From the smallest of startups to the C-Suite of global corporations, Dr. Mike Armour has shown thousands of leaders how to step up their game. Now he brings this same wisdom and insight to his audience on Upsize Your Leadership. Every episode explores timeless principles of management, leadership, and personal success. Dr. Mike underscores these principles with engaging stories and interviews with exceptional guests. Whether you’re a C-Suite executive, a veteran manager, or even an aspiring leader, you will always find practical, actionable ideas on Upsize Your Leadership.
Last Episode Date: 6 April 2024
Total Episodes: 110
Tales from a Total Solar Eclipse in Siberia Two Very Funny Stories I live just north of Dallas, so we are in the direct path of this month's complete solar eclipse. It's all the buzz around here. I'm sure that the event will spin off lots of personal stories as people relate...
War in Ukraine: What the Final Outcome May Look Like Now that the spring thaw has begun in Ukraine, the year's most intense season of combat is about to start. How will this war end? It's almost anyone's guess. But whatever the outcome, it will be shaped by the influence of ...
Russian Perspectives on the War The Historical Backdrop This is the third program in a four-part series examining historical and cultural factors which shape the backdrop against which the war in Ukraine is playing out. Having devoted the first two programs to Ukrainian pers...
Ukraine's Newfound Patriotic Zeal An Unintended Gift from Putin It's clear that neither Vladimir Putin nor his war planners ever anticipated the strength and the tenacity of Ukraine's resistance to the Russian invasion. A war which the Russians expected to last a few hours o...
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, I worked extensively in both Russia and Ukraine. I managed offices and staffs in both countries and interacted closely with everyone from the most common laborers to top government officials. Not only that, my duties required me to...
The Action Agenda for Every Leader This is the fourth episode in a series examining the meaning of leadership. Previous programs explored the people-centric nature of leadership and the orchestrating role of purpose at the heart of the leader's endeavor. This final episode i...
How We Developed a Muddled Concept of Leadership In my early 20s, when I began conducting trainings on leadership, few books on the subject existed. The business world was somewhat exclusive enthralled with management, and that was reflected in the inventory choices at the t...
Implications of Viewing Leadership as Art Last week we began parsing the definition of leadership which I developed 20 years ago: Leadership is the art of rallying people around a shared purpose, then motivating them and mobilizing them to achieve it.. In that episode, we ex...
Leadership: Anchored in People and Purpose Any quick search on the internet will uncover dozens of definitions of leadership. Some are more appropriate to leadership at very high levels than they are to leadership in day-to-day life. About 20 years ago, I developed a definit...
Minimize the Adverse Impact of Unintended Consequences on Otherwise Good Decisions In every arena of life, what once seemed like great decisions turned out, in hindsight, to have brought about unintended consequences. Often these consequences imperil the benefits which the d...
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