Heather And Paul Christie

In Episode 14 of Mastermind, Heather Christie discussed the methods and systems for delegation. If you missed that episode, or haven’t revisited it in a while, check it out here: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast-episode-14-are-you-using-the-most-effective-and-efficient-system-for-delegation/In this episode, Heather takes a “deeper dive” into delegation for leaders. We cover the reasons you’re likely not delegating already and help you to analyze your workload, determine which tasks and projects “gotta go” and what you ACTUALLY should be focusing on at any given time.0:38 - The First Question to ask2:34 - Delegate to Whom? - http://upwork.com3:41 - Delegating to Technology - http://www.scheduleonce.com/5:28 - Your Belief System7:56 - The Delegation Drill1. Capture a list of all repetitive tasks you’re responsible for.2. Rate those tasks in (1) level of difficulty and (2) level of enjoyment of each task.3. Tasks with a low skill level and a low level of enjoyment on your part should be delegated IMMEDIAT

Mastermind 031: How Details and Deadlines Matter with GATES Chairman, Todd GatesIn this episode of Mastermind, Heather Christie is joined by Todd Gates, Chairman and founder of GATES, a fully integrated Construction management, general contracting and design-build firm with offices in Florida and the Republic of Panama. Todd shares his story of arriving in Southwest Florida with his new bride, from humble beginnings, to leading his firm through the housing recession and into the world of international construction.Todd’s message of hard work and fair dealing is applicable across industries and you’re sure to find inspiration in his story and experiences. Find more about GATES and Todd himself at their site: http://www.gatesinc.com0:44 - Todd’s History in Southwest Florida1:41 - The Origin of GATES Construction5:15 - Under Budget and Ahead of Schedule8:09 - Surviving the Recession11:27 - Leadership in Lean Times13:59 - Advice for Young Todd

Heather shares a common stumbling block of even great leaders, as they’ve mastered the ability to beat themselves up over missed deadlines, less than perfectly accomplished tasks and other “fails”. The problem isn’t acknowledging mistakes or failures, but that the amount of success is often not equal to our acknowledgment or appreciation of that success.

In this episode, Heather outlines the issue, how it can harm our overall productivity and leadership and how we can avoid this issue entirely with a simple daily exercise. Don’t miss the episode and let us know how the homework goes in your business or organization at HeatherChristie.com0:35 - How to Know Whether You’re a Master of the Beat Up3:19 - Daily Personal Connection

As President of the Pat Iyer Group, and the creative force behind EditingMyBook.com Pat is the authority on publishing for executives, small business owners and entrepreneurs. Pat makes it clear that the best way to share your expertise, establish credibility and reputation among your peers and develop a flow of new clients and customers is to write a book. From her career as a medical liability expert, professional speaker to her new path as an author and coach, Pat has been sharing her experience and expertise for a lifetime.

In this episode, Pat and Heather discuss some of the primary obstacles to publishing for potential authors and how to overcome them. They breakdown the pros and cons of self-publishing versus using traditional publishers and how to get started no matter which route is best for you. They also highlight the unique opportunity to repurpose content you’ve created (or are creating) for other mediums. Whether that’s turning your blog posts into a book, or tweeting the relevant highlights fr

Scott Robertson eats, sleeps and breathes fundraising, and is The Voice of Experience when it comes to fundraising auctions. A full time professional benefit auctioneer who travels the world conducting and consulting for fundraising auctions he is recognized by his peers as one of the top benefit auctions in the United States. Since 1994 he has assisted non-profit organizations and schools to meet or exceed their fundraising goals.In 2016 alone, Scott Robertson Auctioneers conducted 67 fundraising auctions with a combined total over $35 million dollars, adding to the more than $129 million he and his team have helped not for profit organizations raise over the last five years. For more info on Scott and the Scott Robertson Auctioneers, find them on Social media at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SRAuctioneers, Twitter: https://twitter.com/srauctioneers, Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrobertsonauctioneer, or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FLCharityAuctions or at his site, http://www.thev

Brenda Tate, a community volunteer serving as President and Founder of the Women’s Foundation of Southwest Florida, joins Heather this week to discuss her lifetime of service in dedication to supporting and empowering women and especially female entrepreneurs. From her own time as a young single mom, Brenda has felt a passion and drive to help other women capitalize on opportunities and create them when they don’t appear.

As a co-Chair of the Florida Women’s Funding Alliance, an affinity group of Florida Philanthropic Network, a member of Women Moving Millions and Prosperity Together, as well as her work behind the scenes to create strategic alliances and partnerships by fostering effective collaboration to get the job done, Brenda is putting her passion in action, and changing lives in the process.

In Southwest Florida, 34% of small businesses are owned by women, Brenda and the organizations she’s founded and joined are working to both increase the number of female entrepreneurs in the area, but also incre

Success is a direct result of doing the right activities, the right way. - Heather ChristieIn this episode, Heather makes it clear that your success is based on what (and how well) you measure. She helps define lead and lag measures and gives specific examples from her own business to help you ensure you’re tracking both accurately in your own business.

Heather also discusses the importance of measuring your activities and successes personally, even when that doesn’t suit your own personality type. Personal measurement, it turns out is key to using these measurements to increase productivity and efficiency.
0:49 - Lead Measure/Lag Measure Definition1:26 - Heather’s Lag Measure3:07 - Heather’s Lead Measure5:09 - Who’s Measuring?6:38 - Recap

Heather shares her “7 Laws of Networking” in this episode of Mastermind. Do you dread networking events, conferences and office parties? Are you actively planning and strategizing how to best take advantage of those opportunities?Heather brings her years of experience as a speaker, consultant and coach to the table so that no matter what your behavioral style or personal experience at industry events, you can maximize your return when attending your next event, and enjoy yourself more in the process.1. Arrive Early, and Have a plan -1:092. Look and Feel Your Best - 3:023. The Perfect Handshake - 6:114. Make the Proper Introduction - 7:215. Good Conversation - 9:106. Identify and Adapt - 10:057. Prioritize Your Followup - 11:50
Recap of the 7 Laws of Networking - 13:11

Diana Willis is the co-owner and Chief Motivational Officer of Jason’s Deli of Southwest Florida and in this episode she joins Heather to discuss the 5 core values for Jason’s Deli’s leadership (and the company as a whole):Offering a Great Place to WorkOut of this World HospitalityHighest Quality FoodA Healthy, Growing Companyand The Highest Personal Standards
1:13 Managing 300 Plus people3:38 The Five Values5:33 Leadership Rituals9:58 Organizational Evolution15:26 Community Service19:01 Building a Business with your Spouse23:34 Advice for Young Diana

Approximately 32% of our American workforce are engaged employees…right now, you should be alarmed because you know that the rest of the two categories make up two-thirds of the population! - Heather ChristieIn this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, we’re talking about the employee engagement in our companies and just how much it is actually costing us. Heather also breaks down the difference between coaching and managing and challenges you to assess your own leadership and that of your organization.1:00 - The Engaged Employees1:36 - The Checked-Out Employees2:36 - The Actively Dis-Engaged Employees3:17 - By the Numbers4:18 - The Impact on Your Organization5:29 - What Do We Do About it?7:26 - Personal Assessment8:01 - Coaching vs. Managing“There’s a near perfect correlation with effective coaching and the ability to develop others and the level of their subordinates engagement.”

Every employee that comes in has a natural instinct, I believe, to move in the ranks of the organization. - Scott BurgessIn this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather is joined by Scott Burgess, CEO of the David Lawrence Center. From his beginnings as an entry level vocational counselor at Alexia Brothers Center for Mental Health, to Executive Director and now CEO, Scott is driven to help people achieve and in this episode he shares some of the ways he continues to do that. “You need to be the type of person that not only talks about that you’ll roll up your sleeves and do the hard work, but that you’ll do it.” - Scott BurgessFind more about Scott and his work at: http://davidlawrencecenter.org or on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/davidlawrencecenter/https://www.youtube.com/user/davidlawrencecenter?feature=watchhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/2890192?trk=tyah0:49 - Scott’s Career Path6:19 - Tailoring his education based on his passion and aptitude10:05 - Outside of initiative, what hel

“Mind State, the mood you’re in, will affect your thinking and will affect your actions as a result.”In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather is joined by Gary Greenfield an author, speaker, trainer and Mind State Mentor. They discuss how mood affects actions and how leaders can apply that knowledge in their own work and in their management of projects and people. Find more from Gary at his site: http://www.garygreenfield.com0:54 - Gary’s Mind State Philosophy and what that is
3:09 - The problem of stress8:07 - Attitude as a Symptom9:32 - Overcoming the Attitude of Fear15:29 - The Equation for Succeeding at Everything18:15 - Gary’s Philosophy and how it relates to leadership21:16 - Gary’s Business Coaching Model22:07 - TOPIC model for Constructive Feedback26:29 - Leaders giving Positive Feedback28:51 - Timing your feedback30:20 - “What did I do well today?”33:01 - Advice for young Gary

In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather talks about why we do the things we do. Not just how we interact with our world and colleagues but WHY. Understanding these motivators will not only help you drive toward your own goals, but better manage employees or subordinates and better understand coworkers and supervisors.“In a jar of pennies you want to be the bright shiny red penny.”

1:44 - Aestetic Motivator2:46 - Economic Motivator3:40 - Individualistic Motivator4:18 - Political Motivator5:00 - Altruistic Motivator5:48 - Regulatory Motivator6:30 - Theoretical Motivator7:24 - Why is this important in leadership?

Dean Piccirillo is a Principal at HBKS Wealth Advisors and a Senior Financial Advisor and has been practicing for over 25 years. He is also very active in the Southwest Florida community, having recently chaired, along with his wife Monica, the 2015 Signature Chef’s Auction for the March of Dimes, among his many endeavours.Dean’s education in leadership and sales began when he was quite young. His father was a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman, and Dean would often join him while working. Each new customer provided a learning opportunity for Dean, because his father was keen to teach him about his techniques. Above all, his father’s ability to connect with people really resonated with Dean. Though he considers himself an introvert, Dean realized, through his father and as he grew older, the importance of developing these and other people skills in order to achieve success.

In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather tells the story of the best gift she ever received on a plane, and how you don’t have to take a flight to take the next step on your journey.

1:13 - The Stranger’s unexpected generosity3:03 - Heather’s moment of decision4:38 - Heather and Paul’s moment of action5:24 - Heather’s 3 Main Points
8:30 - The real gift Heather got that dayFull show notes can be found here: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast018/

In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Greg Newell shares a powerful story about how a family hardship helped him truly change his business and personal life for the better.Full show notes can be found here: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast-episode-17-greg-newell-interview/

In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather provides three strategic questions that will help you to get your goals back on track if you have lost your focus.Full show notes are available at: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast-episode-16-what-do-you-need-to-start-and-stop-doing/

“Do what you do best and delegate the rest.” In this episode of Mastermind with Heather Christie, Heather speaks with Ed Wollman, President of Wollman, Gehrke & Solomon, P.A. Ed emphasizes the power of focusing on your strengths and delegation in order to maximize personal and professional growth.Show notes are available here: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast-episode-15-ed-wollman-interview/

Delegation is one of the biggest opportunities to increase the amount of time and space and freedom we have to focus on the highest and best use of our time. In this episode, Heather shares a proven and efficient step-by-step system to help business owners and executives delegate tasks.You can find those steps in our show notes: https://www.heatherchristie.com/podcast-episode-14-are-you-using-the-most-effective-and-efficient-system-for-delegation/

What does LeBron James teach us about leadership? This interview with Sarah Owen, president and CEO of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation, will reveal that and more about innovation and what it means to be a servant leader.You can find show notes about the episode here: https://www.heatherchristie.com/809-2/