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Gayle Hutchinson is California State University of Chico's first female president in the college's 135-year history. Pushed into the deep end at the start of her presidency, she hit the ground running to lead the university through the Oroville Dam Crisis, the Camp Fire Disaster, and COVID-19. Hutchinson's achievements as president include overseeing the completion of a new arts and science building, securing more than $106 million in state funding, and rebuilding many key relationships between the university and surrounding community. Hutchinson is retiring after almost three decades in the Cal State University system, the last seven years as president of CSU Chico. This interview is personal. As proud alums, Chico State is near and dear to our host Lain Hensley, Bill John, Todd Demorest, Ross Field, Jonas Herzog, Carol Jones and most members of the Odyssey family. Hutchinson's experience in higher education runs deep, and her leadership insights are powerful and inspirational. She has overcome many personal and professional obstacles and shares her keys to success and her plans for the future.
41. Lain Hensley - The Odyssey of Giving “...in the spirit of generosity and the spirit of giving, that was the moment where it stopped me and I thought, wow, have I given enough?” Guest Info: Lain Hensley is the Head Dream Chaser & Co-Founder of Odyssey Teams In 2014, Lain won a hard-fought battle against cancer and he hasn't taken a minute of life for granted since. A master of metaphors, he uses stories and emotion to connect with audiences. He seamlessly builds bridges between your organizational values and individual action items. Employees will leave the program feeling inspired to make a positive difference in the way they do their work. If you would like to get to know Lain and his style, you can check out his podcast “You Go First”. Lain has delivered keynotes to thousands of companies in more than 21 countries with clients including Microsoft, Hampton Hotels, Oracle, Charles Schwab, Johnson Controls, Caterpillar, Gallo Wines, DaVita, Shell, and Genentech Lain has written for publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc. Magazine, The Guardian and Huffington Post For the past 22 years he has been a part of the UCLA MBA “Foundations of Leadership Program” In his spare time, Lain is the coach of the Chico High volleyball team. He is a cancer survivor and currently lives in Chico, California with his wife of 25 years and their three children. Favorite Quote: “Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.” — Vince Lombardi Resources: Lain on LinkedIn (Lian-Hensley-18a8145) Lain's Podcast (You Go First) Odyssey on Twitter (@OdysseyTeams) OdysseyTeams.com Credits: Lain Hensley, Odyssey Teams. Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions, Nani Shin, qodpod network
Lain the Co-Owner and Head Dream Chaser of Odyssey Teams Inc. tells you how to think of B2B as P2P. You can check him out at https://OdysseyTeams.com/
The latest Episode of You Go First with Lain Hensley featuring Jason Weinrich is now live! Jason is a marketing consultant and content creator who has started a project working on his bucket list. He’s hoping to inspire others to write down and accomplish their own bucket lists through the sharing of his stories through video. To keep up with Jason, visit his website: https://www.jasonweinrich.com or subscribe to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/jasonweinrich To learn more about the inception of the podcast, see the following page: https://www.yougofirst.live/episodes/you-go-first
You Go First with Lain Hensley is a podcast that brings together speakers, authors, and industry leaders to help you go first in your life. Deep thinker, philosopher, leader and mentor to many. David is the UC Irvine Men’s Volleyball Coach, but uses the game to teach way more than just volleyball. Volleyball has the most number of players in the smallest space of any sport, with an endless amount of random possibilities to manage. Like life; communication is key and teamwork is critical to success on and off the court. Kniffin grew up in Chico, California and answered the call to leadership at a young age. He went to the top of his sport as a coach and player. He was 2015 Head Coach of USA World Team in South Korea, 2013 NCAA Coach of the Year, after winning the NCAA National Championship in his first season as the head coach for the UC Irvine men’s team. David played professionally from 2004-2006 for CAI Teruel in Spain, winning a Spain National Championship in 2006. Parent, husband, coach, friend and lifelong learner, David is the real deal and shares with us his secrets to success. Like, Share, Explore & Get In Touch With Odyssey Teams: ☞ Website: https://www.odysseyteams.com ☞ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OdysseyTeams/ ☞ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odysseyteams/ ☞ Email: info@odysseyteams.com ☞ Phone: (800) 342-1650
You Go First with Lain Hensley is a podcast that brings together speakers, authors, and industry leaders to help you go first in your life. This episode features Dr. Robii Dotson. The list of his accomplishments is ridiculous. He's a motivational speaker, lecturer, educator, consultant, as well as an author, psychologist, and was the first black radio host in the LA area. He's also a behavioral scientist, counselor, professor and academic adviser. From the slums of Shreveport, Louisiana and abject poverty to working for two Presidents. Robii has the keys to success and shares them whenever possible. Robii managed a billion dollar budget for the Pentagon and developed the Missile Defense Programs for the US military. If that's not enough, he has a calming presence and his voice is as captivating as his methodology. His take on human personality factors and why we are the way we are is worth a listen, followed by action! To learn more about Dr. Robii, head here: https://www.globalednetwork.com/ For more details, head here: https://www.yougofirst.live/ Odyssey Teams Team Building Experiences: * Help your team be more productive * Encourage deeper collaboration * Provide enhanced meaning to your work * Offer a give-back component ****** Odyssey Teams has been designing radically different approaches to leadership development, team building and organizational culture since 1991. Our philanthropic focus means your team building activities will not only improve your team, but the world as well. This is our Odyssey. ****** Like, Share, Explore & Get In Touch With Odyssey Teams: ☞ Website: https://www.odysseyteams.com ☞ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OdysseyTeams/ ☞ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/odysseyteams/ ☞ Email: info@odysseyteams.com ☞ Phone: (800) 342-1650
Many moons ago "Bill went first" and, along with our host Lain Hensley, cooked up the vision of Odyssey Teams Inc.. Odyssey is now the industry-leader in corporate training and philanthropic team building. Bill's methods have inspired people around the world for over 30 years. He has helped connect thousands of corporations to the 'Why of their work,' and produce over 55,000 prosthetic hands for needy amputees in 85 countries. He pioneered the Bike Building program and has donated over 30,000 bicycles to inner city children around the world. What can't Bill John do? Nothing. He's the type of person who's just good at everything or ready to learn. When he isn’t changing lives in a program room, he is pursuing his love of wildlife photography and conservation. His passion inspired the philanthropic component of Odyssey’s Team Mosaic Give program to protect wildlife in Africa. To learn more about the inception of the podcast, see the following page: https://www.yougofirst.live/episodes/you-go-first
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In episode 31 of the Hire Up Podcast, John interviews guest, Lain Hensley. Lain Hensley is the co-founder and chief operating officer of Odyssey Teams, which develops philanthropic team-building programs for large corporations: the prosthetic hand-building program, Helping Hands, and the bicycle-building event, LifeCycles. He is an inspirational speaker and corporate trainer with an eye for introducing organizational change. Everyone[...]
Lain Hensley and Odyssey Teams are redefining the typical corporate team building program. And it came out of a need to bring people closer together, with a common purpose, and to make a positive, lasting impact on the world. In this episode, Lain Hensley and Brandon Laws discuss how to make employees' time spent together more meaningful, why giving back to the community can build effective teams and a great culture, and what employees are saying in response to this new type of team building program. How to Support this Show: Subscribe on your favorite podcast app (iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, etc.) Review us on iTunes Take our survey and we'll enter you in a drawing for a free book Follow Xenium HR (@XeniumHR) and Brandon Laws (@BrandonLaws) on Twitter and LinkedIn Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com About the Guest: Connect with Lain Hensley Learn about Odyssey Teams Watch Lain's Tedx Talk SPECIAL OFFERS: e-learning courses at Xenium -www.xeniumhr.com/courses - promo code "POD" for 10% off all courses.
In this episode Chef Babette, vegan, fitness enthusiast and owner of Stuff I Eat restaurant, discuss the ingredients needed to build a strong team with Marci Kenon, co-host and co-founder of Well Woman Podcast Network (WWPN). The duo uses the article "Is Your Co-Founder 'the One'? 7 Ways to Tell" by Minda Zetlin published in Inc. magazine as a basis for the conversation. Zetlin highlights advice from Bill John and Lain Hensley, partners in Odyssey Teams, which creates leadership development and team building programs. See EP 007 Show Notes at mywwpn.com for link to Zetlin's article.
Lain Hensley at Lunch with DriveThruHR@OdysseyTeams visits with @bryanwempen, @williamtincup & @thehrbuddy about what is keeping them up at night. DriveThruHR was designed to be a captivating and easy-to-digest lunch discourse that covers topics relevant to HR professionals. Each 30-minute episode features a guest speaker who shares her or his knowledge and experience in human resources. Our hosts and special guest cover a wealth of topics, including HR Technology, Recruiting, Talent Management, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Strategic HR, every day at 12:00 pm Central Time. The radio program is hosted by @bryanwempen @williamtincup &@thehrbuddy - tune in for great HR conversations and follow us on the twitters at@drivethruhr and #dthr http://www.drivethruhr.com/ http://www.facebook.com/drivethruhr http://www.linkedin.com/company/1651206 http://twitter.com/drivethruhr
Lain Hensley is the Co Founder and C.O.O. of Odyssey Teams, Inc. Lain and business partner Bill John started Odyssey Teams, Inc in 1991. Odyssey Teams, has created some of the most recognizable and cutting edge training programs in their industry teaching facilitation skills to internal trainers, developing programs for countless regional and global leadership teams, and leading teambuilding and motivational programs for many Fortune 500 companies. During this program we invite you to learn more about Lain Hensley and the very unique training mission he and the team at Odyssey have evolved for teaching the best of the best.