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Join Lori and Lori as they draw the parallels between a home remodeling and being a great leader. Learn why fine-tuning your emotional intelligence matters at every step, whether renovating a house or re-engaging your team. To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.comTo connect with Lori Gorrell visit http://www.upwardsolutionscc.com

Team effectiveness and bottom-line results can both be linked to the critical skill of building a culture of Trust. Join Lori and Lori as they talk about why trust is so essential to a team and how to begin building your foundation. Key takeaways: – Psychological safety – what it is and how it is…

Are you having a hard time networking successfully? Talking to strangers ranks in the top 5 things people hate to do but meeting new people and building a network are crucial to the success of any leader.  In today’s podcast, we are going to talk about the Why, Where, When, and How of networking.  Whether…

How do you know you need a relationship tune-up in the workplace? Leaders, emerging and seasoned, need to continually build and refine their interpersonal relationship skills. Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell provide examples and tips for building relationships in a variety of situations and skill levels. To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/To connect with Lori…

Assertiveness is your ability to express feelings, beliefs, and thoughts openly and your ability to stand up for personal rights – and here’s the key – assertive people can do these things without being aggressive or abusive!  Listen in as Lori and Lori discuss why aggressiveness is a key leadership skill and how to do…

What does it even mean to be balanced? It certainly isn’t some beautifully perfect split of 50-50. However, we can have a sense of this mysterious ‘balance’ when we are intentional with how we spend our precious time and energy by making sure we are focused on what really matters and that we are continually…

Do you have the ability to appreciate your positive aspects and possibilities as well as to accept your negative aspects and limitations and still feel good about yourself? In this episode, Lori and Lori discuss why it’s so important to know your strengths and weaknesses while liking yourself warts and all. Link to Ted Talks:Amy…

This week, we combined the two-part series called ‘Why Do They Do That’ in one episode to give you real-life applicable steps to recognize four primary work styles and the key differences that make each style tick and what can get in their way. Have you ever looked at the people you work with and…

Let’s set the record straight – optimism is not the same as being naive! Listen in as Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell dive into the not-so-squishy-feely side of optimism. Learn how to be a more resilient leader, more creative, and even healthier, using the optimism lens. To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.comTo connect with Lori…

We all endure times of stress, but how we deal with that stress has a direct effect on our emotional well-being and our leadership.  Stress tolerance is your ability to withstand adverse events and stressful situations without developing physical or emotional symptoms.  Join Lori and Lori as they discuss how to prepare, plan and react…

Diversity Equity and Inclusion will have significant, positive impacts on the success of your business and it should be a safe and ongoing conversation in the workplace. Join us as we talk to guest Eric Johnson of Insighted to learn more about why DEI initiatives fail, why the conversations should happen live and the huge…

This week, we are replaying a previous podcast on Leaders and Goal Setting. It’s at this time of the year that you need to be putting your final touches on your goals for the following year.Many of you have gone through the process at work, but what about your personal goals? If you don’t write…

Do you see yourself as a leader who tends to be flexible or rigid when unpredictable, unfamiliar, and dynamic circumstances come your way?  Are you generally open to and tolerant of different ideas, orientations, ways, and practices?  In this episode, we dive into how learning to be more flexible can increase your emotional intelligence and…

We get in our own way, a lot! How many times as a leader (or a spouse or parent or friend or…) have you made an incorrect assumption, either far too negative or positive, and it led to disastrous results?  When we don’t step back to look at what is fact and what is our…

Have you ever witnessed a hothead leader having a hotheaded moment and wondered what their business would be like if they had more control over their outbursts? In this podcast, we talk about what is a lack of impulse control, what to look for and a few key anecdotes to help you remain calm, cool,…

Are you getting out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom? or finding it hard to fall and stay asleep? Well, maybe there is something a whole lot more than just setting up the right environment to help you fall asleep. Join us as we interview Tara Clancy, the…

This week, we are replaying a previous podcast on How Sleep Impacts Your Leadership. Sleep has become the biggest epidemic that we are facing these days. Insufficient sleep is associated with a range of negative health and social outcomes including adverse formats at work. Reduced sleep duration has been linked to 7 up to 15…

When we are emotionally charged, we aren’t in the right headspace for solid problem-solving. If you think about it, there is often a lot of emotion inherent with most problems. This means that, left unchecked, we won’t have our full head in the problem-solving game and we won’t get the best results! Lori and Lori…

Workplace culture is shaped early on in the employment relationship – our recruiting and hiring behaviors send key messages to potential employees about who we are as an organization.  The pandemic has revealed cracks in these systems and practices and reminded leaders that we cannot operate on auto-pilot when it comes to the human factors…

It’s the perfect time of year to regroup, reflect and re-engage with your goals. You may not have even looked at your goals lately, so the question is…      Are you going to do this or not?  Join Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell as they talk you through the steps of re-engaging with your…

How important is confidence in leadership and business?  Almost everything!  While we tend to believe that persons in positions of leadership already have confidence sometimes they are missing some vital pieces.  Join us as we interview author and speaker Jill Johnson of Johnson Consulting Services and discuss how to build leadership confidence.  Contact Jill Johnson…

When you feel like you’ve been through the wringer, are you able to step back and find the valuable lessons?  We’ve all been through periods where we don’t know how we will see our way through gracefully or how we will catch up after setbacks; Lori King-Taylor keeps it real and shares the four valuable…

There are many ways in which emotions drive our decision-making. From negative past encounters to in-the-moment excitement, the whole range of emotions is worth recognizing when we are making critical decisions. Join Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell to learn more about the value of self-awareness, listening to physical cues, and how to remove emotions that…

Join Lori Gorrell and Lori King-Taylor as they talk to Lisa Crilley-Mallis of Impactive Strategies about productivity bottlenecks and biological prime time. Learn what this means and how to use it to increase your effectiveness as a leader.  Create time in your schedule to work on those things that are of your highest value to…

Do you want to develop your leadership skills, enhance your career and even focus on your personal development?  Lori Gorrel interviews Lori King-Taylor on her new membership program that concentrates on just that!  The Impact Membership program helps business professionals maximize their impact and build stronger relationships with their teams.   To learn more, go to:…

Leadership positions are a goal many have in their career, but it often comes with anxiety and fear of the new role, responsibilities, and expectations placed upon them.  In this episode of Lead Me On the podcast, Lori and Lori discuss some of the top fears plaguing leaders today and give tips for overcoming those…