Is there anything more important than the brand of your organization? Building trust in your brand can take a long time to create and an instant to lose. In today's environment, we can reach people very quickly through numerous digital mediums. This can be an incredible advantage, but when things go wrong or appear to have gone wrong, it can be very damaging to our brand. This is a significant challenge 21st Century Leaders face. In this episode, crisis and brand expert Melissa Agnes how to be "Crisis Ready (TM)", how to proactively increase trust in our brand, and how to make it invincible. Interested in the 12 Laws of Leadership Excellence? Go to www.dannylangloss.com and scroll to the bottom of the page to download them. Additional Crisis Ready (TM) Resources: Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World Crisis Ready Issue Management Flowchart Crisis Ready Formula for Detecting Emotional Escalation Crisis Ready Formula for Responding to Emotional Escalation Crisis Ready Formula for Responding to Controversial Issues Connect with Melissa Agnes: Website: https://melissaagnes.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaagnes/ Are you looking for a keynote speaker for your next event? Check out Danny's presentation, "OwnerShift: 7 Pillars to Unleash the Champions in Your Organization." Connect with Danny Langloss: Website: www.dannylangloss.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannylangloss/

21st Century leaders recognize the important role female leaders play in their organization and intentionally create coaching and development opportunities to leverage their strengths. This week, we sat down with Molly Gimmel, and she shared key leadership strategies and concepts in her new book, “Master Your Mindset: How Women Leaders Step Up.” While this is an important book for female leaders and aspiring leaders to read, it is equally important for male leaders, as it gives a depth of understanding in to help develop and support our female leaders. It also gives us many strategies to enhance our own mindset and our leadership of others. This episode focuses on two specific topics: How to connect with yourself as a leader and how to connect with those you lead. When connecting with ourselves it is important to overcome our inner critic, create a growth mindset, and put imposter syndrome behind us. When leading others, we must create meaningful relationships founded in true connection. Free Giveaway!!! Go to www.dannylangloss.com to download your free pdf of, “The 12 Laws of Leadership Excellence” Click here to purchase Molly’s book, which is being released on April 12, 2022: https://www.amazon.com/Master-Your-Mindset-Women-Leaders/dp/1544529007/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3INM9XIQCZN2X&keywords=master+your+mindset+how+women+leaders+step+up&qid=1649178386&sprefix=master+your+mindset%3A+how+women%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1 Connect with Molly: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollygimmel/ Website: https://mollygimmel.com/ Connect with Danny Langloss: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannylangloss/ Website: https://www.dannylangloss.com/  

In the face of the Great Resignation, it has never been more important for leaders to create purpose-driven, values-based, inclusive cultures. In this episode, Danny Langloss shares his vision for 21st Century Leadership and breaks down the 9 critical components of the 21st Century Leadership framework. Interested in Danny's 12 Laws of Leadership Excellence? Go to www.dannylangloss.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page to download them. About Danny Langloss: Danny Langloss is the City Manager and Police Chief (Ret.) of Dixon, Illinois. Danny is a national keynote speaker and leadership consultant. If you are looking for a keynote presentation for an upcoming conference, check out, "OwnerShift: 7 Pillars to Unleash the Champions in Your Organization." More information on this keynote and Danny's other keynotes can be found here: https://danny-langloss.mykajabi.com/videos Connect with and follow Danny on LinkedIn for leadership, mindset, and motivation content.

Welcome back, Leadership Excellence Community! In this trailer, your host, Danny Langloss, lets you know what you can expect from Season 3 of the Leadership Excellence Podcast. This season will focus on helping leaders solve the critical leadership issues they are facing from, "The Great Resignation". The season will be a blend of short episodes dialing in on specific leadership frameworks and concepts and feature guests from across the world. If you haven't already, check out Seasons 1 and 2. There are 71 incredible episodes with leadership experts from across the world. You can find these episodes wherever you listen to podcasts or directly at https://danny-langloss.mykajabi.com/podcasts/leadership-excellence-podcast If we aren't connected already, please connect with me on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-langloss-a1bb6b17a/ We are sharing free leadership, mindset, and motivation content there nearly daily. We are also starting a blog that will be released monthly. If you are interested, join our mailing list at www.dannylangloss.com We promise not to inundate you with emails. We will be launching, "The Academy of Leadership Excellence" through an on-line format later this year. Special discounts will be offered for our Leadership Excellence Community. In the mean time, if you need anything at all, please don't hesitate to email me at [email protected] Thank you for stopping by, and remember, always be committed to excellence!

Some people let life happen to them, while others happen to life. No matter what kind of organization you’re in, there are universal leadership principles you can follow to drive your career forward.In Ed’s 25 years of innovative leadership and management experience, he has identified nine factors of career success, which he discusses in detail in his new book, Drive Your Career: 9 High-Impact Ways to Take Responsibility for Your Own Success.In this episode, Ed Evarts, Founder and President of Excellius Leadership Development, takes a deep dive into four of the nine factors of career success – empathy, curiosity, building a relationship with your boss, and playing the hand you’re dealt with – and explains how these factors can lead you to career success. [05:07]  The nine factors of career success[06:13]  How to have a positive relationship with your boss[13:05]  It’s okay to ask for help[14:26]  Curiosity and how it helps you succeed[18:33]  How to be more curious[21:26]  Play the hand you’re dealt with[24:38]  How to overcome the ‘victim mindset’[28:53]  Why empathy is important in leadershipFollow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.About Ed Evarts:Ed Evarts is the founder and president of Excellius Leadership Development, a Boston-based coaching organization. He works with successful leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can manage themselves more productively; with successful teams to ensure their time together is as productive as possible; and with smaller organizations, at a pivot point in their evolution, to help them plan strategically and purposefully.Ed recently released his new book, Drive Your Career: 9 High-Impact Ways to Take Responsibility for Your Own Success. He is the host of Be Brave at Work, a weekly podcast in which leaders share stories about bravery—or the lack of it—in their careers, and the impact their choices have had on their career progression.Connect with Ed:LinkedInExcellius Website

Do you lack energy and passion in your career and life? Are you fully aligned with your purpose? In a recent Gallop survey, 60% of people said they were rethinking their meaning and purpose at work. To fight the impacts of “The Great Resignation” leaders must be in-tune to what their people need from their work experience. Meaning and purpose are at the top.In this episode, former Vice President of Pespi Lance Tanaka shares his “Dream and Achieve” framework to identify, create, and live your purpose. Our hope is for leaders to actively engage their people in the 3 pillars that allow us to be happy, fulfilled, and aligned in purpose.In this episode, we discuss:[03:20]  What is the purpose of the Dream and Achieve Framework?[05:12]  Finding your element – what sets you on fire?[11:55]  Approach to identifying your elements[14:54]  The who, what, where, when of your elements[20:13]  Setting the right environment for people to do amazing things[21:56]  The importance of working towards a purpose[28:08]  Setting realistic goals[31:01]  Don’t worry about the money, worry about the peopleThe downloadable transcript for this episode is linked here.Follow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.About Lance Tanaka:Lance Tanaka is the Founder and Managing Director of The Lance Tanaka Group and has held top posts in the US and Asia with Pepsi-Cola Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan; he also was Vice President of International for Nike-Cole Haan in Hong Kong.In his 20 years of coaching, Lance has worked with more than 800 executives from the top global organizations on finding authenticity and purpose.He is the author of several books, including His 2019 book, “Stories from the Top: The 8 Core Leadership Challenges and How the Best Executive Overcame Them”, and his new book, “Dream and Achieve—Authenticity: Be the Leader You Were Designed to Be.”Connect with Lance:LinkedInWebsite

Are you paying attention to your leadership bank account? The leadership bank account is an account you have with every single member of your team. It is really a relationship account. This account is what creates or destroys trust. Every day we make deposits, and at times, every leader will make withdrawals. In this episode, I outline 8 deposits, 4 "super deposits", and 11 withdrawals and talk about how to ensure we always keep our account full, trust high, and our relationships and influence strong.I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Email me at [email protected] or interact with our post on LinkedIn that will publish on 11/23/2021.  This is such an important component of our leadership success.Follow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.

The human element is central to the future of leadership in today's diverse and evolving workplace. Natalie Schrogl comes to us from Munich, Germany. She is a leadership and culture expert, founder of The Interface Leadership, and Branch Manager at Targo Bank. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of reflection for so many people. People are re-thinking what is important to them, personally and professionally. With this re-think, people are trying to find their "why" and want to make sure their work is meaningful and impactful. They also want to make sure they work in an environment where they are cared for and appreciated.Leaders  must re-think their approach to leadership, place importance on their people and intentionally create cultures where their team members feel cared for and appreciated. In this episode, Natalie Schrogl shares the 6 Pillars of what she calls, "The ARMOUR of Leadership". These pillars will help us unlock the human element of leadership and help our team members and organizations thrive.In this episode, we discuss:[09:16]  The “Armour” of Leadership[10:24]  Finding the Leadership Anchor[12:20]  Practicing and modeling vulnerability and resilience as leaders[15:14]  Mastery of the mindset[19:41]  Creating a culture of ownership[23:31]  Leading in today’s diverse workplace[32:21]  The Leadership TriangleFollow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.About Natalie Schrogl:Natalie Schrogl is the Branch Manager at TargoBank and Founder of Interface Leadership. Natalie helps C-Suite leaders with a focus on cultivating sustainable leadership cultures to improve employee retention and productivity.To unlock the human element in leadership, Natalie has created “The Armour of Leadership”, 6 principles that create a practical, actionable framework in their pursuit of leadership excellence.Connect with Natalie:LinkedIn Website

The Great Resignation has companies scrambling to figure out how to retain and recruit talent. While many companies have been significantly impacted, the highest performing companies have not. What is the difference?   CULTUREPeter Drucker's famous quote, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" has never rang more true. In this week's episode, CEO Julie Hruska  reveals the 6 pillars of high performance cultures and shares strategies on how to implement them in your organization. In this episode, we discuss:[03:01]  Why is culture important and how does it tie up to the great resignation?[06:44]  Research findings from the High Performance Institute on high-performing individuals[11:12]  Seeking clarity[14:14]  What effective communication looks like[19:52]  Generating Energy[25:48]  Raising Necessity[29:40]  Maximizing Productivity[34:48]  Develop influence[40:36]  Demonstrating courageClick here for more information on the MagicMind Productivity Drink. I have been using the drink for a week now and have seen good results in focus and increased energy. Use the code "leadership20" for 20% off.Click here for the transcript of this episode.Want to listen to another great episode on culture? Click here to listen to S.1/E.6 – "Creating High Performing Cultures with Jeff Mariola"Follow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.About Julie HruskaJulie Hruska is the CEO of Powerful Leaders and a certified coach through the High Performance Institute. She specializes in developing legendary leaders and creating high performance cultures. Julie works with CEO’s of Fortune 50 companies across the country to optimize performance, accelerate innovation, and achieve the highest levels of success.Julie has created a prominent presence on LinkedIn generating more than 60,000 followers in one year. She creates and shares high performance content nearly daily and generates incredible conversation and interaction through her thought leadership.Connect with Julie:LinkedInWebsite

Jim Collins talks about the importance of getting the right people on the bus, but more importantly, he talks about getting these people on the right seat on the bus. In episode 34, Melanie Pump talked about how insecurity fuels defensiveness, envy, stress, and anxiety, and in general, decreased feelings of psychological safety in the workplace.In this week’s episode, Melanie Pump shares the devastating impacts of having the wrong people in the wrong role, why this happens so frequently, and how to ensure we get the right people in the right role the first time.In this episode, we discuss:[03:50]  How insecurity impacts workplace culture[05:36]  How skilled people may end up in the wrong role[08:50]  Picking out the right candidate for promotion[10:36]  What to do if you promoted a person to the wrong role[15:07]  How to manage employees as your company evolves[21:02]  Creating systems that put the right people in the right rolesClick here for the transcript of this episode.Click here to listen to Episode 34 – "Detox: Managing Insecurity in the Workplace with Melanie Pump" Follow Danny Langloss on LinkedIn as he breaks down leadership tools, strategies, and concepts throughout the week.Have you heard about  Danny's "Ownership" concept?Ownership is a team members extreme emotional and psychological connection to the goals of the organization, their team and the organization as a whole. Owners do things because it is important to them, not because they are told to do it.  Owners are constantly looking to get 1% better every day, always looking for ways to add layers of greatness to the organization, and proactive solve problems as they arise.In Season 2, Episode 27, Danny breaks down Ownership and the 7 Pillars leaders can use to create it.ABOUT MELANIEMelanie Pump grew up in a family that went bankrupt soon after she was born. By fifteen, she was a high school dropout. Today, she is Chief Financial Officer of Plank Ventures, a public investment firm that supports entrepreneurs.During her more than 20 years of progressive corporate experience, Melanie has studied the impact leaders and workplace cultures have on employee security and performance.Through her work, Melanie learned how to shape a corporate environment to create powerful teamwork, authentic communication, diverse creativity, and heartfelt loyalty. Melanie currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Brane in Vancouver, Canada.She wrote her book, “Detox: Managing Insecurity in the Workplace” to help leaders and employees everywhere to learn how to truly thrive.Connect with Melanie Pump:LinkedInWebsite