I was reflecting this morning about the countless conversations I have had with leaders in my network over the last few months and the consistent themes that have been present in most of them. Many leaders are feeling challenged to varying [...]
As a new leader, is your "holding on" holding back your direct reports? Speaker, executive coach and author, Mark Noon joins Brandon Smith on The Leadership Foundry Podcast to share four areas you need to develop as a leader. Hint: [...]
If your idea of "networking" involves cold LinkedIn messages or attending events where the key takeaway is a business card, today's episode with Kelly Hoey is for you. Kelly is author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Connections [...]
We're continuing our focus on self-leadership and purpose this month with a curated episode from leaders Ken Keen, Associate Dean of Leadership Development at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, Ashley Freemen, Facilitator with Leadership Foundry and Darren Virassammy, Co-Founder of [...]
Who doesn’t want to become a better leader and improve their leadership skills in the year ahead? But, if you’re wondering just how to do it in the uncertain, unpredictable atmosphere of January 2022, you’re not alone. Nearly twenty-four months [...]
In our inaugural episode of The Leadership Foundry Podcast, Brandon Smith is joined by Ed Frauenheim, Co-author of Reinventing Masculinity and Co-founder of The Teal Team, for a conversation on leading self. Brandon and Ed discuss the future of leadership, [...]
Many of us may be wrestling this week over which priorities to concentrate our attention on in 2022. I wonder if our priority lists actually vary much from year to year or will they once again include a vague focus on [...]
As I sat down to write this latest blog post in the Simplify series, I once again pondered the conversations I have been having with clients and other business leaders over the last few months and was struck by a central theme [...]
Post #2 in the “Simplify” blog post series. If you are like most of the busy professionals I know, you will be facing a large pile of work in the coming week with limited time to get it all done [...]
Post #1 in the “Simplify” blog post series. Do you create space for yourself during a typical workday? When do you strategize, reflect, exercise, think, re-fuel or just catch your breath? Many of the leaders I work with find themselves [...]
