Mar 26, 2020 | 2 min read

Why Discretionary Effort is a Sign of a Healthy Organization with Ryan Jeffery

By: Patrick Emmons

Why Discretionary Effort is a Sign of a Healthy Organization with Ryan Jeffery

As the founder of a leadership organization, Ryan Jeffery, Co-CEO of Ignite, knows a thing or two about leadership development. He stopped by the Innovation and the Digital Enterprise podcast to discuss the idea of discretionary effort and action, the difference between leaders and managers, and why organizations need to do a better job of seeing employees on the human level.

  • [00:24] - This week: Ryan Jeffery
  • [00:56] - Leadership development at Ignite
  • [07:18] - Manager vs. leader
  • [08:59] - Empowering individuals
  • [13:45] - Common vision
  • [19:40] - Taking action
  • [25:28] - Accepting failure
  • [30:00] - Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
  • [32:51] - Skiing behind the cart

Ryan Jeffery is the Founder and Co-CEO at Ignite, a learning community committed to helping today’s managers become the purpose-driven leaders of tomorrow. Through weekly in-person training experiences and a network of inspiring peers, Ignite cultivates the character and competence to lead in today’s changing world.

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About Patrick Emmons

If you can’t appreciate a good sports analogy, movie quote, or military reference, you may not want to work with him, but if you value honesty, integrity, and commitment to improvement, Patrick can certainly help take your business or your career to the next level. “Good enough,” is simply not in his vernacular. Pat’s passion is for relentlessly pushing himself and others to achieve full potential. Patrick Emmons is a graduate of St. Norbert College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Patrick co-founded Adage Technologies in 2001 and in 2015, founded DragonSpears as a spin-off dedicated to developing custom applications that improve speed, compliance and scalability of clients’ internal and customer-facing workflow processes. When he is not learning about new technology, running a better business, or becoming a stronger leader, he can be found coaching his kids’ (FIVE of them) baseball and lacrosse teams and praising his ever-so-patient wife for all her support.

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