Leadership Mindset, Positive Focus, and Your First 90 Days Leading a New Team with Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The absolute foundation of leadership is a powerful positive mindset, and it needs to start on day one. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What comes to mind when you hear the word “mindset?” If you feel like mindset isn’t important, and you’re impatient to get to the tactics, the “good stuff,” then this episode is for you. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Co-hosts Richard Lindner and Jeff Mask reflect back on the days when they first started working together. Jeff introduced an exercise called “positive focus” and Richard wanted to skip it and move right to the solution to his problem. He quickly learned that, if you don’t start by fixing the problem of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">mindset</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, then every solution is a temporary band-aid.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we’ll walk through mindset and positive focus, then move into some tactical suggestions for your first day, week, and months leading a new team. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Why Mindset and Positive Focus Are So Important</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the start of Richard’s first coaching session with Jeff, Jeff said, “Let’s start out with your positive focus.” Richard remembers thinking, “Better yet, why don’t you</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">help</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">me?” He really wanted to skip all the woowoo juju stuff and didn’t understand why Jeff was making him do it.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Richard said, “I don’t know, man. I got nothing.” And Jeff said, “Well, I guess we’re just going to sit here then. There’s something good, and we’re going to find it.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fast forward to today when they start off every weekly leadership meeting with positive focus, and Richard believes in it wholeheartedly. Jeff knows a lot of people can