How to Live and Work Authentically with Mike Horne

Integrity begins when you align your words and actions.

Mike Horne, Ph.D. is an executive coach who works with leaders to design authentic workplaces where employees can thrive. In today’s show, Mike discusses his definition of happiness and how making continual progress is more important than achieving goals.

Key Takeaways:
0:00 Intro
1:54 Mike briefly talks about his ideas of what being better means and the three roles he has
3:43 Mike talks about what progress means to different people in different areas of life and work and the sense of accomplishment people take from it
5:28 Michael talks about his ideas of progress and how it includes setting goals and current goals he has for himself
7:37 Mike talks about the different approaches you can have in goal setting, and how not necessarily every step of progress has to be defined as a goal
9:34 Mike breaks down his approach and how he coaches leaders to set their goals and make progress towards achieving them
13:02 Mike talks about happiness, the elimination of suffering, and self-awareness
16:21 Michael Kurland talks about how people can become authentic, and the series of events in his life that made him realize his own self worth
19:15 Mike gives his three tips on how to live authentically
21:27 Mike talks about the importance of how a simple hello to somebody can go a long way
23:07 Michael Kurland talks about the reason he left his old job and the changes the new CEO made that pushed him to do so
26:03 Mike gives the various ways you can contact him

Resources Mentioned:

Mikes Book "Integrity By Design" - If you or your organization lacks integrity, you’re out of alignment with what’s important. When work and life are out of alignment, it’s increasingly difficult to lead, improve, and drive positive change in teams and organizations. 

Gallup - Gallup, Inc. is an American analytics and advisory company based in Washington, D.C. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide.

HP - The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

ExxonMobil - Exxon Mobil Corporation, stylized as ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil.

Quotes Mentioned:

"It's nice to say hello to a stranger and I'd say yes at work. You should work in the moment, work in the present, and I don't know what happened to you five minutes before we started or what's going to happen in the five minutes after we are finished. But I know that we have this moment in time together and that when managers show an interest in people, when they create a sense of being in on things, work gets done a lot more easily than it does, you know, tell me about the digit you missed."

"Wisdom is always someone else's experience. There are a lot of people, I believe who are not goal directed, who fail to recognize as that the greatest purpose of life time is becoming the person you are. That is our greatest privilege."

"As you make progress, as you develop your interests, then you become better, you become more knowledgeable, you have greater depth or breath in that field."

Guests Social Media Links: 
Website: https://mike-horne.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehorne1/detail/recent-activity/posts/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikehorneauthor
Mike's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1557124313
Buy Mike's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Integrity-Design-Working-Living-Authentically/dp/0975307312