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In this episode of Impossible Trade-Offs, Katie Harbath and Mike Rognlien discuss the evolution of corporate culture at Facebook, particularly focusing on race and gender bias training. They explore the significance of learning and development initiatives, the impact of recent changes at Meta, and the challenges of navigating political perspectives within the workplace. The conversation delves into the importance of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs and the role of unconscious bias training in fostering a more inclusive corporate environment. In this conversation, Mike Rognlien discusses the evolution and importance of unconscious bias training, the challenges of navigating ideological diversity within DEI efforts, and the need for curiosity and respect in discussions about diversity and inclusion. He emphasizes the significance of creating inclusive environments and the ongoing necessity of DEI work, even as corporate attitudes shift. The conversation highlights the importance of emotional intelligence and the need for organizations to adapt their training approaches to foster meaningful dialogue and understanding. Get full access to Anchor Change with Katie Harbath at anchorchange.substack.com/subscribe
How do organizations create a healthy culture? Mike Rognlien, a founding member of Facebook's Learning and Development team, shares the lessons he learned from building and teaching culture at Facebook. After leaving Facebook, Mike wrote a book, This Is Now Your Company, that focuses on how people can take ownership in the workplace. He also started his own consulting agency, Multiple Hats Management, where he provides coaching and learning to organizations, including training on implicit race and gender bias. In this episode, Mike talks about the frustrations of his departure from Facebook, how he runs his business, and the shift towards more flexibility in HR. Listen in.
Mike joins Adam and Mequell to discuss the importance of Under Complicating in your life. Mike was one of the founding members of the L&D team at Facebook. He shares his unique message that success in the corporate world is achieved the same way as success in personal life and shares his thoughts about the great strides that have been made in addressing mental health and wellness as business owners and corporations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mequell-buck/message
Work culture is everyone's responsibility. No matter your job title, your actions have an impact on other people's experience in the workplace. And your inaction has an impact, too. So, what can you do to get off the sidelines and OWN your leadership? Today, we're joined by Mike Rognlien, the founder of Multiple Hats Management, a consulting team out of Chicago created to help clients build awesome cultures in every organization, at every level. He has nearly 20 years of experience building learning and development teams in the technology, financial services and management consultancy space. Best known as a founding member of Facebook's L&D team, Mike specializes in cultural leadership, unconscious bias, and program strategy and design, and he is the author of This is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto. Mike begins by defining organizational culture and explaining why it's everyone's job. He discusses why neutrality at work is NOT a good thing, describing why simply not contributing to a problem is not enough. Mike also shares the difference between spectator mode and leader mode and offers insight around how you can own your career and be a leader—no matter your role in the company. Listen in to understand the value of showing up as your authentic self at work and learn why quality leadership involves both WHAT you accomplish and HOW you accomplish it. Themes explored in this week's episode: How Mike got into learning and development + how company culture was the common denominator among the roles he loved Why culture is EVERYONE'S job Why neutrality at work is not a good thing Mike's idea of organizational Stockholm syndrome How entitlement erodes organizational culture and what you can do about it The difference between spectator mode and leader mode + how to take an active role in the employee-manager relationship How Mike defines quality leadership as a combination of WHAT you accomplish and HOW you accomplish it Mike's take on emotional intelligence and the value of showing up as your authentic self at work Measuring the health of a relationship based on the lag time between a problem being identified and that problem being discussed Resources from this episode: Connect with Mike at https://multiplehatsmanagement.com/ Hire Mike to train your team on Managing Unconscious Bias Follow @multiplehats on Instagram or LinkedIn Get a copy of Mike's book This is Now Your Company Access Facebook's Unconscious Bias Training Learn more about the work of Marcus Buckingham Check out the Hudson Institute's Coaching Certification Training Explore Ken Blanchard's work on Situational Leadership Discover Joseph Grenny and read Crucial Conversations We would love to hear from you! Have an idea for a podcast or a question you want us to address? Interested in additional support, resources and workshops? Here are all the ways you can interact with us! Tweet us! @tegantrovato and @TeamAwesomeMKE Email us: tegan@BrightArrowCoaching.com and Katie@TeamAwesomeCoaching.com Follow us on Facebook @BrightArrowCoaching and @TeamAwesomeCoaching Follow us on Instagram @TeganTrovato and @katie_rasoul Connect with us on LinkedIn: Tegan Trovato and Katie Rasoul Download free tools and sign up for our newsletters, events and workshops by visiting: https://www.brightarrowcoaching.com/ and https://www.teamawesomecoaching.com/
Total Duration 1:00:21 Download episode 251 Our Culture Series Continues Your company culture? Yeah, it probably has some problems, right? And our guest Mike Rognlien has a message for you and for me. If your company culture sucks, it's at least in part because you’re part of it. And since you’re part of it, it’s at least partly your responsibility to help make it better. Mike is the author of a book entitled This Is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto. It's a provocative, in-your-face look at organizational culture and what you can do about it. Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day, and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, if you know of a group at your organization that has an upcoming large group gathering and uses outside speakers, let them know about the podcast! I'd love to work with them to help improve their ability to lead and deliver. Learn more at https://i-leadonline.com/keynotes. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! SEMI FUNK by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. NOTANICO MERENGUE by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License.
In this episode, we are talking to Mike Rognlien, a founding member of Facebook's L&D team, and author of This Is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto. We discuss: why did Mike decide to write his book and what is he hoping to change in the world, the echo chamber in the Silicon Valley, working at Facebook, living your authentic self at work and at home.
This week we interview Mike Rognlien. Mike spent most of his career in tech. He worked at Facebook, where he built their first-ever professional and manager development programming. He also partnered with COO Sheryl Sandberg to build Facebook’s Managing Unconscious Bias course. He is an expert facilitator that focuses on leadership, strengths, and talking about the tough stuff.Mike is the author of, This Is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto.We discuss:What do you have to do to enjoy where you work?Where do you start to go down the right path of 'enjoying what you do'?How do you think you go about cultivating curiosity?Why did you write your book and what do you hope to change in the world?
As a part of onboarding, Mike Rognlien, builder of awesome people at Facebook, would always ask new employees if the culture at Facebook was a deciding factor in their decision to join the company. “Every time, in more than six years of asking that question, almost every hand would go up,” says Rognlien. “Then I would tell them, ‘Great, now it’s your responsibility not to mess it up.’” In his new book, This Is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier's Manifesto, Rognlien shares that every person must own their contribution to the organizational fabric of a company, no matter what role they are stepping into. It begins by owning your role. “If the definition of culture is the sum total of all of our behaviors, then you can start tipping the culture in another direction by changing your behavior.” To help with that, Rognlien suggests organizational leaders encourage higher quality conversations between managers and direct reports. He says most companies don’t have an environment that allows people to sit down with their managers and ask, “How are we going to get through this together?” Rognlien describes this relationship as a 50-50 partnership—meaning the direct report has just as much responsibility for clear goals and performance feedback as the manager. “You are half the relationship. If you know more about something—or if something specific requires special care or attention—then you’d better be willing to have that conversation.” Rognlien goes on to discuss personal branding, feedback, and leveraging your strengths. He closes the interview by discussing a hot topic in today’s organizations—unconscious bias. He explains that bias exists in every organization—and that some biases can actually be helpful and support organizational values. “At Facebook, for example, we had a bias for moving quickly. When interviewing or working at Facebook, if you were moving slowly, you would feel it—the bias for speed was ever present. That’s an example of a conscious bias that is useful and has served Facebook well.” Rognlien explains that the unconscious form of bias accumulates over time without being recognized—and it can lead organizations to act in ways that go against stated values. While he believes organizations can’t completely eliminate bias, he suggests steps can be taken to bring it out into the open. “Our goal is to create people and organizations who are comfortable talking about unconscious bias. We have to stop being afraid and we need to have those conversations.” In closing, Rognlien encourages listeners to step into their fears. “The only way you will know if something isn’t going to work is to try and fail. If you can learn something from it, was it really a failure?” Be sure to listen through to the very end of the session, where Ken Blanchard shares his key takeaways from the interview!
On this episode, Cat chats with Mike Rognlien: Mike is the Chief Builder of Awesome People at his consulting firm, Multiple Hats Management, where he helps organizations through Learning & Development, management, facilitation, and unconscious bias consulting. Mike’s expertise comes from years as a learning and development leader in the Silicon Valley, most notably and most recently at Facebook, where he helped the company create, define, and build its famously awesome culture. Mike is the author of a new book called This Is Now Your Company, where he shares his wisdom from his time at Facebook. Cat has the pleasure of calling Mike a former colleague from their years at Facebook where they both worked on the Learning & Development team together, and more importantly, she gets to call Mike a dear friend. In this episode, Mike and Cat get real about finding meaning at work, taking ownership over your life and career. Topics include: Working at Facebook Helping build the culture for a major tech company Unconscious Bias Speaking authentically, living your authentic self at work and at home Having hard conversations What is your life worth? What would you do if you weren't afraid? How to never settle and how to live your best life How to expand your self awareness and personal consciousness What does success mean And of course, Oprah Be sure to check this episode out now! Mike's candor and authenticity will inspire you to live your best life. Learn more about Mike Rognlien and his new book here:Learn more about Mike Rognlien and his new book here: https://www.facebook.com/badmikeyt https://www.facebook.com/thisisnowyourcompany https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1634891171/
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