Welcome to Leadership Impact, the podcast for modern executives who are reinventing leadership within their organizations. Hosted by executive leadership coach and CEO of The Granger Network, Kari Granger, and Sound Financial Group CEO, Paul Adams, this podcast aims to address the topics of performance and leadership through real life examples. This is the beginning of our series on coordinating with precision. In this episode, Kari and Paul talk all about satisfying requests through inspired action. Paul begins the show by talking about a time when he misinterpreted his employees’ enthusiasm for a future with commitment to take action to achieve that future. Thus, Paul was disappointed when he realized his motivational speech did not inspire further action. Kari dissects Paul’s example and identifies a critical piece that Paul was missing, a clear agreement. Paul and Kari discuss the role of a requester and the importance of sharpened listening. Kari breaks down the components of a request as well as the necessary actions to turn that request into a reality. If a request is met with anything other than a confirmation, a declination, a counter, or a defer, then a definitive response was not achieved. Kari and Paul talk about the role that mood plays in making a request as well as the dangers of not accounting for mood. Finally, Paul challenges the audience to heighten their awareness during inspiring conversations to see what requests lead to action. For full shownotes: https://grangernetwork.com/14