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1 - Actualizing Your Potential with Mike Acker
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Welcome to the first episode of Masters of Employee Development!
Today, Mike switches places with his guest, Josh Elledge. As Josh interviews Mike, he reveals the purpose of this new podcast and YouTube segment. Each episode of M.E.D. has Mike welcome CEOs, HR directors or other experienced managers responsible for leadership and development and share valuable lessons on employee development!
Hear the backstory behind this new venture, Mike's journey through coaching and mentorship, and what you could take away from this project launch!
EPISODE 01 SUMMARY & HIGHLIGHTS
What is the purpose of the podcast, Masters of Employee Development?
3:36
The purpose of the podcast is to develop and realize the true potential of people. Whether you're an HR or small business owner, whether you have dreams of starting something, or you're the CEO, you have a team around you. Reaching the potential of the company really depends on you grabbing hold of its human resource.
What are the most common challenges Mike’s seen people go through?
8:39
The challenges Mike has addressed falls into three areas - communication (connecting skills), people relationship (or emotional intelligence), and leadership.
To work together, you need to communicate, and for that, you need to relate with one another. That's emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to know your emotions, and manage your emotions or manage the emotions of the people around you.
What is Mike’s internal criteria for providing mentorship in and around employee development?
13:12
Emotional Intelligence -
Choose emotionally intelligent people who can get their own life together.
13:37
Communication skills -
Look for someone who can communicate well and receive feedback constructively.
13:39
People who can see the potential in others -
Look for people who are genuinely capable of being leaders - look around.
13:43
Hard work -
Look for people who’re genuinely willing to work hard.
Some of Mike’s fundamental lessons on leadership.
18:!2
Personal leadership and communication are critical for your success- both are grouped under emotional intelligence. There are many facets of leaders of emotional intelligence. One of them is relationship building, or how to remember names. The other skills include social and emotional skills, communication, email-writing and the like.
KEY QUOTES:
13:13-13:26
“For the people on my team, I'm looking for people who are emotionally intelligent, who know how to get their own life together. Realize that all of us are imperfect, but are aware of it, at least aware of their imperfections
16:30-16:36
“You can't afford not to have the best resource that you have, or the humans that are working for you.”
20:36-20:48
“These people and more are going to show you how to get where you are, from where you are, to where you want you to be, and from where your team is, to where you want your team to be.”
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