Gapology Radio

Too much stress? Often stress in Emerging Leaders and their direct reports is due to a lack of clear process, resulting in chaos. In this week’s podcast episode, we discuss leveraging a clear Leadership Rhythm to establish predictable behaviors that your team, and you, can count on.  Also, read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/reduce-stress-with-leadership-rhythm-an-emerging-leaders-episode

Personal and professional growth sits at the heart of winning leadership. Just as the Knowledge Gap is the first Performance Gap we must identify and close when we miss achieving our objectives, self-development must be the first thing we go after when attempting to improve our performance. Listen to Mark and Brian discuss self-development as they continue their series on Emerging Leaders.

Accountability is a tricky thing to get right. Come on too strong, and you risk alienating the team and breaking apart any positive culture you try to create. Come on too weak, and you put developing respect and confidence at risk. Emerging leaders struggle here. Actually, many experienced leaders do as well. This week, Mark and Brian discuss this incredibly important subject.

In this episode, Mark and Brian continue their series for Emerging Leaders with a discussion on how to set clear expectations effectively. Often new leaders struggle here, resulting in an overly commanding or weak style that creates teams that are uninspired, confused, and non-committed. Our tips provide a simple, action-oriented method to quickly up your expectations game! Also, read our full blog on this topic: https://www.gapology.org/post/expectations-emerging-leaders-series

In this week’s Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss how “Emerging Leaders”, today’s young or inexperienced leaders, can leverage a set of behaviors we call “EDGE” to make their impactful mark on their team, organization, and career as a whole. 

In this episode we discuss the importance of defining true Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that really matter to your most important objectives and then building a strategy to deliver them developed from the behaviors exhibited by your top performers.  Read the full blog on this topic here: www.gapology.org/blog

In this episode, we share our experiences developing and delivering short, impactful lessons that create action with teams. We call these "Teachable Points of View," and they are intended to be delivered in short, bite-sized sessions of around 15 minutes when the situation arises where teams need your teaching, coaching, or inspiration. We recommend developing your own or using some of ours from our book, "Gapology," and keeping them close at hand for when the time is right to show your leadership! Read our full blog on this topic: https://www.gapology.org/post/teachable-points-of-view-to-create-action    

We are proud to share that our very own Gapologist, Mark Thienes is now a fiction author. His new novel, "Unraveled: The DNA Kill Switch," is available on Amazon, and this is the first interview where Mark shares a little history of this new venture. As we head into a little break, listen in as we discuss his new book! Pick up your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Unraveled-Switch-Mark-Henry-Thienes/dp/1639884556/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9CDHEWP7YGHE&keywords=unraveled&qid=1660502143&rnid=2941120011&s=books&sprefix=unraveled%2Caps%2C148&sr=1-2  

As individual contributors, it is often “hit or miss” when receiving individualized training and a focused effort to develop skills by your leader. So what do you do as that dedicated, hard-working individual who wants to succeed? The methods laid out in Gapology point the way. In this episode, we discuss these principles.  Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-knowledge-importance-and-action

Our focus determines our behaviors. This much is clear. What determines our focus? In this week’s podcast, we continue our series to help individual contributors by discussing leveraging your identity and the IMBAR pathway to define the plans that will set you up for success in meeting your most important goals and achieving your purpose. *Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-identity

Mark and Brian begin their series developed for individual contributors on "Becoming a Leader" by focusing on leveraging the tactics from their book, "Speed of Purpose." In this episode, they discuss putting purpose first and wrapping all behaviors around it to set yourself up for success when the opportunity for advancement comes around.  *Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/becoming-a-leader-with-speed-of-purpose  

As leaders, we impact others with our behaviors and actions. What we say and do can potentially change the lives and careers of our team in both positive and negative ways. In this episode, Mark Thienes shares a short narrative on this topic and his thoughts on how we can be very intentional with this impact. 

Trust in the workplace is essential to the overall organization’s success, and although most people would agree with its importance, it is often difficult to achieve. Competing priorities and careers often stand in the way of ultimately trusting fellow teammates. In this episode, we share tips for creating a trust-based culture using Gapology. *Read our full blog for more details: https://www.gapology.org/post/leading-in-trust  

Judy and Sarah Shoulak takeover the Gapology Radio podcast this week while Mark and Brian are on vacation and discuss the topic of Conflict Resolution! They share their thoughts on this topic through the lens of Gapology, as well as through methods they've developed as part of their "Relatively Speaking" coaching services.  *Also, read my thoughts on this topic on our blog! https://www.gapology.org/post/conflict-mediation  

Versatility is incredibly important in today’s agile and remote workplaces. Listen to this week’s Gapology Radio podcast to hear some tips we share to leverage your existing skills and passions to create a career that will benefit your organization and your life!    * Also read the full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/creating-versatility-in-leadership  

Often we face the desire to pursue our "passions" or opportunities that lie in a completely different line of work. This decision doesn't come lightly, as it is often wrapped in the self-doubt created as a result of the successful and comfortable existence in which we live. With this emotional pull comes a series of challenges we must address and overcome. In this podcast, we discuss some ways to tackle these.  Read our full blog on this topic here: https://www.gapology.org/post/choosing-to-be-successful-somewhere-else  

A dream come true! We actually have the amazing Coach Cabrina McLain joining the podcast this week! Listen in as she shares some important lessons from her books, "The Face of Adversity" and "How to 4C Positive Change in Your Life."  Also, read my blog on some of my thoughts as well... https://www.gapology.org/post/leading-with-the-4-c-s-a-conversation-with-coach-cabrina-mclain  

Analyzing your team should be more than just a numbers exercise. Looking at how they connect to your purpose and developing a set of core values and core competencies that tie to your purpose will set your team apart. Then, measuring their effectiveness for those elements gives you important information to help them improve execution in delivering your purpose. Listen to our discussion on how to do all of this! *Read the full details on this topic on our blog: https://www.gapology.org/post/purposeful-people-analytics   Also check out the Gallup 12 (Not sponsored): https://www.gallup.com/workplace/356063/gallup-q12-employee-engagement-survey.aspx  

Welcome to Gapology Radio. At Gapology, our purpose is to help leaders achieve their greatest potential and this podcast is designed to support that purpose. I’m your host, Brian Brockhoff, author and creative director here at Gapology Institute and along with the original Gapologist himself, author and CEO, Mark Thienes, we have lively discussions focused on improving your real-world leadership and the situations you face each day, through the tools and methods described in our series of Leadership development books. We also have great conversations with many special guests who specialize in executive and personal coaching. You can learn more about Gapology, including our books, our workshops, and our online training classes all linked through our website, Gapology.org.  Subscribe and tune in each week for a new topic all designed to help you achieve your greatest potential.

Empathy is a strength, not a weakness. In this episode, we discuss the importance of empathy in strong, effective leadership. Even if you struggle with it, we provide some tips on how to tap into this much-needed skill.    Read the full blog here: https://www.gapology.org/post/empathetic-leadership