Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

Thank you for watching or listening to our show. We wish you and your family (and your team at work) the happiest Thanksgiving Holiday ever! Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. […] The post Happy Thanksgiving 2025 appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Leadership is: a. Influence b. A focus on others c. Doing for others what they can’t do for themselves It’s the belief in the power of one person to make a difference. For somebody. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect […] The post Making A Difference For Somebody appeared first on GROW GREAT.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. -Jim Rohn Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, […] The post Pick Your Pain: Discipline or Regret? appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Robert Hiett is the Executive Director of the Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments. He’s also an expert at helping municipalities leverage A.I. Email: rhiett@ucpcog.org https://substack.com/@roberthiett https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthiett Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you […] The post Artificial Intelligence In City Government appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Your normal day is someone’s dream…so be thankful every day! Gratitude is always the path forward. Ships That Don’t Come In is a song Lisa mentions in today’s show. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We […] The post Be Thankful Every Day appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Micah Gaudet is the Deputy City Manager for the City of Maricopa, Arizona. He’s also an expert in the use of AI for municipal government. He joins us today to deepen our understanding of the potential of artificial intelligence in our daily work. Find Micah in Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahgaudet/ Here are the links to […] The post Micah Gaudet: Levering Artificial Intelligence appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Your greatest weapon is your mind. Train it to see opportunities, not obstacles. That quote prompted today’s conversation. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are […] The post See Opportunities, Not Obstacles appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa shares how Don, her husband, reminded her of one role leaders fulfill. Enjoy! Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you for […] The post Leaders Are Complacency Disrupters appeared first on GROW GREAT.

In this episode of Grow Great, we explore why self-care isn’t a luxury—it’s leadership fuel. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you […] The post Leading Well: The Power of Self-Care appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Goal setting, as Lisa and I define it, relies on crafting a plan, then executing it. Along the way, we have to make adjustments while remaining patient enough to be comfortable not knowing every step necessary. This is all part of the quest to be high performers. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check […] The post Goal Setting Your Way Toward High-Performance: What’s Your Ideal Outcome? appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa texted me this image the other day. It prompted us to have an offline conversation about leaders who create chaos instead of helping organizations better handle it. Eventually, we took the conversation to this recording. In our experience, great leaders instill a calmness—a trust and security—in the organization. Be well. Do good. Grow […] The post The Calmness of Great Leadership appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa and I are regularly asked, “What should I do?” Rather than blurt out some pithy bit of wisdom, we both are prone to ask questions to help the questioner figure it out themselves. After all, it’s their life, their circumstance, and they better know the nuances. But a recent encounter Lisa had prompted […] The post Defining The Promise Of Your Leadership – Part Two appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa and I are regularly asked, “What should I do?” Rather than blurt out some pithy bit of wisdom, we both are prone to ask questions to help the questioner figure it out themselves. After all, it’s their life, their circumstance, and they better know the nuances. But a recent encounter Lisa had prompted […] The post Defining The Promise Of Your Leadership – Part One appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Let’s have some fun. We’ll leave you with a powerful leadership message at the end. Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. Thank you […] The post Opposites Do Attract appeared first on GROW GREAT.

It’s a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson. And it serves as our topic of conversation today. Enjoy! Be well. Do good. Grow great! Check out the Hosts page for our profiles. Connect With Lisa On Linkedin • Connect With Randy On Linkedin We encourage you to contact us. Feedback, suggestions, criticisms, insights, and experiences are welcomed. […] The post The Only Person You Are Destined To Become Is The Person You Decide To Be appeared first on GROW GREAT.

ATTN: CITY GOVERNMENT HR DIRECTORS (Nationwide) Are you a U.S. Municipal HR DIRECTOR interested in surrounding yourself with peers who are willing and anxious to serve each other? This is a unique opportunity to grow you, strengthen service to your city and its leadership, and create high(er) performing teams. If you are a CITY […] The post Cohort For City HR Directors – Accepting Applications Now appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa got a text that prompted a conversation about what to do when failure appears to be the only option. Most of us have experienced situations and circumstances – sometimes beyond our control – that give us pause, making us wonder if there’s any way forward. Lisa and I discuss this, hoping to encourage […] The post When You’re Back Is Up Against The Wall, Move Forward appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Few things are more powerful than a mind made up. I regularly ask audiences, “Raise your hand if you feel like you’ve mostly achieved what you set out to achieve.” Almost every hand goes up. I’ve never encountered an audience where that wasn’t the case. Then I say, “It makes you wonder if we’re […] The post If You Don’t Know You Can’t, You Can appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Rosters change. Sometimes for the better. Sometimes not. How do you navigate the loss of a great teammate? How do you handle the addition of a new teammate? Adaptability may be chief among the leadership skills needed in our organization. The faster you can figure out how to manage your team’s changes, the better. […] The post Managing Changes In The Team appeared first on GROW GREAT.

Lisa and I admit we had to learn this skill. In my 20s, 30s, and 40s, it was almost impossible to step away and recharge. Not because I felt indispensable, but because I was in full-chase mode. As an admitted stress junkie, I leaned heavily into the rush of being a leader and operator. […] The post Recharging Yourself appeared first on GROW GREAT.