The Naked Leadership Podcast

Cliff Notes: E126 Managing Gen Z Employees

This is the condensed version of E126 Managing Gen Z Employees.

This week Adrian, Dan, and Chad sit down to discuss the topic of leading and managing Gen Z employees. We hear so many complaints about the next generation of the workforce, we wanted to take this conversation head-on!

You will learn:

• how to engage the mind of Gen Z
• The unique characteristics of Gen Z
• How Gen Z requires you to up your leadership game
• How to use their PVI (Personal Vested  Interest)
• What Gen Z values and is motivated by

Connect with Dan:

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantocchini

Connect with Adrian:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3c7kMcC7nah-QdxffV2NXA

https://www.instagram.com/adrian.k/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler

Connect with Chad:

https://www.instagram.com/chad.leslie.brown/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-brown-477a7015

E126 Managing Gen Z Employees

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This week Adrian, Dan, and Chad sit down to discuss the topic of leading and managing Gen Z employees. We hear so many complaints about the next generation of the workforce, we wanted to take this conversation head-on!

You will learn:

• how to engage the mind of Gen Z
• The unique characteristics of Gen Z
• How Gen Z requires you to up your leadership game
• How to use their PVI (Personal Vested  Interest)
• What Gen Z values and is motivated by

Connect with Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/dan_tocchini/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantocchini

Connect with Adrian:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3c7kMcC7nah-QdxffV2NXA

https://www.instagram.com/adrian.k/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler

Connect with Chad:

https://www.instagram.com/chad.leslie.brown/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-brown-477a7015

E125 How To Delegate As A Founder

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In this episode, Dan, Adrian, and Chad discuss the ever-present topic of responsibility and task delegation.

In this conversation you will learn:

• Why founders keep responsibilities and tasks on their plate
• How to know WHAT to delegate
• Delegation means to deputize, to transfer authority
• Why it's the most important thing a founder can learn to do well
• What it has to do with your highest and best use as a founder
• What to expect on the journey of regulation

Connect with Dan:

https://www.instagram.com/dan_tocchini/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantocchini

Connect with Adrian:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3c7kMcC7nah-QdxffV2NXA

https://www.instagram.com/adrian.k/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler

Connect with Chad:

https://www.instagram.com/chad.leslie.brown/?hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-brown-477a7015

E124 Your Plate Is Full, Stay Connected To Your Team!

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This week Dan, Adrian, and Chad sit down to talk about what it means to stay connected to your team, especially when it feels like you just don't have the time!

In this episode you will learn:

• The micro-management fallacy
• You are always connected
• Your team is on your plate
• Connection doesn't have to take a lot of time
• When to break report for the sake of connection

 

E123 Breaking Up With Difficult Clients, When & How

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One of the most common complaints we hear from founders is working with difficult clients. This week Adrian, Dan, and Chad sit down to discuss how to deal with and if needed break up with the clients that don't fit the experience and culture you are working to build.

You will learn:

• how to turn "the customer is always right" into "the customer is always valued"
• There will always be difficult conversations needed with clients
• The vital idea of setting clear expectations
• How to train your people to deal with difficult clients
• How and when to break up with a difficult client

Bonus: Why Its So Hard To Make A Change In Your Company

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This bonus episode of the Naked Leadership podcast is Dan Tocchinin reading from his e-book The Change Imperative: Instruction For Innovating With Your Team.

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E122 How To Hold Your Team Accountable (Hint: You Can’t)

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In this conversation, Dan, Adrian, and Chad discuss the idea of "holding someone accountable". Against traditional wisdom, we talk about having a culture of self-accountability instead of holding each accountable.

In this episode you will learn about:

• The myth of accountability
• Being responsible vs holding others responsible
• Creating a network of promise
• Taking promises personally
• Calling others UP instead of calling them OUT
• Real-time meaningful feedback

Tough Love Coaching (an interview with Adrian on Reaching Beyond)

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In this conversation you will learn:

• The inner workings of a high performer

• Why work-life balance is a sham and what to focus on instead.

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  The ugly truth about burnout.

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  Tough love coaching for when you feel disconnected with work.

This is a borrowed episode from Kyle Depiesse's podcast Reaching Beyond, Adrian tells stories from his life, and lays out how he has gotten to this point in life and career.

We are so grateful to Kyle for allowing us to repost this episode on our feed!

Please check out his podcast feed below, and give him a glowing review if you liked this interview!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iCBqsreT4K9UX80QsK832?si=cf2f956ba992460a

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reaching-beyond/id1500137598

 

Your Meetings Are A Waste Of Time... Are You To Blame? (A Replay)

This week on the Naked Leadership Podcast we replay an episode from early 2020 where Adrian, Dan, and Chad sit down to discuss the crowd-pleasing topic of meetings. We hear more complaints about meetings than almost anything else. So this topic and conversation are still very much relevant.

 

In this conversation you will learn:

• How to determine if a meeting is necessary or warranted
• How to Set the intention for your meetings
• How to have participants in your meetings rather than spectators
• How to invite quality attitude in your meetings
• How to make sure that meets are effective including a "who, what, and by when" framework

E121 Fearless Leadership... Is That Even A Thing?

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Do you lead with, or in spite of your fears?

That's the question Dan, Adrian, and Chad sit down to discuss this week.

You will learn:

• How to turn limitations into invitations
• What fearless leadership really looks like
• How to listen to your fears instead of resisting them
• The difference between fear and concern
• How to lead fearlessly
• How to recognize the complaint in a fear
• How to ACT even with your fears