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Peter is a facilitator, trainer, keynote speaker and coach who through presentations, workshops, seminars, coaching and consulting helps leaders, teams and organizations better engage and align staff to business drivers and the organization's mission. Peter helps leaders develop the self-awareness, self-mastery and interpersonal skills that enable sustainable high performance and high functioning teams. Through experiential learning and a practical down to earth style, clients learn to implement behaviors that lead to greater individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Peter's focus includes: preventing executive derailment, transformational leadership and creating high performing teams. His approach focuses on clients creating self reinforcing and sustainable positive movement leading towards personal and professional breakthroughs and sustainable organizational effectiveness. Peter is a certified Peoplemap™ Trainer. He is also Everything DISC and MBTI certified. He has served as Vice President of Client Relations and Program Development for The Leadership Trust. Before joining the Trust, he was employed by the Center for Creative Leadership, where he helped customize executive development and training programs for major businesses and corporations. Peter also taught Psychology at Vance Granville Community College. Currently Peter facilitates seminars on Leadership and High Performing Teams at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center and The International Coaching Federation. He has recently been the Keynote Speaker for the Georgia University System's Staff Council Conference.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

In this insightful episode of HR Like a Boss, John sits down with Erich Kurschat, owner of Harmony Insights LLC and passionate HR leader, to explore the human side of human resources. Eric shares his journey and dives into how emotional intelligence, effective communication, and tools like the DISC assessment can transform workplace relationships. Learn how conflict can catalyze growth, why intentional questions matter, and how HR professionals can lead with heart and strategy. ABOUT ERICErich Kurschat of Harmony Insights LLC helps companies and consultants build high-performing teams... and revenue streams... around the Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors assessments. A self-proclaimed "DiSC nerd" of 18+ years, Erich is especially passionate about equipping individuals to communicate meaningfully and productively with diverse stakeholders.

Jaime Hunt sits down with Ellen Whitlock Baker — executive coach, leadership consultant, and founder of EWB Coaching — for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation on what truly makes a good leader in higher education. They tackle toxic workplace norms, explore the role of empathy in leadership, and dig into how AI and generational shifts are reshaping leadership expectations. If you're rethinking what it means to lead well in this evolving higher ed landscape, this is your blueprint.Guest Name: Ellen Whitlock Baker, Wwner and Principal, EWB CoachingGuest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellenwhitlockbaker/Guest Bio: Ellen Whitlock Baker is an executive coach, speaker, and leadership consultant who is passionate about challenging outdated workplace norms to create a more equitable, healthier work culture for all. A seasoned Advancement leader, Ellen has held leadership positions in alumni engagement at the University of Washington and Seattle University, and is active with CASE, most recently serving on the CASE Alumni Commission. Ellen is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and received her coaching certification through the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She is also a certified Everything DiSC practitioner. As the owner and principal of EWB Coaching, Ellen supports individual and team clients in managing transition, building healthy teams, getting unstuck, and setting boundaries that protect well-being. She speaks and writes about how to set boundaries to prevent burnout and how to get past resistance to change and move into action, among other topics. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jaime Hunthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimehunt/https://twitter.com/JaimeHuntIMCAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.Attend the 2025 Engage Summit! The Engage Summit is the premier conference for forward-thinking leaders and practitioners dedicated to exploring the transformative power of AI in education. Explore the strategies and tools to step into the next generation of student engagement, supercharged by AI. You'll leave ready to deliver the most personalized digital engagement experience every step of the way.Register now to secure your spot in Charlotte, NC, on June 24-25, 2025! Early bird registration ends February 1st -- https://engage.element451.com/register

Staffing expert Mike Cleland joins Brad Bialy to break down why the staffing industry is underperforming despite strong GDP. They explore the breakdown of sales accountability, the danger of a complacent culture, and how to rebuild a resilient, growth-minded team. Discover how executive leadership, peer accountability, and strong sales systems can reignite performance in today's staffing landscape. Mike also shares real stories and proven frameworks from decades of consulting experience. If you're leading a team or trying to scale your staffing firm, this episode is your blueprint.   5 Key Takeaways from This Episode: ✅ Who is accountable for the staffing industry's underperformance?   ✅ Become a sales team, not order takers ✅ How should you address toxic high-performers? ✅ Common traits of a company poised for growth ✅ Can small firms compete with the Goliaths in the room?   Chapters & Key Moments 00:00 – Why the staffing industry is underperforming 01:25 – The accountability gap in staffing 03:56 – From order takers to proactive sales teams 06:31 – Sales rejection, resiliency, and realignment 08:05 – Leadership's role in resetting accountability 09:53 – Coaching high-performers and learning from them 11:28 – Top-down and peer-to-peer accountability 13:41 – Culture and the power of peer influence 15:13 – Addressing toxic high-performers 18:17 – Red flags in staffing firm culture 20:45 – Traits of a company poised for growth 26:32 – Can small firms compete with Goliaths? 28:21 – About Charted Path and Mike's work 29:29 – The book that changed Mike's business mindset 34:06 – Advice for those starting in staffing    About the Speakers Brad Bialy has a deep passion for helping staffing and recruiting firms achieve their business objectives through strategic digital marketing. For over a decade, Brad has developed a proven track record of motivating and educating staffing industry professionals at over 100 industry-specific conferences and webinars. As a visionary leader, Brad has helped guide the comprehensive marketing strategy of more than 300 staffing and recruiting firms. His keen eye for strategy and delivery has resulted in multiple industry award-winning social media campaigns, making him a sought-after expert and speaker in the industry. With over 30 years of experience in the staffing industry, Mike Cleland helps executives achieve their growth goals through leadership development and organization design.  As the founder of Charted Path, Mike has worked with owners and executives on optimizing organizational structure, company governance, business planning, sales strategy, process improvement, performance management, and compensation plan development.   Mike has worked with over 140 companies ranging from start-up to $600 million in every major staffing vertical. As a former president of a $60 million IT staffing company, Mike understands the practical challenges of execution and helps clients develop focused and feasible solutions that management teams can implement. When not working with his clients, Mike shares his knowledge through various articles and speaking engagements.  His latest book Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms,  was co-authored with Barry Asin, President of SIA, as a follow-up to Behind the Wheel: Driving Excellence in Staffing Operations. Mike was named to the Staffing Industry Analysts Top 100 in Staffing for many years. He is also an Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Partner as well as a Certified Contingent Workforce Professional through Staffing Industry Analysts.    

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留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/clh1qknlp0h0s01w286nq3i04/comments 【 布姐給你問】企劃： 表單這裡填：https://forms.gle/bAsUKbejmnbduF3Q7 六個月的線上陪伴計畫報名表： https://forms.gle/HCX37hRPqFK24eh7A 「布姐的交誼廳。陪你聊人生聊職場」Line 社群 https://reurl.cc/36NWEL(密碼：love) 本集重點： 這堂課最初設計為混合式學習，結合線上學習與線下互動。 課程的重點是了解不同的溝通風格（D、I、S、C），並學會如何辨識他人的風格。 課程中有一個重要的教學案例，涉及解決兩個具有不同溝通風格的人之間的衝突。 課程包含實際練習，讓學員學會辨識自己的溝通風格，並根據對方的風格調整回應方式。 講者分享了如何將這些知識應用於改善人際互動的真實案例。 課程不僅涵蓋職場關係，也提供家庭動態的指導，幫助學員應對不同場景。 課程強調自我認識，了解自己的優勢，並學會在各種情境中發揮。 討論如何改善自己，通過理解自己的溝通風格，並學會根據對方的需求調整。 課程提供額外資源，例如一個由GPT驅動的工具，可以幫助學員在對話中辨識溝通風格。 課程設計非常全面，針對不同的對象（如上司、同事、家人等）有不同的應對策略。 來賓 張忘形 擅長領域 ：溝通表達,個人品牌經營,感情經營 企業熱門指定培訓講師／暢銷作家 專攻 ►溝通表達 ►簡報設計 DiSC創始機構認證專業講師，擅長將實用理論靈活多用，以精湛到位的教學幫助眾多個案和團隊理解彼此、創造共識，持續受邀至各領域知名企業演講。 ．Everything DiSC ® 認證顧問 ．得意管理顧問/韶光心理學苑 講師 ．2000 小時↑豐富授課經驗 ．演講受眾超過一萬五千人 ．好評暢銷著作《忘形流簡報思考術》、《順勢溝通》作者 課程： 討好 ‧ 不內耗｜DiSC人心洞悉術：快速判讀Ｘ回應方案，找回職場與關係的優雅從容 https://www.pressplay.cc/project/08F1A8E56FFBD1641A4EC29E3DB7735A/about 布姐的粉絲300元折扣碼：BRENDA0300

留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/clh1qknlp0h0s01w286nq3i04/comments 【 布姐給你問】企劃： 表單這裡填：https://forms.gle/bAsUKbejmnbduF3Q7 六個月的線上陪伴計畫報名表： https://forms.gle/HCX37hRPqFK24eh7A 「布姐的交誼廳。陪你聊人生聊職場」Line 社群 https://reurl.cc/36NWEL(密碼：love) 本集重點：DISC行為模式介紹：解釋了DISC行為模式（D: 決策型、I: 影響型、S: 穩定型、C: 謹慎型）以及如何用這個框架來理解和應對不同性格的人。強勢型(D型)的應對技巧：D型人通常決策快速且結果導向，應對這類人時，提供快速的解決方案並避免過多的問題討論，能夠幫助維持高效的合作。細心型(C型)的應對技巧：C型人注重細節和風險管理，對於這類人，提供詳細的計劃和多種備選方案是關鍵，並且要展示出對細節的關注。從解決方案出發：當與D型或C型的人合作時，不僅要找出問題，還要快速提出可行的解決方案，這樣能促進合作並降低衝突。小練習提升應對能力：通過小練習來提升對D型和C型人的應對技巧，例如3秒鐘內提出解決方案或是思考最小行動方案，這有助於改善反應速度和溝通效果。強化決策與行動能力：在職場中，學會快速決策並能夠立刻執行，對於強勢型的人來說，這種行為模式會被認為是有決斷力和執行力的表現。理解與包容他人行為：理解不同性格的行為背後的原因，能夠減少誤解，從而改善與他人的合作關係。例如，D型和C型的人雖然行為方式不同，但背後都有其合理性。應對I風格的人：I風格的人偏向情感導向，會強調情緒和創意，學會接受並享受這些人帶來的情緒價值，而不僅僅尋求解決方案，能夠幫助減少不必要的摩擦。S型的角色與挑戰：討論了穩定型(S型)人在職場中的角色，這類人擅長協調和維持穩定，但往往會在與強勢型和細心型的人合作時面臨挑戰。應用行為模式提升團隊合作：透過理解並運用DISC行為模式，團隊可以更好地協作，識別每個人的強項，並通過不同風格的互補來達到最佳的工作效果 來賓 來賓 張忘形 擅長領域 ：溝通表達,個人品牌經營,感情經營 企業熱門指定培訓講師／暢銷作家 專攻 ►溝通表達 ►簡報設計 DiSC創始機構認證專業講師，擅長將實用理論靈活多用，以精湛到位的教學幫助眾多個案和團隊理解彼此、創造共識，持續受邀至各領域知名企業演講。 ．Everything DiSC ® 認證顧問 ．得意管理顧問/韶光心理學苑 講師 ．2000 小時↑豐富授課經驗 ．演講受眾超過一萬五千人 ．好評暢銷著作《忘形流簡報思考術》、《順勢溝通》作者 課程： 討好 ‧ 不內耗｜DiSC人心洞悉術：快速判讀Ｘ回應方案，找回職場與關係的優雅從容 https://www.pressplay.cc/project/08F1A8E56FFBD1641A4EC29E3DB7735A/about 布姐的粉絲300元折扣碼：BRENDA0300

留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/clh1qknlp0h0s01w286nq3i04/comments 【 布姐給你問】企劃： 表單這裡填：https://forms.gle/bAsUKbejmnbduF3Q7 六個月的線上陪伴計畫報名表： https://forms.gle/HCX37hRPqFK24eh7A 「布姐的交誼廳。陪你聊人生聊職場」Line 社群 https://reurl.cc/36NWEL(密碼：love) 本集重點： 測驗是「定位」而非「定義」 測驗的目的是幫助我們了解當前狀態，而非給自己貼標籤並限制可能性。 MBTI、DISC等測驗的誤解 許多人將測驗結果視為不可改變的特性，而非可調整的行為模式。 DISC四種風格的應用 在決策時，可以依序切換 D（目標導向）、I（人際互動）、S（穩定安全）、C（細節計劃）來做更全面的考量。 學習DISC的目的 不是為了貼標籤，而是幫助我們更理解自己與他人，進而提升溝通與協作能力。 應對不同風格的人 與 D 型（果斷、決策快）溝通時，應該用「如何達成他們的目標」的方式表達，而非挑戰他們的權威。 每個人都有多重風格 在不同情境下（如開車、工作、親子關係），我們的行為風格會有所變化，沒有單一固定類型。 如何辨識他人的風格 可以透過觀察對方的行為與溝通方式，來調整自己的應對方式，提升互動品質。 靈活運用風格的關鍵 許多成功者會根據不同場景切換不同風格，而不是固守某種行為模式。 測驗應用於職場與人際關係 DISC 在職場、親子、伴侶關係等場合都能發揮作用，幫助我們建立更良好的互動。 如何運用 DISC 進行有效溝通 透過「同步-引導」的方式，先適應對方的風格，再引導對話朝向自己想達成的目標。 來賓 張忘形 擅長領域 ：溝通表達,個人品牌經營,感情經營 企業熱門指定培訓講師／暢銷作家 專攻 ►溝通表達 ►簡報設計 DiSC創始機構認證專業講師，擅長將實用理論靈活多用，以精湛到位的教學幫助眾多個案和團隊理解彼此、創造共識，持續受邀至各領域知名企業演講。 ．Everything DiSC ® 認證顧問 ．得意管理顧問/韶光心理學苑 講師 ．2000 小時↑豐富授課經驗 ．演講受眾超過一萬五千人 ．好評暢銷著作《忘形流簡報思考術》、《順勢溝通》作者 課程： 討好 ‧ 不內耗｜DiSC人心洞悉術：快速判讀Ｘ回應方案，找回職場與關係的優雅從容 https://www.pressplay.cc/project/08F1A8E56FFBD1641A4EC29E3DB7735A/about 布姐的粉絲300元折扣碼：BRENDA0300

留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/clh1qknlp0h0s01w286nq3i04/comments 【 布姐給你問】企劃： 表單這裡填：https://forms.gle/bAsUKbejmnbduF3Q7 六個月的線上陪伴計畫報名表： https://forms.gle/HCX37hRPqFK24eh7A 「布姐的交誼廳。陪你聊人生聊職場」Line 社群 https://reurl.cc/36NWEL(密碼：love) 本集重點： DISC 四種行為類型：D（支配型）：偏向行動、目標導向，適合推動事情前進。I（影響型）：擅長與人互動，感染力強，適合社交與銷售。S（穩定型）：重視人際關係，溫和穩重，較難做決策。C（謹慎型）：追求邏輯與精準，重視計畫與數據。DISC 不是性格測驗，而是行為評估工具，人的行為會隨情境改變。 如何快速判斷他人的 DISC 類型：透過觀察對方說話方式、行動方式、對人的態度來評估。 DISC 在企業中的應用：許多企業利用這個測驗來了解員工特質並優化團隊合作。 DISC 與 MBTI 的比較：DISC 更容易應用於行為分析，MBTI 則偏向性格與價值觀探索。 DISC 能力的發展：每個人都有四種類型的特質，重要的是如何靈活運用不同特質應對不同場景。 如何善用 DISC 提升人際關係與溝通能力：學會調整自己與他人互動的方式，避免刻板印象與誤解。 DISC 與職場發展：不同職位適合不同類型，但不應被單一標籤限制，應該根據環境靈活調整。 來賓 張忘形 擅長領域 ：溝通表達,個人品牌經營,感情經營 企業熱門指定培訓講師／暢銷作家 專攻 ►溝通表達 ►簡報設計 DiSC創始機構認證專業講師，擅長將實用理論靈活多用，以精湛到位的教學幫助眾多個案和團隊理解彼此、創造共識，持續受邀至各領域知名企業演講。 ．Everything DiSC ® 認證顧問 ．得意管理顧問/韶光心理學苑 講師 ．2000 小時↑豐富授課經驗 ．演講受眾超過一萬五千人 ．好評暢銷著作《忘形流簡報思考術》、《順勢溝通》作者 課程： 討好 ‧ 不內耗｜DiSC人心洞悉術：快速判讀Ｘ回應方案，找回職場與關係的優雅從容 https://www.pressplay.cc/project/08F1A8E56FFBD1641A4EC29E3DB7735A/about 布姐的粉絲300元折扣碼：BRENDA0300

Welcome to Episode 55 of Leadership Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi are back after a shiny new rebrand and  a first episode of 2025! To start out this year, listen along as they tackle topics such as:  what has changed within things you subscribe to and how the workplace is different than what it was 10/15+ years ago how "no" is not a bad word in the workplace vulnerability is a good, healthy thing not all leaders are charismatic Everything DiSC by Wiley results vs. relationships and the importance of workplace connections how relationships ≠ "liking" someone how our words set us up to show up time and energy management HBR: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time and more! Tune in as they bust more leadership myths to start your 2025 with clarity! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!   

Peter is a facilitator, trainer, keynote speaker and coach who through presentations, workshops, seminars, coaching and consulting helps leaders, teams and organizations better engage and align staff to business drivers and the organization's mission. Peter helps leaders develop the self-awareness, self-mastery and interpersonal skills that enable sustainable high performance and high functioning teams. Through experiential learning and a practical down to earth style, clients learn to implement behaviors that lead to greater individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Peter's focus includes: preventing executive derailment, transformational leadership and creating high performing teams. His approach focuses on clients creating self reinforcing and sustainable positive movement leading towards personal and professional breakthroughs and sustainable organizational effectiveness. Peter is a certified Peoplemap™ Trainer. He is also Everything DISC and MBTI certified. He has served as Vice President of Client Relations and Program Development for The Leadership Trust. Before joining the Trust, he was employed by the Center for Creative Leadership, where he helped customize executive development and training programs for major businesses and corporations. Peter also taught Psychology at Vance Granville Community College. Currently Peter facilitates seminars on Leadership and High Performing Teams at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center and The International Coaching Federation. He has recently been the Keynote Speaker for the Georgia University System's Staff Council Conference.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Today's episode is packed with wisdom, inspiration, and tools to help you elevate every aspect of your life. Joining me is Lisa Conners, a powerhouse keynote speaker, executive coach, and the founder of Ever Better® Speaking and Coaching. Through her Generative Powers™ program, Lisa empowers individuals and teams to unlock their full potential, blending years of leadership experience with transformative tools like Everything DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. Lisa's career journey is as diverse as it is inspiring—spanning finance, insurance, non-profits, and even running a 24,000-square-foot children's play facility! She's also deeply committed to continuous growth, holding an MBA, certifications in executive coaching, and affiliations with organizations like the National Speakers Association and Citrine Angels, where she champions women-led businesses. When she's not helping others, Lisa's passions include golf, pickleball, Pilates, painting furniture yellow, and spending time with loved ones. Get ready to learn from this dynamic, fearless leader as we dive into her story and how she helps others live their best lives.

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When you read about our guest this time, Lisa Kohn, the first thing you read is “The best seats Lisa ever had at Madison Square Garden were at her mother's wedding, and the best cocaine she ever had was from her father's friend, the judge.” Lisa's mother's wedding was a group affair with 4,000 marriages taking place. It wasn't nearly as romantic as one might think as you will discover. You will also get to read about her childhood drug use caused by her father in The Village in New York City. More important, you get to travel with me on Lisa's journey as she eventually overcomes these and other challenges.   Lisa did get to attend college and obtain a degree in Psychology and later an MBA in business.   Lisa's journey has been a hard and long one, but you will see just how unstoppable Lisa became and is today. She started her leadership consulting and life coaching business, Chatworth Consulting Group, in 1995. The business has thrived and grown.   Lisa shares with us her thoughts on life and how easy it can be for all of us to fall into traps that can take our lives in what she would call bad directions and down not good rabbit holes. This episode contains a lot of relevant content we all can use. I hope you enjoy it and, of course, feel free to reach out to Lisa.       About the Guest:   Lisa Kohn is a transformational keynote speaker, leadership consultant, executive coach, and award-winning author of The Power of Thoughtful Leadership and to the moon and back: a childhood under the influence, a memoir that chronicles her childhood growing up in the Unification Church (the Moonies) with her mom and a life of “sex, drugs, and squalor” in New York City's East Village with her dad.   Lisa's unique background has given her a perspective on life, people, and leadership, as well as an expansive array of tools, mind-shifts, and best practices she's found and created, that help her clients find their own paths to powerful, authentic, Thoughtful leadership. With over 25 years of experience supporting senior leaders in areas such as leadership, managing change, interpersonal and team dynamics, strategy, well-being, and life-fulfillment, Lisa partners with her clients as they not only uncover core issues to implement real changes in themselves and their organizations, but also successfully address their own inner challenges and effectively connect with others to ensure the changes stick.   Lisa has been described as “leading with love,” and she's honored to teach C-suite leaders of not-for-profits and Fortune 50 organizations about the compelling impact of self-compassion, self-love, fun, delight, and Thoughtful Leadership – being more present, intentional, and authentic. She works with organizations across a broad range of industries, in companies such as New York City Department of Education, GroupM/WPP, Verizon, World Wrestling Entertainment, American Civil Liberties Union, and Comcast. Lisa brings insight to clients that transforms the way organizations develop and manage their people and the way leaders lead their people and live their lives.   Lisa earned her BA in psychology from Cornell University and her MBA from Columbia University's Executive Program. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and New York University's Stern School of Business and has been featured in publications addressing topics on leadership, communication, effective teaming, authenticity, selfcare, and, of course, healing from trauma. She has been awarded the designation of Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. Lisa is an Accredited Facilitator for Everything DiSC®, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™, The Leadership Circle™, and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.   Lisa lives in Pennsylvania but will always tell you that she is “from New York.” Ways to connect with Lisa:   Instagram and X @lisakohnwrites LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakohnccg/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lisakohnwrites My websites are www.lisakohnwrites.com and www.chatsworthconsulting.com       About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/   https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hi, once again, you are listening to another episode of unstoppable mindset, and today, we get to speak with Lisa Kohn, who is the founder of the Chatsworth Consulting Group. She leads with love. Many people say she deals with nonprofits, C suite, people and others, and dealing with business coaching, life coaching, and I'm not going to tell you anymore, because she's going to spend the next hour telling us all about it. So Lisa, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We are really glad you're here.   Lisa Kohn ** 01:55 I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you for having me, Michael,   Michael Hingson ** 01:58 now I do have to tell everyone. I'm going to tell on you that we were talking before we started this. Lisa's had to postpone a couple times because she had a concussion, which in in a way, relates to skiing. And having never skied myself, I love to spread the rumor that the trees are out to get us all the time. So one of these days I'll probably ski but but in the meanwhile, my brother in law is as a great skier, and was a certified mountain ski guide for years, and I always tell him that the trees are out to get us, and he can not convince me otherwise, no matter what he says. And he says, No, it's really you the skier. And I said, That's what you say. So you know, that's my conspiracy theory of the day,   Lisa Kohn ** 02:37 but I will tend to believe it, because not this concussion, but the last concussion I did, ski into a tree, and I don't know how. I really don't know how. So I am convinced maybe to come out to get me. That makes sense. See,   Michael Hingson ** 02:51 there you go. I rest my case. Everyone. You're welcome to let us know what you think, but it is fun to tease about it. My brother in law used to take tours to France, and was, as I said, a certified mountain ski guide, and has done it for years in the winter in Ketchum, Idaho, where he lives, it is all about skiing first foremost and always, and everything else comes second. So that's fine. Well, Lisa, why don't we start by you telling us a little about the early Lisa, I love to start that way. Learn a little bit about you growing up and all that stuff and going to college or whatever you did and anything like that that you want to tell   Lisa Kohn ** 03:31 us. Well, I will do that. It's it's not the simplest story. So I'll give you the overview and the highlights, and then we can move on or go deeper, or whatever works for you. So I love lines, right? I have a line that describes my childhood. I say the best seats I ever had at Madison Square Garden were at my mother's wedding because my mom got married in 1982 with 4074 other people in a mass wedding. I was raised Unification Church, the Moonies. I was raised in a cult. So that's that's my life with my mom. And on the other hand, the best cocaine I ever had was for my father's friend, the judge. Because my dad, I lived with my dad and my dad. Life with my dad was, as I like to say, sex, drugs and squalor in New York City's East Village in the 1970s so I am, I am like this true child of the 60s and 70s, because both my parents were involved in the, you know, the hippie culture and then the cult culture of that era. So very short. You know, very long story, very short. After that synopsis, my parents got married way too young. Had my brother had me split up. We lived with my mom for a number of years, and when I was in third grade, we were about to we lived on the East Coast. Of America. We lived in Jersey, and we were about to move drive across country to California to move on to a commune. And my grandmother, my mom's mom, got sick with cancer, and so instead we moved, instead of cross country, moved across state and moved in with my grandparents and lived there. My grandmother died. My mom stayed with we stayed with my grandfather. My mom was taking care of the house and of him. And in 1974 my mom went to hear, actually, the person she with whom she said, hitchhik, cross country with every year, called her and said, You have to go hear Reverend Moon speak. And my mom went to hear Reverend Moon speak and came back a changed person, just enthralled with what she'd heard. And not much happened. And then a couple months later, members of the Unification Church convinced my mom to go up for a weekend workshop, and my mom went away for the weekend and came back and went back up for a week and came back and went back up and basically spent the summer being indoctrinated into the unification Church's ideology. And then, you know, somewhere that summer, my mom took us, my brother, I have an older brother, took my brother, and I have with her, and we the estates called barrytown, New York. We pull up to this estate. This this huge building. It used to be a Christian brother school, and we go down into the gymnasium, and all the women, the sisters, are sitting on the floor on the right side of the room, and all the brothers, the men, are sitting on the floor on the left side of the room. And with moments Moon Reverend Sam young moon walks in and begins speaking with his interpreter, and that was it. I had a Messiah, and we were Moonies, and again, synopsized down. Within about six months, my mom sat my brother and I down and said, kids, I really feel called to be more involved. What should I do? And we said, you should leave. And so she left, and we were with my grandfather, and I was in sixth grade and running the household. And then my grandfather, due to a variety of different things, was put in the hospital on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and we got shuffled around for a little while. And finally, my father came to get us, and we moved in with him in New York City, disease village, the life of sex, drugs and scholar, and live this dual life of like living the outside world with Satan and believing in a Messiah and a puritanical cult. And that continued for a number of years, until I can go into the details at some point. But through this whole soap opera experience, I started to eventually question. And we were literally taught if that, if we ever questioned, it was Satan inside of us, but I fully questioned and pulled away, and over the space of many years, kind of left it all behind. And yeah, went to college. I was, you know, I started questioning in my last year of high school, and then I went up to college. I was at Cornell University, and, you know, it's surrounded with gorges, and nearly jumped off the bridge into the gorge as I kind of self destructed having when I left the church. And, you know, went on to get worse and worse and worse in kind of my own psyche, until I really crashed and burned, and someone pointed me in the direction of getting help in the mid to late 80s, and it's been a journey ever since. So there, that's the that's the 10 minute version of, you know, what's in my memoir?   Michael Hingson ** 08:14 What a story. What's your memoir called   Lisa Kohn ** 08:18 to the moon and back the influence, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 08:21 yeah. So what about your brother?   Lisa Kohn ** 08:22 My brother? My brother, uh, he so I, my brother likes to say, I never actually left, I just slowly drifted away. And that was, you know, from like 1980 through 1985 my brother, who's a year and a half older than me, a year ahead of me, in school, he, when he was in college, he was in a place that was truly surrounded with with there were Moonies there who knew him. So he could not leave. But as soon as he got out of college, he went to Drew University. He literally sat my mom down and said, That's it. I'm out. So he he announced being out. I still haven't told anyone I'm out. And he is, you know. So he's also happy and thriving. And he lives in New York City, you know, very eager to get out of the city. I got out of the city years ago. Yeah. So we're still, well, there's a lot Go ahead. Go ahead. No, go ahead. No. He's the only person who experienced the weird dichotomy going back and forth between these two crazy worlds that I did. So, yeah, we're very close.   Michael Hingson ** 09:18 There's, there's a lot to be said for the city, and there's a lot that the city can contribute. But on the other hand, there are so many other parts of the country. I met a woman when my wife and I moved back to New Jersey, I stayed at an apartment for a while in Linden. I'm sorry, no, where was it? Not Lyndon, well, anyway, it was north of Springfield in New Jersey, and this woman, well, we met her because we were staying at a Holiday Inn in Springfield at the time, and she was one of the people who worked there. And she also. Then came to help me in just making sure my apartment was good and clean until Karen moved back and we had our house, and one of the things that we learned from her was that her whole life, she lived in the Springfield area and had never been to New York City, less than 40 miles away.   Lisa Kohn ** 10:20 Yeah, people   Michael Hingson ** 10:21 are afraid of it. Yeah, there's elizabeth new jersey, where I lived until Karen came back, and then we we had started and built a house in Westfield. But I'm always amazed, and I know of people who live in the city who have never been out.   10:35 That is true as well. Yes, and there's   Michael Hingson ** 10:38 so much more to the world, and I just love the fact that I've had the opportunity as a speaker to travel all over this country and enjoy going and meeting new people and seeing new places and seeing so many different aspects of our whole US culture. It's great,   Lisa Kohn ** 10:55 absolutely true. There's so much to be said for a lot of different places and and I will always be a New Yorker at heart.   Michael Hingson ** 11:01 Well, there you go. There you go. And there's nothing wrong with being a New Yorker at heart. No, I was born in Chicago, but I grew up being a Californian and and I am, and I'm a Dodger fan, but you know, there you go. Of course, there are those who say that the Dodgers, one day will move back to New York,   Lisa Kohn ** 11:19 back to Brooklyn. We'll   Michael Hingson ** 11:20 see what happens. Yeah, hasn't happened yet. So what did you major in college?   Lisa Kohn ** 11:26 I was a psychology major.   Michael Hingson ** 11:27 Ah, okay, so now, where do you live?   Lisa Kohn ** 11:31 I live in Wayne, Pennsylvania, outside of,   Michael Hingson ** 11:34 okay, I know where that is. So that's, that's pretty cool. So you, you certainly had a life that has had a lot of experiences. And I would think that you probably would agree that, yes, there were a lot of things that weren't necessarily great, but they taught you a lot, and it certainly helps you to be able to step back and think about all that and put it in perspective   Lisa Kohn ** 12:01 that is true, you know, I am. It's not quite the point you're making. But alongside that, similar to that, you know, when, again, when the memoir came out, people started reaching out to me. And some, you know, late teenager, young adult, I don't really remember, the age, Stranger reached out to me and was kind of giving me the lowdown of a situation, which was, you know, hard, lot of trauma, a lot of lot of tough stuff. And I said, What I often say is, like, I wouldn't wish difficulties and struggles or trauma on anyone, sure, but I do know that when you get through, you know, if you can get through, when you can get through, you have an appreciation of life that people who haven't experienced hardship don't really have so, like, I can look outside, I mean, I love the little gold finches. I can look outside and see a little yellow bird, or actually have about 40 in the house at this point, because people keep sending them to me, right? And I am just filled with joy because I've learned, like, I know how, how low can go. And so even just just okay is really great at times. So so it's a similar thing to what you said, right? You have a perspective. You have a you have, you know, coping mechanisms, some that are wonderful and some that are you really could let go of and be done with. But yeah, I do. I feel like I have more of an appreciation for life and joy and love than some people have who haven't had to go through things.   Michael Hingson ** 13:25 I spoke to a life coach on the podcast a couple of days ago, actually. And one of the things that she said, and it's really kind of what you're saying, is that the fact is, she's much better at what she does because she has had a number of life experiences and things happen in her life, and if she hadn't done some of the things that she did and experienced some of the things that she experienced, she would never have been able to be nearly as effective as she is,   Lisa Kohn ** 14:02 yeah, you know, before my memoir was published in 2018 I generally never brought up my background in my work, because it, once you say cult, it literally, it sucks the energy out of the room like nothing else matters when you say I was raised in A cult and but once it came out, and if you Google me, you know, before I walk in a room, if you look me up, you know my story, because I'm very public with it at this point, I now get to use it in all of my work, and I get to use what I've experienced, and the multitude of tools and practices and mindsets and positive psychology and neuroplasticity and mindfulness and all of the things I have learned over the years to be okay and to thrive. I get to use it in in like in the most corporate work I do, I'm still bringing up, you know, teaching people. To take care of themselves and love themselves and love themselves first. Most, you know, always, like, is tattooed on my arm, like, really, to change their perspective of themselves, to start and off in the world. So yeah, if I, if I hadn't gone through what I gone through, I wouldn't be who I am, and I wouldn't get to share some of the things I get to share. So yeah, that's and that's why I do it. If sharing my story helps other people, then it's all worthwhile. And yeah, that's why I do it.   Michael Hingson ** 15:26 And I I hear that very well. And going back to what we were discussing the other day, Mary Beth and I, she starts her story by saying she took her first drink at the age of 11, and she decided that she liked the taste of alcohol and was an alcohol for alcoholic, or was a drunk for many years. And actually she's near 50, and she only quit four and a half years ago, she became, she became a life coach six years ago, although she was always interested in helping people, but she began to make that her business, and did so six years ago, and she is very clear that having adopted that philosophy and process and undertaking that career, even though it was much later in life, the bottom line is that it did lead to her finally recognizing that she shouldn't drink, and that's not a good thing, and she has not had a drink in four and a half years. Good for her. That's so it is all about what you experience and what you choose to do with it. So I hear you, you know, I   Lisa Kohn ** 16:33 hear her. Yeah, last so this is 2024, so two years ago, what you experienced, I was diagnosed by cancer, and you never think you're going to be one of the people who have cancer, until they say cancer to you, and you're thinking, aren't you talking to the person behind me? And I heard, you know, when I was going through the process and going through chemo, which I do not recommend to anyone, unless you absolutely have to do it, I heard a saying from a dialectical behavioral therapy, therapist who did pass from cancer, but the saying was, I will take more from cancer than cancer takes for me. And that, that that just carried me through, right? And I you can look at that with everything, like all the all the different things we experience, I will. I remember when I was first diagnosed, a practitioner said to me, why do you think you got sick? As in, like, what hadn't I healed that caused the cancer? And I, I stopped going to that practitioner, and I very clearly, I've looked at this and I thought, it's never going to help me to think, what did I do wrong, that I had cancer, that I got cancer, I got sick, but it will help me to say I did get sick. And what do I want to learn from that, and how do I want to change and shift and grow from that? So exactly right,   Michael Hingson ** 17:45 yeah, and like I always say to people, I'm my own best teacher. I've dropped saying I'm my own worst critic, because such a negative thing, and you don't necessarily have something to criticize, but I'm my own best teacher. I can look at anything I do and go, can I improve on it? How can I improve on it? And adopting the mindset that takes that approach really makes us stronger?   Lisa Kohn ** 18:11 Yes, it's called a growth mindset, right? And when we have a growth mindset, when we know that we can grow, when we know that we can learn, when we and yeah, when we stop being so hard on ourselves, like so many of us are,   Michael Hingson ** 18:23 yeah, and we learned that, and that's unfortunate that that's what we're taught, and it's so hard to break that cycle, but if you can, you're all the better for it,   Lisa Kohn ** 18:33 absolutely and to, you know, I'm, I mean, I teach this stuff. I've been teaching this stuff for a long time. I've been using it for decades, and just today, I was watching my mind go down a rabbit hole of some negative thinking and thinking and thinking that wasn't going to help me and also. And I pause. I'm like, I was driving. I'm like, I put my hand on my leg. I'm like, Lisa, you're right here. You're right now. You're in the car. Look the sky. Pay attention to the road. You don't have to think that right now. You can just be in this present moment and feel better and poof, like magic, the crazy thinking stops, and you're like, Oh yeah, it's actually okay. I don't have to worry about that right now. But, um, yeah, our brains, our brains, we have that, like we have a negativity bias. Our brains are trained, have evolved to, like, look for danger. Focus on danger. Really think about the bad. Play it over and over. See it bigger than it is. Never look at the good. We're as Rick Hansen likes to say, Velcro for the bad and Teflon for the good. But we have a choice to shift that. So I feel like I'm preaching. Sorry, but I get excited about   Michael Hingson ** 19:34 it is it is perfectly okay to preach, and it is all about choice, as I tell people all the time, we had no control over the World Trade Center happening. No one's ever convinced me that we could have really foreseen it and not have it happen. But what we all, each and every person in the world, has a choice about, is how we deal with what happened at the World Trade Center, absolutely and how. We move forward or choose not to. And I've seen all sides of that. I've seen people who talk about the conspiracy of the World Trade Center. It really didn't happen. The government did it in so many different things. And I met one guy who had been a firefighter, and he decided to change careers and become a police officer because he wanted to go kill terrorists who were trying to deal with our country would not be the reason I would choose to go to often be a police officer. He did it because his brother was killed in the World Trade Center. But still, there were so many more positive reasons to do it, but that was his goal at the time, and I don't know, having never seen him since, whether that has changed, but it is still just always a matter of we can choose, and do have the right to choose. God gives us that right. That's why we have free will to choose how we want to deal with things or not.   Lisa Kohn ** 20:55 It is what it is, and what will I do with it, and how will I be with it? And yeah, yeah, and I can accept it, and then what do I want to do about it? Yeah? Yeah. All true. All true.   Michael Hingson ** 21:06 So what did you do after college? So you got a degree in psychology, so I got a degree in psychology, started to psychoanalyze gold finches, but, okay,   Lisa Kohn ** 21:15 you started to psycholize goldfinches. I just love my gold finches. Yeah, it's funny because when I when I was when I was writing the book, and there was a in my town, there's a author who lives here, kind of took me under her wing, and at one point she turned to me, she said, Do you realize, like, everything you experienced as a child and then you majored in psychology, and like, yeah, never dawned on me that I needed to cycle analyze myself, but I did. I got out of Cornell, and on the personal side. I very soon got engaged to someone who my dad, at that point, owned a restaurant, a French restaurant, and I got engaged as someone who worked for him and drank with him, and drank a heck of a lot, and was very not nice when he drank. And you know someone your cousin lovingly pointed me in the direction of the direction of the 12 step programs and to Alan on the 12 step program. For those of us with our arms, class Brown, the alcoholic and I crawled into my first meeting practically on my hands and knees, thinking like, tell me if he's an alcoholic, there's no way I would ever be with an alcoholic. I'm too smart for that, only to realize that there were tons of reasons why I would be and so that's that started my healing growth trajectory and journey. And on the professional side, I did a six month stint in direct mail, back when there was direct mail, a direct mail company, and then a six month stint in address, you know, do in advertising, the advertising agency, and then after that, got a job doing entertainment advertising for a small division of gray advertising, which I dearly, dearly loved. It was fun, it was exciting, it was a lot of good things, but I ended up getting I was running the Good Morning America account, and I ended up there wasn't enough work to fill me, but my boss wouldn't take me off the account because the client adored me, so they didn't want to move me. So I got really, really bored, and I decided to go to business school. And I somehow convinced my boss to convince his boss, the head of the whole agency, to send me to Columbia's Executive MBA Program, which you had to be sponsored by your A by your company, and they had to pay for part of it. And that just wasn't, didn't happen in the advertising world. I remember one of my professors once said, You're they eat, they're young in your industry, don't they like you. Just you did not, and they did not invest in you, but they did. They invested in me, and I went, I got my MBA in Columbia's Executive MBA Program, and there, found the disciplines where I now work in leadership and organizational behavior and organizational development, and began to have confidence in my own voice, business wise, and what I knew, and this is maybe why they don't invest you. I got out of the program, and within not too many months, quit, and I went to work, actually, for a large not for profit fundraising organization, which, you know, because I was like, I'm good, I'm smart, I'm going to go do good for the world. And I ended up in a job where, once again, I just it didn't engage me enough. And I literally had a boss who liked to fight with me, because he thought I was good at fighting, and I was just really not happy. And so then in 1995 I, you know, talked to a couple of so long ago, in 1995 I was talking to a couple of my professors saying, you know, I want to do leadership, and can I be a consultant? And they said, Yeah, go ahead, you can do it. And gave me a few gigs to start. And I, I was three months pregnant with my first child, and I hung out a shingle with Chatsworth Consulting Group and started doing leadership, not actually knowing what that was, and do it, a lot of training and different, different jobs. So I actually, I was, like, hugely pregnant, and I was, I almost. Took a job teaching computer skills for American Express at a very low rate, because I was just I was like, I say, I'm a consultant, but I'm not actually doing anything. And I luckily didn't take that job, that gig. And soon thereafter, I started getting different projects from former professors, and I've been doing and growing the business ever since, and of the 1998 I think I was in front of a client doing, you know, teaching leadership skills or doing some sort of program, and the head of the head of the agency, came over to me and said, I want to be you. Do you coach? And I said, Yeah, I coach. And I went and got coach. I got certified as a coach in the late 90s, before anyone was coaching. And yeah, I've been doing it ever since. And I say, you know, when I am not working, I never want to work, and when I am working, I never want to stop. So I'm that was actually true. That's true since I got sick. So I'm either certifiable or I figured something out. I happen to love what I do. I happen to get to make a difference in people's lives. And yeah, that's, that's my those are my stories   Michael Hingson ** 26:02 where the name Chatsworth consulting came from. Yeah, so   Lisa Kohn ** 26:06 when I founded the company, that is a good question. The funny thing is, when I founded the company, every good name I thought of was already taken, which is actually good, because the what I do and how I do it has so evolved over the years, over the decades, but I lived on Chatsworth Avenue. That's where I lived at the time. And what makes it extra special is, at that point, my you know, someone I met, I literally met my business partner on our first day going to Columbia's executive program. We met on the subway because I introduced myself to her, and she lived in the same building as I did on Chatsworth Avenue. She wasn't my partner at the time, and then number of years later, she said, Can I join you? And so she joined me in 2002 but so now it has even more meaning, because we were both Chatsworth, but it just it was the street on which I lived, because I couldn't come up with any other names, and I didn't want to say Lisa Conan associates. So that's it.   Michael Hingson ** 26:55 Hey, man, that works.   Lisa Kohn ** 26:56 Hey, what else   Michael Hingson ** 26:57 you said? You said you're the guy you were engaged to, drink. Is he still your, your your husband? No,   Lisa Kohn ** 27:03 I managed. Wondered about that. Yeah, no. You know, I was a I can tell you I was sitting in an Al Anon meeting. You know, I postponed the wedding, but I was still sticking it out. And I was sobbing my way through some lunchtime meeting in St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. And someone came over to me at the end of the meeting, and he said, you know, there are no victims, there are only volunteers. And I was like, Oh, I don't actually have to do this. And so, you know, when you're raised like I was, if I start talking about religious trauma and extremist thinking I was raised, I literally we were raised to live for the sake of others, to sacrifice everything for God and our True Parents, Reverend and Mrs. Moon, and saving the world. And that if we didn't, if we didn't, you know, live to the expectations we were supposed to, we would break God's heart. So I was raised to be a heavenly soldier. You know, when again, my mom left, and, you know, I couldn't cry, I couldn't miss her, couldn't be sad, couldn't be mad. It was all for God. So I just learned that I would do no matter what. And I till this day, I say, if you put something in front of me, I will do it. I will do it extremely well, even if it takes me down in the process, which isn't as true, because I've learned a lot since I got sick. But that used to be me, and so I was engaged to this man, and it was miserable, but I was gonna like, I have Al Anon. I can marry him. I can do it. And when this person came up to me and said, there are no victims, only volunteers, it's kind of was like crack that said you can do it. I just said this to a client the other day, you can do it, but just because you can do it, it doesn't mean you have to do it, or you should do it, and at luckily, at 24 I was able to say, I deserve a life that's easier and has more happiness than choosing to be with someone who was he was just really, he was really mean when he drank. So, so no, I didn't marry him. I didn't marry him. Think, you know I, you know people look at my life and it's like I, I've skirted disaster. I am, I am lucky. I have a steel rod for a spine. I don't know. I, you know, got out of the church. I almost jumped off a bridge, but I didn't I, you know, I became anorexic. And I can tell you, I am not heavy now, and I was almost 30 pounds less, you know, I was 82 pounds. I'm not tall, but I was really quits growing at 82 pounds. But then I started eating again. When I started doing cocaine with my dad, I did a heck of a lot of cocaine, and all of a sudden, every day, I was doing it. And then I just stopped doing that. And then I got into really more and more destructive and mildly or abusive relationships, and I stopped doing that. So I've, I've, I've managed to, like, avoid disaster numerous times. I'm incredibly lucky. So, yeah, well,   Michael Hingson ** 29:47 and your mind has, uh, has helped you progress from all this. So did you, did you ever find someone and get married, or have a husband, or any of that kind of stuff   Lisa Kohn ** 29:56 I did. I found someone, I my one of my best friends from high. School, set me up with one of his best friends from college as a joke, and we've been married 30 years. Where are you kids? Oh, yeah, we have two kids. So yeah, that's cool. Yeah, yeah. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 30:12 congratulations. Well, thank   Lisa Kohn ** 30:13 you very much.   Michael Hingson ** 30:14 I met my wife a friend introduced us, and he was actually my friend was dating this person, sort of even though he was married, and she said, you said you were gonna leave her, and he didn't, but he was, he was the kind of guy that always had a girl in every port. Well anyway, he introduced her, this, this lady to me. And 11 months or 10 months later, we were married, and it took for 40 years until she passed away in November of 2022 and yeah, as I tell people, she's monitoring me somewhere, I am absolutely certain, and if I misbehave, I'm going to hear about it, so I have to continue to be a good kid.   Lisa Kohn ** 30:55 There you go. Well, I   Michael Hingson ** 30:56 gotta do Yeah, you know, but I've got 40 years of memories, and can't beat that, yeah, yeah,   Lisa Kohn ** 31:02 that's good. I'm glad you did. Yeah. So   Michael Hingson ** 31:05 you you formed Chatsworth, which is really pretty cool. I'm curious, though. So you didn't really have when you were growing up, at least early on, as much say about it, why do people join cults? Yes,   Lisa Kohn ** 31:20 yes. Why do people join cults? They're in the wrong place at the wrong time. So I used to say everyone is susceptible to extremist thinking. I was not everybody believes that, but I do believe it to be true. I was once corrected and someone said, unless you're a a sociopath, a psychopath, or already in a cult, you're susceptible. Or as there's two cult anti cult activists who were in Nixie and the sex cult a couple years ago, and what they say is, if you think you're not susceptible, you're even more susceptible. Why? Why? Because, as human beings, we crave purpose, certainty and community and having a messiah, believing anything that extremely is absolute certainty, it is, let me tell you, it is the most powerful drug to know that you have the truth, like the Absolute Truth, you have purpose. You know why you're here. You know what you need to do. There's not Sunday, Sunday night, Monday morning, blues, because you have a purpose for your life, and as long as you don't leave or disobey, you have absolute community. So it's you know. As humans, we want to know. We want to understand, right? We make up theories and reasons in our brains, even people who say they don't, they do right? Our brains crave it. And so as you know, I heard someone say a long time ago, I repeat, all it takes is being in the wrong place at the wrong time, being the wrong person and being in the wrong state of mind, where you're just going to be a little bit open to something, and you're susceptible. And so the ones that are really successful, they know how to work with the brain to keep you in so again, as I said, we were literally taught that if you ever question anything, it's Satan. So as soon as you start to think for yourself, you you know, you do a 21 minute prayer, you fast for three days, you take a cold shower, you're being invaded by Satan, so you're afraid to think. And when you know when they're when they were first bringing people in to my cult, right? They would, one of the things they did so you would go to, they would get you away to, you know, a workshop. They would keep you not give you enough to eat, not give you enough sleep, keep you surrounded by people so you don't have time to think. And they would give you all the teachings. And then at night, they would say, just write one thing you agree with. Write it down in this journal, just one thing. And so you just want them to shut up. So you write one thing. And then you look back three days later, and your brain goes, Oh, I wrote that down. I must have believed it. So you like your brain. They work with the ways your brain wants to believe something, to get you to believe something. And as well, I don't know if you want me to curse, so I won't curse, but I'm going to quote mark Vicente on the vow, which is also about the the next scene cult. He says, No one joins a cult. They really they join a really good idea, and then they realize they were messed with because they join one human kind, under God, they join, you know, self exactly, actualization. They join some positive idea, and only exactly what they think is positive, or what's sold as a positive idea. And by the time you look back your brain, your brain wants to you. We want to think that we know what we're doing. So our brain starts to convince ourselves that we knew what we were doing, like it's just our brains crave, and you work with it, you can, you can get people to believe anything. You can get people to believe anything. It's the   Michael Hingson ** 34:58 same. I hear you. It's just. Same thing as just there's so many conspiracy theorists today, yes, and it's the same exact sort of thing. They get you to believe it. They make it sound plausible. There's a woman who is a physicist who has written a book about why the World Trade Center wasn't something that was caused by terrorists or anything like that. It was really the US government, because the the amount of of ground shaking when the buildings collapsed wasn't appropriate, and all sorts of things she brings into it. And she she says it in a very convincing way, unless you look deeper, unless you know what to look for, and but, but she talks about it, and the bottom line is that it wasn't a conspiracy. And my immediate response whenever anyone says that it is and talks about what she talks about, is, I just say the difference is, I was there. I know, yeah, yeah. And you can say what you like, but I know, yeah, and, and I think that it's, it's the usual thing some people say, you know, figures can lie, and liars can figure, and it's very unfortunate that that some people just have to fulfill their lives by by doing some of these things, rather than using that knowledge and using their skills in a much more positive way. So yeah, cults, conspiracies, it's all sort of the same thing, isn't   Lisa Kohn ** 36:26 it? It's all extremist belief is extremist belief is extremist belief. And once you believe, once you believe this person's conspiracy theory, then it you can believe the next things they say, like you, you, you keep going like Moon would preach things and do the opposite, and then say was providential, that God told me how to do the opposite, and then you believe. Because, again, we want to believe what we already believe. I was just ot occupational therapy for my concussion this morning, and I was just saying to the occupational therapists, right? We have a we have so many biases in our brain. I love the brain, and we have a bias that tells us we're not biased. So I have a bias that says I'm not biased. I know how objective I am. I'm careful and I'm reflective, but the rest of you are biased, but I'm not biased. So one of our biases is that we're not biased, right? And so once you believe it's you know, people saying, How could people do X, Y and Z, and how can they believe that? And I'm like, once you've chosen to believe, or you've been forced to believe, or you've been tricked to believe, you keep believing, and to break that belief is dangerous. I mean, it's just hard to leave extreme believing is extremely hard. It really is, and   Michael Hingson ** 37:37 it's dangerous because somebody told you it wasn't you believe it,   Lisa Kohn ** 37:40 yes, exactly, exactly yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 37:44 which is so unfortunate, but just so unfortunate, yeah, but it is, it is what we face. It's   Lisa Kohn ** 37:50 human nature. So how do we what do we do about it? Yeah, exactly, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 37:53 which is always that Yes. So with your life and all that is has happened, What messages do you want to share with people? What do you want people ultimately to know and to take away from today?   Lisa Kohn ** 38:07 Well, I will always start with extremist. Situations exist, and we're all susceptible. They're there. They're intoxicating. They're, you know, a slippery slope. And so beware. And there's places to learn. And if you are, I always say, if you are in what you think might be a cult of any sort, there is help. When I left, I never knew there was help. I never knew there was a community. There is a community. There are a lot of online places and therapists to go to. So   Michael Hingson ** 38:32 that's grown a lot over the years, hasn't it? Oh, it's   Lisa Kohn ** 38:35 grown so much. I did not know. Yeah, I did not know was there at all. When I left, I left cold turkey, when my book came out in 2018 I found the cult survivor community, and my mind blew open. It's, it's definitely grown. Awareness of it, concept of religious trauma, has grown, like a lot. It's, there's, there's so much more awareness of it now in so many places to get help. The other thing I would say, I always say, if you think you're damaged or there's no hope, you are not damaged, and there is hope. There is always hope. I, you know, when I in my memoir, my my older child read my memoir, and she got to the part where I wrote about meeting their father, and it said something like, I shared my stories and my demons, and I was afraid he would not, you know, he would be able to stay because of how damaged I was, and my kids said, Wait, what's this? And I just look at I think, well, that's, I literally believe that for a very long time, but there was something wrong with me, and there is hope, and you are not damaged. There are, I call them the lies in my head. There are lies. There are lies that were put in my head intentionally to control me, and there are ways many of us have been taught, like you said, to think poorly of ourselves. So there's hope, and there's a way out of that. And I truly believe that, you know, we all need a lot more self love and self care. I do have tattooed on my arm first most, always to remind myself to love myself first most and always, um. Them, because I just think as a, you know, they do call me I lead with love. They call me love embodied when I took my positive psychology course. But really, we, all, many of us, need a huge dose of self compassion, self love, self care, kindness and gentleness, first to ourselves and then to the rest of the world. So those are, those are probably the you know, and whether it's in like, individually, or in an organization or in an offer, profit, like all of that, it is true, we're human, and we make mistakes, but there's an opportunity to really connect on a deeper, truer level, and there's an opportunity to to, it's called Post Traumatic Growth, right to heal from the trauma and heal from the things that have happened to us. And I know there are people with a lot harder stories than mine, and they're people who have gone through things like I have, and there's always, there's always a way to get help and reach out. So yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 40:53 tell me about, if you would, your journey in Chatsworth consulting. You teach leadership, you teach people to lead, and you you go to leaders and or they come to you. And how do you how do you help them? Tell us a little bit more about all of that, if you would.   Lisa Kohn ** 41:09 So we do a couple of different things. We do executive coaching, one on one coaching, you know, again, one client came up to me and said, do you coach? And I said, Yeah. And I got trained to be a coach back in the late 90s. I was in Al Anon at the time, and I realized it's kind of like being a sponsor only professionally. So it's our coaching is really it's based on a lot of self awareness, self knowledge. We do a incredible there's an incredible online 360 we use with people called the leadership circle profile, which helps us not only look at what like what I'm doing that's working and not but a lot of my thought patterns and beliefs and where they come from. So they call them, you know, they call them the Protect, control and wow, comply behaviors. That's the concussion kicking in. And I call them fight, fight and freeze. But like looking at the ways I coped in the world that get in my way. So we work with leaders, one on one. I'm trying to help them see what they're doing that's effective, what they're thinking that's effective, how they're connecting with other people. That's effective, and what's not we do. We work with a lot of in tech teams, leadership teams, executive teams, helping them have the hard conversations, the strategic conversations, the emotional conversations. You know, we are all human, and we all have triggers, and we all get upset, and we all have agendas, and we all have so much that gets in the way of actually just connecting, one on one with each other. So I get to sit with a group of people and help them find ways to connect more effectively and to more really, more vulnerably, more authentically, you know. And I also, I teach all the general management and leadership skills, you know, connecting with others and giving feedback and authentic leadership and all of that stuff. But truly, what ignites me in the work we do now is really kind of the feel. It's kind of like systems thinking, right? What are the systems within our organization that are operating? Then, how do you look at it, and how do you shift them to be more positive? And what are the systems that's that are operating within me, the belief systems, the you know, the ways I was trained to act, whom to act, and how do I keep the good and shift the ones that are getting in my way. So I am very lucky to do the work I do. I feel very lucky to do it   Michael Hingson ** 43:25 and that, you know, that's great, and it's great to have that kind of attitude and to bring that kind of philosophy to it. What are some of the patterns that you see that a lot of leaders and so on bring to you and want fixed, or that you discover that they need to deal with. I mean, they're, they're probably a few at least, that you see a lot.   Lisa Kohn ** 43:48 So yeah, I would say, well, one thing that I see so often, right, human nature? So you do a 360 or you gather feedback for someone, and all they focuses on is the constructive feedback. All they focus on is what's wrong, looking for the problem. Again, that's the negativity bias in our head, and a lot of other things. But one thing that comes off so clear is, in general, almost all the time, right people, if they're good at something, that thing that they star a star at, that thing that is like second nature to them, the thing that people so admire about them, they think it's not a big deal anybody could do that, and the thing that they are that isn't their greatest skill, that's the thing they think that's important. And it's it just, I see it over Yeah? People, my clients, be like, Well, yeah, anybody can do that? I'm like, no, nobody does that. Like you do that. Like you do that, you do that in a different way. So it's, you know, I just see that over and over and over. I see so many people like and you talk about leadership, right? So we, we so often in the business world, we promote people for being really good at what they do. And being good at what you do as an individual contributor is very. Very different than actually being able to manage other people or lead other people. And so to a lot of leaders just have a hard time getting out of the details, getting out of the weeds, actually delegating, actually letting go. We we coach our leaders to be dispensable. Our clients not said that to one client. She said, indispensable. And I said, No, dispensable. And she she literally started to cry. She said, Lisa, I spent my whole career trying to be incredibly indispensable. And she was a senior, senior leader at a major Fortune 50 company. She was powerful, she was amazing, but it gets in your way, right? We coach our clients to you know you have to be so dispensable that the people who work with you can do your job so you can go do the bigger, better stuff, more like the next stuff you need to do. Yeah, so it's, it's really, and then, you know, so many of us, right, have, unfortunately, so many people have some sort of trauma in their background. And even people who don't have major trauma in their background have had hardships or whatever, and so it's really people get so caught in their own thinking that they can't even realize that it's their own thinking in their way. So I, you know, I learned to say for my own learning and growth, right? When my brain does its wonky, silly things, it says, I've learned to say, that's the cult talking like, that's the cult. That's the cult. That's what I was trained to believe. That's not true. That's the cult. And I heard a class I'm like, take the word out cult and put in alcoholic father, you know, narcissistic first boss, you know, you know, I had a client who no harm, no blame to her parents. She had immigrant parents. They both ran, they both worked three jobs in order to support the family. And so she was taking care of her siblings when she was six. Six, she was caring for other kids, right? So she was able to say, that's that's that. And my brain, like the helping people being able to see, you know, we're so close to our brains that we don't see the kind of loopy things that we do and why we do it, but helping clients see those loopy things, right? And two, again, honestly, I spent a lot of time with seniors, senior executives, talking about self care, self compassion, being kinder to yourself, that kind of stuff.   Michael Hingson ** 47:15 So that woman, who was six taking care of siblings, did she ever get to the point where she could say things like, I really learned a lot, or I value that experience because it helped me in this way or that way,   Lisa Kohn ** 47:32 absolutely, absolutely. And she but, and she also got to the point where she can say, I don't have to keep doing that. I don't have to keep sacrificing myself for everybody else, right? I can, you know, I can self selfishly in quotes, in air quotes, right? I can selfishly go home earlier, at the end of the day, and actually take care of my body, because I'm about to have a baby, you know, yeah, it was so so yes and right? It's not about Yeah, it is yes. And not about like, this is awful and it's all bad. It's it is what it is. It made me who I am, and how do I want to choose to be to go forward with it?   Michael Hingson ** 48:07 I was very fortunate when I started in sales. I took a Dale Carnegie sales course. The company I was working for sent me to it, because either I went from the job I was doing for them into sales, or I had to leave the company, and I, at the time, didn't want to go look for another job, especially as a blind person, with an unemployment rate among employable blind people in the 70% range, that's a real challenge. So I went into sales and took this course. And I don't even know where it came from or when I first started doing it, but one of the things that I learned as I became a manager and started hiring people and working with people, was to say, you have skills. I have skills, and my job is not to boss you around. If I'm hiring you, I'm hiring you because you convinced me that you can do the job that I'm hiring you to do, but at the same time, what I need to do is to work with you to figure out how I can enhance what you do, because my job as your boss is to enhance what you do and to make you success, or help make you more successful. But we have to do that together now, the people who really got that were successful and, and we found that there are a lot of ways that we could blend our skills together. The people who didn't get it and didn't want to do it ended up not working for the company very long. Yeah, but it was because they weren't successful, they weren't able to sell and, and I know that I have some skills that a lot of other people don't have, but it's my life upbringing, and it's my environment that taught me those things. So that's fine. It isn't to say that other people couldn't get them, and a few people would ask me from time to time, how do you do that? And we talk. It, and they got better at it too, which is fine,   Lisa Kohn ** 50:02 yeah, yeah. I mean, that is, that's brilliant, right? But not every manager, not every leader gets that or knows that. So that's your role, is to enhance them, and your role is also to kind of block and tackle, right? What's getting in their way that you can what are the obstacles you can remove, what are the bridges you can build for them to go forward? But yeah, so often again, we get promoted. We get promoted for doing something well, and then we think everybody should do it our way. And it's a huge learning to realize you can do it your way, and as long as it's successful, that's great, as opposed to trying to force other people to do it my way. But I quote, I love tower Brock. Tower Brock's a mindfulness a teacher, and the quote I saw recently was, the world is divided between people who think they're right. Exactly yeah, right. We are going around thinking we're pretty right and what we're doing and yeah. So yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 50:56 The other part about that, and the approach that I took, was that I was always so amazed, impressed and pleased when I was able to work with people who, as I said, Got it how much I learned, and I learned some of their skills, which helped me do my job even better, and We had a lot of fun doing it. I   Lisa Kohn ** 51:23 my clients, yeah, my clients as I hope they think they learn from me, yeah, and have a lot of fun doing it exactly. People together can be it's just a generative, beautiful process when you let it be absolutely   Michael Hingson ** 51:37 Well, I think that it's, it's important to do that. And as I tell people, if I'm not learning at least as much on this podcast and all the things that I get to do and interacting with people, if I'm not learning at least as much as other people, then I'm not doing my job very well. It's fun to learn, and it's fun to be open to exploring new ideas. And I sit back at the end of the day and think about them, think about what I like and don't like, but I base that on everything that I've heard, not only from a particular guest on a particular day, but everyone. So it's it's such a fun learning experience, I can't complain a bit.   Lisa Kohn ** 52:18 Yeah, that's good. Yeah, life. Life can be, life can be truly joyful when you are open to learning and seeing new things. Absolutely true.   Michael Hingson ** 52:25 So what do you love most about being a leadership consultant and an executive coach, you clearly sound like you're having fun.   Lisa Kohn ** 52:32 I definitely have fun, and fun is hugely important. Um, you know When? When? When you see a difference in your clients, when they get something that they needed to get, or they understand, or they move ahead in a way that they hadn't, or when they're, you know, finally standing up for themselves, or finally taking time for themselves, or finally, you know, working better with it, like when they're finally doing those things they set out to do, it is it? Is it is such a gift, right? It is such a gift. And similarly, you know, when you when we're working within tech teams, and you see them connect in ways they haven't connected, or move organization forward, or the team forward, or we were just working with a we're working with one client where there's a department in this organization, and the three areas in the that department are kind of at war with each other. And when you can get them in a room where they can actually start, you know, hearing each other and listening to each other and finding ways to move together forward, it's an organization that does a heck of a lot of good in the world, so they're going to be more effective on what they're doing, even more good is going to be done in the world. So it's, it's very ratifying to be able to be someone who can, I'm told, I inspire people, but I support people. But it's, it's very it's such a gift to be able to give people something that helps them feel better and therefore live and lead better. So   Michael Hingson ** 54:02 yeah, and what? And when you see the results of that, when you actually see them putting into practice the kinds of things that you talk about, and maybe they take it in a different direction than you originally thought. But of course, seeds get planted, where they get planted, and so it's the ultimate results that really count. But by the same token, when you start to see that happening, that has to be a wonderful feeling to experience,   Lisa Kohn ** 54:30 hugely gratifying. And it's the concussion brain kicking in, because I know there's an example just recently where a client told me of a conversation they had or something that happened. And we have a we have a whole conversation about how you realized six months ago, when I first met you, you never would have done it in that way. You never would have shown up in the way. But I can't remember what it was, but it did happen recently, but it's my short term memory that's the most messed up right now, but we'll get there.   Michael Hingson ** 54:55 Well, yeah, as I said, You just never know about seeds. And I've I've told. The story a couple times on the podcast, when I was doing student teaching in at University High School in Irvine, and I was in the teaching program, teacher credentialing program at UC Irvine, I taught high school freshman algebra is one of the two courses I taught. And there was a young man in this course. His name was Marty. He was from the eighth grade, but was very bright, and so he was accelerated for this class and a couple of things to go to a high school algebra class. And we were in class one day, and he asked a question, and it was a very easy question, and I didn't know the answer. Now, mind you, I didn't have a concussed brain. I just didn't know the answer. And immediately I thought, don't try to blow smoke with this kid. Tell him you don't know. So I said, Marty, I gotta tell you I should know the answer. I don't, but I'm gonna go find out, and I will tell you tomorrow. Okay? And he said, Yeah. So the next day, I came into class, and one of the things I love to do as a student, teacher, well as a teacher in general, if we back in those days, we use chalkboards, since I don't write, well, I would always have one of the students come up and be the official writer for the day. Everyone wanted to be the teacher's writer on the board on any given day. Well, I I came in, and I decided, because he hadn't done it for a while, that I'd have Marty come up and write when we started class. And I said, Marty, I got the answer. And he said, I do too. I said, Great, you're the Blackboard writer of the day. Come up and show us. Well, he had it right, and I had it right. So that was a good thing. But 10 years later, Oh, well. So the next thing that happened is, right after class, my master teacher, Jerry Redman, came up, and he said, you know, you absolutely did it the right way. Don't ever try to blow smoke with these kids. They'll see through it every time. Well, 10 years later, we were my wife and I at the Orange County Fair, and this guy comes up, and in this deep voice, he goes, Mr. Hingson, do you remember me? Well, if you didn't sound at all like Marty, and I said, well, not sure. Who are you? Said, I'm Marty. I was in your class 10 years ago, and I remember the algebra thing, you know, you never know where seeds are going to be planted. But that stuck with him all these years. And I didn't, I didn't think about it other than I was glad that Jerry Redman told me I did it the right way, but it was so wonderful to hear that he remembered it. So if I had any effect on him, so much the better.   Lisa Kohn ** 57:32 Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely.   Michael Hingson ** 57:35 So what did you learn from cancer? What did I learn from other than, chemo is a pain. Chemo   Lisa Kohn ** 57:41 is not fun. I learned. I learned to slow down even more, like that, that again, the the amount My brother used to call me the little engine that will, no matter what you know, and I've learned to, and maybe this does, doesn't sound positive to people, but to go slower, to be gentler, to do less, to lower, you know, the push that was still in me. I mean, push is good, but too much pushes, too much of anything, is not good. I learned to appreciate life even more, nothing like a cancer diagnosis to kind of make you do that li

Looking to elevate STEAM learning in your classroom? Discover TinkRworks — the evidence-based STEAM learning system designed for K-8 educators. TinkRworks engages students in unprecedented ways through innovative, STEAM Project-based Learning. The easy-to-implement program focuses on the hands-on application of STEM concepts and deepens cross-curricular connections to computer science, language arts, engineering, math, science, and the arts. Developed by a team of educators and engineers, TinkRworks provides comprehensive resources that enhance lesson plans, support project implementation, and ensure alignment with educational standards. Join the growing community of TinkRworks educators. Visit TinkRworks.com/podcast for special pricing. In this episode, I sit down with Laurie Deithelm and Randi Economou. Laurie is the Senior VP of Product at Capstone and Randi is the CEO of Capstone. We discuss the latest updates that are coming to the PebbleGo platform. There are some great additions to immerse our K-2 students into the research world without them being bogged down by incorrect data or even going to the wrong site to get bogus information. But what happens when they enter the upper elementary grades and miss PebbleGo? Well, they're updating with PebbleGo Next, a research solution for 3rd-5th graders. This is a great episode with great guests. If you're ready to see where PebbleGo is heading Next, give it a listen. Buen provecho! Connect With Gabriel Carrillo EdTech Bites Website: https://edtechbites.com EdTech Bites Twitter: https://twitter.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites Instagram: https://instagram.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites Threads: https://www.threads.net/@edtechbites EdTech Bites Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/edtechbites EdTech Bites YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@edtechbites About Randi Economou Randi originally joined Capstone in 2010 as the Vice President of the West where she was instrumental in building our Go To Market strategy for seven years. In July 2022, Randi returned to Capstone as Chief Executive Officer. She is a seasoned executive with over 2 decades of leading and contributing to the vision and strategy within EdTech organizations within the US and internationally. Beginning her career as an educator and staying true to her passion for teaching and learning, Randi believes that education is key and has dedicated her career to advocating for life-long learning opportunities for all children. She has held a variety of leadership positions within TeachMaster Technologies, PLATO Learning, myON, and most recently, Renaissance. Randi has been successful in positioning organizations as market leaders through driving the business strategy, operations, and innovation, while focusing on growth and building and maintaining a positive culture. Randi holds an undergraduate degree in English and she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Master of Education from Grand Canyon University. About Laurie Diethelm Laurie Diethelm has 20+ years of experience creating educational products ranging from software-as-a-service (SaaS) learning and development platforms to content-rich, multimedia learning experiences. Prior to joining the Capstone team, she worked with brands including For Dummies, Everything DiSC, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, The Leadership Challenge, PXT Select, CrossKnowledge, and RMC Learning Solutions. She is a firm believer that the team is the most critical ingredient in the product development process—people from different perspectives and skill sets working together in creative tension will craft something much greater than any individual can create alone. Laurie is a graduate from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. Connect With Capstone and PebbleGo Capstone Website: https://www.capstonepub.com Capstone On Twitter: https://x.com/CapstonePub Capstone On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capstonepub/ Capstone On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapstonePub/ Capstone On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capstone-publishers/mycompany/ PebbleGo Website: https://www.pebblego.com/ The Book Is Officially Out! My first book “Cooking Up Experiences In The Classroom: Focus On Experiences, Not Just Lessons” is officially out! A HUGE shout out to Lumio for helping sponsor this book. I'm super excited about this project. It's filled with ideas on how to make memorable experiences for your students. In addition, each chapter also lays out a specific recipe mentioned in that chapter along with a video tutorial on how to prepare that dish. Make sure you get your copy and cook up some experiences for your students and loved ones! Click Here To Purchase Your Copy On Amazon

Revolutionizing conflict with creativity, how does one do that with grace? Karen Valencic, Mechanical engineer, and author of Spiral Impact, Aikido Master combines her experience with conflict resolution and leadership to offer a fresh view to transform the leadership journey. Karen loves the art of Aikido, a martial arts practice that began back in the early 1900s and is the truest form of martial arts. She takes us on a journey of how power moves with us rather than against us. Aikido mimics life through the movements of energy and creativity; struggle and fear keep us stuck, and differences between people, when: they don't see things your way or you are at an impasse.She speaks to the power of intention and knowing what it is you desire and the 3 levels to check in with: 1) Big picture 2)  Personal by honouring yourself and others 3)Immediate intent – what do you want now?She provides a great metaphor of how a hammer and nail are forced with short-term impact, whereas a screw and screwdriver provide expansion and longer-term effects. So many great examples of how Spiral Impact actually gains momentum. We discuss what conflict is and why so many avoid it like the plague. Conflict can be used in a very healthy way to build a creative tension or if not used properly will create a destructive tension. That destructive conflict pushes hard, fast, and long, the intention is typically to control, make wrong, or destroy. Whereas conflict mastery pushes just right for the people involved. The intention is to engage for positive outcomes and innovation.How do you handle conflict? In what ways do you practice either creative tension or destructive tension?You can read more about Karen's on her website at www.spiralimpact.com.  Wanting to better understand how you show up as a leader, visit us at www.wilempowered.com and take our free leadership quiz. #leadership #conflictmastery #difficultconversations #wilempowered #wiltalk

Originally uploaded April 2nd, re-edited April 12. Chris Holman welcomes Jennifer Maxson, President, Jennifer Maxson & Associates, Belmont, MI ● What does Women's History Month mean to you and how do you reflect that in your work? ● Talk a bit about your mentorship of young women through the Peter Cook Leadership academy? ● Can you talk about your involvement in Power of 100 Women, its mission and impact? ● As a leadership coach, what are some of the most important qualities for the women of today to possess in order to eventually shape history? ● Are there any women you've coached who you can already see shaping our corner of history? ● As a woman empowering other women, how are you recognizing Women's History Month? [About Jennifer Maxson and Associates For individuals and businesses seeking experts in Leadership Development, Jennifer Maxson & Associates is the comprehensive, results-driven coaching partner. The mission of Jennifer Maxson & Associates is to Enhance the Credibility of Leaders. We develop leaders at all levels through Everything DiSC® assessments, personalized coaching, and programs focused on communication, presentation skills, and leadership. Our purpose is to inspire current and future leaders to Lead to the Max!®] » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

This episode is sponsored by: In this deeply engaging episode of the Thinking Big Podcast, Sean and Jason dive into the transformative power of surrounding yourself with influential peers, particularly through mastermind groups. As entrepreneurs and coaches, they share personal insights and stories reflecting the profound impact of collective wisdom on personal and professional growth. Discover how creating space without time constraints can lead to unexpected breakthroughs and why embracing a diverse set of experiences within a mastermind can lead to universal truths that propel you forward. Key Takeaways: Surround yourself with people who match or exceed your aspirations. The unique value of both paid and free mastermind groups. Creating an environment without time constraints fosters deeper connections and insights. Everyone, regardless of success, deals with internal battles and limiting beliefs. The importance of energy and vibrations in personal development. Quotes: "Get around the people that are where you want to be." - Sean "The power of the mastermind isn't in being taught, but in the shared wisdom." - Jason "We are all just human at the end of the day, trying to make our way." - Jason As a leader in this niche, my advice is to actively seek out environments and communities that challenge you and align with your future self. Stepping out of your comfort zone and into a mastermind can radically change your perspective and accelerate your journey. FAQ: What is a mastermind group? A collaborative group aimed at mutual growth and problem-solving. How can a mastermind group benefit my business? Provides diverse insights, accountability, and support. Do I need to pay for a mastermind group? Not necessarily, there are both free and paid options. How often should a mastermind group meet? Regularly, but frequency can vary based on group preferences. Can introverts benefit from masterminds? Yes, everyone can gain from collective wisdom and support. Connect with Sean Osborn at Thinking Big Coaching https://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com https://www.instagram.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ https://www.facebook.com/thinkingbigcoaching/ Be sure to check out your free 6 Human Needs Assessment https://www.thinkingbigcoaching.com/6needsassessment If you enjoyed listening then please take a second to rate the show on iTunes. Every podcaster will tell you that iTunes reviews drive listeners to our shows so please let me know what you thought and make sure you subscribe using your favorite podcast player. It means a lot to me and to the guests.   Jason Frazell Coach / Facilitator/ Podcaster Jason Frazell is a highly sought-after coach serving high-impact individuals and teams in technology and a leading expert in personal branding for CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs, and side hustlers. Jason founded Jason Frazell Coaching, an executive and leadership coaching firm offering one-on-one coaching, group programs, speaking, and workshops. Jason is a certified Gallup Global Strengths Coach and an Everything DiSC practitioner. Before turning his side hustle into a full-time job, Jason was an award-winning sales professional who worked at various technology firms, ranging from F100 to startups at various funding levels. http://www.jasonfrazell.com/ http://jasonfrazell.com/talkingtocoolpeople https://www.instagram.com/jasontfrazell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonfrazell/  

Kele Belton joins as a guest on this episode of the podcast to talk about how we can communicate to lead. She also provides some great insight for women in leadership.About Kele BeltonKele Belton is a Leadership and Communication expert and the founder of The Tailored Approach. She is a former corporate trainer and coach, where she collaborated with notable companies like Bank of America, BioMarin, Facebook, and Netflix, contributing to their leadership and communication growth. Kele now empowers leaders and their intact teams to communicate confidently, navigate feedback, and have difficult conversations. She's a published author, keynote speaker, and host of the Communicate to Lead podcast. Kele specializes in leadership development, communication skills, conflict management, navigating feedback, Everything DiSC assessments and coaching, personal branding, and more.Episode SummaryWhen you communicate, it's important to understand who you are speaking to, and what your message is. Is your message communicating to that person in a way that they need to receive it?  Kele speaks about this and how important it is for messaging and your audience to align.In addition, Kele discusses how women struggle in leadership in many areas. One is having the right amount of flexibility at work which allows them to take care of any home matters. Also, Kele touches on how women can display more confidence in leadership. Kele shares her proprietary BOLD framework which stands for:Breaking Through BarriersOwning the Leadership NarrativeLeading with AuthenticityDriving Continuous ChangeKele also shares more about the DISC method and how it is an assessment that measures your personality in the following areas: dominance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness. She also helps the listeners to understand how this method intersects with her BOLD framework and can help you lead stronger.Finally, in this episode, Kele shares a bit about introversion and how introverts can focus on using their strengths, to listen. When as an introvert, you listen, you can then lean into the relationships because you've built the relationship up front. Links and ResourcesTailored ApproachOwn Your Worth, Free GuideThank you so much for listening, stay on purpose!   Support the show

Peter is a facilitator, trainer, keynote speaker and coach who through presentations, workshops, seminars, coaching and consulting helps leaders, teams and organizations better engage and align staff to business drivers and the organization's mission. Peter helps leaders develop the self-awareness, self-mastery and interpersonal skills that enable sustainable high performance and high functioning teams. Through experiential learning and a practical down to earth style, clients learn to implement behaviors that lead to greater individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Peter's focus includes: preventing executive derailment, transformational leadership and creating high performing teams. His approach focuses on clients creating self reinforcing and sustainable positive movement leading towards personal and professional breakthroughs and sustainable organizational effectiveness. Peter is a certified Peoplemap™ Trainer. He is also Everything DISC and MBTI certified. He has served as Vice President of Client Relations and Program Development for The Leadership Trust. Before joining the Trust, he was employed by the Center for Creative Leadership, where he helped customize executive development and training programs for major businesses and corporations. Peter also taught Psychology at Vance Granville Community College. Currently Peter facilitates seminars on Leadership and High Performing Teams at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center and The International Coaching Federation. He has recently been the Keynote Speaker for the Georgia University System's Staff Council Conference.

Join host Christine Courtney on this empowering episode of "Stepping into your Leadership," where she is accompanied by leadership expert Erika Petrelli. They unpack the transformative power of understanding communication styles in leadership roles through the Everything DISC assessment.In today's fast-paced world, miscommunication is a common stumbling block that leaders face. Whether you're a seasoned supervisor or stepping into a leadership role for the first time, grasping the unique communication styles of your team members is pivotal for success. Christine and Erika delve into the nuances of personality types, using real-life scenarios and an ice cream-related tale to illustrate the humorous yet crucial aspects of connection and understanding.Their insightful discussion spotlights the benefits of the Everything DISC assessment, a tool that sheds light on preferences and tendencies rather than assessing intelligence. Learn about its origin, conceived by Dr. William Moulton Marston in 1928, and how it evolved into a practical assessment tool that assists in fostering improved work relationships and efficiency.Discover the DISC model's four quadrants - Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness - and hear how recognizing these traits within ourselves and others can lead to a synergy that elevates team productivity and creativity. Erika emphasizes self-awareness's role and challenges the notion of the golden rule with the more personalized platinum rule, promoting a shift in interpersonal dynamics that considers others' preferences.Whether you're looking to enhance your leadership skills, diversify your team's collaboration strategy, or simply better understand the dynamics of your workplace, this episode offers compelling insights into the strategic use of social and emotional intelligence to connect with and lead your team effectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter is a facilitator, trainer, keynote speaker and coach who through presentations, workshops, seminars, coaching and consulting helps leaders, teams and organizations better engage and align staff to business drivers and the organization's mission. Peter helps leaders develop the self-awareness, self-mastery and interpersonal skills that enable sustainable high performance and high functioning teams. Through experiential learning and a practical down to earth style, clients learn to implement behaviors that lead to greater individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Peter's focus includes: preventing executive derailment, transformational leadership and creating high performing teams. His approach focuses on clients creating self reinforcing and sustainable positive movement leading towards personal and professional breakthroughs and sustainable organizational effectiveness. Peter is a certified Peoplemap™ Trainer. He is also Everything DISC and MBTI certified. He has served as Vice President of Client Relations and Program Development for The Leadership Trust. Before joining the Trust, he was employed by the Center for Creative Leadership, where he helped customize executive development and training programs for major businesses and corporations. Peter also taught Psychology at Vance Granville Community College. Currently Peter facilitates seminars on Leadership and High Performing Teams at UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University Medical Center and The International Coaching Federation. He has recently been the Keynote Speaker for the Georgia University System's Staff Council Conference.

Welcome to another Consulting & Coaching Insights Series episode on the Success InSight Podcast! In today's episode, we have a special guest, Tim Hast, a trainer and executive coach who co-founded Encore Life Skills. Tim and his team offer various organizational training, development, and coaching services, focusing on leadership, communication, conflict management, and team building.Throughout our conversation, Tim shares his passion for helping others succeed and discusses his work with a behavior healthcare company. We explore how they utilize online modalities like Zoom, as well as the reuse and repurposing of recorded content from these conversations. DISCUSSION TOPICS How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected communication and civility in workplaces? What are some strategies for engaging employees and reducing turnover? How can emotional intelligence and awareness improve communication outcomes? How have virtual meetings and webinars changed our engagement with audiences? What are some practical methods for keeping participants engaged during virtual seminars or webinars? How can organizational leaders be developed and prepared for future leadership positions? What are the advantages of shorter, more focused training sessions compared to longer ones? How can understanding different communication styles and preferences enhance our interactions with others? What are the benefits of repurposing recorded content, like podcasting, for learning and development opportunities? How has technology, such as Zoom and online modalities, transformed how we approach coaching and consulting?LEARN MORE Join us as we dive into virtual coaching and professional development and discover the impact these practices can have on individuals and organizations alike. Be sure to visit Tim's website, Encore Life Skills,  to learn more about him, his wife Ruthie, and their incredible team.Tim also invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn.NEXT STEPSIf you enjoy podcasts dedicated to personal and professional development, find us online at www.SuccessInSightPodcast.com. We welcome likes and comments, and if you know someone who is also a professional development enthusiast, go ahead and share our site with them, too.KEYWORDSTim Has, Encore Life Skill, Leadership, Listening, Communication, Conflict management, Meditation, Team building, EverthingDisc, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, Success InSight Podcast, Howard Fox#SuccessInSightPodcast #LeadershipDevelopment #VirtualTraining #CommunicationSkills #Engagement #Coaching #EmotionalIntelligence #Civility #TimHast #EncoreLifeSkillsPodcast produced using DescriptPodcast hosted by BuzzsproutShow Notes powered by CastmagicWebsite powered by PodpageNote: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

This week on Conflict Managed we are joined by Jeff Harnois, CEO of iBridged. Join us as we discuss: The opportunity and obligation to advocate for yourself Using psychometrics at work Blind spots Team boundaries, civility, and social contracts Artificial harmony Jeff Harnois is passionate about helping people and teams reach new heights in performance and relationships.  With a focus on understanding “current state” through key psychometrics like MBTI and Everything DiSC, Jeff and his team focus on enabling individuals, leaders and teams find their maximum effectiveness as people and professionals.  As the CEO of iBridged, the work often focuses on building trust, engaging in healthy conflict, gaining key commitment, accountability for self and others and how to operationalize results.    Jeff has enjoyed many rewarding and successful career opportunities from individual contributor to executive leadership with Fortune 50 companies and start-up ventures alike. Working with companies like: Apple, Inc., Amazon, Google, Hewlett Packard, AT&T, Symantec, Kodak, Microsoft and Bank of America have given Jeff a unique perspective that add rich experiences to share and leverage with clients. Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffharnois/ www.ibridged.com Conflict Managed is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Conflict Managed is hosted by Merry Brown and produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services. Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services (3pconflictrestoration.com)

0:00 Season topics, upcoming programs, Everything DiSC; and direction the podcast is going in Season 4.  0:28 Welcome by the podcast host, Vickie Maris. 1:20 What is an Authorized Partner - Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors? Vickie Maris is an Authorized Partner and explains what she can provide in this role. You can reach out to Vickie for access to the personality assessments such as Everything DiSC "Workplace," "Productive Conflict," "Agile EQ," "Work of Leaders," and others. 3:00 You can also enroll for facilitator training if you would like to become a certified facilitator of Everything DiSC or The Five Behaviors. Give yourself a couple months of lead time for getting enrolled in one of the virtual sessions. They fill pretty quickly. 3:44 Vickie mentions upcoming interview with Paul Slaggert who is instructor of Day 1 of the 2-day short course, Frontline Leadership. It is hosted by the Kelley School of Business and takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Fall 2023 session is full. The program will be offered again in Spring 2024. 4:20 Developing the Effective Technical Leader is coming up in October 17-18, 2023. It is taught by Dr. Pete DeLisle. Registration is open via the Kelley School of Business website (see link in previous sentence). 6:27 Contract work in the process documentation area and doing process improvement as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Upcoming interviews with my colleagues in the areas of process improvement and project management. 7:27 Thank you for sharing the podcast out and for subscribing to the show (it is free to subscribe). 7:48 You also might see upcoming episodes in this season about shifting the daily routine to include silence and meditation. Vickie shares how that practice helped her with the songwriting for her recent album, Another Universe. Here is the link to the album in Spotify. The music is available in the many other music streaming services as well. 8:51 Introduction of the other podcast, Making of the Album - Another Universe. It is co-hosted by Vickie Maris, Michael Kelsey and Scott Greeson. We talk about the inspiration for the songs and the behind-the-scenes of the recording process for each of the songs. Enjoy the laughter and insider perspectives of three recording artists! Check out the podcast here: https://sites.libsyn.com/446118 10:23 Date of the concert by the Kelsey Greeson Project is Oct. 7, 2023. Artists: Michael Kelsey, Scott Greeson, Vickie Maris and Courtney Von Drehle. Tickets for the show at the TAF Theatre in Lafayette, Indiana are available in Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/617699384487?aff=oddtdtcreator 10:57 Wrap-up      

Ashley speaks with Kate Parsons and Adam Mayfield about their wilderness survival skills school, the role of art in society, and mindfulness in practice. A wild ride! ‌ PRIMAL U designs and implements one-of-a-kind courses with experts in wilderness first aid, leadership, survival techniques, sustainability and mindfulness training. Primal U's mission is to train individuals holistically, providing a space to learn and grow in an outdoor setting. Our new Primal U Artist Lecture Series showcases the practices of artists and creatives working in and with the natural world. Primal U is the brainchild of Rob Mullins, Kate Parsons, and Adam Mayfield. Parsons is an artist, educator, and co-founder of the virtual reality studio FLOAT. An Assistant Professor of Digital Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and Instructor at Art Center College of Design, Parsons is a Montana-native who knows that country life and self-sufficiency still runs in her blood. Mayfield, who is from Los Angeles, is a mindfulness specialist, an actor (Ford vs. Ferrari, All My Children) and professional survival instructor. He is a longtime alum of Boulder Outdoor Survival School, where he taught traditional living skills to folks from all walks of life, from corporate executives and military personnel to artists and political activists. Adam is also a mentor for Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, a nonprofit organization that holds both traditional and outdoor excursion retreats across the US, Canada, and the UK, teaching mindfulness to teenagers and adults. Mullins, who hails from Ohio, is a homesteader, life & leadership coach, outdoor enthusiast, ultra-marathoner, and former executive at a Forbes 107 company. As a pharmacist, Rob has a lifetime of helping others and has had tremendous results coaching and mentoring leaders for career success. In addition he holds ACC accreditation from the International Coach Federation, is an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC and is a registered Maine Outdoor Recreation and Hunting Guide. The three met when Parsons attended one of the wilderness training camps taught by Mullins and Mayfield at Thomas Coyne Survival Schools—one of the top survival schools worldwide. Since then, they have banded together to create a unique, hybrid curriculum: A combination of straightforward survival skills, wilderness first aid training, permaculture, mindfulness techniques and leadership coaching. ‌ Primal U Montana First Session: June 16, 17, 18 Second Session: June 23, 24, 25

Systeeminen johtaminen podcasteissa puhutaan siitä, mitä systeeminen johtaminen on ja miten sitä on mahdollista edistää yritysten arjessa. Tässä jaksossa keskustellaan työyhteisön vuorovaikutuksesta ja miten sitä voidaan parantaa ymmärtämällä erilaisuutta. Matti Hokkanen Multimek Oy:stä avaa, mitä vaikutuksia johtoryhmälle toteutetulla Everything DiSC®-työpajalla oli koko työyhteisölle ja miten uusien sukupolvien astuminen työelämään haastaa yrityksiä muuttamaan yrityskulttuuriaan avoimempaan suuntaan. Mukana keskustelussa Kirsi Kemell ja Mikko Seppälä Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulusta. Podcast on tuotettu ESR-rahotteisessa Systeeminen johtaminen teollisuudessa -projektissa. Tutustu projektiin www.jamk.fi/systeeminenjohtaminen Linkki tekstivastineeseen: https://bit.ly/sjt_pod3

Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Jennifer Maxson, President of Jennifer Maxson & Associates, Belmont, MI, (north end of the Grand Rapids metro)to talk about Team Coach Practitioner Accreditation • Jennifer was recently credited as a Team Coach Practitioner from the Global Team Coaching Institute. In their conversation, they covered several questions. So Jennifer, welcome and briefly share your career path that led up to here with the Michigan business community • Describe team coaching. • What are the benefits of being a Team Coach Practitioner? • What was the process of receiving your recent accreditation? • What would businesses/teams gain from working with a team coach? o What are the benefits? • When should leaders bring in a team coach to work with their team? What's your contact information and have we missed anything today. Jennifer Maxson, President of Jennifer Maxson & Associates, Belmont, MI, (north end of the Grand Rapids metro) Team Coach Practitioner Accreditation o Jennifer is 1 out of 8 Certified Team Coach Practitioners in Michigan. o She's also 1 out of 925 Certified Team Coach Practitioners globally. • This course took over 180 hours of training, coaching, and courses. o Jennifer worked on this in October 2021 through December 2022. • Team coaching was recently recognized by the International Coaching Federation (in 2023). There's a fresh need in the coaching industry for this topic. • Team coaching allows Jennifer Maxson & Associates to support teams that are leading their organizations to achieve mission, vision, and strategic priorities. Team Coaching • Team coaching can help address challenges like: o Managing conflicting expectations of different stakeholders o Having clear collective objectives and processes o Running and transforming your organization o Finding and clarifying a team's purpose o Working virtually and in hybrid models o Navigating an increasingly complex and interconnected world o Needing to work quickly and efficiently o Creating connections between siloed sections of an organization • A recent article by BetterUp found teams that use coaching methods have decreased burnout by 35%, increased intent to stay by 68%, and have shown employees to be 2.1 times more productive. • Team coaching can help employees understand what key stakeholders need from the team and how those employees can partner with stakeholders to create new, innovative possibilities. • This type of coaching helps establish open communication so organizations can define their goals and ensure all employees know what those goals are and how to achieve them. • Leaders who are interested in hiring a team coach in the future, should start by asking themselves and their teams these questions: o Where is the organization and team today? o Where do they need to be in the future? o How confident are you that the organization and team will meet any upcoming goals you've set? o What does the team need to make those goals a reality? o What is getting in the way? About JMA For individuals and businesses seeking experts in Leadership Development, Jennifer Maxson & Associates is the comprehensive, results-driven coaching partner. The mission of Jennifer Maxson & Associates is to Enhance the Credibility of Leaders.  We develop leaders at all levels through Everything DiSC® assessments, personalized coaching, and programs focused on communication, presentation skills, and leadership. Our purpose is to inspire current and future leaders to Lead to the Max!® » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscribe to MBN's YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqNX… » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

In this episode of "Taking Care of Business," NHPA podcast producer and retail engagement specialist Renee Changnon talks with Jared Hotop, vice president of retail operations, and Petrina Jannin, human resources director, for Buchheits, a farm and home company with 20 locations in five states. Learn about how NHPA's Kim Peffley was able to help the company develop an engaged team from top to bottom. In the episode, they share practical tips on how to use Everything DiSC® assessments to support organizational growth and development. Do you want to learn more about how to incorporate Everything DiSC® in your operation? Contact NHPA's Kim Peffley at kpeffley@yournhpa.org or visit YourNHPA.org/development/everything-disc/. Music Credits: "Let That Sink In" by Lee Rosevere

Get ready for an inspiring episode of the Give A Heck Podcast! Join Dwight and his special guest, Lori Duguay, as they take you on a journey of personal growth and workplace healing. Lori, the CEO of People Person HR, shares her life experiences and insights into becoming an Employer of Choice by adopting people-centered approaches to leadership, talent development, and conflict resolution. She emphasizes the importance of finding one's life purpose, owning one's mistakes, and being vulnerable for personal growth. Lori also shares a roadmap for organizations to improve their processes and help unhappy workers become happier. Tune in to learn more about the dangers of micromanaging, the significance of gratitude and celebration, and the impact of workplace culture on attracting and retaining clients. Take advantage of this episode, packed with valuable insights and practical advice for individuals and organizations seeking to transform their workplaces and improve their lives! In this episode, you'll learn about… Insights on Personal Growth and Development Transforming Companies into Employers of Choice Lessons on Maintaining a Positive Perspective The Power of Employee Engagement Overcoming the Dangers of Micromanagement And much more! About Lori Duguay: Lori-Ann Duguay is the founder and CEO of The People Person: HR Growth Solutions. Her company helps organizations with a growth mindset to transform their talent management strategy and optimize their end-to-end employee journey, ensuring they offer the culture and experience to attract and retain top talent. Lori-Ann has 20+ years of experience working as an HR strategist in government, and combines her expertise with Everything DiSC Psychometric tools to provide organizations with training, tools, and resources required to unleash and maintain their team's full potential. Her services help improve performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. Lori-Ann is also certified in Dispute Resolution and licensed to use Wiley's Everything DiSC assessment products. ~ You can find Lori Duguay on... Website: https://thepeopleperson.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriannduguay/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorithepeopleperson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loriann.o.duguay Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100047389242657 ~ Connect with Dwight Heck! Website: https://giveaheck.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/give.a.heck Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwight.heck Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Giveaheck Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0i LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwight-raymond-heck-65a90150/

Maureen Ross Gemme spent 30 years in her corporate job and then became an entrepreneur when she created her coaching and training business called Emerge Leadership Academy in 2013. After living through her teenage years as a drug addict and an alcoholic, she had a major transformation and started her recovery journey when she was just 24. She then began her corporate career and stayed on the personal and professional growth path. She became an expert in personality by studying several personality-type assessments such as MBTI, Enneagram, and Everything DiSC. She also received her BA in psychology and MS in Education while studying human behavior at school and applied it all to her work life. Now Maureen trains corporate teams as an Authorized Partner of Everything DiSC. In her classes, teams improve their respect for each other and learn to truly value the diversity in our personalities so everyone can get along better at work. Managers improve their methods to delegate, motivate and develop their staff.Highlights:Transition: She went as far as she could in her corporate career and reached a point when starting her own business brought her next level of growthTransformation: When she decided to be clean and sober at 24, she had to change everything in her life, including the way she thought, the things she did, and the people she hung around withTips: If you are suffering in any way, get help; you are not alone; find your support people and get connectedMethod for change: release your past, forgive those who hurt you, review your belief system, manage your energy, create a plan of action, prepare for obstacles, establish your support system, and take baby steps forward every dayBreaking habits: Be conscious of your negative thoughts; for extroverts - listen more; for introverts - speak up moreThere are many different ways to find out about your personality including, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Enneagram, Human Design, and Everything DISC. As a personality expert, Maureen shares how important it is to discover and understand your personality. Some of the benefits of doing this work are improved relationships in and out of work, better idea of what motivates you and what stresses you in the workplace, and allows better communicate with your boss and colleagues. If you want to learn more, take the personality quiz called: What animal best represents your leadership style? on her website Emerge Leadership Academy. If you are in recovery from addiction, check out Maureen's podcast called Emerge. Evolve. Lead. for People in Recovery.  —------------------------Social Mediawww.linkedin.com/in/maureenrossgemmewww.facebook.com/emergentleadershipwww.twitter.com/mrgmentor—------------------------52 Weeks of Me is hosted by Jacklyn Osborne and Erika Brooks. Check out our website -  www.52weeksofme.net or follow us on Instagram @fiftytwoweeksofme.For suggestions and comments, email us at fiftytwoweeksofme@gmail.com.

Solving REAL Problems at Work Through Storytelling | JAMIE DIXON | #TGV301“Every business has a story to tell.” —Jay Baer,Tune into #TGV301 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the timestamp-based pointers from Jamie Dixon's conversation with Naveen Samala on The Guiding Voice0:00:00 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT SETTING 0:02:45 Jamie's PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN His SUCCESS0:06:15 Lessons learned in his coaching journey0:10:15 What is Business Storytelling?0:13:00 How can we solve business problems using storytelling?0:17:50 About his book - The Story Habit0:21:00 How to inculcate the habit of storytelling?0:25:00 WITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS0:28:00 ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO THOSE ASPIRING TO MAKE BIG IN THEIR CAREERS 0:29:30 TRIVIA ABOUT storytelling ABOUT THE GUEST:Jamie Dixon is a coach, trainer, and author, who has worked with ambitious leaders in over 160 multinational companies over the last 10 years. He coaches and trains in both English and Mandarin. He is also conversational in Japanese. He is an IAC-accredited coach, a certified TinyHabits coach, and also certified in Everything DISC.Jamie will be launching the book The Story Habit, and I think that it would bring great value to your audience. The Story Habit is a manual of the mind for leaders because leaders need to impact, influence, and inspire action which is possible if they learn how to speak the language of the mind.Connect with Jamie on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjamiedixon/CONNECT WITH THE HOST ON LINKEDIN:Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveensamalahttp://www.naveensamala.comIf you wish to become a productivity monk: enroll for this course: https://www.udemy.com/course/productivitymonk/TGV Inspiring Lives Volume 1 is available on Amazon for pre-orderKindle:https://amzn.eu/d/cKTKtyCPaperback:https://amzn.eu/d/4Y1HAXjFOLLOW ON TWITTER:@guidingvoice@naveensamala Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this very special episode to kick off season 4, Jason flips the script and is interviewed by his wife, Kirstin!Listen in to hear Jason answer the questions he loves grilling his guests on, some playful marriage banter and Kirstin sharing her leadership philosophy."Do you want to be right or do you want to create something?" Dr. Phil StutzJason Frazell is an international Growth and Leadership Coach serving high-impact people and teams in the technology space and a personal brand strategist for CEOs, executives, entrepreneurs and side hustlers.Jason is the founder of Jason Frazell Coaching, where he offers one on one executive and leadership coaching, group programs, speaking and workshops. He is a Gallup Global Strengths Coach, specializing in using the CliftonStrengths assessment (formerly Strengthsfinder 2.0) and an Everything DiSC partner through Wiley and Sons. Jason is also a leader at Accomplishment Coaching, a premier International Coaching Federation coach training program and holds a coaching accreditation from the ICF.Prior to moving his own side hustle to full-time, Jason was an award-winning sales professional, working at a variety of technology firms, ranging from F10 to series A startups.Jason also is the host of two podcasts, Talking to Cool People and Talking to Tech People.https://www.jasonfrazell.comFind the show at all of the cool spots below and find us at jasonfrazell.com/podcasts. Facebook Instagram

What if we had more effective and impactful leaders? Today's guest nerds out about all things leadership, and we have a wonderful discussion about leadership, when to get leadership training, what makes good leaders, and how some folks are put on this earth to show us what NOT to do! It's my pleasure to share my conversation with Cheryl Bonini Ellis on today's episode of The Meaningful Revolution! ----- Cheryl Bonini Ellis is the author of Becoming Deliberate: Changing the Game of Leadership from the Inside Out. As a former senior executive turned entrepreneur, she has helped countless leaders achieve breakthrough success. She is a Certified High-Performance Leadership Coach, specializing in helping growth-minded business owners and executives build fully engaged, cohesive, high performing teams. Cheryl is a senior faculty member at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College, a network associate of The Center for Creative Leadership. She is also a Founding Member of John Maxwell's Team of Coaches, Trainers and Speakers, and a Certified Facilitator for 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, Everything DiSC, and Productive Conflict. She is an amateur photographer and avid traveler who currently resides in St Petersburg, FL. Follow up with Cheryl below: www.cherylboniniellis.com https://linktr.ee/cabonini Want to start YOUR Personal Meaningful Revolution? Imagine waking up and feeling EXCITED for the day, because you knew that today was going to be filled with things you found fulfilling. How do you know? You took the Meaningful Revolution Challenge to get clear on your purposeful impact and fulfilling transformation, build your plan, and got into action leaning into what you found fulfilling. Join us for our next FREE three day Meaningful Revolution Challenge, by clicking the link below: https://www.shawnbuttner.com/personal-meaningful-revolution-series Want a more accelerated, advanced, and personalized experience? Save your spot by clicking on the best option for you below: Apply for a FREE 60-minute coaching session, to be shared on YouTube, here: https://www.shawnbuttner.com/free_coaching_session_on_youtube Apply for a private 1-hour high performance strategy session here ($200 offer): https://www.shawnbuttner.com/your-strategy-session

I am fascinated with the number of people who seem to work from a reaction versus a proactive perspective when it comes to business.  I also see how some leaders are feeling stuck with all the shifts over the past 2 plus years. My personal style is to move fast, move forward, and approach my business from that proactive vantage point.  My challenge is sometimes I move too fast!  Don't get me wrong, I understand slowing down to be in the present and reacting to the situation as it unfolds is important too. So how do we find the balance of moving forward with what is the reality of business today versus reacting to the situations as they unfold? Can we become better leaders by making this slight shift in perspective and approach?  It's all a balancing act, isn't it?   Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Amit Ray, “Your mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world.”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/QTjuvlLRlrU   About Cheryl Bonini Ellis:   Cheryl is the author of Becoming Deliberate:  Changing the Game of Leadership from the Inside Out.  As a former senior executive turned entrepreneur, she has helped countless leaders achieve breakthrough success.  She is a Certified High-Performance Leadership Coach, specializing in helping growth-minded business owners and executives build fully engaged, cohesive, high-performing teams.  Cheryl is a Founding Member of John Maxwell's Team of Coaches, Trainers and Speakers, a Certified Facilitator for 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Teamä, Everything DiSCä, Productive Conflictä, and PXT Selectä.  She is a senior faculty member at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College and a network associate of The Center for Creative Leadership. . How to Get in Touch With Cheryl Bonini Ellis:   Email:  cheryl@ellisbusinessenterprises.com Website:  www.cherylboniniellis.com Fee Webinar - 6 Secrets of the World's Most Successful People: https://bit.ly/6Secrets2022  Free Book:  Becoming Deliberate:  Changing the Game of Leadership from the Inside Out is available (only pay S&H) on the first page of my website: www.cherylboniniellis.com   Stalk me online! LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/conniewhitman Download Free Communication Style Assessment: https://www.changingthesalesgame.com/communication-style-assessment  All-Star Community:  https://changingthesalesgame.mykajabi.com/All-Star-Community Enlightenment of Change Facebook group: tinyurl.com/EOCFacebookGroup   Subscribe and listen to the Enlightenment of Change podcast on your favorite podcast streaming service or on YouTube.  New episodes post every week - listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business. 

HR professionals are often tasked with managing other people. But what about managing yourself? As an HR professional, it's important to develop strong time management skills and set healthy boundaries. It can also be helpful to give yourself regular affirmations and find a mentor or role model who can offer advice and guidance. Listen in as Valerie Grubb and host Shari Simpson talk about how HR professionals can do a better job of taking care of themselves. Guest: Valerie Grubb, Keynote Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Executive Coach Valerie Grubb is an innovative, visionary operations leader with an exceptional ability to zero in on the systems, processes and human capital issues that can hamper a company's success — and a strong history of solving those problems with maximum buy-in and minimal disruption. With extensive corporate experience, including founding the Oxygen channel and InterActiveCorp (parent company to Expedia, Home Shopping Network and TicketMaster), and senior leadership roles in NBC Universal and Rolls-Royce, she can translate complex skills such as leadership, inspiring accountability and motivating others into actionable steps that resonate with new managers to senior executives. Valerie is certified as a Marshall Goldsmith Executive Coach, and she is an Everything Disc® and Patrick Lencioni 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team authorized partner and facilitator. Valerie obtained her mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and her MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Val's book, Clash of the Generations: Managing the New Workplace Reality (Wiley), helps leaders manage multiple generations in the office. She is particularly adept at helping people acquire the needed skills in areas such as developing existing employees, recruiting new talent, and forming cohesive teams — all critical for long-term organizational growth.

Why is it that every single person in the world has stories and can easily tell them to their friends and family, but in the business context many people are afraid of storytelling—or they think it is only for creatives…or that it is less effective than data and facts? Jamie Dixon joined me on the Go For Launch podcast to talk about how to become a better storyteller. Jamie is a coach, trainer, and author who has worked with ambitious leaders in over 160 multinational companies over the last 10 years through his company, Shaping Paths. He coaches and trains in both English and Mandarin. He is also conversational in Japanese. Jamie is an IAC-accredited coach and a certified Tiny Habits coach. He is also certified in Everything DISC. In addition, Jamie is the author of several books, including his most recent title, The Story Habit: How Leaders Shape Stories That Drive Action. He also wrote the books Overcome and Get It Done and Shaping Paths. Show Sponsor: Accessibe Chances are your website has issues that not only frustrate many of your users, but could lead to significant fines. For example, if your site is found to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, your first violation could result in a penalty of $55,000 to $75,000. And additional violations can result in a $150,000 fine. Go to Accessibe (affiliate link) to get a free site scan and to learn more about their compliance products.

LFYC | S3 E23 – Obi Abuchi interviews Jamie Dixon | Becoming a Mastery StorytellerOn this week's Leading from Your Core Podcast and Vodcast, Obi Abuchi interviews Jamie Dixon.Jamie is a coach, trainer and author who's worked with ambitious leaders in over 160 multinationalcompanies over the last 10 years.He coaches and trains in English, Mandarin, and also conversational in Japanese. Jamie holdscertifications in Everything DISC, Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, Tiny HabitsCoaching, and IAC accreditation.Additionally, he is the author of the books Overcome and Get It Done, Shaping Paths, How to Design andDeliver PRACTICAL Training, and the soon-to-be-published The Story Habit, all of which are available onAmazon.In his free time, he likes to spend time with his family, read, practice yoga, and engage in calisthenics andmeditation.In this episode:- What is storytelling and does it shape our lives- The significance of comprehending cultural differences in today's world- Recognising contrasting perspectives for inclusive leadership- How to create a story that people will believe- Tips on how leaders might use storytelling to address real issues- How do we deal with the ambiguity and complexities of our own story?- How to identify the right story that empowers effective leadership- Rewording stories to increase their effectiveness and impact- Acknowledging that our stories serve as a map for our journeyYou can find out more about Jamie via the links below:Website: www.shapingpaths.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjamiedixon/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaC4ZURQBkkoH5PiMreQemgAmazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/jamiedixonConnect with Obi Abuchi and CORE Leaders International on Social Media:LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiabuchi/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CORELeadersInternationalTwitter - @CORELeadersIntInstagram - obiabuchi01Get a copy of Obi's latest book, Leading from Your Core -https://www.amazon.co.uk/Obi-Abuchi/e/B09DYW3P55?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000Want to increase your resilience, impact, and effectiveness as a leader? Join our Personal MasteryAcademy and become part of a growing community of purpose-driven leaders committed to personalmastery, transformed lives and a better world. Find out more athttps://www.coreleaders.co.uk/personalmasteryacademy_______________________At CORE Leaders International, through our coaching, training, and keynote solutions, we are committedto creating a dynamic and engaged global community of seasoned and emerging purpose-driven leaderswho are devoted to personal mastery, transformed lives, and a better world.Find out more at https://www.coreleaders.co.uk.

Jamie Dixon is a coach, trainer and author, who has worked with ambitious leaders in over 160 multinational companies over the last 10 years. He coaches and trains in both English and Mandarin. He is also conversational in Japanese. He is an IAC accredited coach, a certified Tiny Habits coach and also certified in Everything DISC.Jamie is the author of the books Overcome and Get It Done and Shaping Paths and instructor of online course Train the Trainer – PRACTICAL Training & Facilitation Skill. During his free time, he enjoys spending it with his family, reading, meditation, calisthenics, and Yoga. www.shapingpaths.comThis June 2022 marks the release of Jamie's new book: “The Story Habit”The Story Habit – A methodology for building simple and powerful habits for influencing at work through the power of storytellingCheck out other amazing Savvy guests at: savvybroadcasting.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nicole Wipp is an expert in helping business leaders get even better results through personal and performance development. Nicole is passionate about helping individuals and teams break the cycles of pervasive energy problems that keep people, teams, and their businesses stuck, so that they can scale their time and freedom.As an experienced entrepreneur and small business consultant, she is the founder of The Results Catalyst, a consulting and training firm that provides a range of leadership, team creation, team building, and retention services to companies large and small. She also leads highly successful boutique elder law firms in Michigan and Hawaii.Nicole has trained hundreds of people in both corporate and entrepreneurial settings on how to build powerful teams and has been a speaker for companies and groups such as the Great Lakes Women's Business Conference, Lawyers With Purpose, Wealth Counsel Symposium, Rare Lung Disease Consortium, and Cross Border Business Symposium. She is also a frequent guest on top podcasts and has been a featured expert in well-known business books like Clockwork by Michael Michalowicz, Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy, and Women with Money by Jean Chatzky.She is a highly experienced Kolbe trainer as well as a certified solutions provider and authorized partner for the entire suite of Everything DiSC products as well as Five Behaviors of A Cohesive Team.Nicole splits her time between Michigan and Hawaii with her husband Marcus, son Marek, dog Heath and her two horses, Chaka and Nani.Learn more about Nicole here.Find out more about the Path to Podcast Success here!

On Today's Podcast This week I sit down with Anna Weselak. Anna Weselak is a seminar trainer, consultant, and owner of Weselak & Associates in Lombard, IL. She is a member of The Association for Talent Development, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum and Development, the Oak Brook Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Lombard Chamber of Commerce. She is a past president of the Illinois and National PTA. Anna is currently the Past President of the Zonta Club of Oak Brook and serves as the District 6 Governor of Zonta International. Weselak is the Northern Illinois University 2009 College of Education Outstanding Alumni and was recognized as a 2014 Woman of Distinction in DuPage County by the Suburban Life Newspaper. She is married to her husband Kevin and has three married children and seven grandchildren. Anna holds a variety of certifications, including Group Coaching, Everything DiSC, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, 12 Driving Forces, and Emotional Intelligence.   How to Connect with Anna www.weselak.com www.facebook.com/search/top?q=weselak%20%26%20associates www.linkedin.com/in/aweselak   Get Anna's Gift Below

In this cast I offered you two free gifts. First if you want a copy of my first book, The First Questions, so that you can conduct an inventory of your skills, talents and opportunities, send me an email note at ronh@developingleadersinc.com Also if plan to practice mindful meditation, I want to send you a tiny monkey as a gift, email me and I will mail you one of my favorite mischievious little monkeys to help remind you to be aware and mindful. If you want to continue the conversation, please join our LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14042361/  

Iris Culp is the Principal at IC Growth, a marketing consulting and business growth firm. She has more than a decade of marketing experience and has helped clients double their top line revenue in less than 24 months. Prior to the current focus of marketing strategies for solopreneurs & micro-business owners, she worked professionally as a writer, as well as 20+ years in HR and organizational development. Iris worked in HR leadership roles at American Airlines, Sabre where she led several nationwide initiatives. She earned a master's degree in adult education and holds multiple HR certifications. Additionally is an authorized partner for Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team ®, and a certified Everything DiSC ® facilitator for leadership and sales. Currently her firm, IC Growth, is focused on helping small business owners leverage the power of LinkedIn to organically grow for a consistent and full sales pipeline. She has developed a signature program in that space titled, “LinkedIn for Business: 6 Weeks from Questions to Confidence”. She describes herself as a “creative analytic” who loves research and data and blends that with a creative twist. She finds it particularly fun to support entrepreneurs who happen to be “fellow introverts” “find an authentic way to tell their own story” and find their ideal audience. In her spare time, she loves to dig in her flower garden, create landscapes, ride motorcycles, and read. Click here to connect with Iris on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not long ago I was invited to take part in one of the more than fifty Tero Clinics created by Tero International. I was asked to fill out a personal assessment and then, several weeks later, directed to attend a 90-minute Zoom event. Here Liz Cooney, the Director of Training for Tero International and I talk about that experience which, quite frankly, blew me away. Click through to learn with Everything DISC is all about, the way it is presented and the eye-opening impact it had. This simple yet powerful model describes four basic styles: Dominance, Influence, Conscientiousness and Steadiness. Know yours and be able to deal with others. Fascinating.  Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour. 

In this Powerful at Work Radio episode, Maureen Ross Gemme shares her personal story of overcoming addiction. With over 35 years of sobriety, Maureen knows what it takes to help employees feel safe and connected at work. Whether someone on your team has an addiction to alcohol, gambling, or even work (yes being a workaholic is an addiction), there are ways that you can support them. It starts with building a culture where people aren't scared of you. Leaders can also use assessments, such as DISC, to understand their strengths and to play to the strengths of their employees. Tune in to hear more from Maureen about why she wishes people would stop contributing to the stigma of addiction and help make a difference instead… Episode Outline: [01:37] Maureen shares her story of overcoming addiction and how far she's come in 35 years of sobriety. [03:58] We come to work and we sometimes think we need to shut our personality off, but that's the thing we need to influence more… [10:46] You can be a high achieving competent person, but unless they can connect you as a person, they're afraid to fail, they're afraid to take risks. [14:51] There is help for you out there, here's how to get the help you need… [18:56] Creating an environment for your employees to thrive… About Maureen Ross-Gemme: Maureen Ross-Gemme was a drug addict and alcoholic as a teenager and into her early 20s. She got help and achieved a complete transformation which led to an amazing life. With over 35 years of sobriety, she had a corporate career and now coaches and trains leaders on how to improve their culture at work by doing their own deep inner work. Maureen loves to ride her motorcycle, play with her grandchildren and helps people develop a solid inner support system. Maureen is an Authorized Partner of Everything DiSC and helps leaders to create a culture of caring at work. Connect with Maureen: Website: https://emergeleadershipacademy.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emergentleadership/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureenrossgemme/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emergeleadership/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrgmentor/ Podcast: https://emergeleadershipacademy.com/podcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCArtSJlSvO4SkATXyZkUJ7w?view_as=subscriber Follow Rosa Ponce de Leon and Powerful at Work Radio: Website: https://rosaponcedeleon.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-ponce-de-leon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosa_PdL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosaponcedeleoncoach/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RosaPoncedeLeonCoach

Meet Brett CooperBrett Cooper and his partner, Evans Kerrigan, help professionals like you build work relationships that really work. Over the last twenty years, they've influenced thousands of people in government, non-profits, and corporate America to work together in more productive, more effective, and more human ways. Through Integris Performance Advisors—the firm they co-founded—Brett and Evans have helped clients increase employee engagement, improve efficiency, and generate hundreds of millions in financial benefit. Brett and Evans are widely recognized thought leaders and popular speakers on team dynamics, leadership, and operational excellence. Their keynotes always leave audiences inspired and ready to make a real impact. Find Brett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettmcooper/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettmcooper/) Over the last 20 years, I've had the honor of influencing thousands of people in government, non-profits, and corporate America to work together in more productive, more effective, and more human ways. My book—Solving the People Problem—shares these ideas through personal stories and research-based insights. Through Integris Performance Advisors—a firm I founded with Evans Kerrigan—I provide organizations with the assessments, services and guidance they need to develop exemplary leaders, build cohesive teams, increase employee engagement, and improve financial performance. ➤HOW I CAN BE OF SERVICE ★ Are you an HR/L&D/OD professional? I support the self-sufficiency of people like you. I can give you access to proven leadership development assessments and products, and provide you with the “train-the-trainer” tools and Certifications you need to serve your own team or clients. Need hands-on support for live or virtual workshops? My team includes some of the most accomplished facilitators you'll find anywhere. We specialize in DISC-EQ, Everything DiSC, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, The Leadership Challenge, Lean Six Sigma. ★ Are you a CEO or other senior leader in a small or mid-market organization? I can help you build a healthy and high performing culture. The ideas in my book—Solving the People Problem—and the services provided by my company—Integris—have helped hundreds of companies improve leadership behaviors, team cohesion, employee engagement and overall organizational performance. ★ Are you planning a live or virtual event? Are you a podcast host? I love to share what I've learned about human interaction in fun and engaging ways. I'd be thrilled to be a keynote or guest on your podcast. ★ Are you an individual leader? Please read my book—Solving the People Problem. ➤ON A PERSONAL NOTE I coordinate “Stand Down” events that serve homeless Veterans in the San Francisco area. I'm on the board of Partners in Sustainable Learning, a nonprofit bringing childhood education to marginalized communities in the developing world. I'm married to the love of my life Maxine, and I have two fantastic daughters, Sophia & Olivia. - DiSC Style: iD - MBTI type: ENFP - Top Values: Family—Freedom—Service ➤CONTACT | LEARN MORE - Brett.Cooper@IntegrisPA.com - SolvingThePeopleProblem.com - IntegrisPA.com

0:00 Welcome to Season 4 of Agile Digital Business podcast. Introduction by the host, Vickie Maris. Topics of leadership, personal development, team development and team communications. :34 Insight about the music for the podcast and the accordion in the mix. 1:37 Upcoming leadership and team development programs; and music events 2:12 Frontline Leadership, April 6-7, 2022 - taught by Gar Trusley and Paul Slaggert; hosted in Indianapolis, Indiana by the Kelley School of Business Executive Education (this leadership program was previously named Supervisory Development when it was offered in South Bend, Indiana) 2:30 Developing the Effective Technical Leader, April 5-7, 2022, is taught by Dr. Pete DeLisle. The program is held in Bloomington, Indiana and is also hostsed by Kelley School of Business Executive Education. This program was previously called Engineering Leadership when it was offered in South Bend, Indiana. 3:22 Take the Everything DiSC "Workplace" assessment & participate in a 90-minute facilitated discussion (virtual), "What's your style in Everything DiSC?" 4:35 Learn about the custom program you can bring to your team - an experiential learning event with an acoustic rock band about team communications 4:56 Music dates 5:02 Scott Greeson, Vickie Maris & Brady Joseph - music via a FB Live; 8:30 pm EST from the Facebook page 5:35 Concert at TAF on May 7, 2022; 7:30 pm EST - Scott Greeson, Michael Kelsey, Vickie Maris and Courtney Von Drehle 6:47 Notes about the new version of the introductory episode for Agile Digital Business. 7:44 Mention of a possible new show name in the works for the podcast. 8:02 In Season 4, host Vickie Maris is exploring the topics of leadership, personal development, team development and team communications. 8:10 Vickie Maris is a certified facilitator of the DiSC Profile, or more specifically, the "Workplace" profile in the portfolio of content from Everything DiSC. She also facilitates The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. Both these are Wiley brands.  8:21 The podcast was on hold in 2021 as the business was being launched: Teach. Inspire. Connect.  8:47 Several speaking engagements occurred in 2021 and several more speaking and facilitating engagements are on the books in the new year. 9:11 Background about Vickie Maris 10:51 Feeling grateful for the podcast medium. 11:02 Capturing nuggets of wisdom in leadership, team development and team communications. 11:32 Information about the opportunity to take the Everything DiSC Workplace assessment and to participate in the virtual, 90-minute discussion. 12:33 Information about the team experiential learning event with an acoustic rock band 13:12 In the program, you can select which assessment you would want to have your team take. A few of the options include Everything DiSC Workplace, Everything DiSC Productive Conflict, Everything DiSC Agile EQ and more. 14:40 What is an Authorized Partner - Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors 15:15 How to enroll in facilitator certification for Everything DiSC or The Five Behaviors 15:45 Thank you for checking out Episode 37 of the show 16:20 How to set up a call for talking about how any of the To join the email newsletter list, text DISCPROFILE to 855-797-1558. 17:18 Include the hashtag #teachinspireconnect when you share out the podcast in your social media channels. 18:07 Let's go out and Teach. Inspire. and Connect!

This week, we combined the two-part series called 'Why Do They Do That' in one episode to give you real-life applicable steps to recognize four primary work styles and the key differences that make each style tick and what can get in their way.Have you ever looked at the people you work with and wonder, “why do they do that?” It is so important for leaders to recognize that there are many ways people are motivated and inspired in the workplace. Knowing how to adapt your communication to the individual can be your secret sauce.If you are a leader who wants to increase your capability to lead with greater impact and influence, this podcast will provide you with applicable and practical solutions for extraordinary leadership.Some of the topics that we will be covering are:Four core workstyles Specific ways that each workstyle contributes to a teamImportance of adapting to the different styles on your teamHow to develop and manage the teamDescribing instead of labeling the personalitiesRecognizing and utilizing the dynamic of the teamBonus from Lori Gorrell: ebook Why Do They Do That?Resources that we referred to: Everything DiSC assessmentshttps://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/services/training/disc-assessments/http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/everything-disc/To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/To connect with Lori Gorrell visit http://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/

SJ Barakony is an American small business founder with a boundless appreciation for people, entrepreneurship, liberty, & lifelong learning. He has ties to multiple business ventures: He started the Education Sherpa in late 2011; over the next 8+ years, he has been offered a number of opportunities to partner with others, inc. the H7 Network; StartUpSpace; The Entrepreneurial Leap; Bee Konnected, & Web Strategy + / Social Media Enthusiasts. To learn more about SJ connect with him on LinkedIn by CLIKCING HERE or by email him at sj@sbsl.education.  GET YOUR ONLINE COURSE TODAY (Promo code ROMINA) VISIT WWW.CONNECTWITHROMINA.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW AND ROMINA  

There was once a time when a leaders' style was the blueprint for every interaction. Subordinates were expected to modify their own behavior in order to work successfully with that leader.But in the 25 years since the publication of Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, many businesses have recognized that a successful team dynamic necessitates first understanding one's own motivations, behavior styles, and internal biases and then understanding the same for each other team member. Then modifying our behavior to achieve the teams' goal with as little friction as possible.Our guest this episode is Adrian Porter. Adrian is a Vice President at the Austin Alliance Group and will be discussing Navigating Team Dynamics using Emotional Intelligence at Fort Worth HR's Strategic Mindset Conference on September 17th. During this thirty-minute episode, Mike and Adrian discuss emotional intelligence, measuring EQ, and adult's core behaviors and whether they can be changed.About our Guest:Adrian Porter possesses a diverse business background that includes over 20 years in corporate administrative positions such as VP of Administration, Office Manager, Project Management Administrator, and Executive Assistant.  She has a proven track record of guiding business owners and C-Suite executive leaders to shine. She is the implementer; she gets great joy out of helping others be successful. Around the office, she is often known as the “hot pink duct tape”. Her superpower is finding the right place for all of the pieces and creating a beautiful ensemble.  With experience in a number of industries including Title Companies, Finance, Civil Engineering, and Human Resources Consulting, Adrian's career is filled with success stories of helping executives build the business of the business while they concentrate on the development of their product or service. Adrian joined the team at Austin Alliance Group in 2019 as VP of Administration & Client Experience. She enjoys all aspects of office administration, content development and facilitating client learning experiences. Adrian holds an AAS in Business Administration and is a Certified Facilitator in the proven communication tool Everything DiSC®.http://www.austinalliancegroup.com/Good Morning, HR is brought to you by Imperative—premium background checks with fast and friendly service. For more information about our commitment to quality and excellent customer service, visit us at imperativeinfo.com.If you are an HRCI or SHRM-certified professional, this episode of Good Morning, HR has been pre-approved for half a recertification credit. To obtain the recertification information for this episode, visit goodmorninghr.com.

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome Brett M. Cooper, President & Co-Founder, Integris Performance Advisors / Best-Selling Author Do you want to hear from the author of the #1 rated book by Entrepreneur Magazine's "9 Must-Read Books for 2021"? If so, you've come to the right place at The EdUp Experience Podcast! Brett talks all about his best-selling book "Solving the People Problem", including why reading this book will help develop your inner self-awareness. With more sense of self, and armed with better emotional intelligence tools, you'll be enabled to become a driving force for team cohesion, effectiveness, and productivity within your organization. Brett is the visionary President of Integris Performance Advisors, a professional development firm he co-founded to expand the existence of healthy organizations and great places to work. By creatively bringing together concepts from The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (by Patrick Lencioni), The Leadership Challenge (by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner), Everything DiSC and Lean Six Sigma, Brett and his team have influenced thousands of people in government, non-profits and corporate America to work together in more productive, more effective and more human ways. Thanks so much for tuning in. Join us again next time for another episode! Contact Us! Connect with the hosts - Elvin Freytes, Elizabeth Leiba, and Dr. Joe Sallustio ● If you want to get involved, leave us a comment or rate us! ● Join the EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Follow us on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thanks for listening!

I've had the privilege to work with several mentors over the years, and I can personally attest to the power of having someone in your corner who can help you find the clarity you need to navigate life's choices.  If you have anyone who looks up to you (and you should have at least one person), then this episode is for you!Find out:The difference between a coach and a mentor What it takes to be a great mentorHow Greg navigates different coaching scenariosHow to know if you have a good coach About Today's Guest: Greg BallardGreg has held many unique titles in his professional career and has seen many ups and downs in his life. During these transitions, he discovered his passion for mentoring and leadership development. As the CEO and founder of Five C Consulting, Greg works with CEOs to small business owners to improve their mindset, business habits and overall approach in order to improve productivity, communication, strategic decision making and many other challenges leaders face.  With Greg’s help, clients are more prepared and better equipped to deliver difficult feedback, navigate politics and influence their peers. Greg helps to pave the way for personal development with his clients as well. He serves and supports his clients by offering the right tools and insight to set them on a clear path and helps them understand how to maintain their progress. Greg is a Certified Professional Coach, Professional Certified Coach, Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, PXT Select and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner. "I love to serve people through coaching, and believe each and every person possesses a unique and powerful gift."LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwballard/Website: https://five.consulting.comInstagram: @greg.ballrdFacebook: https://facebook.com/fivecconsultingEmail: greg@fivec.consultingAbout the PodcastThe Lead with Levity podcast is a show for leaders who care deeply about what makes/breaks the employee experience. Our guests are dynamic researchers, practitioners, consultants, and business leaders. We cover foundational elements that are needed to avoid forcing the fun. We also invite lively managers who lead with levity to show us how it’s done. Thanks for joining us on this journey.

Today we’re going to talk about understanding “Energy Leadership” as it relates to communication and mastering buy-in.  Today’s return guest, Greg Ballard, is a Certified Professional Coach, an expert in Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, an authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and a Master Practitioner in “Energy Leadership”…which is designed to help clients discover their “filters” and how those filters influence their results and achievements.

On this episode of Saturday Strategy, host Johnny Themans welcomes George Blakeway, Owner of The Fruitful Toolbox, which helps business owners create real, sustainable, behavioural and cultural change, develop world class leaders and managers, and transform organisational performance using Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviours. Do you want to learn how to manage your team better and be the best leader you can be? George is here to talk about his strategic framework for team development and team management, as well as the advantages of his recently developed diagnostic team culture tool, Team Performance Scan. George also describes the critical roles of culture, recruitment, and skills-based development in building and retaining a successful team. “We need to invest a bit more time and thought in: How do I get the most out of encouraging people to collaborate and to actually feel a sense of collectiveness?” - George Blakeway If you’re interested in improving the performance of your team and your organisation, tune in to learn the strategic tools and tactics that will help you become a better leader. Team Performance Scan: · Team Performance Scan is a tried and tested tool which enables teams to reach their full potential and deliver enhanced results · TPS measures the 10 key themes of team performance and highlights strengths and areas for development · TPS then suggests course of action to work on which will improve development areas · TPS tracks improvement over time to maintain focus and measure your return on your investment To learn more about Team Performance Scan, visit: www.team-performance-scan.com/about About our Guest: George Blakeway is a learning and development consultant, as well as the owner and Managing Director of The Fruitful Group and The Fruitful Toolbox. Working with some of the highest performing teams in both sport and business, George and his team have developed the Team Performance Scan. This powerful tool helps us measure, improve and track the success of our team as we strive to realise our business ambitions. Connect with George on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/george-blakeway-b5560016 To learn more about The Fruitful Toolbox, visit: www.thefruitfultoolbox.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/good2great/message

Today we’re going to talk about Aligning Your Teams with Your Organization’s Mission and Ability to Grow.  Our guest is Greg Ballard, Certified Professional Coach and expert in Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, an authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and a PXT Select and Energy Leadership Master Practitioner. Listen while Greg dives deep into the purpose and intent of your organization’s mission, and how that feeds into growing your teams

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Brian Tracy “Leaders are innovative, entrepreneurial and future oriented.  They focus on getting the job done.” Check Out These Highlights:  Is your team working from home?  Have you been able to shift your skills to accommodate this new landscape of business and leadership? I think an even bigger question may be, are you prepared for what is yet to come?  Are you curious and innovative enough to continue to shift your sails now to remain relevant? About Cheryl Ellis: Cheryl Ellis is the author of Becoming Deliberate:  Changing the Game of Leadership from the Inside Out. Cheryl is the Deliberate Leadership Expert and Culture Coach. She is a Certified High-Performance Coach & Founding Member of John Maxwell's Team of Coaches, Trainers and Speakers.  Cheryl is also a Certified Facilitator for 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, Everything DiSC, Productive Conflict, and PXT Select. How to get in touch with Cheryl Ellis: http://ellisbusinessenterprises.com/ cheryl@ellisbusinessenterprises.com 5 Free Gifts:   http://bit.ly/5giftsforyou Stalk me online! Website:  https://whitmanassoc.com/ Apple Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-centered-sales-leader/id1543243616 Connie's #1 International Bestseller Book - ESP (Easy Sales Process): 7-Step to Sales Success:  https://whitmanassoc.com/resources/ Download Free Communication Style Assessment:  www.whitmanassoc.com/csa Connie's ESP (Easy Sales Process) MasterClass:  https://whitmanassoc.com/espmasterclass/   Subscribe and listen to the Heart-Centered Sales Leader Podcast on your favorite podcast streaming service or on YouTube.  New episodes post every Monday on webtalkradio.net - listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business. 

In this episode, we've got the Founder of High Impact Leadership, Laura Johnston. Laura has spent the last 20 years supporting and partnering with entrepreneurs. She is passionate about helping business leaders navigate the important steps to realize sustainable growth using proven models. While raising five children, she realized that real-life shows up in business and how prioritizing and building systems can allow business leaders to be more present in all of the things important to them! Laura is a Master Certified Coach of the Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching Program as well as a partner with the Everything DiSC and The Five Behaviors. She is an ardent fan of the philosophies and tools available within these programs and delights in helping her clients accurately identify their leadership strengths and gaps and assist in developing a plan of action to gain rapid insight into operational health and boost value. We talk about the 4A's they work with their clients, where the 3rd one is ACTION, Laura talks about why it's important to understand your tendencies while working with other people, and Laura finishes on why you need to create a follow-up system to continue your success. Check it out! [00:01 – 02:18] Opening Segment I introduce our guest, Laura Johnston with Travis Rohrer I briefly talk about the great values that await you in this episode Connect with Laura and Travis. See links below [02:19 – 08:56] Laura's learning journey and Masterminds Laura talks about how her learning changed from her early years vs today Getting into communities with experts helped me do bigger and really change my learning and thinking  Laura talks about her mentors and the masterminds she's been in Paying to play and take you to a different level How masterminds helped Laura in resetting and getting herself unstuck [08:57 – 17:41] Self-Education and Laura's reality Laura's thoughts about the Parallels on Self-education and Traditional Education Chance for our youth to look outside of the box and find ways to jump the traditional education system What people can expect when they enter Laura's reality and High Impact Leadership The 4A's of High Impact Leadership Awareness Assessments Action Achievement Success stories from people who joined her mastermind/group/event [17:42 – 25:00] Creating Success The key ingredient when it comes to being successful Exciting things that Laura has in store for the next 12 months Surrounding ourselves with people who found success despite the 2020 crisis Creating a follow-up system that's focused more on customer engagement not just customer service  Tips/Tactics Actionable Items from Laura Johnston Having a follow-up system is a huge key If you need help with setting up a follow-up system. Connect with Laura! See links below Final Thoughts Tweetable Quotes: “I'm a mother of five, and I've always encouraged my children to have experts in their life trainers, coaches, and tutors.” - Laura Johnston “Getting into communities with experts helped me to do bigger, and really changed my learning and thinking.” - Laura Johnston “Nothing's ever going to change unless you put those things and plans into action.” - Laura Johnston Resources Mentioned: https://www.highimpactleadership.us/ (High Impact Leadership) Connect with Laura on https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-johnston-hil/ (LinkedIn) or email her at Laura@highimpactleadership.us Connect with Travis on https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-rohrer-hil/ (LinkedIn) or email him at travis@highimpactleadership.us  Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at brandon@thesuccessfinder.com You can connect with me, Brandon Straza, onhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonstraza/ ( LinkedIn),https://www.instagram.com/brandonstraza/ ( Instagram), or send me an email athttps://my.captivate.fm/brandon@thesuccessfinder.com ( brandon@thesuccessfinder.com). I'd love to...

In this episode of "Tell Me More," host Renee Changnon sits down to talk with Lesley Davies-Baptista of Paint Fair in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Lesley and her team recently incorporated Everything DiSC in their operation. She discusses the impact of the assessments on her and her colleagues, what it was like reviewing the results with Kim Peffley from NHPA and how she plans to implement Everything DiSC moving forward with her current and future staff members.   Music Credits: "Ingenuity" by Lee Rosevere "Puzzle Pieces" by Lee Rosevere

This week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Michelle Reines. Michelle is the founder of the Badass Leader brand and best-selling book, From Bad to Badass leader. Michelle worked extensively in the corporate world for years racking up accolades, awards, and being featured throughout top publications. But something was missing. She was making multiple 6-figures per year and crushing it in business, but she wasn’t fulfilled. So, Badass Leader was born. It came out of a desire to create a cool, approachable, edgy, humorous, more relatable leadership development resource for every day front line leaders, middle managers, executive entrepreneurs, and the up and coming generation of leaders. Michelle put her money where her mouth was. She quit her job, went from making several hundred thousand dollars a year to making $25k a year and creating Badass Leadership. And nowadays, Michelle and Badass Leadership are one of the most sought after leadership training groups in the business. So, I asked her to come the show and teach you how to be a Badass Leader. ​ www.BadassLeader.com Michelle’s exodus from corporate America stemmed from a tragedy. At 49 years old, her mom passed away. It was a shock. Her mother had a sudden heart attack while she slept with no red flags, being healthy, etc. When Michelle turned 47, she got to thinking – what if I only have 2 years left? She had discovered that she had some of the same risk factors as her mother. She embraced the mindset of living like you were dying. She stepped away from corporate America in 2011 to fulfill a dream to help leaders. She had struggled learning how to lead and learning to be effective as leader before figuring it out and having get success and knew she could help others succeed faster and easier. In her first year, she made just under $25k and was absolutely thrilled and knew she had something. She succeeded wildly over the next couple years and then decided to take it to a new level with the Badass Leader brand. She started Badass to bridge a training gap that existed and provide and easier to understand and implement leadership structure for success. What was the hardest part of transitioning from employee to entrepreneur and what advice would you give others looking to do that same? Fear. In particular for Michelle, it was disqualifying herself (I’m not ready yet or I’m not good enough). Michelle really took hold of the phrase, “If it is to be, it is up to me” and took it to heart, embodying it. Don’t shoot yourself down before you’ve given yourself a shot. Say yes and figure out how. Look at the fear as excitement and opportunity – let it fuel you and give you momentum. All possibility lies in living outside your comfort zone. What is a Badass Leader? Someone who is fearless and willing to live outside their comfort zone, focused on people over performance. They really get that it has everything to do with how we care for us. To get the performance you seek, you must love, develop, and support your people as a leader to become their absolute best. What is the difference between being in a position of leadership and being an actual leader? There is a difference between managing and leading. Managers micromanage and are afraid to show weakness – thus are insecure and rely on ego. It’s not just about performance. It is about consistent results by helping people reach their great. It is about creating an environment for people where they want to “play their ass off for you and the team.” Tell us about the 12 principles. Can we go through each one of them and why it matters and how we can institute them? Don’t be an ass. You cannot be oblivious. Learn what is working and not working and what you need to do differently. Know thyself. Stop, Drop, Take a Selfie. You must become self-aware. You need to get clarity on how to best communicate and how others need to communicate with you. Everything DISC is one of the best. Let’s Talk About Trust. Trust is the foundation on which every Badass team is built. You simply cannot succeed without trust in your team and then of you. Put Your People First. Make sure they know and see you put them first. Prioritize people over performance. Performance is an outcome from great leadership. Be an Epic Coach. Put your people first and coach them to accelerate their success. Work at becoming a good coach for them. Building a Badass Team. Once you are an epic coach and leveraging the other lessons, you can build a Badass team. Each lesson builds on top of the other. Make Sure People Are Evolving. This when you stretch yourself and your team our of your comfort zones and live into their potential. Suck it Up Buttercup. This is focused on the leader. Stuff is going to happen. Problems are going to arise – big ones. You are in the spotlight and people are watching you. It’s your job to navigate through the problems and challenges and shy away from them. Get comfortable with “the suck.” Don’t Be a Kiss-Ass. Don’t fall prey to sucking up and kissing ass. Learn how to be respectfully sugar-fee. You have to communicate effectively to your leaders and without being manipulative or politicking. Be a Groupie. Love, love, love your team. Be a groupie for them – not yourself. As a leader, their success is your success. Expand Your Tribe. Learn from others that are succeeding and share and cross-pollinate with your peers. It will accelerate your success. Love Somebody Like You. There is nothing more important than health and your time with those you love. Take care of yourself and make sure to prioritize those you love. Anything else to share? Be you and do you. Don’t sacrifice who you are to succeed. Stay true to yourself. Trust your instincts.   Best Quote: "If it is to be, it is up to me..."   Michelle's Misfit 3: Get to know your selfie. Use DISC or a similar type assessment. Focus on developing your epic coaching skills.Become an architect of people. Expand your tribe and do it now. Expand peer relationships, get mentors, etc. Show Sponsors: Believe in People:  https://believeinpeoplebook.com/Lukas 5 Minute Journal: www.MisfitEntrepreneur.com/Journal  

You have one mouth and two ears, use them proportionately. I love this saying by Judge Judy. It is a quick reminder to ourselves that, yes, we are equipped to ‘listen’. What I have discovered as an executive coach to high-achievers, is that by effectively listening to others especially during contentious conversations, you can connect with the other person in a meaningful way, stick to the facts and avoid getting dragged into the triggering emotions of a difficult conversation. “Easy in concept yet difficult in execution” but one thing you’ll come to discover over time, is that it takes practice! Whether it is the presidential election, a contentious conversation with your boss, colleague, parent, friend, significant other, your ability to gain self-mastery of navigating difficult conversations is an essential skill in your pursuit of your executive ambitions. Enjoy today’s interview with Robyn Hatcher, a communications expert and author of Speaking Ovation Presentations, a sought-after keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, one-on-one coach and consultant and Founder/Owner of SpeakEtc. She’s also a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and an Everything DiSC® partner. Coach Mo Knows Tip If you’re ready to get seen, get heard and get ahead, join Robyn’s exclusive Communication workout group! https://robyn-hatcher.mykajabi.com/communication-workout First 10 people to reach out to her will receive a 25% discount off of the annual membership. Email Robyn at Robyn@SpeakEtc.com Robyn Hatcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynhatcher Coaching Question: What is your plan for gaining clarity of your communications style and understanding your communications ‘need’ as identified by Robyn in today’s podcast? Inspiration: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood". By Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,

Picture this – you were hired to do one job only to find out later that you also have many unexpected "other duties as assigned". What do you do when you are expected to manage tasks and team members in a deadline and priority-driven environment, yet many other tasks and meetings continue to creep up on your calendar? In this session, we discuss key strategies, tools, and tricks to help you feel more in control of your time so you can manage your projects and programs more effectively. You will walk away with tools and techniques you can use immediately so that your project management role is contributing 100% to your mission. Topics: Identifying internal and external factors that impact our completion of key deliverables Strategies to reduce surprises, and maintain greater work efficiencies Ideas to balance and prioritize what is currently on your plate with new and unexpected changes Tips you can use immediately to take better charge of your time Speakers: Linda Howard, PMP, CMC | Founder, https://howardconsultingllc.com/ (Howard Consulting, LLC) Linda helps nonprofit leaders who want to improve the performance of their projects and teams so they can have greater mission impact. Linda is also a Project Management Professional, a Certified Management Consultant, and an Everything DiSC and 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team facilitator. On a personal note, Linda is absolutely in love with the outdoors and can often be found wandering in the woods, kayaking on a lazy river, or searching for a quiet place to enjoy the next sunset. Rachel Werner | CEO, https://www.rbwstrategy.com/ (RBW Strategy, LLC) Rachel provides grants and project management consulting support to nonprofits, government and business entities. If you are interested in learning how RBW Strategy can maintain and build your organization’s charitable investments through fundraising or project management, please contact us at info@rbwstrategy.com or check out our https://www.rbwstrategy.com/ (website). Want to see additional resources? https://resources.foundant.com/ (Visit resources.foundant.com) https://grantseekers.foundant.com/events/ (Register for a webinar) and your question might be heard in a future episode! Brought to you by Foundant Technologies.

O papo hoje foi com Marcelo Egéa, Mentor, Consultor, Responsável e Fanático em melhorar a vida das pessoas, despertando seus talentos e sua liderança através do trabalho. Especialista em aprimoramento de comportamento e desempenho humano, gosta de se descrever como um propagador de mudanças. Psicólogo com pós-graduação em administração (com ênfase em gestão da qualidade), é CEO da www.SerTotal.com. Atua como consultor, conferencista, mentor e coach há 32 anos. Seus clientes incluem empresas como GM Financial, DuPont, Louis Dreyfus Company, Campari e Ericsson, entre outras, em toda a América Latina. É certificado em MTa Learning, PNL e Everything DISC, Neurocoaching e ToGrow Model. Organizou no Brasil por 09 anos o Global Management Challenge, competição global com jogos de negócio, presente em mais de 30 países. Siga a Ser Total no Linkedin: SerTotal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachcast2020/message

Building on a successful career as a senior manager leading large teams, managing multi-million-pound budgets and operating at board level, Julie now works with companies and organizations that are going through change and need to improve their internal relationships. Her specific expertise is in people management, handling conflict, and effective communication. Julie is an outstanding executive coach. She's a certified master trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a Certified Coach, a certified trainer in Everything DiSC®, a certified Havening Techniques® practitioner, a certified professional speaker, and also a firewalk instructor. Combining exceptional listening skills with a creative and empowering approach, Julie assists organizations and individuals to realize their vision. Julie loves life and one of her great characteristics is in ‘exploding warmth' wherever she goes!   You can find everything you want to know about what Julie has to offer at: http://www.aha-success.co.uk/

Continuing from the previous episode, with the question of “why do they do that?” Now that you know how to adapt your communication let’s start to recognize these different personalities.If you are a leader who wants to increase your capability to lead with greater impact and influence, this podcast will provide you with applicable and practical solutions for extraordinary leadership.In this tenth episode of Lead Me On podcast, Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell are giving you real life applicable steps to recognize four primary work styles and the key differences that make each style tick and what can get in their way.Some of the topics that we will be covering are:• How to develop and manage the team• Describing instead of labeling the personalities• Recognizing and utilizing the dynamic of the teamBonus from Lori Gorrell: ebook Why Do They Do That?Resources that we referred to: Everything DiSC assessmentshttps://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/services/training/disc-assessments/http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/everything-disc/To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/ , To connect with Lori Gorrell visit http://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/.

Have you ever looked at the people you work with and wonder, “why do they do that?” It is so important as leaders to recognize that there are many ways people are motivated and inspired in the workplace. Knowing how to adapt your communication to the individual can be your secret sauce.If you are a leader who wants to increase your capability to lead with greater impact and influence, this podcast will provide you with applicable and practical solutions for extraordinary leadership.In this ninth episode of Lead Me On podcast, Lori King-Taylor and Lori Gorrell are giving you real life applicable steps to recognize four primary work styles and the key differences that make each style tick and what can get in their way.Some of the topics that we will be covering are:Four core workstyles Specific ways that each workstyle contributes to a teamImportance of adapting to the different styles on your teamBonus from Lori Gorrell: ebook Why Do They Do That?Resources that we referred to: Everything DiSC assessmentshttps://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/services/training/disc-assessments/http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/everything-disc/To connect with Lori King-Taylor visit http://trinityperformancesolutions.com/ , To connect with Lori Gorrell visit http://www.upwardsolutionscc.com/.

MINDSET MONDAY - Don’t Try. Do.Andrée Martin is Your Leadership Mindset & Golf Performance CoachAndrée Martin is an LPGA Class A Life Member, a Nationally Recognized Top 50 Golf Teacher and Expert, and a member of the Maine Golf Hall of Fame.Recognizing Golf’s value as a business tool in today’s competitive marketplace, Andrée works with individuals, groups, corporate or organizational clients to create educational and team-building programs that enhance the professional success of aspiring executives.Andrée returns to the Success InSight Podcast for another episode of Mindset Monday, to chat about Don’t Try. Do.Key points include:It’s easy to keep trying to get it right, that you never actually go out and just do it.When you’re in The Zone, you’re just doing and beingWhen you train yourself to get into the flow, that’s when you create power, momentum, and energyTo learn more about Andrée and her work, you can visit her on the following sites:WebsiteLinkedInFacebook #1Facebook #2YouTubeClick here to learn more about how Everything DiSC personality instrument can assist you and your organization to improve individual and team communication, build stronger relationships, and have more productive conflict.The SuccessInSight Podcast is a production of Fox Coaching, Inc. and First Story Strategies.

After over 25 years in corporate HR, Marion established the Witte Consulting Group in 2019, an HR consulting, career/executive coaching and team facilitation business.  We discuss: The “lucky” ones who are victims of organizational restructuring [2:00] Listening as a way to fine-tune the areas to work on [5:11] The power of referrals: having your very first client cold call you [9:04] The pillars of positive mind and maintenance during tough times [11:48] The success and monetary value in saying “no” [14:25] The ideal client of an HR consultant and executive coach [15:59] The most important thing to do after a job loss [17:23] Leveraging her experience in the chemical and life sciences industries especially DSM and Dow Chemical Marion develops people and organizations globally. Marion is a Certified Master coach and an Everything DiSC national partner. She received her MBA in Human Resources from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Marion believes that everyone has a story that deserves to be heard and she enables leaders and teams to find their potential Learn more about Marion at  LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/witteconsultinggroup) . Brief Description of Gift Complimentary one hour coaching session URL for Free Gift Message Marion on  LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/witteconsultinggroup)  or send her an email at marion@witteconsultinggroup.com

Episode #13 - Women Success Blockers and How to Eliminate Them. Ladies, what's blocking your success? Is it fear, confidence, being selfless, courage, conditioning, lack of skillset or something else? This week's guest: Suzan Marie Chin-Taylor As a coach and consultant using Everything DiSC®, Suzan helps organizations create immediate and lasting impact on performance and productivity by connecting people on a human level to deliver “A-ha!” moments that transform workplaces into collaborative, thriving cultures.   FREE GIFT: Stressed Out to Stress Free Leaders eBook - Download now! https://bit.ly/Stress-FreeLeader Store: https://bit.ly/CoffeewithRhondaStore Coffee with Rhonda FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/CoffeewithRhonda Connect with me Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CoachRhondaYWilliams1 Download: Pawse The Emoji (Free): On iTunes or visit http://www.pawsetheemoji.com Interested in Contacting Rhonda about coaching or event speaking: or Text: 469-304-9970 Coaching: Book a complimentary dream life discovery call: http://https://realdreamlife.as.me/Comp-Leader-Success-Call    Publications/Books: The UCR Advantage: How to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence http://a.co/d/bIDX5GY The Dream Life Roadmap: 10 Essential Factors for Living Your Dream Life  http://a.co/d/dDBv0n9 Are You Out of Your _____ Mind? A Woman's Guide to Successfully Surviving Infidelity  http://a.co/d/41uV2I8     

Today's guest is Melissa Haveman, an executive coach, author, certified trainer for Everything DiSC ...and an accredited facilitator for The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. As an award-winning educator, she loves helping emerging leaders develop their leadership skills, facilitating vision and strategy sessions and retreats, and working with nonprofits and businesses to create and nurture people-centered, cohesive teams that achieve extraordinary results. Melissa is also the creator of Delete the Doubt, a program that helps writers delete their doubt and fear and finish their creative projects.Tune in as she shares specific tactics on deleting doubt and fear from your life!She profoundly says, "I'd like to think my story is one that may encourage others to believe in their strengths and to value themselves. My key takeaway has been that sometimes you have to leap and take the risk in order to grow and be true to you."Learn more and connect with Melissa here:www.creativelycentered.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-haveman-4956a7172/https://www.instagram.com/creativelycenteredcoaching/https://www.facebook.com/creativelycenteredcoaching/https://twitter.com/Cr8tivecenter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Deb Terry - President & Founder of SkillblendersFor over 17 years ago, Deb's focus has been to help people identify and leverage their skills, values, and experiences in their chosen areas. Deb shares about her work with individuals, organizations, and teams, to merge leadership coaching, team and leadership development.Deb has invited her client, Simona Pappalardo, Electronics and Electrical System Senior Director at Whirlpool Corporation, to join her on the podcast to share how the Everything DiSC Assessment has been a key resource for her success in helping to develop members of her team.Please visit https://successinsightpodcast.com to read the full transcript of this episode and to listen to more selections and read the transcripts from our podcast library.You can learn more about Deb and her work by visiting her website, https://skillblenders.comClick here to connect with Deb on LinkedInClick here to connect with Simona on LinkedIn.Deb & Simona's Insights 2 Go, Yes, And, and Year of Yes can be found on Amazon.The SuccessInSight Podcast is a production of Fox Coaching, Inc. and First Story Strategies.

Mike is the Managing Partner of X5 Management, providing Training, Coaching and Consulting services to middle market businesses since 2006. They support businesses in the areas of: Customer Service, Sales Growth, Team Building, Leadership Development and Strategic Planning. Mike is the best-selling author of “REMARKABLE SERVICE – How to Keep Your Doors Open” and RELATIONSHIPS FOR KEEPS – How to Build Powerful Relationships in Business and in Life” Mike holds an MBA from Athabasca University. He is active in the community and is a proud member of Synergy Network (Edmonton), serving as Chair in 2016; Past-President of the ACG Edmonton Chapter and served as the Corporate Growth Summit Chair in 2017. He is known as the voice of the ACG Summit, serving as our Master of Ceremonies for the past six years; Member of the Institute of Corporate Directors; Completion of the Governance for Small & Medium-sized enterprises program at the University of Alberta; Past member of Toastmasters International, obtaining his Distinguished Toastmasters Designation - DTM. The Distinguished Toastmaster award is the highest Toastmasters International bestows. The DTM recognizes a superior level of achievement in both communication and leadership; Member of CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers); Past-President, Rotary Club of Edmonton Mayfield (2005- 06); National TEC Canada Speaker; Mike is a Certified Trainer for Everything DiSC®. Mike and his wife Bonita live in Edmonton and enjoy mountain biking in Edmonton's River Valley or in the majestic mountains of Alberta. www.x5management.com www.mikemack.ca

Mette Hopsdal er sertifisert Everything-DiSC instruktør og i sin rolle som DNA-direktør bruker hun dette refleksjonsverktøyet for å bygge relasjoner og fremme dialog på arbeidsplassen. Ønsker  du å kommunisere bedre ved å forstå din og andres adferdsstil? Besøk Volo AS for mer informasjon. Volo er det norske kompetansesenteret for faglig utvikling, prosesstøtte og sertifisering av Everything DiSC-instruktører. De kan henvise deg til DiSC-instruktører i hele landet, eller forklare deg hvordan arbeidsplassen din kan sertifisere egne DiSC-instruktører, slik at dere er i stand til å bruke verktøyene selv der du jobber. https://www.volo.no

Mette Hopsdal er sertifisert Everything-DiSC instruktør og i sin rolle som DNA-direktør bruker hun dette refleksjonsverktøyet for å bygge relasjoner og fremme dialog på arbeidsplassen. Ønsker du å kommunisere bedre ved å forstå din og andres adferdsstil? Besøk Volo AS for mer informasjon. Volo er det norske kompetansesenteret for faglig utvikling, prosesstøtte og sertifisering av Everything DiSC-instruktører. De kan henvise deg til DiSC-instruktører i hele landet, eller forklare deg hvordan arbeidsplassen din kan sertifisere egne DiSC-instruktører, slik at dere er i stand til å bruke verktøyene selv der du jobber. https://www.volo.no

This week we sit down at Play It Again Sports - Greenville, NC to discuss everything Disc Golf with Vince Tricarico! Most importantly Vince shares with us details on the Greenville Disc Golf Chili Coookoff Fundraiser for the Greenville Food Bank. To participate visit the Greenville Disc Golf (GVDG) group or visit The North Recreational Complex on Febuary 8th. Tune in to find out about the thriving disc golf community in Greenville, NC! Audio available on all the major podcast streamers, Apple, Spotify, etc. just search Greenville, NC and click The PEP Talk. A suprise guest judge for the chili cookoff will be everyone's favorite Chef, Lucas Owens, along side Matt Scully, and Alex Wasilineko of WNCT-TV! Brought to you by: Scott Allenspach - Keller Williams Realty Scott Allenspach - Realtor - Keller Williams The Click Firm

*** Det här en trailer för ett Patreon-exklusivt avsnitt, för att lyssna på hela avsnittet gå in på http://patreon.com/sinnessjukt ***I det hundrafemtiofjärde avsnittet av podden är det återigen dags för Sinnessjukt Dokument. Den här gången en granskning av Thomas Erikson, författaren bakom den pseudovetenskapliga boken ”Omgiven av idioter”, och de ovetenskapliga personlighetstester som han och andra konsulter säljer, inte minst till den offentliga sektorn. Thomas Erikson har tidigare granskats av Filter och utsågs till Årets förvillare 2019 av Vetenskap och Folkbildning. I granskningen kartläggs även hur DISC/DISA-metoden och andra liknande modeller där man delar in människor i olika färger har använts i den offentliga sektorn under de senaste åren. Det handlar om tiotals miljoner kronor av skattemedel som läggs på tester som forskare beskriver som lika tillförlitliga som horoskop, samtidigt som regioner och kommuner tvingas till stora budgetbesparingar. Försvarsmakten, Polismyndigheten, utbildningsväsendet och hälso- och sjukvården anlitar både Thomas Erikson själv och andra managementkonsulter som utbildar i DISC/DISA-modellen och andra liknande modeller – till exempel Insights Discovery som retorikexperten Elaine Eksvärd föreläst om för flera militära regementen i Sverige för hundratusentals kronor. Hälso- och sjukvården tycks lägga i särklass mest pengar på de ovetenskapliga färgtesterna. Fyra av landets tjugoen regioner – Östergötland, Halland, Västernorrland och Västra Götalandsregionen – har anlitat ett och samma managementbolag för DISC-baserade utbildningar under 2019. Bolaget heter Move Management och tillsammans har de fyra regionerna på knappt elva månader lagt över elva miljoner kronor på DISC-utbildningar för främst läkare, som dessutom har haft full lön under utbildningarna, vilket motsvarar kostnader på ett okänt antal miljoner ytterligare. Granskningen av Thomas Erikson bygger på en text ur föreningen Vetenskap och Folkbildnings tidskrift ”Folkvett”. Texten är skriven av Dan Katz som är föreningens sakkunnige på psykologi, och har med författarens och Vetenskap och Folkbildnings godkännande anpassats till poddformat. Dan Katz är legitimerad psykolog och psykoterapeut, och i texten går han själv igenom varför han och föreningen anser att Eriksons framgångar med boken ”Omgiven av idioter” är en av dom största pseudovetenskapliga skandalerna i Sverige dom senaste åren.I podden intervjuas även Magnus Lindwall, som är professor i psykologi på Göteborgs universitet, och Robin Fondberg, som är psykolog och doktorand på Karolinska institutet i Stockholm och har undervisat i personlighet på psykologprogrammet. De förklarar varför DISC, DISA, Everything DISC, Insights Discovery och andra liknande modeller saknar vetenskapligt stöd, och varför de anser att skattemedel som satsas på testerna är bortkastade.Källor till alla ljudklippen i avsnittet, samt alla fakturor och annan dokumentation som styrker uppgifterna i granskningen finns på: http://sinnessjukt.se/omgivenLjudeffekter och musik kommer från: https://www.zapsplat.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Hast is the author of Powerful Listening. Powerful Influence. He is a Speaker, Trainer, Coach, and Consultant.Tim (together with his wife, Ruthie), are Founders of Encore Life Skills, LLCHe and his team provide organizational training, development, and coaching services that focus on leadership, listening, communication, conflict management, mediation, and team building. Tim specializes in facilitating trust-based relationships through group and individual training.Tim invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn, visit their website, and check out his book, Powerful Listening. Powerful Influence. Work Better. Live Better. Love Better.: by Mastering the Art of Skillful Listening on Amazon.Link to Success InSight Podcast: https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/11/tim-hast.html

  Networking is an essential component of a job search and career strategy. In this episode we tackle the art of networking for introverts with career coach, corporate HR professional, public speaker and self proclaimed introvert, Erich Kurschat. Erich shares how introverts can master networking without feeling disingenuous or overwhelmed. He breaks down the dos and don’ts that have worked for him and other introverts alike. For more information about Erich visit www.harmonyinsights.com.    You can also watch the VIDEO of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/xz4GIuXio4w   You can also watch the AUDIO of this podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/user-623998480   Episode Highlights: [05:50] Misconceptions About Introverts  [09:31] Networking like an Introvert  [13:56] How Being an Introvert Can Work in Your Favor  [22:21] Making a Connection  [26:17] Actionable Steps to Mastering Networking  [34:25] Avoiding the Burnout of Networking [39:36] The One Question You Should Ask  [48:54] Well Known Introverts Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Offer Magnet Job Seeker Program: www.JenniferTardy.com/OMJS   Everything DiSC: https://www.everythingdisc.com/harmonyinsights   HRHotSeat: https://www.meetup.com/HRHotSeat-Chicago/  How to Win Friends & Influence People: https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034  High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way: https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Habits-Extraordinary-People/dp/1401952852 

Lindsey A. Zajac is an experienced, Human Resources professional with a demonstrated history of excelling in fast-paced organizations including PepsiCo, Eaton Corporation, Saab Sensis and Next Jump. Training and Development, Talent Management, Recruiting, and Succession Planning are Lindsey’s areas of expertise. Most recently, Lindsey was employed with PepsiCo as a Senior Human Resources Manager in Buffalo, NY supporting the largest market in the country. In this role, Lindsey was responsible for providing HR support for 1,100 union & non-union frontline associates and managers across nine Upstate NY locations. Lindsey served as a Strategic Business Partner with the PepsiCo Upstate NY Leadership team. Lindsey co-led the quarterly “Getting Started as a New Supervisor” training for the entire Northeast Region, training close to one hundred new Supervisors each year. In addition, she helped develop new training content that was later incorporated into the curriculum for Frontline Leader Excellence Training that was rolled out to all Managers across PepsiCo nationwide. Lindsey is a proud recipient of PepsiCo’s most prestigious “You Excel” Award as well as multiple “Way to Go” Awards for delivering exceptional results. In 2018, Lindsey was recruited to join Ahern, Murphy & Associates, where she is able to leverage her passion for leadership development and coaching to help organizations develop and retain their employees while improving their overall performance. Lindsey is an Advanced Certified Leadership Coach and an authorized Everything DiSC partner. Lindsey graduated cum laude from Providence College with a BA in Political Science and a Minor in Women’s Studies. Upon graduation, Lindsey moved to New York City to begin her career in Recruiting, where she worked for a staffing agency on Wall Street specializing in the placement of finance and accounting professionals and then joined a Technology Startup, Next Jump, as the head of recruiting to help the company double in size.

Deb Terry is the Founder of Skillblenders. For over 17 years ago, Deb's focus has been to help people identify and leverage their skills, values, and experiences in their chosen areas. Deb shares about her work with individuals, organizations, and teams, to merge leadership coaching, team and leadership development. Deb introduces Randy and the listener to one of the key tools of her practice, the Everything DiSC Assessment by Wiley Publishing. The DiSC has been a key resource for a lot of her coaching success in helping to develop others.You can learn more about Deb and her work by visiting her website, https://skillblenders.comPlease visit https://successinsightpodcast.com to read the full transcript of this episode and to listen to more selections and read the transcripts from our podcast library.

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” — Lyndon B. Johnson We are just a little over a week post conference and I'm still reeling from all of the great information I learned and relationships that were built!  It's hard to go back to regular life after a life altering experience like the AATH conference! In this episode, I'm talking to my good friend, Dr. Tina Hallis.  Tina is a scientist who turned her focus towards positive psychology and hasn't turned back since.  We talk about her journey, easy tools you can use to improve your life and what the positive edge means to you (and the people around you)! ENJOY! More on Tina... Tina Hallis, Ph.D. is excited to help people and organizations be more positive so they can enjoy better lives and more success. She is a professional speaker, author, and founder of The Positive Edge. Tina is certified in Positive Psychology through the WholeBeing Institute, an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC®, and a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association. She is the author of Sharpen Your Positive Edge: Shifting Your Thoughts for More Positivity & Success. Tina worked for 20 years in biotechnology before discovering a new science in 2011 called Positive Psychology that focuses on how we can all live our best, most meaningful lives. Seeing the powerful impact this information has on improving people and organizations, Tina decided to create her own company, The Positive Edge so she can improve the quality of people’s lives and their workplaces.  Connect with her here: Tina Hallis, Ph.D. Positivity Expert, Speaker, Author The Positive Edge p: 608.448.3576 f: 608.355.0800 w: ThePositiveEdge.net e: Tina@ThePositiveEdge.net

As a business educator, trainer, coach and keynote speaker, Sharon Kaibel is passionate about helping you improve your productivity, performance and professional skills. Sharon is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), awarded by the National Speakers Association at an international standard held by less than 10% of professional speakers worldwide. Sharon is also a What Makes People TICK and Everything DiSC facilitator, providing teams with behavioural profiling to enable leaders to better understand themselves, their colleagues and improve performance. Sharon is the founder of Achievernet, and her passion is to build a community of extraordinary achievers, by providing quality skills development that delivers real results. She helps you generate growth while building fun and freedom into your work life. Sharon also helps you communicate and sell your ideas powerfully through her Confident Presenter program, which helps you become a masterful communicator, become more engaging, inspiring and influential. Sharon is recognised for her unique ability to develop people, with a gift for seeing 'what is' and 'what could be'. She helps you think differently, and the improvements at work will be immediately noticeable. Enjoy the powerful insights from Sharon in today's episode. Sharon's book recommendation: The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer Get Invested is the podcast dedicated to time poor professionals who want to work less and live more. Join Bushy Martin, one of Australia's top 10 property specialists, as he and his influential guests share know-how on the ways investing in property can unlock the life you always dreamed about and secure your financial future. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.com

Treat them with respect, involve them in problem solving, and grow together. Ned Parks joins me to talk about this very important subject. Ned Parks is a business consultant who draws on his background as a U.S. Army Warrant Officer helicopter instructor pilot and business owner to provide owners and management-level executives strategies to improve their operations and strengthen their business goals. In 2000, Ned opened Aegis 360 Consulting, a firm focusing on corporate culture, leadership development, and business strategy. Certified as a Registered Corporate Coach, Ned’s expertise includes the areas of strategic planning, leadership development, and coaching. He guides leaders to connect with their teams and combine personal and organizational objectives to achieve their goals, offering proven business strategies with creative approaches, practical methods, and unique execution applications. Ned is a Lean 6 Sigma Green Belt training. He is also certified in Everything DiSC®, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team program, and PXT Select. Ned is the author of The Simple and Easy Manager. Today's show is sponsored by Audible.com. Audible.com is a leading provider of spoken audio entertainment and information. Listen to audiobooks whenever and wherever you want. Get a free book when you sign up for a 30-day free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth.

Lisa Brouwer opens up about her childhood aspirations, walking away from corporate America and creating the world-renowned brand which is Full Throttle Living. She keeps it 100 with us during this candid interview. Check it out! About Lisa: After 22 years of sales and leadership at a Fortune 100 company, Lisa traded her high heels for Harley boots and her briefcase for saddlebags. She now travels a high-octane highway empowering individuals and organizations to kick their potential into high gear. Dynamic speaker, driven entrepreneur, action-oriented coach, and self-professed 'student of the road,' Lisa thrives at the intersection of inspiration and action. She understands what it takes to fuel success in a fast-paced, ever-changing business landscape and inspires audiences to improve their performance to work and live at full throttle. While working in the financial services industry, Lisa led a high performing sales team that performed in the top 5% of the company nationwide. She consistently produced at the highest level earning continual membership in the company's President's Club. Not only does she drive a Harley Davidson Street Glide, she drives for results. In 2015, Lisa inspired women from coast-to-coast by riding a motorcycle from New York City to San Francisco. Her 15-day, 4690-mile journey honored Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, the pioneering women who first accomplished this amazing feat in 1915. Lisa released The Inspired Tour documentary and is currently writing a book of her cross-country adventure. Lisa holds a Master's Degree from USF, is Everything DiSC certified, and a John Maxwell Team coach/trainer/speaker. When she's not living life at full throttle, Lisa is happiest at home in Sioux Falls, SD with her husband, two children, and 100-pound lab, Milo. Website: www.fullthrottleliving.com Follow: @LisaMBrouwer About the show: ► Visit www.casper.com/ash and use promo code: ASH ►Review Us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►Casper Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit®

Lisa Brouwer opens up about her childhood aspirations, walking away from corporate America and creating the world-renowned brand which is Full Throttle Living. She keeps it 100 with us during this candid interview. Check it out! About Lisa: After 22 years of sales and leadership at a Fortune 100 company, Lisa traded her high heels for Harley boots and her briefcase for saddlebags. She now travels a high-octane highway empowering individuals and organizations to kick their potential into high gear. Dynamic speaker, driven entrepreneur, action-oriented coach, and self-professed 'student of the road,' Lisa thrives at the intersection of inspiration and action. She understands what it takes to fuel success in a fast-paced, ever-changing business landscape and inspires audiences to improve their performance to work and live at full throttle. While working in the financial services industry, Lisa led a high performing sales team that performed in the top 5% of the company nationwide. She consistently produced at the highest level earning continual membership in the company's President's Club. Not only does she drive a Harley Davidson Street Glide, she drives for results. In 2015, Lisa inspired women from coast-to-coast by riding a motorcycle from New York City to San Francisco. Her 15-day, 4690-mile journey honored Avis and Effie Hotchkiss, the pioneering women who first accomplished this amazing feat in 1915. Lisa released The Inspired Tour documentary and is currently writing a book of her cross-country adventure. Lisa holds a Master's Degree from USF, is Everything DiSC certified, and a John Maxwell Team coach/trainer/speaker. When she's not living life at full throttle, Lisa is happiest at home in Sioux Falls, SD with her husband, two children, and 100-pound lab, Milo. Website: www.fullthrottleliving.com Follow: @LisaMBrouwer About the show: ► Visit www.casper.com/ash and use promo code: ASH ►Review Us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ash-said-it/id1144197789 ►Website: http://www.ashsaidit.com ►SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSaidItSuwanee ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1loveash ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashsaidit ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ►Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AshSaidItMedia ►Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blog ►Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/1LoveAsh/ ►Newsletter: http://ashsaidit.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=2a2ca3b799467f125b53863c8&id=a6f43cd472 ►Casper Commercial Music Courtesy of http://www.BenSound.com #ashsaidit #ashsaidthat #ashblogsit #ashsaidit®

Did you know that EQ generally trumps IQ in the job market? Today's guest is Gale Mote. Gale is a Trainer & Organization Development Consultant at Gale Mote Associates, a Certified Coach and Facilitator for EQ-i 2.0®, an Authorized Partner with Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ and Everything DiSC®, and an Adjunct Lecturer at University of Iowa. You can find Gale at http://www.galemoteassociates.com In this episode, you will hear about: How Gale got to where she is now. What is EQ and why is it important? Gale’s thoughts on Team Building and Building Trust. The biggest fish Gale has ever caught! www.Chris-Molina.com Intro/Outro Music: AShamaluevMusic

In the last 15 years researchers in the field of Positive Psychology have discovered amazing things about our minds. They debunked some long-held myths and are helping us better understand human behavior, including creativity. In this episode Dr. Tina Hallis talks about the connection between positivity and creativity, the important difference between positivity and positive thinking, and how you can increase positivity in your life. What You'll Learn What the research says on how positivity increases creativity How cortisol impacts our body Tina's favorite strategies for increasing positivity About Tina Hallis Tina Hallis, Ph.D., is a professional speaker and founder of The Positive Edge.   She spent more than 20 years as a scientist in the biotechnology field.  Then, in 2011, she discovered a new and exciting science called Positive Psychology, which focuses on how we can all live our best life.  Tina was so fascinated by this science, she decided to hang up her lab coat, and start her own company, The Positive Edge, so she could bring this life-changing information into organizations. Because she believes if there is one place we could use help staying positive, it's at work.   Tina is certified in Positive Psychology through the WholeBeing Institute, she is an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and a Professional Member of the National Speaker's Association. Resources Mentioned in the Episode The Positive Edge - Tina Hallis' website The research by Richie Davidson on happiness The Weekly Challenge Pick out one tip that Tina shared and try it for one week. How did it go? Share your experiences below in the comments section.

SJ is a CMA (Consultant, Mentor, & Advisor), as well as the founder of SBSL. He is presently involved (or has been actively involved) in the following mentorship and/or advising programs / orgs : YEA ( Young Entrepreneurs Academy ) Teen Entrepreneurial Camp AWANA OWU's EMF ( Econ Mgmt Fellows ) Sundown Group's 'Ask an Expert' Program HECOA's special events ( Sept 2015, April 2016, September 2016 ) ECDI 's Professional Advisory Network (PAN) AskMentor.com Turtlewise.net His favorite pastimes/hobbies are traveling; reading ( 200+ paper & audio books in the past six+ years' time ); listening & watching inspirational content ( DVD, mp3, audio CD, streaming video, You Tube ); volunteering at his home church; connecting people who may not otherwise have met in the course of time; being an encourager; & a solution provider (change agent.) Websites: https://www.h7network.com http://www.servicebeforeselfleadership.com 1. Self Publishing *https://bit.ly/2A33yxy* ( https://bit.ly/2A33yxy ) 2. AdvisoryCloud *https://bit.ly/3dBCQdQ* ( https://bit.ly/3dBCQdQ ) 3. H7 Network *https://bit.ly/2YgZ0Mj* ( https://bit.ly/2YgZ0Mj ) 4.StartupSpaceApp *https://bit.ly/2ACh3Em* ( https://bit.ly/2ACh3Em ) 5. BeeKonnected *https://bit.ly/2UbLTdU* ( https://bit.ly/2UbLTdU ) 6.IntheTribe *https://bit.ly/2Y03V44* ( https://bit.ly/2Y03V44 ) 7. Video n Audio Chat *https://bit.ly/2Mxr9Ju* ( https://bit.ly/2Mxr9Ju ) 8. Everything DISC *https://bit.ly/2A34fHa* ( https://bit.ly/2A34fHa ) 9. Featured Video *https://bit.ly/2XxMc4H* ( https://bit.ly/2XxMc4H ) 10. Wonderlic Webinar *https://bit.ly/2XAFNpm* ( https://bit.ly/2XAFNpm ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-dave-pamah-show/donations