Podcast: PDL

The Necessity of Conflict

Conflict plays a crucial role in effective leadership. In this episode, Seth explores whether you and your team are embracing conflict too eagerly or avoiding it altogether. He explains how understanding the relationship between healthy conflict and trust can transform your leadership approach. Drawing from his extensive experience as an executive leader and coach, Seth…

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Are You Driving Forward Motion?

In this episode, Seth delves into the importance of fostering collective effort within teams and organizations. Drawing upon his extensive leadership experience, Seth shares valuable insights into the detrimental effects of losing sight of a shared vision in favor of individual or team aspirations. Through a poignant narrative, Seth recounts the story of Emilia, a…

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Losing Sight of Excellence

In this episode, Seth delves into the critical importance of maintaining standards within a team or organization. Drawing from his extensive experience as an executive leader, Seth emphasizes the essential role of leadership skills in helping you better influence others to effectively create durable results. Through a compelling narrative, Seth illustrates leadership pitfalls by recounting…

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Crafting Principles: Defining Your Why

In this episode, Seth delves into the intricacies of crafting and refining leadership principles. He begins by emphasizing the importance of principles in providing clarity and guidance for yourself and others, and distinguishes principles from mere values by their actionable nature. Seth illustrates the process of crafting principles through examples like “Doing Less Lets You…

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Lead With Purpose, Not Just Urgency

The episode begins with an exploration of what draws individuals to leadership roles, their clarity about their identity as leaders, and the challenges they face in prioritizing tasks for themselves and their teams. Seth Dobbs emphasizes the significance of personal motivation in shaping one’s path and approach to leadership. Using the example of a leader…

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What is Leadership?

Seth Dobbs discusses the common misconceptions about leadership, particularly the idea that being a leader is superior to being a manager. He emphasizes the importance of balancing leadership and management skills for success.He shares a Japanese saying: “Vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare.” He further demonstrates this saying by…

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Introduction to Season 2

Welcome to the Principle Driven Leadership Podcast, where Seth Dobbs shares principles of leadership along with actionable examples to help you become the best leader you can be. In this season, Seth explores why we lead and the importance of leadership in our ever-changing environments. He discusses the core definition of leadership and introduces the…

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The Leadership Journey

In this season’s final, and most personal episode, I explore the concept of leadership as a transformative journey by drawing parallels between leadership and my love for hiking in the Colorado mountains. I’ll describe the challenges and preparations involved in ascending 14ers (mountain peaks over 14,000 feet) such as the lack of oxygen, the absence…

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Empowerment Decoded

Are you caught in a loop of unfulfilled empowerment? If you find yourself struggling to propel your team forward, despite assertions of empowerment, it’s time to recalibrate your approach. In this episode, I delve into the heart of empowerment, shedding light on its often-misunderstood core. Autonomy is the muscle that drives progress, the freedom to…

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Embrace Mistakes, Ignite Growth

Today’s episode revolves around the crucial aspect of embracing mistakes and understanding that growth often stems from them. In the episode, I explore two contrasting leadership styles, featuring Kai, a solid yet error-resistant leader, and Tessa, an innovative leader who empowers her team to learn from mistakes. Tessa’s team thrived due to her supportive approach…

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