Passing The Baton Leadership Podcast

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  We usually have the best intentions with people. We want them to change their behavior for the betterment of themselves and others.  We give advice, offer solutions and blatantly point out shortcomings in our effort to get people to change. We then get frustrated when the change doesn't occur! In our quest to help someone, we actually damage the relationship. Listen in as we talk about "How to Change Someone's Behavior."

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader. Leaders are great at making plans. Think about yourself and the leaders you know. They usually are working off some kind of goal, plan or vision. You likely have a plan on what you want to do after you graduate, what your dream job is or where you want to be when you retire. Buying a house, starting a family, preparing those children for a good future....lots of plans. What about our character? This week we talk about what it means to be "Holding to Humility."

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader. This week is a gut check with "Are You Following Your Calling?"  This is a tough question to ask but it is necessary.  Listen along as we talk about how to find your calling and how to stay passionate once you have found it.  

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader. This week we tackle your Habits.  Specifically how they are holding you back.  This episode will help you identify what those bad habits are and help you come up with ways to replace them with more productive one's moving forward.

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader. This week we talk about how you can "Promote Yourself the Right Way."  In everything we do we are promoting ourselves in a good or a bad way.  We want to make sure that you're having a positive influence as you navigate as a leader.

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  One thing that is for sure is there is always a leader that is hurting.  So this episode is "Encouragement for the Hurting Leader."  Worthwhile listen if you're hurting or for when you do.  Also, a great episode to share with those who need it.  So give it a listen and let us know what you think!

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader. This is a special pop up episode dedicated to April Fools day!  We take beautiful, but BAD, leadership quotes and have a little fun with them.  Hope you enjoy!

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  This week we finish the "Be Series" with "Be Mickey Mouse."  We know that you don't usually look to Mickey Mouse when you think of leadership but the principles here are sound and true.  What a fun episode to record and I'm sure will be a fun episode to listen to.  Thanks for stopping by!

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson and he weekly invests in you as a leader.  This week we continue our popular "Be Series" with "Be the Rabbit."  Rabbits are everywhere! No matter where you live, you likely have them in or near your geographical area. They live on every continent except Antartica and there are over 305 different breeds found in over 70 countries. These cute little animals can actually teach us a good bit about our own leadership.  So tune in and learn how to "Be the Rabbit" and grow yourself today.

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  This week is a continuation of our popular "Be Series" and sometimes these get a little different.  Today we want you to "Be the Turtle."  I know, that must be a typo, but if you listen in you will know exactly what we mean and will get some great insight on how to grow in your everyday leadership.

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader! We love our set routines and the relative safety that our jobs provide. I know I do. The best leaders don't settle for the status quo and are great risk takers for their organizations. It's not done haphazardly without intent. It's planned, weighed and executed. Do you consider yourself a risk taker?  Today we talk about what it means to "Be the Risk Taker" and how we can do so in a responsible way.

Join leadership expert, speaker, and author Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  Have you ever had one of those moments in your life where you felt like you were wearing rain covered glasses? You can see, sort of, but you don't really know where you are going or what you are doing. Clarity in work and life is important to be successful, but sometimes it feels just out of reach. It's difficult to make meaningful decisions when you don't have the clarity to make them in an informed way. Join us today as we discuss "How to Get Clarity."

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  Disconnecting is tough. Your phone and CPU give you the freedom to stay connected to friends, access to immediate news and an outlet to forget about those stressful emails. Have you ever stopped working on your computer and pick up your phone to check what's going on? It's a tough habit to break!  It's imperative that you do disconnect to maintain healthy stress levels, balance, and margin in your life. So listen in to learn how to "Disconnect from being always on."

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  This is episode 150 for us and that is amazing!  Thank for hanging out with us for 3 years worth of shows and we're excited to bring you many many more.  This week we talk about "Success vs. Excellence" and which one you should be striving for.  

Join leadership expert, author and speaker Zack Hudson as weekly in invests in you as a leader.  The level and depth of your relationships with others is a guiding factor for your success. So as we close out the series on Emotional Intelligence we will be talking about "Relationship Management."  Relationship management is the ability to build value-adding relationships with others.  If you want to continue growing in EI then listen here!  

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  The ability to read a room is just as important as the ability to read a book.  Social awareness is the ability to see someone's emotions and understand what is really going on in the conversation.  Great social awareness makes your meetings more enjoyable, your conversations more valuable and your reputation stronger.  This weeks episode on "Social Awareness" will help you in any personal or professional setting. 

Join leadership expert, author and, speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in leaders.  Spotting a person with low self-management skills is easy in the workplace. They typically have outbursts, let their emotions run them down and in short become their own worst enemy. You may see this person (or be this person) and think that there is no hope. The good news is that is quite achievable if we focus on this area along with our self-awareness from last week. So, join us this week as we cover the importance of "Self Management."

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader.  As we continue our series on Emotional Intelligence the first step is "Self Awareness."  If there is a piece of emotional intelligence that stands out the most, it's self-awareness. Its also the foundation that relationship management, self-management, and social awareness are built on. It's hard to have much growth in the other three without this piece.  We are very excited about this series and look forward to your feedback.

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader!  We have talked about Emotional Intelligence so much over the last year but have never focused just on that topic.  This begins a series for the next 5 weeks to help you understand "What is Emotional Intelligence" and how does it really make an impact day to day.  So excited for this series so send us your thoughts.

Join leadership expert, author, and speaker Zack Hudson as he weekly invests in you as a leader!  It's a new year!  It's a time to wash away the old of the prior year and to make a fresh start for 2019. You have all the potential in the world ahead of you. The vision that you cast now for yourself and your team should be a challenge, yet attainable and you should have at least a general path how to get there. So this week we talk about the importance of having "Vision."