Jon Gordon's 9 Powerful & Positive Leadership Styles
Win Make Give with Ben Kinney
Ben Kinney Training
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Leading with positivity unites organizations, builds commitment, and achieves better results. In this episode, Bob Stewart and Chad Hyams discuss nine lessons from leadership expert and best-selling author Jon Gordon to improve your business' culture.
In this episode, we cover the following:
- Following the leader versus the vision [4:10]
- Top traits of leaders [7:45]
- Building trust [9:08]
- Inspiring and empowering others [11:25]
- How Mrs. Robinson empowered Bob [13:30]
- Bringing people along with you for the ride [15:10]
- Rules, relationships, and rebellion [17:53]
- Leading with optimism, guarding against pessimism [20:32]
- Knowing you don't have all the answers [22:24]
- Focusing on solutions, not complaints [26:50]
- Understanding success is a process [30:25]
Resources discussed in this episode:
- 15 Point Plan: https://winmakegive.com/15-point-plan/
- Get your copy of "The Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World" by Jon Gordon: https://amzn.to/3r1gjDp
- Get your copy of "The One Truth: Elevate Your Mind, Unlock Your Power, Heal Your Soul" by Jon Gordon: https://amzn.to/3CGgCFG
- Get your copy of "The Energy Bus" by Jon Gordon: https://amzn.to/41XVaXc
- Get your copy of "Training Camp: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else" by Jon Gordon: https://amzn.to/448FQZ1
- Get your copy of "Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices That Make Great Teams Great" by Jon Gordon: https://amzn.to/4448ydu
- Win Make Give Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinMakeGive
Connect with the hosts:
- Ben Kinney: https://www.BenKinney.com/
- Bob Stewart: https://www.linkedin.com/in/activebob
- Chad Hyams: https://ChadHyams.com/
- Book one of our co-hosts for your next event: https://WinMakeGive.com/speakers/
More ways to connect:
- Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://WinMakeGive.com/sign-up
- Explore the Win Make Give Podcast Network: https://WinMakeGive.com/
- Listen to Win Make Give Season 3 on YouTube: bit.ly/3pPEdAx
------
Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Well, welcome to the WinMakeGive podcast, you know, those are some of my favorite words |
| 0:12.9 | to say every week. |
| 0:14.1 | I just want everyone to know that when I get the chance to say it, it almost hurts me |
| 0:17.8 | a little when Ben actually leads that part. |
| 0:20.9 | I miss saying that. |
| 0:21.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.9 | Those are my some of my favorite words because I feel Bob Stewart, high Bob Stewart, right? |
| 0:27.6 | I didn't even get to introducing you yet. |
| 0:29.5 | I mean, I just hopefully feel it's like, you know, pick a favorite show. |
| 0:36.9 | I remember growing up, my father washed mash and every time that music came on, it just |
| 0:42.5 | made you feel a certain way, right? |
| 0:45.2 | And we love how I met your mother. |
| 0:47.5 | So I mean, when I hear that, I just hope that our audience, when they hear the welcome |
| 0:52.1 | to the WinMake, and you know, that they just get that same, yeah, here we go again. |
| 0:56.3 | And if you don't, don't tell me, folks, just. |
| 0:58.6 | Look, if they don't, by this point, they're probably not listening anymore. |
| 1:01.5 | Let's be honest, right? |
| 1:02.5 | We're deep in this season three, hundreds of episodes in at this point, yeah, they've |
| 1:07.0 | probably left the building. |
| 1:08.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:09.9 | All right. |
| 1:10.9 | And what the heck, Bob Stewart? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ben Kinney Training, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ben Kinney Training and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

