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Tips to be a great coach

by Zack Hudson | May 31, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

If you ask people to describe themselves as leaders, a word that often comes up is coach. How you coach can define what the working relationship will look like with your team. Great coaches typically have people that stay longer, find more purpose in their work...

How to keep your new hires around

by Zack Hudson | May 17, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

Companies have a turnover problem. We see it everywhere and it's only compounded along the record number of job openings as well. Signs at local businesses that people don't want to work anymore (Show 292 4 phrases to remove from your vocabulary), the well-documented...

Addressing underperformance the right way

by Zack Hudson | May 3, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

As leaders, or leadership teams, start to think about how to handle performance on their team for the first time, they often focus on who they deem as underperformers first. As a result, you'll see leaders begin targetting their underperformers openly or subvertly....

Be a scuba diver

by Zack Hudson | April 26, 2023 | Be Series, Leadership | 0 Comments

I love scuba diving. Between the calmness of the water, the unique experiences, and how you tune in different parts of your body that you normally don't pay attention to, it's a wonderful activity to participate in. Last summer, I attended a Scouting...

Be a rower

by Zack Hudson | April 19, 2023 | Be Series, Leadership | 0 Comments

I love the sport of rowing. It's exciting to watch the boats as groups of 4-8 rowers work in unison to get the small vessel, sometimes only as wide as your waist, to the finish line. It's not uncommon for these races to come down to the wire with a second or less...

Be a dolphin

by Zack Hudson | April 12, 2023 | Be Series, Leadership | 0 Comments

Dolphins are loved across the world for their intelligence, playfulness, and curiosity. You'll likely be hard-pressed to find a person who has a grudge against dolphins unless you are John Oliver. There are several things that we can learn from dolphins to apply...

Be the record

by Zack Hudson | April 5, 2023 | Be Series, Leadership | 0 Comments

Vinyl records have certainly made a comeback over the last several years and now account for over a Billion dollars a year in sales. New Vinyl factories are being built to handle the large surge in demand and more are jumping into the vinyl collecting community every...

Processing leadership guilt

by Zack Hudson | March 22, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

I think all good leaders deal with guilt on occasion in their leadership and life walk. It shows that they have at least a decent moral compass, and while carrying guilt certainly is not fun and can impede your long-term effectiveness if it lingers, working through...

Fuel your friendships – Part 2

by Zack Hudson | March 15, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

"How did this happen?" This was Max Dickins asked himself as he thought about proposing to his girlfriend and realized that he didn't have any close friends that she could ask to be his best man. Max considers himself to be an outgoing guy with decent manners,...

Fuel your friendships – Part 1

by Zack Hudson | March 8, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

I can honestly say that I have been blessed with some amazing friendships over the years. My closest friends have been there to celebrate the great times and to support me during the hardest times of my life. Great friendships always bring out the best in...

The power of microadventures

by Zack Hudson | March 1, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

Have you thought to yourself or said to someone else, "I just need to get out and do something?" I know I do at times! Micro-adventures are a great way to get away, reset, let go of some stress, and learn a little along the way. While there is a lot of...

What to do when you are thrown under the bus

by Zack Hudson | February 15, 2023 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership | 0 Comments

Being suddenly thrown under the proverbial bus is one of the worst feelings there is in a working relationship. It's the sense of being betrayed by someone that you likely had some level of trust built with for their own gain. Perhaps you were blamed for something...

4 elements of a great story

by Zack Hudson | February 8, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

Storytelling is an art that a great leader and speaker know about. There's a reason why you remember the illustrations that others share in their presentation and how you'll often remember the stories and analogies from a minister's sermon before you recall the points...

Living the Values at Home

by Zack Hudson | February 1, 2023 | Leadership | 0 Comments

Living your personal values leads you to live an authentic life that you will enjoy and be proud of, but it certainly isn't always easy. I've had to let some great professional opportunities, old friends, and other valuable things go because they didn't, or no longer,...

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Why honor matters in leadership

Let there be no mistake. The journey that you take yourself and others on is just as important as arriving at the destination. It's "The How" and "The Why" balance in what you do. Honor in leadership matters because it's all about "The How." It's defined...

Our 5th Anniversary! A look back at positional vs. relational leadership

As a leader you have a choice; be the reason that they show up or the reason they run away. There are a ton of leadership books and theories out there, but at the end of the day, leadership falls into one of two camps; positional leadership and relational...

Create Disney Magic by burning the free fuel w/ Lee Cockerell

When you spend time with others it shows to them that they matter.-Lee Cockerell I'm so excited to have Lee Cockerell as our guest for our 200th episode of Passing the Baton. Lee is the retired Executive Vice President of Disney World and currently travels the world...

Are you following your Calling?

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great...

Love them like family

Family is not an important thing, it is everything. Have you ever been somewhere where you didn't get served well and then you observe someone in the same establishment getting great service? It's extremely frustrating, to say the least. I'm typically...

This is our community

The importance of community, living in peace, and helping one another, is a foundation piece of who we are. That can be found more so in Clarkston, GA than anywhere else in the world. Clarkston holds the crown as the most diverse city in the world. At a population of...

Stuck in the waiting room of life

Waiting is hard. I know that it is for me. We all have times in our life when we are suddenly waiting for direction. I think of this as a waiting room. You are just stuck there and it only becomes more frustrating as you see other people come and go while you just...

How to ace the interview

A job interview is not a test of your knowledge, but your ability to use it at the right time. I get asked fairly often, from college students to seasoned professionals, for advice for having a good interview. They range from part-time extra work to college entrance...

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