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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

Sep 17, 2021
Sep 17, 2021
12 min
No matter how difficult the situation, no matter how much pressure you as a leader get to take up a cause and get in the ring...stay out and stay strategic.
This episode is some of my ways to keep a clear head no matter how frustrated you may be with the situation you are facing as a leader to best serve the best interests of your community. No matter how important the situation I am sharing my mindset to emotionally detach from difficult emotional situation and find the best solutions.

Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021
10 min
If you want to make your life easier you need to take a new approach for how your staff approach their work.
This episode discusses key factors to consider while shifting how your staff/volunteers/community approach their work.
Decrease friction while increasing success and satisfaction while at work.

Sep 12, 2021
Sep 12, 2021
8 min
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

Sep 8, 2021
Sep 8, 2021
10 min
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.

Sep 4, 2021
Sep 4, 2021
10 min
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.

Sep 2, 2021
Sep 2, 2021
10 min
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.

Aug 31, 2021
Aug 31, 2021
11 min
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.

Aug 29, 2021
Aug 29, 2021
11 min
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.

Aug 25, 2021
Aug 25, 2021
11 min
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.

Aug 24, 2021
Aug 24, 2021
11 min
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.
