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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

030: Keith Hawk – Being An Effective Business Leader Is A Lot Like Being A Great Dad

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Careers, Management, Business

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Episode 030: Keith Hawk – Being An Effective Business Leader Is A Lot Like Being A Great Dad

This episode was very special to me as I had the opportunity to record a phenomenal episode with the greatest learning leader I’ve ever known. This is a really special Father’s Day episode. There are a ton of actionable takeaways for all of YOU: The great listeners and friends of The Learning Leader Show…

Keith is a 35-year veteran sales professional and sales leader. Over the course of his career he has developed a rich understanding of what it takes to be a successful sales professional. For over 15 years he's led one of America's greatest sales organizations, at LexisNexis. He continues in a customer focused role to this day at that global organization, speaking to customer groups around the world on the topic of solving business problems with the solutions offered by his firm. In addition, he continues to lecture regularly on topics such as leadership, selling to executives, and his personal favorite: the true role of the sales professional.

Episode 030: Keith Hawk – Being An Effective Business Leader Is A Lot Like Being A Great Dad

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“Your job as a parent is to open doors for your kids to find their passion.”

The Learning Leader Show

“It’s your duty as a leader to be in a great mood.” – Keith Hawk

Some Questions I Ask:

  • What one common characteristic do all successful leaders share?
  • What advice do you give to a 25 year old young professional?
  • What is a “Conscious Competent”?
  • What do you say to those who view positive psychology with skepticism?
  • How do you prepare for a big speech to thousands of people?
  • How can people prepare their kids to be professional athletes?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Why trust is so important to be a successful leader
  • The importance of being a great communicator and great writer
  • The definition for success
  • Why you should write in a daily journal
  • The role we play to help children find their passion
  • The elements that define a quality life
  • Why soldiers and athletes tend to be great employees

Continue Learning

“When it comes to great leaders, it starts with trust.”

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Episode 010: Shane Snow – How To Accelerate Success Using Smart Cuts

Did you enjoy the podcast?

This was a very special episode for me and I absolutely loved it. My Dad shared exceptional content and it was so much fun! Who do you know that needs to hear this? Send them to The Learning Leader Show!

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From http://getrealselling.com

Keith is a 32-year veteran sales professional and sales leader. Over the course of his career he has developed a rich understanding of what it takes to be a successful sales professional. For over ten years he led one of America's greatest sales organizations, at LexisNexis. He continues in a customer focused role to this day at that global organization, speaking to customer groups around the world on the topic of solving business problems with the solutions offered by his firm. In addition, he continues to lecture regularly on topics such as consultative selling, selling to executives, and his personal favorite: the true role of the sales professional.

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It's a recognition that that journey that you are on as a leader has no ending point.

0:08.0

It is a recognition that I must constantly be enhancing my tools, my ammunition, the foundation of my

0:19.1

leadership house that I am building by doing things day and day out to help me get better.

0:26.0

And the instant that you say I've got it is the time to step out, right?

0:32.0

No one ever arrives as a fully completed leader. So to me, the

0:38.2

learning leader goes right up until he doesn't have any more breath of continuing to develop and seek ways aggressively,

0:46.5

assertively to improve himself as a leader, as a communicator, as a teammate, everything

0:52.4

it takes to do something special in an organization.

0:56.7

Our leaders born or are they made.

0:59.1

Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made through determined, focused work on learning the art

1:04.8

and science behind the makeup of other successful leaders.

1:08.3

Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.

1:11.6

You're listening to the Learning Leader Show

1:13.8

with Ryan Hawk and a big happy father's day to all the

1:35.3

dads listening to this episode on the day it's released got a great idea from a

1:40.5

mentor of mine named Greg Meredith and Greg told me he said hey why don't you do a

1:46.5

podcast with your dad for Father's Day I think we'd all love it and it's a great idea

1:51.8

and I'm glad Greg said that to me and so the featured leader tonight is my dad,

1:56.9

Keith Hawk. I loved loved, loved this episode. Something that I think will definitely do again.

2:02.8

We got on a number of topics, jam-packed episode.

2:06.0

A couple of them are, what does it mean

2:08.8

to be a consciously competent leader

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