Listen "AGL 142: The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown"
Episode Synopsis
About Dave
Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the upcoming book The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down.
He has a wealth of experience in connecting individual and team performance to improved business results with a particular focus on fast-growing, complex organizations.
Dave started his career as a Consultant at Accenture, quickly moving to become the COO and then President of Predictable Success, a boutique consultancy focussed on helping complex businesses achieve scalability.
Whilst at Predictable Success he also ran Inc. Consulting, a joint venture with Inc. Media which helped companies on, or aspiring to be on, the Inc. 5000. achieve consistent, scalable growth.
As Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave now speaks, coaches and trains on moving from execution to excellence. His goal is to help organizations build a culture of real, authentic but ultimately results-driven leadership.
He has shared his leadership strategies at the Inc. 500 and Growco conferences, Bank of America, for the British Government, Entrepreneur's Organization, Bamboo HR and countless others. And has worked with leaders at Spectrum Health, Renewal by Andersen, Akamai, NYSE and many smaller, fast-growing organizations.
Dave is the host of the podcast 'Lead Like you Give a Damn' and writes a weekly column for Inc.Com.
A native of Ireland, Dave now resides in Southern California with his wonderful wife, Paris and awesome Staffie, Maggie.
Today We Talked About
Dave's leadership journey
What is a self-evolved leader
Take control of your own growth
Leadership Essentials
Vulnerability
Empathy
Locus of control
Vision
Pulse
Discipline
attention management
facilitating team flow
symbiotic conversation
supporting your team
building shared accountability
Setting Goals
Attention
Listening to your team
Celebrating success
The 1st 90 days Book
90 day sprints
Sustaining Leadership Success
Connect with Dave
Book
Website
Twitter
LinkedIn
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the upcoming book The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down.
He has a wealth of experience in connecting individual and team performance to improved business results with a particular focus on fast-growing, complex organizations.
Dave started his career as a Consultant at Accenture, quickly moving to become the COO and then President of Predictable Success, a boutique consultancy focussed on helping complex businesses achieve scalability.
Whilst at Predictable Success he also ran Inc. Consulting, a joint venture with Inc. Media which helped companies on, or aspiring to be on, the Inc. 5000. achieve consistent, scalable growth.
As Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave now speaks, coaches and trains on moving from execution to excellence. His goal is to help organizations build a culture of real, authentic but ultimately results-driven leadership.
He has shared his leadership strategies at the Inc. 500 and Growco conferences, Bank of America, for the British Government, Entrepreneur's Organization, Bamboo HR and countless others. And has worked with leaders at Spectrum Health, Renewal by Andersen, Akamai, NYSE and many smaller, fast-growing organizations.
Dave is the host of the podcast 'Lead Like you Give a Damn' and writes a weekly column for Inc.Com.
A native of Ireland, Dave now resides in Southern California with his wonderful wife, Paris and awesome Staffie, Maggie.
Today We Talked About
Dave's leadership journey
What is a self-evolved leader
Take control of your own growth
Leadership Essentials
Vulnerability
Empathy
Locus of control
Vision
Pulse
Discipline
attention management
facilitating team flow
symbiotic conversation
supporting your team
building shared accountability
Setting Goals
Attention
Listening to your team
Celebrating success
The 1st 90 days Book
90 day sprints
Sustaining Leadership Success
Connect with Dave
Book
Website
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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