The Managing with Mind and Heart Podcast

“This skill comes pretty naturally to about 30% of the population, and 90% of people think they’re within that 30%.” In part 2 of adaptive skills, father and son duo, Mike and Ethan Nash, get down to the basics of how to grow and develop the most important skills for managerial (and personal) success. Adaptive skills are the skills that we brought with us from childhood, and they make or break our success as adults. You may be thinking, “Well, if I didn’t bring these skills with me from childhood,

“These are the skills that we brought with us from childhood, and they make or break our success as adults.” Join father and son duo, Mike and Ethan Nash, as they sip on cheap wine and get vulnerable about their growth opportunities. In this episode, they explore one of Nash Consulting’s core principles: The importance of continually developing your adaptive skills. The elder and younger Nash dissect the three different types of skills, discuss the most vital type of skills for managerial and

“Many people spend nearly half their waking hours in relationship with this other person who has power over them, and that’s weird. It’s kind of unnatural, because most people, whether conscious or not, don’t feel comfortable with other people having power over them.” Join father and son duo, Mike and Ethan Nash, as Mike steps up onto one of his favorite soapboxes and Ethan attempts to reconcile with the fact that his father is also his boss. This episode is about the Power Differential: the power

“Employees tend to get promoted until they reach their level of incompetence. This happens all over the place – the Peter Principle is alive and well in the vast majority of organizations.” Join father and son duo, Mike and Ethan Nash, as they spend another 40 minutes attempting to help managers grow their skills. If you didn’t listen to episode 1, it is recommended that you start there before diving in here. In this episode, Mike and Ethan beat their favorite dead horse: a wild mustang named

“You can pay employees for their back and their hands, but they volunteer their hearts and their brains.”   - Dr. Stephen R. Covey Join father and son duo, Mike and Ethan Nash, as they discuss a topic that may cause you to say, “Come on, enough already. The subject of morale has been beaten into the ground.” The Nash’s response to that? No, it hasn’t, because they work with leaders all the time who really don’t get what morale really is, why it truly matters, and why they must never stop talking