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Balancing work and well-being is a constant challenge for many, particularly for leaders who are managing both people and organizational commitments. Well-being easily slips down the priority list when pressing accountabilities come up, and it can feel like a “nice-to-have” rather than a necessity. However, well-being is a critical foundation for productivity, engagement, collaboration, and leadership, and research increasingly shows that when this foundation is lacking, it affects the overall health of the business. In today's episode, Emma Rose is joined by Conversant consultant and partner Kell Delaney and guest Eleanor Allen. Eleanor is CEO of Catapult for Change, focusing on empowering other leaders and organizations to overcome challenges and ignite innovative ideas that enable success. Having worked across the corporate and nonprofit sectors she brings a practical but whole-hearted perspective to the question of what it takes for businesses and people to thrive. She has recently been working to bring science-based tools to organizations that support workplace experience and peak performance. You can connect with Eleanor and learn more about her work below. Eleanor Allen is a visionary catalyst for positive change, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for both people and the planet. As a humanist, environmentalist, and versatile force in corporate and nonprofit sectors, she brings a wealth of experience as a CEO, business leader, board member, technical expert, consultant, and professional engineer. Eleanor's impressive career includes leadership roles in various organizations such as CEO of B Lab Global and Water For People, Global Water Leader at Arcadis, and Latin America Water Leader at CH2M (now Jacobs). Her contributions to the engineering profession led to her induction into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020. Through her executive coaching and consulting business, Catapult For Change, Eleanor now focuses on empowering other leaders and organizations to overcome challenges and ignite innovative ideas that enable success. As a Certified Coach and registered Professional Engineer with global experience in over 50 countries, Eleanor is passionate about championing workplace well-being, organizational flourishing, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) principles.

It's no secret that Baton Rouge and the surrounding parishes are home to some of the largest petrochemical plants in the world. We're also a hub of activity when it comes to climate and resilience because of our sinking coastline and rising seas in an era of climate change. The intersection of these vast and important fields create some interesting opportunities for companies that also are based here and training young people to work in those companies in the future.  Mark Fallon is CEO of APTIM, a Baton Rouge-based company that provides engineering, program management, environmental services, disaster recovery, complex facility maintenance, and construction services to clients in in the energy sector, as well as governments and the military. APTIM was spun off several years ago from CB&I, which, many in Baton Rouge may remember, bought The Shaw Group in 2013. Mark has been at the helm of the company since April 2020, which was, no doubt, an interesting time to start a new big challenge. But he came armed with a wealth of knowledge and experience. Prior to joining APTIM, Mark was president and CEO of sister companies – Envirocon, a national remediation and deocmmisioning contractor, and Modern Machinery, a distributor of heavy construction and minig equipment. He also worked at CH2M and started his career in the US Department of Energy under President Bill Clinton.  Fran Harvey is Director of the Global Geospatial Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Innovation Park at LSU that teaches students to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage and display all kinds of spatial or geographical data using the only GIS Industry based certification program in the country. Are you wondering, "What exactly is GIS?" Well, you're not alone. Most people  - and that certainly includes most highschool students - don't realize they are using GIS data every time they pick up their smart phone and open the map app or check the location of the Uber they're waiting on to pick them up or the Door Dash guy who is delivering their order. But GIS is everywhere and the Global Geospatial Institute believes that if young people can learn the skills that go into GIS they will be better prepared to enter today's workforce. Fran was introduced to GIS technology while working as an environmental scientist. She spent several years in disaster response and recovery as a senior GIS analyst and decided to go back to school for an advanced degree in the technology. She spent more than a decade at the La Dept of Environmental Quality as an environmental scientist and GIS analyst and went on to use her expertise in as a GIS specialist in the aftermaths of several gulf coast hurricanes. In 2014, Fran and her husband founded the Global Geospatial Institute.  Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the Boulevard. You can photos from this show by Brian Pavlich  at itsbatonrouge.la. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special Guest: Kevin Campbell:  Founder of Lifted Leadership Kevin G. Campbell is an Employee Experience Scientist with Qualtrics and the founder of Lifted Leadership, a strengths-based executive coaching practice. In this episode, he's going to talk about the power of answering the question: What can you contribute to the world that 10,000 others would struggle to bring? Kevin's spent the last fifteen years helping thousands of people do what they do best every day, and he wants to share the discoveries he's made along the way. Kevin is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker, PF Chang's, Amazon, etc, and has worked for Deloitte and Gallup as a consultant. Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance. As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach, he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next-generation leaders. Join us as we discuss what you can contribute to the world that 10,000 others would struggle to bring. Listen Live (Archive Available) Host: Jo Moffatt

Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. In this week's episode, we talk about the science behind employee experience. He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker, PF Chang's, Amazon, etc, and has worked for Deloitte and Gallup as a consultant. Before founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives. Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like Stryker, P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance. As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach, he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next-generation leaders. Prior to his career in the industry, Kevin received a Master's in Organizational Psychology where he studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement. This episode is sponsored by Mystery. Try Mystery today: trymystery.com/hr-podcast Connect with Kevin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevingeorgecampbell/ https://www.qualtrics.com/xm-institute/ Checkout Qualtrics' XM Institute: https://www.qualtrics.com/xm-institute/ Connect with Traci here: https://linktr.ee/HRTraci Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Disclaimer: Thoughts, opinions, and statements made on this podcast are not a reflection of the thoughts, opinions, and statements of the Company by whom Traci Chernoff is actively employed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hrtraci/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hrtraci/support

Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people.He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker, PF Chang's, Amazon, etc, and has worked for Deloitte and Gallup as a consultant. Before founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives.Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like Stryker, P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance.As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach, he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next generation leaders.Prior to his career in industry, Kevin received a Master's in Organizational Psychology where he studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement.Rebel HR is a podcast for HR professionals and leaders of people who are ready to make some disruption in the world of work.We'll be discussing topics that are disruptive to the world of work and talk about new and different ways to approach solving those problems.Follow Rebel HR Podcast at:www.rebelhumanresources.comhttps://twitter.com/rebelhrguyhttps://www.facebook.com/rebelhrpodcastwww.kyleroed.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-roed/Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Self Awareness and Openness Builds Winning Teams What can we learn from the Special Forces to build workplace teams? Noel DiBona has served on high performance teams in private business and in military Special Operations.  Episode 109 (Noel is based in North Carolina) In this conversation with Noel DiBona we explore: How self awareness is the foundation for strong teams The importance of sharing strengths and blind spots Recognizing the effects of stress on you and your teammates Behavioral analysis and how to use it How not to forgo your perspective and authentic self When independence and collaboration clash About Noel DiBona: Noel began his career as an operations supervisor in a Clorox manufacturing facility and he was frustrated at the lack of productivity. He set out on a mission looking for ways to build better teams. Over 35 years he served on high-performing teams in military special operations and business. While serving in executive management at Fluor Corporate, CH2M and Tetra Tech he perfected a system to develop high-performing teams. As a consultant he has helped clients save millions of dollars through better resource use. His clients included Electrolux, DuPont, GSK and many others. Learn more about Noel DiBona and his services for building high-performing teams at the website www.ConsultDiBona.com You can arrange for a Team Improvement Plan (no charge) at the website. Excerpts from this conversation with Noel DiBona: 02:13 Delighted to be talking with you all. And I'm curious of all the teams you worked on, I would imagine working in Special Forces, one really learns how to appreciate all the nuances of a team working together for one purpose.   02:31 Absolutely George, in a team such as that high performance team, we all knew what our jobs were, we could fill in with for each other, we were cross trained, and were brutally honest with each other. But we would put our lives on the line for one another. So it was what you would consider to be the utmost highest respect, trust and open communication that you could possibly expect of any high performance team. It was truly a pleasure and an honor for me to be part of that through my career.   03:03 And Noel, did you find that you could take lessons learned in that team environment and apply it into business?   03:11 Absolutely, George, one of the things that we were able to do, when I came out of the military was really understand how people are orienting themselves towards getting their work done and how everybody works just a little bit differently. And when I came out of the military, I was very prone to looking forward to talking to people to understand what they were doing. And to just put myself in the learn mode. I was very inquisitive, asked lots of questions. I wanted to know how everything worked. And I got that from being in the military, because we're in contact with so many people, so many different folks from different walks of life, that I'm extremely comfortable dealing with many, many different types of individuals. And so right from the very beginning, when I got out of the military, I was focused on really building relationships with the people I worked with. ----- 06:52 In taking a deep dive into understanding ourself, and perhaps putting into words, features, characteristics that we never put into words, that's probably good for ourself. Is that also meant to be shared with the team saying, Hey, guys, here's how I think here's how I think through things. So please don't take it wrong when I do this?   07:18 Absolutely. The second part of this is for each individual on the team, to have an honest conversation with one another about their strengths, and their potential blind spots, the things that might make them a little bit not so easy to get along with when there's pressure and stress. We can talk with each other very openly, honestly, and in a cordial way, when there's no heat on us. But as the team comes under stress, the stress of everyday business, depending on what's happening in that company, people begin to work in a way where they might over utilize their strengths. And when they over utilize their strengths, there's a flipside to the good things that we do.  For example, we might be really proactive, and we might be independent minded, which is a really good thing when you're trying to bring change about in the organization. However, if the other people are more collaborative, and I'm under a lot of stress, then it's going to come across in a way that might not really be that good to build teamwork from it might tear down teamwork a little bit. So we want every individual to have an open and honest conversation with one another, in order to gain a better sense of appreciation of who we are. And we can do this with people that have worked with each other for years and years. And sometimes they know, obviously, a little bit more than if they had just started working with each other. But it's really, really interesting to note that in most cases, they learn things about people that they never knew. ----- That's what we want is a situational awareness, in terms of what we're doing, and how we might need to do something different in order to bring the results that we're after. ----more---- Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by improving your communication skills. We'll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self. In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.   Your host is George Torok George is a specialist in executive communication skills. That includes conversation and presentation. He's fascinated by way we communicate and influence behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.   Connect with George www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/ https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills https://www.instagram.com/georgetorok/   For weekly tips to improve your presentations visit https://toroktips.com/  

Anthony Hauck, co-Founder and COO, Hypar, has more than 20 years' experience in architecture, engineering, construction, and IT, followed by 10 years at Autodesk as the Director of Product Management for Revit and the Director of Product Strategy for AEC Generative Design. Anthony has always sought to improve building outcomes through strategic application of advanced technology. As co-founder of Hypar, he helps accelerate and improve AEC projects with the company's cloud platform for computational building system design, fabrication, and construction.Jerry Dehn has 18 years of experience with Jacobs and currently serves as Vice President, Design Delivery Transformation for its People Places and Solutions line of business.  Jerry's focus in this role is to enable continuous improvement resulting in higher value solutions for its clients and improved delivery efficiency. Recent delivery improvements include the deployment of the company's new Workforce Planning application and Design Manager Advancement Program. He has functioned as a key leader in the advancement of Global Integrated Delivery at Jacobs and currently leads our Design Automation program, where the company aims to remove the mundane from workers' day jobs and take significant strides in infusing digital technology into everyday design activities. Prior to serving in his current role, Jerry led the 800-person North America Design Operations unit for CH2M. He has held many roles in project delivery and business development across several market sectors over his 30-year career. He continues to serve as Jacobs' account manager for a handful of water clients in Northern California and Nevada, providing leadership to several project teams while staying focused on helping clients solve their toughest challenges.

Doing HR Like a Boss is as easy as ABC according to our guest, Kevin Campbell. In this episode, Kevin explains why doing amazingly awesome HR is about being action-oriented, business-relevant, and conversation-based. He also goes in-depth about how HR should go about giving and receiving constructive feedback, and how we should look at doing HR through the lens of customer experience. About Kevin Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker, PF Chang's, Amazon, etc, and has worked for Deloitte and Gallup as a consultant. Before founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives. Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like Stryker, P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance. As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach, he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next-generation leaders. Prior to his career in the industry, Kevin received a Master's in Organizational Psychology where he studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement. About HR Like a Boss HR Like a Boss centers around the concept that with the right passion to be and think different, HR and business professionals can do amazingly awesome HR. People who do HR like a boss understand business concepts, what makes people tick, and how to approach HR as more than a compliance or cost center. This podcast builds the foundation for John Bernatovicz's upcoming book, "HR Like a Boss." If you're ready to take your HR career to the next level, this is the podcast for you. Share any comments with bridgette@willory.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/willory/message

After being called a conspiracy theorist and being censored, I now present you with the specific details of the evidence showing Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, Joe Biden, Christopher Heinz, James Biden, and the late Beau Biden's corrupt financial transactions. Recently, I presented government documentation and government contracts showing the U.S. government's financial interest in the Ukrainian Bio-Labs and the financial connections between Rosemont Seneca and Ch2M, Metabiota, and Black & Veach. Joe Biden's Brother James Biden was a minority partner in Hillstone International, a subsidiary of Hill International aka CH2M Hill, who not only was awarded over $1 billion in government construction contracts between 2010 and 2014 with no prior completed construction projects but also currently holds government contracts for operations involving the Bio-Labs in Ukraine. CNN and other large MSM sources claimed that Hunter Biden never received $3.5 million from Rosemont Seneca by way of Devon Archer, and I now prove that wrong. Hunter Biden not only received the money but was wired money to 4 different accounts, all of which I provide the account numbers for in the video. I also provide the entire account details that the money was wired from. Below is a link to the statements themselves, which are stamped as Evidence of the Department of Justice. The statements also show transactions washed through a corrupt Latvian Bank, and Devon and Hunter's dealings with the Bank of China. The Biden Family has a substantial conflict of interest and illegal ventures in China and Ukraine and this can not be ignored any longer. #Ukraine #BioLabs #JoeBiden #HunterBiden #JamesBiden #DevonArcher #ChristopherHeinz #DepartmentofDefense #DepartmentofState #DepartmentofJustice #RosemontSeneca #Burisma #Metabiota #HillstoneInternational #CH2M #JohnKerry #DonGraves #BankofChina   Rosemont Seneca c/o Devon Archer Account Statements from 2014-2016: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6003585-Rosemont-Seneca-Bohai-Bank-Records-Listing.html The case regarding Steven Graves corruption in handing out government contracts between 2010-2013: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-construction-company-s-owner-and-ceo-sentenced-prison-defrauding-state-department The article specifies Hunter Biden's Connection to the Ukraine Bio-Labs. The article has links to government documentation as well: https://thefederalreport.com/evidence-hunter-biden-bio-labs-ukraine/      

Kevin G. Campbell, M.A. is an Employee Experience Scientist at Qualtrics and also a Founder of Lifted Leadership, LLC where he coaches Fortune 500 executives on how to acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people.He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders and teams for companies like Stryker, PF Chang's, Amazon, etc, and has worked for Deloitte and Gallup as a consultant.  Before founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives.Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like Stryker, P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance.As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach, he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next generation leaders.Prior to his career in industry, Kevin received a Master's in Organizational Psychology where he studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevingeorgecampbell/https://www.liftedleadership.com/

I am providing viewers with concrete evidence linking Hunter Biden, John Kerry's step son Chris Heinz, and Devon Archer to investments made in Bio-Labs in Ukraine. Hunter Biden's firm Rosemont Seneca listed on its website in 2014 that it had financial interest in Metabiota, Ch2m, and other private entities contracted by the U.S Department of Defense to construct and and do research in Ukraines Bio facilities. There is also well documented relationship between Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, and Burisma. The show also provides detail about the Freedom Support Act of 1992 and how the restrictions of the act were repealed in 2007 under the Nunn-Luger Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2007 to allow for the Department of Defense to fund private entities for the purpose of operating these Bio-labs. I show how the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was going to cut Ukraine out of a substantial source of revenue in the form of transit fees for oil and gas exported out of Russia. The links provided below come from the department of state website, or other U.S government sites and is all verified. #Biolabs #Ukraine #Burisma #Joebiden #hunterbiden #JohnKerry #BarackObama #Russia #DevonArcher #RosemontSeneca #NunnLugerAct Freedom Support Act of 1992: https://www.congress.gov/102/statute/STATUTE-106/STATUTE-106-Pg3320.pdf Nunn-Luger Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2007: https://www.congress.gov/109/bills/s313/BILLS-109s313is.pdf 2005 Ukraine Weapons Proliferation Agreement signed by Barack Obama: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/05-829-Ukraine-Weapons.pdf Senate Report on Hunter Biden's Dealings and Transactions with Burisma, Metabiota and other foreign businesses: https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Ukraine%20Report_FINAL.pdf Document showing the Department of Defense funding to private entites for the purpose of building and conducting research in Bio-Labs in Luhansk: https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-luhansk-eng.pdf Document showing the Department of Defense funding to private entites for the purpose of building and conducting research in Bio-Labs in Kharkiv: https://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/dtro-kharkiv-eng.pdf This article provides other links to documents regarding DOD funding of Bio-Labs in Ukraine: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/breaking-us-department-defense-funding-ukrainian-biolabs-russia-releases-list-biological-agents-tested-us-biolabs-ukraine-including-salmonella-e-coli-anthrax-plague/  

In today's episode, Massimo is joined by Kevin Campbell, who helps organizations acquire, develop and retain their most valuable asset: their people. Kevin also helps people manage an aspect of their lives that plays a key role in their happiness: their work. He's spent the last decade of his career building leaders at every level and creating scores of engaged, high-performing, strengths-based teams. He has driven talent strategy, employee engagement, performance management, and leadership development initiatives for clients in the professional services, medical device, banking, hospitality, consumer products, technology, healthcare and life sciences industries. He also served as a principal investigator and researcher for social science programs funded by the U.S. Federal Government. Prior to founding Lifted Leadership, Kevin served as a Lead People Scientist for Culture Amp where he helped organizations like Airbnb, Palo Alto Networks, and ServiceNow reinvent and optimize their performance management and employee engagement initiatives. Kevin also served as a Workplace Consultant and Executive Strengths Coach for Deloitte Human Capital and the Gallup Organization where he helped coach leaders from companies like Stryker, P.F. Chang's, US Bank, Amazon, CH2M (now Jacob's), and PayPal leverage their unique individual talents into greater performance. As a certified coach, Kevin has logged over 1,000 hours of paid executive coaching and workshop facilitation sessions. As a coach he makes use of a variety of psychometric assessment tools and feedback techniques to identify and coach high-potential, high-performance next generation leaders. Prior to his career in industry, Kevin received a Master's in Organizational Psychology where he studied under Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology and the first researcher to recognize and name the mental state of flow—the optimal experience of total engagement. Highlights from today's podcast include: Understanding your strengths and how to find a career that best suits your strongest characteristics How to find your flow state to make your work easier How to bridge the gap between the inherent promises that organizations have with employee engagement processes and the results that are happening How to help your employees overcome evaluation anxiety The coaching skills needed for managers to ensure they meet the needs of their employees Connect with Kevin: LiftedLeadership.com To download my Conscious Communication Workbook to support you in turning toxic conflict into collaborative gold, please visit Massimobackus.com/workbook

LISTEN TO PART 1 FIRST We are excited to share our raw and uncut interview with Mayor Jason Lary of The City of Stonecrest. We had a candid conversation around many topics including his perspective on resignation, his attempted recall, why Stonecrest is important, and why he started The City. You don't want to miss it!! CONNECT WITH USMake sure you visit our website for updates, community events and more!! www.stonecrestweekly.comFollow us on Instagram @stonecrestweeklySubscribe to our Newsletter for early access to future episodes, exclusive updates, and community hot topics!  Click Here to Subscribe Now********Mayor Jason Lary BioJason Lary, Sr. was elected as Stonecrest, Georgia's first mayor on March 21, 2017. Since taking office on May 1, 2017, Mayor Lary has led the efforts to staff the city and secure a location for the first city hall. Through a partnership with CH2M, a worldwide consulting firm, Mayor Lary is serving the citizens of Stonecrest by staffing professionals in code enforcement, planning and zoning, parks and recreation, communications, city management and administrative services. During his first few months in office, Mayor Lary also hired a team of staff attorneys, set up short-term financing to address the city's cash flow needs and led the effort to begin adopting ordinances that will improve the quality of life for Stonecrest residents. In September 2017, Mayor Lary took the first steps toward implementing the city's Economic Development Department. One month later, he began efforts to lure major corporations such as Amazon, a company set to open a second, multi-billion-dollar headquarters. Mayor Lary crafted an idea to develop a corporate brand for Amazon by eponymously naming the 345 acres to be occupied by the retail giant. The mayor's efforts will continue as he targets companies like Apple, Micro Center, and Costco.Civic InitiativesBefore Mayor Lary became actively engaged in cityhood initiatives, he was a 2012 graduate of Leadership DeKalb, a prestigious organization designed to advance emerging leaders throughout the county. This organization helps leaders identify ways to improve the quality of life of DeKalb County residents and businesses. Mayor Lary's cityhood experience includes serving as the founder and president of the Stonecrest City Alliance in 2013, and the chairman of Stonecrest Yes from 2015 to 2017. He raised more than $50,000 from individuals, small businesses and corporations to conduct two Carl Vinson Institute studies. A successful CVI study was required by the Georgia General Assembly before the City of Stonecrest, Senate Bill 208, could be allowed on the ballot. The 2013 study failed, and in 2015 the study passed. Mayor Lary is universally recognized as the architect and founding father of the Stonecrest Cityhood movement. To read more about the Mayor's career and family visit: https://www.stonecrestga.gov/JasonLary.aspxSupport the show

We are excited to share our raw and uncut interview with Mayor Jason Lary of The City of Stonecrest. We had a candid conversation around many topics including his perspective on resignation, his attempted recall, why Stonecrest is important, and why he started The City. You don't want to miss it!! CONNECT WITH USMake sure you visit our website for updates, community events and more!! www.stonecrestweekly.comFollow us on Instagram @stonecrestweeklySubscribe to our Newsletter for early access to future episodes, exclusive updates, and community hot topics!  Click Here to Subscribe Now********Mayor Jason Lary BioJason Lary, Sr. was elected as Stonecrest, Georgia's first mayor on March 21, 2017. Since taking office on May 1, 2017, Mayor Lary has led the efforts to staff the city and secure a location for the first city hall. Through a partnership with CH2M, a worldwide consulting firm, Mayor Lary is serving the citizens of Stonecrest by staffing professionals in code enforcement, planning and zoning, parks and recreation, communications, city management and administrative services. During his first few months in office, Mayor Lary also hired a team of staff attorneys, set up short-term financing to address the city's cash flow needs and led the effort to begin adopting ordinances that will improve the quality of life for Stonecrest residents. In September 2017, Mayor Lary took the first steps toward implementing the city's Economic Development Department. One month later, he began efforts to lure major corporations such as Amazon, a company set to open a second, multi-billion-dollar headquarters. Mayor Lary crafted an idea to develop a corporate brand for Amazon by eponymously naming the 345 acres to be occupied by the retail giant. The mayor's efforts will continue as he targets companies like Apple, Micro Center, and Costco.Civic InitiativesBefore Mayor Lary became actively engaged in cityhood initiatives, he was a 2012 graduate of Leadership DeKalb, a prestigious organization designed to advance emerging leaders throughout the county. This organization helps leaders identify ways to improve the quality of life of DeKalb County residents and businesses. Mayor Lary's cityhood experience includes serving as the founder and president of the Stonecrest City Alliance in 2013, and the chairman of Stonecrest Yes from 2015 to 2017. He raised more than $50,000 from individuals, small businesses and corporations to conduct two Carl Vinson Institute studies. A successful CVI study was required by the Georgia General Assembly before the City of Stonecrest, Senate Bill 208, could be allowed on the ballot. The 2013 study failed, and in 2015 the study passed. Mayor Lary is universally recognized as the architect and founding father of the Stonecrest Cityhood movement. To read more about the Mayor's career and family visit: https://www.stonecrestga.gov/JasonLary.aspxSupport the show

Read more about this episode.This week I speak to Ozzie Gonzalez, a former CH2M colleague. Ozzie founded P3 Consulting, dedicated to helping businesses grow while improving their environmental and social footprint. Ozzie calls himself an urban ecologist and has dedicated his career to designing and building solutions that bridge environmental health with community prosperity. Ozzie was Portland's first Latino candidate for mayor.Ozzie started P3 Consulting to bring people-, planet-, profit-centric solutions into projects. “I have a foundation in environmental science, and I apply it to a human ecosystem to try to figure out how to bring balance between the way human beings live and the quality of life that we would like to hold onto into the future.”We spoke about his role on the TriMet board, where he's helped bring transit-oriented development guidelines into the agency; create the first low-income fare program and decriminalizing fare evasion; and adopted a policy to decarbonize the entire TriMet vehicle fleet.Then I asked him about Portland. Ozzie and I talked about the Black Lives Matter protests, the ongoing houseless and business challenges, and how to reboot Portland.“The future is cloudy, but what I'm certain of is we we've got to come back...The Pacific Northwest is poised for livability for decades to come…there's a lot of fear of taking risks from our elected officials, and it was part of what motivated me to run.”Then we moved into the issues of displacement and gentrification. I asked him how we design for equity. Ozzie shared his ideas for creating a model where people could buy into affordable housing but have a stake in it for the long term.I knew Ozzie has a passion for sustainable food, so we delved into that topic in our conversation. “We have major things to change in our food system...we need to recognize it is unsustainable...the institution of food is heavily reliant on monoculture and mass industrialization, and on genetically modified seeds that depend on a very specific regimen of petrochemical-based fertilizers and insecticides.”He'd like to see less reliance on mass food systems, more focus on dealing with food waste, and more local food production.“I'm a big believer in love...I try to eat as much pure love as I can. And what I mean by that is I care about how it's cooked. I care about how it's grown. I care about how it's transported and in all those instances what I'm really looking for is a chain of custody filled with people that are doing something that they love doing that feel honored to be doing it. That's what I look for first.”I asked Ozzie what's next in his life after working as an urban ecologist, architect, dad and husband, sustainability manager, professional actor (we didn't even touch on that role!), public speaker and activist, business mentor, diversity manager, and candidate for mayor. “I plan to die fighting to make this world a sustainable, equitable place.”He's working on a passion project, a development in a pueblo in Mexico. Ozzie wants to build an ecotourism playground where virtual workers can live, work, and play in the same location. He plans to create a net zero, highly efficient smart home for digital nomads, content creators, and others who can work virtually.I asked Ozzie for his advice to others who want to create companies that care.“Well, do it. Go for it please. We need them companies that care. It's the only way to ensure longevity. Every company out there is going to have to learn this lesson sooner or later of how to care for its people, for its natural resources. There's simply no way around that, and many companies will go bust, not ever having learned that lesson.” 

Read more details and view photos in this blog post. If you like what you hear or read, visit my Fertile Ground Communications page on Patreon and find out how you can support my work.I interview two of my CSR mentors. Elisa Speranza chaired the CH2M Foundation board, and Ellen Sandberg was executive director. We spoke about how CH2M rebooted its foundation and invested in sustainable development around the world. CH2M was an engineering firm founded in 1946. By 2016 it had become a $6 billion global project management powerhouse, with 20,000 employees and thriving, award-winning sustainability and corporate citizenship programs, including a charitable foundation. The company was acquired by Jacobs in 2017.  Elisa Speranza was a VP and chair of the CH2M Foundation board. She helped to relaunch the foundation in 2013 by hiring Ellen Sandberg; rebooting the board; redefining the mission; and identifying strategic giving pillars: STEM education, sustainable communities, and employee engagement.In 2014, the foundation formalized relationships with 10 strategic partners to focus giving for greater impact, and also established a disaster matching gift program for employees. During Ellen's time as executive director, the foundation:Equipped teachers and students around the worldPartnered with clients such as Dow and The Nature Conservancy in STEM educationFocused on volunteerism, building seven footbridges with employee volunteers from around the world with Bridges to ProsperitySet a policy requiring donations to support STEM education or environmental stewardship to  align with clients' goals Broke records for its workplace giving program in support of Water For PeopleI had the fortune of working with both Ellen and Elisa as the marketing communications manager for CH2M's sustainability and corporate citizenship programs, including the CH2M Foundation. As for Ellen, she describes her role as executive director of the CH2M Foundation as “definitely my most meaningful corporate social responsibility role to date.” Before Ellen was hired, CH2M HILL's foundation was taking an old-fashioned approach, giving checks to universities where executives had gone to school and supporting the CEO's favorite causes in Denver. Listen to the podcast to learn how they overcame stumbling blocks and persuaded people that this was the right approach. To determine the strategic giving pillars for the foundation, they started with the company's strategic plan and our company values and aligned corporate giving policies with those values.CH2M tied its giving goals with its business priorities, so STEM education and sustainable community-building were critical areas of focus. The other emphasis was employee volunteerism, and the foundation provided plentiful opportunities for employees to volunteer their technical skills to build sustainable infrastructure. CH2M earned multiple accolades and awards for our commitment to sustainability and corporate citizenship, including the World Environment Center (WEC) Gold Medal Award for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development and garnering the #22 spot on FORTUNE's Top 50 Companies That Change the World. We wished we were all in one place, sharing a glass of wine. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane!

The term sustainability is thrown around a lot. While we can understand its meaning, what does it look like and what are some ways we are already being more sustainable people. Jose B. Rodriguez, International Associate AIA - is a board member of AIA Chicago and has also served at the AIA Illinois Board and AIA Chicago Committee on the Environment. Jose has almost twenty years of experience in architecture and high-performance building consulting including sustainability and energy analytics after completing a Masters in Building Science and Climate Responsive Architecture at Arizona State University. Jose’s career has spanned from interior renovations and building construction to design documentation and sustainability strategies for commercial, hospitality, and master planning projects. Most recently, Jose was the leader of the Built Ecology team at WSP in Chicago, and the sustainability teams at CH2M (now Jacobs) and SOM. Jose is passionate about the environment and climate action, a photography enthusiast, and an avid traveler targeting a visit to his 7th continent soon. For more Student Architect content, visit our website omargarcia.info/student-architect Follow us on Instagram @studentarchitectpodcast Thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/studentarchitect/message

Dee is Chief of Staff at CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company, a prime engineering and environmental contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site. In her current role, Dee manages government affairs and strategic projects.   Dee’s background includes business management and strategic consultation. She has served in various leadership roles within large companies as well as supported business development in small businesses focusing on engaging relationships. Dee built her own company and served as a communication consultant for CH2M HILL’s leadership team prior to coming in as a core member of its contract transitions group. Prior to that role, Dee served as Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer of Fluor Hanford. Dee is a strategic thinker, motivated by challenging roles that bring teams together.  Her strengths include organizational communication and bringing business strategies to fruition. Her passion includes facilitating teams through challenging concepts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications as well as a Master of Business Administration.

We celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 on Shades of Green. International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. On this day we celebrate all the many women leaders and extraordinary women in Austin, Texas. Our guests were: Shibiya Sabu who is Originally from India, is a Transportation Planner with the Planning Dept. of CH2M, an international engineering consulting firm specializing in water and several layers of Technology and Planning. She focuses on optimizing the transportation flow and facilities to perform better, with projects involving bike-ped planning, corridor planning (at interstate level to FM roads). Her specialty includes sustainable urbanism, multi-modal transportation planning and community engagement. She is also the Chapter lead of the Global Women’s Network at CH2M. She has been doing Henna Professionally for 11 years now at various events, at weddings, and social/communal gathering. And, she was invited to be a Henna Artist at the East Austin Studio Tour. Hala N. Ballouz has been a lead consultant in the electric power industry since 1991. She is the President of Electric Power Engineers and she has over 20 years of experience in power systems and energy market. Ms. Ballouz is also the former president of the Texas Renewables Energy Alliance (TREIA) and currently serves as board member of several organizations. She is a registered Professional Engineer in several states as well as other countries. We also had in the studio Janis Bookout and Andrea Alfaro, two influential Austin women representing Earth Day Austin.

We celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 on Shades of Green. International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. On this day we celebrate all the many women leaders and extraordinary women in Austin, Texas. Our first guest was: Shibiya Sabu who is Originally from India, is a Transportation Planner with the Planning Dept. of CH2M, an international engineering consulting firm specializing in water and several layers of Technology and Planning. She focuses on optimizing the transportation flow and facilities to perform better, with projects involving bike-ped planning, corridor planning (at interstate level to FM roads). Her specialty includes sustainable urbanism, multi-modal transportation planning and community engagement. She is also the Chapter lead of the Global Women’s Network at CH2M. She has been doing Henna Professionally for 11 years now at various events, at weddings, and social/communal gathering. And, she was invited to be a Henna Artist at the East Austin Studio Tour.

Menzer Pehlivan, whose passion came when she experienced an earthquake at age 13, earned a PHD in Civil Engineering in 2013 from the University of Texas at Austin with a focus in Geotechnical Engineering and is currently a Geotechnical Engineer at CH2M. Civil Engineering has 6 types of Majors; Structural, Geotechnical, Transportation, Hydro-logical, and Construction Engineering. A Geotechnical Engineer specializes in Earthquake engineering/ground motion and a masters degree will be very useful vs simply a 4 year undergraduate degree. What is exciting about Geotechnical engineering is that every project is different as you need to make sure that every building will stand up and the ground is always different. Menzer notes that engineering is all about solving problems and there is always A way! She was questioned by her high school teacher why a girl would want to be an engineer, but her grandfather who believed in her said to go for it! When you believe you can do it, then do it!! and there will be many times you will doubt yourself, so find that one person who believes in you to bring you up when you are doubting. Menzer was also involved with the IMAX movie Dream Big. Recommended book is “Talent Is Overated” By Geoffrey Colvin. You can pick up a free audio book from Audible at www.stemonfirebook.com Free Audio Book from Audible

In this episode, Angee Linsey interviews Michelle Jones, Chief Communications Officer at CH2M in Denver, Colorado. During the conversation, they cover a range of topics around what it means to be a strategic communications professional that delivers a positive impact on the business. During the interview, Michelle shares how she helps communicators on her team move from being more tactical to strategic. Not only does she identify those people on her team who show a natural curiosity and make an effort to truly learn the business, she encourages communications professionals to get experiences beyond the function to enhance that business acumen. Listen In to Michelle's advice on how to focus on the business to grow your communications career. Visit: http://linseycareers.com/ Email: info@linseycareers.com @LinseyCareers on Twitter Linsey Careers on LinkedIn

Sally Williamson from CH2M speaks to Damian Morgan about treating stormwater for drinking purposes.

In this episode: Steven Drew (CEO) and Jeremy Wittkop (CTO) from Intelisecure are this week's feature interview. News from CH2M, Coalfire, Swimlane, ProtectWise (and Ixia), Ping Identity, Intelisecure and root9B. https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/7/27/26-731-show-notes Alright, which of you is the CISO of the year? Only a couple of weeks left in nominations for the inaugural Apex Awards Colorado CISO of the year. We are confident that one of you lovely listeners has the perfect candidate. No more waiting, nominate them now! In addition to our feature interview with Intelisecure, we delve into the topics you need to know. Just which European city has a new direct flight from Denver? What is an Ixia, and why is ProtectWise partnering with it? How did Ping Identity win yet another award? Why am I asking so many questions? Does anyone read this stuff anyway? Free beer to the first person to tell me you read this and claim the beer. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know. This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to info@colorado-security.com Feature interview: Robb sat down with two leaders of Greenwood Village based Intelisecure - CEO Steven Drew, and CTO Jeremy Wittkop. Steven, who has only been at Intelisecure for about a year, talked about the road which lead him to leading one of Denver's biggest security companies. And Jeremy, who was an early employee, tells the story of joining when the company was tiny (and named BEW Global) and riding the growth over the years. Our conversation ranges from Critical Asset Protection, perimeter based security, and a lot more. Enjoy learning more about one of Colorado's best security companies. Local security news: DIA keeps adding international flights - New London flight is the latest Denver Startup Week 2017: Registration opens CH2M in talks to be acquired Coalfire Blog: 5 AWS certifications explained Swimlane partnered in EY's new Cybersecurity Center ProtectWise and Ixia Announce Integration Partnership Ping Identity wins 2017 CODiE award Intelisecure - Open enrollment of its 2018 critical data protection benchmark survey Apex Awards - CISO of the year award is up now! Job Openings: Coalfire - Director, Technical Services NCC -  Cybersecurity Strategic Planning Program Manager (COS) Booz Allen - Multi-Intelligence Collaboration Specialist, Junior Radware - Cloud Regional Sales Manager - Cyber Security AT&T - Cybersecurity Consultant 3 - Payment Card Industry Accenture - Federal – Cyber Hunter (Remote) ++ General Dynamics - Cybersecurity Software Development Lead Ping Identity - Security Compliance / GRC Analyst & Jr Product Security Engineer Upcoming Events: This Week and Next: CTA - Tech Tour - 7/31-8/4 CTA - Tech Tour Colorado Springs / Community Lunch & Panel - 7/31 DenverSec - Meetup - 8/7 ISSA Denver - August Meetings - 8/8-9 SecureSet - Expert Series - Clark Hobbie, Miranda and Open Source - 8/10 Other Notable Upcoming Events: 7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum - 8/30-31 NCC - Governor's Cyber Symposium - 11/1-3 CTA - APEX Awards - 11/8 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Ben Harrington, Business Journalist and Betaville blogger, updates us about the major news in the Merger & Acquisition (M&A) world. The segment includes discussion on the $30 billion Johnson & Johnson/ Actelion deal, Allianz's takeover talks with QBE and the $4 billion merger of CH2M and Britain's WS Atkins. #Johnson&Johnson, #Actelion, #Allianz, #QBE, #CHRM, #WS #Atkins, #M&A, #business, #macro, #UK, #US

STEMxm Episode 16-  Dream Big Film | DiscoverE | Bridges to Prosperity Who was on the episode: Avery Bang trained as a geo-technical engineer at the University of Colorado Boulder before joining Bridges to Prosperity where she now serves as Executive Director. Bridges to Prosperity is a non-profit organization that builds cable-stayed pedestrian bridges throughout the developing world. With design, program development and construction experience in nearly a dozen countries, she has more than doubled the size of the operation. When describing what she does, Avery asks people to imagine what it would have been like for them to get to their elementary school if the infrastructure they had—bridges, roads, etc—didn’t exist. She explains that she helps people in the developing world build projects that many people often take for granted. Menzer Pehlivan is a geotechnical engineer specializing in earthquake engineering. Named one of the “2016 New Faces of Engineering” by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Menzer was inspired to build more resilient communities and reduce the risk associated with earthquakes following the 1999 Kocaeli Earth- quake in Turkey,which she experienced as a young girl. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and has worked on numerous geotechnical and earthquake projects in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. She currently works as a geotechnical engineer on critical infrastructure projects at CH2M in Seattle. Thea Sahr is an award-winning producer of national education outreach initiatives and messaging campaigns for multimedia projects. She has over 25 years experience at such organizations as the Museum of Science (Boston), WGBH Educational Foundation, and am now at DiscoverE. She has been a successful team leader and creator of evergreen resources that teach science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts. She focuses, in particular, on dispelling stereotypes about engineering and science, and encouraging girls and minorities to pursue STEM education and careers.   Places to connect if you’d like to get an engineer to come speak in your classroom (keep in mind, most of these organizations have local chapters, so the national organization should be able to put you in touch with the local chapter if you don’t find them with a google search…): American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers American Institute of Chemical Engineers   STEMxm is available on iTunes & Stitcher:

In this episode, retired Army engineer Todd Wang of CH2M and Bridges to Prosperity talks about how Bridges to Prosperity and its volunteers including university students are helping communities in developing countries gain access to healthcare, schools and other critical services by working with them to build footbridges across otherwise uncrossable terrain. A Bridges to Prosperity project with the U.S. Navy Seabees is the cover story in the Jan-Feb 2017 issue of The Military Engineer.

Discussion with CH2M global talent brand strategist, Matt Sharp, about how improving candidate experience impacts recruiting and the business for the better.

CH2M's Scott Haskins, a Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Consulting, joins The Water Values Podcast to discusses asset management programs. Scott guides us through asset management issues, including what asset management is, what are the different components of an asset management program and how to get started with an asset management plan. He also discusses risk issues and how utilities deploying asset management programs have saved millions of dollars and improved their service levels.

CH2M’s Scott Haskins, a Senior Vice President and Director of Strategic Consulting, joins The Water Values Podcast to discusses asset management programs. Scott guides us through asset management issues, including what asset management is, what are the different components of an asset management program and how to get started with an asset management plan. He also discusses risk issues and how utilities deploying asset management programs have saved millions of dollars and improved their service levels.