Peernovation with Leo Bottary & Randy Cantrell

Today’s show is a discussion on Leo’s latest column in CEO WORLD Magazine, Ten Attributes of a Great CEO Peer Group. They are:

Having the right people in the room Being truly committed to their fellow members “Leveraging” their safe environmentBeing prepared to play Being relentlessly patient with asking questions Bringing important topics to the conversation Understanding how to get the most from the groupBeing willing to challenge one another from a place of caringAccepting personal responsibility for your roleOutstanding leadershipLeo will be keynoting in Oslo, Norway in August at the 2019 Executive Growth Alliance Summit

Leo’s books – The Power of Peers and What Anyone Can Do

Leo’s speaking and workshops

Randy’s small business owner peer advisory group, The Peer Advantage

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Today’s show is a discussion about how we can improve – as individuals and in our organizations – achieving our goals. We’re approaching the start of the second half of the year and many of us want to achieve some specific things before the end of 2019. Will we accomplish them? Or will we quit?

Some useful links mentioned in today’s episode:

William Ury’s TED Talk – Walk From No To Yes

Jennifer Vessel’s work – Executive Growth Alliance

Leo’s books – The Power of Peers and What Anyone Can Do

Book: The Fifth Discipline: The Art And Practice Of The Learning Organization by Peter Senge

Leo’s speaking and workshops

Randy’s small business owner peer advisory group, The Peer Advantage

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Connect with Leo on Linkedin | Twitter

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Today’s show was prompted by Leo’s participation in the C-Suite Network Thought Summit in San Francisco. He was on a panel about podcasting. Today we extend the conversation here on the WHAT ANYONE CAN DO PODCAST and discuss a few questions about podcasting.

How should you start your own podcast?

What makes a perfect podcast?

Leave us a comment below on how we can improve this podcast. You can also use the Contact page or hit us up on social media.

If you want to connect with somebody who is a professional podcast coach, then let us introduce you to Dave Jackson, owner of the School of Podcasting. His site has tons of free resources and he even has a live YouTube streaming show most every Saturday morning where he’ll answer your podcast questions – Ask The Podcast Coach.

Useful links related to today’s show:

What Anyone Can Do Podcast on C-Suite Network

The book: Power of Peers: How the Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth, and Success by Leon Shapiro and Leo Bottary

The book: What Anyone Can Do: How Surrounding Yourself with the Right People Will Drive Change, Opportunity, and Personal Growth by Leo Bottary

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Our guest today is Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes and author of a new book, “Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement.”

Are all high achievers early achievers?

Can mature individuals with life experience add value to a workplace?

Does personal and professional growth have an expiration date?

Helpful links from today’s show:

Buy the book: Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement by Rich Karlgaard

Connect with Rich via his website: RichKarlgaard.com

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Today on the What Anyone Can Do podcast Leo and Randy discuss three components of perspective, formed as questions:

What’s going on?What does it mean?How do we act on it?Perspective is influenced by the people who surround us. Unique vantage points can be leveraged for mutual benefits, like the various camera angles used for instant replay of a sporting event.

Mentioned in today’s show:

Ladder of Inference by Chris Argyris and Peter Senge

The Power Of Peers: How The Company You Keep Drives Leadership, Growth And Success by Leon Shapiro and Leo Bottary

What Anyone Can Do podcast on C-Suite Network

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Meet Jennifer Vessels, CEO of Next Step.  Her latest initiative, called Executive Growth Alliance (EGA), works to assemble and facilitate groups of peers who are part of a common ecosystem (transportation, health, etc.).  Jennifer’s proactive, systems thinking approach to future-readiness is among the topics of our conversation today!

For additional  info: check out Leadership: Who You Surround Yourself With Matters at CEOWORLD

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Today, we conclude our discussion on the 3 major elements required to have the most effective peer advantage: 1) Showing Up, 2) Stepping Up, and 3) Following Up. Following up is often what’s lacking in learning and development, the subject of Leo’s new column published in CEOWorld Magazine. Leo and Randy discuss the importance of trust and accountability in following up.

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Today, we continue our discussion on the 3 major elements required to have the most effective peer advantage: Showing Up Stepping Up Following Up Stepping up is exactly what Leo’s Boston Bruins did versus the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, sweeping the Canes 4-0 in a best of 7 series (yes, there’s … Continue reading “On Stepping Up”

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The Complete Biographies For Today’s Guests: Secretary James M. Le Blanc has worked for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections for more than 40 years. He has served the past nine years as Secretary, being appointed to the Cabinet position by two governors. Le Blanc enlisted in the United States Army and served … Continue reading “James Le Blanc & Perry Stagg on Peers and 2nd Chances”

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Former Yahoo Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders has consulted with industry leaders, governments and trade associations on sales processes, new media, leadership development and talent management.  He’s one of the top-rated speakers on the lecture circuit and a widely quoted bestselling business author. Tim has been featured in Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, The … Continue reading “Tim Sanders on the Power of Love!”

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