
The Leadership Growth Podcast
Timely, relevant leadership topics to help you grow your ability to lead effectively.
New episodes every other Tuesday. Launching January 30, 2024
Episodes
36 episodes
What is Executive Presence? Part 1
Leaders “take up a lot of space,” says Peter Stewart.What leaders do in that space can be the difference between great business and people results–and bad ones.In today’s episode, Daniel and Peter tackle the topic of executive pre...
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Episode 35
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30:34

How Leaders Leverage AI for Productivity and Development
AI is “not special,” says Dr. Allen Badeau. “It’s just a bigger part of your technology strategy.”In today’s episode, Daniel, Peter, and Dr. Badeau discuss the latest developments in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape and how lea...
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Episode 34
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38:20

Midlife Leaders Rewriting Their Own Story
“You don’t know you need it till you need it,” says today’s guest, Chris Hare.Chris is the host of The Storied Future Podcast and founder of The Storied Future, where he helps midmarket and enterprise CEOs create narratives that...
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Episode 33
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37:05

How to Avoid a Leadership Train Wreck
“The cool thing about leadership is that your customers are right there,” says today’s guest, Phil Wilson.Phil is the CEO of LRI Consulting Services, Inc., and founder of Approachable Leadership. He’s the author of seven books, includin...
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Episode 32
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34:48

Leadership Development and AI
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is a game-changing technological advancement–one that has generated excitement, fear, nervousness, cautious optimism, and a fair amount of hype.But what are its implications for leadership d...
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Episode 31
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37:12

What to Expect During a Coaching Session
A good coaching session is about more than just complaints or chit chat. “Coaching sessions are not just to have a feel-good moment,” says Daniel. “They are intended to focus on action and follow up.”In this week’s episode, Daniel and Pe...
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Episode 30
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42:29

The 5 Steps of Great Coaching
Executive coaching is more than just a series of nice, but unconnected, conversations, says Peter Stewart. “It’s a development process with real teeth and traction in it” to help leaders meet goals.In this episode, Peter and Daniel demys...
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Episode 29
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40:01

What to Expect From Your Executive Coach
Over the last few decades, the attitude on leadership coaching has shifted dramatically. What was once considered necessary only when there was a performance issue is now a common piece of leadership development.“More and more leaders ar...
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Episode 28
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35:19

Using AI to Build Innovation
What if AI were the key to innovation inside your company?Today’s guest suggests that AI puts innovation in the hands of people who aren’t necessarily scientists or programmers.Travis Hoppe is the Assistant Director of AI Research...
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Episode 27
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33:20

Elevating Your Ability to Influence
How do other people see you?In a world where there’s more noise than ever before, many of us have lost our ability to communicate with empathy, says Stacey Hanke, executive mentor and author of Influence Elevated: Maximizing Your Con...
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Episode 26
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33:04

How Leaders Solve Problems
“We don't spend a lot of time thinking about how we breathe. We just do it,” says Jamie Flinchbaugh. “But then we find out, whether we're training for sports or meditation or other things, that there's more to learn about breathing. And when we...
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Episode 25
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39:01

Achieving Operational Success as a Leader
“Imagine if Amazon was inefficient,” says Garrett Delph, Founder and CEO of Clarity Ops.An inefficient Amazon would never reign in the very area that allowed it to disrupt the marketplace–that is, rapid, low-cost product delivery....
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Episode 24
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34:04

Empathetic Leadership
“Empathy is not being soft,” says Jevon Wooden, CEO of BrightMind Consulting Group and today’s guest on The Leadership Growth Podcast.Jevon is a sought-after keynote speaker, coach, and consultant specializing in empathetic lead...
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Episode 23
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33:13

The Myth of Accountability
When it comes to accountability, the traditional approach has put leaders in charge of holding others accountable. Often this approach translates into a fear-based, command-and-control, “I have the authority, and I’m going to tell you what to d...
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Episode 22
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38:22

Ego Management
Are you “all that and a bag of chips”?We all need an ego. As Peter says, ego serves a function.But too much ego might translate into steamrolling over others. And too little ego can mean withdrawing and allowing others to steamrol...
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Episode 21
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35:15

Leadership Lessons from Astronauts
“If you don’t find absolute joy in other people’s success, being a leader’s probably not going to float your boat,” says today’s guest, Laurie Labra.Daniel and Peter welcome Laurie to this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast
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Episode 20
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37:03

How Nature Informs Strategy
What can leaders learn from horseshoe crabs, cottonwood trees, and polar bears?This episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast takes a fascinating dive into the lessons that leaders and organizations can take from nature. Guest Ro...
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Episode 19
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34:32

How to Help Prepare People for Success in Their Roles
Why do people want to work for you?And perhaps more importantly, why do they want to continue to work for you?In this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast, Daniel and Peter look at how both external and inter...
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Episode 18
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38:22

How to Not Assume People Understood You
“I don’t know what I’ve said until I’ve learned what you heard.”Daniel kicks off a robust discussion about communication with this provocative insight. He and Peter are joined in this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast by ...
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Episode 17
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35:41

How to Use Psychology to Achieve Success in Business
What does psychology have to do with business?“Absolutely everything,” says Dr. Ernest Wayde, host of the Psych in Business Podcast.Dr. Wa...
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Episode 16
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32:49

The Three Envelopes
On this episode of The Leadership Growth Podcast, Daniel and Peter take a deep dive into one of the most popular videos on the Stewart Leadership website: T...
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Episode 15
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37:38

Tools to Build Strong Relationships
“With every relationship, we make deposits into that trust account by the actions we take, the things we say, and the interest we show and display,” says Peter.Are you making good deposits into the trust accounts with your bosses, peers,...
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Episode 14
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39:28

How to Create an Effective Action Plan for Development
“Some of the best goals out there have a 50% or 60% chance of success,” says Daniel.How effective are your change efforts? If you only have a 20% chance of success, you may be sabotaging yourself. On the other hand, if you set a goal tha...
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Episode 13
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43:59

The 5 Steps of Personal Change
We’ve all embarked on personal change efforts with great excitement and motivation–only to lose momentum and fall back on old habits or even crash and burn. Failing in our change efforts can result in frustration, discouragement, and disappoint...
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Episode 12
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41:57

How to Be Brave at Work, with Ed Evarts
It’s an historic day over at The Leadership Growth Podcast as Daniel and Peter conduct their first podcast interview!Daniel and Peter interview Ed Evarts, founder and president of Excellius Leadership Development and author of t...
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Episode 11
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34:02
