Continuous Improvement 4 Life

Redefining Leadership Strength for Men

Rick Heyland and Charles Matheus discuss the need for a new style of leadership to properly engage and lead employees in a new way.  It's ok to be vulnerable, inclusive and honest to increase capability. Charles calls for a bold move to the new strengths of leadership versus old strengths.

 

Your Procrastination Prevention Podcast

Rick Heyland and special guest Eric Twiggs, talk about how to overcome procrastination to allow you to achieve great results in your business and life. Eric is the founding partner of the What now Movement and author of "The discipline of Now: 12 Practical Principles to Overcome Procrastination. 

5 steps to increase success and happiness

Rick introduces the new Ci4life journal found on www.ci4life.org.

The journal has sections for the 5 steps for lasting happiness and success: 1. Purpose 2. Goals 3. Action plans 4. Weekly and daily planning 5. Gratitude and learnings.

Public Sector and Private sector working together for inner city Economic Development

Bo Kemp (Yale and Harvard Graduate) and Rick Rowland (RLG International Team Leader), join Rick Heyland to discuss the challenges and opportunities of working with in the Public (not for profit) sector for the Economic Development of inner cities in Chicagoland. The Southland Development Association (SDA) is an exemplar for how the public sector can provide value to the inner city private sector. Through providing mentoring, advisory work and support the SDA is helping to grow small businesses in the Chicago area.

Clearly define your purpose to accelerate your recovery from the pandemic

Rick reviews the latest research on the mental health costs of the current pandemic.  He also reviews the latest research on the physical, mental and emotional benefits of clearly articulating purpose.

Profit from Purpose at Work

Did you know you can increase productivity 5X if you have IQ, EQ and MQ (meaning and purpose quotient) at work? LinkedIn (2016 global study) research shows that companies with purpose experienced growth while companies that don't have purpose experienced a decrease in revenue. In this podcast Rick Heyland teaches "why" and "how" to bring more purpose and meaning to work!

The Hero's Journey with J. Scott MacMillan

The 12 Stages of the Hero’s Journey are:

The Ordinary World

The Call of Adventure 

Refusal of the Call 

Meeting the Mentor 

Crossing the First Threshold 

Tests, Allies, Enemies 

Approach to the Inmost Cave

The Ordeal 

Reward (Seizing the Sword) 

The Road Back 

Resurrection 

Return with the Elixir

 

While these may sound like a fantasy novel, they actually apply to our everyday life. J. Scott MacMillan breaks down these stages into real world terms anyone can use to overcome some of the most difficult barriers holding them back from creating their life improvement. 

Crush Your Goals for Small Business

A podcast specifically tailored to small business owners and leaders.  If you need a 20%+ performance boost in your business, follow the process Rick outlines in this podcast.  To enroll in a 10 video interactive workshop that will take through a step by step process to develop this results management plan go to:  www.ci4life.org

Reading is a key career and life skill

Danny Brassell is America's Leading Reading Ambassador.  He reads 5,000 books a year.  He shares the value of reading for kids and for career success!

Terry Jones- innovator, disruptor and entrepreneur for two billion dollar start-up companies

Rick Heyland interviews Terry Jones who is an expert in business start-up, innovation and disruption. Terry has been involved in successfully launching over 10 business start-ups.  His most famous ones were Travelocity and Kayak.