The Lead Up Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Values-based leadership is the number one catalyst for cultural change.

On the Lead Up Podcast we talk a lot about the power of values and how they can be leveraged to improve your hiring process, elevate coaching efforts, and guide decision-making. 

However, it’s important to remember that your values don’t work unless you do. 

Simply listing out values you believe in isn’t enough. 

You and your people must embody them as a non-negotiable standard of behavior.

Check out this week’s episode to hear host Mike Harbour and special guest Ryan Miller discuss the importance of values-based leadership and how YOU can bring your values to life in your workplace. 

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave a 5-star review on your streaming platform. Mike encourages you to reach out to him through: Mike@harbourresources.com to let him know your thoughts on this episode & to share some topics you would like him to speak on in the future.

To learn more about Ryan and PWI here.

Annual reviews serve as a great opportunity for both the team members and the leaders conducting them. Unfortunately, most leaders don’t have a structured plan to make the most of the opportunity. 

In this episode of the Lead Up Podcast, your host, Mike Harbour shares 4 P’s that you MUST implement into your annual review to launch you and your team into the coming year.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave a 5-star review on your streaming platform. Mike encourages you to reach out to him through: Mike@harbourresources.com to let him know your thoughts on this episode & to share some topics you would like him to speak on in the future.

If you want to get the most out of your employees, develop a thriving culture, and retain great employees, then your primary objective should be to develop authentic connections with your people. This means showing up consistently. Not once a year, or once a quarter. 

You have to make intentional connections a regular part of your routine. 

In this week’s episode of the Lead Up Podcast, Mike and special guest Ken Schmidt talk about “Making Some Noise” and making people your priority to improve results.

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave a 5-star review on your streaming platform. Mike encourages you to reach out to him through: Mike@harbourresources.com to let him know your thoughts on this episode & to share some topics you would like him to speak on in the future.

You can learn more about Ken here.

On this episode of The Lead Up podcast, Mike is joined by guest Paul Gustavson.

Mike and Paul speak about the power of imagination and how you can optimize your imagination to shape the future and those around you.

Paul provides us with an insight into full-spectrum innovation and how you can implement it as a leader. They also discuss why it’s better to live in imagination as opposed to living in memory.

Paul talks about his book, Imagine: The surprising truth about hope and the 12 powerful ways to invent the future. He shares how the inspiration came during the pandemic when he noticed that everyone just needed hope – and hope comes from imagination.

Mike and Paul talk about one of the most impactful chapters in his book, The Power of Curiosity, and how it’s an absolute must-read, not only for leaders but for parents and anyone that still dreams.

Paul states that success is when imagination meets reality, so make sure to give his book a read so that you can begin maximizing your imagination and your team's imagination!

For more information about the book and Paul, head over to his website:  www.Theimaginebook.com/leadup 

On this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike is joined by Mickey Trent. Mickey works with Anteris Talent Advisors, a retained executive search and talent acquisition consulting firm. Mickey has over 20 years of healthcare executive recruiting experience and she shares how she got into recruiting and how the pandemic really changed the game for recruiting.

Mike and Mickey talk about their favorite aspects of recruiting and Mickey shares how she loves working with so many different people and seeing them grow in positions. They also talk about the challenges recruiters are facing right now and how money is not the driving force for people leaving their jobs to go to similar positions at different organizations.

They discuss why it’s so important for companies to hire the right people in today's workforce. Mickey speaks about how she’s seeing, particularly in the healthcare sector, that employees are doing a lot more and with less so it’s crucial that organizations are finding the perfect fit. Mike shares his ideas on ‘closed-loop systems’ when it comes to the hiring process and why ensuring you let people know when they don’t get the job is so important. 

Mike and Mickey discuss the main questions organizations need to ask why they’re looking for leaders as being the following:

• Can you provide examples of times you applied the skills we’re looking for and the results you’ve experienced from using said skills?
• What are the processes and systems you have put in place to sustain the success you’ve had?
• What are some critical errors you made, how did you fix them and what did you learn from them?
• Can you share some information on how many people you’ve helped to develop into becoming leaders and how you did that?

If you’d like to work with Mickey or would like some more information about the work she does you can reach her by phone: 615.519.6955, email: mtrent@anteristalentadvisors.com, or website: www.anteristalentadvisors.com 

In this episode of The LeadUp Podcast, Mike talks to us about dreaming big.

He shares an acrostic for DREAM

D is for desire

R is for relationships

E is eliminating bad relationships/habits

A is action

M is make mistakes

Listen to this episode to learn how each of these can help you to dream bigger and achieve those dreams.

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On this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike is on his own today for episode 308 to share with you why mindset matters and how you can begin to strengthen your mind for success in all areas of leadership and life. Mike is also going to share with us 3 books he highly recommends, three practices you need to implement to create habits around, and three ways you can protect your mindset as you strengthen over time.

Mike remembers a rhetorical question asked by a speaker, “Do you want to know what the next year or next five years is going to look like for you?”. As he listened the question became more interesting as he was in a growth period and looking for life’s easy button. His answer which stuck with Mike was “Your life one year from now, your life five years from now is going to be exactly like it is right now, unless you change the way you think”. 

Mike goes on to share his three ideas to shift your mindset.

1. Read good books.
2. Surround yourself with people who think differently than you think and bigger than you think.
3. Invest in a coach.

The three books Mike recommends are The 4:8 Principle by Tommy Newberry, a biblically routed mindset book, As A Man Thinketh by James Allen, a small book written in 1902 but the principles are still the same, and finally Mindset by Carol Dweck, which teaches the difference between growth and fixed mindset. 

After touching on the personal journey he’s been on, Mike gives us three tips to sustain our mindset.

1. Get proper rest, without your phone.
2. Eat really well
3. Be really good with your exercise habits

All the links to the books are available below and to check out some more information and see the partners of the podcast go to LeadUpPodcast.com. If you enjoyed please leave a 5-star review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss a new episode.

As a Man Thinketh

The 4:8 Principle

Mindset

On this episode of The LeadUp Podcast, Mike is joined by guest, the human igniter, Carolyn Swora! Carolyn joins the podcast from Burlington, Ontario. She shares spent 17 years in the corporate world before branching out into her own business working on culture, leadership and helping leaders realize that self-awareness is the key way to lead in the workplace and in life!

Mike and Carolyn speak about the following topics leaders should be aware of:

• How to deal with burnout
• Enneagram types; what they mean, how we can leverage them
• Igniting the spark within your workforce as we are all holding something back
• Tapping into your heart center
• The importance of regulating your nervous system

Carolyn gives her best advice to leaders listening to this episode. She encourages you to listen to your body, trust your own intuition and get curious about how you respond to situations. Mike and Carolyn speak about how self-awareness is like an onion, there are so many layers we need to peel back, and how self-awareness is the differentiator between successful and unsuccessful leaders.

Mike encourages you to check out Carolyn's book, Rules of Engagement to learn more about these critical topics, which you can find here: Rules of Engagement. Carolyn also gives some exciting information about her new book, Ignited Leadership. The book includes vital information about how you can gain an understanding of the three centers of intelligence and trauma-informed leadership. This is definitely a conversation leaders need to be having to progress in the future of leadership, post-pandemic. Ignited Leadership will be released in Spring 2023.

For more information head over to: www.carolynswora.com.

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In this episode of The LeadUp Podcast, Mike is sharing the importance of choosing the right coach.

What is a coach:

• someone that comes alongside you and maybe helps instruct you in a specific area.

Why choosing the right coach is so important:

• A coach can help you to set your goals and start living the dreams you have for yourself. We all have goals and this time of year we look at what we have accomplished with the goals we set for ourselves. We will soon be setting new goals and may need someone to help us achieve those or exceed the expectations we have. 

Why investing in yourself is so important:

• You can read books, and listen to podcasts or books on audible to grow. But the fastest way to grow is to invest in a coach. A Coach can help you create clarity and to move to the next level. 

You can learn more about Harbour Resources Coaching here or email us at contactus@harbourresoruces.com

On this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike is joined by special guest, Chris York. Chris shares his journey throughout his career and how he has been in healthcare leadership for 30 years now, despite starting in industrial engineering.

You will learn how Chris led his team through the greatest challenge to our healthcare system over the last two years. He shares what he learned about leadership, his people, and the challenges we need to fix.

These are some vital lessons he learned as a leader during the pandemic:

• How to deal with mass fear
• Communicate; keep your people in the know with transparent and frequent communication
• Provide people with a pathway forward 

Also, we get into some discussion about the healthcare workforce shortages and how Covid accelerated the pace. Now we are in the early stages of a more critical challenge and have some ideas on how we can face the people and talent needs. 

Chris wrote a book titled Set The Standard and shares a call to push against unbelief and the unknown of what we have never done before. And how Chris is using this rally cry today when most of our staff feel overworked and burned out.

We will learn how to develop our mindset which determines our ability to outpace our problems and push through with grit and persistence. You will also learn why trust in leadership is at an all-time low, and how can we use love to raise the bar and bring trust back to our teams.

Mike and Chris discuss the importance of mentorship. Chris shares how one of the best mentors he’s ever had, completely changed his life with one small task that helped him achieve his career goals. This was to set himself a career path from 25-65 and work back in increments of 2-3 years. Chris also tells us about how being a mentor for others is a huge part of his life now and how he has mentored three different individuals who have gone on to become hospital CEO’s. Mike and Chris talk about how when we as leaders take care of our people, the profits take care of themselves.

They also talk about mental health and well-being issues we face as leaders and share their best advice on how you can address these issues with your team and how you can be there and be supportive of your people.

Make sure to check out Chris’ amazing and knowledgeable complete book: Set the Standard