Play Your Position with Mary Lou Kayser

Do you remember the first time you sat down to use the Internet? 

I do. I was teaching high school English at the time. It was the mid-90s and I already knew my students knew more about this wild thing than I or any of my colleagues did because I’d seen groups of them gathered around clunky laptops on the floor gawking at their screens. A palpable buzz filled the air. We all knew things were going to be different from now on. We just didn’t know how different things would be. 

What didn’t happen that day was getting a pamphlet, playbook, or sheet of paper with stick figure drawings on it walking me through how this thing works.

It came with no operating instructions.

Still doesn’t. Not in any organized way, anyway.

In today's episode, I explore a leadership question that has no simple answser, but needs to be asked again and again:

How do we develop the capacity for living simultaneously in two worlds -- the virtual world (where seemingly anything goes) and the natural world (where universal laws rule the roost) so that our lives are rich, healthy, and satisfying without destroying the planet or each other?

Thanks for joining me and let me know your thoughts about the show!


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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: NoUserManual.mp3
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Doing the next right thing can be easy -- or the hardest challenge we've every faced. Today's guest William Gammon is an accomplished senior executive, advisor, thought leader, author, and mentor coach with more than 50 years of success across the airline, securities, and insurance industries who knows a thing or two about taking the next right step.

William has held a leadership position as a financial advisor and Vice President for Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. He also founded Gammon and Associates where he assisted clients formulating clear goals and plans with processes and pathways to achieve and surpass them.

For his exceptional leadership, he has been recognized for the Ameriprise Circle of Success Award from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that, he was a top award-winning performer at three former Broker-Dealers. William obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance from the University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business.

As a sales executive, financial advisor, business founder/owner, and coach, William has assisted many other highly successful executives, financial advisors, and small business owners to co-create, implement, achieve, and surpass goals they previously found challenging.

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: Bill_Gammon.mp3
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James Davis is the owner of Tech Commandos, a company on the forefront of the new era of hybrid workforce solutions which has been singled out by Goldman Sachs as a visionary business in the IT sector.

When the pandemic hit, much of the world’s workforce went online, creating a demand for reliable cloud based solutions. James noticed that smaller companies were at a disadvantage and didn’t have access to these solutions because of funding constraints. Tech Commandos was born to level the playing field. From protecting data, giving employees access to everything they need wherever they are, to attracting employees on a wider geographic footprint—James and his team make it easy and affordable.

James understands the needs of the hybrid workplace and is passionate about providing actionable insights to help business leaders navigate this new world. He is the go-to resource within the hybrid workplace space.

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: James_Davis.mp3
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Delegation is something every leader must learn how to do. Today's guest, Emily Morgan, shares with us what goes into learning this critical skill, and perhaps more importantly, how to get really good at it.

Emily Morgan is an entrepreneur with an innate heart for supporting others. Her mission is to create freedom and energy for people to do what they love by helping them master delegation. Emily speaks nationally on the topics of delegation, automation, remote workforces, and flexwork culture, and she has been featured in Forbes as a Top 50 Remote Employer, contributed articles to the Huffington Post, and highlighted in the NY Times.

As the leader of Delegate Solutions, she and the team focus on helping entrepreneurial leaders better manage their time and priorities. Their virtual executive support program includes their proprietary delegation system as a service that provides fractional executive support coupled with proven delegation strategies to help leaders leverage themselves more effectively.

Emily recently launched the Elevation Quarter™ Workshop, which guides a small cohort of like minded leaders through a series of delegation exercises to help them find more freedom. Her newest ebook, The Elevation Freedom Guide™, provides entrepreneurs with practical advice and concrete processes to execute delegation successfully.

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: Emily_Morgan.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

What makes some videos "watchable" while others are major snooze fests?Today's guest, Zack Slingsby, takes us inside the world of memorable video production, and how anyone can grow their companies and lead their content marketing initiatives with high quality videos.

Zachary Slingsby is a writer, short film creator, and founder of Human Factor Media, an award winning branded storytelling company that has worked with leading brands and publishers to create videos people actually want to watch.

Zack graduated from Fordham University, received his MFA from the New School and has published in over a dozen creative and industry publications. He believes the ingredient that makes a literary story great is the same that makes for a great video.

His company is based between Nashville, where he lives, and New York City, collaborating with brands to create stories and films instead of ads and interruptions.

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: Zack_Slingsby.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

Mary Ann Pruitt is the CEO and President at Mosaic Media, a collection of media buying experts and creative strategists who negotiate, purchase, and monitor advertising space and airtime. Mary Ann started her career in media by working as a senior sales executive for some of the nation’s largest media outlets. After discovering her talent and love for all things media strategy, she founded Mosaic as a way to provide niche expert experience to agencies and marketing departments across the country.

Her hard work and savvy strategy skills have led Mosaic to year-over- year growth, and has expanded her impact as an industry leader in all things traditional, digital, and everything in between. Reflecting this is a 2020 award from Cynopsis Media naming her as a Top Woman in Media. Mary Ann has helped develop effective marketing strategies for agencies of all sizes, small businesses, service businesses, private educational institutions and legal and professional services businesses along with many others. She is passionate about passing on the experience that she has gained onto eager professionals looking for actionable marketing tips.

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!

 

Direct download: Mary_Ann_Pruitt.mp3
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These days, there’s a ton of talk about finding your purpose and then living it. 

For many, finding your purpose is The Holy Grail of being human. 

The challenge is, of course, life doesn’t always align in a perfect little sequence of bullet points leading us blissfully toward our why. When it comes to finding your purpose and doing what you’re here to do, discovering what that is will not necessarily be simple -- or immediately apparent. 

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The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and life on your leadership journey. 

Here are a few ways I can help you:

    1. Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today.
    2. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.  
    3. Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.
    4. How's your writing these days? Is what you write and say more "ho-hum" than "oh ya!" Let's work on making your writing work better for you.  Book a free call with me today!
Direct download: FindingYourPurpose.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

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