Gapology Radio

When deciding on methods to improve your business, start with building Exception Reporting into your Leadership Rhythm. This tactical approach provides incredible insight into who is winning, why they are winning, and how you can impact the rest of your team to create winning action.

Listen to our conversation with Chet Enten, Director of Talent Development at Security Finance, as he shares his experience with Gapology and how their amazing team of leaders embedded it into their culture and created a real, lasting impact on their organization.

In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we "reshare" an older episode on Framing for Interviews. If you are preparing for an important interview, give this a listen. We share some valuable tips for framing your experience and skills in a way that will help you make the most of the opportunity.

Sometimes, no one else can “step up” in the workplace. It is simply up to you! Courage in the workplace can be hard to come by, and the Team may be reluctant to step up. However, modeling “courage” and stepping up will set an example for others. In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we discuss methods for doing so and creating a culture of courage within your workplace.

There will always be top performers, bottom performers, and the middle group. Gapology is all about seeking the information around these groups. What make them tick? What behaviors create each group and what can we learn through careful analysis? In this Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss "Minding the Gap" between top and bottom performers and the important of creating a culture where leaders and teams feel accountable versus apathetic toward their expectations and overall company objectives.

Training is only the tip of the iceberg when striving to achieve Organizational Wisdom. In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, we discuss the trap many leaders fall into by assuming that training alone will produce that wisdom. There is a massive gap between training and wisdom, and it requires a focused effort built into our leadership rhythm to deliver an impact where team members learn, think, and behave interdependently to create insight and deliver our objectives, expectations, and purpose.

How we think and feel impacts how we behave and is described in "Emotional Intelligence," a method for understanding and adjusting our behaviors intentionally using the "EQi" model. In the podcast, our friend Coach Cabrina joins us to share an overview of Emotional Intelligence and her thoughts on how it fits with Gapology and IMBAR to impact performance.

In this short episode, we share a "Teachable Point of View" on the topic of Self-Development. Growing our own skills is a winning leader behavior that focuses on the areas we want or need to grow, without direction from anyone else. Here we share some tips to make the most of your efforts in this area.

Mind the Gap. This familiar phrase from our friends across the pond provides a slightly different context when examining Performance compared to Perception. In this week’s Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss all of this through the lens of Gapology.

When connecting team members to what matters most, the leader matters. They help to show the way and model the mindset needed to live at a "Being Level" for elements most critical to an organization. Listen to our discussion as we describe the "Being Ladder," where we lay out methods to move from "Knowing" and "Doing" to "Being."

When looking at the various levels of commitment shown by team members, we view them through the lens that the team member is solely responsible for being committed to their role, task, or employment in general. What we tend to forget, however, is the leader’s role and responsibility in all that. In this week’s Gapology Radio podcast, we discuss this important topic and show how the leader matters most.

When teams move through moments of change in the workplace, they experience real human emotions and, as a result, human behaviors that must be planned for by their leader. In this episode, we discuss a model called "The DABA Change Ladder" and how leaders matter in smoothly leading teams through these potentially stressful moments.

One of the critical elements A-Group leaders bring to the table is a consistent rhythm around creating accountability. This week’s Gapology Radio podcast episode discusses three key ways these winning leaders create transparent and consistent accountability.

In our new Gapology Radio podcast episode, Mark and Brian discuss the origins of their third book, “Speed of Purpose: Achieve 2.8X Productivity and Beyond.” They share where it came from, how it is all laid out, and how it can help you when you create a clear and compelling purpose that is wrapped around your People, Performance, and Processes of your organization.

In this Gapology Radio podcast episode Mark and Brian discuss the origins of their second book, “IMBAR: The Pathway of Transformation.” They share what it is, where it came from, how it has impacted leaders from many industries, and how it can help you as well.

In this Gapology Radio podcast episode, authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff discuss the origins of Gapology. Mark shares how he originally began looking at the various similiarities and differences in top and bottom performing groups. Then, through extensive interviews and in analyzing the wide swing in mindsets and behaviors between the two groups, many consistent methods surfaced which created sustained winning performance. From there came Gapology. Hear his incredible story today!

You must clarify… and exhibit… the expectations and priorities to create a real impact for your team and yourself. In this week's episode, we discuss the importance of your leadership rhythm when it comes to setting and delivering your highest expectations and overall purpose.

If we had to choose one skill that would be the most critical to producing outstanding leadership and impacting your team, customers, or larger organization, it would be Communication. It sits at the heart of every other leadership skill. This Gapology Radio podcast episode discusses methods to create a Leadership Rhythm with Communication that delivers high impact.

One of the critical areas to create lasting high-impact effects on your team is to focus on development. In this Gapology Radio episode, authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff discuss the importance of carving time into your Leadership Rhythm for planning and executing development elements for your team… and yourself.

When building a Leadership Rhythm that impacts your leadership life and your team’s experience, your efforts must be strategic. Listen in as authors Mark Thienes and Brian Brockhoff share insight into making the analysis of results… and the behaviors that drive them… part of your weekly Leadership Rhythm.