142: Keith E. Smith Cultivates Infectious Energy (Bonus)

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I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 142, I describe Doshi and McGregor’s three direct motivators. Keith then describes switching to be, do have to experience peace, power, and flow.

Prologue

Keith E. Smith, CEO of Vonco Products, a leading medical device contract manufacturing and consumer flexible packaging producer, has made some recent life-balancing changes that opened him to lead more through connection than strategy.

01:10 Switch to Be Do Have

I begin by describing Doshi and McGregor’s three direct motivators: play, purpose, and potential. Keith explains that we need to switch to be, do, and have, which leads to experiencing peace, power, and flow.

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Robynne Orr is the opening voice narrator. To learn more about her amazing storytelling capabilities, visit Robynne’s website, R.ORR.

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Episode links

Keith’s LinkedIn Profile and website

His company’s website

Two of Keith’s articles:

Unlocking The Potential of Having It All: Part I – The Path of Force

Unlocking The Potential to Having It All: Part II, The Path of Power

Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor’s book, Primed to Perform

Gary DePaul’s website

Gary's books:

What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership (Second Edition)

The 2022 HRBP Report (free formats available)

Lead on!