Epic Company Culture

On this week's episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast, culture expert Morgan Lopes, joins us for an in-depth look at how relationships, communication, an emphasis on problem-solving, and investing in employees drive success at Polar Notion. Morgan advocates for incorporating the human element of relationships and adaptability back into the culture of organizations.  "The greatest value that humans have to contribute is in collaboration and adaptability."

After almost 15 years of building high performing, and highly engaged teams, Emily Macinnes decided to open her own company focused on talent development and retention. For Emily, the key to employee retention, great teams, and happy employees lies in recognition and rewards. Emily’s company Mahalo provides software that makes internal employee recognition and rewards seamless and effective. Find out how Emily’s strategy to combating employee attrition and low engagement in this episode of the Epic Company Culture podcast. 

In this episode of the Epic Company Culture podcast, Patrick Braswell with TRANSCEND joins us for an in-depth look at the relationship between company culture, and office space. This is the intersection where the intangible aspects of company culture and physical aspects of office space meet. Patrick’s deep understanding of this complex relationship allows him to help organizations create physical spaces that align with the culture they want to create.

On this week’s episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast, Roxana Shershin joins us for an in-depth look at the company culture of Digital Additive. Roxana has worked hard to create a company that is driven and guided by its core values. Values of honesty, authenticity, and genuineness have created a highly engaged, innovative, and relationship-oriented team comprised of both onsite, and remote employees.

When it comes to team building, Marshall Chiles, founder of Laughing Skull Lounge has a unique approach, “People that laugh together, form a bond together.” Whether it’s opening a business, selling a product, or building a high performing team, Marshall understands that relationships are the key to success. Take an in-depth look at team building and relationship building in this episode of the EpicCompany Culture Podcast.

For the last 18 years, Tate Haymond has been in the sales space. Whether it be directly selling or managing salespeople, or managing sales managers to help them hone their craft. While at eVestment, Tate has been a part of 7-8 mergers and acquisitions, which has given him first-hand experience working in the midst of multiple sales culture evolutions. For Tate, a process driven approach to sales and culture is key.

Whether it’s disaster recovery, succession planning, onboarding, or the tactical operations of a company, executive coach Paul Mulner is the individual to turn to. His expertise in a variety of areas has allowed him to pick up on one common thread running throughout it all, company culture. For Paul, enabling organizational success, no matter the area, all ties back to culture. In fact, the tactical challenge or roadblock your organization is facing now, is likely related to culture, indirectly, directly, or both. Take an in-depth look at how culture flows throughout your organization and affects every level of its operations in this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast.

In this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast, Taylor Barnes, Vice President of Global Business Development with CentricsIT joins us to discuss his unique take on sales culture; he calls it, “Continuing Improvement.” Taylor’s Continuing Improvement ideology emphasizes personal and professional development, as well as work life balance. The result is a high performing and highly engaged team that is encouraged to continue their education, as well as find their ideal work life balance.

With over ten years of sales experience, Jason Moore leads Global Sales Operations at SalesLoft; a company that was just awarded the title of Atlanta's Best Place to Work. When it comes to managing sales operations, Jason has found that the quality of the data collected is critical to overall success. However, he has also found that creating a culture that incorporates feedback loops, continuous improvement, collaboration, and employee engagement is just as important. Find out how the sales culture at SalesLoft has provided the company with a competitive advantage over the competition in this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast.

After working in a ski shop, a sales role, and at one of the big four consultancies, Chris Reinking, co-founded Jabian, a management consultancy company. Having worked in a variety of environments, Chris has brought that diversity to Jabian's company culture; combining the best elements of each into one coherent culture. Attracting and retaining the best talent, collaboration, and continual improvement are just a few of the many attributes Chris has incorporated into the Jabian culture. Take an in-depth look at Jabian's amazing company culture in this episode of the Epic Company Culture podcast.

Scott Walker, President of WaveGuide, offers an in-depth look at how their company has coupled efficiency and challenge into its company culture. As a medium-size start-up, Scott works hard to not only provide meaningful work to his employees but empower them to find innovative and efficient solutions, instilling the value that every voice is important. Find out how Scott has combined all of these elements into a single cohesive culture, giving WaveGuide a competitive edge over its competition, in this episode of The Epic Company Culture Podcast.

In this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast, Force Marketing's Chief of Sales, Eric Mercado explores the world of sales leadership. When it comes to his sales team, hiring the right people, and instilling a competitive culture is key. Eric uses a variety of tools to not only measure performance but make it fun, engaging, and competitive. Eric has found a balance between ensuring that his team members hit their quotas but are not micromanaged, creating a high performing team, that is grounded in culture.

When it comes to employer brand and a culture of collaboration, there is no better expert to turn to than Tom Nichols, President of Winter Construction. For Tom, connection and a "people are our most important asset," approach to culture is his focus and competitive advantage. Culture fit is especially important in a highly collaborative team environment, and Tom has excelled at creating highly engaged, and high performing teams. Find out how Tom is redefining company culture in the construction industry in this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast.

With 20+ years of HR experience, Joanna Luth knows a thing or two about company culture. Joanna offers an in-depth look at the often grazed over uniquely human elements of company culture, such as vulnerability, transparency, and trust. Her combined business expertise and deep understanding of people has given her the skillset to help organizations radically transform their company culture - "People First, Employees Second."

Seth Seagraves, CEO of Halski Systems offers an in-depth look how strong core values lead to great company culture and organizational success. By coupling a focus on the little details with the bigger picture, Seth has managed to scale his organization while staying true to its core values. Find out how Halski System's was able to RISE in this episode of the Epic Company Culture Podcast.

As a recovering workaholic, Brad White explains how employees feed off of a company’s culture! When the bar is set at 60+ hours a week, employees are on a fast track to burnout. Brad tells us how prioritizing his time, and working intentionally has allowed him to complete the same amount of work while helping him reconnect with his kids, his wife, and his purpose.

Mike Cottmeyer with LeadingAgile explains how company culture is created with each new hire, each new policy, and each operational change. His business is ran with 100% transparency and honesty with intentional tweaks along the way. Hire and build, hire and build!

Josh Axelberd created a culture of transparency in his family business Displayit. Now at its largest capacity to date, he share’s how “letting go” of the control has made all the difference in Displayit’s company culture! Now there’s transparency, strategy, and Growth!

Marshall Mosher with Vestigo explains to us how "team building" nurtures surface level interactions, and why it's more important to build trust. It's about taking your team to do something challenging, and sharing those experiences. That's exactly what Vestigo does! From rock rappelling to white water rafting, they provide a platform for your team to face those challenges, build deeper relationships, and learn to trust each other. 

Dave Davis with Baker Audio Visual expresses the impacts that a supportive environment has on creating a culture that employees will sacrifice their time for. As an executive, it may be as simple as picking up the pizza, while allowing time for your creative team to do what they do best! Find out how constant communication and engagement earned Baker Audio “The Best Places to Work” Award!

By building a customer centric culture that emphasizes relationships and customer service, Dan McFall, CEO of MobileLabs turned a struggling three year old company into the largest revenue generating business in a portfolio of a 30 year old company. Dan shares how putting customers first enabled them to excel in a highly competitive industry, laden with larger more established companies. Find out how MobileLabs builds relationships, and uses culture to drive their business success.

Rob Strikwerda, sales manager for Georgia Swarm Pro Lacrosse team has 20 experience with sales cultures in the sports industry! Teams include the ATL Braves, LA Clippers, and more. He shares the impacts that "team mentality" has had on creating their successful sales culture. A culture that has the GA Swarm SCORING BIG with ticket sales and game attendance! Learn about their best sales practices, their sales challenges, and the drive they have continue to raise the bar year after year!

It's about not getting too big too fast, AND staying true to your roots! ~ Ed Wood's mission for Dispersive Networks, Inc is to GROW and make an impact, but he also expresses the right way to be SCALABLE and help your company culture evolve.

Pramod Sajja with Paramount Software Solutions has successfully build a cohesive company culture, that spans across the globe! It encompasses the people culture from the various countries, using the same processes, tools, and strategies! Learn what tools has made the difference in the success of this 20+ year company!

Culture is about knowing what motivates your team. Nickolas Downey with Nead Werx knows exactly how to incentivize his team. His focus on celebrating his great team, and encouraging new ideas has helped to make his company a sought after place to work!

It is impossible to maintain the same culture during an acquisition. Dede Wakefield with Alogent has been involved in mergers of different company cultures, in both size and practice. She offers great words of wisdom to ease the transition for the employees, and create momentum as soon as possible! 

Ashley Pryor with Experience LLC shares with us the importance of creating a great company culture, AND being prepared to take action! Her innovative ideas has helped her company build stronger bonds, that has lasted through growth and time!

Brad Banyas with OMI has years of experience with company culture! From supporting the entrepreneurial environment, to effectively mentoring interns, he has built the culture he needed to drive success!

Rachel Orston joins us as our next Culture Champion! She shares with us her experiences with great company cultures in the past, and how they inspired her when building her own culture, which is full of transparency and trust!

Christian Monckeberg with MTechProMedia talks about his love for the unique culture they've built, based purely on the individuals that make them successful. It's working with friends, building connections, and being unique to one's self. 

Tim Quinn with ThingTech adds to our library of knowledge  by sharing his experiences with culture, from being an intern for Georgia Tech to running a successful company. "Your people are your number one asset," he explains. Learn how he is using culture to improve his employee experience at ThingTech!

Lon Langston stops by and shares how CULTURE plays important role in his business as a Confidential Executive Coach. His extensive experience with Behavioral Economics has contributed to his success. "What you're thinking about a culture of the organization as the organization's identity. It's personality, it's vision, it's value, what ever is in innate about it and all the experiences." ~Lon Langston

The work "space," building, and overall environment has a massive impact on a company's culture. Jeff Pollock with Pollock Commercial shares with us some of his biggest projects that involved revamping the work space AND possible future trends in improving the employee experience.

Josh Sweeney catches up with Kurt Uhlir, a successful entrepreneur who explains how culture has been present in all stages of his projects and businesses! "But culture, when you're really giving back to people and serving in that way tends to just proliferate, and people want to come onboard with it." ~Kurt Uhlir  

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the how it's all about the people.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the metrics of employee retention.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the power of the question.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about different untraditional time off challenges.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about work rewards and incentives.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about creative company culture ideas that doesn't have to be expensive.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the being a leader not a boss.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the employee pains and retention.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the impact of employee engagement and retention.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about the expectation miscommunication.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about misery breeds company.

In this episode, Josh Sweeney with co-host Crystal Sweeney will talk about employee retention for each generation.