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In the 6th installment, they talk about transitioning from "Setting the Vision" as a leader to "Setting the Tone".]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69500891</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69500891/lm6.mp3" length="9686818" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714/34d8e8ee-b1b9-461d-b88c-6abf7fc9a714.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"The Leader Matters" series continues with Coach Parker teaching leadership lessons to his teenage daughter, Ellie. 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In the 5th installment, they talk about how to start building your system using the V.M.A. approach.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69292493</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69292493/lm5.mp3" length="22295810" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b/e1cec0e7-483c-4b06-ba72-a53542e9ca4b.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"The Leader Matters" series continues with Coach Parker teaching leadership lessons to his teenage daughter, Ellie. 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In the 4th installment, they talk about how great leaders have great systems.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69292492</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69292492/lm4.mp3" length="13308852" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66/455bc459-9b70-4256-8495-6167351bfb66.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>"The Leader Matters" series continues with Coach Parker teaching leadership lessons to his teenage daughter, Ellie. 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I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. <br /><br />Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.<br /><br />The importance of speaking your vision into existence.<br />When should you speak your vision?<br />How do you turn "your" plan into "our" plan?<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68740063</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68740063/lm3.mp3" length="13809567" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd/845b5755-6335-42c1-832f-cd32e0fd97bd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Come along on my journey, teaching the teenage Parker, Ellie, leadership. I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. 

Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.

The importance of speaking your vision...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Come along on my journey, teaching the teenage Parker, Ellie, leadership. I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. <br /><br />Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.<br /><br />The importance of speaking your vision into existence.<br />When should you speak your vision?<br />How do you turn "your" plan into "our" plan?<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>864</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/248f9709288c34f09b9ac9033a54ccd8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>2. Be bold in your aspirations, but logical in your approach</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-be-bold-in-your-aspirations-but-logical-in-your-approach--68740062</link><description><![CDATA[Come along on my journey, teaching the teenage Parker, Ellie, leadership. I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. <br /><br />Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.<br /><br />How do you know your vision is bold enough?<br />How do you know your vision is logical enough?<br />What is the process to create a bold, logical vision?<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68740062</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:08:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68740062/lm2.mp3" length="12946481" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36/0e7db264-5872-49f2-8f17-e817f632bf36.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Come along on my journey, teaching the teenage Parker, Ellie, leadership. I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. 

Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.

How do you know your vision is bold...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Come along on my journey, teaching the teenage Parker, Ellie, leadership. I'm sure it will be applicable to all leaders. <br /><br />Today's lesson is the next part of showing Ellie how to "Set the Vision" as a leader.<br /><br />How do you know your vision is bold enough?<br />How do you know your vision is logical enough?<br />What is the process to create a bold, logical vision?<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>810</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/248f9709288c34f09b9ac9033a54ccd8.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>1. Set the Vision: Before you can arrive, you must know the destination</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-set-the-vision-before-you-can-arrive-you-must-know-the-destination--68380339</link><description><![CDATA[Come along on my journey, teaching my teenage daughter leadership.  Today's lesson is the first part of teaching her how to "Set the Vision".<br /><br />Why is the vision important?<br />What are the steps to developing a vision?<br />What are reasonable timelines?<br />What does your vision do?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68380339</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68380339/lm1.mp3" length="19393502" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf/02cc7102-08e0-4f93-88f0-31667765b2bf.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Chris Parker</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Come along on my journey, teaching my teenage daughter leadership.  Today's lesson is the first part of teaching her how to "Set the Vision".

Why is the vision important?
What are the steps to developing a vision?
What are reasonable timelines?
What...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Come along on my journey, teaching my teenage daughter leadership.  Today's lesson is the first part of teaching her how to "Set the Vision".<br /><br />Why is the vision important?<br />What are the steps to developing a vision?<br />What are reasonable timelines?<br />What does your vision do?]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1213</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/248f9709288c34f09b9ac9033a54ccd8.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
