Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast for emerging leaders across all professions to help navigate those intricate moments while leading from the front. In this podcast, expert guests speak about their triumphs, their mistakes, and how they have learned and grown from their experiences.
Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help leaders as they lead 'from the trenches'.
Throughout the series, Simon uses personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 29 plus years in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Senior Non-Commissioned Member, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and his experience within a private sector company.
Trench Leadership offers frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions to talk about the ever-present challenges in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
The Leadership Lightning Round! - Designing Your Team for Everyone's Success from a distance featuring Wayne Turmel, Eh!
Welcome to Episode 109!!
In this episode, you’ll hear from Wayne Turmel, a fellow Canadian and podcast host, an author, and consultant for the Kevin Eikenberry Group, who will talk about the challenges of creating teams from long distances. Wayne will offer his insight into how leaders can create robust, diverse, and impactful teams.
But first, let's dive into The Leadership Lightning round! These five quick questions will give you a fun peek into Wayne’s world.
Let's see how he answers and get to know him a little better!
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It's the lightning round Brought to you by Trench Leadership, a podcast from the front. Guests on Trench Leadership are asked five random leadership-related questions with the goal of having a little fun, being a little self-reflective and connect with the listeners on a more personal level and without further ado let's get to the questions.
Speaker 2:So, with that in mind, I think we're going to move into the lightning round.
Speaker 3:You ready to go? All right, bring it.
Speaker 2:Let's do this. Question number one what is your favorite leadership word?
Speaker 3:My favorite leadership word we.
Speaker 2:Okay, Question two who do you look to for leadership inspiration?
Speaker 3:This is the most horrible suck up answer. I hate this. My boss, kevin Eikenberry, who literally wrote the book I mean, he wrote Remarkable Leadership and he's written with me these three books. I have never met anybody in my life who walks it the way he talks it like Kevin does and visibly makes the effort to do that. It's both inspiring, intimidating and occasionally annoying.
Speaker 2:Question number three cup half full or cup half empty?
Speaker 3:I am a pessimist by nature. I think, glass half empty. I'm one of these people who really likes Monday mornings, mainly because I'm a pessimist and I know it's going to go downhill and that's as good as it's going to go downhill and that's as good as it's going to get all day Like nothing's gone wrong. Yet I mean, that's my approach. So I I'm a glass half empty kind of guy, unfortunately.
Speaker 2:Hey, there's no wrong answer. I appreciate that. Question number four what would you like to improve about your leadership style? Number four what would you?
Speaker 3:like to improve about your leadership style. I think it's my need to take a breath. I tend to react rather than respond.
Speaker 2:Fantastic. And the final question what do you think is your leadership strength?
Speaker 3:Energy. I think that I bring energy to what I do and I try to energize, and you know, whether it's through humor or whatever it is that I do, I think I bring energy to the table.
Speaker 2:Perfect, that's it. That's the lightning round. You did fantastic. How are you feeling about it? A little sore, but I'm okay, oh no, you did really really great.
Speaker 1:That's it. That's all you have been treated to five leadership-related questions and the responses from this week's guest. We hope you have enjoyed this edition of the Lightning Round brought to you by Trench Leadership, a podcast from the front. Take care and remember leadership without passion limits the depth of your vision.
