The Naked Leadership Podcast

E102 Why Would People Follow You?

This week Dan, Adrian, and Chad sit down to discuss the questions "why would people follow you?"

Some of the topics they hit on:

• You don't become a leader in a moment
• Leadership is a good long look in the mirror
• The question is dangerous because it is answered with results
• Fail with humility to learn
• This is a volunteer army

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E101 Leaders Are Protectors with Bryan Niederhelm

We sit down with Bryan Niederhelm to talk about the correlation and overlap of leadership and protecting.

Things we touch on with Bryan:

• Bryan's background in the Marines and his time at Gavin de Becker & Associates
• First Principles thinking
• P.O.V. (Purpose, Outcomes, Values)
• What offers stability and confidence?
• Why leaders are protectors and vice versa

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Bryan Niederhelm has been advising the world’s most influential people and enterprises for the past couple decades, helping them navigate a wide-range of high-stakes decisions.  Much of this experience was gained during Bryan’s work at what is arguably the most distinguished security and consulting firm on the planet, Gavin de Becker & Associates, where he serves as Senior Vice President.  Here Bryan leads and coaches a team of experts who are also managing a variety of risks on behalf of their clients.  

 

Bryan will never speak of his work that has the greatest impact on the lives and livelihoods of his clients.  However, his radical commitment to confidentiality is what earned Bryan rare perspectives and opportunities to gain mastery.  As a way to spread this wisdom, Bryan created a playbook for high-stakes decision-making, The Uncertainty Paradigm, which has applications across myriad aspects of life, leadership, and risk. 

 

Bryan also served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps.  During his tenure, Bryan was part of the Embassy Security Battalion, responsible for the security of US Diplomats and Top Secret information in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Jerusalem, Israel.  In these roles he provided security support for the US President and led the Marine security teams assigned to the Vice President and Secretary of State.  Earlier in his career, Bryan served as an Infantry Platoon Sergeant and as an instructor at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Japan.

Connect with Bryan on Linked in:

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

E100 People Don’t Change

Welcome to our 100th episode!!!

When people say they want to change, what they might actually want is transformation.

In this episode we talk about:

• What is change?
• People want something different to happen now
• Why you will never change, and you don’t have to!
• What is transformation?
• Pain relief vs how good can it get
• Do you want to feel better, or have a meaningful experience?

 

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E99 Time Leadership

Chad, Adrian, and Dan sit down and talk about time management.

They discuss:

• Failed time management is a symptom of a bigger problem
• The constraint of time is a blessing
• Making a powerful request to open more possibility
• Intentionality is the greatest time asset
• What do I need to give up on vs. how do I have it all turn out

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E98 The Tricky Thing About Confidence with Jessica Zweig

Tap here to join us in Nashville Feb 4-6, 2022 for the next Impact Series!

Jessica Zweig will be headlining

Adrian, Dan, and Alli Webb of Drybar will be training.

 

What we discuss:

• The confidence rollercoaster of being a founder
• Those who have a ring-side seat to our transformation
• How we make our companies grow
• The paradox that exists in authenticity
• Why your fear is your ally

Jessica is an international award-winning entrepreneur and was named a “Personal Branding Expert” by Forbes and a Top Digital Marketer To Watch by INC. In 2018 and 2019, she was honored with the Gold and Silver Stevie® Award for “Female Entrepreneur of the Year." Jessica facilitates sold-out workshops and masterminds around the world, and speaks on the power of personal branding to corporations including Blackstone, Nike, EQ Office, Mars, Mindvalley, and Bank of America, among others. Her work has been featured in Business Insider, MarketWatch, The Washington Post and Thrive Global. Jessica published her #1 best-selling book: "Be. - A No B.S. Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself" in February 2021 with Sounds True Publishing, a Macmillan imprint.

 

You can keep up with Jesica on IG https://www.instagram.com/jessicazweig

Or visit the Simply Be Agency website: https://www.simplybeagency.com/

E97 The Difference Between Learning And Exercising Leadership

In this episode, Chad sits down with Adrian and Dan to discuss the idea that so many resources focus on learning about leadership. And how do we take it from learning about leadership to EXERCISING leadership?

We discuss topics such as:

• Leadership learning vs. leadership practice
• What arrogance in leadership looks like
• What role does flow play in leadership practice
• The value of "knowing" as a business leader
• How to open up space for leadership to be practiced in your organization

E96 Risk and Confidence In Leadership with Paul Hanson

This week Chad, Dan, and Adrian sit down with Paul Hanson, President of Epcon Franchising.

In this conversation we chat about:

• The power of the franchising model
• Risk and confidence, what’s the relationship?
• Where Paul continues to risk at his level of leadership
• Evaluating if a risk is worth taking
• What having confidence in your team says about you was a leader

Paul Hanson has been a leader in homebuilding for twenty years,
beginning his career with a national builder and rising from
entry-level positions to leadership and management roles in
Construction, Purchasing, and Sales for markets across the
country.
In 2015 Paul began working with a regional homebuilder in
Florida as a Vice President, overseeing the 23 markets in which
that company operated across the Sunshine State.
In 2018, Paul was appointed President of Epcon Franchising, a
network of independent builders across the United States
building homes and communities popular with the 55+
demographic, and has since presided over a period of
unprecedented growth in the recruitment of franchise builders.
Paul was a speaker at the 2020 International Builder Show,
speaking to the benefits that franchised homebuilding can offer
local builders. Paul has been interviewed on industry podcasts,
and is published and quoted in several trade publications on
general construction topics. Paul was a 2020 ProBuilder Magazine Forty Under 40 award recipient,
recognized for his trailblazing leadership and fresh approach to culture and service in an industry often
stuck in old habits.

E95 FEAR and COURAGE in leadership

This week Chad sits down with Dan and Adrian to discuss the topic of FEAR and COURAGE. We really dig into the obvious and the nuance of the experience of fear in leadership.

• Peace is not necessarily an indicator that you have made the right decision
• Why we shouldn’t interpret the experience of fear as “there must be a problem”
• Courage is a result of curiosity
• Fear can invite us to pay attention or paralyze us.
• Why you should talk to your team about fear

E94 Conflicting Intentions and Leadership

This week Chad sits down with Dan and Adrian to explore the topic of conflicting intentions and how they show up in our leadership and business.

• What is intention and how does it show up in my leadership?
• Intentions equal results.
• What if you actually want the results that you say you don’t want?
• How is what I am afraid of the opportunity I am looking for?
• How intentions are like an iceberg.
• We are not truth-tellers, our results are.

E93 Safe Spaces Don‘t Exist

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This week Chad sits down with Adrian and Dan to discuss the idea of SAFE SPACES! Spoiler alert, the tenants don't hold up! But will let you listen for yourself.

Some topics discussed:

• What does it mean to have a safe space?
• How safe spaces might hinder our ability to connect with each other.
• The fear of "I am my failure"
• The distinction between safety and security
• Security is an inside game
• We aren't truth tellers