Passing The Baton Leadership Podcast

It's our 2022 book recommendation show! Hang out with Zack and Mike as they share some great books that have impacted their leadership.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

 Building trust is critical in order to have long-term success in your role. Today we give you some areas to think about and focus on as you establish trust with a new team.    Look for physical wins in forgotten like the breakroom, common areas, cubes, and facilities. Lean into the personal and professional Listen and learn instead of fix and burn Avoiding the temptation of tackling it all at once     Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

This week we talk about ways that you can introduce continual feedback into your organization, company, or team.      Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Today we talk about the three types of service failures that occur and perhaps why an apology is needed to begin with. We also cover tips to apologize in an authentic way.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Our Be Series wraps up for the year with Be the Jedi. Today we talk about: Be mindful of the present Let go of fear and its power over you Be balanced   Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Our Be series continues with Be the Willow Tree.  Zack shares a story from his childhood about the tree and how our leadership and life can be influenced by the aspects of this special tree. Growth-focused, inspiring, and working through its flaws.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Our Be series continues with Be the glow stick!  Today we talk about activating through pressure, purpose, inspiration, and fun.    Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Our Be Series is back for 2022! We kick off this short series with Be a goose. What can we learn from an animal that is notoriously mean and leaves a mess wherever it goes? Today, we'll find out about a few inspiring aspects of a goose that you may want to implement in your own leadership and life today.    Find the full Be Series at Zackhudson.com/be-series   Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!  

Micromanagers can suck all of the joy and efficiency out of your work and productivity. So what do you do if you have a micromanager? Quit? Become passive-aggressive? Subvert authority? All of those may be tempting, but we'll look at some healthy ways to address the person and behavior. Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!  

Micromanagers can suck all of the joy and efficiency out of your work and productivity.   So what do you do if you have a micromanager? Quit? Become passive-aggressive? Subvert authority? All of those may be tempting, but we'll look at some healthy ways to address the person and behavior. Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Today, Zack sits down with Mark Herscheberg to discuss the Career Toolkit! Learn about some of the valuable lessons in leadership to prepare yourself for a career that meets your personal and professional aspirations.  This week Zack sits down with Mark Herschberg to discuss his latest book The Career Toolkit. During the podcast, you learn about: How to maximize your efforts in terms of growth and potential What personal considerations should be thought about when looking at a new role Demystifying HR's role in the hiring process How to get your resume in the right hands Remember that you are always interviewing The power of communication and its ability to raise or lower your potential Marks Book Marks App Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Work ethics are a driver behind how you go about doing your work. Companies are continuing to increase the value of those that lead themselves with a strong work ethic, not only because of how productive they are but also because the world is changing. Customers and clients are holding organizations accountable to do the right thing, now more than ever.  Having a strong work ethic can give your income a boost, lower stress, and make for a better working environment.    Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Wouldn't it be nice if everyone was open to feedback, thankful for the insight, and then acted on the information in an impactful way? Leadership certainly would be easier, but unfortunately, that's not the reality that the majority of us face when giving feedback to teams.  People come with various levels of baggage and history that impact how they receive feedback. Some cry, some yell, and others try to avoid it altogether.   Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Feedback is critical for personal improvement and alignment for sucess. Today Zack helps us determine the best settings for feedback. What's better for the group, the individual and where should it happen?  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Ask 5 hiring managers how what onboarding is and how long it should be and you'll get 5 different answers. Today we unpack how to think about onboarding and what you need to have in place to ensure your people have a great experience joining the team.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Building trust when you are new is an important piece of successfully joining a team. Trust helps establish your credibility, build relationships and forge a quick path to victory. Today we cover how to build trust in a practical way.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

Tough conversations aren't among the most enjoyable parts of leadership or life, but they are essential in order to meet expectations and to ensure that everyone is aligned and doing their part to make it to the shared goal. Today we give you practical steps to navigate those tough conversations well.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

The amount of leadership transparency can make or break the team as you travel through uncertain times. Regardless of whether you are at the top or somewhere in the middle, it's important to be as transparent as possible with your people.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!

One of the most common opportunities that hold new leaders back from reaching their true potential is a lack of proper delegation. From, what to delegate, to how to approach it, we give you practical steps to take to be a great delegator.  Join Zack Hudson as he helps you grow your leadership skills weekly. Passing the Baton podcast is hosted by Mike Floyd & Neha Shingane. Visit our website!