Michael Metcalf and Shaun Peet - Deck Leadership

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aww Shift Podcast</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, we have invited Michael Metcalf and Shaun Peet, Co-Founders of Deck Leadership. Michael and Shaun pursue their endeavors by helping leaders shift their mindset through the D.E.C.K Leadership stratagems – Diversity, Efficiency, Culture, and Kindness. Today, they will share how leaders should operate, their clients, and leadership as the lagging aspect to success.</span></p> <p><strong>[07:26] Why should we listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are still in this high-octane environment where both of us operate on the edge of human brilliance—failures, taking lessons, and parallels. It is easy to translate being a father, husband, leader, etc. but if you are not growing, you are dying and all we want is to see people grow.</span></p> <p><strong>[12:52] Who do you work with?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We worked with Marshall McFadden, Linebackers from Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Football Teams, Softball stars, Navy Seals, Swimmers, etc. for all genders. The landscape and our scope had changed tremendously since we had started this endeavor.</span></p> <p><strong>[13:55] Leadership as a Lagging Aspect</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speed is the currency of business and we are an expert in speed. We don’t have great talent recruiting search, poor resources, and not even have the best facilities but we empower and weaponize our culture. We figured out our formula which is D.E.C.K or Diversity, Efficiency, Culture, and Kindness. When you put these four aspects into practice in your company, team, and life, you start seeing successful interactions sprout. Attract higher talent, you can be more competitive.</span></p> <p><strong>[17:11] Key principles to apply in your life</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fail quickly. You will not get it all correct all the time but if you fail