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Podcast: The Leadership Gap — 7 Ways to Move Beyond It

 

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When successful people begin to feel uncertain or challenged at work, the one thing they want to know most is why things are going wrong after they have gone right for so long.

Leaders tend to rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. But in time, every executive reaches a point when their performance suffers. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

In her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, Lolly Daskal presents a system for harnessing the virtues of your leadership style. In this episode, Jesse and Lolly discuss how leaders embody seven archetypes and how each archetype has powerful abilities and hidden impediments:

The Rebel, driven by confidence; and the Imposter, plagued by self-doubt.
The Explorer, fueled by intuition; and the Exploiter, master of manipulation.
The Truth Teller, embraces candor; and her twin, the Deceiver, who creates suspicion.
The Hero, embodies courage; and the Bystander, a coward if there ever was one.
The Inventor, brimming with integrity; and the Destroyer, is morally corrupt.
The Navigator, trusts and is trusted; and the Fixer, endlessly arrogant.
The Knight, for whom loyalty is everything; and the Mercenary, who is perpetually self-serving.

As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, Lolly Daskal has three decades of experience as an executive coach, speaker, and author. Her proprietary leadership program helps leaders enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world. Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and others. American Management Association called her the Leader to Watch, and the Huffington Post named Lolly the most inspiring woman in the world.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Book: The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
Website: www.lollydaskal.com
Self-Assessment: To learn about what gets between you and your greatness today
Twitter: @LollyDaskal
LinkedIn: /Lolly Daskal

 

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Podcast: Avoid The Leadership Gap

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Leadership takes on many forms in our lives. Of course, we want to provide leadership in our businesses, but leadership in our homes, our churches, our relationships and friendships is vitally important as well. Sometimes we show ourselves to be great leaders and sometimes we fall prey to mistakes in the leadership role. On this episode of Sales Chalk Talk, our special guest is the awesome business consultant, author and speaker, Lolly Daskal, and she shares some very special information about how we can be more effective leaders in all of the roles we play in our lives.What you’ll hear on this show is:• The seven types of leadership and the gaps that accompany them

• How to lead without “fixing”

• How to achieve a sense of confidence in yourself and your leadership abilities

Come laugh and learn from Lolly with my super co-host, Jim Hamlin and me! This was a really fun one, folks!!

Pre-order THE LEADERSHIP GAP What gets between you and your greatness

Lolly’s website is lollydaskal.com

 

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Podcast: The Gap Between You and Your Greatness

 

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John Murphy: I am delighted to interview Leadership Expert and Author, Lolly Daskal, who has written the brilliant “The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness” which is available now for ordering.

Lolly’s credibility as a leadership guru is without question. She has been designated as Top 50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. Magazine.

In the book, which I highly recommend, Lolly talks about recognizing that the skills and talents that helped you get the CEO role are not the ones that will keep you there. Those that fail to accept this, don’t last too long.

Lolly asks the brilliant question: “Who are you being while you are leading?” In the interview, which you can listen to here, Lolly goes deep into that question and there is great learning there.

To be successful as a leader we need to shift our mindset and Lolly illustrates that so well when she describes the 7 Archetypes we must embody – The Rebel, The Explorer, The Truth Teller, The Hero, The Inventor, The Navigator and The Knight.

Within each of these archetypes there is the forceful characteristic that propels us forward. However, within that same archetype there is the “shadow” mindset that can undo all that forward momentum. That is the gap!

In the interview  you  need to listen to what Lolly has to say about how important introspection is to become, and grow, as a successful leader.

You will also hear about Lolly’s daily ritual which I find amazing – she reads a book every morning between 4:00am and 6:00am, and the writes in her gratitude journal.

Of all the hundreds of books that Lolly has read, she picks out Viktor Frankl’s brilliant Man’s Search for Meaning which Lolly reads every year.

As a gift to all listeners there is a free assessment until May 16th 2017 about your leadership style when you pre-order the book on www.leadershipgapbook.com and you can also find Lolly at www.lollydaskal.com where all here social media links are shown.

Thanks Lolly for a great interview!

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Podcast: Women Taking the Lead Lolly Daskal and Jodi Flynn

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Style of Leadership

Lolly leads from within and by example. She does everything with heart, compassion, empathy and without judgements or assumptions. Lolly truly tries to be present in the moment with each person or group that she is with, either virtually or in person. Lolly feels that if she can be present in the moment, it allows her to have a robust future of all the great little moments that add up.

What Are You Excited About?

Lolly’s lifelong dream of being an author is coming true with her first book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. Lolly is extremely excited and passionate about this book, as she has written about the methods she uses with clients so people can coach themselves, and have awareness about themselves, in a way that they normally wouldn’t. This book is different than other leadership or business books, as it’s not about what you should do, but about who you should be.

Biggest Leadership Challenge

With Lolly’s dream in full force, her perfectionist self has come back in full storm. Many years ago, Lolly made a promise to herself that she was going to live each day with a purpose of serving others. It’s hard keeping that promise, being of service every day. So, Lolly’s goal of reaching the New York Times Bestsellers List, would enable the book to become its own entity and allow her to help others she normally wouldn’t be able to.

Leadership Practice

Lolly has a couple of practices that allow her to be a better leader. Being disciplined and coming up with rituals on a daily basis, gives her the freedom to be who she wants to be. Every night she asks that two-part question, and in the morning between 4:30 and 6:30, she reads an entire book. These practices make her a better leader because she is always learning, growing and changing.

Advice For Younger Self

Have more compassion. Lolly says her compassion came from not having compassion, and suffering about it, when she was younger. Lolly would also advise her younger self to not be as harsh on herself and learn that it’s okay if things aren’t working out the way she wants. Everything will be ok.

Inspirational Quote

“Greatness is a destiny that is available to anyone. We just have to choose it.”

Links

WEBSITE:  www.lollydaskal.com

BOOK WEBSITE: Lolly’s proprietary insights are the subject of her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, and is available for pre order now.   www.theleadershipgapbook.com  

Twitter: www.twitter.com/lollydaskal

Facebook: www.facebook.com/lolly.daskal

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lollydaskal

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Introvert Entrepreneur Podcast: Close the Leadership Gap

Key Conversation Points

Nurturing your introversion before extroverted activities
The importance of being genuine
Establishing presence without having to say a word
How to best create and nurturing genuine connections with others
The pitfalls of every personality archetype and how to conquer them
Being great without being “perfect”
Celebrating your unique strengths

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness | Lolly Daskal (website)

Voice Dialogue International

Psychology Today post on Voice Dialogue Technique

The Introvert Entrepreneur Book

My Book Selections

Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl

The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Joseph Campbell

The Undiscovered Self | Carl G. Jung

 

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Dose Of Leadership

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Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world.

Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies.

As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies, their lives, and the world.

Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and nearly thirty years coaching top executives, Lolly’s perspective on leadership continues to break new ground and produce exceptional results.

Of her many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine.

Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, and others.

Lolly’s proprietary insights are the subject of her new book, The Leadership Gap:

What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, and is available for pre-order now.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

When successful people begin to feel uncertain or challenged at work, the one thing they want to know most is why things are going wrong after they have gone right for so long.

In The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal reveals the consequences highly driven, overachieving leaders face when they continue to rely on a skill set that has always worked for them, even when it is no longer effective. Over decades of advising and inspiring the most prominent chief executives in the world, Daskal has discerned that leaders fall into one of seven categories — The Rebel, The Explorer, The Truth Teller, The Hero, The Inventor, The Navigator, and The Knight– and have risen to their position relying on a specific set of values and traits. However, every leader reaches a point when their effectiveness is compromised by the gap hidden in those traits — intuition becomes manipulation, for instance, or integrity becomes corruption.

In The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal not only confirms her stature as an exceptional business mind, but also reveals the insights and observations of one of our most important leadership experts — a businesswoman known for providing trusted advice, actionable solutions, and provocative ideas to the world’s top executives.

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Year of the Peer With Lolly Daskal

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As we open the second quarter of the Year of the Peer, we do so as a member of the C-Suite Radio family.  To get us started, we are joined by Lolly Daskal. Lolly Daskal is a best-selling author and one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program serves as a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance their performance and make a meaningful difference in their companies and in the world. Lolly’s proprietary insights are the subject of her new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine, and Huffington Post honored her with the title of The Most Inspiring Woman in the World.

 

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Podcast: Who Are We Being When We Are Leading?

Who Are We Being When We Are Leading?

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Lolly Daskal is a Leadership Coach, Consultant, Facilitator, Speaker, and Author. Recognized as a Top Thought Leader In Business, an advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and boards, and one of the top executive coaches in the world, Lolly specializes in helping executives and leadership teams reach their full potential through cohesive organizational change, strategic planning, and process transformation. She writes a highly popular leadership blog, and has written thousands of articles, columns, speeches and presentations. In this interview, hear Lolly answers these and many more important questions about leadership:

What does it mean to lead from within, why is this the key to effective leadership?
As a voracious reader of business and leadership literature, what trends are you seeing?
Who have been the most influential mentors and thought-leaders in your life?
What is your definition of great leadership?
What myths about leadership would you like to challenge?
How have common understandings of leadership changed over the years?
What leadership skills and abilities will be critical over the next ten years?
Why are 97% of your clients men?
What challenges have you faced being a woman who coaches top leaders?
What is the key to behavior change?
How do you have compassion but not get lost in somebody else’s story?
What daily disciplines keep you centered and healthy?
What is the essential message of your new book, “The Leadership Gap: What Gets between You and Your greatness?”
What is something peculiar or surprising about you?

Connect with Lolly

Follow Lolly on Twitter  and Facebook

Pre-Order The Leadership Gap

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How Leaders Build Great Organizations … And How They Can Destroy Them

If you ever doubt the power of leadership, take a look at the organizations around you—those that are successful and those that are failing (or have failed). Sometimes external forces are a factor, but more often than not some aspect of leadership is at the core of the company’s outcome.

The choices you make every day as a leader have an enormous effect on the fate of your company—and those who work for the company, and those it serves. Here’s a guide that can help you look at the choices you’re making now and the ones you’ll face in the future:

Choices that build great companies

1. Lead from within. I believe in this principle so much that I chose it as the name of my consulting company. In my 30 years of working with executives and leaders, it’s still the most important message I convey. People take cues from the leader, so make sure your leadership is centered in clear purpose and integrity and that you’re setting an example you want others to emulate. Every leader must first learn to be great within.

2. Create a compelling vision. Great companies have leaders who know where the company is going, communicate a compelling vision and meaningful direction, and allow others to be part of something that is bigger than themselves.

3. Identify a clear plan and achievable goals. Have a strategic plan that will guide growth and show where, how and what the company is planning to accomplish. Then translate that strategic plan into action by setting goals that are clear, achievable and measurable. A plan without a goals is just a dream.

4. Encourage team empowerment. People want to be part of an empowered team; when leaders are aligned with each other and communicate well, people get on board and want to succeed. Great leaders provide a strategic framework, set the goals and make sure resources are available, then allow their teams to engineer their own success. When people feel they own their work, they take it seriously, because their work becomes a reflection of themselves.

5. Put your heart and soul into it. Leaders are great not because of their power, but because of their ability to inspire, and the best leaders know that building a great company isn’t just what you accomplish but what you enable others to accomplish. Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference.

Choices that destroy great companies

1. Don’t communicate. When you withhold information, you’re basically telling your team that you don’t think they’re capable of handling the truth. Always communicate openly and honestly. Your people are with you, so allow them to be part of the conversation.

2. Be untrusting and untrustworthy. The lack of trust—in both directions —can quickly doom any relationship or enterprise to failure. When you fail to trust your team, and you fail to show them you can be trusted, you create a maor obstacle.

3. Display disrespect. Like trust, respect is a two-way street. Many leaders who focus on being respected fail to see the need to earn that respect or to show respect to others. Respect is the most important thing you can give your team—every member, in every role, from the top of the org chart to the bottom.

4. Allow expectations to remain undefined. Great companies are defined by each person’s understanding of their role and their place in the big picture. People want to know what they’re responsible for and how they’re being evaluated. If your company’s culture fails to reward success or even define it clearly, people will focus less on how to get things done and worry more about what to do.

5. Hinder autonomy. Great employees won’t stay where they aren’t free to express, excel and engage. People need to be free in order to create, innovate and grow.

LEAD FROM WITHIN: Wherever it stands now, your organization can be built up or destroyed—and it starts with you. Everything that is happening within has a way of reflecting to the outside.

If you are interested in learning more about greatness and leadership. Pre-order my new book, The Leadership Gap What Gets Between You And Your Greatness and get a free assessment worth ($97)

Additional Reading you might enjoy:

The Test Every Great Leader Must Pass
12 of The Most Common Lies Leaders Tell Themselves
Leadership: Claim Your Calling
The One Quality Every Leader Needs To Succeed
To Trust Means To Be Careless

Photo Credit: Getty Images

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The Best Way for Leaders to Build Trust

If there’s a single element that can be considered the core of great leadership, it’s trust. Trust fuels everything leaders want for themselves and their teams, from productivity to imagination. And in its absence it’s nearly impossible for a team to be effective. Maybe that’s why leaders talk about trust constantly—having it, measuring it, earning it.

But “earning” isn’t really the right word. Trust isn’t so much earned as it is built, little by little, day by day. Here are some of the most important blocks to set in place when you’re building trust:

Character is the foundation of trust. Without it, leaders rely on externals like rank and seniority, but they’ll never be successful without the trust and commitment of those they lead. Character means holding high standards and clear, consistent values that you live every day.

Competence alone won’t make others trust you—but a lack of competence is a quick way to make them mistrust you. Competence doesn’t mean you know how to do everything. It means you know what needs to be done, understand how it fits with your team’s strengths and weaknesses, and can make a plan to ensure it happens.

Communication is essential to an environment of trust where leadership can effectively engage employees and deliver results. To be successful, communication needs to flow in both directions with clarity, transparency and timeliness. It takes daily practice over time for a leader and team to get communication right.

Connection begins with mutual respect and loyalty—with leadership that’s not about power and control but adding value to the work of others and helping them grow in every aspect of their lives. Connections build trust and vice versa.

Commitment is the visible expression of trust in creating and caring for a partnership. In leadership, when you make a commitment you create a priority and a level of engagement that goes far beyond a promise.

Common purpose is the final bond that deepens trust with the assurance that everyone is moving and working in the same direction, sharing the same values and aspirations.

LEAD FROM WITHIN: The best leaders build trust, because trust has the most enduring power and the widest influence.

Additional Reading you might enjoy:

The Test Every Great Leader Must Pass
12 of The Most Common Lies Leaders Tell Themselves
Leadership: Claim Your Calling
The One Quality Every Leader Needs To Succeed
To Trust Means To Be Careless

Photo Credit: Getty Images

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