Latest Leadosophy Podcast Episodes
Episode 106: Episode 106 | Jess and Tim Discuss Followership and Burnout
Leadosophy - June 09, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Jess and Tim discuss an article by Weber et al. (2022) titled "Building Individual and Organizational Wellness Through Effective Followership." The authors discuss how physicians in the healthcare industry can combat the effects of burnout with the positive forces of eff...
Episode 105: Episode 105 | Leadosophy Panel: What Are the Necessary Conditions Needed For Org Effectiveness?
Leadosophy - June 02, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPanel Members: 1. Rob Alexander, Executive Director, Small Business Development Centers in Springfield 2. Darin Gerdes, Professor of Management, Charleston Southern University Question for discussion: For an organization to thrive, are there any “necessary conditions” required internal...
Episode 104: Episode 104: It's the Soil, Stupid
Leadosophy - May 24, 2022 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode is about an organization's environment, a powerful influencing force in any organization. The analogy here is comparing the organizational environment to a crop's soil, and soil fertility is vital for maximizing crop yield. If you guessed that the people within the organizat...
Episode 103: Leadosophy Interview | Episode 103: Discussing Organizational Effectiveness With Coast Guard Members
Leadosophy - May 19, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Leadosophy discusses how we uniquely conceptualize organizational effectiveness. We each bring our own assumptions to this dialogue session. Organizations come in many sizes and forms, from formal organizations like for-profit businesses and not-for-profit businesses to ...
Episode 102: Episode 102: What Impact Are Leaders Having On the Organization?
Leadosophy - May 11, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAssumption: On a long enough timeline, each of us will work for a manager-leader who we perceive to be but are not limited to: 1. Technically incompetent, 2. Emotionally disconnected, e.g., lacking empathy or compassion, 3. Dehumanizing the workspace 4. Fostering low morale, 5. Valuin...
Episode 101: Leadosophy Interview | Episode 101: "Public Schools Administration, Leading Through Covid, and More
Leadosophy - April 27, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 101 In this episode, Leadosophy interviews Dr. Markiel Perkins, a High School Principal in Northern Ohio, and Bill Kermavner, a Public School Superintendent in Northern Ohio. Areas of Discussion: • Team effectiveness, strategy and decision making, and leading throughout the Cov...
Episode 100: Leadosophy: Episode 100 - "Leadosophy Turns 100 and Jess Interviews Tim"
Leadosophy - October 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 100 Leadosophy was enormously humbled to be on the receiving end of some great questions from Tim's wife, Jess. A very fun interview that had some technical challenges, extreme temperatures, barking Great Danes, and lively leadership discussion. Many thanks to Jess for the podc...
Episode 99: Leadosophy: Episode 99 - "Self-doubt: Part 3 of 3"
Leadosophy - October 25, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 99 Leadosophy flips the script on self-doubt and discusses self-confidence. How do we gain self-confidence? Tim discusses his concept of self-confidence with the "Three Buckets" metaphor: Experience, Preparation, and Mindset. Leadosophy hopes this episode inspires you to examin...
Episode 98: Leadosophy: Episode 98 - "Self-doubt: Part 2 of 3"
Leadosophy - October 22, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 98 Leadosophy continues the self-doubt discussion by leaning on an academic article that deep dives into the psychological world of self-doubt. Of interest in this podcast are the coping mechanisms we use to mask or overcome our self-doubt. Also, as leaders, we potentially can ...
Episode 97: Leadosophy: Episode 97 - "Self-doubt: Part 1 of 3"
Leadosophy - October 20, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 97 Leadosophy introduces the concept of self-doubt as it applies to leader effectiveness. This is a cathartic exercise because self-doubt was a constant and shifting cloud that hovered over my various leadership roles. I am hoping that once this podcast is over maybe a few of y...
Episode 96: Leadosophy: Episode 96 - "Life Is About Momentum"
Leadosophy - October 14, 2021 00:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 96 Tim discusses the importance of gaining and keeping momentum in pursuing objectives, tasks, goals, etc. After failing to record a podcast in over a month, he goes back on the airways to discuss his challenges, hoping, in a small way, to inspire others who may have lost momentu...
Episode 95: Leadosophy: Episode 95 - "What Do Tomatoes and Leadership Have in Common?"
Leadosophy - September 01, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 95 Tim talks about what he learned doing some basic research on the company NatureSweet®. Leadosophy is intrigued by the cultural aspect of NatureSweet: how their Associates talk about the organization, how the organization makes them feel, and the opportunities that the organiza...
Episode 94: Leadosophy: Episode 94 - "Emphasizing 'Human Connectedness' As A Core Leadership Concept"
Leadosophy - August 26, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 94 Leadosophy wants you to forget everything you've learned and been taught about a leadership conceptual framework. So instead, today's episode focuses solely on the human connection and why it's important anywhere. Human connectedness transcends the artificial boundaries of t...
Episode 93: Leadosophy: Episode 93 - "What's All This Nonsense About Employee Engagement?"
Leadosophy - August 18, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 93 Leadosophy examines the concept of "employee engagement" referencing an article in Forbes written by Kevin Kruse. Here are a few questions: 1. True or False: An employee can work on behalf of the org's goals with minimal emotional commitment? 2. Can you force your employees t...
Episode 92: Leadosophy: Episode 92 - "5 Takeaways From Leading in a High-Risk / High-Reward Environment"
Leadosophy - August 13, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 92 Leadosophy discusses 5 takeaways from leading in a high-risk yet high-reward environment, namely the world of search and rescue in the maritime environment. Leadosophy has five reflective points and this episode elaborates on each. They are: 1. Establish and understand the pu...
Episode 91: Part 2 of 2: Leadosophy Interviews Carson Woody, High School Sophomore, Wrestler, and Novice Welder
Leadosophy - August 11, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this two-part interview, Leadosophy speaks with Carson Woody, a High School sophomore and wrestler from Madison High School in Northern Ohio. Carson talks about life, wrestling, adversity and triumph in sports and academics, finding something to do after High School that does not in...
Episode 90: Part 1 of 2: Leadosophy Interviews Carson Woody, High School Sophomore, Wrestler, and Novice Welder
Leadosophy - August 09, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this two-part interview, Leadosophy speaks with Carson Woody, a High School sophomore and wrestler from Madison High School in Northern Ohio. Carson talks about life, wrestling, adversity and triumph in sports and academics, finding something to do after High School that does not in...
Episode 89: Leadosophy: Episode 89 - "Leadership Job Applicant Questions: How Effective Are They?
Leadosophy - August 06, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 89 Leadosophy questions the validity of leadership questions in an applicant's job interview. Can you get a person's detailed concept of leadership from very abstract leadership questions? Is it not implied that a job applicant will tell you that they have an awesome leadership s...
Episode 88: Leadosophy: Episode 88 - "Do You Foster A Workplace Environment That is Equitable or Fair or Both?"
Leadosophy - August 04, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 88 Leadosophy reviews a short article written by educator Joseph Clark of Concordia University Irvine. He discusses equality, equity, and fairness as applied to the education world, but Leadosophy uses this article as a launching pad to discuss the concepts in relation to leaders...
Episode 87: Leadosophy: Episode 87 - "Recalibrating Purpose Within an Organization?"
Leadosophy - August 02, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 87 Like a compass that needs recalibrating from time to time, leaders within an organization may need to recalibrate from time to time. By recalibration, we mean reexamining the meaning and purpose of an organization. Existential questions are questions that tug at the reasons wh...
Episode 86: Leadosophy: Episode 86 - "How Far Should A Leader Extend the Tentacles of Democratic Leadership?"
Leadosophy - July 30, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 86 We discuss empowerment, democratic leadership, and the value and worth of employees. Questions for Leadosophy and our listeners: 1. How far should a leader, a leadership team, extend empowerment throughout the organization? Who should have a say in the direction of the orga...
Episode 85: Leadosophy: Episode 85 - "Part 2: Leadosophy Explores the Zero Defect Mentality"
Leadosophy - July 29, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 85 Leadosophy continues the discussion about the ZDM. We left off with talking about the fear of failure as a motivator. We continue discussing the ZDM in the context of the recent Navy report delivered to Congress; specifically, does the Navy have a ZDM culture, and how would yo...
Episode 84: Leadosophy: Episode 84 - "Part 1: Leadosophy Explores the Zero Defect Mentality"
Leadosophy - July 27, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 84 This episode continues the discussion of the Navy Culture report generated for U.S. Congress. Specifically, Leadosophy examines the concept of a Zero Defect Mentality (ZDM) in the context of the Navy report, but also in the context of any industry or organization. What is the ...
Episode 83: Leadosophy: Episode 83 - "Part 2: Exploring the Recent Congressional Report on the U.S. Navy"
Leadosophy - July 23, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 83 focuses on a meta-review of the report for Congress, looking at this report through the lens of an organization development (OD) practitioner. What is OD and why would I focus on this report from an OD practitioner viewpoint? OD defined is the “. . . process of increasing orga...
Episode 82: Leadosophy: Episode 82 - "Part 1: Exploring the Recent Congressional Report on the U.S. Navy"
Leadosophy - July 21, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 82 This is the first part in a series of videos where Leadosophy explores leadership within the U.S. Navy as outlined in a recent report delivered to the U.S. Congress on the second week in July of 2021. The report is linked below, but in this episode, Leadosophy uses an article ...
Leadosophy: Episode 81 - "Quick Thoughts: Embracing the Scavenger of Self-Doubt"
Leadosophy - July 19, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 81 We all have a scavenger of self-doubt that circles the winds of our mind just waiting to feast upon the scraps of our insecurities, fears, anxieties, and perceived limitations. Can we embrace the scavenger of self-doubt, and if so, how?
Leadosophy: Episode 80 - "When Are You Managing; When Are You Leading?"
Leadosophy - July 16, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 80 Leadosophy examines the differences between managing and leading. It's Leadosophy's assumption that the two concepts are different from a philosophical standpoint. Plus, Leadosophy offers some insight into why this might be so. There are no hard and fast rules here, just som...
Episode 79: Leadosophy: Episode 79 - "Camping Loves Philosophy; Philosophy Loves Camping"
Leadosophy - July 14, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings79Episode 79 Leadosophy explores the philosophical nature of camping as Tim discusses 10 takeaways from his trip across America in a 21-foot travel trailer along with his wife, his oldest son, and their two Great Danes, Plato, and Frank. Camping is life, life is camping. There just might...
Episode 78: Leadosophy: Episode 78 - "After an Extended Absence, Leadosophy Returns"
Leadosophy - July 12, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 78 Leadosophy returns after nearly a 45 day absence. Tim and his wife moved from Washington State to Washington D.C., and Leadosophy went comms dark. Now, Leadosophy returns, and Tim talks about the concept of self-purpose. What is our purpose and how can we discover that purpose...
Leadosophy: Episode 77 - "Part Three: Leadosophy Examines College Freshman Life with Michael Woody"
Leadosophy - May 28, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 75 Leadosophy is about using the tools of philosophical thoughts to deepen our understanding not just of leadership but also of life. Michael Woody co-hosts on a three-part series where Michael reflects upon his first year as a college freshman: the challenges, successes, obstacl...
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