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Unconventional Leadership Podcast

By: Talent Magnet Institute
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  • The Talent Magnet Institute is committed to developing leaders to succeed in relationships, work, community, and life: we’ll reframe what success means, and you’ll hear the personal stories of successful leaders from around the globe. From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, every guest has a unique story to tell and insights to bring. Discover how to achieve a new type of success that goes much deeper than profits: culture, talent, and holistic leadership.
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  • Taking on Leadership Challenges with Deb Coviello

    Taking on Leadership Challenges with Deb Coviello
    Jun 28 2023
    Tune in to today's episode of the Unconventional Leadership Podcast as host, Mike Sipple Jr., visits with Deb Coviello, a trusted partner to C-Suite leaders with 30 years of experience in helping clients identify, assess and solve issues preventing their businesses from growth. Their discussion weaves between the biggest issues facing CEOs in today's culture to helping teams deal with conflict. If you are a leader in today's culture their conversation will cover a topic that is relevant to you.  Main Points from the Episode: Main struggles facing CEOs today Feedback is freeing not fearful Viewing conflict as an opportunity The impact of failing to develop people Quotes from the episode: The ultimate goal is peace of mind not only for them as business owners, or C-suite leaders, but for their customers as well, and focus a little bit less on the results. If you're not in a culture where people are freely giving you feedback, we as an individual need to know how to solicit feedback in a way that is positive and actionable. When giving feedback, the framework is what should one continue? What should start? And what should they change? A little bit of the framework is to find common ground to slow things down, seek to understand the gap from a place of curiosity, and agree what the gap is, and then each take action moving forward. Resources: Mike Sipple Jr. "People Fusion: Best Practices to Build and Retain a Strong Team" (with contributions from various other authors) Deb Coviello "The CEO's Compass: Your Guide to Get Back on Track" Click here for our Leadership Foundations course Mike Sipple Jr. | LinkedIn | Twitter Deb Coviello | LinkedIn | Twitter Access the transcription of this episode here. Join the conversation and share your ideas with us!  If you like our podcast, be sure to follow us on social media as well for more content on how to be the best unconventional leader.
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    40 mins
  • Learning to Listen with Heather Younger

    Learning to Listen with Heather Younger
    Jun 21 2023
    How often do you stop to truly listen to the people around you? Everyone wants to be heard. Too often frustration and resentment build within a company because no one feels like they are being listened to. Join Mike Sipple Jr. and Heather Younger as they dive into a conversation about what true listening looks like and how it can impact the culture of your workplace.   Main Points From the Episode: Create a culture of listening. The end result of listening is that people are heard, valued, and understood. Listening is for everyone, leaders and employees alike. Quotes from the Episode: The activation part is the thing that happens after you seek, or after you lean in, or after you do the thing that was fully encapsulating and listening. You build trust via listening, but you have to have trust to get to the truth of your listening. Are people comfortable enough to openly tell us their whole truth? It's super important to set expectations right up front. You may not be able to act on any or all of the things, but you do have an intent to do the work. The act of listening is a tennis match where one person is kind of delivering back and forth, and you're always interacting. It's a two-way street. Resources: Mike Sipple Jr. "People Fusion: Best Practices to Build and Retain a Strong Team" (with contributions from various other authors) Heather Younger "The Art of Caring Leadership" Heather Younger "The Art of Active Listening" Heather Younger "The Seven Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty" Stephen Covey "The Speed of Trust" Stephen Covey "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" Click here for our Leadership Foundations course Mike Sipple Jr. | LinkedIn | Twitter Heather Younger | LinkedIn | Twitter Access the transcription of this episode here. Join the conversation and share your ideas with us!  Listening without action isn't effective. Take action after listening to this podcast and subscribe to the Unconventional Leadership Podcast.
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    34 mins
  • Philosophy for the Modern Leader with Paul LaLonde

    Philosophy for the Modern Leader with Paul LaLonde
    Jun 14 2023
    Philosophy isn't just meant for old guys with white beards living in ivory towers. Philosophy has a place in today's world and in today's company culture. Paul LaLonde, VP of People and Culture of CETA of Cook County, joins Mike Sipple Jr. for a conversation about what philosophy is and how to integrate it into the workplace. Philosophy has you look at yourself and helps you determine how to live better. Who wouldn't benefit from implementing that practice in their life both personally and professionally? Tune in as they take a closer look at philosophy, conflict resolution, and more! Main Points From the Episode: The place philosophy has in the modern workplace The cyclical nature of life The importance of conflict as an opportunity Quotes from the Episode: True philosophy to me, and to a lot of the philosophers that I study, is meant for the real world. It's meant for the real individual. To be a philosopher means to look at yourself every day and try and live a better life, and live by values that you espouse to make the world a better place. You're not going to become a great leader overnight. It's something you need to work on daily. It's something you need to work on minute by minute, hour by hour, opportunity by opportunity. Communication is key. So all problems and I thoroughly believe this in personal life, but also business, I would say almost all, if not all, problems arise from miscommunication, poor communication, or lack thereof. We can't be afraid of failure because it's the greatest teacher that anybody is ever going to have. Resources: Mike Sipple Jr. "People Fusion: Best Practices to Build and Retain a Strong Team" (with contributions from various other authors) Matthew Desmond "Poverty by America" Click here for our Leadership Foundations course Mike Sipple Jr. | LinkedIn | Twitter Paul LaLonde | LinkedIn | Twitter Access the transcription of this episode here. Join the conversation and share your ideas with us!  If you like our podcast, be sure to follow us on social media as well for more content on how to be the best unconventional leader.
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    41 mins
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Fantastic Leadership Topics!

The Talent Magnet Institutes podcast, website and Mike's team are phenomenal at adding value to leaders looking to understand themselves and how to help their organization to thrive!

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Great Information

Talent Magnet Institute does a great job of keeping their topics relevant and interesting. Looking forward to listening to more segments.

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Leadership insights that are a cut above the rest

Mike & his team offer quality leadership insights, training & tools that can be applied across the board in a variety of environments. I'll also add that I have the privilege of interacting with Mike, Amber, his kids, and his parents outside of a work environment. This has afforded me the privilege of seeing their values lived out in real-time over the years. Watching them strive for excellence in all areas of their life shows their commitment to doing well at work has not come at the expense of doing well at home. They truly are "the real deal." Give them a listen. I bet you'll subscribe.

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Talent Magnet Institute's podcast is phenomenal!

The Talent Magnet Institute is doing such important work. It is critical to attract the right talent (being a magnet) but even more important to support your talent once they come on board. TMI has so many thought-leaders that are sharing exactly how to support the whole person, all of the needs that our employees have as they navigate their professional and personal journeys. Highly recommend!

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Leadership and experience

Mike is able to obviously leverage his tremendous years of experience and bring it to this podcast. This is a no brainer for any leader to subscribe to and listen religiously.

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It's Talent Magnet Time

This podcast has officially passed episode 150 and we are so excited that at the same time we are now live on Audible. The conversations are powerful and designed to serve people leaders.

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