadership GPS currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Let father-and-son program hosts Tony Jackson and Alan Jackson ”guide” you on the topic of leadership. Each episode is a discussion of an aspect of leadership, how to do it right, what to avoid, and what it means for successful organizations.
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Leadership GPS is created and hosted by The MESH.
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