AGL 142: The Self-Evolved Leader with Dave McKeown

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
self-evolved leaderHe 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

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