The Chris LoCurto Show

461 | Dealing With Dishonesty & Deceit by Chris LoCurto

Self-assessment time! Are you a driven leader?With most driven leaders, what often gets neglected are those soft skills that focus on different personality styles, creating culture, and especially the deeper, personal work that needs to be done inside the heart of a leader. These skills are necessary not only to be successful and to sustain that success, but to lead others well all along the way.So, how are you doing with that? And if you’ve got some gaps, where’s the disconnect? Why’s the focus on the person of the leader often missing among leadership seminars and training?The greatest leverage to grow your company is learning to effectively lead people and all the things that we teach there. – Joel Fortner, VP of Leadership DevelopmentIn today’s episode, we tackle how leaders need to learn to lead themselves before others!

Fear is a phenomenon that all of us deal with at some level and, left unchecked, it can subtly begin to dominate our thoughts, decisions, and actions.While fear can be a healthy warning system, especially when getting chased by a lion, it can also be an unhealthy way of dealing with our stress and circumstances in life. Fear becomes a habitual response and even a defense mechanism we get conditioned to.On today’s episode, Heather joins us in the studio to discuss fear, how it can start to dictate our surface level responses, and how to escape its paralyzing effects.

Hey leaders,What’s your measure, what are you made of, and where are you coming up short?You’ve probably heard the Latin maxim, "know thyself", which in ancient Greek literally meant "know thy measure". In today’s episode, Joel Fortner, VP of Leadership Development & Next-Level Life Facilitator sit down to talk about three ways in which leaders can overestimate their measure with regards to leadership, and in so doing hold themselves (and those they lead) back from success. Ironically, all three ways we discuss today center on the self. It’s about how we think about our own capacity and how easily we can be fooled into thinking “we’ve got this” when we really don’t. There are some bad habits that we all curate that can inevitably lead us astray. Not knowing yourself, as a leader, is probably the greatest limiting factor you will face. Remember, you can be your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.So, don’t miss this episode!

As a leader or parent, are you more apt to avoid, rather than engage, in tough conversations with those you lead? Well, you’re not alone! In fact, you’re actually pretty normal.Do you realize that the majority of leaders (and parents) have never been taught how to take on difficult conversations? And certainly not with sufficient tact, grace, or courage!So, what usually happens? Well, to be blunt, a train wreck happens! There’s often a collision of wills, a battle to be right, and a lot of fear present. Every leader knows that having difficult, but necessary, conversations is a complicated task. When you consider how much is going on at once it can be a daunting task to have that talk.There’s fear - first and foremostThere’s risk - of things going badlyThere’s discomfort - it feels like conflictThere’s pride - especially with big personalitiesAnd lots of emotions - things can get out of controlThings can get complicated quickly. But what can you do about it? How can you prepare for it? That’s what Aaron West and I sat down to discover on today’s episode!

On today’s episode, what we’re really talking about is leading, teaching, and helping others - this could be at the office with team members or at home with your family - to take responsibility and grow (up).​​​We discuss how to accurately assess your capacity as a leader, not to mention that of your team, and avoid falling into the traps that hold businesses back from scaling successfully.To start delegating properly we must know how to take proper responsibility for ourselves first.​Listen now to discover ways to take responsibility and to recognize the lies we believe that cause us to lose worth.​

On today's episode we go over why worth really matters.Worth is the value that’s assigned to or associated with a person or thing.What you’ve accepted about who and what you are, no matter where that information came from, is one of the biggest factors in how you see yourself.It can be the very thing holding us back from living life to the fullest or propelling us forward towards our dreams and destiny.Romans 12:2 saysDon’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.Listen now to evaluate where your worth is placed and why it really matters.

Are you overestimating your knowledge or capacity and setting yourself up for failure and burn out?This is one of the reasons that leaders get trapped in The Leadership Crazy Cycle by being task saturated and over committed.Listen now to learn how to accurately assess your capacity as a leader, not to mention that of your team, and avoid falling into the traps that hold businesses back from scaling successfully.

Self-sabotage refers to behaviors or thought patterns that hold you back and prevent you from doing what you want to do, getting on with your life, your family, your mission and ministry.Listen now to learn how to identify self-sabotaging tactics, address them and then shift your mindset to getting yourself unstuck to be truly authentic!

The last few months on the podcast we’ve talked about clarifying direction, personal responsibility, and living authentically in life and leadership.We want to pause and bring you up to speed on how we’ve been living these things out in our own lives – behind the scenes – at a place we call The Ridge at Leiper’s Creek.A place that’s meant to serve people physically, emotionally, spiritually and bring healing to those who need it most.Today you get the pleasure of hearing my amazing and beautiful wife, Heather, help share this story.

Do you have a shepherd's heart?Today you will find out:what being a shepherd really means and why it's so important,key characteristics of leaders who shepherd others, andhow you can have a similar heart and mindset.You're going to learn keys to grow and develop leaders who love God and love people. This starts with who YOU are as a leader, because that’s who you're ultimately going to replicate.Listen now to become a leader who shepherd's their team to success and creates the kind of leaders you really want.

On today’s episode the coaches gather together to discuss the most listened to episodes of 2021.Joel, Aaron and I, will go over what the most important takeaways from those episodes were, and what we need to carry with us into 2022.Find out on today's countdown, what our most listened to episode of 2021 is!

Learn how to grow success and master how to lead remote team members, navigating the challenges of multiple time zones, cultural differences, and even mild language barriers. On today’s episode, my VP of Leadership Development Joel Fortner will help us identify and navigate the various challenges of leading remote teams and how to lead them to success. Also one of our own remote team members, Brian Alex, is on the show and shares keys to leading remotely from the perspective of the team member.As businesses rapidly go remote, find out what the statistics are for hiring remote workers and how going remote may be incredibly valuable for your business.

In part 1 of Strengthening Your Emotional Stability, we discussed how to recognize your current condition, as well as your daily contribution to your emotional health, and how different personality styles respond to feeling out of control.Now I want to dig into some things you can do to take control of your stability.In this episode, we go over the five emotional stability boosters that you need to be tapping into for your health.

Strengthening your emotional stability may be your best defense against the craziness of the world we live in.In order to gain that strength, you must use self-awareness as a valuable tool to assess your condition and improve it. Today's three key points will help to analyze yourself and the role you play in your own emotional stability.What does the structure of your life look like? Are you eating well? Getting enough sleep? How about the amount of negative versus positive influences you have in your life? All of these things contribute to your emotional stability. Listen now to discover the emotional stability boosters that can help you feel grounded and better equipped to handle the struggles that we all face throughout our day.