Grody & Unprofessional

By: Justin McMenamy
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  • Hello and welcome to Grody & Unprofessional, my name is Justin McMenamy, and my mission is to share both profitable and painful leadership lessons I have acquired over a twenty-year career as a misfit in corporate America.

    Like everyone, I have worked with and for hundreds of leaders across my career. While some leaders are great, and many are good, the vast majority find themselves tossed into leadership and left to figure it out on their own. Grody & Unprofessional seeks to share leadership stories harvested from my own experiences and from the experiences of others through approachable and candid conversations with the aim of educating and shaping your leadership journey.

    Grody & Unprofessional episodes will toggle between focused monologue on specific lessons or mindsets I have acquired from my experiences and conversations with other leaders seeking to understand their convictions and strategies for inspiring, motivating, and maybe sometimes cajoling a group into action.

    Grody & Unprofessional is not a memoir, it’s not a forum to gripe or complain about the past or present. The rules are simple, I aim to convey leadership lessons through storytelling. If a given story has a hero, we will use proper names, if the story has a villain, a dolt, or if there is the potential for embarrassment, proper names will be removed. While we do NOT aim to embarrass people or organizations, we do intend to embarrass poor leadership behaviors and mindsets common to many leaders and organizations.

    My experience has been that demand for talented leaders outstrips supply by at least tenfold, Grody & Unprofessional is my feeble attempt to improve supply.

    I hope you will join me as we seek to uncover people, product, and organizational leadership lessons through the musings of a corporate misfit and his friends.
    Copyright Justin McMenamy
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Episodes
  • Orbital Influence

    Orbital Influence
    Aug 8 2024
    In the first episode of 'Grody & Unprofessional', host Justin McMenamy emphasizes the critical need for leaders to actively study and practice leadership as a skill, rather than relying on superficial engagement. He argues that many leaders spend more time on trivial pursuits like fantasy football than on understanding effective leadership strategies. McMenemy introduces the concept of assessing leadership effectiveness through external feedback, using the analogy of a solar system where different groups of people hold varying degrees of opinion about a leader based on relational distance. He shares personal anecdotes about his own leadership style and the importance of collecting honest feedback from team members to improve. The episode highlights the necessity of humility, transparency, and continuous learning to become a better leader.
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    38 mins
  • G&U Intro & Teaser

    G&U Intro & Teaser
    Aug 5 2024
    In Grody & Unprofessional, Justin McMenamy seeks to share both profitable and painful leadership lessons I have acquired over a twenty-year career as a misfit in corporate America.

    G&U seeks to share leadership stories harvested from both Justin's and others experiences through approachable and candid conversations with the aim of educating and shaping your leadership journey.

    Demand for talented leaders outstrips supply by at least tenfold, G&U is an attempt to improve supply. I hope you will join as we seek to uncover people, product, and organizational leadership lessons through the musings of a corporate misfit and his friends.
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    2 mins
Management Economics
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