Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast


Latest Episodes

Lessons In Time Management As Taught By The Movie, Groundhog Day (Season 2021, Episode 6)
February 07, 2021

Last Tuesday was February 2nd, 2021 – Groundhog Day. AMC played the movie staring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell on constant repeat all day that day. I know ’cause I watched it twice. Rotten Tomatoes gives the movie a 96% on the Tomatometer.

A Conversation With High-Performing Leader Tommy Gonzalez, El Paso’s City Manager (Season 2021, Episode 5)
January 31, 2021

Tommy Gonzalez is an impressively high performing leader with a vast and varied experience that includes a 22-year career in military service where he was a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. In 2014 he was appointed the City Manager of El Paso, Texas,

This May Be The Key To Being More Adaptive (Season 2021, Episode 4)
January 24, 2021

Being adaptive is innate in all of us. Human beings have power no other animal has – the ability to adapt quickly! Because of our brainpower, we can adjust and adapt fast! Faster than any creatures on the planet.

Are These 7 Things As Effective As I Think? (Season 2021, Episode 03)
January 17, 2021

I’m a solopreneur. In 1994 I read my first book (I think) about being a one-person business. It was a book by Terri Lonier entitled, Working Solo. I’m not even sure why I bought the book because I was leading a fairly sized company at the time.

This Is Always The Path To Improvement (Season 2021, Episode 02)
January 10, 2021

Yesterday’s Know-How May Not Answer Today’s Challenges. That was my original title for today’s show but I changed it. I have the following quote on my About page… Do not assume I’m going to take issue with the late,

Two Important Questions Every Leader Must Ask & Answer (Season 2021, Episode 01)
January 06, 2021

During the early stages of morphing yourself into a high-performing culture, you can embrace a new level of creativity (aka innovation) when you commit to taking a harder look at what you’re doing. That means you individually and you collectively.

Grow Yourself, Grow Others & Make A Difference – Season 2020, Episode 40
December 24, 2020

Van is a manager. Experienced. Being a boss is important to Van. He enjoys having people answer to him. Beth is a manager. Inexperienced. She never thinks about being “the boss.” She’s busy helping her direct reports do better.

A Conversation With The Organization Whisperer, David Childs, PhD – Season 2020, Episode 39
December 06, 2020

Serendipity happened. I was traveling. Part business, part pleasure. I walked into a place to get some information and came face to face with a man who had spent decades in Texas. The fact was, he lived in the DFW area for many years – the place I had ...

Anticipate & Pursue The Ideal Outcome (Creating High-Performing Cultures) – Season 2020, Episode 38
December 03, 2020

The Peer Advantage by Bula Network is a new initiative that I’ve been working on this year. Like most things, I’ve gotten it wrong until I could figure out how to get it right. And I have a client to thank for helping me figure it out.

Giving Thanks, Greeting Winter & Making Plans – Season 2020, Episode 37
December 01, 2020

The air is clear but cool. It’s about 40 degrees. I’m staring at some woods, watching chipmunks, squirrels and all kinds of birds flitter around. Chilling out means exhaling. Inhaling, too. Slowly. Deliberately. But naturally.