KickStart Your Edge: Play to Win Leadership

Episode 505: Your Biggest Asset Or Your Biggest Ass-ache?

April 01, 2024 13:00 - 15 minutes - 30.2 MB

Strengths are such an asset, until they aren’t. Situational awareness is crucial in using your strengths effectively. Consider the context and people involved to choose the most appropriate strength for the situation. When overdone, your strength can actually get in your way. Together, we uncover the keys to effective leadership and harness the superpower of situational strengths.

Episode 504: Real Talk: How We Used CliftonStrengths™ to Win Over The Boss’ Boss

March 25, 2024 13:00 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MB

Feeling like your team's brilliant ideas need to be getting the traction they deserve? This episode dives into how CliftonStrengths™ can unlock your leadership potential and elevate your team's impact. We'll share a powerful story of a leadership team using CliftonStrengths™ to identify individual and collective strengths, tailor their approach to their leader's strengths, and ultimately deliver a winning presentation that secured buy-in for their ideas from “the boss”. Tune in and discov...

Episode 503: Building a First Team: The Key to Organizational Success

March 18, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes - 22.6 MB

In this episode, we dive into the crucial concepts of one team versus first team mentality. We'll explore the staggering ripple effect of a first team mentality and how it can create a more focused and successful organization. We've worked with teams from California to Kuwait, and we've seen firsthand the power of a first-team approach. If you're ready to break down silos and build a more collaborative team, this episode is for you!

Episode 502: The Illusion of Knowing: "Fixed Mindset Around Growth Mindset: Can It Exist?"

March 11, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes - 22.9 MB

Let's jump into the realm of mindset exploration: Can one be shackled by a fixed mindset when grappling with the notion of a growth mindset? Picture this: we're on a ride of recounting our escapades at a recent leadership summit, where diverse viewpoints on this very topic ignited impactful conversations. Join us as we unravel the significance of embracing a growth mindset while transcending mere intellectual awareness. Strap in for an adventure where the mind expands and perspectives collide.

Episode 501: Unleash the Unexpected: What Happens When You Dare to Say "Yes"

March 04, 2024 14:00 - 11 minutes - 25.3 MB

Do you want more possibilities in your life? If so, embrace the mantra of “We’re open.” Join us as we delve into the power of "yes" and explore the secrets of highly open people (us). This episode is packed with actionable insights and inspiring stories to unlock your full potential and experience extraordinary things.

Episode 431: Four Types of Fear

August 07, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 37.7 MB

Our brains naturally crave predictability and certainty, which can lead to stress and anxiety when fear comes up. There are four types of fear and once we learn to navigate the unknown and find the possibilities it brings we can stop giving excuses and start going for our goals. Time to become fearless.

Episode 430: Being Fearless. Your leadership Edge

July 31, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 25.5 MB

We dove deep into the power of fearlessness and how it connects to self-awareness. Being fearless means challenging our own belief systems and being mindful of our thoughts. It's about taking action and choosing who we want to be, even when fear tries to hold us back.

Episode 429: Change: Are You Resistant?

July 24, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutes - 26.6 MB

Change happens. All. The. Time. We dive into the importance of focusing on making a difference instead of dwelling on what's not working or feeling like a victim. Mastering change in an organization is a sign of true leadership.

Episode 428: Find Your Passion

July 17, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes - 24 MB

When you start to respect yourself and find your passion, the impact you make grows tenfold. Hulu’s The Bear, Season 2, is filled with self-respect, passion, and really making a difference. Are you finding purpose in your work? What kind of impact could you be making? Learn a lesson from Richie. Because he’s wearing suits now.

Episode 427: How Do You Define Freedom?

July 11, 2023 15:37 - 11 minutes - 25.2 MB

Last week the US celebrated Independence Day, which is all about Freedom. What’s your perspective on Freedom? Some believe that more freedoms are being offered, while others feel they're being taken away. What's the difference between independence and freedom? What does freedom mean to you? How important is autonomy? Join Jenn and Karen as they ask the questions that will have you reflecting on what it all means to you.

Episode 426: I Like, I Like, I Wonder.

June 26, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 20.9 MB

A great exercise that helps generate your creativity and imagination is: I like… I like… I wonder…. Stop your black and white thinking and start to get curious. I wonder what might be possible. Learn all the details in this short episode.

Episode 425: Going Above and Beyond

June 19, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes - 24 MB

Setting a goal isn’t enough. Goals aren’t about the results, they are about the experience. Are you just checking the boxes to get by or are you going above and beyond? When you step up your game, how do you influence others? It’s time to go the extra mile.

Episode 424: Who’s In Your Foxhole?

June 12, 2023 13:00 - 15 minutes - 32.4 MB

Small minds and weak people kill dreams. Who is in your foxhole (aka: inner circle)? How do they help you grow and stretch and keep you focused on where you say you want to go? It’s time to evaluate your selection process.

Episode 423: Keep the Mental Lab Open

June 05, 2023 13:32 - 13 minutes - 27.5 MB

It only takes one second to make a decision. Time to challenge your thinking and make sure it is a dialogue instead of a monologue. Your mental game can win out over the emotional game in the moment.

Episode 422: Indulging In Emotion

May 29, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes - 25.5 MB

If you aren’t getting any traction, growth, or movement – you might want to look at what emotions are keeping you stuck. Overwhelm, confusion, and comfort are reasons why we don’t get the momentum that we need. It’s time to stop playing small and go after what we want in life.

Episode 421: Trust is About Two Things

May 22, 2023 13:00 - 12 minutes - 26.6 MB

When we work with teams, the teams who have a high degree of trust perform better. Work moves faster, the results are better, and people are more engaged. There are two components of trust that will have you question, which one is more important to me?

Episode 420: Taking Responsibility For Your Results

May 15, 2023 13:00 - 10 minutes - 23.3 MB

Do you like the results you have in your life? If the answer is ‘yes’, say thank you to yourself. If the answer is ‘no’, time to get it in gear. Once we start to take 100% responsibility for the results we have, it all can fall into place. We share the ‘secret’ for getting what you want.

Episode 419: If Last Month Was A Dessert

May 08, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 21.8 MB

Rocky road ice-cream, a burnt crème brulee? If you had to describe last month as a dessert, what would it be? This metaphor can give you insight into what you need more of and what you need less of.

Episode 418: Using Our Strengths

May 01, 2023 13:54 - 12 minutes - 27.2 MB

Strength-based leadership is where ebb, flow and ease can be found. Your natural talents are the ones you should gravitate to for any situation. We got real with the SHRM NJ chapter and it's all about finding your own solutions through your strengths.

Episode 417: T-FAR™ and the Brain

April 24, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MB

Your brain is always offering up thoughts. So. Many. Thoughts. What might change if you took 30 days and paid attention to your thoughts? We give you the 5 questions to ask yourself so you can rewire your thinking and choose the thoughts that work for you. The Big Brain Experiment starts May 1st: www.kickstartyouredge.com/bbe

Episode 416: 5 Keys to Improve Your Brain

April 17, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 20.7 MB

Imagine who you could be as a leader if you had the right amount of sleep, proper nutrition, exercised regularly, increased your novelty, and had a regular mindfulness practice. We think you’d be even MORE effective. Connect it with Emotional Intelligence and two words come to mind: Game Changer.

Episode 415: Finding Your Focus

April 10, 2023 13:00 - 9 minutes - 21.4 MB

What is the noise in your head that is distracting you? How are you managing attention fatigue? Zoom in and find your focus. Focus is about managing your brain and narrowing in on what’s important. Check out our latest episode. The Big Brain Experiment starts May 1st: www.kickstartyouredge.com/bbe

Episode 414: Busting Your Own Bracket

April 03, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes - 24 MB

It’s madness. Where are you the Cinderella story in your own life? So often, people rank up, classify us, seed us, and it can either have us playing to win or playing not to lose. Where have you busted your own bracket in life? When have you shocked the world?

Episode 413: Our Manuals for Others

March 27, 2023 13:00 - 14 minutes - 29.3 MB

So many things come with a manual, an instruction book, or tips. People don’t. When you have manuals on how people SHOULD behave, you are giving your power away. In fact, when frustrated based on what someone else does, you will create the exact same results for yourself. Listen up and let go of the “should”.

Episode 412: Be the Leader You Wish You Had

March 20, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 19.3 MB

You 100% create the experience you have in all situations. You can’t control others, however, you can determine how YOU show up. Bitching, moaning and complaining about “leadership” will get you nowhere. Becoming the leader you wish you had, changes everything.

Episode 411: Looking Back to Look Ahead

March 13, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 30.4 MB

It's time to use the wisdom you already have. What if you used the advice you would give your younger self as the springboard for the advice you need now to get to the next best version of yourself? It's trippy and oh-so-effective.

Episode 410: Congratulations, You Don’t Know

March 06, 2023 14:53 - 10 minutes - 23.2 MB

What is brilliant about not knowing? EVERYTHING. A Play To Win mindset is all about becoming the person you need to become in order to actually know. Don’t know what we are talking about, time for a listen.

Episode 409: Using Your Future for your Present

February 27, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 25.5 MB

Have you stopped being future-focused? Do you let your past define who you are, determine what you are capable of, and allow you to accept the status quo? We talk about our niece’s basketball game which got us to ask the question, when do people lose their milestone mentality? Time to hop to the future to help you determine who you need to be to get there.

Episode 408: Your Thoughts About Your Thoughts

February 20, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 27.1 MB

Mastering a Play to Win mindset requires you to think about your thoughts. It is time to be an observer of what you think and why you are thinking it. Start to get meta with yourself, jump into observer mode and understand who you are by looking at why you think the way you think.

Episode 407: Stop Giving Away Your Power

February 13, 2023 14:26 - 10 minutes - 22.1 MB

When you start to blame external circumstances for how you feel, you are giving away 100% of your power. Your power comes from understanding that the way you feel is because of the way you think about the external circumstance. Plus, hear how Karen’s Joe Friday “Just the Facts” reference was never true.

Episode 406: Results-Based Leadership

February 06, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes - 21.1 MB

The Play to Win mindset is the process of learning to design your life from the future instead of the past. What results do you want? Decide. Then 100% commit to the actions that are required for you to achieve those results. Don’t waver when the going gets tough. Double down and do it anyway. Your future self will thank you.

Episode 405: Now We Get To Choose

January 30, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 26.5 MB

We live in a brain filled with recycled thoughts. It is time to let go of the thinking we were taught to think and start to decide what we want our thoughts to be. We get all our beliefs, perspectives, and worldviews from internal, external, and organizational influences. What thoughts have you stuck? What thoughts do you want to stop borrowing from others? You get to decide.

Episode 404: Change Your Brain

January 23, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 27.2 MB

Every single thing that has been created by humans has been created with a thought in someone’s brain first. If you don’t think on purpose, you won’t create anything purposeful. A thought is a sentence. You create a sentence, and then you create the results of that sentence. Imagine what is possible even with a half-managed mind.

Episode 403: What Got You to Good, Won’t Get You to Great

January 16, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes - 24.2 MB

Since the beginning of time, our brains have been wired to seek comfort, find food, connection and keep ourselves alive. In today’s work, those basics are a bit easier to come by. The next evolution of ourselves needs to be purposeful. What if you were able to be motivated by the exact opposite of comfort and safety? Game on!

Episode 402: What Are You Willing to Risk?

January 09, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes - 26.1 MB

Plot twist: To live a results-based life requires putting what you already have at risk for something bigger, something better, something faster, and something stronger. Are you willing to do it? You know, go all in on YOU. If you aren’t happy about where you are now, or you aren’t inspired by where you’re headed, hint…your current strategy needs attention.

Episode 401: Make This A Play To Win Year

January 04, 2023 19:33 - 12 minutes - 27 MB

Play to Win. Game on. Design the life you want. Lead on purpose. Results-based living. It’s time to step into the next best version of you. You get to decide what you want your life to be like. Start with learning the difference between playing to win and playing not to lose. This is all about mastering your mindset. Let’s go, 2023.

Episode 338: Next Level Success

September 26, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 17.9 MB

It is time to Master A Play to Win Mindset. As we take a pivot with our podcast, you will get the inside-out approach to KickStart Your Edge 2.0, where we focus on leading yourself so you can lead others and the business.

Episode 337: When it Comes to Success, There is No Comparison

September 19, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 18.1 MB

So often we measure our success based on comparing ourselves with others. Knock it off. Success is an inside job. You get to define it. And note to self, it isn’t about the end result, it is about the experience.

Episode 336: What’s Your Relationship with Success?

September 12, 2022 13:43 - 9 minutes - 20.1 MB

Your mindset about success determines your relationship with it. What does success mean to you? How do you interact with success? How do success and achievement tie together? You get to create the relationship you want.

Episode 335: It Takes Confidence to Fail

August 29, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 13.5 MB

The more you are willing to fail, the more confidence you have. It takes confidence to take risks. Confidence that you can handle the failure. Confidence that you can grow and go. Confidence that you are not your outcomes.

Episode 334: Failing Your Way to Success

August 22, 2022 13:00

To get to where you are capable of going there will be failure all along the way. Thank goodness! The more failure, the more we put ourselves out there. Own it, embrace it and aim for it….yes, aim for failure. The only way is through. Success is on the other side.

Episode 333: Does Quitting Mean Failing?

August 15, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 12 MB

Just because you quit does that mean you failed? There’s a saying: smart people quit. If you decide that you are done with something – you have to determine whether you like your reason. Your reason is the difference between making a decision or feeling bad about not following through

Episode 332: What does Failure Feel Like?

August 08, 2022 13:00 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MB

We aren’t afraid of failing. We are afraid of what failing feels like. You create your reality by what you think about the results you produce. Once you know you can handle disappointment, discouragement, sadness, etc. you have cracked the code on achieving whatever the hell you want in life.

Episode 331: What’s Your Relationship with Failure?

August 01, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MB

Your mindset about failure determines your relationship with it. What does failure mean to you? How do you interact with failure? Where do you avoid it? Where do you gravitate to it? You get to determine what you want your relationship with failure to be.

Episode 330: Break the rules

July 25, 2022 13:00 - 9 minutes - 18.1 MB

“This game is rigged. And it does not reward people who play by the rules. You either got to stand in the corner or get in the ring.” Ramona, from Hustlers. What rules do you need to let go of so your game isn’t rigged? Find the ones that work FOR you vs. the ones your parents, society, etc. say you should follow. It’s time to get in the ring.

Episode 329: Why we fall.

July 18, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 12.5 MB

“Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.” Batman got this one right. Are you willing to stumble, trip and fall to really get to know what you are made of? This is what life is all about because falling isn’t the same as failing.

Episode 328: If it makes you happy, then why are you so sad?

July 11, 2022 13:00 - 6 minutes - 11.7 MB

“If it makes you happy, then why are you so sad?” Sheryl Crow’s documentary Sheryl shares how even though Sheryl sold millions of records it didn’t necessarily make her happy. More times than not, people imagine once they get to a “destination” then they’ll be happy. Get out of the milestone moments and start to focus on what really matters.

Episode 327: I don’t need easy. I just need possible.

July 05, 2022 14:34 - 10 minutes - 19.8 MB

“I don’t need easy, I just need possible.” Ninja Warrior contestant. Self-inflicted limitations will often get in our way. The question is, are you willing to open the door to possibility even when it isn’t going to be easy?

Episode 326: Stop Chasing Happy

June 27, 2022 13:00 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MB

Guess what? You have the power to choose happy. Listen to how it’s possible to just make that decision for yourself in this episode. Forget yesterday. It’s okay that you weren’t happy yesterday. You can be somebody different today. It can change in a moment—and you don’t need a plan. What can you decide now about yourself?

Episode 325: All-Purpose Decision Making

June 20, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 13.4 MB

What does Formula 409 have to do with decision making? Find out in this episode where we’re talking about taking action—flippin’ trying stuff and maybe even failing!—versus that ugly ass habit of overthinking (you know, the thing that’s keeping you from living your best life). Here’s a hint: make the decision, THEN make the decision right.

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