May 26, 2021
Bo Brabo is the
Founder of Hail Media Group & The Brabo Center of Excellence. He is
a retired U.S. Army Chief of HR Operations and served in the White
House as the Presidential Communications Officer under President
Bush and President Obama. He shares his thoughts on uphill
challenges for leaders, and why it’s hard to break through the next
phase in one’s career.
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Key Takeaways
[4:55] A lot of HR
representatives are not making it to the executive seat. Bo
explains why.
[8:45] If you’re an HR
representative, Bo urges you to go into organizational development.
You have got to understand what makes your business hum.
[9:10] HR professionals have to
take their own personal development into their own
hands.
[10:00] If you can speak the
CFO’s language, your relationship with the CFO would drastically
change.
[13:45] Bo talks about his
experience as an HR professional at the White House.
[17:15] When the President shows
up to speak, he needs to be ready to go without fail. The only way
you can do this in a timely manner is by empowering your people to
make good decisions.
[21:35] Bo explains why people
come up short when it comes to leading others.
[26:50] The best leaders have a
battle rhythm to their routine. They keep doing that
one thing
that will make them successful, no
matter how challenging or defeating the day prior was.
[29:25] Bo shares some of the
common traits of a good battle rhythm.
[33:10] It’s one thing to have
values in your organization. It’s another thing to really break
down what those behaviors look like.
[38:15] Bo discusses the
University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and why it’s such
a great place.
[42:10] Bo shares why building
his expertise around business, and the multiple ways it works, has
helped him excel as a person and a leader.
[43:00] Listener challenge:
Don’t wait for someone to offer you professional
development.
Quotable Quotes
- “Yes,
you are confident, great. You might have the ability to be a great
leader, but you’ve got to fill in the team behind you to actually
support all the things you don’t know how to
do.”
- The theme that
came out of season one of our podcast was battle rhythm. Our guests
had, even when they had downtimes and they weren’t getting what
they wanted to achieve, what brought them out of it was a battle
rhythm.”
- “A successful battle rhythm. All the leaders
had physical fitness in their life, they’re up early, they’re
getting after it not just five days a week, but seven days a week.
They have mentors/coaches that are helping them.”
- “Don’t wait for someone to offer you
professional development or wait for your company to back you in an
endeavor.”
Resources Mentioned