#040: Choosing The Right Spouse Your spouse is not only your best friend but your companion on the journey of life. If you want to lead more effectively having a spouse that supports and encourages you is necessary. In this episode, Paul and Ken discuss how your key to success is your spouse.   Insights: Leveraging each others strength Elements and traits of spouses Success and support   Challenges: How can you be the best spouse? A spouse is intended to always be your best friend Forget what one gives and remembering what one receives   Attention Getters: Suppose there are times at the end of the day where there’s not much to say.  Are you okay if we sometimes we just sit in silence? Let’s suppose we have a family at some point, What activities do you see us involved in with our kids.   Where do you see our kids going to school?   Do you think we’ll both stay working?   Do you think your job will cause you to travel a lot? Can you see us having a family dog or cat at some point? Do you see us living in town or out in the country? When we’re married, whose family do we visit for Christmas? How many years do you want to wait before we have kids? What are some of the places you want travel to Before we have kids? After we have kids? When do you think we should tell them the truth about Santa Clause? What do you think about always having a date night?   Show Links: LTM Survey Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud Radical Candor by Kim Scott   Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe!   Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

Leading the Millennials: Leading in an Uncertain World

#040: Choosing The Right Spouse

Episode #039: Marriage Leadership is a key component in marriage.The best way to lead is to make the people around you the most important. In this episode, Paul and Ken discuss the leadership qualities it takes to be the provider, the encourager and the example in marriage and family. Insights: Working together as an equal team The breadwinner is not always the leader Asking questions and communicating to connect with one another Challenges: Listen more than advise Friendship over finances Being Selfish   Show Links: LTM Survey Nick Foles press conference Financial Peace University by Dave Ramsey 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Love and Respect by Dr. Eggerich   Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#039: Marriage

Episode #038: Sports Sports is a great way to train to be a better leader. A leader exhibits accountability by being willing to take the heat and handle failure, while also being the person that everyone looks to for direction. Join Paul and Ken as they discuss what it means to be a leader in sports.  Insights: Leading by example Character of the leader and the player Being intentional with your actions  Challenges: Reacting under pressure and to criticism Patience Sense of not belonging  Show Links: LTM Survey Year of the Scab, ESPN 30 for 30 Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#038: Sports

Episode #037 Work-Life Balance Work-life balance is about dedicating time to every area of your life effectively. Our minds are constantly thinking about work while at home and while at work about home. In other words, work-life balance is tough! Join Paul and Ken as they discuss their struggles and successes in balancing work and life. Insights: Work-life collaboration Transparencies and boundaries in relationships Negatives of not having balance Challenges: Perfectionism Self Leadership Communication Show Links: LTM Survey Dabo Swinney So you are married to a workaholic Boundaries for Leaders by Henry Cloud Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#037: Work-Life Balance

Episode #036 Productivity Productivity is taking time to self reflect and learn from others, assessing what was successful or not, deciding what really matters and saying no to everything else. Join Paul and Ken as they discuss tools on how to maximize productivity.  Insights: Being efficient with your time and other people’s time Creating a system as a leader Maximizing your productivity  Challenges: Multitasking Delegating tasks Creating boundaries  Show Links: LTM Survey Essentialism by Greg McKeown Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#036: Productivity, Being Efficient, & Chunking Tasks

Episode #034 Unexpected Challenges Unexpected challenges occur daily and often cause us stress when completing the small or large day-to-day tasks. In this episode, Ken and Paul exchange ideas and thoughts about how to deal with unexpected challenges they have encountered and how to best prepare for them. They believe that a challenge is a tool that can make one’s life better. Insights: Challenges are opportunities See possibilities rather than problems Be curious! Challenges: Develop yourself and your team everyday Give Millennials challenges and allow them to fail Rely on your team for help Show Links: LTM Survey Apollo 13 The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heath Operation Tomodachi Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#034: Unexpected Challenges, Using Your Team, & Zooming Out

Episode #035 Crisis Leadership Everyone will face a crisis in their lifetime; the question is not if it will happen, it’s when it will happen. Your response to the crisis as a leader is rooted in your character and your attitude. In this episode Paul and Ken discuss how to respond to crises, how to prepare for them and what to during a crisis as a leader. Insights: Your character decides how you respond to crisis Your  attitude shapes how others react to the crisis as a leader Take time to clear your head to think and make the best decision Challenges: Make people feel special and valuable Have an attitude of optimism and hope Take responsibility Show Links: LTM Survey DEFCON Levels Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips Art of War by Sun Tzu Adversaries into Allies by Bob Burg Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com 

#035: Crisis Leadership, Preparing for Crisis, & Creating Good Habits

Episode #033 Forming Teams Teams make each other better - they build each other up and complement each other's weaknesses. As a leader is it’s your job to form and build your team to be successful. In Episode #033, Ken and Paul share their thoughts and experiences of how they have formed and built-up teams. They discuss how Millennials can build and form teams, and how they want to be led. They both have great insights that are helpful in forming and building teams. Insights: Forming a team adds value to each member Humility and accountability are essential from the leader Courage, character and compassion are keys Challenges: Culture leads results Learn from your team Serve your team Show Links:   LTM Survey Coach Wooden   Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#033: Forming Teams, Creating Culture, & Having Humility

Episode #032 Communication Communicating your message to others is hard, everyone receives the message differently and they can misinterpret the message. The success of your message to your team is how you communicate with them on a daily basis through email, presentations and your casual conversations where you connect with them. Join Paul and Ken as they discuss how to connect with others, how to best communicate and how to keep your message simple. Insights: Over communicate your message Connecting with others is communicating Communicating well takes time and patience Challenges: Connect with others over common interests Strive to connect with others that you do not have common interests, but can learn from Keep your communication simple! Show Links: LTM Survey Start With Why TED Talk by Simon Sinek Everyone Communicates Few Connect by John C. Maxwell Leaders Eat Last TED Talk by Simon Sinek   Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com 

#032: Communication, Connecting with Others & Simplifying your Message

Episode #031 Leadership Books & Movies Part 2 Movies, like books, can have a major impact on our lives. Paul and Ken draft their top 10 favorite leadership movies and discuss what they have learned from them. Their lists are variety of movies of yesterday, blockbusters, space, animated and sports. Movies: Coach Carter - Ken Stand and Deliver - Paul Miracle - Ken Remember the Titans - Paul Pursuit of Happyness - Ken Twelve Angry Men - Paul Forrest Gump - Ken Apollo 13 - Paul Saving Private Ryan - Ken We Were Soldiers - Paul Toy Story Series - Ken The Martian - Paul Spartacus and Gladiator - Ken Brubaker - Paul The last Samurai - Ken Hidden Figures - Paul Top Gun - Ken The Lion King - Paul American Flyers - Ken The Bridge on the River Kwai - Paul Insights: It is important to see yourself in the movie Every great movie is a story of perseverance Never stop learning and growing Tips and Challenges: Think about your top five leadership books and movies How do you identify with the story? Who can you ask to recommend their favorite movie or book? Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#031: Leadership Books & Movies Part 2

Episode #030 Leadership Books & Movies Part 1 Successful people read and learn from books; they provide invaluable insight on a person’s life work or research, allowing you to become better. In this episode, Ken and Paul draft their top 10 leadership books that changed them and they way that they lead and think. Books: Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek - Paul Start with Why by Simon SInek - Ken 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell- Paul Drive by Daniel Pink - Ken Unbroken  by Laura Hillenbrand - Paul Give and Take by Adam Grant - Ken Boundaries for Leaders by Henry Cloud - Paul Think Like a Freak by  Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt - Ken Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson - Paul Great by Choice by Jim Collins - Ken Find your Why by David Mead, Peter Docker, and Simon Sinek - Paul David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell - Ken Poke the Box by Seth Godin - Paul Turn the Ship Around by L David Marquet - Ken Circle Maker by Mark Batterson - Paul The Next 100  Years by George Friedman - Ken The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Hal Burrows, Ken Blanchard, and William Oncken - Paul The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom - Ken The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni - Paul The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch - Ken  Insights: Important for leaders to have boundaries Books can change our perspective on how we think There are quick reads that are very impactful  Tips and Challenges: Watch TED talks. Find books that can help you add value to yourself and to other people. Go out there and start writing. Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#030: Leadership Books & Movies Part 1

Episode #029 Give and Take Join Paul and Ken as they discuss the best methods of giving and why it’s important to receive (take) as well. Learn from their insights on giving and receiving as a leader and how it affects you and your team. Everyone should learn how to be a giver and a receiver. Insights: Give within your talents and passion Be generous with your money AND your time and talent If you want to have a lasting legacy, then practice the art of generosity Tips and Challenges: Have fun giving Learn to say no Allow yourself to receive Pay 3 honest compliments a day Show Links: Give and Take by Adam Grant Milken Global Conference Military Leadership Circle Lincoln, the movie (2012) Japanese tunnel system for drainage Andy Stanley When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#029: Give and Take, How to Start Giving, & Avoiding Pitfalls

Episode #028 Creativity Creativity is necessary for a business or a team to thrive. We need new ideas and innovation to provide potential solutions to our problems. And it’s the leader’s job to create an environment that fosters and encourages creativity. Listen to Paul and Ken share their thoughts on creativity, how it applies in leadership and some tips on how to encourage members of your team to be creative. Insights: Being creative is finding uncompromising solutions to near impossible problems or questions Creativity should evolve Characteristic of creative people is making the impossible possible Tips and Challenges: Ask good questions and give feedback Do not be afraid to fail and learn from mistakes Take time intentionally to brainstorm and plan carefully for problem solving Show Links: It’s not about the Shark by Daniel Niven Jaws story Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull Winning the Brain Game by Matthew E. May Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#028: Creativity, How to Foster it, & How to Make Time

Episode #027 Life Hacks Being a leader is a challenging and daunting task. Life and your environment is always changing. You have to devote time and energy to make your team better. But how and where do you devote the little time you have? Paul and Ken shares their experiences about their favorite life hacks and how they have helped them achieved success and overcome failure. They also discuss how to be your best self and how to choose the life hacks that are right for you. Insights: A life hack is a strategy that allows you to be your best self A life hack is about finding a solution that propels you ahead and helps overcoming a challenge Reading books and listening to podcasts is a way to learn life hacks from authors and researches that have had success Tips and Challenges: Model the right way to do things Share what works for you Be open to learning from others Show Links: Dave Gambrills Life Hacks on Good Morning America 100 Life Hacks with Photos Coffitivity.com Habit Stacking book The Toothpaste Fix 5-Minute Journal Admiral McRaven UT Commencement Speech Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#027: Life Hacks, Be Your Best Self, & When to Use Life Hacks

Episode #026 Family Family makes a leader stronger and more successful. A leader does not need to sacrifice his or her family to get ahead; the leader should instead consult their families give input in decisions. Join Paul and Ken in Episode #026, as they share their thoughts and experience of what is it like to be a part of a family and as a leader of a family. They believe that a family can help a leader achieve more rather than just focusing on their careers. Insights: Leadership starts at home Family is pivotal in leaders success Family is the willingness to sacrifice for someone until it hurts Tips and Challenges: Encourage a family environment at work You do not need to sacrifice family to get ahead Make family a part of your decision, know your priorities Show Links: General Allen Joe Gibbs Bio Admiral McRaven UT Commencement Speech Be sure to check back every other Tuesday for a new episode and head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe! Got a question you’d like us to answer? Email us at leadingthemillennials@gmail.com

#026: Family, Being Present, & Balancing Career & Family

Have you found yourself wondering how to lead the next generation? Join Paul and Ken as they discuss leading millennials in an uncertain world. A conversation focused on leadership, culture, current events and technology and challenging you to be a leader in the 21st Century.

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Leading the Millennials: Leading in an Uncertain World

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