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🎙️ A Podcast to help emerging leaders, helping you make a difference while reducing the cost to yourself. Kurt Kinnear brings a wealth of knowledge from his extensive background in fixing, creating, and growing multiple organizations. With experience managing over 1,250 full and part-time staff and coordinating the efforts of nearly 3,000 volunteers, Kurt’s mission is clear: to empower emerging leaders to make a difference without the cost to themselves. Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Google Podcasts. Remember, as an emerging leader, you have the power to make a difference while keeping your life in balance. Disclaimer: The opinions shared in this podcast are for brainstorming and discussion purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organizations associated with Kurt Kinnear.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
How Trust Impacts Communication and Progress
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Have you ever thought of the impact of trust in your life.
How to measure trust through communications
What do you include to increase trust
How to decrease trust
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Surveys are Dangerous Without This Element
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Learn why surveys can be dangerous without a key consideration.
This episode provides the key difference of of your strategic approach between what people say and what they do to make the most of your efforts.
Saturday Sep 04, 2021
Mind Your Own Business!
Saturday Sep 04, 2021
Saturday Sep 04, 2021
Have you ever considered how much time staff could be wasting in other peoples business?
Staff getting their fingers in other staffs business is incredibly common in work places and it impacts all aspects of the organization.
This episode discusses the many considerations and practical approaches to consider when stoping it as a leader.
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Finding Peace in Unending Chaos
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
How to you find peace when it feels like the chaos will never end?
This situation is very common as you push forward as a leader in new challenging roles.
This episode discusses my trick to finding some peace and how to measure and know that the chaos will eventually slow down.
This episode also discusses the 4 different scenarios you could step into as a leader.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
A Key Consideration For Removal
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Why are some things in life so hard to let go?
"Stuff" from the past impacts our personal and professional lives more than we know. Removing the past the right was clears a path for a brighter future.
This Episode discusses one very key consideration to healthily removing stuff from your personal and professional life.
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Politics vs progress with middle management
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Middle management positions are critical to your success or failure as a leader.
Some middle management positions create friction, politics, and slow progress while taking focus away from the clients while other middle management positions significantly increase the progress. This is a discussion around the differences between the ineffective and effective middle management positions.
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
How to kill politics in your organization
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Politics is the most important way to take your organization's focus away from your clients.
While this approach will not be easy it will make things easier in the long run.
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Chief Everything Officer
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
How to step in when your team needs you.
How to lead without covering for your staff.
Deal with the tough stuff while following and relaxing when the team is doing well.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
A Critical lesson on how to end your workday
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
A critical lesson from a happy long-term police office that has helped me keep a positive attitude no matter how tough the day was as a leader.
Also, a fun little story about a playful fox while camping.
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Overstepping your leadership
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Making a clear distinction between leading and doing the work in front of you.
This podcast is a discussion about knowing when to help, when to move and when to remove staff as the leader of an organization
Identifying those who pick up the pieces so you can keep the responsibility on those who are hired to carry it.