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Leading Lightly with Kurt Kinnear helps serious leaders, owners, CEOs, and people stepping into bigger responsibility see what is making leadership heavier than it needs to be.
This podcast is for leaders who know they are doing too much, carrying too much, or watching too many decisions and problems come back to them.
Through practical leadership lessons, real-world experience, and honest reflection, Kurt explores leadership load, unclear ownership, decision bottlenecks, organizational friction, growth pressure, owner dependency, AI and change, and the hidden issues that make organizations harder to lead than they need to be.
The goal is not to care less.
The goal is to build organizations where caring deeply does not mean carrying everything.
Listen if you want to lead with more clarity, reduce unnecessary load, and build something that can grow without taking over your life.
Episodes
Dec 7, 2021
Dec 7, 2021
12 min
What you do when a community member publicly accuses or discredits someone under your leadership is critical to leading lightly and this episode will discuss why.
Dec 4, 2021
Dec 4, 2021
15 min
How many times are you blessed with the opportunity to serve a large audience? After years of public speaking, including many mistakes and successes I will be sharing a few key considerations I have to ensure a memorable impactful speech.
Dec 2, 2021
Dec 2, 2021
11 min
What do you do after someone resigns? Do you see a resignation as a threat or an opportunity? In this episode I break down a few key steps I take before refiling a role.
Nov 29, 2021
Nov 29, 2021
11 min
When good staff leave it can hurt, but that resignation is also an excellent opportunity to evaluate and grow which is what this episode is all about!
Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
12 min
In a world where work and personal cross so often how do you draw the line for your ethics around meals, hours, phone use/billing, office supplies, and so many other considerations that can get gray very quickly. In this episode I spend more time breaking down ethical boundaries. After years of wrestling with these issues, I have found an easy way to clarify my ethical lines and find more peace at work and at home.
Nov 22, 2021
Nov 22, 2021
13 min
In a day and age where words like integrity do not seem to be a staple or a focus, I am going to discuss its importance in your role as a leader and share a little trick to consider while being tempted to compromise.
Nov 17, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
11 min
I struggle with is turning things off and taking a rest. This episode discusses a few little things I have done that help.
Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021
11 min
How many times do you calculate what matters more to you as a leader who does something or what someone does? I have found where you weight your focus between who and what makes a big different on the results you obtain in your leadership role and the burden you care.
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021
11 min
While reflecting on Remembrance Day it is easy to take for granted the freedom and safety each one of us has. In todays episode I will be reading a post I wrote as encouragement to stand up when we know we need to in order to support all of the sacrifices those who have served have made for us. In small ways we can each make a big difference in this world.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-kinnear-5373b235/
Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021
11 min
How do you strategically add or change a staff members workload without causing long term pain for you and your organization? This episode talks about what I have commonly seen done with good intent that leads to bad outcomes for your organization.