Leadership is a HUGE topic and it is easy to get overwhelmed with the never-ending opinions and techniques that are available these days. It is cruel in a way because in a time where we need good leadership the most we want to find good resources but the choice of what voice to listen to is often paralyzing. Enter todays guest, Alain Hunkins. Alain Hunkins is a sought-after leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. His recent book, Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders launched as the #1 Bestselling New Release in Business Communication on Amazon.   Over his twenty-year career, Alain has led over 2,000 groups in 25 countries. Clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft.  Alain has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Alain also serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education and has published over 400 articles on leadership.  In today's conversation Alain is going to give us some key insights from his bestselling book on how we can elevate our leadership and the leadership of our managers by creating better connection, communication, and collaboration with our teams and customers plus the habits necessary to make these best practices truly stick You will learn about: What are the common traits and habits of the best leaders? How to spot institutional blind spots Self-awareness as the first step The role of feedback to advance your leadership Empathy Focusing on people over numbers Habits to make best-practices stick Much more! Links: www.crackingtheleadershipcode.com www.alainhunkins.com    Related Episodes: 212: Refining your Leadership and Systems in a Crisis 179 : What you MUST Know About Employee Culture w/ Stan Slap 181 : Organizational Self-Knowledge 109 : Leadership Abandonment Syndrome : Lack of development in senior staff and what to do about it 224 : Essentialism: Focusing on what truly Matters w/ Greg McKeown   Visit our awesome sponsors!   The BEST in commercial coffee equipment www.prima-coffee.com/keys   Want the best plant based beverage for your coffee drinks? www.pacificfoods.com/food-service