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Providing performance feedback is one of the most challenging tasks leaders face. Feedback often sparks frustration and fear for both leaders and their teams. Why? Because there is a disconnect between what leaders think they are communicating and what employees receive. It's rooted in neuroscience and psychology research that we don't always apply effectively in the moment. EPISODE SUMMARY:WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:There are a lot of moving parts to provide effective feedback, including the content, valence, purpose of the message, the feedback recipient's characteristics, and the feedback provider's characteristics. In their new book, Performance Feedback Strategies, published by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Drs. Nowack and Mashihi introduce a model of performance feedback coaching for leaders with structured exercises, techniques, and tips to help leaders become better performance coaches. After over a decade spent developing, testing, and refining their model with leaders around the world, they are now ready to share their four-part Performance Feedback Coaching Model, based on research in neuroscience and psychology, to help us all become better at providing performance feedback that is received well and translates into real behavior change. ***ABOUT OUR GUESTS:Dr. Kenneth M. Nowack is a licensed psychologist and Senior Research Officer of Envisia Learning, Inc., a global consultancy specializing in assessments and technology platforms. He serves on Daniel Goleman's Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations and recently served as Editor for the Consulting Psychology Journal. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association through Division 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology).Sandra Mashihi, PhD is an organizational psychologist and executive coach with over 20 years of experience helping leaders and teams thrive through customized leadership development solutions. As the founder of Spectra Coaching, she works with executives, emerging leaders, and organizations to unlock leadership potential, enhance team dynamics, and drive measurable change. She was previously an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and Director of Coaching Services at Envisia Learning.***IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE, CAN I ASK A FAVOR?We do not receive any funding or sponsorship for this podcast. If you learned something and feel others could also benefit, please leave a positive review. Every review helps amplify our work and visibility. This is especially helpful for small women-owned boot-strapped businesses. Simply go to the bottom of the Apple Podcast page to enter a review. Thank you!***LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE:www.gotowerscope.comwww.envisialearning.comwww.linkedin.com/in/kennethnowackwww.spectracoaching.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sandramashihi/https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Feedback-Strategies-Successful-Behavior/dp/1957157860www.envisialearning.comwww.linkedin.com/in/kennethnowackwww.spectracoaching.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sandramashihi/https://www.td.org/product/book--performance-feedback-strategies/112504https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Feedback-Strategies-Successful-Behavior/dp/1957157860#Feedback #360DegreeFeedback #leadership #PerformanceFeedback #LeadershipSkills #LeadershipDevelopment #TheHardSkills

This is a personal story about a beautiful neighborhood, with kind and supportive neighbors. A beautiful neighborhood that's no more! And this episode is also about the history of coastal Los Angeles, particularly Malibu. My guest explains the legal ramifications of the LA fires and explains how real estate investors will assess and support the huge rebuilding efforts after the fires.

What are VCs looking for? Is your startup fundable? What do you need to improve to get financing? On today's show we have Amy Wood, the Program Manager for the "Most Fundable Companies" initiative at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, a groundbreaking program that empowers early-stage startups by providing critical insights into their readiness for private investment. Launched in 2018, the MFC program democratizes access to funding, helping promising companies refine their financial projections, market opportunities, and team strengths.

Want to join my Discord Community for all things engineering college to career? All 1x donors of the podcast and 5 star reviewers get an invite, just send your proof to daniel@ENGRingSuccess.com My guest on today's podcast is the Chief Operating Officer of Meade Engineering, an Engineering Consulting Firm, known for their successful design of electrical engineering infrastructure across the US. When I was introduced to Johnathan as a potential guest of the podcast, I was really excited about his unique perspective that he could offer to the podcast. Like many of my guests, Johnathan has multiple degrees, but neither of them are in engineering. Jonathan shares my passion for economics, as he graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics, and has his MBA in Finance from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. He started his career working for the family business, Meade Engineering, working his way through the organization as a project manager. After an eight year hiatus (or maybe a little bit more than just a hiatus) in finance, working for Charles Schwab, he returned to Meade Engineering where he is now their Chief Operating Officer. I'm so grateful today that Johnathan has lent some of his time to share his career journey on the podcast today,  Don't miss a blog post or a podcast episode, subscribe to my newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ENGRingSuccess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the on podcast on Spotify or on Patreon: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success (preferred) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ENGRingSuccess⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Top tier supporters - shout out each episode of the month for $10 monthly donation. Follow along on all social medias: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://engringsuccess.com/link-in-bio/ To submit your question, email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠daniel@ENGRingSuccess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry. All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer. Music by Maxgotthetracks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success/support

For 6 years, Sarah Teegarden Harkes traveled around the world competing at the highest level. She consistently trained and challenged herself to improve physically and mentally, learning how to be resilient, a team player, and a leader. A graduate from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, she learned valuable skills in leadership, management, strategy, and innovation. She represented Wake Forest University, where she was a varsity soccer player, and captain. On this episode of "The Bear & the Ball," Sarah describes her journey.

Vicky Schiff, CEO at Avrio Management, joins host Joe Cornwell on the Best Ever Show. In this episode, Vicky — a CRE entrepreneur and Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School — discusses preferred equity, its place in the capital stack, and the opportunity it presents for investors in the current CRE landscape. She illustrates this by breaking down a specific case study and goes on to discuss how rising interest rates have given rise to pref equity, all while explaining what's really happening in the world of multifamily distress.   Previous Episode Vicki Schiff | Real Estate Background  AVRIO Hires and trains virtual assistants, primarily for real estate companies. Based in: Los Angeles Say hi to her at:  www.avriore.com Best Ever Book: Greatest Salesman in the World - OG Mandino   Sponsors: Monarch Money My1031Pros Viking Capital

Dr. Sharifa Batts currently serves as the Head of Environment & Sustainability at Ports America, the largest stevedore company in the U.S., operating in 33 ports in over 70 locations. She is an expert in risk mitigation and resiliency planning and oversees the company's Environment & Sustainability programs. With almost 24 years at Ports America, she is an inspirational leader who is respected as a credible voice as she prepares boardroom material and provides strategic guidance and professional expertise to various levels in the organization. She has extensive experience in project and people management and cross-enterprise collaboration to drive efficiency and compliance with Ports America's goals and objectives.Sharifa completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science with a minor in Psychology and Spanish at San Diego State University (SDSU). She later attained an MBA at PepperdineGraziadio School of Business & Management in August 2018, and she successfully completed her dissertation for the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) degree at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, in July 2021. Her research focuses on the significance of diversity on organizational boards and the unique human and social capital minorities and women contribute, which impacts the company's overall success. Sharifa is an educator and continues research with a Postdoctoral Fellow at Pepperdine to further research on diversity and equity.Sharifa is a published author in the Group & Organization Management journal and a regular speaker at events that focus on diversity, inequality, systemic racism, and organizational leadership. She was appointed by the previous Mayor of Long Beach and serves on the Equity and Human Relations Commission. She serves as the President of Beta Pi Sigma Sorority, Tau Chapter, which is a nonprofit organization providing aid to the homeless and scholarships to the youth in the community of Long Beach. She is the Vice President of Athletics Fundraising on the Long Beach City College Foundation Executive Committee,Vice President of Programs on the American Association of University Women (AAUW) board, she is the Programs & Special Events Committee Vice-Chair on the Fairfield Family YMCA Board, in addition to participating on the Long Beach City College Foundation Boardand the St. Mary Medical Center Hospital Community Board. She also sits on the North America Terminal and Stevedoring Services LLC (NATSS) board and is a member of the National Maritime Safety Association (NMSA) Technical Committee.Sharifa believes the most significant asset for an organization is its people. This conviction springs from her deep corporate experience driving ESG initiatives fostering a safe, diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. As an All-American Olympic class athlete, Sharifa brings a high level of commitment and discipline to all her endeavors, as well as a dedication to team play.

This week our host Brandi Starr is joined by Jim Berkman, Fractional CMO at GROW Powered/ New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.   Jim is a seasoned marketing and growth leader with several decades of experience in the B2B start-up technology space. He has helped dozens of companies cross the chasm, scale, and achieve market leadership with successful exits. As a fractional CMO and board advisor, he has leveraged his expertise in strategy, product marketing, digital marketing, and competitive differentiation to help B2B start-ups grow and innovate. Passionate about empowering start-ups to thrive in competitive and emerging markets, Jim has hands-on global experience in the LATAM, EMEA, APJ, and ANZ regions.   Jim holds an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.   On the couch in this weeks' episode, Brandi and Jim will tackle Channeling Success: Navigating the Creation of a Powerful Reseller Channel.   Links: Get in touch with Jim Berkman on: LinkedIn  Subscribe, listen, and rate/review Revenue Rehab Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts , Amazon Music, or iHeart Radio and find more episodes on our website RevenueRehab.live

In this episode of Navigating Major Programmes, Oxford Saïd Business School alumni Riccardo and guest host Corail, interview fellow alumnus, Jim Bernard. Jim specializes in real estate investment programme design, structured finance, risk conceptualization and strategic partnership formation. With an impressive track record spanning over 25 years, Jim has accumulated more than 4 billion dollars in real estate investment experience. Now, as a partner at consultancy and as a major programme advisor, Jim is focusing on disrupting traditional approaches to major programme management—making him an exceptional expert to share his insights on this podcast.   Key Takeaways:  Why major programme management in North America is behind the UK and what needs to improve in order to catch up.The practicality of the Galbraith Star Model™ in major programmes and why People and Rewards need earlier attention.  Considering the perception of major programmes as temporary organizations as well as their nonlinear evolution.  The power of major programmes as they relate to climate improvement initiatives.   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. The conversation doesn't stop here—connect and converse with our community: Riccardo Cosentino on LinkedInJim Bernard on LinkedInCorail Bourrelier Fabiani on LinkedInTwo Roads Group website Transcript:Riccardo Cosentino 00:05 You're listening to navigate major problems, the podcast that aims to elevate the conversations happening in the infrastructure industry and inspire you to have a more efficient approach within it. I'm your host, Riccardo Cosentino I brings over 20 years of major product management experience. Most recently, I graduated from Oxford University's day business school, which shook my belief when it comes to navigating major prpgrams. Now it's time to shake yours. Join me in each episode, as I press the industry experts about the complexity of major program management, emerging digital trends and the critical leadership required to approach these multibillion dollar projects. Let's see where the conversation takes us. James Michael Barnard, commonly known as Jim is a highly accomplished professional specializing in real estate investment program design, structure finance, risk leadership, and strategic partnership formation. With an impressive track record spanning over 25 years, Jim has accumulated more than $4 billion in real estate investment experience. Currently, Jim serves as a partner at Two Roads Group, a consultancy he co founded with a focus on disrupting traditional approaches to measure program management by employing novel and empirically supported methods for risk mitigation, decision making and stakeholder engagement. He also serves as a major program management advisor for AI cumulus. Additionally, Jim is the founder of the Regal, a privately held investment company that concentrates on sustainable real estate assets. Outside of his professional pursuits, Jim actively engages in community service as a member of the town Castine Planning Board, and serves as a director on the SMU Cox School of Business alumni board. He is also an accomplished diver and a skilled jazz pianist. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of navigating major programs. I'm here today with my co host, a guest appearance from Corail with my esteemed colleague and friend Jim Barnard, who has graciously agreed to join the podcast today and talk to us about his new venture and his new approach in helping major programs. How are we doing, guys? How are you doing, Jim? Jim 02:37 Great. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Corail 02:39 Hi, Riccardo Jim 02:40 Carail. Corail 02:41 I'm doing great. Thank you for having me again. And I'm excited to hear more about Jim today. Riccardo Cosentino 02:47 And by the way, today, we were joining the podcast. I'm in Toronto. Jim is in Maine, and Correll is in London. So you got a truly international episode? Corail 02:57 Yes, very much. Riccardo Cosentino 02:59 So why don't we Why don't we jump right into it? Corail, I think you're gonna help me co host today's episode, the new format for us. But you being a guest on this show before? So I think you're you're almost almost part of the family. Why don't you take it away? Corail 03:18 Hi, Jim. I hope you're well and nice to see to see you and hear you. I wanted to ask Can you please introduce yourself to our listeners today and tell us a little bit about your career? Jim 03:32 Sure, It'd be my pleasure. My name is Jim Barnard. I'm fortunate to have been a classmate with your two esteemed hosts here at the University of Oxford and major program management program at Syed business school. How I came to the program. Let's see. I was a CFO for real estate, sustainable real estate investment development company in Austin, Texas for about five years before I applied to Oxford. My background had always been in real estate. I'd done it since I graduated from university. At the time, we were struggling with some fairly common major program themes, complexity or projects are getting more difficult, more intricate, larger, we are having challenges scaling. So interestingly, I was sitting in a conference room trying to sketch out a risk curve with my team in the finance department to try to figure out where he has some significant exposure and one of my co workers looked at the whiteboard and said, you know, there's a whole program at the University of Oxford that takes on these questions directly. So I I bet him that if he would write a recommendation I would make the application under no circumstances did neither one of us think that we would be or that I would be admitted to the program. But here we are two years later having survived it and fortunately, having had the chance to work with great people like the two of you You learn a whole lot about managing major programs. Corail 05:03 Yeah, congratulation. Jimmy did I think wonderful in the program, and he was really interesting, you know, to hear about your experience throughout and your background. I was wondering like, I think we both know Ricardo and I, that you started in entrepreneurial adventure after the program. Can you tell us a bit more about what led you to start your own business after the program? And why are you particularly interested in consulting in the fields of major programs? Jim 05:39 Well, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I haven't started this alone. In fact, you both probably know very well, some of the people that are investing in the, in the consultancy with me. And that alone is a privilege. So the opportunity to work together with like minded colleagues, who've enjoyed similar professional backgrounds, or have had similar professional backgrounds was probably one of the primary reasons why I decided to start this consulting practice. But really, the, I guess the motivation came out of, believe it or not the global financial crisis in 2008. A couple of us back in Austin, with this real estate development company that I mentioned, we basically, we'd all lost our jobs, you know, the industry was kind of in shambles. So at that point, we decided we would get together kind of start at ground zero. And I think maybe we had 200, or we had $2 million in assets at the time. And 10 years later, we were up to $250 million in assets. So to kind of get back to some of the scaling challenges I mentioned earlier. But that experience of of one having an industry job, and then losing it quickly, in rather chaotic circumstances. And then having built up the other company, over that period of time sort of gave me a sense that one, security in major companies undertaking major programs is not always as secure as you might think it is. And two, there's not necessarily as much risk in starting in your own venture, as you may think there is so the chaos of that prior period of my career gave me the confidence to start this new consulting practice with the folks I mentioned previously. So yeah, that's that's kind of where it all came from. In terms of goals for the program, I mean, the whole podcast is focused on major program risk and making major programs function more effectively. Certainly, in my career, and in the careers of the colleagues that have joined me in the group, we've seen plenty of complexity. And we've seen plenty of four major program performance. So the idea behind the group, at least for me, was to be able to use a lot of what we learned at Oxford, and try to address these issues at meaningful points of intervention. So being able to offer that to a variety of clients at a variety of different industries was appealing, and seems rewarding. Corail 08:16 Yeah, that's amazing. That sounds super interesting. Can you tell us a little bit more about what you're offering in this consultancy, then? And you know, how you feel like you're apart from other consultancy, what puts you about? Jim 08:33 Sure, broadly speaking, I think what separates our consulting practice from maybe some of the other ones out there would be our combination of gray hair and battle scars, domain expertise on the on the one hand, having worked in all of these areas professionally, as of, you know, my, my colleagues in the practice, but also the academic basis. So one of I had an MBA before going to still do MBA before going to Oxford. So I was familiar with the professional graduate school, curriculum and approach, particularly United States. Oxford is obviously very different. But one of the things within Oxford that truly distinguishes it, particularly MMPM, is the research background. So we not only had to justify our opinions professionally, but we had to support them academically as well. So when we form TRG, both of those aspects became mutually supportive and critical to the practice. So we we tried to bring a whole lot of domain expertise in a variety of different fields and circumstances and marry it with the best academic research that we can find. And then do some of our own research. So hopefully, we can keep the practice as progressive as possible and as helpful as possible. Corail 09:59 Yeah, I do. Like, the fact that you're trying to combine this academic side of the field with your practice, you know, and the kind of practical aspects of of being a major program leader everyday. So I wanted to ask with what you've learned in Oxford and what you're doing in your current consultancy. What do you think will be the main area of improvement for major programs in the future? Jim 10:32 It's an interesting question, because I think it's geographically dependent to some extent. And by that, I mean, the whole concept of program management is really not understood even conceptually, on this side of the Atlantic. In the UK, major program research is been around for quite a while, I mean, clearly, the program's been around for quite a while. But the subject itself certainly goes back a long way. And the UK Government has adopted over the years many major program management practices. So in that area in the UK, in particular, major program management is understood as a discipline, as well as its value is understood. And they've UK Government in particular, and obviously Oxford have invested a lot and refining the subject and practice. In the US, it's very different. The concept of program management really hasn't entered the collective experience, I guess, major programs are still heavily engineering based. Project management is a very familiar term. And certainly there are enough people who engage in project management, they get very frustrated by some of the program management aspects that says so much it's beyond their purview, it's just the project managers are as they should be laser focused on delivery, on time on budget, and aren't necessarily positioned to deal with the externalities that can influence that delivery schedule. So one of the bigger challenges, I think we have at least bidding projects in the US is making the case for program management being part of any large mega project, there's definitely a sense that improvements need to be made, particularly when you start talking about less quantifiable aspects like stakeholder engagement, kind of broader community outreach, communication, change management, I mean, a lot of these very established business practices that are at least familiar in the consulting world, per se, but may not have made it into the major program management world. So the big opportunity, and I guess challenge, at least again, in the US, is sharing this field and the insights that it can provide with some of the larger project constituencies, and really, you know, help the programs perform better than they have been traditionally. Riccardo Cosentino 13:09 You mentioned the United States, but I'm in Canada. And I think what you describe is really a North America phenomenon, where major program management is just not viewed as a discipline in itself. Would you ask a guest why they is in North America? How come I always say Canada is at least five to 10 years behind what the UK is. I haven't quite been able to explain why North America is behind. One of the policies I have is just the way major projects are funded, not founders centrally, like the UK, there and therefore create doesn't create a center of knowledge that the UK has with Treasury. But do you have any view on that? 13:54 That's a really good point, the centralization of a lot of the biggest projects in the UK. I think you're onto something there. I mean, that that would explain why there's been so much investment, at least in part, why there's been so much investment and trying to understand kind of the major program management phenomenon. In the US, we obviously, I guess in as in a lot of other places have a robust private sector. That very active builds a whole bunch of different things. And then we have the public sector, which is probably more focused on what you'd consider traditional infrastructure, and then your private public partnerships for for large events and stadiums and that type of thing. The US is a complex network, and pardon me for overusing complex, but I'll probably be using it a lot in this conversation. It's a rather complex overlap of jurisdictions. So for example, the federal government came out with the infrastructure plan, build back better, massive amount of money, but unlike in the UK, in the US, the federal government's role is basically to distribut and administer of money, they're not particularly involved in any of the actual construction, or conducting major programs that can happen at the state level that can happen at the local level that can happen in public private partnerships. So you definitely have a very fragmented market for pursuing any of these types of projects. So then the private side. And of course, this is financed completely differently as well. Why it hasn't made it far enough along, or as far along as in the UK? Maybe it is because there's not as much of a central actor, as there is over there. But it's an interesting research question. Maybe we can get convince some of our colleagues at Oxford to take it up. Corail 15:48 Yes, talking about research, and I know you, you are really fond of everything. Academic related, following on what you just said, Jim. I think it's really interesting for our listeners, who are leaders in major programs to get your knowledge in a bit of sense of your knowledge in the research into major program. And I know that you're fond of many frameworks that help improve major programs. And I was wondering if there was, like one framework out of your time in Oxford that you saw was particularly useful to improve the performance of major program? And could you share that with our listeners, Jim 16:32 I'm happy to share some of the conclusions I've come to and some of the frameworks I've found more useful than others. Of course, the big challenge is always empirically establishing a framework or trying to apply a framework that's been super successful in one area to another area and see, see how it goes. So there are a whole bunch out there, I think a lot of them are more applicable to certain circumstances than others. However, the framework I use for my dissertation in particular is called the Galbraith Star model. It's, it's been around forever, primarily applied to ongoing businesses, not necessarily major programs. But we had a professor at Oxford, introduce it to us, and show how it could be usefully applied to major programs in particular sort of extend its range beyond your your typical business consulting practice. So I found that one fairly useful on primarily because it's, it's sort of simple to conceptualize, it's got a are, for those who don't know, it's a five pointed star, it's got several aspects of an organization that all need to be organized in order for the organization to kind of hit its goals or realize that strategy. And in that instance, certainly applies in a major program context as well. It's also somewhat easy to understand for for people that are used to working in more traditional business environments, or sort of more traditionally practicing project management. So things like identifying a strategy or the goal of a major program, and then making sure that you've got a management structure that supports that strategy. And you'll get decision processes that help information flow among the people within the structure. The other two areas, which interestingly seem to get next to no attention are people. So the which would open up areas of psychology and and behavioral economics, and then reward structures. So how do we actually keep our people who are working on the project who are compensated in a variety of different ways, whether they're the general contractor or subcontractor, the developer, or the municipality or a government official, and everybody's sort of rewarded in different ways? So the question is, are all of those areas sort of aligned in the same direction, so you can accomplish the goals of the major program? So I guess the one of the questions is what is, you know, the perfect alignment for a major program and some of the research I did, unfortunately, was inconclusive in that area. It doesn't seem that there's a single right way to organize a major program, but provided all of those areas are aligned, I think you've certainly got a much better shot of finishing one successfully, Riccardo Cosentino 19:26 if I may jump in and follow up because that framework was a very interesting framework. I was fascinated by that class and having worked in major programs for a big chunk of my career. And I think the for me, the lightbulb moment was major program is a temporary organization. So although the Gobrecht star can be applied to major program, you have to do it through the lens that these are temporary organization. And I think that was a nuance of major program that never occurred to me So as you're designing your organization, you have to keep in mind that you have challenges and opportunities that come with a temporary organization. So, in your view, how much does that influence the way you're designing a major program organization, the fact that is a temporary one. The deal did your research touched upon that? Jim 20:23 It did. In fact, I, in some sense, one could look at the defining difference of a major program, relative to a permanent organization, is the fact that it's temporary. But when you unpack that a little bit, and you start to think about what Temporary means, offer that a lot of the permanent organizations and the permanent organization mindset is far too focused on longevity, when we actually don't see companies last as long as some of the major programs that we work on. So even though a major program may be temporary, you know, a beginning and an end, people can work on a single major program for the majority of their career. So they are so long lived, that they're, they're temporary aspects, maybe more of a perception necessarily than a mental chronological reality. And similarly, on the corporate side, where people are looking at, you know, perpetual existence of a corporation that very rarely happens. Most companies could probably benefit from thinking, and again, this is my opinion. So for all the people who own companies out there who think that I'm a fool, they're certainly welcome to that perspective. But I think companies would probably benefit more by acknowledging volatility and change and sort of the temporary lifespan of whatever a single strategy is, and maybe the major program world would would benefit a little bit from looking at their projects more organically, because they certainly do evolve over time and less from my on a sort of linear project management standpoint, where point A will never be revisited after we complete it or pass it, because we're temporary. So we're gonna do ABCDE. Whereas you're really not you're going A, B, C, D, B, C, A, D, and then kind of spiraling apps. barleys, not the right word. But hopefully your project doesn't spiral but evolving forward in a nonlinear framework. So I guess it's a long winded way of saying, yes, they're temporary, but maybe not as temporary as it's helpful to consider them being, particularly since these projects are supposed to really impact communities for generations, even if their actual construction or development is somewhat limited. And again, could be decades but somewhat limited. I think the perception behind their concepts. And what they're supposed to do for a society is far longer than even most permanent organizations. I mean, the investment we're making in any of these things is really supposed to be generational. Riccardo Cosentino 23:14 Thank you. That was interesting. Exchange, and certainly helped me revisit some of my view about major projects or temporary organization. Jim 23:25 One of the things that was glaringly obvious in my dissertation mean, there was very little that was glaringly obvious in my dissertation, it was largely failed to support the management frameworks that I had formed based on the literature. But, interestingly, of the Galbraith principles of the five points of the star, people and rewards barely showed up at all. So there was, if you think of programs, as we have discussed, having a beginning and an end, whether that's an appropriate perspective or not, they certainly do go through phases from concept of you know, what, what qualifies as completion, although I'll offer that the never really complete, but that whole aspect of people aspects and the reward aspect, explicitly tied towards stakeholders that are involved in the program, kind of a much broader perspective of who was actually involved, and then rewarding people for their involvement in the success of the program, like completely lacking. It didn't show up at all. I mean, maybe towards the later part of a project, did you start to see some considerations about people and how they were going to use the output of the of the program. But really, in the beginning, it was all strategy and structure related. I mean, it just didn't even show up. The programs are so Mayopiccally focused on, on this strategy thing that they never really, at least in my research, exhibited any consideration for people and rewards. So you got another area of research that's probably worth considering there. Riccardo Cosentino 25:16 That's interesting. So your your research show that major programs don't take the time to design a compensation structure and a reward structure to align the interests of the project with the interest of the leadership and in Jim 25:36 really, it really anybody I mean, there's there's certainly incentive based compensation mechanisms at the corporate level, you know, risk base, you come across this all the time, whether you're delivering a turnkey project, or you know, cost plus, or g max, or whatever the structure happens to be relative to the contractor. But in my experience, particularly if it's a major program within an organization, so we worked on a program, or I did with a, another friend of mine, where a company was digitalizing, their entire, basically production stream. So it was within almost exclusively within an organization, although obviously, it touched on some external partners as well. But there was no bonus incentive, there was no reward structure, there was no career path, you know, sort of advancement on to greater challenges or responsibility for implementing the program successfully. I mean, it was literally like, your job is to do it. And good luck. We'll be back in touch if things go wrong. So that to me, that, to me seems like an opportunity to to pull people in the same direction. One acknowledge more broadly, the breadth of the stakeholders that are influenced and then within the program, aligning some of those reward incentives, which may or may not need to be monetary, but aligning those reward incentives within the program to see it completed successfully. Riccardo Cosentino 27:09 Yeah, can it can resonate any makes sense? That's certainly my anecdotal experience. And when you're when you think of a major program, do you think, you know, stakeholders have a lot of influence on the success of their major programs, I've never seen in the few, one of the few major programs I've been involved with, and alignment of the project leadership to the stakeholders. So you know, you could have situation where you could have engagement with stakeholders, and measuring and getting the feedback on how the project is delivering against their needs, and aligning the compensation of the leadership to the stakeholder needs, because we know from our study that stakeholders can derail a major program. And then stakeholder management is key. So there should be a metric that should be aligned. Jim 27:59 Sure, we're in there also a tremendous asset to a program to the coordination takes a huge amount of resources. And it can be very frustrating, particularly from a project management standpoint, where there's a, there's a tendency to to go, go, go, go go. So any sort of these, these stakeholder intervention points, I think, have probably traditionally been viewed as a burden for the program. Whereas leveraging resources of a community, and this comes up a lot in my native state of Maine, particularly with some offshore wind programs, recognizing the support and resources that the local community can provide is a pretty big step. We've got these offshore wind communities obviously touch a lot of sea based industries, fishermen, marine biologists, obviously, the electricity company, but also shipping, manufacturing base quality jobs within the state of Maine. I mean, these are huge opportunities that touch so many different aspects of society. And that can be positively influenced by them. But you kind of have to start with that first perspective that there are a lot of people involved that have a lot to contribute. So engage them early and often and I you should have a better program. Riccardo Cosentino 29:24 Music to my ears. Correll, over to you again, with your series of questions. Corail 29:33 I wanted to go back to a more personal question now. What do you love most about your work and about setting up a consultancy in major in the major program industry? I think what would be interesting is to know more about you and what what does it take to be a major program leader? Jim 29:56 More about me professionally, personally, what attracts me to Do it what a, and we could go down a rabbit hole here. Corail 30:04 I'd be interested to know more about you personally, and, you know, understanding better. What do you love about your job? What drives you to this field? And yeah, what's what is your passion? Jim 30:22 So big, big question, obviously limited time in a podcast format. So I'll try to be as specific as possible. But what what drew me to the real estate industry in particular, despite my best efforts to avoid getting into what had been a family business for years, was how multifaceted is probably an overused description, but how many areas real estate touched any sort of construction project, which sort of, you know, goes back to the broader stakeholder engagement perspective, but also the number of disciplines who are are had to be involved in any successful project, from architecture, to engineering, to finance to delivery to sales, I mean, there, there's not a lot of pigeon holing within real estate, people have to be somewhat familiar with a great number of things in order to have a project delivered successfully. So, you know, personally, I like the breadth of knowledge and the breadth of engagement and the opportunity to use a whole bunch of different skills without diving maybe sufficiently deeply in any of them. My background, certainly, as I mentioned, finance, and there's that's sort of a obvious area one could focus on. But what I've discovered over my career is that any subject, such as finance, is really, again, back more to being about the constituents, stakeholders involved in the finance process. So I can run spreadsheets all day long, I can make him say whatever you want, I can regress to the mean, I can calculate internal rates of return. But what really matters is the people within the transaction, and what they what is their perspective, if I'm a lender going into a project, what Yes, I want my money paid back. Yes, I want interest to to be generated on the loan. I mean, all of these things are fairly cut and dry. But what does that actually mean for the loan officer, the person that you're working with on a day to day basis? And how does your program fit within the larger context of the organization that's lending you the money. So even within something that seems like it would be as as specific and cut and dried as finance is really a far broader and more interesting opportunity to connect with people that have a vested interest in the project? I think that is one of the things that's most appealing about being at least for me, personally, being in a consulting practice or forming a consulting practice, are, I'll say, the second most interesting thing is the breadth of engagement and the number of different subjects and aspects of major programs that you get to touch and sort of have to acknowledge at a minimum to deliver services to your clients. But hands down, the most rewarding thing is the people I get to work with. So and Oxford definitely raised that bar in terms of professionalism and capability of the people on the teams. So does that answer the question people and diversity of subjects? Maybe Riccardo Cosentino 33:28 you sold that to me? So Oh, good. Jim 33:32 No good. Should I point you to our website, because we're always looking for new clients? You Riccardo Cosentino 33:36 should you should what's, what's the website? 33:38 The company is called Two Rodes Group. Website is www.tworoadsgrp.com. As you mentioned, we've got partners in Dublin and London and here in the States. So I won't get into the story of the name. I'm not that I'm not romantic enough to do justice to it. But yeah. Riccardo Cosentino 34:03 Now you have to now. Jim 34:08 So, Robert Frost, former Poet Laureate of the United States and find New Englander wrote a poem called two roads. And the ending stanza is two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference. So when we start to think about major programs and adjusting the perspective, we tried to bring in that road less traveled, the the opportunity to make all the difference by looking at traditional forms of delivering major programs and offering some alternatives that hopefully will make a material difference. Corail 34:45 That's amazing. Thank you, Jim. Riccardo Cosentino 34:48 Very nice. And by the way, the link to your website will be in the show notes and in the episode description so the listener can can find the details if you I couldn't read it down quickly enough. Okay. I think we're coming towards the the end of the podcast currently, if you don't mind, I'll ask the final question to Jim. And so, Jim, in your mind, what would be the dream major program? What will? What would that look like? Jim 35:20 There has so the absolute dream program under sort of all circumstances, for me would be impact related, particularly related to climate change in the natural environment, having grown up in Maine and actually sitting in Maine now looking at the ocean, I think, maybe Maine culture is somewhat uniquely attuned to or dependent upon the natural world. So given all the climate related challenges that everybody acknowledges that we have now, unfortunately, any project that influences a basically preservation of the natural world is to me hugely meaningful. So whether there's delivering clean energy, whether it's considering different ways of funding, climate related initiatives, reef preservation, I'm being a little coy because we just bid on a project recently that had some of these characteristics. But since it hasn't been awarded yet, I can't get into too many details, but basically, the opportunity to use the inherent transformational aspects of a major program to to improve any of a number of situations, particularly around climate change. Riccardo Cosentino 36:32 Very nice. Okay, I think we come to the end of the podcast, Correll, any, any, any final thoughts from you? Corail 36:43 I just, I'm thinking that if every leader, were interesting in the same topics as you, Jim, we wouldn't situation we are today. So I hope you're an inspiration for all our listeners. And thank you for your time. Riccardo Cosentino 36:59 Thank you very much, Corail for CO hosting the podcast with me. Thank you, Jim, for joining us in this conversation, always stimulating conversation with you and Corail. Any final thoughts from you, Jim. Jim 37:14 It's, it's an exciting world. Major programs are definitely a topic not only were studying, but fascinating to work in. So I encourage everybody who's got the chance to consider the topic and get involved. Riccardo Cosentino 37:27 And on that, thank you very much for joining us this week, and we'll talk to you soon. Bye now. Thank you. That's it. For this episode, we'll navigate the major problems. I hope you found today's conversation as informative and thought provoking as I did. If you enjoyed this conversation, please consider subscribing and leaving a review. I would also like to personally invite you to continue the conversation by joining me on my personal LinkedIn at Riccardo Cosentino. Listening to the next episode, where we will continue to explore the latest trends and challenges in major program management. Our next in depth conversation promises to continue to dive into topics such as leadership risk management, and the impact of emerging technology in infrastructure. It's a conversation you're not going to want to miss. 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Susan MacNicol is the Managing Director of Strategic & Creative Marketing Inc., a marketing firm dedicated to assisting businesses in achieving their optimal sales. The firm helps its clients by clearly defining their target market, identifying competitive advantages, and creating powerful marketing messages and tactics that reach the right audience. She is a results-driven leader with a progressive record of developing and implementing marketing, recruiting, market research, and sales strategies for commercial organizations, government agencies, and nonprofits.  Susan has served on National Advisory Panels for LinkedIn and Facebook corporate for four years, providing feedback, ideas, and beta testing to these global leaders in social media. She has a BA in marketing communications from Columbia College Chicago and an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. In this episode… Marketing is fundamental to the success of any business. So how can you come up with effective marketing campaigns that drive results?  Many companies have a marketing team, but most don't have the expertise to create an effective marketing campaign that delivers the desired results. Susan MacNicol recommends partnering with marketing agencies with the know-how to help you build a strategy supported by processes to make it all work. She shares how these professionals conduct comprehensive reviews of target markets, sales goals, creative content, and messaging to communicate your value proposition to customers and prospects. Listen to this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Weisz featuring Susan MacNicol, Managing Director of Strategic & Creative Marketing Inc., where she discusses how she helps people build marketing strategies and plans that work. Susan talks about Strategic & Creative Marketing, Inc. and what it does, its relationship with Facebook, and the evolution of the firm's services.

Sasha is the Founder of The Shine Side, which provides services in strategy, synergy, styling, and storytelling along with aiming to shine a light on talent from the disability community. She holds degrees in English and Disability Studies from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. The Shine Side was founded with a mission to advocate for talent with disabilities while providing them with the opportunity to advance their social presence and work with brands. Additionally, the company is aimed at making a difference through educating brand partners on the importance of producing inclusive and accessible campaigns, an initiative Sasha is dedicated to bringing forth in current and future roles. Sasha joins me to deep dive into what it looks like to be inclusive as a creator, how creators and brands can elevate people with disabilities, and how to support and elevate without making someone the token of inclusivity. Join our Facebook Group: http://t.ly/Nl9T  Finding what will perform well isn't easy, but VidIQ is my go to solution for tracking trends, key words, and what my viewers are looking for. When you download the VidIQ extension you will be able to level up your content! Get vidIQ to blow up your channel at womeonofvideo.com/vidiq Our community is focused on helping women not only to be better creators but to also make money doing it. Spreadshop allows for you to start making money as soon as you have merch to sell. You can open your FREE online merch store with Spreadshop in minutes! Cost-free, hassle-free, it's merchandising made easy. Click this link to get started for FREE! Get started with Spreadshop at https://womenofyoutube.com/Spreadshop Follow Desiree at http://t.ly/GbY4  Follow Sasha at https://www.instagram.com/ontheshineside/  Follow The Shine Side at TheShineSide.com  Time Stamps: 00:00 - Podcast Intro 04:06 - Meet Sasha 10:02 - Accessibility on social media 19:24 - How creators with disabilities elevate themselves 23:50 - Working with The Shine Side 34:04 - Inspirational send off --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenofvideo/message

Proper estate planning is one of the most important elements of a complete financial plan and often the most overlooked. Roughly half of my new clients either have no estate plan or an incomplete plan or an outdated plan. My two guests to discuss the issues are Ryan Barrett, a member of both the State Bar of California and Utah State Bar, and Mike Piper, CPA.   Ryan is an estate planning attorney who began his legal career in southern California ten years ago after obtaining a Juris Doctor as well as a Master of Business Administration from a concurrent program at Pepperdine Law and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Mike is the author of the popular blog “Oblivious Investor” at ObliviousInvestor.com and the creator of the free Open Social Security calculator at OpenSocialSecurity.com. He is also the author of several books on taxes, investing, and Social Security, and now a new book, After the Death of Your Spouse: Next Financial Steps for Surviving Spouses.   This podcast is hosted by Rick Ferri, CFA, a long-time Boglehead and investment adviser. The Bogleheads are a group of like-minded individual investors who follow the general investment and business beliefs of John C. Bogle, founder and former CEO of the Vanguard Group. It is a conflict-free community where individual investors reach out and provide education, assistance, and relevant information to other investors of all experience levels at no cost. The organization supports a free forum at Bogleheads.org and the wiki site is Bogleheads® wiki.    Since 2000, the Bogleheads' have held national conferences in major cities around the country. There are also many Local Chapters in the US and even a few Foreign Chapters that meet regularly. New Chapters are being added on a regular basis. All Bogleheads activities are coordinated by volunteers who contribute their time and talent.     This podcast is supported by the John C. Bogle Center for Financial Literacy, a non-profit organization approved by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity on February 6, 2012. Your tax-deductible donation to the Bogle Center is appreciated.

Overview We are talking to Shany Mahalu and Sam Borghese. We discuss how we can design projects that enable success on both the students and the industry standpoint. Finally, we wrap up the episode talking about the future of education, and how technology can enable change. About Shany Mahalu Shany Mahalu Atiya is a higher education professional with an extensive experience designing, implementing, and leading graduate strategic initiatives and educational programs. She serves as the Senior Director, Corporate Engagement and External Relations for the Master of Quantitative Economics (MQE) at UCLA Department of Economics. She is responsible for generating and cultivating a corporate employer pipeline and nurturing meaningful relationships with corporations and industry leaders that position MQE students for success in the job market. Shany began her professional career at the Israeli Defense Forces, where she served as a Non-Commissioned Educational Officer and later as Director of Security Operations for the Israeli Airlines, El Al. After graduating from Pepperdine with a Master of Science in Organization Development in 2008, she further developed her passion for people and leadership, and started her journey as a higher education professional. In her tenure at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, she led the admissions, recruitment, career development, alumni, and employer relations efforts for the part-time and executive MBA/Master programs. Her passion for diversity and inclusion led her to design and facilitate military-connected career readiness programs and initiatives in collaboration with the Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) and the Amazon Military Event team. About Sam Borghese Sam Borghese has designed and taught eight courses inside the Master of Quantitative Economics (MQE) at UCLA. This curriculum includes, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning in Finance and Blockchain. All course work is project-focussed to allow students to gain pragmatic experience in these fields. Another responsibility at UCLA that Sam has undertaken is advising applied projects. Companies that partner with the MQE layout a data-driven problem in which Sam assembles a team and walks students through potential solutions over an academic quarter. Prior to this, Sam was doing research with a former Economist at George Soros Fund creating models for forecasting asset prices. Both of them teamed up to create a Mock Fund that disseminates the signals for investment banks and other financial institutions to view. This project grew to be the UCLA Quant Lab, which Sam is the appointed Director of. Simultaneously Sam runs a Quant Hedge Fund that is up +30% net of fees in 2022. Social Handles Sam Borghese Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/samborghese Shany Mahalu Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shany-mahalu-atiya-msod-a47831a/ Learn more about our mission and become a member here: https://www.womenindata.org/ All Data Bytes listeners get 20% off of WiD membership by using the code: DATABYTES20 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/women-in-data/support

In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we'd like to share this particularly special episode featuring Larraine Segil.   Larraine Segil is a South African-born entrepreneur, attorney, adviser, lecturer, author, board member, and cheesemaker! She is renowned as the leading Guru in Strategic Alliances having written 5 books on the topic and built (and sold) the leading Consultancy in the area after being CEO of entrepreneurial companies in Health Care and Aerospace Advanced Materials Distribution. She taught Executive Education on Alliances at Caltech for 24 years. She is a Professor at Southwestern Law School on Business Alliances and has been a Professor in the Straus Center Masters Program in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. Larraine was a member of the Board of Frontier Communications, and now serves on the public board of CalPrivate Bank Bank as well as on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, and as Board Emerita at UCLA Anderson School of Management Entrepreneur's Advisory Board, and NACD PSW. Larraine serves on the Fast Company Impact Council.   Larraine is the embodiment of exceptional. Learn more about her work, experience, and ethos here: http://www.lsegil.com/   Learn more about the Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation here: https://www.exceptionalwomenawardees.com/    Enjoy this episode? Subscribe, follow, and rate our podcast today!

In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we'd like to share this particularly special episode featuring Larraine Segil. Larraine Segil is a South African-born entrepreneur, attorney, adviser, lecturer, author, board member, and cheesemaker! She is renowned as the leading Guru in Strategic Alliances having written 5 books on the topic and built (and sold) the leading Consultancy in the area after being CEO of entrepreneurial companies in Health Care and Aerospace Advanced Materials Distribution.She taught Executive Education on Alliances at Caltech for 24 years. She is a Professor at Southwestern Law School on Business Alliances and has been a Professor in the Straus Center Masters Program in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. Larraine was a member of the Board of Frontier Communications, and now serves on the public board of CalPrivate Bank Bank as well as on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, and as Board Emerita at UCLA Anderson School of Management Entrepreneur's Advisory Board, and NACD PSW. Larraine serves on the Fast Company Impact Council. Larraine is the embodiment of exceptional. Learn more about her work, experience, and ethos here: http://www.lsegil.com/ Learn more about the Exceptional Women Awardees Foundation here: https://www.exceptionalwomenawardees.com/  Enjoy this episode? Subscribe, follow, and rate our podcast today!To stay connected and continue the conversation, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn.And don't forget to check out our previous episodes for more tips and strategies to boost your workplace happiness. You can find them on your favorite podcast platform or on our website.If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions for future episodes, please reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you!Stay inspired, stay motivated, and stay happy at work!

Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is the co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, and co-creator of a carbon removal technology that can reverse climate change. Under Dr. Chichilnisky's leadership, the company was awarded a Silver designation on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School's 2020 Most Fundable Companies List, and its technology was chosen by MIT Technology Review as one of the Ten Breakthrough Technologies of 2019, a list curated by Bill Gates. In addition to her role at Global Thermostat, Dr. Chichilnisky is a Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics at Columbia University, and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management. Dr. Chichilnisky acted as the lead U.S. author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change, and she worked extensively on the Kyoto Protocol, creating and designing the carbon market that became international law in 2005. Dr. Chichilnisky is the author of more than 300 scientific articles and more than 15 books, including the recently published Reversing Climate Change and the award-winning Saving Kyoto, which won the American Library Association's 2010 Outstanding Academic Title of the Year and the American Geographical Society's Book of the Month Award in October 2009. She holds two Ph.D. degrees, in Mathematics and Economics, and her graduate studies were at MIT and the University of California, Berkeley. https://globalthermostat.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/

Kimber Maderazzo is the Chairman of the Board of C200, a peer community of female CEOs whose purpose is to advance women in business leadership. Kimber also serves on the Board of Directors of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and was previously an Executive Vice President & General Manager at The Proactiv Company. In this episode, she discusses how C200 teaches women to be in P&L roles and how its members work with each other to advance each other. She also highlights her five principles of leadership advancement for female executives.

When we talk about creativity, the first things that come to mind are usually fine arts such as painting, drawing, or photography. The truth is that creativity looks different to every person. Today's guest, Van Lai-DuMone, teaches us that creativity is about thinking differently and being able to bring two ideas together that seemingly have nothing in common. In this episode, the fantastic Van Lai-DuMone helps us tackle today's question, How Can You Incorporate Play & Creativity Into Your Work & Life? We had an enlightening conversation about creativity and the positive effects of introducing games and creative activities to the workspace. Van kindly shared her family's story; coming to America when she was 2 and escaping from the Vietnam war. She talks about how her mother's curiosity and perseverance helped her learn a new profession and get her manicure license. Thanks to Van's mother and her friends, other Vietnamese refugees learned the job and, more than 40 years later, turned it into an $8.3 billion industry.Van followed her own curiosity and perseverance and is currently the Founder of worksmART advantage, Creativity Consultant at I Make Work Fun, Director of Arts Based Corporate Learning at All Star Teams, and a TEDx & Keynote Speaker. Van holds an MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School; she is a Team Prelude Certified Facilitator and a LEGO Serious Play Methodologies Facilitator. Some Questions We Ask:Can you tell us a little bit more about your story, your history, and your background? (5:51)How do you use your transition story and then take it with you to the work you're doing today? (10:53)What are other ways, aside from LEGOs, that you're bringing creativity and fun into the workplace for businesses? (19:47)Do you have any thoughts about this idea of how creativity is not just about playing with something but about tapping into parts of ourselves that come alive and bring meaning and purpose to the work we do? (27:30)In This Episode, You Will Learn:The story of Van and her family coming to America and being transferred to different military bases (6:05)How Van's parents taught her one thing with their words and a totally different one with their actions (11:02)How LEGO Serious Play works and its effects at the workplace (14:45)What Van's mission as a Facilitator is (22:17)Van's brilliant answer to our previous guest's question, Lauren Nile (32:12)Resources:worksmART advantage websiteTEDx Talk: Van Lai-DuMone - What If? The Life-Changing Power of Curiosity and CourageConnect with Van:LinkedInConnect With Bridget Sampson:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInConnect With Todd Parker:InstagramLinkedInSampson Coaching and Consulting:Sampson Coaching and ConsultingThe Right Questions Podcast on YouTubeSampson Coaching and Consulting Videos on YouTubeTED TalkInstagramFacebook Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is the co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, and co-creator of a carbon removal technology that can reverse climate change. Under Dr. Chichilnisky’s leadership, the company was awarded a Silver designation on Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s 2020 Most Fundable Companies List, and its technology was chosen by MIT Technology Review as one of the Ten Breakthrough Technologies of 2019, a list curated by Bill Gates. In addition to her role at Global Thermostat, Dr. Chichilnisky is a Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics at Columbia University, and Director of the Columbia Consortium for Risk Management. Dr. Chichilnisky acted as the lead U.S. author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change, and she worked extensively on the Kyoto Protocol, creating and designing the carbon market that became international law in 2005. Dr. Chichilnisky is the author of more than 300 scientific articles and more than 15 books, including the recently published Reversing Climate Change and the award-winning Saving Kyoto, which won the American Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Academic Title of the Year and the American Geographical Society’s Book of the Month Award in October 2009. She holds two Ph.D. degrees, in Mathematics and Economics, and her graduate studies were at MIT and the University of California, Berkeley. https://globalthermostat.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/

Van Lai-DuMone is the founder of worksmART Advantage, a progressive team development and leadership training consultancy that utilizes creativity, play, and experiential learning to evolve mindset, skill sets, and behaviors in the workplace. Born in Vietnam and raised in Southern California after her family fled Vietnam as war refugees, she watched her parents pave a new life for themselves, seeing first hand how creative thinking, innovation, and curiosity can help people overcome their circumstances. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Santa Barbara and went on to earn her MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.

Dr. Kori Novak is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 18 years of success spanning healthcare, sports management, and criminal justice. Leveraging extensive experience as a CEO for various organizations Dr. Novak’s broad areas of expertise includes elder care, hospice services, healthcare strategy and public affairs.Throughout her executive career, Dr. Novak has held leadership positions where she was responsible for achieving change and driving successful collaborations within and outside her fields of expertise. In addition, she is a professor at various universities and is a Sr. Researcher in Gerontology at Oxford University and a Sr. Fellow of Sociology at the School of Law and Social Science at the University of Suffolk in the UK. She has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker for several domestic and international associations/Congresses revolving around Gerontology, Health Care and Criminal Justice.Dr. Novak attained her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ethno-Geriatrics and end of life care (Thanatology) from Stanford University School of Medicine, her Ph.D. in Human Services and Gerontology with Summa Cum Laude honors from Capella University, her MBA with a concentration in Marketing, Public Relations, and Healthcare Administration with Magna Cum Laude honors from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, and her BA in International Relations and Russian with Cum Laude honors from the University of Denver.She currently lives in California with the loves of her life, her rescued Lhasa Apso and Shih Tzu Winston and Abigail.Kori's Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/korinovak/Academia: https://oxford.academia.edu/KoriNovakOxford Phenomenology Network: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/phenomenology#quicktabs-theme_term_quicktab=4Personal Website: https://korinovak.com/

As always, we will start with hard economic data and make sense of it all. We’ll then talk about the similarities between 9/11 and the current crisis we are facing with Dr. Clemens Kownatzki, currently the Department Chair of Accounting, Finance, and Real Estate at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Then, we’ll end with the European View, where we look into how Europeans are re-inventing office space. Support the show (https://pod.fan/bad-bad-news)

In this episode the practical knowledge meets the theoretical knowledge. This episode of Fundraising Radio is unique because we had two speakers at once talking about one subject from two different perspectives. The major topic for this episode was due-diligence from a theoretical and practical standpoints. Listen the episode to learn more. Syndicate 708: https://www.syndicate708.com/ Pepperdine Graziadio Business School: https://bschool.pepperdine.edu/

Super connector and entrepreneur Sinan Kanatsiz joined me on Accelerate OC recently. He is currently the CEO of KCOMM, a PR and marketing agency he started over 20 years ago. He’s worked with many of the largest and most prominent companies in Orange County, as well as some of fastest growing and innovative ones.  Sinan also founded and is currently Chairman of the Internet Marketing Association, a global organization that connects and supports marketing professionals with leading experts, ideas and insights.Sinan recently spun off a senior executive and leader group called International Executive Council, which brings together growth-minded leaders to learn and connect as well.He has been awarded for many of his efforts - named 40 under 40 and a Featured Entrepreneur of the Year by OC Metro Magazine. A couple years ago as recognition for his philanthropic involvement, he was knighted and invited to become a member of the Royal House of Savoy by the prince. Last year he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his work in non-profits, PR and marketing, an award that's also been given to folks like Dr. Oz and former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt. He’s active at both Chapman University here in Orange County, and the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.Sinan is also a kindred spirit – like me he’s a huge cheerleader for Orange County and inspiring others to get involved and give back here.  We always have great conversations about the amazing people here in our community and what big impact they and we can have on the world.

Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker and organizational consultant. With over two decades of corporate experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, she has a strong history of leading, educating and inspiring others. She is an accredited practitioner for EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Model, Insights Discovery Colors, and Blanchard's Situational Leadership. Extensive work experience, coupled with dissertation research, has given her a research-based, expert level of knowledge in Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Gender, and Unconscious Bias, and she is the author of the best-selling book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and the Gender Divide (2018 Morgan James Publishing). She serves as adjunct professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, where she teaches courses on Organizational Behavior, Women in Leadership, Diversity in Organizations, and Leadership and Ethics. Her specific areas of focus include Organizational Leadership, Learning & Development, Talent Management, and Diversity & Inclusion. Shawn is a frequent contributor to the publications of the Association for Talent Development, Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network, and Training Industry. She was the 2017 Diversity & Inclusion columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and in 2015, she received the Training Industry Magazine Editor's and Readership Award for her writing. Shawn earned her Ed.D. degree in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University, and a B.A. degree in Psychology from University of California, Irvine.  She has authored multiple published articles and blogs, leads webinars and workshops, and serves on advisory and editorial Boards of Directors. She is founder and CEO of Andrews Research International. Her Philosophy in her words: I believe that everyone should have access to equal opportunities. I want to see talented professionals succeed in their career, and I want to see organizations be more diverse and inclusive so that everyone's talents are utilized and valued. Unfortunately, too many knowledgeable and capable individuals fall short of their career goals, and too many organizations leave untapped talent on the table. The world is becoming more diverse every day, and I believe that we can do better. Building cultures that are more inclusive and gender balanced takes awareness, dialogue and ongoing action—and there are many individual and organizational strategies that can move us forward. In 2014, I launched my speaking and consulting business, and shortly after started writing and teaching for business schools. I'm passionate about helping others take control of their professional lives, helping businesses be more effective, and making an impact on the world. This is what drove me to research, speak, teach, and write on the broad topics of leadership, emotional intelligence and gender—and it's why I wrote The Power of Perception. I invite you to join me on the journey.

Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker and organizational consultant. With over two decades of corporate experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, she has a strong history of leading, educating and inspiring others. She is an accredited practitioner for EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Model, Insights Discovery Colors, and Blanchard's Situational Leadership. Extensive work experience, coupled with dissertation research, has given her a research-based, expert level of knowledge in Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Gender, and Unconscious Bias, and she is the author of the best-selling book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and the Gender Divide (2018 Morgan James Publishing). She serves as adjunct professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, where she teaches courses on Organizational Behavior, Women in Leadership, Diversity in Organizations, and Leadership and Ethics. Her specific areas of focus include Organizational Leadership, Learning & Development, Talent Management, and Diversity & Inclusion. Shawn is a frequent contributor to the publications of the Association for Talent Development, Life Sciences Trainers & Educators Network, and Training Industry. She was the 2017 Diversity & Inclusion columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and in 2015, she received the Training Industry Magazine Editor's and Readership Award for her writing. Shawn earned her Ed.D. degree in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University, and a B.A. degree in Psychology from University of California, Irvine.  She has authored multiple published articles and blogs, leads webinars and workshops, and serves on advisory and editorial Boards of Directors. She is founder and CEO of Andrews Research International. Her Philosophy in her words: I believe that everyone should have access to equal opportunities. I want to see talented professionals succeed in their career, and I want to see organizations be more diverse and inclusive so that everyone's talents are utilized and valued. Unfortunately, too many knowledgeable and capable individuals fall short of their career goals, and too many organizations leave untapped talent on the table. The world is becoming more diverse every day, and I believe that we can do better. Building cultures that are more inclusive and gender balanced takes awareness, dialogue and ongoing action—and there are many individual and organizational strategies that can move us forward. In 2014, I launched my speaking and consulting business, and shortly after started writing and teaching for business schools. I'm passionate about helping others take control of their professional lives, helping businesses be more effective, and making an impact on the world. This is what drove me to research, speak, teach, and write on the broad topics of leadership, emotional intelligence and gender—and it's why I wrote The Power of Perception. I invite you to join me on the journey.  

Why should we care about Emotional Intelligence when building a company today? People with high EQ, work better with others, manage customers more effectively and cultivate an accepting company culture.    Today's Quote: “Emotion is more powerful than logic” - Albert Einstein Show Guest: Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker, organizational consultant, and the founder and CEO of Andrews Research International. She serves as adjunct professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, where she teaches courses on Organizational Behavior, Women in Leadership, Diversity in Organizations, and Leadership and Ethics. She was the 2017 Diversity & Inclusion columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and is the author of the book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and the Gender Divide (Amazon.com) Episode highlights: EQ, What is it? How to you get it? Incorporate into your hiring What is EQ? Set of emotional and social skills that collectively establish how well we: Perceive and express ourselves Develop and maintain social relationships Cope with challenges, manage stress and make decisions Use emotional information to guide our thinking and action Managing emotions Manage stress Overcome obstacles Inspire toward collective goals Self perception, Self expression, interpersonal, decision making, Stress Management Tied into core company values Why is it Important? Low Emotional Intelligence breeds bad cultures “Hire hard, manage easy” What if you don’t have EQ? How do you get it? Get EQ assessment Read a book EQ for different roles: Leadership: Interpersonal relationships Assertiveness Self-awareness Sales: Self-actualization Assertiveness Happiness Marketing / Creative: Optimism Reality testing Independence Customer Service: Stress tolerance Assertiveness Happiness Product Development /Manufacturing: Flexibility Problem solving Independence Interviewing for EQ Behavioral Interviewing Comfortable candidate- feel conversational, warm & informal Start: difficult challenge that was solved, commend… then go granular “Hire hard, manage easy” Deep reference checking Evidence of low & high EQ behaviors  

“The Power of Perception: Why We Don’t See More Women Leading (and what we can do about it)” with DR. SHAWN ANDREWSWe are excited to welcome founder and CEO of Andrews Research International, DR. SHAWN ANDREWS, this month on Smart Women Talk Radio.Shawn and Katana will :•Examine the barriers to success that limit women’s career advancement.•Identify emotional attributes and their power on leadership.•Explore how gender differences impact perception and promotion.Dr. Shawn Andrews is a keynote speaker, organizational consultant, and the founder and CEO of Andrews Research International. She serves as adjunct professor at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, where she teaches courses on Organizational Behavior, Women in Leadership, Diversity in Organizations, and Leadership and Ethics. She was the 2017 Diversity & Inclusion columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and is the author of the book, The Power of Perception: Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and the Gender Divide.To listen to this show, go to https://www.ctrnetwork.com/smartwomentalkradio