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Today we cover tips to help you take ownership in your personal and professional development in order to meet your career aspirations.

Today Zack shares his letter for the hurting leader. We hope that it's an encouragement for you or someone you know as you go through life's trials and tribulations.

There is certainly a right and wrong way to go about promoting yourself and your career aspirations. Today we cover the strategy to take to promote yourself the right way, while lifting others up along your journey.

We love our set routines and the relative safety that our jobs provide. The best leaders don't settle for the status quo and are great risk-takers for their organizations. It's not done haphazardly without intent. It's planned, weighed, and executed. Do you consider yourself a risk-taker? Today, Zack covers some areas to consider when taking risks.

Finding Happiness and dealing with anxiety are hot topics in the United States. Books dealing with anxiety rose 26% over last year and books dealing with happiness rose 83% over last year. Today, Zack helps us look at ways we control our own happiness and what we can do to make ourselves happier.

Hopefully, you have some good goals in place for yourself to strive for in both your personal and professional life. Today Zack and Michelle talk about the habits in your life that hold you back from meeting your larger goals. Learn how to identify them, understand their impact and then work in healthier alternatives to help you reach new heights.

We've spent time identifying ageism and generational challenges (EP 68) as well as ways to gain an understanding when leading individual generations. (EP 69). Even with all the differences, there are some traits that will always be universal. Today we cover ways that we are the same no matter what generation that you are a part of.

Misconceptions, stereotypes and a lack of respect for other generations have further fueled the need for understanding each other. If we are going to be productive, we must know how to connect with each other. Today we dive into each generation in the workplace and what motivates them, how they communicate, hurdles they face and common stereotypes.

Our workplace environments are dealing with generational issues more than it ever has before.  There are currently four generations simultaneously in the workforce, (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z).  There also has not been as a profound difference between generations as there is now. This is in large part due to the timing of the third and fourth industrial revolution.  Baby Boomers grew up without using computers for the most part, to Gen Z, who only know life in a smartphone world.  Today we look at the sign of ageism and ways you can begin to bridge the gaps to another generation. 

Today we Zack and Michelle talk about the importance of continual improvement and some practical starting points to help you take your work and personal life to the next level.

It's not too often that you'll run across a humor section in a leadership book. It's an understated integral tool to be used in your personal and professional life. There is a balance though. Use it well and you'll have an easier path in your journey. Use it too much and you'll be labeled a joker who doesn't take responsibilities seriously. Don't use it at all and you'll come across as hard and uninviting. Today we'll cover two key areas of humor in leadership: *When and how to use humor *Being mindful with humor

Paradoxes happen all the time in leadership. Today we'll dive into the three ways to approach a paradox when you encounter them and use the paradoxical phrase "Tough Love" as our example: *Either/Or *Both/And *More-Than

Thinking strategically is critically important for you as a leader of others and as you lead yourself in a positive direction in your career and in your life. Today, we cover three areas of strategic thinking: 1. Strategic thinking with People 2. Strategic thinking with Business 3. Strategic thinking with Yourself

Listening can be hard. Today Zack gives you actionable tips to overcome the three big barriers to listening well. * The speaker * You, the listener * The setting

Today Michelle and Zack talk about the Blue Angels (and dragon boat racing) to see what their thrilling shows teach us about team communication and how you can leverage several of those same tools in your everyday life.

One of the guarantees in your work life is that you are going to be a part of new teams as you go on your career journey. Whether you are jumping on a team as a leader or a follower, it’s important to begin building that trust with them as early as possible. Today, we cover tips on how to build trust with a new team as both a leader and follower.

Life is full of conflict and changes whether we like it or not. Look no further than the last two years across the world to see how change and conflict have impacted each of us in a personal way. While we generally don't like conflict on a personal level you are guaranteed to encounter it as you continue to grow in your leadership. Today, Zack covers some steps to help you navigate those times of conflict and change well.

Our character is something that we use daily in decision-making, and yet it’s also something that we rarely take time to actually develop. Today, Zack and Michelle walk through some practical tips to help you strengthen and grow your humility.

Today Zack shares about the importance of body language in your everyday communication and shares several tips to help you communicate more clearly with others.

There are few things in life that are permanent. You can even bad tattoo you may have gotten in college can be removed! People sometimes believe that you can't shake a bad reputation. Instead of trying to climb out of the situation, they embrace it because they really don't see another option. If you'd like to turn your reputation around or know someone that could use the help, be encouraged that there is a way out with hard work and dedication. Today Zack Hudson gives you steps to take to help someone (or yourself) turn around a bad reputation with others.