The Impact Foundry Podcast
The Impact Foundry Podcast is for people who want to increase their impact! We will discuss timely and relevant topics for people who want to increase their leadership effectiveness, be more purpose-driven, optimize their results, and improve their ability to influence other people. Impact rarely happens by accident. Leaders, salespeople, innovators, marketers, coaches, teachers, even parents will all find value here.
Episodes
14 episodes
E14: Integrating the Impact Habits
In this final episode of Season 1, we look back at the first 13 episodes of The Impact Foundry Podcast. Episode 14 is part Index, part Table of Contents, and part Glossary. In this episode, we tie The Impact Habits together, integrating each of...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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25:23
E13: Stop It! Breaking Bad Habits (and Starting Good Ones!)
As creatures of habit, we are what we repeatedly do. Winston Churchill said, “Watch your habits, they determine your character.” Our habits are in need of our attention and our effort. We won’t just discuss our good habits in Episode 13 of The ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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31:58
E12: Take Inventory: The Gears of Life
Periodically, we need to take the time to look at all that we have going on in our lives from 30,000 feet: a big picture point of view. We need to look at 8 different areas of our lives to make sure we are giving each of them the attention they...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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23:30
E11: Your 24: Managing Your Calendar and Watch
As long as there have been people inhabiting the earth, the sun has come up and gone down at the same time. Days have lasted 24 hours. It’s amazing to see what some people have done with their 24 hours over the course of their lives. In this ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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29:50
E10: Building Strong Relationships
We need other people for many reasons. Strong relationships improve our quality of life, give us a greater sense of purpose, help us to benefit from and pass on wise counsel, and give us more opportunities to laugh deeply. Strong relationships ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:45
E9: Questions are the Answer
Effective questioning is a critical communication skill which should be paired with our listening skills. Effective questions allow us to go deeper and discover insights, enabling us to better understand the other person’s point of view, as wel...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:20
E8: Listen to Understand
The Good Lord gave us two ears and one mouth...but you would never know it with some people. Listening to understand goes way beyond listening attentively or listening to respond. When we listen to understand we not only listen with our ears, b...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:49
E7: The Journaling Habit
Jim Rohn said, "A life well-lived is worth recording." The Journaling Habit involves capturing our thoughts, dreams, goals, and ideas in writing. The number of benefits of journaling is astounding. Listen to this episode to take a deeper ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:54
E6: The Discipline of Solitude
The world we inhabit is jammed packed full of distractions that are constantly trying to interrupt us and focus our attention on something else. That something else can often be trivial, or even harmful. A Discipline of Solitude is a bloc...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:26
E5: Take Action!
Achieving our desired impact rarely happens by accident. In this episode we discuss how the vision we established in E1 can help us to develop meaningful, clear goals. Once we have clear goals, it's all about actions—the right actions—...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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33:12
E4: Developing a Growth Mindset
How we think about things has tremendous influence on how we come across to our leaders, teammates, and others. Ultimately, our mindset impacts the results that we will achieve. In this episode we will make the distinction between a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:02
E3: Seek Wise Counsel Part 2: Get Coached!
We all have something to learn that we can only learn from another person. In this podcast we will discuss uncovering our blindspots, finding a good coach, and preparing ourselves to receive feedback. We will also talk about a processes that is...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:46
E2: Seek Wise Counsel Part 1: Leaders are Readers
We all have something yet to learn. Join us as we present a powerful case for reading carefully selected and actionable books, developing a network of author mentors, and putting what we learn into action. Listeners will be much more intentiona...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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35:23
E1: Cast a Compelling Vision
Having a clear picture of our desired future state is the first step in having the impact that we seek. It allows us to choose our actions and be more purpose-driven. In this episode, we will explore the questions that need to be asked so that ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:17
