The Business of Intuition: Recent Episodes
Dean Newlund, Mission Facilitators International
Today, business needs intuition more than ever. Each week your host Dean Newlund interviews business and thought leaders about the hard science and meaningful experience of intuitive leadership in business. Dean has provided guidance to hundreds of companies including ExxonMobil, Marriott, American Express, Goodwill, Adobe, Coca-Cola, HP, Microsoft, Arizona State University, Pfizer, Kaiser Permanente, Johnson and Johnson, Boeing, HonorHealth, Costco, and many more. His experience and insights have helped them succeed, now he wants to share that same knowledge with you.
Dean’s TedX talk “Why Business Needs Intuition” was the inspiration for this podcast. Most problems and challenges present themselves as symptoms of a larger issue. And yet all of us possess a superpower: Intuition. The Business of Intuition will help you make better decisions, forge real connections, and creatively solve problems to amplify your impact and simplify your life. Whether you are a CEO, HR executive, team leader, entrepreneur, or if you just want to tap more into your own business intuition, this is the podcast for you.
Strong leaders know that facts alone rarely change minds. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Danny Bobrow explore why authentic connection comes before persuasion and how leaders can communicate in ways that earn trust, strengthen relationships, and inspire action.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Danny Bobrow discuss:
- Lessons from endurance sports and teamwork
- The Persuasion Blueprint framework
- Persuasion in digital and AI-assisted communication
- Building stronger relationships through emotional awareness
- Leadership communication during difficult conversations
Key Takeaways:
- Begin difficult conversations by helping people feel understood before trying to convince them. Care and emotional attunement create the foundation for collaboration.
- Let enthusiasm grow by discovering what already motivates the other person instead of overwhelming them with your own excitement.
- In digital communication, take time to write thoughtful, respectful messages that provide context and show consideration.
- Before debating emotional issues, understand where someone is coming from instead of leading with facts alone.
- Use AI to support your thinking, but preserve authentic judgment and relationships where trust depends on your own words.
"What people are really craving is to be understood, not to be impressed.” — Danny Bobrow
About Danny Bobrow:
Daniel A. “Danny” Bobrow is the creator of The Art of First Impressions™ and The Persuasion Blueprint™, communication mastery programs that help businesses build trust and drive ethical conversion. He is President of AIM Dental Marketing, which has helped grow dental practices since 1989, and serves as Executive Director of Climb for a Cause™ and The Smile Tree™. Danny is the Founding Executive Committee Chair of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health and holds two MBAs from the University of Chicago and K.U.L. Belgium. A Distinguished Toastmaster, mediator, mountaineer, and endurance athlete, Danny champions patient persistence and respectful resilience.
Connect with Danny Bobrow:
Website: https://www.dannybobrow.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannybobrow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanielABobrow/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielabobrow
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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AI can now do far more than summarize meetings. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Artem Koren explore how meeting intelligence is evolving into AI that helps leaders execute business goals, improve collaboration, and rethink the future of work.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Artem Koren discuss:
- The evolution of AI-powered meeting intelligence
- Connecting everyday work to organizational goals
- Practical AI applications for business workflows
- Leadership behaviors in times of uncertainty
- Balancing automation with human judgment
Key Takeaways:
- AI can remove repetitive work, but leaders should continue reviewing its output to ensure it reflects their own thinking, judgment, and communication style.
- Custom AI workflows can help organizations evaluate meetings against their own standards, making it easier to reinforce desired behaviors and improve consistency.
- Rather than focusing only on individual tasks, AI can help employees connect their daily work to broader business goals and organizational priorities.
- When problems arise, leaders build stronger teams by staying calm, assessing the situation, addressing the immediate issue, and learning from what happened instead of reacting emotionally.
- Use AI to support decisions and execution, but preserve the human moments that strengthen relationships, trust, and personal connection.
"Assess the situation, stop the bleed, figure out what you do to prevent this thing from happening in the future, and implement those changes.” — Artem Koren
About Artem Koren:
Artem is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Semby AI. Artem has 16+ years of product management experience and has applied AI learning to his work since 2009. Artem is passionate about using AI to enrich humanity and create positive change.
Connect with Artem Koren:
Website: https://www.sembly.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoren/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Strong sales conversations are built long before the pitch begins. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Glenn Poulos explore practical strategies for building trust, strengthening customer relationships, and creating memorable buying experiences in both in-person and virtual sales environments.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Glenn Poulos discuss:
- Relationship-driven approaches to professional selling
- Adapting traditional sales practices for virtual environments
- Communication techniques that strengthen customer trust
- Career decisions, entrepreneurship, and business growth
- Lessons learned from decades of sales and leadership experience
Key Takeaways:
- Listening carefully, remembering people, and learning about their environment creates stronger trust than leading with product features.
- Instead of covering everything you offer, identify the customer's primary problem and build your presentation around solving it.
- Whether meeting in person or virtually, thoughtful preparation, genuine rapport, and attention to detail leave a stronger impression than a polished sales pitch.
- Working for strong, market-leading organizations can create greater career growth and reduce the effort spent defending your value.
- Recognizing what you do well, letting go of poor-fit pursuits, and building on your strengths leads to greater confidence and effectiveness.
"You only have one life to live, so you should always work for the best possible company.” — Glenn Poulos
About Glenn Poulos:
Glenn Poulos is a three-time entrepreneur and seasoned strategist leading ProgUSA, a long-standing power industry supplier focused on equipment and tools supporting today’s grid and tomorrow’s data center power needs. He previously built and exited two successful companies, including Gap Wireless, which grew to more than $80 million in sales before its eight-figure exit.
He is the multiple international award-winning author of Never Sit in the Lobby and is known for blending sharp sales discipline with a human, rapport-driven approach to leadership. Outside of work, Glenn is an in-demand charity DJ under the name Phossl.
Connect with Glenn Poulos:
Website: https://glennpoulos.com/
Book: Never Sit in the Lobby: https://glennpoulos.com/book/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@glennpoulos
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennpoulos/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/GlennPoulos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glenn.poulos/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glenn.poulos/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Great leadership doesn't begin with better answers—it begins with asking better questions. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ashley Jablow explore how design thinking can help leaders create intentional cultures, embrace uncertainty, and make better decisions through empathy, experimentation, and purposeful action.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ashley Jablow discuss:
- Applying design thinking beyond product development
- Why organizational culture should be intentionally designed
- Innovation, leadership, and navigating uncertainty
- Creativity within organizational and personal constraints
- Designing meaningful careers and life transitions
Key Takeaways:
- Start every challenge by understanding the people involved before jumping to solutions. Ashley explains that designing with empathy leads to more effective decisions for employees, customers, and leaders alike.
- Favor small, fast experiments over waiting for perfect plans. Ashley encourages leaders to learn from each attempt, iterate, and build confidence through continuous experimentation.
- Building innovative teams requires creating enough trust and psychological safety for people to contribute ideas, take healthy risks, and learn from failures without fear.
- Constraints such as limited time, resources, or existing commitments can become productive design tools by narrowing focus and encouraging more creative problem-solving.
- When facing uncertainty, Ashley recommends asking, “What is the smallest, fastest, cheapest thing that I could do or try today to learn the most?” to identify low-risk actions that generate valuable learning and momentum.
"You kind of have to build the plane while you're flying it.” — Ashley Jablow
About Ashley Jablow:
Ashley Jablow (Jab-lo, pronouns: she/her) is the founder of Wayfinders Collective and creator of Life Design School, a creative studio for people in career and life transition. A seasoned facilitator, speaker, coach, and design strategist, Ashley blends design thinking and innovation, emotional intelligence, and creative tools to spark clarity and action for teams and individuals navigating change. She's also the artist and author of 100 Days of Designing My Life, a guided journal series for reflection and reinvention.
Connect with Ashley Jablow:
Website: https://www.wayfinderscollective.com/ & https://www.lifedesignschool.co/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyjablow/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleyjablow/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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High-performing organizations don't improve engagement by chance. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ryan Englin explore why employee engagement is ultimately a leadership responsibility and how small, consistent actions can strengthen retention, trust, and business performance.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ryan Englin discuss:
- The relationship between leadership and employee engagement
- Recruiting as part of an organization's marketing strategy
- Building workplace cultures that improve retention
- Practical approaches to gathering employee feedback
- The business impact of disengagement on organizational performance
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders should regularly measure engagement through short quarterly pulse surveys and communicate what actions will be taken, helping employees see that their feedback leads to meaningful change.
- Frequent feedback conversations are more effective than relying solely on annual performance reviews because employees need ongoing clarity about expectations and opportunities for growth.
- According to Ryan, organizations attract stronger candidates when they become workplaces people genuinely want to join rather than relying primarily on recruiting tactics.
- Ryan argues that engagement grows when employees feel cared for, develop trusted workplace relationships, and have opportunities to build meaningful connections with colleagues.
- Disengagement can create measurable business costs through turnover, rework, overtime, and lower productivity, making employee engagement a leadership and financial priority.
"When you have an engaged workforce, they want to work for you, and they want to continue working for you.” — Ryan Englin
About Ryan Englin:
Ryan Englin is passionate about helping growing businesses, particularly in blue-collar industries, build productive companies by hiring the right people. Growing up, he watched his father work long hours as an owner/operator and witnessed firsthand the challenges of hiring and retaining quality frontline employees. That experience inspired Ryan to help businesses find a better way.
Through his company, Core Matters, Ryan provides coaching and training on attracting, hiring, and retaining top employees. Using his Core Fit Hiring System, he helps small and midsize businesses hire better people, faster. Over nearly a decade, Ryan has worked with more than 100 clients, helping business owners achieve their hiring and growth goals.
Connect with Ryan Englin:
Website: https://corematters.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corematters/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanenglin/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecorematters
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecorematters/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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AI is rapidly changing how organizations serve customers, but the most important business decisions still require human judgment. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ty Givens explore the evolving relationship between automation, customer experience, and leadership.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ty Givens discuss:
- The evolving relationship between technology and customer experience
- How organizations are adapting to rapid changes in AI
- Challenges and opportunities emerging in today's workforce
- The realities behind automation, efficiency, and business performance
- Skills and mindsets that remain valuable in a changing environment
Key Takeaways:
- AI works best when it handles routine questions quickly while still providing clear paths to human support when customers need it.
- Customer experience remains a competitive advantage, and companies that ignore the human side of service risk damaging loyalty and trust.
- The role of customer service professionals is evolving from handling transactions to managing, training, and improving AI-driven systems.
- Many organizations may be moving too quickly with AI implementation, often attempting to automate complex processes before the technology is ready.
- As automation expands, critical thinking, judgment, empathy, and complex problem-solving become even more valuable human skills.
"Happy employees create happy customers, and the opposite of that is also true.” — Ty Givens
About Ty Givens:
Ty Givens is the Founder and CEO of CX Collective and CX Collective Advantage, bringing over 25 years of hands-on experience helping companies transform chaotic customer support teams into strategic growth engines. She has optimized operations and driven customer retention for major brands like Thrive Market, ShoeDazzle, See's Candies, and Intuit. People often call her the most relatable voice in CX because she’s lived the work and knows what it feels like to inherit big expectations with limited support. Known for blending operational rigor with a human touch, Ty equips leaders with practical playbooks, automation strategies, and process improvements to scale customer experience effectively.
Connect with Ty Givens:
Website: https://www.cxcollective.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tybryantgivens/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itstygivens/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if the future can't be understood through data, strategy, and forecasts alone? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Stephanie Trager explore how intuition, consciousness, self-awareness, and expanded perception may help leaders navigate uncertainty in entirely new ways.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Stephanie Trager discuss:
- What it means to become a “conscious futurist”
- The limitations of purely linear thinking when navigating uncertainty
- How stories, beliefs, and worldviews shape the futures we create
- Intuition, consciousness, non-linear perception, and expanded awareness
- Indigenous wisdom, nature connection, and the inner work of leadership
Key Takeaways:
- The future is shaped not only by trends and data but also by the stories and assumptions people collectively believe.
- Leaders may benefit from balancing analytical thinking with intuition, reflection, and broader forms of awareness.
- Identity shifts and personal transformation often create opportunities to see new possibilities and futures.
- Expanding perception beyond conventional ways of thinking can open new approaches to leadership and decision-making.
- Greater connection to self, others, and the natural world can help leaders navigate uncertainty with more clarity and intention.
"The conscious futurist is able to have the intellectual [and] analytical capacity to discern... and also to sort of expand perception about reality.” — Stephanie Trager
About Stephanie Trager:
Stephanie Trager is a conscious futurist, systems thinker, and strategic advisor with more than 30 years of multidisciplinary experience working at the intersection of ancient and future intelligence. An attorney with a background in human rights, environmental justice, and corporate litigation, she brings analytical depth to questions of ethics, governance, leadership, and human potential. Her counsel spans Fortune 100 leaders, impact investors, family offices, founders, and next-generation inheritors navigating complexity, innovation, and personal growth. Stephanie is an Earthkeeper, serves on the board of Dream Change, hosts the Catalyst Talks podcast, and is authoring a book on perception and future intelligence.
Connect with Stephanie Trager:
Website: https://www.stephanietrager.com/
Substack: https://stephanietrager.substack.com/
Show: Catalyst Talks: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catalyst-talks/id1493328655
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StephanieTragerCatalystTalks
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanietrager/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephanietrager/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if the reason success still feels incomplete has less to do with achievement and more to do with emotions you've never fully processed? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Randy Lyman explore how emotional healing, consciousness, and self-awareness can transform both leadership and life.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Randy Lyman discuss:
- The connection between emotional healing, personal growth, and business success
- How unresolved emotional experiences influence behavior, relationships, and leadership
- Randy's perspectives on consciousness, spirituality, and the nature of reality
- The relationship between thoughts, emotions, and the law of attraction
- Practical approaches for processing emotional pain and developing greater self-awareness
Key Takeaways:
- Emotional awareness and healing can unlock personal growth and leadership effectiveness that achievement alone may not provide.
- Unprocessed emotional experiences often continue influencing decisions, relationships, and behavior long after the original event.
- Randy believes that developing greater emotional awareness helped him become a more effective leader and contributed to significant business growth.
- Practical tools such as EFT tapping, breathwork, journaling, and intention-setting can help people process emotions and develop greater self-awareness.
- Personal transformation does not require perfection; growth happens through intention, self-reflection, and a willingness to learn through mistakes.
"Once I became more balanced, my life became better, my businesses grew, and my entire strategy about life changed.” — Randy Lyman
About Randy Lyman:
Randy Lyman is a physicist, entrepreneur, and emotional‑intelligence expert who blends science, spirituality, and human transformation. After building multiple eight‑figure companies, he discovered emotional awareness as the key to fulfillment and leadership. In his book, The Third Element, he teaches individuals and teams to release emotional patterns and lead with clarity, connection, and purpose.
Connect with Randy Lyman:
Website: https://randylyman.com/
Book: The Third Element: https://randylyman.com/the-third-element-book-order-page/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamrandylyman/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamrandylyman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamrandylyman/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if losing your job isn’t the end of your career story, but the beginning of a more intentional one? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Jaffe explore how layoffs can become powerful opportunities for resilience, self-discovery, and reinvention.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Jaffe discuss:
- Why layoffs often mirror the stages of grief and emotional recovery
- The myth of meritocracy and why high performers can still lose their jobs
- How job loss challenges identity, purpose, and self-worth
- Building resilience through adversity, failure, and life transitions
- How to approach career pivots, transferable skills, and industry disruption
Key Takeaways:
- Layoffs often trigger a grief process that includes denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, reconstruction, and renewal.
- Losing a job can force valuable self-reflection about identity, values, priorities, and long-term career direction.
- Resilience is built through adversity, and setbacks often create the coping skills needed for future success.
- Letting go of shame and self-blame allows people to move forward more effectively after job loss.
- Professionals can reduce future career risk by developing transferable skills, adapting to industry shifts, and staying aware of emerging trends.
"Instead of looking backwards, you look forward.” — Steve Jaffe
About Steve Jaffe:
Steve Jaffe is the author of The Layoff Journey From Dismissal to Discovery: Navigating the Stages of Grief After Job Loss and a four-time layoff survivor. Drawing on his own experiences and a 25-year career in advertising and marketing, including work on the iconic “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” campaign, he helps readers navigate job loss through the stages of grief, rebuild confidence, and move forward with clarity and resilience. He holds a degree in journalism and communication from San Diego State University.
Connect with Steve Jaffe:
Website: https://thestevejaffe.com/
Substack: https://stevejaffe.substack.com/
Book: The Layoff Journey From Dismissal to Discovery: https://www.amazon.com/Layoff-Journey-Dismissal-Discovery-Navigating/dp/B0DXSDCQPY
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaffesteve/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevejaffethelayoffjourney/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What happens when hiring becomes almost entirely automated? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mitch McDermott explore why the companies that preserve human connection may outperform those that turn recruiting into a purely transactional process.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mitch McDermott discuss:
- How AI is transforming recruiting, hiring, and talent acquisition
- The risks of removing the human element from the hiring process
- Why have workplaces become increasingly transactional in recent years
- Practical strategies for standing out in a competitive job market
- The leadership and relationship skills that will matter most in the future of work
Key Takeaways:
- AI can improve recruiting efficiency, but organizations still need human judgment to identify culture fit, potential, and long-term success.
- The best candidates are not always the ones with the most optimized resumes, which creates risks when hiring relies too heavily on automated screening.
- Job seekers can improve their chances by bypassing crowded application systems and building direct relationships with decision-makers.
- Organizations that create meaningful employee connections may gain a competitive advantage as work becomes increasingly automated.
- High-quality effort, authentic communication, and relationship-building remain powerful differentiators in both hiring and leadership.
"High-quality effort gets high-quality results. Everyone is doing low effort, and most people in their job search are seeing low results.” — Mitch McDermott
About Mitch McDermott:
Mitch McDermott is an entrepreneur, talent advisor, and Founder & CEO of Talent Ascension Group, where he is advancing how companies evaluate, hire, and build mid-level leadership teams. He is recognized for challenging how the recruitment industry is structured and for pioneering a modern approach to mid-level leadership hiring by applying executive search standards to Manager, Director, and VP-level roles. Beyond his work, Mitch is an active voice in the talent industry and is known for his contrarian views on hiring, careers, and job search. He brings a blend of entrepreneurial spirit, global perspective, and a deep commitment to meaningful impact across the talent acquisition landscape.
Connect with Mitch McDermott:
Website: https://www.talentascension.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-mcdermott-ba409387/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if much of the backlash around diversity, equity, and inclusion comes from misunderstanding what those ideas were actually meant to be? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Celeste Warren unpack the leadership, hiring, and workplace realities behind one of the most emotionally charged conversations in business today.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Celeste Warren discuss:
- What diversity, equity, and inclusion actually mean inside organizations
- Why equity is often misunderstood as lowering standards or giving preferential treatment
- How hiring practices, bias, and talent pipelines shape workplace representation
- The role of leadership, culture, and belonging in organizational performance
- Why do many companies quietly continue this work even as public language around DEI changes
Key Takeaways:
- Diversity simply reflects differences in people, experiences, identities, and perspectives that exist within organizations and customer groups.
- Inclusion is about creating a culture where people feel valued, supported, and connected to a shared organizational purpose.
- Equity is not about lowering standards; it is about recognizing different starting points and creating fair access to opportunities.
- Organizations often limit talent pools by repeatedly recruiting from the same places instead of broadening where they search for qualified candidates.
- Strong leadership requires reducing bias in hiring and management processes while still selecting people based on skills, capability, and experience.
"The most qualified person that has those skills, capabilities, and all of those experiences and characteristics can be embodied in a multitude of different identities.” — Celeste Warren
About Celeste Warren:
Celeste Warren is a visionary leader who spent 28 years at a global Fortune 100 company, rising to Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. After retiring, she founded Celeste Warren Consulting, LLC, where she helps organizations create fair and equitable opportunities while improving workplace culture and inclusion.
Celeste also co-founded Destination STEM, Inc., a nonprofit supporting students of color pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. She is a published author, global speaker, and thought leader whose work on diversity, equity, and inclusion has appeared in national and international publications. She recently published her second book, The Truth About Equity.
Connect with Celeste Warren:
Website: www.CRWdiversity.com
Book: The Truth About Equity: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Equity-Really-Everyone/dp/1967587000
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@celestewarren-equity
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celestewarrenllc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585947441940
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crwdiversity
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if the reason leaders stay stuck in stress, overwork, or emotional reactivity has less to do with discipline—and more to do with unconscious survival patterns? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lisa Riegel explore how hidden conditioning shapes leadership behavior, decision-making, and the ability to stay calm and present under pressure.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lisa Riegel discuss:
- How the brain and nervous system influence stress and leadership behavior
- Why do people naturally resist change and uncertainty
- The role past experiences play in emotional reactions and decision-making
- How technology and constant stimulation affect focus and regulation
- Ways leaders can create cultures built on trust and psychological safety
Key Takeaways:
- The brain prioritizes safety over growth, so uncertainty and change can trigger fear, anxiety, and resistance even when the change is positive.
- Stress, sedentary lifestyles, and constant digital stimulation can dysregulate the nervous system and reduce emotional resilience and self-awareness.
- Leaders often underestimate how deeply identity, past experiences, and unconscious associations shape employees’ reactions to change.
- Strong workplace cultures are built through consistent human connection and shared belonging—not slogans, posters, or surface-level initiatives.
- Excessive dependence on social media, AI, and digital stimulation may weaken emotional regulation, cognitive engagement, and authentic human connection.
"You construct your own identity, and you construct your own reality, and you have a lot of control over how you do that.” — Lisa Riegel
About Lisa Riegel:
Over the past twenty years, Dr. Lisa Riegel has worked with organizations to leverage their human systems as a key driver for organizational climate, productivity, and engagement. She facilitates strategic planning and is sought for her ability to operationalize vision and lead transformation that sticks. She partners with leaders who want to create sustainable engagement—not through policy, but through people. Together, she works with leaders to translate brain science into action, alignment, and meaningful growth. She brings a simple philosophy to complex change: policies shape change, but people make change. When people learn how to think differently, they lead differently, and that’s how organizations thrive.
Connect with Lisa Riegel:
Website: https://lisariegel.com/
Email: lisariegel@epinstitute.net
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisariegel/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What happens when a multimillion-dollar photography business goes to near-zero almost overnight during the pandemic? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Scott Proposki unpack the hard reset that forced a shift from chasing revenue to building a truly profitable, scalable business.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Scott Proposki discuss:
- Scott’s journey from photographer to entrepreneur and business advisor
- What it’s like to lose a successful business overnight during the pandemic
- The difference between chasing revenue and building a profitable company
- Why do many entrepreneurs ignore financial leaks in their business
- How mindset shifts and coaching help you rebuild and refocus
Key Takeaways:
- Revenue growth alone doesn’t equal success; profitability is what sustains a business.
- The pandemic exposed weaknesses in many business models, forcing leaders to rethink scalability and resilience.
- Entrepreneurs often overlook hidden financial leaks that quietly erode profitability.
- A shift in mindset, from operator to strategic business owner, is critical for long-term growth.
- Coaching and outside perspective can accelerate clarity and help leaders pivot more effectively.
"We’re all looking for revenue, revenue generating, getting leads and getting customers and funnels and getting—but what about the cash in your business that’s probably going out the door that you don’t even know?” — Scott Proposki
About Scott Proposki:
Scott Proposki is a photographer, entrepreneur, and author with 27 years behind the camera, capturing stories for National Geographic, the White House, Microsoft, HBO, and top global brands.
In 2019, he released Camera Focus to help creatives with ADHD harness their strengths. He never expected the book to save him when the pandemic wiped out his business in a week.
After three years of silence, depression, and rebuilding, its principles helped him reinvent himself and create the Camera Focus Method™, a system empowering photographers to build confident, resilient businesses. Today, Scott’s mission is bigger than photography.
Connect with Scott Proposki:
Website: www.scottproposki.com
Email: scott@scottproposki.com
Book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Scott-Proposki/author/B07SD2KV79
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottproposki/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/111333847127347
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photographybusinessmadesimple
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if brilliant leaders stumble not from lack of skill but from hidden, childhood‑wired patterns and chronic stress? In this episode, Dean Newlund interviews Kendra Dahlstrom to reveal how cultivating self‑awareness and emotional regulation can restore presence, decision quality, and leadership freedom.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kendra Dahlstrom discuss:
- Why high-achieving leaders sometimes react in ways they later regret
- The concept of the “window of tolerance” and how stress impacts behavior
- How digital habits and modern work environments increase reactivity
- The influence of childhood experiences on leadership patterns and coping mechanisms
- Practical approaches to building self-awareness and improving emotional regulation
Key Takeaways:
- Emotional intelligence, especially self-awareness and self-regulation, is essential for sound decision-making and leadership under pressure.
- Chronic stress and constant digital stimulation push leaders outside their window of tolerance, increasing reactivity.
- Early life experiences often shape coping patterns like workaholism or overcontrol that show up in leadership behavior.
- Evaluating the real costs of behaviors helps leaders distinguish productive habits from harmful ones.
- Improving emotional regulation strengthens presence, clarity, and overall leadership effectiveness.
"Errors are expensive, and the higher you are up in the hierarchy, the more expensive an error will be.” — Kendra Dahlstrom
About Kendra Dahlstrom:
Kendra is an executive coach and senior advisor to high-achieving leaders operating in complex, high-stakes environments. She specializes in emotional intelligence, intuition-informed decision making, executive presence, and leadership under pressure. Her work helps CEOs, founders, and senior executives resolve internal misalignment, regulate nervous system responses, and lead with clarity, authority, and integrity. Drawing on decades of experience advising Fortune 50 companies and global leaders, Kendra integrates psychological insight, strategic rigor, and embodied leadership to support sustainable performance and authentic influence.
Connect with Kendra Dahlstrom:
Website: https://kendradahlstrom.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendradahlstrom
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kendra.dahlstrom
The High Achieving Leader™ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yXxXkHjoY35KaSKykVSsW
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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What if your stress isn’t just affecting your mood—but quietly shortening your life and weakening your decisions? In this episode, Santosh Kumar reveals how managing your heart rate and releasing stress can unlock clearer thinking, better leadership, and a longer life.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Santosh Kumar discuss:
- The concept of a lifetime “heart rate budget” and how it affects longevity
- The difference between physical stress and emotional stress
- How calmness directly impacts decision-making and leadership effectiveness
- The role of wearable technology in tracking stress and improving self-awareness
- Practical ways to release stress and prevent long-term health and performance decline
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders can improve both longevity and performance by managing how they “spend” their heart rate budget and investing in habits like exercise.
- Unreleased emotional stress is more harmful than physical exertion because the body generates energy that isn’t used.
- Calmness improves decision-making, while stress narrows thinking and drives short-term, reactive choices.
- Simple actions like movement or breathing can release stress in real time and restore clarity.
- Wearable tools can build awareness of stress patterns today, while team-level stress visibility is feasible but not yet released.
"You don't get to control what is your budget, but you get to control how you spend that budget.” — Santosh Kumar
About Santosh Kumar:
Santosh Kumar is the Lillian & Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence Professor in Computer Science at the University of Memphis and CEO & Cofounder of CuesHub. He is also Director of NIH-funded national research centers in Wearable AI called the mDOT Center and the MD2K Center of Excellence. He has been recognized as America's Ten Most Brilliant Scientists by Popular Science magazine, has been invited to give a talk on the Future of Biosensors at the White House, and has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University.
Connect with Santosh Kumar:
Website: https://cueshub.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshkumar4/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Do we really have a soul, and does believing in it change anything? Kris Land joins Dean Newlund to unpack four powerful questions that reveal why your deepest growth, purpose, and leadership may depend on how you answer.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kris Land discuss:
- The emptiness that can follow early success without a sense of purpose
- The concept of soul consciousness and the human experience as a “game of life”
- How leaders can integrate spirituality and business in meaningful ways
- The idea of co-creation, karma, and personal responsibility in life outcomes
- Why forgetting and rediscovering purpose is part of growth and leadership
Key Takeaways:
- Success without purpose can lead to emptiness, making deeper self-exploration essential.
- View life and leadership as a co-creative process shaped by choices, awareness, and responsibility.
- Embrace both the emotional and spiritual dimensions of the human experience to grow as a leader.
- Recognize that losing and rediscovering purpose is part of the journey toward clarity and fulfillment.
"There's a lot more going on than we're told, and that we're told to believe.” — Kris Land
About Kris Land:
Kris Land is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and transformational thought leader specializing in leadership development, conscious entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and purpose-driven innovation. He has founded and successfully exited multiple high-tech companies and now helps leaders and creators align strategy with authenticity and human-centered growth. Kris is the author of The Infinity Within, an award-winning spiritual and personal development book exploring fear transformation, inner alignment, and self-leadership. His work bridges business, mindset transformation, and spiritual awakening, helping individuals and organizations create sustainable success, authentic brands, and meaningful impact.
Connect with Kris Land:
Website: https://krisland.com/
Book: https://theinfinitywithin.me/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInfinityWithin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theinfinitywithin/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_infinity_within_me/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.infinity.within
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Why are top performers saying “no thanks” to leadership roles? Discover how shifting expectations, AI, and new career paths are reshaping what ambition looks like in today’s workforce.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Amy Bouque discuss:
- The shift from traditional hiring to managing full workforce ecosystems
- Rethinking degree requirements and prioritizing demonstrated skills and experience
- The growing importance of critical thinking in an AI-driven workplace
- How organizations can develop talent through alternative career paths and training
- The evolving role of leadership in building adaptable, future-ready workforces
Key Takeaways:
- Move beyond degree requirements and focus on demonstrated skills, learning agility, and real-world experience when hiring.
- Develop workforce ecosystems that integrate full-time, contract, and alternative talent to stay adaptable.
- Prioritize critical thinking and discernment as essential skills in an AI-augmented workplace.
- Invest in employee development and alternative career pathways to build a more resilient and inclusive workforce.
"We need leaders who understand how AI can and will disrupt work, the workforce, and keep a steady hand at the wheel, helping it make sense and helping people.” — Amy Bouque
About Amy Bouque:
Amy Bouque has a passion for empowering people to thrive at work and in life. As Chief People Officer for Kelly, a global leader in providing strategic workforce solutions and connecting talented people to great companies, she does exactly that.
Amy leads the human resources practices for the more than 5,000 internal full-time Kelly employees around the world. She views their dedication to connecting people of all backgrounds with work that enriches their lives as a truly noble cause.
Connect with Amy Bouque:
Website: https://www.kellyservices.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybouque/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/kellyservices/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Is “being nice” quietly damaging your culture? Discover why kindness, not niceness, is the real superpower of modern leadership, and how it transforms trust, accountability, and performance.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrea Wanerstrand discuss:
- The critical difference between being nice and being kind in leadership
- How “nice” cultures create false harmony, passive-aggressive behavior, and broken trust
- The importance of authenticity, autonomy, and accountability in building high-performing teams
- Belonging vs. fitting in and how it impacts trust, engagement, and connection
- The shift toward human-centric leadership and its impact on engagement and workplace expectations
Key Takeaways:
- Prioritize kindness over niceness by having honest, constructive conversations that support growth and build trust.
- Foster authenticity, autonomy, and accountability to create consistent leadership and stronger team performance.
- Focus on belonging rather than fitting in to build genuine connections and reduce isolation within teams.
- Design team structures are intentionally created with clear roles, responsibilities, and collaboration models to avoid dysfunction and repeated reorg cycles.
"Nice is like icing on the top, whereas you can get the depth with true kindness.” — Andrea Wanerstrand
About Andrea Wanerstrand:
Andrea Wanerstrand is a seasoned leadership strategist, executive coach, and founder of A3 Culture Lab, with over 25 years of experience inside global giants like Microsoft, Meta, T-Mobile, and Hitachi. She helps leaders shift from burnout to bold influence through her Mindset Maven Method and A3 philosophy: Authentic, Autonomous, and Accountable. Andrea has designed programs that have impacted leaders from more than 100 countries. She blends neuroscience, behavioral strategy, and sharp business insight to drive powerful cultural change. Her work enables organizations to build high-performing, human-centric workplaces where people truly thrive.
Connect with Andrea Wanerstrand:
Website: https://a3culturelab.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawanerstrand/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreawanerstrand/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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In the absence of a story, people make one up. Learn how to use color, environment, and clear narrative to guide behavior, lead change, and align your team around a shared “why.”
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jarrod Lopiccolo discuss:
- The role of brand, color, and design in shaping perception and business impact
- Authenticity in leadership and how it connects to brand credibility
- Brand architecture and the importance of clarity across offerings and messaging
- Aligning marketing and sales through consistent storytelling and positioning
- Treating your organization as its own client to drive culture, consistency, and growth
Key Takeaways:
- Audit your brand for consistency across visuals, messaging, and customer experience to ensure alignment with your intended identity.
- Define clear brand architecture so your offerings are easy to understand and communicate internally and externally.
- Align marketing and sales teams around a shared narrative to eliminate disconnects and improve effectiveness.
- Apply the same strategic rigor to your own organization as you would for a client, including storytelling, positioning, and change management.
"[Marketing and sales] need to come together…..because people that are on the front line doing the sales, they know what their competitors are doing.” — Jarrod Lopiccolo
About Jarrod Lopiccolo:
Jarrod Lopiccolo transforms brands through creative digital performance marketing with a strong architectural background. A veteran of 40+ podcasts and 100+ speaking engagements across North America and Europe, he delivers actionable insights for audiences to implement immediately. As CoFounder and CEO of Noble Studios, Jarrod has built an international agency serving Adobe, Google, and Disney while being recognized by Inc. Magazine and Ad Age.
His expertise in digital marketing strategy, leadership development, and sustainable tourism makes him ideal for shows targeting CMOs, leaders, and founders. Audiences appreciate his engaging stories, from global business building to adventures like Everest Base Camp, that illustrate practical frameworks for driving revenue and team performance.
Connect with Jarrod Lopiccolo:
Website: https://noblestudios.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/noble-studios
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Justine Froelker:
A Licensed Professional Counselor, Justine Froelker has over 25 years of experience in mental health, personal growth, and professional development, and was certified for eleven years in Dr. Brené Brown’s work on vulnerability, courage, and empathy. She now shares her own curriculum, Courage is Built Here™, empowering individuals to live and lead with self-awareness, authenticity, and resilience. An accomplished author of twelve books—including five Amazon bestsellers—and a TEDx speaker, she presents globally on leadership, resilience, mental health, burnout, and fostering cultures of inclusion and belonging. Justine lives in St. Louis with her husband Chad and volunteers at Wild Bird Rehabilitation while raising monarch and swallowtail butterflies.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Justine Froelker discuss:
- The hidden emotional cost of high performance, burnout, and declining engagement
- How unresolved grief and trauma show up in leadership
- Empathy and accountability as complementary leadership traits
- The role of self-awareness and vulnerability in breaking destructive patterns and building trust
- Rewriting internal narratives and the organizational impact of investing in people development on engagement and retention
Key Takeaways:
- Identify recurring emotional triggers in your behavior and seek feedback from trusted listeners, coaches, or therapists to uncover unresolved grief or trauma driving your reactions.
- Practice intentional vulnerability while maintaining accountability to build trust, connection, and stronger team dynamics.
- Rewrite limiting internal stories through consistent practice, questioning their truth, and reinforcing new narratives with support.
- Create space for self-reflection and implement regular peer and leader-led check-ins to strengthen awareness, emotional regulation, and team-wide adoption.
"You have to let someone in, in order for them to meet you with empathy, because at the root of all of that is vulnerability. It’s turning toward one another.” — Justine Froelker
Connect with Justine Froelker:
Website: https://justinefroelker.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinefroelker/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/JustineFroelker
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justinefroelker/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustineFroelker/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinefroelker/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Torrie Taj:
Torrie Taj is a nonprofit leader with more than 30 years of experience in philanthropy and human services. As CEO of Child Crisis Arizona, she leads efforts to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect after beginning her career as a volunteer in 1991 and rising through multiple leadership roles.
For nearly five decades, Child Crisis Arizona has been a trusted partner to children and families across our state, stepping in during moments of crisis and working year-round to prevent them. Our mission is simple and urgent: to provide children and youth in Arizona a safe environment free from abuse and neglect by creating strong, successful families.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Torrie Taj discuss:
- Leading nonprofits with both heart and financial discipline
- The long-term impact that foster care support can have on a child’s life
- Why nonprofits must create a financial margin to sustain their mission
- Reframing fear and scarcity into hope and abundance in leadership
- Collaboration across organizations to serve communities more effectively
Key Takeaways:
- Balance compassion with operational discipline by ensuring a financial margin exists to sustain the mission long term.
- Reframe fear and scarcity conversations into opportunity and abundance to keep teams motivated during uncertainty.
- Hire employees and recruit board members who are genuinely aligned with the organization’s mission and values.
- Actively pursue collaboration with other organizations instead of competition to expand community impact.
"If you truly believe in what you're doing, you're going to attract that money and be able to do the work you want to do.” — Torrie Taj
Connect with Torrie Taj:
Website: https://www.childcrisisaz.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChildCrisisAZ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/childcrisisaz
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/child-crisis-arizona/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjlPRLivViekIenh5viHFg
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Whitney Faires:
Whitney Faires is an internationally recognized executive coach, keynote speaker, and leadership advisor with 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Formerly Chief of Staff to the CFO at Intuitive Surgical, she led high-impact organizational health initiatives, launched global leadership development programs, and coached rising professionals into senior roles. Her multifaceted career spans sales, finance, and commercial operations, where she spearheaded the creation of a $2 billion international leasing portfolio.
As the founder of Whitney Faires Coaching, she developed the Courageous Leader Roadmap—a practical approach for leaders to show up authentically, navigate adversity, and drive meaningful results. She is an ICF-accredited PCC coach and is passionate about helping leaders elevate their influence and build high-performing teams.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Whitney Faires discuss:
- Leading from default instead of intention
- Defining a leadership identity before leading others
- Connection as a competitive advantage
- Why tough conversations separate great leaders
- Preparing people for leadership before promotion
Key Takeaways:
- Define your leadership identity by committing to six or eight specific principles you will share with your team about what they can expect from you.
- Ask yourself where you want to be in five or ten years, what work you enjoy most, and what skill gaps you want to develop before pursuing a leadership role.
- Call two or three trusted colleagues and ask about their transition into leadership, the skills they had to learn, and the hardest parts of the job.
- Assume the best intent and seek to understand before reacting when frustration rises in a leadership moment.
"I think leaders are oftentimes going so fast that they're leading from default, a bit lost, a bit uncertain about who they need to be right now.” — Whitney Faires
Connect with Whitney Faires:
Website: https://whitneyfaires.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-faires-14955a38/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitney_faires
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Keren Eldad:
A thought leader in the coaching world, Keren Eldad (“Coach Keren”) specializes in taking high achievers out of the futility of constant pursuit and into greater success and fulfillment. Her clients include Olympic athletes, politicians, Hollywood stars, Special Forces operatives, serial entrepreneurs, and global organizations such as Estée Lauder, J.P. Morgan, and Nike. She is the founder of THE CLUB, a community of leaders, entrepreneurs, and coaches who support each other to reach their fullest potential and make their greatest contribution.
Recognized as a Top Ten Executive Coach by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Real Leaders Magazine, and Goop, Keren holds gold-standard coaching credentials and advanced degrees from The London School of Economics and the University of Jerusalem. A former C-suite executive who has lived and worked in 17 countries, she now coaches leaders globally in four languages. With half a million views on her TEDx talks and speaking worldwide, her message transcends borders.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Keren Eldad discuss:
- Healthy drive versus overachievement
- Recognizing early warning signs before burnout
- Rewiring reactive conflict patterns
- Climbing down the wrong ladder
- Choosing coaching before trauma
Key Takeaways:
- Use the Pause Principle by asking whether your reaction is the bigger problem, what else might be going on, and what the opportunity is.
- Apply the Work of Byron Katie by using the four questions in moments of conflict to inject mindfulness.
- Take 17 seconds in conflict to broaden your perspective before responding.
- Address behavioral change by intentionally changing elements of your environment, including the people you spend time with.
"There's no behavioral change without addressing the environment.” — Keren Eldad
Connect with Keren Eldad:
Website: https://kereneldad.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGViwGVn_yrHkq3PQ9R_-Q
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keren-eldad/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveWithEnthusiasm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkeren
Book: GILDED: https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Breaking-Ambition-Perfectionism-Relentless/dp/1684817579
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Dr. John Oberg:
Dr. John Oberg is a Founder, CEO, Board Director, Advisor, Professor, and Investor trusted by organizations to navigate growth, conflict, and change. He founded two Austin-based healthcare innovators: Sedera, a community-based medical cost-sharing organization (#193 on Inc 500, #26 in Financial Times Western Hemisphere), and Precina Health, a first-of-its-kind chronic care virtual medical practice and thought leader in AI deployment. He has served on the boards of OnlineMedEd and Health Admins and advises institutions, healthcare leaders, professional services firms, and nonprofits through John Oberg Advisory.
John received his doctorate from the University of Southern California and his MBA from the University of New Mexico. He is an adjunct professor at USC and sits on the Board of Governors. Over three decades, he has authored patents, started companies, managed teams larger than 1,000 people, and studied the behavior of individuals, communities, and systems to catalyze improved behaviors and create best-in-class outcomes — and happier people.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. John Oberg discuss:
- The distinction between eustress (healthy, muscle-building stress) and distress (harmful, breaking stress)
- Mental fatigue and the limits of cognitive processing
- The concept of an “emotional gas tank” and emotional capacity
- Radically incremental steps as a method for sustainable behavior change
- The role of community in motivating difficult but healthy actions
Key Takeaways:
- Differentiate between eustress and distress and aim for muscle-building stress instead of broken-bone stress.
- Recognize that the brain can only process so much information and account for mental fatigue in how you work and lead.
- Take radically incremental steps toward change rather than attempting dramatic overhauls.
- Use the community as a tool to help yourself do difficult things you might avoid alone.
"Community matters, I think, in the world, in ways that sometimes we underestimate.” — Dr. John Oberg
Connect with Dr. John Oberg:
Website: https://precina.com/ | https://talesofabundance.com/ | http://johnoberg.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Tales_of_Abundance
X (Twitter): https://x.com/johnpoberg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/precinahealth
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Margaret Graziano:
Magi has spent her life reinventing herself. From a single mother at 19 working at the first Cable TV company, to leading one of the fastest-growing consultancies and becoming a best-selling author in her field of expertise, Magi has continually taken challenges and failure as lessons, and learned to move beyond her limits (both real and perceived) to live a life that inspires and contributes.
Using a unique combination of experiential coaching, science-backed development tools, and actionable strategies, Magi empowers leaders to evolve themselves and their organizational culture to meet the moment. Whether it’s change initiatives, new leadership, or cultural transformation, she partners with teams to catalyze positive change.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Margaret Graziano discuss:
- Defining organizational culture as the ecosystem that turns vision into reality
- The measurable financial impact of culture on engagement, productivity, and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization)
- How stress, distraction, and insecurity since COVID have eroded workplace performance
- Why outdated post-World War II workplace architecture blocks innovation and trust
- The real cost of meetings and how they either drain energy or inspire change
Key Takeaways:
- Explicitly teach self-regulation skills so employees can manage stress, fear, and emotional reactivity instead of letting it silently undermine performance.
- Audit meetings for cost, purpose, and energy impact, and redesign them to inspire change rather than search for blame or status updates.
- Hire and develop people based on competency, commitment to mission, and accountability rather than relying on goodwill or passion alone.
- Connect each role to a noble cause that matters beyond compensation, so employees operate from courage and belief in a positive future.
"It is the ecosystem that turns the organization’s vision into reality.” — Margaret Graziano
Connect with Margaret Graziano:
Website: https://www.margaretgraziano.com/
Book: Ignite Culture: Empowering and Leading a Healthy, High-Performance Organization from the Inside Out: https://www.amazon.com/Ignite-Culture-Empowering-High-Performance-Organization-ebook/dp/B0BQCZB4HF
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/keenalignmentmg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretgraziano/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Manny Fiteni:
Manny Fiteni, CEO of My Growth Corporation, is a pioneering leadership strategist with 30+ years of corporate experience specializing in transformative personal development. Manny’s breakthrough “Mind Congruency” approach aligns conscious and subconscious minds, enabling individuals to overcome self-limiting beliefs and unlock peak performance, drawing insights from real-world, uncontrolled environments. Founder of Mind Growth 360 and Creators Agency, Manny’s work spans personal development networks and brand elevation platforms. His training programs enhance leadership skills, build organizational resilience, and drive high-performance team dynamics. As an author and international speaker, Manny provides actionable strategies for personal transformation, equipping individuals with practical tools to thrive personally and professionally.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Manny Fiteni discuss:
- Why information alone rarely produces lasting behavior change
- Mind congruency as a driver of performance and self-sabotage
- Using stories and metaphors to communicate directly with the subconscious mind
- Leadership conditions for change, including rapport, safety, clear expectations, and leading by example
- Replacing habits through awareness, repetition, and a supportive environment
Key Takeaways:
- Listen for repeated language patterns in yourself and your team over time to identify subconscious beliefs that may be shaping behavior and results.
- Use real stories when possible, and well-crafted fictional metaphors when needed, to bypass resistance and reach the subconscious, which does not distinguish between them.
- Practice “catch and replace” by interrupting unhelpful habits in real time, installing a better response, and intentionally tracking repetitions as you rehearse the replacement.
- Build a “focus ensemble” of people who reinforce your new autopilot settings rather than unconsciously pulling you back into old patterns.
"We are the sum of our histories, and our histories are from day of birth, how we are conditioned, how we are trained, how we think.” — Manny Fiteni
Connect with Manny Fiteni:
Website: https://mannyfiteni.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manny-fiteni-b0173637
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Christine Blosdale:
Christine Blosdale is 'The Expert Authority Coach', with over 25 years of experience helping entrepreneurs stop playing small and start owning their spotlight.
She’s a five-time #1 bestselling author, an internationally recognized media personality, and a powerhouse content creator for brands like America Online and Microsoft.
Christine’s superpower? Helping you become unforgettable through magnetic branding, smart marketing, and podcasting strategies that turn visibility into true authority.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christine Blosdale discuss:
- Discovering purpose and voice through radio, storytelling, and media
- Transforming fear and imposter syndrome into creative expression
- Building authentic connections with audiences through vulnerability
- Using media platforms to educate, empower, and influence culture
- Integrating technology and AI as tools for amplifying human presence
Key Takeaways:
- Use curiosity to follow the signal of what feels meaningful rather than chasing trends or validation.
- Treat vulnerability as a bridge for audience trust and emotional resonance in any format: radio, video, speaking, or writing.
- Convert fear into preparation by practicing your voice out loud and refining how you want to be heard.
- Leverage storytelling techniques and media tools (including AI) to expand your reach without compromising authenticity.
"If you're not seen and you're not heard, you're not hired. It's simple, because nobody knows you exist.” — Christine Blosdale
Connect with Christine Blosdale:
Website: http://www.ExpertAuthorityCoach.com
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christine-Blosdale/author/B088C19Y6K
Show: The Expert Authority Coach Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-expert-authority-coach-podcast/id1073309606
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-blosdale-579697168/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.blosdale/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@christineblosdale.com
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Oscar Trimboli:
Oscar Trimboli is an award-winning author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening, and a sought-after keynote speaker. His third book is How to Listen – Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication, a comprehensive book about listening in the workplace. Along with the Deep Listening Ambassador Community, he is on a quest to create 100 million deep listeners in the workplace. Through his work with chairs, boards of directors, and executive teams, Oscar has experienced first-hand the transformational impact leaders can have when they listen beyond words.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Oscar Trimboli discuss:
- The organizational cost of incomplete listening and misaligned understanding
- Hearing versus listening and why action is the differentiator
- How role-based seniority correlates with roughly 2.5x more interruptions in meetings
- The cognitive delta between speaking, thinking, and listener processing
- Practical tools for improving meeting outcomes, collaboration, and decision-making
Key Takeaways:
- Begin meetings by asking “What would make this a good meeting?” to align shared outcomes and reduce unspoken assumptions.
- Surface communication and listening preferences early to remove ambiguity and improve contribution equity.
- Write questions down first, shorten them to eight words or fewer, and verify that they serve the shared outcome rather than personal validation.
- Shift default meeting norms: avoid top-of-hour starts and shorten durations to reduce cognitive switching costs and increase presence.
"I think a lot of leaders listen to what's said, and great leaders listen to what's not said.” — Oscar Trimboli
Connect with Oscar Trimboli:
Website: https://www.oscartrimboli.com
Books: https://www.oscartrimboli.com/shop/ & https://www.amazon.com/stores/Oscar-Trimboli/author/B07R9RP1XZ
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscartrimboli/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Rasmus Holst:
Rasmus Holst is the CEO of Zensai (formerly LMS365), where he built a learning management business from $0–30M ARR, bootstrapped, completed three acquisitions, and pioneered the “Human Success” category as a replacement for Human Resources. He has been part of management teams delivering exits just shy of $1bn, raised +$50m for companies like Wire and Huddle, and worked across PE-backed (Carlyle, Warburg Pincus) and VC-funded (General Atlantic, Index, Vertex, Morpheus, Iconical) environments.
His experience spans scaling start-ups from zero revenue, operating +$300M Lines of Business at Syniverse, and leading branding and B2B storytelling efforts, including Zensai’s Red Dot Award and Great Place to Work recognition. Rasmus has managed global teams across 14 countries, traveled to +100 nations, and lived in Denmark, Luxembourg, and San Francisco, making him a leader with a uniquely international view on culture, growth, and balance.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rasmus Holst discuss:
- Turning HR into Human Success and redefining what organizations measure
- Linking performance, learning, and engagement into one real-time score
- Feedback rituals and kudos culture as engines of team identity
- Measuring soft skills through sentiment and peer behavior
- AI as a teammate that amplifies human contribution instead of replacing it
Key Takeaways:
- Replace annual HR lag metrics with weekly human success check-ins tied to learning, performance, and engagement.
- Institutionalize positive feedback (e.g., weekly kudos) to normalize critique, build confidence, and surface soft-skill leaders.
- Track soft skills through peer sentiment and recognition patterns rather than relying solely on manager evaluations.
- Use generationally agnostic baselines (showing up as a good human and delivering success) to align multicultural/global teams.
"There’s a high correlation between people who get a lot of kudos and those who are really good at a lot of soft skills.” — Rasmus Holst
Connect with Rasmus Holst:
Website: https://zensai.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmusholst/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Dr. Mary Donohue:
Dr. Mary Donohue is the CEO of the Digital Wellness Center, a three-time entrepreneur, Columbia Business School Lang Center Innovation Fellow, and Fortune Top 100 Businesswoman to Watch. She is the creator of Clean Mental Health™, a science-backed system that delivers instant relief from digital stress—through email, games, and tools that work faster than meditation—and a pioneer in the neuroscience of trust and digital behavior who has helped global brands like Microsoft and Casino.NL build emotionally intelligent platforms that protect users. Called a “modern McLuhan” for her work in media and meaning, her book Message Received is often referred to as the digital communication bible. She has taught burnout recovery to thousands, designed mood-regulating tools for Gen Z, and is currently working with Simon Sinek’s team on a new leadership course for the hybrid era.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Mary Donohue discuss:
- Digital overload and dopamine-driven behaviors
- Resetting the brain with playful emotional regulation
- Generational differences in processing technology
- Designing proactive mental health tools for real environments
- Preventing addiction via behavior modification and breaks
Key Takeaways:
- Introduce micro brain-breaks (short, no-signup playful exercises) to reduce stress and improve decision-making while keeping people on their devices.
- Tailor messaging and leadership communication to each generation’s preferred medium and processing style to increase engagement and psychological safety.
- Measure mood shifts before and after interventions to track changes in stress, focus, and emotional regulation using short self-report mood metrics.
- Deploy proactive mental-health micro-interventions in high-stress environments (airports, casinos, transportation, retail) and track uptake rates and mood impact.
"My goal is to move them to happy in less than three minutes, because then we know research tells us you're making better decisions.” — Dr. Mary Donohue
Connect with Dr. Mary Donohue:
Website: https://thedigitalwellnesscenter.com/
Book: Message Received: https://www.amazon.com/Message-Received-Steps-Communication-Barriers/dp/1260456358
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarydonohue/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/72360974/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedigitalwellnesscenter/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedigitalwellnesscenter
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Donna Dupont:
Donna Dupont, Founder and Chief Strategist of Purple Compass, is an award-winning designer and futurist with over 25 years of experience collaborating with leaders. She helps organizations build future literacy, navigate uncertainty, and drive impactful change. Combining systems thinking with strategic foresight, she empowers leaders to mitigate risks, enhance preparedness, and seize opportunities for innovation, transformation, and resilience. Recognized with seven government awards, Donna’s work spans critical areas like climate change, health security, and emergency management, with her futures research earning accolades from the Canadian Defence and Security Network and the Association of Professional Futurists.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Donna Dupont discuss:
- Short-term problem solving versus long-term foresight
- Weak signals and emerging issues before disruption hits
- Ambidextrous leadership balancing now and next
- Using disruption as fuel for innovation
- Mental models shaping how leaders respond to uncertainty
Key Takeaways:
- Schedule recurring leadership conversations that explore five- to ten-year future scenarios alongside quarterly planning.
- Actively identify weak signals by asking teams what new patterns they are seeing that they have never seen before.
- Create ambidextrous structures that protect business as usual while allowing innovation to be tested safely.
- Build psychological safety so teams feel comfortable sharing unconventional ideas and intuitive hunches.
"When you are working with a future-oriented mindset, you're usually starting not from a management mindset, but more of an innovator or visionary.” — Donna Dupont
Connect with Donna Dupont:
Website: https://www.purplecompass.ca/
Email: donna@purplecompass.ca
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/donna-dupont
FutureMinds Coaching Collective (free/monthly) - https://www.purplecompass.ca/coaching/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About John Dwyer:
John is a marketing enigma, a “direct response customer attraction expert” who thinks way outside the box, and his marketing consultancy business is called The Institute Of Wow, with John’s mantra being that one’s marketing needs to “wow” prospects. He’s also the guy who shocked the marketing world some years back when he convinced Jerry Seinfeld to come out of retirement to be the spokesman for an Australian banking institution, The Greater Building Society, heading up a “free vacation campaign” which broke home loan lending records and remains folklore in the global banking industry. This was probably one of the most successful “incentive-promotions” in the world, resulting in many billions of dollars in extra home loans.
John helps business owners understand how to exploit platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn by implementing “incentive-based marketing offers” that can be targeted specifically to certain audiences. His client list reads like a Who’s Who of business and includes the likes of Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd, 7-Eleven, Westfield Shopping Centres, Walt Disney, KFC, and BP, because they acknowledge he is “the master of creating incentives that work.”
In this episode, Dean Newlund and John Dwyer discuss:
- Why most marketing efforts fail to prove real ROI
- How direct response marketing builds brands and drives sales simultaneously
- The role of incentives and sampling in moving customers off the fence
- Using data and statistics to earn credibility with executives
- Translating creative ideas into measurable business outcomes
Key Takeaways:
- Track cost per lead and conversion rates daily so you can identify ad fatigue early and change creative before performance drops.
- Design marketing offers that distract attention from price by using incentives, sampling, or bonuses instead of discounts.
- Present marketing results to executives using statistics and ROI metrics rather than ideas, branding language, or vanity metrics.
- Turn your expertise into a high-converting offer by giving value first, then inviting prospects to engage deeper instead of selling immediately.
"Give, give, give, give before you ask.” — John Dwyer
Connect with John Dwyer:
Website: https://theinstituteofwow.com
Email: john@theinstituteofwow.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/instituteofwow/
See how incentive-based vacations can drive instant leads: https://vacationsincentive.com/
Discover how Facebook contests can generate qualified leads fast: https://fbcontestleads.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Luis Garcia:
Luis Garcia is a seasoned international executive with over 25 years of experience in technology, digital media, and education, specializing in driving new ventures and products to rapid growth by building effective teams that harness innovation, technology, and creativity. He is the president of PETE, an Orlando-based tech startup that enables organizations to deliver personalized workforce learning at scale using AI. Before joining PETE, Luis spent nearly twenty years at Full Sail University, where, as VP of Full Sail Online and VP of Emerging Technologies, he helped establish the institution as a pioneer in online education. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Product Development at quepasa.com and holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Luis Garcia discuss:
- Scalable training challenges in small and mid-sized organizations
- Instructional design versus training delivery roles
- AI-powered learning and simulation technology
- Teaching soft skills through self-paced education
- Balancing technology and human interaction at work
Key Takeaways:
- Replace shadowing-based onboarding with self-paced courses that can stand alone without relying on expert trainers.
- Separate instructional design from subject matter expertise to create training that scales without pulling leaders away from their jobs.
- Use AI-driven simulations to allow employees to practice real conversations like de-escalation and customer objections before facing them in real life.
- Design training around clear learning outcomes so employees can demonstrate applied behavior, not just memorized information.
"AI is an enabler to supercharge the human, and not to replace it.” — Luis Garcia
Connect with Luis Garcia:
Website: https://www.pete.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisegarcia/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Ingrid Dahl:
Ingrid Hu Dahl is an author, speaker, and leadership coach, and the founder of her own coaching and consulting business dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders. With over two decades of experience in learning and development, she specializes in leadership, inclusion, and belonging across corporate, media, nonprofit, and social justice sectors. A TEDx speaker and founding member of the Willie Mae Rock Camp in Brooklyn, Ingrid has a lifelong passion for amplifying underrepresented voices and has written, filmed, and directed two short films exploring identity, representation, and the mixed-race experience. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation and the Center for Creative Leadership and lives in California with her wife, Courtney, and their dog, Palo Santo.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ingrid Dahl discuss:
- Blind spots that influence how leaders show up
- The ego’s role in shaping team dynamics
- Emotional patterns that affect leadership presence
- Challenges of connection in virtual environments
- Rebelliousness as a form of authentic leadership
Key Takeaways:
- Create a practice of noticing ego-driven behaviors—in real time—and redirecting your focus back to purpose, connection, and the team’s shared outcome.
- Reduce trigger-based conflict by acknowledging your emotional reactions, identifying the belief underneath them, and choosing a different behavioral response that aligns with your values.
- Make virtual meetings more engaging by defining a clear purpose, rotating leadership, and setting explicit expectations for camera-on participation and shared contribution.
- Strengthen psychological safety by proactively asking team members about their fears, hopes, and needs, and modeling vulnerability without letting emotions dominate the environment.
"The mundane allows the opportunity to disengage.” — Ingrid Dahl
Connect with Ingrid Dahl:
Website: https://www.ingridhudahl.com/
Book: Sun Shining on Morning Snow: https://www.sunshiningonmorningsnow.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingridhudahl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ingridhudahl/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Jason Hreha:
Jason Hreha is a behavioral scientist and entrepreneur specializing in applying behavioral science to solve business challenges. After studying neuroscience at Stanford and conducting research in BJ Fogg's Persuasive Technology Lab, Jason has spent 15 years developing Behavioral Strategy, a methodical approach for turning research into actionable business solutions. As Global Head of Behavioral Science at Walmart, he established and led the company's first behavioral science team, and he also founded Dopamine and co-founded Kite.io, later acquired by Quixey. As CEO of Persona, Jason transforms talent assessment through research-backed psychometric tools that predict employee performance and fit, and his book Real Change challenges conventional approaches to habits through science-based frameworks. Jason's work has been cited in Atomic Habits and featured in Inc.com, Knowledge at Wharton, and BigThink, and he continues to advise organizations on applying behavioral science for innovation and growth.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jason Hreha discuss:
- Understanding how core personality traits drive leadership effectiveness
- Exploring why emotional stability underpins real emotional intelligence
- Examining the limits of adult personality change and what that means for teams
- Recognizing how interpersonal friction often comes from mismatched styles
- Considering how AI models express measurable personalities that shape user behavior
Key Takeaways:
- Identify your own trait profile using a validated Big Five assessment so you can play the leadership “hand” you actually have instead of chasing traits you do not possess.
- Reduce conflict by assuming others cannot easily change their styles and instead adapt your expectations so collaboration becomes easier and less personal.
- Strengthen your culture by clarifying norms, incentives, and strategic consistency so the environment aligns behavior without needing personality change.
- Use AI tools more effectively by understanding their default personality traits and adjusting your prompts or model choice to complement—not mirror—your own tendencies.
"It’s hard to be emotionally intelligent if you’re angry or upset or annoyed or freaked out.” — Jason Hreha
Connect with Jason Hreha:
Website: https://www.personatalent.com/
Blog: https://www.thebehavioralscientist.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0CVCZ2VR9
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebehavioralscientist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hreha/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/personatalent/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/jhreha & https://x.com/PersonaTalent
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/choosepersona/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.behavioral.scientist
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Jenn Cohen:
Jenn Cohen has always been captivated by the power of intuition. After a life-changing experience in her 20s, she explored how intuition could shape her life and career. During her 27 years in the entertainment industry, Jenn found that intuitive decisions often led to success. Now an intuitive consultant, she helps individuals and organizations unlock potential, gain clarity, and achieve their goals through practical, intuition-based strategies. Jenn’s work fosters growth, creativity, and purpose in both personal and professional realms.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jenn Cohen discuss:
- How intuition functions as our original sense before logic takes over
- Why does fear appear when intuition guides major life decisions
- What it means to balance the left and right brain in leadership
- How spiritual practices help reconnect us to intuitive awareness
- How intuition can operate inside corporate and creative environments
Key Takeaways:
- Build daily awareness by noticing your emotional cues in real time and using them as signals to pause rather than react.
- Strengthen intuitive decision-making by pairing logical analysis with moments of quiet presence where insight can surface.
- Use the I.A.M. method—Identify, Ask, Mend—to interrupt mental spirals and bring your nervous system back into balance.
- Practice meditation, nature immersion, or automatic writing consistently to keep your intuitive “channel” clear and accessible.
"When we are able to connect with our intuition, with that spiritual side, what it does is allow us the opportunity to appreciate what is around us on this journey here on this physical Earth; it's not separate.” — Jenn Cohen
Connect with Jenn Cohen:
Website: https://www.jenncohenintuitive.com/
Email: jenn@jenncohenintuitive.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-cohen-intuitive-consultant/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Brad Englert:
Brad Englert is the founder of Brad Englert Advisory and an author, advisor, career coach, and technologist. Brad worked for Accenture for 22 years, including 10 years as a partner. He then served the University of Texas at Austin for eight years, including seven years as the Chief Information Officer. Prior to Accenture, Brad held managerial positions in payroll/human resources and labor relations at the Internal Revenue Service, and was a high school teacher in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Brad earned a Master of Public Affairs degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences with honors and distinction from Shimer College, which is now the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Brad Englert discuss:
- The difference between real relationships and surface-level networking
- How internal and external influences shape career growth
- Building trust with bosses, peers, and customers
- Creating meaningful connections in virtual work environments
- Why authenticity and consistency drive long-term partnerships
Key Takeaways:
- Focus your relationship building by clearly identifying your internal and external spheres of influence and then intentionally nurturing only the relationships that matter most to your goals.
- Strengthen your standing with your boss by consistently asking what they are trying to achieve, how you can support their success, and what expectations need to be clarified or reset.
- Build trust across teams by scheduling intentional one-to-one conversations—virtually or in person—where you learn what people value, what they struggle with, and how you can help.
- Create stronger long-term partnerships by showing up consistently, being transparent, and prioritizing proactive collaboration instead of only stepping in when problems arise.
"You don’t have to build relationships with everyone—you need to be strategic and intentional.” — Brad Englert
Connect with Brad Englert:
Website: https://bradenglert.com/podcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BradEnglertAdvisory
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradenglert
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.englert.121 & https://www.facebook.com/BradEnglertAdvisory/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradenglertauthor
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bdlindert.bsky.social
Medium: https://medium.com/@bradenglert
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kim Rogne:
Kim Rogne is a dynamic Keynote Speaker, Leadership Trainer, and #1 Bestselling Author passionate about inspiring driven professionals to thrive in every aspect of their lives. With 25 years of experience in real estate sales, brokerage management, and business investing, Kim has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, guiding them through challenges from startup to success. As a former CEO of a multi-million-dollar brokerage, she understands the unique needs of business owners and uses her expertise to empower them to achieve balance and purpose.
Through her company, For The Love Of, Kim helps individuals and teams unlock their potential with tailored coaching, inspiring talks, and actionable resources. Visit her website to connect with Kim, explore her digital library, or schedule a session. A wife, mother, and lifelong learner, Kim’s energy and insights are sure to spark motivation and ignite positive change in your life and business.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kim Rogne discuss:
- Redefining balance for high achievers beyond comparison
- The emotional and psychological roots of burnout
- Lessons from trauma and forced slowdown as catalysts for change
- Ego, control, and the illusion of productivity in leadership
- Reflection, self-awareness, and delegation as tools for sustainable success
Key Takeaways:
- Define what balance personally means to you—free from comparison, external standards, or social media illusions—and recognize the moments when you’re already living it.
- Build regular reflection into your schedule, whether through journaling, quiet mornings, or monthly check-ins, so you can slow down enough to notice what needs to shift before burnout hits.
- Practice the “Four D’s”—do, delegate, delay, or dump—to lighten your load and retrain your mind to see asking for help as a strength rather than a weakness.
- Pay attention to when busyness becomes a form of self-validation, and intentionally replace that constant need to fix and prove with rest, purpose, and self-compassion.
"When we do slow down, we can recognize when we’re in balance.” — Kim Rogne
Connect with Kim Rogne:
Website: http://kimrogne.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimrogne/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.lewerenzrogne & https://www.facebook.com/KimRognesForTheLoveOf
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimrogne/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Salvatore Manzi:
Salvatore Manzi is a facilitator with decades of experience designing and leading transformative conversations for teams, executives, and organizations. He specializes in guiding high-stakes meetings, leadership retreats, and strategic sessions that build inclusive, high-performing cultures. A lifelong public speaker with a background in communications and organizational behavior, he discovered his passion for facilitation after witnessing a master facilitator create space for true transformation. Applying his research in psychology and neuroscience, Salvatore developed communication and meeting facilitation training used by thousands of professionals. Focused on connection, engagement, and the creative power of group dynamics, he helps teams turn communication into collaboration.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Salvatore Manzi discuss:
- The lost art of human connection in the digital workplace
- Communication styles and technology’s impact on tone
- How to open meetings with a connection before content
- Leadership presence, facilitation skills, and emotional intelligence
- Designing physical and energetic spaces that shape collaboration
Key Takeaways:
- Personalize every message — take a moment to acknowledge the other person’s context, tone, or effort before diving into your main point.
- Begin meetings with a quick ritual of connection, such as asking what’s working well or what someone’s celebrating, to ground energy and focus.
- Break the silence early in meetings by speaking up within the first few minutes to increase engagement and confidence.
- Shift attention from proving your worth to serving your audience by focusing on how your message helps them connect, decide, or act.
"I need to create connections before I get into the content; otherwise, people don’t understand what’s going on in other people’s worlds.” — Salvatore Manzi
Connect with Salvatore Manzi:
Website: https://www.salvatoremanzi.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvatorejmanzi/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Keith Dorsey:
Dr. Keith Dorsey is a researcher, author, advisor, and active board member focused on diversity, governance, and strategic growth for corporate boards. His research on women executives’ pathways to board seats revealed key insights into the barriers and facilitators women face in attaining these roles. His forthcoming book, The Boardroom Journey: Practical Guidance for Women to Secure a Seat at the Table, blends research with his executive and board experience. He is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Certified Director and 2023 NACD Directorship 100™ honoree, serving on several private and nonprofit boards. As founder of The Boardroom Journey and senior advisor at Boyden, he helps leaders strengthen governance, pursue board readiness, and advance toward the C-suite.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Keith Dorsey discuss:
- Board readiness and governance leadership
- Nominating committees and board composition
- Career planning for future board service
- AI’s influence on board dynamics and decision-making
- CEO–board relationships and evaluation practices
Key Takeaways:
- Executives must transition from being “unconsciously competent operators” to “consciously competent governance professionals” to be board-ready.
- Nominating committees seek board candidates whose purpose and values align authentically with the company’s mission, not those simply seeking prestige or pay.
- Board preparation should start early in one’s career, ideally in one’s 20s or 30s, by intentionally developing human capital, breadth of experience, and a governance mindset.
- Effective boards avoid becoming rubber stamps by regularly evaluating members’ competencies, maintaining succession plans, and engaging in meaningful executive sessions.
"A good board will ask challenging questions—not to get you to say, ‘I got you,’ or to try to let them know that they haven’t done things correctly—but to ask questions to widen their aperture a little bit.” — Keith Dorsey
Connect with Keith Dorsey:
Website: http://boardroomjourney.com/
Book: The Boardroom Journey: https://www.amazon.com/Boardroom-Journey-Practical-Guidance-Secure/dp/1394331789
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-keith-d-dorsey-798a2681/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Christine Marie Aitchison:
Christine Marie is a trauma-informed healer, ceremonial guide, and founder of Soul Medicine. With a background in nursing and certifications in Celtic Shamanism and Reiki, she brings a rare blend of clinical grounding and sacred wisdom to her work. Christine helps people move from victimhood to empowerment using energy healing, ritual, and plant medicine, and she’s the author of Grieve with Guidance—a deeply supportive book for navigating loss through spiritual frameworks and ceremony. Today, Christine joins us to explore how true healing begins when we speak, feel, and live from authenticity rather than our trauma story.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christine Marie Aitchison discuss:
- Near-death experiences and their transformative impact
- The intersection of spirituality and holistic healing
- Emotional and ancestral grief as pathways to self-awareness
- Transitioning from traditional nursing to intuitive healing practices
- The ongoing journey of self-discovery and energetic boundaries
Key Takeaways:
- Christine’s near-death experience as a child became the catalyst for her lifelong commitment to bring light and healing into the world.
- Her transition from traditional nursing to holistic healing reveals the importance of aligning one’s work with deeper personal values.
- Create space for ongoing personal inner work, recognizing that self-healing is a continuous journey of understanding and compassion.
- When pain or grief arises, approach it with curiosity instead of resistance to uncover its hidden lessons for growth.
"It’s been a really beautiful challenge to breathe light and love back into my bones, back into my body.” — Christine Marie Aitchison
Connect with Christine Marie Aitchison:
Website: https://www.christinemarieheals.com/
Books: https://www.christinemarieheals.com/books
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemarieheals/
Substack/Newsletter: https://christinemarieheals.substack.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinemarieheals/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kevin Surace:
Kevin Surace is a Silicon Valley innovator, serial entrepreneur, CEO, TV personality, and edutainer featured by major outlets such as Businessweek, Time, Fortune, Forbes, CNN, and FOX News. He has keynoted hundreds of events, including TED, Inc. 5000, and the U.S. Congress, earning titles like Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year and CNBC’s Innovator of the Decade. With 93 worldwide patents, he is celebrated for his dynamic, entertaining presentations that educate and energize audiences. His pioneering work spans AI virtual assistants, smartphones, sustainable building technologies, and major energy retrofits like the Empire State Building. He also directs and produces Broadway and streaming projects and delivers popular talks on AI, innovation, and digital transformation customized for any audience.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kevin Surace discuss:
- The fusion of creativity and artificial intelligence
- Technology’s transformation of art, media, and business
- Democratization of creative production through AI
- The tension between live experience and digital automation
- Leadership and communication in an AI-driven world
Key Takeaways:
- AI can now generate professional-quality creative work—such as full songs or films—in a fraction of the traditional time and cost.
- The entertainment and advertising industries are rapidly shifting toward AI-generated production and personalization.
- Automation is inevitable across business functions, with resistance often stemming from fear, not lack of capability.
- Live human connection remains valuable, but convenience and accessibility will continue to drive mass adoption of AI experiences.
"The machines always win. You can sabotage, and you'll maybe extend something for a few months, but eventually, management is going to say, you know, this particular task can be done by AI.” — Kevin Surace
Connect with Kevin Surace:
Website: https://www.kevinsurace.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kskoolstuff
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksurace/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kevinsurace
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevin_surace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.surace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinsurace/
Book Kevin today to start a conversation about working together: https://www.kevinsurace.com/book-kevin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Lewis Crompton:
Lewis Crompton is the Founder and CEO of STARTrading, a global education company helping professionals create financial freedom through smart, time-efficient trading. After being mentored by Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad team—and later invited to teach for them—Lewis launched STARTrading in 2019 to help others achieve peace of mind and flexibility around money. With more than a decade of trading experience and six years of teaching, he’s guided thousands of students worldwide to build passive income, exit traditional careers, and reclaim time for what matters most. His work and approach to safe, systematic trading have been featured by Bloomberg and other major outlets.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lewis Crompton discuss:
- Mindset and emotional relationship with money
- Financial freedom through trading and education
- Purpose-driven leadership and family stability
- Community and support in wealth building
- Navigating financial markets and crypto volatility
Key Takeaways:
- Recognizing how early beliefs about money shape your sense of worth can help you rebuild a healthier, more empowered financial mindset.
- Lewis’s “Star Trading Method” shows that with the right skills, financial growth and security can come from consistency rather than constant risk or time investment.
- True financial freedom begins when money becomes a tool for peace and stability within families rather than a source of stress or conflict.
- Surrounding yourself with a supportive community of learners and traders can transform isolation into confidence and long-term success.
"One of the biggest, if not the biggest, reason why families break down and divorces happen is because of financial stress, financial worry, financial differences.” — Lewis Crompton
Connect with Lewis Crompton:
Website: https://startradingnow.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@withlewiscrompton
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewiscrompton/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/startradingnow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startrading_community/ & https://www.instagram.com/withlewiscrompton/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Neelam Harjani:
Neelam Harjani, founder of Inspire Wellness, is recognized as a wellbeing expert across Asia and the Middle East, offering an antidote to busy lifestyles through personalized coaching in Lifestyle Medicine. A former investment banker, she now works with multinational corporations to counter the effects of chronic stress. With 20 years of experience, her systematic approach helps individuals build sustainable energy, promote resilience, and enhance emotional regulation through self-awareness and practical calming techniques. Neelam has authored books on burnout, led online programs, hosted wellness workshops, and facilitated retreats focused on leadership development and personal transformation.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Neelam Harjani discuss:
- Global views on wellness are shaped by culture and economy
- Emotional and physical impact of chronic stress
- Materialism and the illusion of scarcity
- Mindfulness and reconnection with self
- Financial well-being is tied to resilience and balance
Key Takeaways:
- Chronic stress and burnout are intensified in economically booming cities where ambition and competition replace balance and community.
- True wellness begins with awareness and acceptance—learning to observe emotions like stress or anger instead of resisting them.
- Financial pressure, whether real or perceived, often drives people into survival mode, disconnecting them from joy and safety.
- Cultivating daily moments of stillness and self-connection builds a reservoir of resilience that no external achievement or purchase can match.
"When you feel at ease and at peace with yourself, then no matter how bad the traffic is, there's a reservoir to go back to." — Neelam Harjani
Connect with Neelam Harjani:
Website and Books: http://www.inspire-wellness.com/ & https://neelamharjani.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neelam-harjani/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neelamharjani/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About W. David Prescott and Michael Ashley:
W. David Prescott is a veteran geologist and environmental consultant with over 30 years of experience in groundwater protection, remediation, and regulatory compliance. Licensed in Texas and Wyoming, he holds advanced degrees in Environmental Science and Business and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Agricultural Science. A champion of market-driven sustainability, he serves on community and state boards shaping policies that balance environmental health with economic growth.
Michael Ashley is a former Disney story consultant, Chapman University screenwriting professor, and author of 20+ books, including four bestsellers. He coauthored Own the A.I. Revolution, which was launched at the UN’s AI for Good Summit and recognized as a top business book of 2019. A columnist for Forbes and Entrepreneur, his work has been widely featured, and he is a sought-after keynote speaker on AI, storytelling, and innovation.
In this episode, Dean, W. David, and Michael discuss:
- The evolution of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism
- Penalties and financial consequences for companies not meeting ESG standards
- Global competition in energy and AI between the U.S., China, and India
- Risks of programmable money and digital currencies on personal and business freedom
- The framing of today’s global tensions as a “spiritual war” between control and freedom
Key Takeaways:
- ESG shifted from a voluntary “carrot” to a mandatory “stick,” with companies losing access to capital or suffering stock devaluation if they fail to comply.
- U.S. energy companies saw Wall Street investment in energy drop from 16–18% to just 3% by 2000 due to ESG pressures, while China and India rapidly expanded hydrocarbon and nuclear production.
- The U.S. is falling behind in AI and energy infrastructure, as China currently has 28 nuclear plants under construction while the U.S. has none.
- Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) could one day enforce ESG compliance by shutting off funds for companies or individuals exceeding government-imposed environmental thresholds.
"Imagine us playing chess against China, and China having an IQ of 10,000 while we’re sitting there with an IQ of 100.” — W. David Prescott
"America is not an evil country. In fact, America is the best country the world has ever seen, and we want to export these ideas of freedom that are different from China.” — Michael Ashley
Connect with W. David and Michael:
Website: https://creativedestruction.gr-site.com/
Book: Creative Destruction: https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Destruction-Mandates-Destroying-Capitalism/dp/B0D64WSNP9
W. David’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-david-prescott-p-g-b1600714/
Michael’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelashleywriter/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Brad Farris:
Brad Farris is a trusted leadership advisor for businesses looking to break the $1M barrier and scale to $3M–$5M. He brings 20+ years of experience helping business owners sharpen focus, increase profitability, and build stronger teams. Brad brings decades of experience coaching founders through the common challenges that stall growth, especially when the bottleneck is the leader themselves. His bold but empathetic approach helps founders shift from over-functioning doers to strategic leaders.
Brad has offered listeners to explore their awareness around being present through this free and easy assessment: https://anchoradvisors.com/self-leadership-assessment/
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Brad Farris discuss:
- The importance of presence in leadership and productivity
- The concept of urgency addiction and its impact on decision-making
- Email and meeting management as reflections of leadership habits
- True listening as a foundation for trust and collaboration
- Self-leadership, reflection, and cultivating flow for creativity
Key Takeaways:
- By slowing down and providing thoughtful, complete responses, email exchanges become shorter and more effective, reducing inbox overwhelm and freeing up time for higher-value work.
- The constant pursuit of speed and urgency can create an addictive cycle that feels rewarding in the moment but ultimately drains creativity, damages collaboration, and weakens relationships.
- Leaders who intentionally restructure their calendars to include fewer or more spacious meetings create the mental space necessary for presence, deeper reflection, and sustained problem-solving.
- Practicing intentional, focused listening helps people feel valued and understood, which not only reduces conflict but also builds trust and empowers teams to act independently and effectively.
"The present moment is the place where we can act… It’s actually kind of a productivity superpower.” — Brad Farris
Connect with Brad Farris:
Website: https://www.anchoradvisors.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfarris/
Business Growth Phase Assessment: https://anchoradvisors.com/accelerate-your-business-growth/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Dr. Laura Gallaher:
Dr. Laura Gallaher is a professional speaker and organizational psychologist who inspires driven self-starters to transform their relationship with themselves and accomplish more than ever. She combines insights on radical self-acceptance with humor to create a unique connection with her audience. Despite being a national best-selling author, Dr. Laura stands out from the typical "academic" personality of her PhD peers. Her notable achievements include being hired by NASA to reshape organizational culture after the Columbia accident, leading significant changes in performance management at Disney, and inspiring Yahoo’s global teams to pursue transformation from within.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Laura Gallaher discuss:
- NASA’s organizational culture and its role in major space disasters
- The importance of psychological safety in high-stakes environments
- The conflict between intuition and evidence-based decision-making
- Leadership blind spots, self-awareness, and radical self-acceptance
- Building trust, collaboration, and vulnerability within teams
Key Takeaways:
- NASA’s culture contributed to the Columbia tragedy by discouraging engineers from voicing concerns without hard data.
- Congress required NASA to undergo a culture change initiative before allowing shuttle flights to resume, embedding organizational development permanently at Kennedy Space Center.
- Dr. Laura’s personal 360-degree feedback revealed blind spots, such as unintentional “bullying intellectually,” which led her to embrace radical self-acceptance.
- Tools like collaboration contracts and vulnerability exercises helped leaders manage defensiveness, foster trust, and improve team dynamics.
"When you have higher self acceptance, it creates a path for others to do the same… because when you have high self acceptance, you can be vulnerable… but vulnerability is courageous, and courage is contagious.” — Dr. Laura Gallaher
Connect with Dr. Laura Gallaher:
Website: https://drlauragallaher.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gallaher-phd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlauragallaher/
Discover Your Self-Acceptance Score: https://selfacceptancequiz.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Michael Wenderoth:
Frustrated that you’re not getting ahead at work, or having the impact you seek? The real reason holding you back will surprise you, says Michael Wenderoth, executive coach. His provocative insights, featured in Harvard Business Review, challenge conventional wisdom by confronting an uncomfortable truth: that embracing office politics and influence is essential to advancing your career. The award-winning author of Get Promoted, Michael has helped thousands of professionals re-examine their assumptions about power, politics, and authenticity to accelerate their careers, become more effective at work, and break glass ceilings, many of their own creation. Michael is on a mission to help people get ahead, without having to sell their souls in the process. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Michael served 20 years in senior roles, bringing breakthroughs to market in China, the US, and Europe. He holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and was trained as an executive coach at Columbia University.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michael Wenderoth discuss:
- Networking and influence in leadership
- The role of authenticity and vulnerability
- Situational and adaptive leadership
- The intersection of AI and future leadership
- Career advancement and organizational politics
Key Takeaways:
- Many capable leaders are overlooked because they avoid networking and political skills, which are crucial for advancement.
- Influence and power are neutral tools that can be used ethically, yet many “good people” resist using them due to negative associations.
- Overemphasizing authenticity and vulnerability without strategic awareness can leave leaders exposed and even derailed.
- AI has the potential to both reduce bias and amplify existing organizational problems, making hybrid human-AI leadership a necessity.
"Power and influence are like fire. Fire is nothing more than a force, and you can use it to burn the whole place down, but you could also use it to feed the entire village and illuminate the entire city.” — Michael Wenderoth
Connect with Michael Wenderoth:
Website: https://changwenderoth.com
Book: Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/book/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchangwenderoth/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mcwenderoth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mwenderoth
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wenderoth.michael/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Greg Giuliano:
Dr. Greg Giuliano is an advisor and executive coach to senior leaders and teams all over the world. He is the founder of GA | Ultra Leadership, designing leadership and team development strategies that drive organizational transformation. His mission is to help leaders and teams grow their capacity to enable positive disruption for organizations, teams, and individuals.
Greg is the author of three #1 Amazon Bestsellers—Coaching for (a) Change, The Next Normal, and Ultra Leadership—as well as The Hero’s Journey.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Greg Giuliano discuss:
- The future of leadership in a digital and AI-driven world
- Building meaningful workplace relationships and trust
- Engagement and intentional connection as drivers of performance
- The role of play, creativity, and psychological safety in teams
- Leadership as service, coaching, and collective growth
Key Takeaways:
- Technology can enhance productivity, but true leadership still requires emotional intelligence, clear communication, and authentic human interaction.
- A practical framework for leadership is the “ABCs”: Align people around mission and roles, Build bench strength through ongoing development, and Coordinate action to keep progress moving.
- Teams that neglect engagement suffer higher turnover and burnout, while those that intentionally invest in connection and trust see stronger ROI and sustainable results.
- Leaders who encourage playfulness, fellowship, and intentional culture-building create environments where innovation thrives and people genuinely want to belong.
"The future is still human, that it requires human beings connecting in order to get things done together.” — Greg Giuliano
Connect with Greg Giuliano:
Website: https://www.ultraleadership.com/
Coaching for (a) Change: https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Change-Engage-Empower-Activate/dp/B0DMTQFTFF
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Greg-Giuliano/author/B00K0Q5UY0
Be a GR8 Coach Program: https://www.ultraleadership.com/be-a-gr8-coach-program
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ultraleadership
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greggiuliano/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Michael and Jennifer Petracci:
Dr. Michael Petracci, DC, and Jennifer Petracci, co-owners of Foundations Chiropractic, turned their daughter’s neurological challenges into a mission of neurologically focused chiropractic care. A 2013 University of Western States graduate, Dr. Mike specializes in pediatric and prenatal care with multiple certifications, including Pediatric and Family Chiropractic and Activator Methods. As a PX Certified Pro Doc, he uses INSiGHT Scanning to help kids with ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, and Sensory Processing Disorder.
Jennifer, formerly an artist, became COO after their daughter’s “perfect storm” inspired her to champion this approach. She leads operations and education, helping families discover its impact. Together, they serve their community with neurologically focused care, creating a foundation for health and wellness that starts with the nervous system.
In this episode, Dean Newlund, Michael, and Jennifer Petracci discuss:
- Starting and running a family business inspired by personal experience
- Educating and building trust with families about neurologically focused chiropractic care
- Overcoming skepticism and the challenge of parental commitment
- Balancing emotional investment with the need to let go when families aren’t ready
- Staying motivated and resilient by focusing on positive outcomes and “expecting miracles”
Key Takeaways:
- Families seeking neurologically focused chiropractic care must commit to structured care plans with frequent visits, because only repetition and consistency allow the nervous system to rewire and regulate effectively.
- Educating families about chiropractic’s neurological benefits demands patience and clear communication, since many initially dismiss it as unnecessary or “snake oil” until they personally see results in their children.
- Practitioners need to balance their desire to help every child with the reality that some parents will not commit, which means learning to let go without guilt while focusing on those ready to embrace the process.
- Viewing each child’s transformation as a potential miracle keeps both parents and practitioners motivated, reframing frustration into gratitude and fueling the perseverance needed to sustain long-term impact.
"One of the most important parts of taking care of somebody, from a neurologic perspective, is care planning, and making sure that the care plan is right… It takes repetition in neurology.” — Michael Petracci
"A lot of what I see helps this to work is a trust in the other person.” — Jennifer Petracci
Connect with Michael and Jennifer Petracci:
Website: http://www.foundationschiropracticllc.com/
Email: foundationswellness@yahoo.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/DrMikePetracci-FoundationsChiropracticllc
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundations.chiropractic.llc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundationschiropracticllc/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Nathan Whittacre:
CEO of Stimulus Technologies, Nathan Whittacre, is a visionary leader who has spent his three-decade career at the forefront of technological innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a trusted advisor, mentor, and thought leader in the technology field, and the author of The CEO’s Digital Survival Guide: A Practical Handbook to Navigating the Future. Stimulus Technologies is focused on providing the best technology to businesses, including IT services, Internet, and VoIP. Nathan’s passion lies in helping people better their lives through technology, cybersecurity, and intentional culture.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nathan Whittacre discuss:
- The evolving role of AI in business and society
- Balancing human connection with technological efficiency
- Leadership strategies in the age of digital transformation
- The impact of AI adoption on workforce roles and subject matter expertise
- Ethical and practical considerations of AI in sensitive industries like healthcare
Key Takeaways:
- While large enterprises like credit card companies have used AI for over a decade in areas such as fraud detection, most small and mid-sized businesses are still on the lower ramp of adoption, only beginning to see incremental ROI as vendors embed AI into everyday systems to ease mundane tasks.
- Nathan’s company experimented with replacing its outsourced after-hours call center with an AI agent, and although some customers were initially skeptical, the AI delivered faster and more accurate support than humans, ultimately providing a better overall customer experience.
- Leaders must resist the temptation to outsource or automate the very elements that make their company unique, instead focusing on strategically using AI to streamline non-core processes like ticket entry or document reviews while ensuring core functions remain human-driven.
- In healthcare and other sensitive industries, the future of AI adoption will rely heavily on HIPAA-compliant or private, specialized models designed for specific diagnostic support—such as radiology scans—since public large language models are not sufficient to meet strict security and compliance needs.
"I like referring to your ChatGPTs, or Grok, or some of these language models that we’re using, are just really smart interns, very excited and smart interns.” — Nathan Whittacre
Connect with Nathan Whittacre:
Website: https://www.stimulustech.com/
Book: The CEO’s Digital Survival Guide: A Practical Handbook to Navigating the Future: https://www.amazon.com/CEOs-Digital-Survival-Guide-Navigating/dp/1642256307
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanwhittacre/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/stimulus-technologies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nwhittacre
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Eric Recker:
Dr. Eric Recker is a dentist, husband, father, keynote speaker, Elite Success Coach, author, pilot, mountain climber, and recovering triathlete. In the second half of life, he’s dedicated to helping others close the gap to their best selves and master the art of living in the moment—what he calls #WINtheNOW.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Eric Recker discuss:
- Why clarity of purpose must come before achievement
- Using small daily actions to build lasting resilience
- Embracing challenges as opportunities for personal growth
- Staying present and practicing gratitude in everyday life
- Applying the mountain-climbing metaphor to life’s mental and emotional obstacles
Key Takeaways:
- Achievements feel richer and more sustainable when pursued with a clearly defined and deeply personal “why” rather than chasing goals for the sake of appearance, status, or external validation.
- Keeping a daily log of both small wins and the lessons learned from setbacks can train the brain to focus on the positive, build gratitude, and create a more balanced and resilient mindset over time.
- Incorporating simple “micro-resilience” practices—like a two-minute power pose, short mindful walks, or intentional deep breathing—can quickly shift energy and mindset, helping you recover focus throughout the day.
- Exploring new interests through small, low-risk experiments instead of waiting for the “perfect” passion to reveal itself allows you to discover what truly excites you and prevents years of feeling stuck in uncertainty.
"If you don’t know why you’re climbing the mountain, you’re not going to find the answer at the top.” — Eric Recker
Connect with Eric Recker:
Website: https://ericrecker.com
Book: The False Sense of Urgency and How to #WINtheNOW: https://ericrecker.com/book-info/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-recker-583849278/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.recker.1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/docrecker/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Andrea Liebross:
Andrea is the go-to expert for high-achieving women entrepreneurs. She helps bold, ambitious women shift from thinking small and feeling overwhelmed to gaining the clarity, confidence, and freedom they crave—in both business and life. As a strategic business coach and life balance architect, Andrea believes the secret sauce to achieving big results comes down to two critical ingredients: solid systems and a powerful, expansive mindset. Andrea is an accomplished speaker, the author of the bestselling She Thinks Big: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Moving Past the Messy Middle and Into the Extraordinary, and the host of the She Thinks Big Podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrea Liebross discuss:
- Evolving expectations of modern CEOs and their mindset shifts
- Emotional alignment and the role of joy in leadership effectiveness
- Transitioning from operational execution to strategic vision
- Embracing uncertainty as a necessary element of growth
- The influence of clarity, belief, and intentionality in decision-making
Key Takeaways:
- Andrea Liebross presents the TRUST framework as a mindset tool for big thinkers, encouraging leaders to explore their thought options, identify the real problem, embrace uncertainty, secure the right support, and move from passive learning to taking massive action.
- Many small business CEOs experience burnout from juggling every role, making it critical to shift into true leadership through intentional delegation and alignment with both business goals and personal values.
- Long-term leadership success comes from saying unapologetic yeses to opportunities that foster growth and firm noes to distractions, helping leaders conserve their time, energy, and clarity of purpose.
- When faced with chaos or transition, leaders gain power by creating clarity—separating facts from internal narratives—so they can make grounded decisions driven by belief rather than fear.
"Joy comes from believing that you're capable and deserving of the success, not just hustling for it.” — Andrea Liebross
Connect with Andrea Liebross:
Website: https://andrealiebross.com/
Book: She Thinks Big: https://www.andrealiebross.com/books
Show: She Thinks Big Podcast: https://www.andrealiebross.com/podcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-liebross/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrealiebrosscoaching/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrea.liebross.coaching/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Ben Katt:
Ben Katt is a transformation coach, meditation teacher, and storyteller. He is the author of THE WAY HOME: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness at Midlife. Ben is a former ordained minister and leader at the On Being Project, and he currently provides end-of-life care as a volunteer hospice chaplain and teaches meditation in prisons as the founder of the WITHIN Project. He lives in Milwaukee, WI, with his wife and three children.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ben Katt discuss:
- The hero’s journey as a framework for transformation
- Spiritual practices for everyday life
- Burnout and inner alignment
- The power of listening to inner whispers
- Societal disruption as a collective call to change
Key Takeaways:
- Ben Katt's moment of clarity came during a routine jog when he suddenly realized his high-performing life had become unsustainable, prompting a deeper spiritual reckoning that revealed he was losing connection with his own heart.
- The hero’s journey, adapted from Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, offers a universal but highly personal structure for individuals to navigate uncertainty, confront their shadows, and emerge with renewed purpose and clarity.
- Simple, accessible practices like inward-focused journaling, meditation, gratitude, and even subtracting distractions are powerful tools for fostering self-awareness, healing burnout, and reconnecting with authentic desire.
- Those who face material hardship often live closer to life’s raw truths and may possess deeper spiritual insight and joy, challenging the assumption that inner work is a luxury reserved for the privileged.
"Joy is happiness that's not contingent on something else. It's that stable sense of contentedness that you carry through, no matter what adversity you're facing.” — Ben Katt
Connect with Ben Katt:
Website: https://www.benjaminkatt.com/
Book: The Way Home: https://www.amazon.com/Way-Home-Discovering-Journey-Wholeness/dp/1250910447
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akabenkatt/
Substack: https://benkatt.substack.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kelly McDonald:
Kelly McDonald is an acclaimed speaker who specializes in consumer trends and changing demographics. She is the president of McDonald Marketing and has authored four bestselling books on the customer experience, leadership, and marketing -- all from the standpoint of working with people "not like you". Her book, How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You has been on two bestseller lists.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kelly McDonald discuss:
- Working with people different from ourselves
- Trust and psychological safety in teams
- The evolution of DEI language
- The role of communication in collaboration
- Human connection in a post-COVID workplace
Key Takeaways:
- Vulnerability-based trust, which must be deliberately earned and reciprocated, is essential for teams to navigate differences effectively and unlock higher performance through deeper collaboration.
- Using clear, direct, and jargon-free language builds credibility and psychological safety within teams, enabling faster decision-making and stronger alignment across diverse perspectives.
- Although working with people who are different from us is inherently more challenging, those efforts consistently yield statistically better business outcomes, creativity, and engagement.
- As terms like DEI become politically charged, forward-thinking organizations are embracing timeless, inclusive language like “belonging” and “community” to maintain commitment while reducing friction.
"Trust and vulnerability absolutely have to be earned, and they have to be cultivated, and they have to be reciprocated.” — Kelly McDonald
Connect with Kelly McDonald:
Website: https://www.mcdonaldmarketing.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellycmcdonald/
Book: How to Work With and Lead People Not Like You: https://www.amazon.com/How-Work-Lead-People-Like/dp/1119369959
X (Twitter): https://x.com/kellycmcdonald
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellycmcdonald
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly.mcdonald_speaker/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Chip Conley:
Chip Conley is a renowned entrepreneur, best-selling author, and dynamic speaker celebrated for his innovative approach to leadership and hospitality. He founded Joie de Vivre Hospitality, transforming a single boutique hotel into the second-largest boutique hotel brand in the United States. In 2013, he joined Airbnb as Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, mentoring its Millennial founders and guiding the company to become the world’s most valuable hospitality brand. Inspired by his midlife journey and experiences, Chip co-founded the Modern Elder Academy (MEA) in 2018, the world’s first midlife wisdom school. Located in Baja California, MEA helps individuals navigate midlife transitions and cultivate a renewed sense of purpose.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Chip Conley discuss:
- Happiness, Wisdom, and Emotional Growth in the Second Half of Life
- The role of emotional intelligence in aging and leadership
- Cultivating awe and wisdom
- Redefining aging and the midlife experience
- Social infrastructure and community building
Key Takeaways:
- The "U-curve of happiness" shows that after hitting a low point around age 47-50, people often experience increasing happiness due to emotional intelligence and growing contentment.
- Midlife can be seen as a chrysalis for personal transformation, offering opportunities to repurpose one’s life rather than succumbing to societal narratives of crisis.
- Viewing friendship as a practice, with intentional deep conversations and emotional openness, strengthens connections and provides resilience during challenges.
- Reframing aging involves shifting from a negative perception of decline to a positive focus on growth, allowing midlife to become a transformative period for cultivating wisdom, discovering purpose, and fostering meaningful connections.
"Our painful life lessons are the raw material for our future wisdom.” — Chip Conley
Connect with Chip Conley:
Website: https://chipconley.com/ & https://www.meawisdom.com/
Email: chip@chipconley.com
Book: https://chipconley.com/my-books/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chipconleysf/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Greg Shove:
Greg is the CEO of Section and a 6x founder and CEO of tech-powered companies that rode 3 previous tech waves—Internet, Cloud, and Mobile—with $250M in exits. He’s also a founder at Machine and Partners, an AI consultancy helping companies identify and prototype AI products, and Personal Math, a newsletter for professionals in their 30s and beyond.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Greg Shove discuss:
- AI’s ability to expose organizational dysfunction and enhance well-run systems
- How leaders must adapt their mindset to effectively integrate AI tools
- The growing influence of AI on coaching, learning, and professional development
- Shifting definitions of human experience in an increasingly AI-mediated world
- The ethical and strategic implications of AI usage in business environments
Key Takeaways:
- Before implementing AI, leaders must audit internal workflows to ensure structured processes. Otherwise, AI will simply magnify existing chaos and inefficiency.
- Developing AI fluency through consistent, hands-on interaction builds confidence, especially for non-technical users, and lays the groundwork for meaningful integration into daily work.
- AI-driven role-playing and adaptive conversation tools are already replacing traditional, static training methods in soft skill development, especially in coaching and feedback scenarios.
- Creating shared AI “projects” loaded with company knowledge enables collaborative problem-solving, faster onboarding, and continuous organizational learning.
"AI is going to be a truth serum for organizations, because... you're going to find out how broken your processes are.” — Greg Shove
Connect with Greg Shove:
Website: https://www.sectionschool.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sectionschool &
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregshove/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Philippe Johnson:
Philippe Johnson is a retired United States Air Force officer and advocate for principled and ethical leadership in public service. The son of a language teacher and career United States Army officer, he was raised in the United States, France, and Germany. During his 24 years on active duty, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson served as a fixed- and rotary-wing pilot, intelligence officer, and diplomat (military attaché), and was honored with the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster. He also served on the staffs of two Air Force major commands as his final two assignments. Philippe received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida and earned his master’s degree in public policy from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Philippe Johnson discuss:
- Defining ethical leadership across diverse perspectives
- Navigating unprincipled loyalty in power dynamics
- Rebuilding trust in a post-COVID, virtual workplace
- Combating disinformation and the collapse of shared facts
- Aligning values and ethics within polarized environments
Key Takeaways:
- Ethical leadership must be embedded in leadership training from the start of one’s career, or organizations risk producing senior leaders who cause significant harm.
- Self-interest and personality disorders (e.g., narcissism) are major contributors to non-compliance with ethical standards, both in military and corporate settings.
- Philippe’s book uses recent political leadership as a case study to highlight the consequences of unethical, incompetent, and self-serving leadership behaviors.
- The normalization of disinformation undermines democracy, as without agreed-upon facts, there’s no foundation for holding power accountable.
"If you're lacking that ethical foundation from the very beginning… you're going to end up with senior leaders who, unfortunately, are not setting the example.” — Philippe Johnson
Connect with Philippe Johnson:
Website: http://www.philippejohnson.com/
Book: What Hangs in the Balance: The Case for Principled, Ethical, Competent, and Courageously Selfless Leadership: https://www.amazon.com/What-Hangs-Balance-Principled-Courageously/dp/1637633491
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/formulaphil/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philippe.johnson.52
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Hugh Massie:
Hugh Massie is the Executive Chairman and Founder of DNA Behavior International – the Behavior and Money Insights Company. As a Titan 100 CEO and renowned Behavioral Solutions Architect, he approaches every opportunity with the proven perspective that “behavior makes money.” Through his analytical approach and AI-driven technologies, Hugh helps growth-minded leaders build “category king” people-centric businesses that enhance decision-making, culture, and performance. His purpose is to empower people to align their natural, hard-wired talents and financial behaviors to create an Exponential Future with reduced stress. Hugh’s moonshot is to scale DNA Behavior’s AI-powered BeSci Tech Platform to inform over 1 billion people annually by 2030, increasing life, financial, and business longevity by 30+ years.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Hugh Massie discuss:
- Predictive insights from human behavior in leadership and business strategy
- Self-awareness and hardwired traits as drivers of leadership effectiveness
- Governance dynamics in enabling or constraining powerful executives
- Organizational resilience in the face of AI disruption and rapid innovation
- Behavioral economics as a tool for sustainable financial performance
Key Takeaways:
- Behavior serves as a powerful leading indicator of future financial and cultural performance, allowing organizations to anticipate outcomes before they materialize in traditional reports.
- Digitally scanning leadership behavior using publicly available data enables predictive profiling at scale, offering strategic insights into executive decision-making styles without requiring formal assessments.
- Sustained business success is often linked to a balanced presence of six core behavioral traits, including results-driven, innovation-focused, fiscal control, financial prudence, and relationship engagement.
- When leadership strengths such as vision, influence, or risk-taking are left unchecked—particularly in environments with weak governance—they can backfire and lead to long-term brand erosion and internal dysfunction.
"Your strengths, overplayed, can be a struggle and, if not attended to, become a weakness.” — Hugh Massie
Connect with Hugh Massie:
Website: https://dnabehavior.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dnabehavior
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughmassie/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/HughMassie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hugh.massie/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hughmassie/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About David Hirschfeld:
David Hirschfeld is a 35-year veteran of the software startup world whose journey began as a physics student at UCLA. He spent his early career at Computer Associates and Texas Instruments, then led software projects at Intel and Motorola. He launched his first successful startup software company, which grew to 800 customers in 22 countries, and sold it in 2000. David founded Tekyz Inc. in 2007 and spent 17 years working with over 70 startups, leading to his breakthrough insight into what makes software companies succeed or fail and inspiring the Launch 1st Method. This systematic approach reduces risks, costs, and time while minimizing investor dependence. When he's not transforming startups, David is a golfer, a woodworker, and a proud father of four successful sons who taught him his most valuable lesson: success follows patterns, but they're not always the ones you expect.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and David Hirschfeld explore:
- Speed and implications of AI innovation
- Workflow automation and process redesign
- Modern approaches to product innovation and validation
- The future impact of autonomous vehicles
- User empowerment through advanced AI tools
Key Takeaways:
- Automating outdated workflows without reevaluating their relevance can lead to inefficiency—some processes should be reinvented, not just automated.
- Instead of building products based on assumptions, companies should test the market through pre-sales to validate real demand before development.
- AI tools like ChatGPT's voice and vision modes can now provide real-time visual navigation, product identification, and contextual support in everyday situations.
- The rise of autonomous vehicles like Waymo may render parking structures and personal car ownership obsolete within five years, fundamentally shifting urban infrastructure needs.
"You have to channel your inner five-year-old when you're thinking about what's possible.” — David Hirschfeld
Connect with David Hirschfeld:
Website: https://www.tekyz.com & https://launch1st.tekyz.com
Email: david@tekyz.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhirschfeld/
X (Twitter): https://www.x.com/tekyzinc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tekyzinc
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Michael Barbarita:
Michael Barbarita has owned and operated retail, manufacturing, and service companies for over 30 years. One of the retail companies he operated, called “Ski Town USA,” grew from $2.5 million to $8.0 million in less than 5 years. One of the products he manufactured was “Cookies To Scoop Frozen Cookie Dough,” which was featured on the QVC Home Shopping Network and was selected as one of the top 20 products in the State of Massachusetts in 1997. He has sat on the Board of Directors of 5 different companies and was a Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for a large specialty retailer, as well as for all of his previously owned companies. Michael has been involved in the structuring of leveraged buyouts, has experience in owning both commercial and residential investment real estate, exporting and doing business on a global scale, and is an award-winning public speaker and Published Co-author with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michael Barbarita discuss:
- Strategic business and financial leadership
- Marketing psychology and customer engagement
- Small business growth strategies
- Sales conversion frameworks
- Cash flow and profitability planning
Key Takeaways:
- The Conversion Formula—Captivate, Fascinate, Educate, Offer—provides a repeatable framework for connecting with prospects emotionally and logically, dramatically improving sales effectiveness when followed in the correct order.
- Implementing a risk reversal strategy like the “Ski Guarantee” not only eliminated customer hesitation but led to a 25% increase in sales with less than 0.2% product returns, proving that customer trust can be more profitable than tight control.
- Email drip campaigns that align with the buyer’s journey and apply the conversion formula to industry-specific pain points can significantly shorten the time it takes for prospects to move from awareness to purchase.
- A truly strategic CFO brings more than financial oversight—they integrate differentiated, actionable strategies that competitors overlook, bridging the gap between financial clarity and business innovation.
"95% of business strategies used today are identical to the competition, and quite frankly, by virtue of that, they don't work.” — Michael Barbarita
Connect with Michael Barbarita:
Website: https://www.nextstepcfo.net/
Show: Powerful Business Strategies: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/powerful-business-strategies/id1757160951 | https://www.powerfulbusinessstrategies.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbarbarita/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Eric Charran:
Eric Charran is a visionary technology executive, thought leader, and author of Have You Ever Had a Boss That...: Succeeding in a Dysfunctional Workplace. With 25+ years at Fortune 500 firms like Microsoft and Capital One, he bridges cutting-edge technology with effective leadership.
His book tackles workplace toxicity and difficult managers, offering actionable strategies for professionals at any stage. Eric empowers leaders to build healthier, more productive cultures by blending expertise in organizational dynamics and digital innovation.
A frequent podcast guest and featured voice in top publications, Eric is a sought-after speaker known for his compelling storytelling. Connect with him to thrive under any boss and build a resilient, successful career.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Eric Charran discuss:
- Leadership archetypes and transformation
- Psychological safety in modern organizations
- Operationalizing visionary ideas
- Growth mindset and learning organizations
- Technology adoption and strategic implementation
Key Takeaways:
- Visionary leaders must balance their bold ideas with the discipline of testing, iterating, and proving ROI through small, controlled experiments to avoid chaos and organizational resistance.
- Creating psychological safety is essential for encouraging employees to speak openly, engage with innovation, and embrace failure as a learning opportunity rather than a risk to their careers.
- Transformation efforts often fail not because of technology itself but due to emotional resistance, fixed mindsets, and poor organizational trust, which leaders must address through empathy and clear communication.
- Sustainable innovation requires both emotional intelligence and operational alignment, where even the most intuitive ideas must be translated into actionable pilots and validated before full-scale adoption.
"We learn more through failure than we do from success. That's a fact.” — Eric Charran
Connect with Eric Charran:
Website: https://www.businessexpertpress.com/eric-charran/
Book: Have You Ever Had a Boss That...: Succeeding in a Dysfunctional Workplace: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Ever-Boss-That-Dysfunctional/dp/1637427700
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcharran/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorericcharran
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorericcharran
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Pankaj Singh:
Pankaj Singh—"Sing"—is a visionary leader who’s spent over 20 years revolutionizing businesses and building high-performance teams. As a former C-suite executive, he's driven double-digit growth, streamlined operations, and transformed organizations worldwide. But his real power comes from something unexpected: Mindfulness. Raised in an affluent family in India, Sing mastered classical music by age 13 but was restless, and at 14, he was sent to train under a lama, where he first discovered the profound impact of mindfulness. His passion for mindful leadership was ignited during a high-pressure ransomware crisis in 2020, revealing the transformative power of presence, empathy, and emotional intelligence in leadership and inspiring his life’s mission to share these tools with others.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Pankaj Singh discuss:
- The power of mindfulness in leadership and crisis management
- Spiritual and meditative practices as tools for personal transformation
- The use of micro-practices and breathing techniques for emotional regulation
- Cultivating intentional presence and focus in digital and professional environments
- Building effective relational ecosystems through mindful leadership frameworks
Key Takeaways:
- In high-stress situations like cyberattacks or crisis events, practice intentional breathing and presence to regulate emotional response and make calm, strategic decisions.
- Use micro-practices such as pausing before meetings to ask, “What do I want from this moment?” and “What else could I be doing?” to bring focus and eliminate unnecessary distractions.
- Implement the “Mindful Leadership Compass” by cultivating presence, emotional agility, cognitive clarity, and compassionate action in daily leadership interactions.
- Establish a daily habit of micro-journaling using the CLEAR framework—Center, Locate, Expand, Align, Respond—to gain insight into emotional patterns and improve self-regulation.
"I went from a person who would start the fight to a person who would now get involved and calm everyone without even holding their hands.” — Pankaj Singh
Connect with Pankaj Singh:
Website: https://singhleadership.com/
Show: https://singhleadership.com/podcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-singh-singhpowerupcoach/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Joel Zeff:
Joel Zeff creates energy. His spontaneous humor and vital messages have thrilled audiences for more than 25 years. As a national speaker, work culture expert, author, and humorist, Joel captivates audiences with a unique blend of hilarious improvisational comedy and essential ideas on work and life. He has shared his experience and insight on collaboration, leadership, change, communication, innovation, fun, and passion at more than 2,500 events. His book, “Make the Right Choice: Lead with Passion, Elevate Your Team, and Unleash the Fun at Work,” is consistently listed as one of Amazon's top work/life balance books. He has appeared on CNBC and featured in the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, The Kansas City Star, and many other media outlets.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joel Zeff discuss:
- The transformative power of improv in personal and professional growth
- Using fun as a tool to enhance workplace engagement and culture
- How authenticity and joy fuel leadership effectiveness
- Creating positive team dynamics through supportive communication
- The role of mindset and decision-making in navigating change and innovation
Key Takeaways:
- Incorporate play-based exercises like improv games in team sessions to encourage creativity, active listening, and adaptability during moments of change.
- Regularly express positive support and appreciation to team members to reinforce a culture of encouragement and emotional safety.
- Redefine “fun at work” to include activities and responsibilities that bring fulfillment, such as mentoring, achieving goals, or solving problems creatively, not just social events.
- Facilitate reflection after experiential activities by asking questions like “What choices led to your success?” and “How can this apply to how you lead or collaborate?”
"You gotta figure out what your fun is. Fun is making a big sale. Fun is mentoring a team member. Fun is being a great leader. Fun is creating an environment where the team is creative. There's lots of everything that is fun.” — Joel Zeff
Connect with Joel Zeff:
Website: http://www.joelzeff.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JoelZeffCreative
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelzeff
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejoelzeff/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Maurice Jenkens:
Maurice Jenkens is the founder and host of The Intuitive Leader™ Podcast, where he explores the power of intuition in professional settings and equips leaders with tools to foster psychological safety and trust within teams. With over 23 years of experience in sales and leadership, he helps organizations create sustainable, positive workplace cultures that encourage risk-taking and employee appreciation. Maurice’s consultancy, The Intuitive Leader™, has worked with brands like Klarna, Tele2, and Vasakronan to improve leadership and team dynamics. He also serves as a Senior Advisory Consultant for Wisory, providing business advice and leadership support, and as a part-time consultant for AI Vision, where he helps teams with strategic decision-making.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Maurice Jenkens discuss:
- The role of intuition in leadership and decision-making
- The relationship between emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- Balancing data with inner knowing in professional environments
- Personal transformation through adversity and burnout
- Human connection and authenticity in the age of AI
Key Takeaways:
- Developing self-trust by identifying the unique internal resonance of intuition allows for better decisions that align with one's deeper values and insights.
- Daily journaling practices and mindful self-check-ins can calm the nervous system and enhance clarity, especially during times of stress or uncertainty.
- The inability to process emotions impairs decision-making, as feelings provide essential context that raw data alone cannot offer.
- Intuition often manifests as subtle emotional cues or gut feelings, and acting on them, rather than waiting for external validation, can prevent missteps and missed opportunities.
"Why intuition? Well, it has always been there. It has not left me alone, except for the years when I was so deeply in my logical mind that I crashed, as my whole nervous system was objecting. I had sort of tucked myself away. Except for those years, intuition has been pulling on me constantly.” — Maurice Jenkens
Connect with Maurice Jenkens:
Website: https://www.intuitiveleader.net/
Show: The Intuitive Leader™: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intuitive-leader/id1807787102
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricejenkens/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Jamie Henriod:
Jamie Henriod is a seasoned people leader and company culture architect with over 20 years of experience shaping high-performing teams at Zappos.com and other innovative startups. A trusted advisor to CEOs and Boards of Directors, Jamie has led people strategy, organizational culture, and employee engagement programs that drive both business success and meaningful workplace connections. With a career rooted in both employee experience and customer service, she understands that a thriving workplace culture directly impacts customer satisfaction. A recognized thought leader and sought-after speaker, Jamie shares actionable insights on leadership, company culture, and the intersection of employee and customer experience. Her real-world advice inspires transformation through resilient teams, meaningful connections, and strong organizational values.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jamie Henriod discuss:
- The relationship between internal company culture and external customer experience
- Leadership's role in cultivating and modeling organizational values
- Recruitment and performance practices driven by core values
- Personal connection and empathy in customer service
- The ongoing evolution and challenges of maintaining a strong company culture
Key Takeaways:
- Implement frontline training for all employees—regardless of seniority—so everyone understands the customer experience firsthand; even executives should spend time in direct customer service roles annually.
- Develop a structured core values review system that includes self-assessments, peer feedback, and manager evaluations tied to specific, behavior-based questions, then use these results for growth and recognition.
- Secure and protect cultural autonomy during mergers or acquisitions by clearly defining non-negotiables in the agreement, especially regarding internal processes and employee engagement practices.
- Reinforce your company values with action by making tough but necessary decisions, such as letting go of employees who consistently don't align—so the organization knows values are more than just words on a wall.
"The most powerful recruiting tool Zappos ever had was our culture.” — Jamie Henriod
Connect with Jamie Henriod:
Website: https://www.chptr.com/ & https://www.zappos.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnaughton/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Susannah Robinson:
Susannah Robinson is the President and Founder of Partnership for Talent LLC, a consulting firm supporting small and mid-sized organizations with strategic human resources and organizational design. In her practice, Ms. Robinson serves as a fractional HR leader, working with multiple companies to implement best practices and drive business objectives through HR solutions. She has over 20 years of experience in HR leadership roles across global organizations and mid-sized nonprofits. Ms. Robinson is also an adjunct professor at Northeastern University, teaching master's level Organizational Design. She holds a degree in Chemistry and Management from Marietta College, an MBA from Northeastern University, an advanced certificate in Strategic Human Resource Management from Cornell University, and an SPHR certification.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Susannah Robinson discuss:
- Rethinking organizational design beyond org charts
- Aligning jobs, structure, and practices with strategy
- Hiring for competencies instead of loyalty
- Using AI to streamline HR and job design
- Driving change through small, intentional actions
Key Takeaways:
- Organizational design is most effective when leaders integrate job roles, structural elements, and employee practices in alignment with the company’s goals, values, and strategy.
- Rather than reacting habitually to personnel changes or market shifts, leaders should pause to ask if a better structural solution exists before simply filling a vacancy.
- Designing from a future state—by clarifying strategic objectives and desired outcomes—enables organizations to build more adaptive and purpose-driven structures.
- Culture becomes a product of intentional organizational choices, where structure, roles, and workflows reinforce the mission and create alignment across all levels.
"Whatever design you put in place, in totality, needs to align with the purpose of the organization, the mission, the values, the strategy, the objectives.” — Susannah Robinson
Connect with Susannah Robinson:
Website: https://www.partnershipfortalent.com/
Book: Beyond the Boxes and Lines: ARE YOU READY for the NEXT STEP? Transforming Business Results Through Organizational Design: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Boxes-Lines-Transforming-Organizational/dp/1950336921
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannah-robinson-ba7a581a/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Ken Schmidt:
Ken Schmidt is one of the business world’s most in-demand executive advisors and speakers, driven by the acclaim he earned leading Harley-Davidson Motor Company’s against-all-odds turnaround in the 1990s from the brink of financial ruin to global dominance. He’s the author of Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance, the host of the Tailgating with Geniuses podcast, and co-founder of Torque Sessions Leadership Training. Ken’s success, unconventional business approach, and playful outspokenness led him to consulting assignments with household-name brands and transformed him into a highly requested speaker with more than 1,200 keynotes presented globally to date.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ken Schmidt discuss:
- Human-centered brand differentiation
- Emotional connection as a competitive edge
- Reframing traditional marketing strategies
- Business transformation through customer feedback
- The power of language in brand identity
Key Takeaways:
- Harley-Davidson’s resurgence came from abandoning a product-focused mindset and embracing a strategy centered on emotional connection, human interaction, and delivering consistent delight.
- By directly asking riders one powerful question—“What do we have to change on this motorcycle to convince you to buy it?”—Harley created a fast, impactful loop between feedback and product innovation.
- The company aligned its brand around three key questions—what are people saying about us, what do we want them to say, and what are we doing to get them to say it—shaping its message and behavior for lasting impact.
- Harley proved real customer loyalty is built not on specs or price, but on small, repeated experiences that make people feel seen, valued, and emotionally tied to the brand.
"What makes a business attractive is when it is known for who it is rather than what it is.” — Ken Schmidt
Connect with Ken Schmidt:
Website: https://kenspeaks.com/
Torque Sessions: https://www.torquesessions.com/
Book: Make Some Noise: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Some-Noise-Unconventional-Dominance/dp/150115561X
Show: Tailgating With Geniuses: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tailgating-with-geniuses/id1576378423
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-schmidt-5b08115/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Vishal Gondal:
Vishal Gondal is a prominent Indian entrepreneur known as the pioneer and Father of the Indian Gaming Industry. He founded Indiagames at the age of 16, scaling it internationally before its acquisition by Disney in 2011 for approximately $100 million. Vishal then transitioned into health-tech, establishing GOQii in 2014—a groundbreaking company promoting holistic wellness through advanced wearable technology and personalized coaching. He also hosts "The Awakening Code" podcast, exploring the intersection of AI, spirituality, innovation, and consciousness. Recognized globally as an innovative leader, Vishal continues to bridge technology and wellness, transforming how people engage with their health and lives.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Vishal Gondal discuss:
- How gamification influences long-term behavior change
- Shifting from reactive treatment to preventive healthcare models
- Understanding the gap between knowing and doing in health
- The role of AI in predicting and personalizing health interventions
- Exploring human purpose and spirituality in the age of AI
Key Takeaways:
- Gamification works best when tasks are aligned with a person's skill level and progress is reinforced through small, consistent rewards.
- Most people already know what to do for their health, but the challenge lies in sustained motivation, not access to more information.
- The current healthcare system is incentivized to treat sickness instead of preventing it, which misaligns its goals with actual health outcomes.
- Artificial intelligence is enabling real-time, personalized health risk predictions that can guide users to make proactive lifestyle changes.
"AI is going to force the healthcare system to transform, because now you no longer have to have a probability game—it’s a predictability game.” — Vishal Gondal
Connect with Vishal Gondal:
Website: https://goqii.com/in-en
Show: The Awakening Code: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2gtuaqZASZ0ddMrBVq_CjkXqV9UvrhMY
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAwakeningCode
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalgondal/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/vishalgondal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VishalGondalOfficial/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vishygo/
GOQii Smart Vital series: https://store.goqii.com/smartvital
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Isaac MacDonald:
In his eight-year tenure at Trepwise, Isaac has consulted with over a hundred organizations and initiatives, including the New Orleans Youth Master Plan, the Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation, and the Orleans Public Defender’s Office. He received his B.A. in Urban Studies at Brown University, where he started the Urban Journal, an annual publication focused on building and sustaining the urban environments of the future. Before relocating to New Orleans, he worked at several environmental nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Isaac is a 2015 Venture for America Fellow and a 2021 New Leaders Council Fellow, and serves as Treasurer for the local chapter of the Sunrise Movement.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Isaac MacDonald discuss:
- Nonprofit organizational challenges in changing political landscapes
- Reimagining leadership structures in social impact organizations
- Government funding and nonprofit sustainability
- Community-driven transformation and place-based solutions
- Adapting organizational models to complex environments
Key Takeaways:
- To build long-term resilience, nonprofits should reduce their reliance on unpredictable government funding by developing diverse revenue sources, including earned income and creative funding models.
- By moving away from rigid hierarchies, organizations that embrace shared leadership structures can foster a more collaborative culture, promote innovation, and respond more effectively to change.
- Community-led efforts, rooted in local knowledge and shared values, offer a strong alternative to top-down approaches—allowing solutions to emerge from those closest to the challenges.
- Navigating today’s dynamic political and social environments requires nonprofits to stay nimble. Embracing flexible, adaptive models can enhance responsiveness and support collective problem-solving.
"One of the things that we're seeing right now is that nonprofits are experiencing multiple layers of uncertainty.” — Isaac MacDonald
Connect with Isaac MacDonald:
Website: https://trepwise.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-macdonald-28229067 & https://www.linkedin.com/company/trepwise
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/trepwise
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trepwise
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Michelle Prince:
Dr. Michelle Prince, founder of MPrince Consulting, is a global leadership coach, HR tech advisor, and human capital consultant. With 30+ years in HR, she’s been a certified leadership coach since 2006 and holds a doctorate in organizational leadership, bringing 20+ years of global leadership expertise.
Michelle empowers professionals and organizations to achieve transformational growth and navigate challenges while advocating for sustainability and well-being.
Dr. Prince recently wrote the book "Creating Your Encore Career," a #1 Best Seller Career Guide on Amazon. The book inspires people approaching retirement age but not quite ready for traditional full retirement to craft an Encore Career that provides personal fulfillment and flexibility. It is full of insights and practical advice for anyone looking to pivot in their career.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michelle Prince discuss:
- Navigating encore careers and career reinvention
- The challenges and rewards of professional transitions
- The role of mindset in embracing change
- The impact of a strong support network in career shifts
- Personal development as a key to long-term success
Key Takeaways:
- Career transitions can be intimidating, but embracing them with the right mindset allows for new opportunities, fulfillment, and a second chapter of success.
- Many professionals hesitate to make a change due to fear of the unknown, but taking small, intentional steps can help smooth the transition into an encore career.
- Surrounding yourself with supportive people—mentors, coaches, and peers—plays a critical role in successfully navigating career shifts and personal reinvention.
- Professional reinvention isn’t just about changing jobs; it’s about aligning your work with your values, strengths, and passions to create a more meaningful path forward.
"I wrote the book to be fully accessible to people who can't afford or wouldn't do a coaching engagement, but they might read a book about it, and might look at it as a guide and a self help.” — Michelle Prince
Connect with Michelle Prince:
Website: www.mprinceconsulting.com
Email: michelle@mprinceconsulting.com
Book: Creating Your Encore Career: A Guide to Finding Purpose and Prosperity in Your THIRD Act: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Your-Encore-Career-Prosperity/dp/1950336778
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mprince-consulting & https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-prince-dm
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann:
Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann, a former Fortune 50 Global Executive, has a proven track record in business turnarounds, scaling ventures, and global expansion. Most notably, she led Citibank California out of a headline-making crisis in 2008, launching a decade-long career at Citigroup. As the Founding Member of RMK Group, she advises CEOs on leadership and strategic HR. Co-author of FitCEO: Be The Leader of Your Life, her book has sold thousands worldwide. Recognized for her impact, she was named one of the Bay Area's 100 Most Influential Women in Business for twelve years, earning the title of Forever Influential Woman.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann discuss:
- Leadership and personal well-being
- The impact of small habits on health and success
- The role of social connections in longevity and happiness
- Managing stress and maintaining a positive mindset
- Cultural influences on health and lifestyle choices
Key Takeaways:
- Incorporating small, intentional habits like taking the stairs, walking during phone calls, or parking farther away can gradually build a healthier lifestyle without overwhelming effort.
- Meaningful social connections, whether through lifelong friendships or daily micro-interactions, have been shown to be more crucial to long-term health and happiness than even diet or exercise.
- Leaders who actively practice gratitude, maintain a sense of humor, and seek moments of awe can better manage stress, stay motivated, and create a positive influence on those around them.
- Maintaining a consistently optimistic and forward-thinking mindset has been linked to greater longevity and resilience, sometimes even outweighing the negative effects of poor health habits like smoking.
"I have managed a lot of teams through crises... finding all the good that already exists and then leveraging that. So building muscle where there is muscle, versus trying to build something from scratch.” — Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann
Connect with Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann:
Website: https://rmkgroupllc.com/
Book: FitCEO: Be the Leader of Your Life: https://www.amazon.com/FitCEO-Be-Leader-Your-Life/dp/1774581426
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-m-k/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Matt Leta:
Matt Leta is an entrepreneur, digital product innovator, and #1 bestselling author with 20+ years of experience. He founded his first startup at 19 and went on to build and exit Dropr (an artist platform) and TABLE (a future-of-work platform). He later established HOO KOO E KOO, a remote company that helped 150+ startups, mid-size, and Fortune 500 companies—including Apple, Google, and JLL—with digital innovation and transformation. In 2020, he founded Future Horizon, a nonprofit uniting leaders and innovators to solve future challenges. Through his #HustleGPT challenge, he pioneered AI-driven business creation, leading to Future Works, which is driving next-gen digital transformation.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Matt Leta discuss:
- Building a structured and repeatable innovation process
- Managing innovation fatigue and resistance to change
- The role of leadership in fostering innovation
- The difference between innovation, invention, and transformation
- Integrating AI and digital transformation effectively
Key Takeaways:
- Many innovation initiatives fail because organizations lack a structured process to turn ideas into tangible results.
- Employees at all levels hold valuable insights, and creating an inclusive process for idea generation increases engagement and buy-in.
- Innovation efforts should be consistent but not overwhelming, with structured participation, such as dedicating one hour per week, to maintain momentum without causing burnout.
- Successful innovation depends not just on generating ideas but also on securing leadership support, prioritizing the right initiatives, and effectively integrating changes into existing operations.
"Saying ‘I’m too tired to innovate’ is like saying, ‘I’m too tired to go to the gym.’ Many people would be—but as a leader building a team—or a Team of Teams—do you… want your teams to have this fitness? You want them fit—to outcompete others. It’s important today.” — Matt Leta
Connect with Matt Leta:
Website: https://leta.bio/
Email: matt@future.works
Book: https://leap.guide
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matleta/
Matt also shares free insights on innovation, AI, and digital transformation in his fast-growing newsletter (30K+ subscribers in a year). Subscribe here: https://insights.future.works/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Christopher Seifert:
Chris Seifert, founder of Enabling Empowerment, is a dynamic leader dedicated to transforming organizational leadership and team performance. With 20+ years in manufacturing operations and strategic advisory, he empowers leaders through innovative strategies.
At Enabling Empowerment, Chris combats micromanagement with training and coaching that foster creativity, ownership, and shared leadership. His achievements include leading a renewable energy company’s growth from $450M to $1B, boosting production by 200%, and delivering $300M in EBITDA improvements. He also founded an Operational Excellence Practice at Wilson Perumal and is a decorated Naval Officer.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christopher Seifert discuss:
- Decision-making as a teachable skill
- Micromanagement and poor decision systems
- The seven-step decision-making framework
- Decision rights based on competence
- Decision-making and employee engagement
Key Takeaways:
- Implementing a structured decision-making framework allows leaders to respond effectively to both strategic and emergency situations, scaling the level of rigor based on urgency and risk.
- Leaders often become micromanagers not because of arrogance or distrust, but because they are stuck in a cycle where their team relies on them for every decision, leading to burnout and inefficiency.
- Organizations that grant decision-making authority based on demonstrated competence rather than rank create a more effective leadership structure, allowing better decisions at every level.
- Employee engagement increases when individuals feel they have a real impact on decisions, and leaders can foster this by involving their teams in the decision-making process rather than simply handing down directives.
"Few organizations I've come across deliberately improve decision-making as a skill for their leaders. They leave it to chance, hoping they make more good decisions than bad and the bad ones don't wreck the company.” — Christopher Seifert
Connect with Christopher Seifert:
Website: https://enablingempowerment.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EnablingEmpowerment
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherseifert/ & https://www.linkedin.com/company/enabling-empowerment/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Susan Inouye:
Susan is an executive coach, bestselling author, and co-founder of Sawubona Leadership. With a two-decade career transforming over 600 companies, she's renowned for integrating millennial insights into corporate strategy. Her bestselling book, "Leadership’s Perfect Storm," explores how millennials redefine leadership through possibilities, passion, and purpose. Recognized as one of the “Top 10 Inspiring Women Rocking the Global Business World,” Susan’s work fosters inclusive cultures globally under Sawubona Leadership, celebrating individual gifts and uniting generations.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Susan Inouye discuss:
- A gift-centered leadership approach in organizations
- Bridging the gap between millennials and older generations in corporate environments
- Somatic practices for leadership
- The power of community in leadership
- The ‘Sawubona’ leadership approach
Key Takeaways:
- When leaders rely too heavily on their natural gifts (e.g., planning, high standards), those strengths can become weaknesses, such as micromanagement or resistance to adaptability. Learning to integrate the "opposite" trait fosters balance.
- Intellectual insights alone do not create lasting change; leaders must embody new behaviors through physical experiences, such as slowing down through Tai Chi or building confidence through martial arts.
- Companies that implemented the "Sawubona" approach saw significant financial and cultural improvements, with some increasing profitability by 50% in just six months.
- Sustainable change in leadership starts with a few committed individuals who embody transformation, creating a ripple effect that reshapes organizational culture.
"Most people who have a gift, they overuse the gift until it becomes a weakness or curse.” — Susan Inouye
Connect with Susan Inouye:
Website: https://susaninouye.com/leadovationpodcast/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7G6sjAyzq3UDnumH7L8Zcw
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-inouye-083384b/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/InouyeSusan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susaninouye2
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susan_inouye/
Book: Leadership's Perfect Storm:
https://www.amazon.com/Leaderships-Perfect-Storm-Millennials-Possibilities/dp/194527137X
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Projjal (JJ) Ghatak:
JJ is pioneering a new approach to leadership in today's hybrid work environment. At OnLoop, he uses AI-driven feedback mechanisms to empower leaders to foster growth, collaboration, and high performance within their teams. His innovative approach shifts feedback from judgment to curiosity, turning it into a tool for constructive development.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Projjal (JJ) Ghatak discuss:
- The role of AI in enhancing leadership and workplace feedback systems
- AI-driven productivity and its impact on workforce efficiency
- The intersection of artificial intelligence and emotional connection
- The future of AI in business and global competitiveness
- Ethical and societal implications of AI replacing human interactions
Key Takeaways:
- AI-generated feedback has been proven to be more structured, unbiased, and effective than feedback given by 91% of human managers, helping employees better understand their strengths and weaknesses.
- Studies show that people are more likely to accept constructive feedback when they don’t know if it was written by AI or a human, but they become more resistant when they are explicitly told it was AI-generated.
- AI-powered companionship services, such as AI-generated boyfriends and girlfriends, are growing rapidly, especially among individuals who have lost a loved one or feel emotionally isolated.
- Unlike some nations that regulate AI cautiously, Singapore has actively embraced AI innovation, prioritizing technological advancement over concerns about potential misuse in order to stay globally competitive.
"Giving and receiving good feedback is a deeply unnatural act, and I think we've been largely unsuccessful at getting people to do it well at scale.” — Projjal (JJ) Ghatak
Connect with Projjal (JJ) Ghatak:
Website: https://www.onloop.com/
Email: projjal@onloop.io
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pgonloop/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/OnLoop
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StayOnLoop/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stayonloop/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Amit and Dr. Kumar Ramlall:
Amit Chintan Ramlall helps leaders transform challenges into opportunities, drawing from his own journey through autism to master the human mind and achievement. A polymath, he has read over 14,000 non-fiction books, integrating vast knowledge with deep insights to help individuals find and fulfill their purpose. Co-founding the Chintan Project with his father, Dr. Kumar Ramlall, he believes every person and business has a distinct purpose that, when leveraged, creates a massive impact. Dr. Kumar, an entrepreneur and medical specialist, has co-founded multiple ventures, including the Chintan Project and InspiroMed Clinics. Together, they help clients solve critical people problems beyond traditional HR, turning obstacles into rewards.
In this episode, Dean Newlund, Amit, and Dr. Kumar Ramlall discuss:
- Amit's method of typing to communicate and its impact on his perspective
- Helping businesses resolve deep-rooted challenges
- Deep listening and intuition in understanding human behavior
- How business owners' personal struggles affect company success
- Transforming business challenges into opportunities.
Key Takeaways:
- Amit has read over 14,000 books to understand human psychology and business, leveraging his unique observational skills.
- They specialize in business transitions—helping startups and family-owned companies navigate stress-related challenges, particularly during exits.
- Their approach is rooted in intuition and deep listening, allowing them to identify and solve fundamental business problems effectively.
- Amit’s parents sacrificed immensely, with his mother leaving her career and his father facing professional ridicule, to pursue unconventional therapies that transformed Amit’s life.
"Intuition is agnostic of pain and pleasure. It is able to equally embrace pain and pleasure in the pursuit of purpose, mission, and the most important thing—the highest value, what the Greeks call telos.” — Amit and Dr. Kumar Ramlall
Connect with Amit and Dr. Kumar Ramlall:
Website: https://www.chintanproject.com/
Email: kumar@chintanproject.com & amit@chintanproject.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chintan-project/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-ramlall/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-ramlall-77930217/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Christian Muntean:
Christian Muntean is an advisor to owners, executives, and boards. As the founder of Vantage Consulting, Christian has empowered owners and executives of small and medium-sized businesses to boost their top-line revenues by over $500 million. Even more valuable, they've achieved this while expanding their bottom-line margins and reclaiming precious time for their loved ones and passions. He is also an author. His most recent book, "Train to Lead," is a tested and proven 90-day leadership development guide built on athletic training principles.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christian Muntean discuss:
- Structured approaches to leadership development
- Applying athletic training principles to leadership
- Effective conflict management in leadership
- Building sustainable leadership habits and preventing burnout
- Measuring leadership success through stakeholder perception
Key Takeaways:
- Leadership development should follow a structured and sequenced approach, similar to athletic training, rather than a random collection of skills and concepts.
- Conflict resolution is not just about interpersonal skills but often stems from organizational culture and structural issues, which must be addressed first.
- Leaders should focus on managing their energy rather than just time, incorporating recovery and pacing to avoid burnout and maximize performance.
- Leadership success should be measured by stakeholder perception and ongoing feedback rather than just business results or internal self-assessment.
"Leadership is not so much a skill, it’s who you are, and if you want to be an effective leader, you have to really build yourself as a person.” — Christian Muntean
Connect with Christian Muntean:
Website: https://www.christianmuntean.com/
Email: christian@christianmuntean.com
Book: Train to Lead: https://www.christianmuntean.com/exclusive-sneak-peek-train-to-lead-where-fitness-meets-leadership/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmuntean/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Tim Whitmire:
Tim Whitmire is the co-founder of F3 Nation, a global network of free, peer-led workout groups for men that has expanded to tens of thousands of participants worldwide. In 2018, he founded CXN Advisory, a consultancy focused on helping CEOs and leaders align on strategic objectives, drawing from his experience as a college rower and his role as an organizational “coxswain.” After suffering a serious stroke during heart surgery in 2022, Whitmire’s recovery deepened his commitment to prioritizing relational over transactional approaches in life and leadership. A Harvard graduate and California native, he is the co-author of Freed to Lead: F3 and the Unshackling of the Modern-day Warrior and is working on a new book, The 91 Percent Solution.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tim Whitmire discuss:
- Growth through transformative life events
- Community as a remedy for isolation
- The power of relational leadership practices
- Sustainable effort as a path to success
- Transforming workplace culture to foster connection
Key Takeaways:
- Physical fitness and strong, authentic relationships provide vital support during recovery from life-changing challenges, fostering resilience and growth.
- Structured communities address loneliness by creating opportunities for meaningful relationships, shared purpose, and mutual support.
- Leadership that focuses on relational connections rather than transactional interactions builds trust, engagement, and stronger teams.
- Prioritizing sustainable effort through approaches like the “91% Solution” promotes balanced achievement, long-term productivity, and personal well-being.
"I feel like that 91 percent expectation is a reasonable standard. If you're hitting things with 91 percent consistency and expect that of other people, I think that's acceptable.” — Tim Whitmire
Connect with Tim Whitmire:
Website: https://www.cxnadvisory.com/
Email: tim@cxnadvisory.com
X (Twitter): https://x.com/trwhitmire_obt & https://x.com/advisorycxn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cxn_advisory
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Jonathan Romley:
Jonathan Romley is a globally recognized expert in talent management and the future of work. As the founder of Lundi, a firm specializing in innovative strategies for cross-border talent acquisition, he has revolutionized how companies attract, retain, and develop top talent. His methodologies have proven transformative for organizations of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, enabling them to build diverse and competitive workforces. Known for blending strategic foresight with actionable solutions, Jonathan is a trusted advisor and thought leader in the global market. He is also a passionate advocate for inclusive and equitable workplaces, frequently sharing his insights at international conferences and in leading industry publications.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jonathan Romley discuss:
- Strategies for identifying roles suited for international talent
- Building a cohesive global workplace culture across time zones
- Balancing cost efficiency with localized benefits in global hiring
- Addressing engagement challenges in fully remote teams
- The role of technology in enhancing remote team collaboration
Key Takeaways:
- Competitive benefits aligned with local norms, like multi-sport cards in Poland or meal tickets in Brazil, are essential for retention in international markets.
- International hiring often succeeds when companies research and adapt to market-specific legal frameworks and employment preferences, such as contractor roles versus full-time positions.
- Younger workers are drawn to mission-driven companies that prioritize social impact over pure profit-making, reflecting a shift in workplace values.
- Regularly organized offsites—whether virtual or in-person—are essential for creating connection and combating isolation in distributed teams.
"Generations view work as an identity—what I do, my job, is part of my identity. For Gen Z, work is a place to get money; it’s not their identity, and they’ve entered the workforce with this mindset.” — Jonathan Romley
Connect with Jonathan Romley:
Website: https://www.hellolundi.com/
Book: Winning The Global Talent War: https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Global-Talent-War-Competitive/dp/B0D6P2XG4K
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanromley/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Chip Conley:
Chip Conley is a renowned entrepreneur, best-selling author, and dynamic speaker celebrated for his innovative approach to leadership and hospitality. He founded Joie de Vivre Hospitality, transforming a single boutique hotel into the second-largest boutique hotel brand in the United States. In 2013, he joined Airbnb as Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, mentoring its Millennial founders and guiding the company to become the world’s most valuable hospitality brand. Inspired by his own midlife journey and experiences, Chip co-founded the Modern Elder Academy (MEA) in 2018, the world’s first midlife wisdom school. Located in Baja California, MEA helps individuals navigate midlife transitions and cultivate a renewed sense of purpose.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Chip Conley discuss:
- Happiness, Wisdom, and Emotional Growth in the Second Half of Life
- The role of emotional intelligence in aging and leadership
- Cultivating awe and wisdom
- Redefining aging and the midlife experience
- Social infrastructure and community building
Key Takeaways:
- The "U-curve of happiness" shows that after hitting a low point around age 47-50, people often experience increasing happiness due to emotional intelligence and growing contentment.
- Midlife can be seen as a chrysalis for personal transformation, offering opportunities to repurpose one’s life rather than succumbing to societal narratives of crisis.
- Viewing friendship as a practice, with intentional deep conversations and emotional openness, strengthens connections and provides resilience during challenges.
- Reframing aging involves shifting from a negative perception of decline to a positive focus on growth, allowing midlife to become a transformative period for cultivating wisdom, discovering purpose, and fostering meaningful connections.
"Our painful life lessons are the raw material for our future wisdom.” — Chip Conley
Connect with Chip Conley:
Website: https://chipconley.com/ & https://www.meawisdom.com/
Email: chip@chipconley.com
Book: https://chipconley.com/my-books/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chipconleysf/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Sally Reid:
In a world of faking it til you make it, Sally Reid believes there is another, much faster way to achieve what you seek. A lifelong psychic, Sally survived two near-death experiences and as a result, is able to track and manipulate energy. For the past 15 years, Sally has been using her rare gifts to facilitate dramatic rapid change for her clients. She swiftly shifts personal struggles or emotional challenges in weeks not years.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sally Reid discuss:
- The connection between intuition and personal well-being
- Transformative impacts on perception and consciousness
- ADHD, sensitivity, and their relationship to intuitive abilities
- Releasing stored emotional pain through energy-focused methods
- Teaching children to recognize and process emotions
Key Takeaways:
- Intuition can be experienced as physical sensations, such as gut feelings, that serve as an internal warning system, powered by the gut-brain connection and external vibrations.
- ADHD and heightened sensitivity provide a different way of processing information, enabling individuals to pick up on subtle energetic or emotional signals that others often miss.
- Trauma is frequently stored in the body as unprocessed "standing waves" of energy, which can be disrupted and released using specific techniques to facilitate healing.
- Parents can cultivate emotional intelligence in children by teaching them to identify where they feel emotions in their bodies, encouraging body awareness and emotional processing early in life.
"If you have issues with boundaries, a lot of times you are overwhelmed and not in your body, so the first thing I do is teach you how to get back to feeling your body.” — Sally Reid
Connect with Sally Reid:
Website: https://www.sallyreid.com/
Sally’s mastermind, Energize, helps powerful creators access the quantum field’s potential and work together to amplify results.
For personalized support, her 30-minute Private Clarity Session identifies and clears energetic blocks. Use code INTUITION for $50 off.
Email: sally@sallyreid.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHEom7xLhNVCSJ97fpNHKA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallyreid/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blisslife_coach/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blisslife_coach
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Tiffany Sauder:
Tiffany Sauder is a wife, mom, entrepreneur, CEO, board member, investor, podcast host and keynote speaker. For twenty years, she and her husband have been building their companies and their family on the exact same timeline. That means four kids, three businesses and two careers, all building towards one abundant “Life of And”.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tiffany Sauder discuss:
- Work-life balance and intentional living
- Managing overlapping priorities
- Overcoming unbalanced characters in personal and professional roles
- Practical strategies for family and career management
- Creating systems to simplify mundane tasks for greater focus on meaningful goals
Key Takeaways:
- Tiffany's framework centers around three interconnected circles: career, self, and family, to achieve harmony in the overlapping "balanced life of and".
- Three common patterns of imbalance include the Grumpy Servant (career and family-focused), the Lonely Achiever (career and self-focused), and the Fearful Loyalist (self and family-focused), each requiring distinct strategies for balance.
- Setting "minimums" for self-care and family involvement ensures consistent progress, even during the busiest or most difficult times.
- Implementing systems like regular home maintenance schedules or outsourcing repetitive tasks reduces stress and creates more time for meaningful activities.
"One of the things that has worked best for me is setting minimums instead of goals for self-care, health, exercise, etc... I know what’ll catch me when everything falls apart—I get distracted, busy, and set traps so those things don’t fall off my calendar. It’s almost non-negotiable—and I’ll do anything to make it happen.” — Tiffany Sauder
Connect with Tiffany Sauder:
Website: https://tiffanysauder.com/
Email: tiffany@tiffanysauder.com & tiffany@elementthree.com
Show: Scared Confident Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scared-confident/id1555762235
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanysauder
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.sauder/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Norman Wolfe:
Norman Wolfe is the founder and CEO of Quantum Leaders, Inc., a strategy execution consulting company dedicated to transforming the core paradigm of business. A recognized expert in leadership and organizational performance, Norman is the author of "The Living Organization: Transforming Business to Create Extraordinary Results." With a career spanning roles as CEO, corporate director, and advisor, he has guided numerous companies through major transitions, driving substantial growth and market expansion. Norman's passion is to unleash the human spirit in business, helping organizations evolve into dynamic, creative living systems.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Norman Wolfe discuss:
- Shifting from mechanistic to living system models
- Challenges of balancing remote work and culture
- Organizations as ecosystems with relationships at the core
- Leadership's role in fostering growth and empowerment
- Embedding purpose and impact in business strategy
Key Takeaways:
- Many organizations unconsciously follow outdated Industrial Revolution paradigms prioritizing efficiency over human engagement, resulting in a 70% failure rate in achieving strategic goals.
- Remote work offers autonomy and engagement benefits, but leaders often revert to control-based models due to difficulty managing culture and trust in virtual environments.
- Viewing organizations as living systems shifts leadership focus from productivity metrics to fostering creativity, innovation, and meaningful impact.
- The Living Organization model emphasizes replacing mechanistic approaches with principles that align leadership, culture, and systems around human dignity and purposeful outcomes.
"We're out to transform the environment so that it creates better results and simultaneously supports and enhances the dignity of the human spirit, releasing its creative potential.” — Norman Wolfe
Connect with Norman Wolfe:
Website: http://www.quantumleaders.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbnRB_fX-9ZKMf5hvCwHLKg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfe
Book: The Living Organization: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Organization-Transforming-Business-Extraordinary/dp/0983531013
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Rick Jordan:
Rick Jordan is the definition of Self Made. He forged his success by going ALL IN, not only in business but in life, building a public company without external financial help, all while creating a family. Host of ALL IN with Rick Jordan Podcast, badass keynote speaker, an influential presence as a media personality & a connoisseur of fine scotch.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rick Jordan discuss:
- Strategies for innovative and resilient leadership
- Scaling businesses and taking companies public
- The importance of self-awareness and personal growth in leadership
- Overcoming fear and hesitation to achieve bold goals
- Navigating relationships and their evolution in personal and professional settings
Key Takeaways:
- Taking a company public involves navigating intricate processes, such as audits, industry disruptions, and financial realignments, often requiring resilience and adaptability.
- True resilience is cultivated through overcoming personal and professional adversities, which can reveal untapped potential and strength.
- Success often hinges on acting in the present moment, focusing on what can be done now rather than succumbing to fear of past mistakes or anxiety about the future.
- Bold pursuits can lead to evolving relationships, as not everyone may align with new directions, emphasizing the importance of surrounding oneself with like-minded, driven individuals.
"The only way I believe you can grow and actually go after what you really want is by being all in with it. There's no fallback plan, and there's no Plan B.” — Rick Jordan
Connect with Rick Jordan:
Website: https://www.rickjordan.tv/
Email: rick@rickjordan.tv
Show: ALL IN with Rick Jordan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-rick-jordan/id1450998120
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe2_SL846ZeMvI5PMaOL5bg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrrickjordan/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/mrrickjordan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mrrickjordan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrrickjordan/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kenneth Berger:
Kenneth Berger coaches startup leaders to fend off burnout, take a stand for the life they want, and leave their unique mark on the world. After 20+ years in the tech industry, he’s a trusted confidant to startup CEOs, a former founder backed by top investors, and one of communication cornerstone Slack’s earliest key hires. He's also seen and felt all the unhealthy conflicts these companies can create. His mission is to help startup leaders change the world by learning to ask for what they want effectively: building genuine relationships even with the people they find most challenging. These days, he's working on a book titled "Ask for What You Want" to share his practical techniques for creating change with the world.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kenneth Berger discuss:
- The importance and challenges of asking for what you want
- The intersection of vulnerability and leadership in communication
- Balancing personal ambition with effective relationship-building
- Shifting power dynamics in employer-employee relationships
- Overcoming fear and uncertainty in personal and professional development
Key Takeaways:
- Effective asking involves articulating your desires, expressing them respectfully, and being prepared to handle the response—whether positive or negative.
- The fear of rejection or loss often prevents people from expressing what they want, but confronting this fear can lead to personal growth and better relationships.
- Clear desires often emerge from addressing frustrations or complaints, making clarity a practical starting point for communication.
- Modern societal disconnection, exacerbated by technology and the pandemic, has made asking for what we want even more essential for meaningful connections.
"When you start from that foundation of mutual respect for what you want and what you don’t want, a lot becomes possible.” — Kenneth Berger
Connect with Kenneth Berger:
Website: https://kberger.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kberger/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Bill Lennan:
Bill Lennan is the founder of 40 Percent Better, a performance program that teaches anyone in business to be a more effective leader, create psychological safety, and ultimately improve business performance. Raised on islands and diversely educated, Bill has always focused on solving human as well as technical problems. Over the span of his tech career, he has built products, teams, and solutions for mobile, recruiting, e-commerce, social media, and now education. He has helped companies ranging from Google and Walmart to hotels and restaurants. Building high-functioning teams has been fundamental to Bill’s success.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Bill Lennan discuss:
- Building and sustaining high-performing teams
- The role of emotional resilience in leadership and teamwork
- Overcoming organizational friction to improve team productivity
- Effective communication and persuasion strategies in professional environments
- Developing habits and processes for long-term team success
Key Takeaways:
- Emotional resilience can be developed by systematically addressing fears through small, manageable actions, building confidence that translates into improved performance in challenging situations.
- Weekly one-on-one sessions where team members can freely voice concerns foster trust, uncover recurring issues, and create an environment where individuals feel psychologically safe and focused.
- Effective persuasion for resources or organizational changes requires aligning proposals with leadership priorities, and using concrete data and success metrics to drive decisions.
- Adopting empowering mental models helps address challenges by encouraging proactive problem-solving, reframing limitations, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
"15-minute one-on-ones with everybody on my team every week... I just listen to their complaints. I don't care what they have to complain about... there's a catharsis in that.” — Bill Lennan
Connect with Bill Lennan:
Website: https://40pb.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wblennan/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@billlennan
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Nelson Nigel:
Nelson Nigel, Founder and CEO of Kidmoto Technology, is an expert in transportation technology, specializing in safe and convenient travel solutions for parents with small children. In 2016, inspired by his experience as an Uber driver, he identified a gap in the market for child car seats in taxis and car services and developed a mobile app connecting parents with skilled drivers for secure airport transfers. Despite a challenging background, including growing up poor in New York and surviving a life-threatening train accident, Nelson built Kidmoto into a trusted brand operating in 52 U.S. cities, completing over 40,000 rides, achieving 7-figure revenue in 2023, and reaching a valuation of $25 million.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nelson Nigel discuss:
- Innovative leadership in niche markets
- Transforming personal challenges into business opportunities
- The process and importance of business planning
- Building and managing a national infrastructure for startups
- Perseverance and execution in entrepreneurial ventures
Key Takeaways:
- Develop a detailed business plan as your blueprint before starting any venture. Nelson emphasized the importance of "blueprints" in shaping Kidmoto’s foundation, revisiting and refining his plan consistently before taking action.
- Start small and focus on steady progress, as Kidmoto began in New York City, where Nelson tested and perfected the model before gradually expanding the service to 53 cities across the U.S.
- Resolve customer issues quickly and seek qualified advice, as Nelson learned the hard way when a refusal to issue a $75 refund—based on unqualified guidance—led to over $100,000 in lost business.
- Persevere with focus and execution, as Nelson worked up to 20-hour days to implement his vision step by step, comparing the process to following a mapped route that ensures consistent progress toward the goal.
"You just have to start small. You creep, you crawl, you stand up, you balance. [Then you] start walking, [and eventually, you] start running.” — Nelson Nigel
Connect with Nelson Nigel:
Website: https://kidmoto.taxi/
Email: nelsonnigel@kidmoto.taxi
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonnigel/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/NelsonNigel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NelsonNigelNY
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Renee Moorefield:
Dr. Renee is the Co-founder and CEO of Wisdom Works, a social enterprise offering science-backed services to help leaders and teams thrive. They developed the holistic Be Well Lead Well Pulse® tool, which measures 19 psychometrics of well-being, resilience, and leadership impact. The tool has supported over 3,000 leaders in integrating the science of thriving into their lives and workplaces.
Wisdom Works has collaborated with C-Suite executives from top global companies like Coca-Cola, Nike, AT&T, Hyatt, Roche, Barilla, Sainsbury, and Western Union. With 35+ years of experience coaching leaders, from Fortune 500 teams to social entrepreneurs, Dr. Renee is renowned for inspiring individuals and organizations to reach their full potential.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Renee Moorefield discuss:
- Thriving as defined in leadership and life
- Personalized leadership assessment tools
- Integrating well-being in workplaces
- Cultural shifts for sustainable leadership
- The power of vision and purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Thriving is defined as feeling internally well-resourced and capable of meeting life and work complexities with vitality, competence, and a growth mindset, shifting from depletion to flourishing.
- The 'Be Well Lead Well Pulse' tool uses 19 psychosocial metrics, such as resilience and purpose, to identify where leaders and teams stand and to create actionable strategies for thriving.
- Organizations that integrate thriving into their practices see tangible benefits, including higher morale, engagement, and creativity, even during challenging times like the pandemic.
- Thriving requires the courage to question deeply ingrained habits, cultural norms, and personal identities, fostering alignment between values, energy, and actions in work and life.
"Thriving is courageous work. It's not just about behaving normally. It is not just about changing behavior. It's about re-looking at how we are living, what we identify with, and the energy we're getting from that identity.” — Renee Moorefield
Connect with Renee Moorefield:
Website: https://www.wisdom-works.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneemoorefield/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisdomworksgroup
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Mike Robbins:
Mike Robbins is a leadership expert and the author of five books, including his latest, We're All in This Together. He's a sought-after speaker with clients such as Google, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, Walmart, eBay, and many more. He and his work have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mike Robbins discuss:
- Leadership strategies to combat burnout and foster resilience
- Authenticity and vulnerability in professional and personal settings
- Balancing productivity with mindfulness in a fast-paced, technology-driven world
- Cultivating team connection through appreciation and intentional practices
- Navigating societal and organizational crises with innovative and human-centered approaches
Key Takeaways:
- Establishing intentional practices like keeping phones out of bedrooms, morning grounding routines and journaling can significantly enhance mental clarity, emotional resilience, and productivity.
- Structured exercises such as the "appreciation seat" foster deep connections, encourage vulnerability, and create a culture where team members feel seen and valued.
- Leaders who embrace authenticity and share their personal struggles openly inspire trust and create a space for meaningful human connection, even in professional environments.
- Prioritizing face-to-face interaction, emotional transparency, and reflective practices helps combat the modern challenges of burnout, technological overwhelm, and social isolation.
"There's so much coming at everybody and so much chaos flying around. It's harder than ever to trust our intuition, but it's more important than ever because it's what the world needs right now.” — Mike Robbins
Connect with Mike Robbins:
Website: https://mike-robbins.com/
Email: mike@mike-robbins.com
Book: We're All in This Together: https://www.amazon.com/Were-All-This-Together-Performance/dp/140196527X
Show: We're All in This Together: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-all-in-this-together/id1134737783
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrobbins/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikedrobbins
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikedrobbins/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mikedrobbins
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kristen Brun Sharkey:
Kristen Brun Sharkey is an executive coach and facilitator who spent 15 years leading teams in ad tech and marketing at major companies, including Yahoo, Verizon, and Hearst. She holds a Master’s degree in Management, Strategy, and Leadership from Michigan State University and is an ICF-credentialed coach. Through her company, Emboldify, Kristen leverages techniques and principles from improv theatre to enhance leadership skills, helping leaders at all levels improve their decision-making, drive innovation, and execute effective change.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kristen Brun Sharkey discuss:
- Using improvisation to strengthen leadership presence and decision-making
- Improv techniques for driving innovation and creativity in business
- Improving team dynamics with collaborative storytelling and communication
- Strategies to overcome fear and resistance to creative activities
- Integrating improv methods into structured leadership coaching
Key Takeaways:
- The "one-word story" exercise helps reduce overthinking, improve collaboration, and build trust by having participants contribute spontaneously to a collective story.
- The "Yes, And" technique fosters psychological safety in brainstorming, ensuring all contributions are validated and promoting an inclusive, innovative environment.
- Improv-based leadership exercises help leaders build authentic presence, overcome imposter syndrome, and engage their teams more effectively.
- Practical debriefs with improv activities provide actionable insights, turning creative exercises into real-world applications that enhance leadership and teamwork skills.
"One of the things I really picked up from improv... I actually had a teacher who called it ‘yoga for the inner critic’… it really leads toward being able to separate what is your intuition from what is just your inner judge trying to shut things down.” — Kristen Brun Sharkey
Connect with Kristen Brun Sharkey:
Website: https://www.emboldify.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristenbsharkey/
Love and Leadership Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-and-leadership/id1757968042
12 Improv Exercises That Anyone Can Do on Their Own to Improve Their Leadership Skills:
https://embldfy.link/bZUT
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Alicia Branham:
Meet Alicia Branham, the marketing powerhouse with a story beyond business savvy. Her journey reflects adaptability and determination, traits cultivated during her formative years when her parents uprooted her to Uruguay. With over 25 years as a Creative and Marketing Director in the Commercial & Industrial PVF and HVAC markets, Alicia is renowned as the “secret sauce” for transformative business growth. Her clients achieve prestigious accolades and industry recognition under her expert guidance, including magazine covers and Rep of the Year awards.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alicia Branham discuss:
- Challenges small businesses face in marketing and branding
- The role of authenticity in personal and professional branding
- How mental health affects leadership and brand alignment
- The importance of consistency for building a strong marketing presence
- Using AI and technology to enhance small business marketing
Key Takeaways:
- Regularly posting on social media, even if engagement is low initially, signals reliability to both algorithms and followers, which can significantly impact visibility.
- Using AI, like ChatGPT, can streamline content creation and offer small businesses cost-effective solutions for marketing strategy development.
- For businesses to grow effectively, it's often crucial to hire a marketing strategist who can align brand messaging with sales and growth objectives.
- Leaders who are open about personal challenges and mental health can foster a culture of authenticity, which resonates with clients and employees alike.
"It is okay to go in a direction and realize it doesn't fit you and maybe it doesn't align with you anymore. And it's completely fine to switch. It's completely fine to pick up and switch chairs and move. It is 100 percent okay to do that.” — Alicia Branham
Connect with Alicia Branham:
Website: https://www.aliciabranham.com/ & https://www.getbran.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-branham-3a24a310/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_real_aliciabranham/
Supply House Times: https://www.supplyht.com/authors/2238-alicia-branham
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Claire Milligan:
Whether she’s helping businesses transform their cloud spending or hitting the slopes as a ski patroller, Claire Milligan thrives on distilling complex problems down to their core issues — and turning these pragmatic findings into groundbreaking solutions. Through a journey spanning marketing, UX, and leadership roles at tech companies like Tallie and SpringAhead, she’s meticulously constructed a diverse skill set built upon hands-on expertise and an unrelenting thirst for knowledge. Now, as the CEO of startup Aimably, she’s applying her unique superpowers to help businesses grow by spending smarter and dramatically reducing their cloud costs.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Claire Milligan discuss:
- Private equity’s role in transforming and growing companies
- The expanding financial responsibilities of CTOs
- Cost reduction and financial efficiency in software companies
- Leadership continuity through acquisitions and turnover
- Aligning operations with long-term financial objectives
Key Takeaways:
- Private equity helps companies transition from good to great by rigorously assessing core operations, eliminating inefficiencies, and focusing on mission-driven growth.
- Successful CTOs in private equity contexts must adopt a financial mindset, overseeing budgets, cost management, and return on investment for technology spending.
- Evaluating every role within a team based on adaptability and alignment with evolving business priorities is essential for CTOs managing acquisitions.
- Companies preparing for potential acquisition can benefit from acting as though they are selling, which enhances operational efficiency and scalability.
- Cloud infrastructure spending can significantly impact profitability, so companies should regularly audit and optimize their cloud costs.
"The whole goal of private equity is to take a good company and make it great by examining everything as an opportunity to stop, reset, re-evaluate, and make sure you’re not wasting time or resources on things that aren’t core to your values or mission, driving much more success out of the same core architecture.” — Claire Milligan
Connect with Claire Milligan:
Website: https://www.aimably.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemilligan/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Kerry Robinson:
Growing up, Kerry Robinson wanted to be the Prime Minister or a CEO. Fortunately for the world of AI, his career path never led him to Downing Street. An Oxford-trained physicist with a Master's in Artificial Intelligence, Kerry excels in turning complex tech into practical business solutions. As VP of Conversational AI at Waterfield Tech, he puts his 20+ years of experience to work leading their R&D team, enhancing business interactions through advanced chatbot and voice strategies, and reshaping the way they connect with customers. Welcome to the brighter, smarter, stronger side of AI. Kerry may have arrived first, but he’s committed to fostering the innovation that allows others to join him.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kerry Robinson discuss:
- AI leadership in business transformation
- AI’s role in streamlining customer service
- Generative AI’s expanding capabilities and automation
- Ethical challenges and bias in AI systems
- The future of AI from general intelligence to superintelligence
Key Takeaways:
- Contact centers should focus on problem-solving, not just customer engagement – AI helps streamline customer service, reducing the need for human interaction by addressing root problems instead of just managing calls.
- AI can outperform humans in specific tasks – In fields like radiology, AI is already more effective than humans at detecting issues like breast cancer, raising questions about human-AI collaboration.
- Generative AI improves through continuous training and feedback – AI models, like those used in customer service, can analyze conversations, learn from mistakes, and optimize themselves for better performance.
- Bias in AI models is inevitable and influenced by human decisions – Generative AI systems, like ChatGPT, are shaped by the biases of their human trainers, which affects the objectivity of the results.
"The most important human task we have is to ask the right questions and have really good discussions with each other about [AI].” — Kerry Robinson
Connect with Kerry Robinson:
Website: https://waterfieldtech.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/k3rryrobinson/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Ty Hoesgen:
Ty Hoesgen is the CEO of Advanced Growth Institute, where he helps entrepreneurs and professionals master the art of communication. Ty is one of the most sought-after communication coaches in the world and is the International best-selling author of the renowned book, Elite Communication Skills. Ty specializes in helping professionals communicate powerfully so they can earn more money, advance in their careers faster than their peers, and impact more people. Rooted in his own journey from a shy, awkward farm kid to a communication expert, Ty's relentless dedication to mastering the art of communication has transformed the lives of over 36,000+ individuals.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ty Hoesgen discuss:
- Enhancing communication for leaders and professionals
- Being succinct and maintaining engagement
- Handling public speaking anxiety
- Adapting communication for virtual settings
- Navigating difficult conversations with employees effectively
Key Takeaways:
- Using the "Point, Reason, Point" framework helps speakers organize thoughts and deliver concise, impactful messages in meetings.
- Shifting focus from self to audience, practicing speeches aloud, and using the "practice versus performance" mindset can reduce anxiety.
- Standing while presenting, using open body language, and avoiding proximity to the camera can improve clarity and reduce Zoom fatigue.
- Focus on specific behaviors rather than personal traits when providing constructive criticism, using a framework of "Behavior, Outcome, Future Action."
"[Public speaking is] kind of like any other skill where you just have to start small. So I always encourage a person like that: don't start by sharing all these big ideas because that's actually really hard. It's like trying to run before you start walking.” — Ty Hoesgen
Connect with Ty Hoesgen:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyhoesgen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ty.hoesgen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyhoesgen/
Message Ty "CEO24" on Instagram or LinkedIn to get the free CEO communication kit, including a course and a live coaching session.
5 Science-Backed Video Call Secrets Every Professional Needs To Know
https://www.videocallstar.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Dr. Chris Fuzie:
Dr. Chris Fuzie, Ed.D., M.A.OL., is a leadership consultant, trainer, college professor, and author specializing in behavior-based leadership and followership dynamics. He holds a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership, along with a Master’s and Bachelor’s in the same field, blending academic insights with practical applications. With over 29 years in law enforcement, Dr. Fuzie has led various high-stakes teams and continues to apply his expertise to consulting and training organizations. His innovative concepts, including the Liminal Leadership Model, challenge traditional leadership paradigms by emphasizing the simultaneous roles of leader and follower.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Chris Fuzie discuss:
- The convergence of leadership and followership
- Liminal leadership and transitional roles
- Behavioral consistency in organizations
- Defining leadership at different organizational levels
- Ensuring organizational consistency and performance
Key Takeaways:
- Individuals frequently switch between leading and following, and success often requires balancing responsibilities to both superiors and subordinates.
- The key to successful leadership and followership is focusing on common, actionable behaviors like humility, integrity, and decisiveness, rather than fixating on formal roles.
- Organizations should focus on identifying specific, measurable behaviors that align with their goals, ensuring that these behaviors can be taught and evaluated across teams.
- Strategic leaders may focus on overarching traits like integrity, while mid-level managers and operational teams prioritize different sets of behaviors relevant to their tasks.
- By encouraging consistent behavior across all levels of the organization, companies can create a more unified culture and better performance outcomes.
"It’s not an either-or...most people think you're either a leader or a follower. However, now we have situations where people are leading and following simultaneously.” — Dr. Chris Fuzie
Connect with Dr. Chris Fuzie:
Website: https://www.cmfleadership.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chris-fuzie-ed-d-m-a-ol-37587934/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/CMFLeadership
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090255232861
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Nick Shaw:
Nick Shaw is the co-founder and CEO of RP Strength, a company that has helped millions of individuals worldwide achieve peak physical fitness. RP Strength is recognized as a global leader in hypertrophy training, with its YouTube channel reaching tens of millions of viewers each month. Nick has personally coached numerous elite athletes, including CrossFit Games champions, international weightlifting medalists, UFC fighters, Navy SEALs, and Olympians. Under his leadership, RP Strength has sold hundreds of thousands of books on nutrition, training, recovery, and healthy habit formation.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nick Shaw discuss:
- Role of digital platforms in scaling businesses
- Importance of evidence-based approaches in fitness and health
- Power of social media for driving brand growth and engagement
- Strategies for maintaining motivation in fitness and business
- Challenges and rewards of prioritizing key growth opportunities
Key Takeaways:
- Transitioning services from in-person to digital formats can help businesses reach a wider audience while reducing time and resource constraints.
- Sharing customer success stories and results on social media can amplify brand growth and generate organic engagement.
- Catering specifically to a targeted, well-defined group of customers often leads to higher satisfaction and better business outcomes, especially for advanced or specialized services.
- Saying "no" to smaller or less profitable opportunities helps businesses concentrate their efforts on high-impact projects, leading to more sustainable growth.
- Regularly posting engaging and informative content on digital platforms not only builds an audience but can also generate direct revenue and drive product sales.
"Saying ‘no’ more often allows you to focus on the bigger opportunities, and that’s led to some pretty serious growth for us in the last year and a half.” — Nick Shaw
Connect with Nick Shaw:
Website: https://rpstrength.com/
Book: Fit For Success - Lessons on Achievement and Leading Your Best Life: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Success-Lessons-Achievement-Leading/dp/0578765551
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQgsKhHjSyRLOp9mnffqVg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-shaw-b078068b/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick.shaw.rp/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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About Preston Smiles:
Preston Smiles is a transformational leader, speaker, and author who teaches how to become a "spiritual millionaire"—achieving financial abundance while aligning wealth with spiritual values. He views money as a spiritual tool, believing that true abundance comes from harmonizing wealth with one’s soul purpose.
Through his program "The Abundance Reset," Preston delves into concepts like the Laws of Abundance, Wealth Energetics, and an "Advanced Money Manifestation Formula." He emphasizes "millionaire habits" that merge spiritual practices with practical money management. Preston advocates using wealth for good through service and "intentional acts of love," integrating spiritual growth and financial mastery for genuine abundance.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Preston Smiles discuss:
- The connection between financial success and spiritual alignment
- Intuition and its role in life decisions and personal growth
- The importance of mindset in attracting abundance and opportunities
- Integrating body, mind, and soul to manifest desired outcomes and abundance
- Merging personal development with leadership in life and business
Key Takeaways:
- Transitioning from a limited income to significant financial success is possible through aligning wealth with spiritual values and purpose.
- Holding onto one's talents or gifts can lead to stagnation while sharing them freely fosters growth and abundance.
- Life-changing events often prompt radical lifestyle shifts, with an emphasis on health, mindfulness, and spiritual practices.
- A powerful technique for cultivating abundance is using "Joy Alarms" to reconnect the body and emotions with joy multiple times a day.
- In corporate environments, addressing stored trauma and emotional energy helps foster connection, healing, and a more positive workplace culture.
"An unhappy journey will never produce a happy ending.” — Preston Smiles
Connect with Preston Smiles:
Website: https://prestonsmiles.com/
Spiritual Millionaire: The 7 Inner Laws of Abundance and Money: https://prestonsmiles.com/book
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Preston-Smiles/author/B01CWS7DDE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@prestonsmilesabundance
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonsmiles
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prestonsmiles
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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About Robb Munger:
Robb Munger, founder of Exodus Place, advocates for transitional housing for homeless men. With a finance background, Munger built a leading financial firm in manufactured housing before joining the board of Guiding Light Mission. There, he revitalized a struggling rescue mission and converted a former state corrections facility into Michigan’s largest non-governmental transitional housing.
A former Army Officer, Munger’s dedication to service is evident in his philanthropic work and community development efforts. His collaboration with the Salvation Army and Goodwill in a small American town highlights an innovative approach to homelessness, demonstrating the impact of combining compassion with action. Under his leadership, this initiative showcases the power of collaborative community efforts in making a real difference.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Robb Munger discuss:
- Homelessness and its root causes
- The impact of mindset shifts on life outcomes
- Nonprofit leadership and social change
- Supporting communities and social responsibility
- Benefits of empathy in leadership
Key Takeaways:
- Treating homeless individuals like employees, with responsibility and respect, can drastically reduce recidivism rates, as shown by Exodus Place’s drop from 45-50% to just 1%.
- The most significant factor in solving homelessness is addressing personal issues first, like mental health and addiction, rather than simply providing housing.
- Emotional intelligence and asking deeper, upstream questions can reveal underlying issues leading to homelessness, like trauma or addiction, which allows for more effective intervention.
- Building a supportive organizational culture focused on love, compassion, and accountability helps empower both the individuals being served and the staff or volunteers providing aid.
"If you treat everybody as a person, as an individual, and you are with them when you are with them, it makes a big difference.” — Robb Munger
Connect with Robb Munger:
Website: https://www.exodusplace.org/
Email: robb@robbmunger.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrDXQpIbWhBJbOV-dhJQZA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbmunger/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExodusPlace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exodus.place.gr/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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About Margie Oleson:
Margie Oleson is an executive coach and leadership/team development expert with a doctorate in Organization Development. She delivers her coaching with practical strategies and actions for leaders and their leadership teams to build the right foundation for teamwork and productivity. Clients have included companies in most industries, such as Aeronautics, Agriculture, Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care, Higher Education, Insurance, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Nonprofit, Retail, and more.
Margie developed Top Team Accelerator, which helps senior leaders and their leadership teams build systems and habits for successful change and sustain improvements going forward. With an emphasis on the organization, Margie works with senior leaders and leadership teams to become cohesive, high-performing teams – which translates to high performance among their own teams.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Margie Oleson discuss:
- The gap between knowing and practicing leadership
- Team cohesion and communication
- Enhancing meetings for better productivity and culture
- Leadership's impact on company culture and performance
- The importance of openly discussing behaviors and accountability
Key Takeaways:
- Leadership development is a company’s most important investment, as strong leaders drive success and influence everyone else in the organization.
- A lack of alignment in leadership teams creates silos, miscommunication, and dysfunction, which can be resolved by ensuring top teams share and communicate the same goals.
- Ineffective meetings waste resources and signal larger issues, but addressing root causes like politics, fear of missing out, and silos leads to a cultural and productivity shift.
- Leadership sets the tone for the organization; when senior leaders fail to model alignment and transparency, it trickles down, creating a culture of mediocrity and disengagement that stifles progress and innovation.
"Culture is the outcome of how you're leading your decisions, the things you say, the things you don't say, and the things you reinforce.” — Margie Oleson
Connect with Margie Oleson:
Websites: https://www.topteamaccelerator.com/ & https://www.oleson-consulting.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@margieoleson891
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margieoleson/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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About Jeff Patterson:
Jeff Patterson, from Portland, OR, USA, has over 36 years of experience practicing and teaching meditative and martial arts. He is the founder of The Yielding Warrior and Northwest Fighting Arts/Portland Tai Chi Academy, where he emphasizes the transformative power of meditative and martial arts practices, particularly the concept of yielding. He has published two books and hundreds of instructional videos, created The Yielding Warrior online program, and has worked with thousands of students from around the world.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jeff Patterson discuss:
- Managing stress through meditative practices
- The benefits of consistent meditation routines
- Integrating meditation and martial arts
- The concept of yielding in physical and mental practices
- Ways to develop personalized meditation programs
Key Takeaways:
- Developing a daily meditation routine, even for 20 minutes, can significantly improve mental clarity, emotional stability, and overall well-being.
- Yielding in both physical and mental contexts—like moving with an opponent's force in martial arts or adapting one's mindset during conflicts—allows for strategic and effective responses with minimal resistance.
- Incorporating active meditation, such as focusing on the breath, or performing mindful movements, reinforces a continuous state of mindfulness and enhances formal meditation sessions.
- Regular practice of meditation and martial arts deepens self-connection, improving physical coordination, empathy, creativity, and leadership skills.
- Applying the concept of 'yielding'—embracing physical, mental, and emotional flexibility—improves interpersonal dynamics, leading to better conflict resolution and harmonious interactions.
"Meditation isn't meant to be a hobby we do once in a while. It's meant to be a way of life, and we want to try to integrate these practices into everything we do.” — Jeff Patterson
Connect with Jeff Patterson:
Website: https://www.theyieldingwarrior.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-patterson-b691819/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaichiYielding/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theyieldingwarrior/
Unlock your potential with Jeff’s "The Yielding Warrior"—get your free copy today to boost focus, reduce stress, and thrive in life: theyieldingwarrior.com/book
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Damon Lembi:
Damon Lembi is a two-time bestselling author, host of The Learn-It-All Podcast, and thought leader focused on leadership development and lifelong learning. As CEO of Learnit, the global leader in corporate training, he has upskilled over 1.8 million people and gained key insights into effective leadership.
A former baseball player, Damon learned valuable lessons in teamwork, motivation, and persistence. His book, The Learn-It-All Leader, provides strategies for leaders to embrace continuous learning and build leadership skills.
With nearly thirty years of experience, Damon shares leadership lessons with an approachable style. His insights have been featured in major publications like Fast Company and Forbes. Damon inspires audiences with his humor and passion, encouraging them to grow and embrace their inner learn-it-all leader.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Damon Lembi discuss:
- Creating learning organizations
- The importance of failure in learning
- Fostering a learning culture
- Aligning learning with organizational strategy
- The concept of Learning Time Off (LTO)
Key Takeaways:
- Learning organizations need to provide employees with both time and space to engage in training and coaching during work hours.
- While failure can be a valuable learning tool, it must be managed differently depending on the industry, such as in marketing versus surgery.
- Learning programs should be customized based on feedback from new hires and aligned with leadership's vision and goals.
- A baseline recommendation for LTO is two to three hours every other week for employees to focus on learning activities.
- A successful learning culture requires consistent reinforcement, practice, and alignment with the company's strategic objectives.
"You got to have courage to try things and fail.” — Damon Lembi
Connect with Damon Lembi:
Website: https://www.thelearnitallleader.com/
Book: The Learn-It-All Leader: Mindset, Traits and Tools: https://www.amazon.com/Learn-All-Leader-Mindset-Traits/dp/1544541651
Show: The Learn-It-All Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-learn-it-all-podcast/id1714645917
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DamonLembi
& https://www.youtube.com/@LearnitTraining
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damonlembi/
X (Twitter): https://x.com/damonlembi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damonlembi/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Geoff Thatcher :
Geoff Thatcher is the founder and CEO of Creative Principals, an experienced design firm delivering creative leadership for world-class brand experiences, corporate visitor centers, museums, theme parks, and more.
From the Al Ain Zoo in the UAE to the Zippo Museum in Bradford, PA, Creative Principals has worked with attractions both big and small. Whether it’s the Petronas AMG Formula 1 Team or quarterbacks at the College Football Hall of Fame, he knows how to bring great stories to life in some of the world’s most memorable experiences.
Geoff has been in the experience industry for 40+ years, and as a creative leader has worked on everything from the opening ceremonies for the Rio 2007 Pan American Games to the grand opening of Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi, the world's largest indoor theme park, in 2018.
Before starting Creative Principals, he worked as Executive Creative Director at The Brand Experience, where he led a talented team of writers, designers, videographers, programmers, producers, and multi-media experts who delivered award-winning brand experiences for Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and IBM.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Geoff Thatcher discuss:
- The intersection of creativity and leadership for transformative outcomes.
- Overcoming the challenges of getting teams to adopt and implement creative visions.
- Identifying individual strengths and weaknesses within teams to promote creativity.
- Client engagement in the creative process and managing expectations for novel ideas.
- The transformative impact of AI tools on creative processes including design and concept illustration.
Key Takeaways:
- The fusion of innovation and visionary guidance is crucial for actualizing creative ideas, illustrating that leadership is as much about nurturing others' ideas as it is about having them.
- A fertile ground for innovation and collaborative success is created when each team member's unique talents and 'allowable weaknesses' are acknowledged.
- Involving clients and team members in the genesis of an idea fosters a sense of ownership and eases the adoption process.
- Artificial intelligence is reshaping the landscape of creativity, as Dean Newlund and Geoff Thatcher explore tools like Mid Journey, DALL-E, and Suno, recognizing their dual role as enablers and disruptors in the artistic realm.
- As brought to life by the collaborative production of an AI-composed song, embracing the synergy between human ingenuity and artificial intelligence blossoms into extraordinary and pioneering creations.
"What scores the highest...is combining human creativity with AI and working together to create something special.” — Geoff Thatcher
Connect with Geoff Thatcher:
Website URL: https://www.creativeprincipals.com/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/geoffthatcher
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffthatcher/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geoffthatcher/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Christine Whitney Sanchez:
As a speaker, author, and advisor to some of the world’s most recognizable organizations, Christine Whitney Sanchez is a transformative leadership expert who is waking up organizations to fulfill their destiny. She has worked across five continents to build the capacity for mindful leadership, enlightened organizations, strategic collaboration, and thriving cultures.
As a former psychotherapist and inaugural Chief Culture Officer for Enterprise Technology at Arizona State University, Christine seamlessly integrates her background into the world of transformative leadership and organizational change. Her work has touched the lives of tens of thousands of stakeholders, helping them resolve complex challenges and discover new opportunities.
Christine holds a Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of Hawaii and a Master of Counseling degree from Arizona State University.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christine Whitney Sanchez discuss:
- The interplay between technology and cultural transformation at ASU
- The creation and influence of 'Culture Designers' and 'Culture Weavers' within organizations
- Personal development, diversity, and the T4 Leadership Academy's impact on leadership
- The significance of tipping points in achieving broad organizational change
- Higher consciousness in organizational development and its global implications
Key Takeaways:
- Through the alignment of cultural values with technological innovations, leadership excellence within tech organizations is amplified.
- The key to organizational success lies in nurturing a community committed to sustaining a strong, positive culture.
- By blending technical proficiency with transformative leadership, the T4 Leadership Academy underscores the importance of effectively navigating modern challenges.
- Recognizing tipping points shows how small changes can spark major shifts in collective mindsets.
- A holistic approach to leadership emerges when age-old wisdom is integrated with cutting-edge innovation, resonating not only with personal well-being but also with the health of the planet.
"We are known for whom we include, rather than whom we exclude.” — Christine Whitney Sanchez
Connect with Christine Whitney Sanchez:
Website: https://uto.asu.edu/about/meet-the-uto/christine-whitney-sanchez
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CWhitneySanchez
Instagram: https://instagram.com/cwhitneysanchez/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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About Dan Tocchini:
Dan Tocchini has been helping leaders bring some magic to their teams for over 35 years. He has worked with executive teams from Interstate Batteries and ESPN, to Smarty Pants Vitamins and Impulse Space, as well as with non-profits like Homeboy Industries and Defy Ventures. Dan gives a no-fluff approach by helping transform leadership teams without any pixie dust - just courageous leadership, creative conflict resolution, and relevant restructuring. No conversation is too difficult, and no situation too conflicted because a leader with a vision cannot be held hostage by circumstance or history.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dan Tocchini discuss:
- The impact of language, perception, and intuition on business cultures and crises
- The distinctions between wisdom and intuition
- The training of the mind for better leadership
- The transformative journey from victimization to empowerment
- The responsibility of leaders to inspire and support their teams through challenges and the necessary paradigm shifts for meaningful change
Key Takeaways:
- Language and perception significantly shape decision-making, highlighting the transformative influence a well-crafted vision has on leadership effectiveness.
- Valuing intuitive thinking alongside analytical reasoning becomes increasingly important, particularly in crisis situations where conventional logic might fall short.
- Understanding the nuances between wisdom and intuition is imperative for leaders, as this insight guides executive decisions and strategic direction.
- Intuition enhancement within an organization's leadership can be achieved through specialized training that focuses on conflict monitoring, emotional processing, and bodily awareness, leading to more adept and conscious decision-making.
- Personal accountability and facing one's challenges are vital steps in leadership development, with a focus on embracing subconscious reactions and harnessing the power of language to transform present behavior and inspire team motivation.
"A leader with a vision cannot be held hostage by circumstance or history.” — Dan Tocchini
Connect with Dan Tocchini:
Website URL: https://takenewground.com/
https://wearerevenant.com/
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-naked-leadership-podcast/id1495058489
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/73ZuLDaxdfhCNYXlmIQy01?si=9a5b25f227f64ae1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dan_tocchini/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantocchini
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Joel Primus:
An entrepreneur among other things, Joel Primus is the co-founder and creative visionary behind Naked Revival. Currently, Joel hosts The Ramble Podcast, where he has unbound and uncensored conversations about people, places, pursuits, and performances. He is the director and producer of multiple documentaries and docu-series including the award-winning Raising Global Citizens, Finding Nowhere, Colombia, and Revive, and the Author of Getting Naked - The Bare Necessities of Entrepreneurship and Startups. He shares his thoughts and adventures on the joelprimus.com blog.
Once an elite long-distance runner, he now enjoys daily training, meditation, and time with his family on their farm outside Vancouver
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joel Primus discuss:
- The vital role of innovative leadership and intuitive decision-making in personal and professional growth
- The parallels between discipline in athletic endeavors and entrepreneurial success
- The power of joy and love in the entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing process over results
- The significant shift brought by mindfulness in our daily engagement with work and expression of love
- Drawing from personal experiences to underscore the risks and rewards of trusting one's intuition
Key Takeaways:
- Innovative leadership draws heavily upon understanding and respecting one's intuition, much like an athlete's innate sense for their sport.
- The foundation of entrepreneurial success often mirrors the discipline and structured feedback found in athletic training.
- A joyous approach to our ventures, coupled with an emphasis on the love for the process, improves performance and overall satisfaction.
- Mindfulness in our daily activities fosters an intentional presence, allowing us to make choices that align with our authentic selves rather than habitual patterns.
- Corporate structures and digital influences often challenge personal conviction and authentic decision-making, yet their preservation is crucial to genuine success and peace of mind.
"Maintaining humility and curiosity by assuming you're wrong can open you up to a world of learning and deeper understanding.” — Joel Primus
Watch out for Joel’s secret word and DM it to the Naked Revival Link to get a freebie!
Connect with Joel Primus:
Website URLs: https://joelprimus.com/
https://www.nakedrevival.com/thelifestyle
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joel.primus/
https://www.instagram.com/nakedrevival/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Primusblog
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelprimus/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Mark Silverman:
Mark J. Silverman came to executive coaching and speaking after a successful career in technology where he generated over $90,000,000 for fast-growing start-ups by bringing together executives, technical leaders, and stakeholders to close complex multimillion-dollar sales.
As an Executive Coach for over 10 years, enjoying a full roster of clients, Mark is committed to helping CEOs, Senior Leadership, and Fast-rising High Achievers leverage their resources and team for greater impact while creating sustainable success in all areas of their lives.
He is the author of the bestselling Only 10s 2.0, which has sold over 75,000 copies to date, and The Rising Leader Handbook - Turning High Achievers into Effective Leaders.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mark Silverman discuss:
- The concepts of evolutionary leadership
- Career transitions from individual contributor to leader
- The significance of mid-life reassessments in the search for a deeper purpose
- Personal challenges, including the quest for peace and connection
- The transformative power of addressing internal issues to prevent mid-life crises
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders of the future need to be evolutionary in their approach, prioritizing adaptability and strategic innovation to steer through the changing currents of business.
- Significant career milestones, such as the shift from front-line roles to leadership positions, often necessitate a deeper introspection for personal growth and alignment with inherent purpose.
- Personal trials and tribulations are pivotal in shaping one's character and the ability to connect deeply with others through genuine and humane dialogues.
- Confronting and embracing our fragility can stimulate profound life realizations and foster a more intentional and impactful existence.
- Mentoring high achievers to become effective leaders often involves cultivating a skill set that encourages speaking out and resolving issues that hinder collective progress.
"You can either be shaped by your experiences or shape the experiences you have.” — Mark Silverman
Check out Mark’s newest book: “The Rising Leader Handbook”:
https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Leader-Handbook-Achievers-Effective/dp/1738086828
Connect with Mark Silverman:
Website URL: https://www.markjsilverman.com
Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/mjaysilverman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markjsilverman/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About JV John Vasquez:
Coach JV woke up from an attempted suicide on December 18th, 2006, to a book called “The Secret.” From that day forth, the next 15 years of his life would never be the same.
After his attempted suicide, JV pursued a bachelor’s degree and graduated from CBA executive banking school and soon scaled himself up to vice president at a large bank. After years of dedication to the corporation, he went through a great spiritual awakening and started to see the system for what it was. He decided to leave the high-paid VP job and created a million-dollar FREEDOM company called 3T Warrior Academy. CJV has helped thousands of warriors worldwide break free from the job just over the broken system and learn how to journey to freedom in mindset, in health, and in generational wealth building.
Coach JV is also the founder and operator of Freedom Asset Management Company which specializes in scaling businesses to their highest potential and co-founded a company called Merlin which is a revolutionary crypto tracker that will change the industry. Besides being the owner of 7+ companies thus far, CJV is an author of two books, a top podcast host, a social media influencer of over 1.5M combined subscribers, and a featured powerhouse leader in multiple publications including Irishtechnews, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, AppleNews, and NewsNationUSA.
Today, JV remains dedicated to his family, children, and entrepreneurship while following his number one mission in this world: creating a positive impact on someone’s life every single day.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and JV John Vasquez discuss:
- An in-depth look at ‘The Secret’ and its fundamental principles affecting personal and economic growth
- The transformational power of present-moment awareness and shifting from negative to positive mental states
- The intersection of free will, karma, personal beliefs, and the impact on one's life trajectory
- The pursuit of a higher frequency in life through consistent improvement in thought and action
- Entelechy, divine paths, and the influence of societal norms and energy fields on personal growth
Key Takeaways:
- Thought and feeling are vital cogs in shaping reality and achieving spiritual and financial freedom, emphasizing the influence of mindset and emotions.
- Instead of dwelling on the past or future's detrimental effects, focus on the present moment and consciousness for genuine transformation.
- Shifts in personality and beliefs coupled with the understanding of free will and karma can alter one’s reality, showing the interconnectedness of choices and consequences.
- Realizing personal potential through higher vibrations, intentional living, and acknowledgment of the physical-spiritual connection deepens understanding of personal growth.
- Religious unity and shared principles foster peace, personal development, and living aligned with one's values.
"Manifesting a new reality begins by harmonizing our thoughts with the frequency of the life we desire.” — JV John Vasquez
Connect with JV John Vasquez:
Website URL: www.3twarrior.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachjv_
Twitter: https://x.com/coachjv_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coachjv_
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@3TWarriorAcademy
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Laura Bull:
Laura Bull is a CEO, bestselling author, and brand strategist known for transforming personal brands into competitive, sustainable business brands. She spent ten years with Sony Music Entertainment, becoming one of its youngest executives at twenty-eight. Laura spearheaded artist development and marketing for globally recognized brands like Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley, and Johnny Cash. A veteran of the music industry, she has served on the National Advisory Board for Musicians On Call for over a decade.
An Amazon bestselling author in categories like Women in Business and Marketing, Laura's book "From Individual to Empire: A Guide to Building an Authentic and Powerful Brand" teaches what it takes to become a powerful influencer. She redefines “influencer” by expanding its scope offline, highlighting positive psychology in branding, and introducing a proprietary Brand Matrix. Laura is also a consultant, speaker, and adjunct professor, holding a BBA from Belmont University and a Master of Liberal Studies from Southern Methodist University.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Laura Bull discuss:
- The significance of authentic personal branding in scaling a business and enhancing trust with clients
- Strategies for overcoming the fear and impostor syndrome associated with becoming the face of a brand
- Laura Bull's three-phase process of developing a powerful personal brand, including internal audit and strategic implementation
- The branding challenges faced by celebrities and indicators for when a rebrand is necessary
- How generational perspectives shape the understanding of brand importance and authenticity
Key Takeaways:
- Personal branding requires overcoming fear and impostor syndrome, focusing instead on authenticity and connection with your audience.
- A systematic approach to personal branding can significantly impact consumer awareness and is essential in client acquisition and retention.
- The development of a brand must be aligned with the business owner's long-term vision and requires a strategic and thoughtful process to resonate with the target audience.
- Knowing when and how to rebrand is crucial for keeping up with market changes and ensuring cost-effectiveness and timely adaptability.
- It's essential to strike a balance between maintaining authenticity and setting privacy boundaries in your branding strategy, which can reinforce trust in your professional narrative.
"I help individuals gain clarity and confidence in transforming their personal brands into business ones, navigating the delicate balance between public image and personal authenticity.” — Laura Bull
Don’t miss out on Laura’s Book “From Individual to Empire: A Guide to Building an Authentic and Powerful Brand”
Link: https://a.co/d/bfWqtTE
(Details on Amazon and here: https://www.thebrandmgmt.com/the-book )
Free download - Brand Checklist at www.thebrandmgmt.com
Connect with Laura Bull:
Website URL: www.thebrandmgmt.com
Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/thelaurabull/
Instagram (company): https://www.instagram.com/thebrandmgmtco/
Twitter (personal): https://x.com/thelaurabull?lang=en
Twitter (company): https://twitter.com/thebrandmgmtco
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/laurabullbranding
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Daniel Todd:
Daniel Todd is a highly accomplished entrepreneur with a wealth of experience in mobile advertising, digital marketing, and business strategy. As the CEO of Influence Mobile, Daniel has a track record of creating positive work environments that have earned his companies numerous "Best Places to Work" awards. With two companies that have been placed on the Inc. 5000 list and recognition from publications such as Puget Sound Business Journal, Daniel has proven his ability to lead companies to success. As a monthly contributor to Inc.com and Entrepreneur.com, Daniel is a recognized thought leader in the fields of entrepreneurship, marketing, and business growth.
With his expertise in culture, leadership, team building, entrepreneurship, and remote work, Daniel would be an excellent fit as a guest on podcasts with an audience of CEOs and founders. Furthermore, his experience as a mentor and adviser to dozens of startups through the Disney Accelerator and TechStars programs, along with his previous role as co-founder of online media company Zango, has equipped him with a unique perspective and set of skills that would make him an invaluable guest on any podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Daniel Todd discuss:
- Effective strategies for scaling company culture in tandem with business growth
- The critical role managers play in maintaining a robust company culture and the generational perspectives on work-life balance and the shift towards valuing leisure
- The transformative influence of AI on the workforce and potential benefits for employees
- The effects of AI and digitalization on reading, writing, and critical thinking skills essential for leadership
- Introducing Daniel Todd's new podcast, 'Remote Revolution', focused on how CEOs build and improve company culture
Key Takeaways:
- Company culture must scale strategically with business growth, and this requires collective leadership and innovative engagement methods to maintain a productivity-driven yet enjoyable workplace.
- Managers play a critical part in fostering culture, especially in smaller businesses, and the judicious use of in-person events can bridge the gaps that remote work might create, even with financial constraints.
- Seminars and authenticity in communication are key in a virtual setup, where frequent, genuine conversations lead to deeper connections and a robust, agile work culture.
- CEOs need to find equilibrium in their roles, seeking feedback and hobbies outside their corporate responsibilities to sustain personal health and ultimately contribute to better company results.
- As AI reshapes the workforce, the need for employees to upskill quickly becomes apparent, while the persisting value of reading and writing stands out in cultivating leadership capabilities.
"We're not just building a company; we're cultivating a community, and every conversation, every connection, matters.” — Daniel Todd
Connect with Daniel Todd:
Website URL: https://www.influencemobile.com/
Podcast: https://legendarypodcasts.com/daniel-todd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieltodd/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Joanne Newlund:
Joanne Newlund is a coach and facilitator at Mission Facilitators. She works to help individual leaders and their teams understand, use, and perfect their leadership and the creative side of leading teams and companies. Joanne has advanced training in executive coaching, and emotional intelligence, and has owned and led several successful businesses. At Mission Facilitators, she is a senior associate with experience in coaching and facilitating team-building training for small to large companies, such as Microsoft, Boeing, Parker Aerospace, San Marco Unified School District, ExxonMobil, HonorHealth, Salt River Project, and Geiger-Cribbins.
Joanne’s belief matches McKinsey and Company’s 10-year global study of senior knowledge workers that found employees who spend the most time trusting their intuition and experiencing the creative state of “flow" are up to five times more effective than their counterparts.
Joanne’s three-part process overlays her coaching, speaking, and training.
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Discovering. Getting to the ‘root cause’ by listening and asking probing questions,
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Preparing. Developing game plans for her clients,
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Leading. Reframing and suggesting new approaches.
Joanne speaks on leadership, using intuition in decision-making and team building. She has traveled worldwide and led or owned healthcare, design, and home construction companies. She spends most of her time now in Bend, Oregon, or Phoenix, Arizona.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joanne Newlund discuss:
- The importance of fostering creativity, active listening, and the establishment of connection through intuitive coaching practices.
- Adapting leadership and innovation strategies in a rapidly changing technological landscape and workforce demographic.
- Tackling the psychological challenges in innovation, emphasizing the essential balance of work, rest, and mindfulness.
- Incorporating play and purpose into leadership to prevent burnout and to embrace change with enthusiasm and adaptability.
- Providing listeners with practical advice, innovative tools, and compelling examples to transform leadership and encourage personal growth.
Key Takeaways:
- Talent and creativity in podcasts serve as sources of inspiration, as well as reflective opportunities to maximize one's potential.
- The synergy of a shared vision fosters a productive work environment, which is essential for couples working together professionally.
- Embracing a rebranding that resonates with the evolving landscape of leadership reflects the need for discourse on broader themes to remain relevant in business.
- Leadership and innovation extend beyond mere skills; they require a mindset that cultivates creativity, adaptability, and the capacity to embrace rapidly advancing changes.
- Understanding and harnessing the power of brain science can empower individuals to manage the pace of innovation without succumbing to the pressures of constant change.
"You have to take the time to allow yourself to play, to be able to refill yourself.” — Joanne Newlund
Connect with Joanne Newlund:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-newlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanne.newlund
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jnewlund/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Chris Dyer:
Chris Dyer is a recognized company culture and remote work expert. As a former CEO managing thousands of people, his companies consistently were named the best place to work. They have also been named a fastest growing company by Inc Magazine 5 times. Chris routinely consults and speaks, and Inc Magazine ranked him as the #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture. He has three best-selling books The Power of Company Culture and Remote Work and has been named #5 on the LeadersHum Power List, a Top 50 Voice in Leadership, a Top 40 Change Management Guru, a Top 50 Global Thought Leader, and a Top 50 leadership podcast, Top 50 HR Leaders Shaping the Future of Work, and a Top 101 Global Employee Engagement & Experience Influencers by Inspiring Workplaces and Work Buzz, just this year.
As a keynote speaker, his goal is to inspire audiences with a straightforward delivery, insightful candor, and engaging humor. His talks leave audiences permanently transformed, offering innovative perspectives on leadership to improve company culture and empower organizations to discover new successes. Countless companies have unlocked productivity, performance, and profits by implementing his 7 Pillar Strategy.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Chris Dyer discuss:
- Creating and maintaining a strong organizational culture in a hybrid work environment.
- Prioritizing employee well-being while maintaining high performance.
- Balancing between leadership and followership.
- Transparency, trust, and sense of belonging among remote workers.
- Misconceptions about leadership and the importance of empathy.
Key Takeaways:
- Culture is defined by the norms and unseen behaviors of how work gets done. The speakers emphasized that culture isn't just the visible aspects like company values, but the unwritten rules and expectations around things like decision-making, communication styles, and handling challenges.
- Prioritizing work-life balance and avoiding burnout is important for engagement. Leaders need to actively prevent overwork and create flexibility.
- Leadership can be developed from within through small, project-based opportunities. Giving employees a chance to lead temporary projects and tasks helps identify potential and build skills with less pressure.
- Transparency and daily check-ins are important for building a remote culture. Regular communication that is open about challenges and priorities helps remote employees feel informed and connected to decision-making.
- Rather than getting lost in technical details, leaders should help employees understand how innovations may shape their work overall so they can adapt mentally to ongoing disruption.
"Culture is the norms and behaviors and the unseen things that happen or don't happen when we get our work done.” — Chris Dyer
Connect with Chris Dyer:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdyer7/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisdyer.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrispdyer7/
Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/ChrisPDyer
Website: https://chrisdyer.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrispdyer7
YouTube: https://youtu.be/NtgtkAoGgT4
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Wendi Swanson:
Wendi Swanson, currently living in Orlando, is an internationally recognized strategic leadership consultant, facilitator, and program developer, with a focus on unleashing the heartbeat of every organization—its people. Through authenticity and intentionality (with a little edge!), Wendi encourages a human-centered approach to growth, dials down on change systems, and redefines what it means to be a leader.
For the last two decades, she has worked with executive leaders to develop high-potential teams and organizational growth strategies. She has facilitated workshops using simultaneous (concurrent) translation in Russian, French and Spanish and has worked with companies in Russia, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, and the United States.
Wendi has worked with companies such as Godiva Chocolatier, Best Buy, Yankee Candle, Ashley Furniture, David Yurman New York, La-Z-Boy Home Furnishings, and more. Wendi has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Wendi Swanson discuss:
- The challenges leaders face in inspiring followership and driving meaningful change post-COVID
- The importance of a human-centered approach to growth and redefining leadership
- The impact of AI and today's fast-paced market on leadership competencies
- The shift towards remote work and the challenges of maintaining company culture and effectively leading hybrid teams
- The growing movement of people rediscovering themselves, their purpose, and their relationships with others
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders must adapt to the significant changes in the workforce brought about by COVID-19, such as the reduction in the market and the shift towards remote work and innovation.
- The hybrid work model has led to challenges in maintaining company culture and effectively leading teams, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of this model and its impact on mental health and human connection.
- Leaders who intentionally invest in people, creating impact through influence and inspiration, can make a difference in culture and productivity.
- Effective coaching involves understanding the underlying mindsets and behaviors that impact performance, rather than simply telling someone to sell more or work harder.
- Changing employee beliefs about products or services is key to hitting sales targets, which can be achieved through positive and negative customer experiences that demonstrate the value of what's being offered.
"Leadership can be measured through the willingness of others to follow and the impact a leader has on their team.” — Wendi Swanson
CATCH WENDY’S WORKSHOP:
Wendi is leading a live 2-day workshop designed to provide a blueprint to brick-and-mortar retailers around the world, that helps them to adapt to the changing landscape so they can provide a differentiated CX that surges sales. The workshop is in Orlando Florida on July 30-31. Click here for more information and to register.
Link: https://etymongroup.com/services/events/
Connect with Wendi Swanson:
Website URL: https://etymongroup.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendiswanson/
Wendi is leading a live 2-day workshop designed to provide a blueprint to brick-and-mortar retailers around the world, that helps them to adapt to the changing landscape so they can offer a differentiated CX that surges sales. The workshop is in Orlando Florida on July 30-31. Click here for more information and to register. Events - Etymon Group
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Dr. Marcelo Hochman:
Dr. Marcelo Hochman is a well-known speaker and double Board-certified facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon on a mission to build better medicine for patients and doctors, not just better business. Recognized by CNN, WSJ, and USA Today, Dr. Hochman led the national charge on providing PPE for medical staff during Covid and is the president of Indedocs, an organization founded to help provide more options for patients and doctors and disrupt the controlling and limiting healthcare bureaucracy.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Marcelo Hochman discuss:
- The challenges of leading a company, building a team, or enhancing your personal brand when dealing with injuries or illnesses
- The benefits of independent healthcare practices for both care providers and patients
- The significance of physician autonomy in preventing burnout and the challenges faced by doctors working within large healthcare systems
- The importance of exposing medical students and residents to private practice to foster fulfilling medical careers
- The financial challenges faced by hospitals and the goal to provide alternative healthcare options
Key Takeaways:
- Independent physicians offer patients more personalized care, with better access, quality, and convenience compared to large hospital systems.
- Smaller, private practice outpatient facilities can provide more efficient and personalized care compared to hospital-run outpatient centers, which are often volume-driven.
- Eliminating non-compete agreements, revising certificate of need laws, and incentivizing charity care through tax credits for physicians could transform healthcare in rural states.
- Employment in system medicine often leads to frustration and burnout, while independent practice allows for autonomy and patient-focused care.
- Despite the trend of physicians becoming employed, there are still opportunities for independent practice, such as the repeal of certificate of need laws and the banning of non-compete clauses.
"Patients prefer the ease of access, convenience, and continuity of care that independent practices provide.” — Dr. Marcelo Hochman
Connect with Dr. Marcelo Hochman:
Website URL: https://drhochmanspeaks.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmarcelohochman/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Jim Bishop:
With over two decades of immersive experience in executive development, corporate leadership, and human performance, Jim Bishop stands as a beacon of transformative leadership through his business, Conjunction Leadership. Jim's journey has taken him across the globe, coaching executives, and diverse teams and orchestrating the modernization of leadership systems for transforming business units.
Having collaborated with industry giants like Eli Lilly, Roche, and Elanco, Jim recognized the pivotal role of a visionary leader willing to first work on themselves while revitalizing their culture. This catalyzed the birth of Conjunction Leadership in 2020, where Jim provides executive coaching and team development solutions.
As a certified coach by the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Leadership Facilitator with Blanchard, Jim's methods are a blend of science and art. He empowers executives through executive coaching, corporate culture consulting, and team effectiveness programs, focusing on holistic development within volatile contexts.
At Conjunction Leadership, transformation starts within. The exclusive DISRUPT, BRIDGE, and GROW process guides leaders on a journey of self-discovery, mindset shifts, and measurable growth.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jim Bishop discuss:
- The importance of creating space for people to be present, manage their energy, and be self-reflective
- The challenges faced by successful leaders in their forties who pursue goals based on others' expectations rather than their own desires
- The impact of the pandemic and social unrest on redefining leadership to include both masculine and feminine energies
- The need for leaders to slow down decision-making processes and embrace variations of gray in a world bombarded with information
- The importance of leaders taking stock of their emotions and regulating their behavior to create a calm and productive environment
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders must be skilled at creating space for people to be present, manage their energy, and engage in self-reflection to achieve optimal results.
- Successful leaders in their forties may experience dissatisfaction and depression if they pursue goals based on others' expectations rather than their own passions and values.
- The pandemic and social unrest have led to a new employee value proposition that emphasizes meaning, connection, and a more holistic understanding of individuals in the workplace, recognizing the importance of both masculine and feminine leadership energies.
- In a world bombarded with information, leaders need to slow down decision-making processes and embrace variations of gray to facilitate more productive conversations and better decisions.
- Leaders must take stock of their emotions and regulate their behavior to create a calm and productive environment, preventing burnout and helping to solve societal issues.
"By leading with grace and ease, leaders can help solve societal issues and prevent burnout.” — Jim Bishop
Connect with Jim Bishop:
Website URL: www.conjunctionleadership.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdbishop/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjunctionleadership/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conjunctionleadership
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Christy Pretzinger:
As the owner and CEO of WriterGirl, Christy Pretzinger transformed the landscape of healthcare content creation. She has built an industry-leading company that delivers superior content and strategy to healthcare brands across the country. Along the way, she also changed what it means to work at a growing agency. She’s a popular guest speaker for both organizations and podcasts, always ready to guide audiences on how to grow leaders and build inclusive workplaces.
How does she do it? Christy has always been intentional about building her business based on a culture of kindness. That approach has proven to be good for people — and the bottom line.
Over time, Christy discovered her true calling: to create a workplace that nurtures personal and professional growth and helps other leaders do the same. She’s been featured on numerous podcasts, including From Founder to CEO, Her Million Dollar My$tery, Lead Like a Woman, and Smart Business Revolution.
See for yourself how Christy is reinventing the way businesses evaluate effective leadership, how employees can contribute to success, and how everyone can win. It all starts by building on a foundation of kindness.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christy Pretzinger discuss:
- Transforming her marketing agency, WG Content, by creating a culture where individuals feel valued and emotional safety is prioritized
- How focusing on culture and kindness has contributed to her company's success and employee retention over 20 years
- Expanding WG's services beyond content development into strategy and the company's name change
- Finding a niche in providing content writing services for healthcare organizations
- The unique challenges of marketing in the healthcare industry
Key Takeaways:
- Building a strong company culture that prioritizes employee well-being and emotional safety can lead to long-term success and employee retention.
- Focusing on building relationships with clients and helping them connect with their audiences can differentiate a company from competitors in the content creation industry.
- In healthcare marketing, providing information to help people make the best decisions is more important than traditional advertising strategies.
- A cultural balance sheet measures the health of an organization's culture by focusing on assets, liabilities, and the resulting cultural equity built over time through soft skills and trust.
- Open communication and treating others how they want to be treated are essential in building trust between leaders and employees.
"You have to have that passion for your product and if you don't have that then you're not selling the right thing.” — Christy Pretzinger
Watch out for Christy’s upcoming book: “ Your Cultural Balance Sheet: Strategies for Creating an Environment Where People Can Thrive (And Your Bottom Line Will, Too)”
Connect with Christy Pretzinger:
Website URL: https://wgcontent.com/
Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/WriterGirlAssoc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/writergirl-&-associates
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwyySSBbxZ2htBPqr2OB2Q
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Anthony Taylor:
Anthony Taylor is the CEO of SME Strategy. Anthony has facilitated strategy sessions for organizations big and small across North America and beyond.
He is the author of two books and the host of the Strategy and Leadership Podcast. He holds a degree in business administration, with a specialization in marketing. Anthony speaks fluent French, loves soccer, and one of his life goals is to visit every MLB Stadium.
Anthony brings an electric energy that captivates and inspires people around him. His love for people and his commitment to their success comes through in his facilitations and everyday life.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Anthony Taylor discuss:
- The importance of strategic planning and how it links with the development of culture within organizations
- Common misunderstandings and misperceptions companies have about strategic planning and how these can hinder their success
- The role of culture change as a prerequisite for successful strategy implementation
- The significance of addressing team dynamics simultaneously for effective strategic plan execution
- The purpose and effectiveness of vision and mission statements in guiding organizations toward achievable goals
Key Takeaways:
- Effective strategic planning requires significant effort and collaboration among the organization to implement successfully over a two to three-year period.
- Creating clear agreements and processes within a team sets the foundation for trust and allows the team to work through tough issues, becoming better together.
- Strategic plans serve both internal and external purposes, supporting marketing, sales, and organizational goals, with the level of stakeholder involvement varying throughout the process.
- A vision statement is a fixed endpoint in time, while a mission statement is more of a general direction.
- Measuring values compliance is challenging, but aligning values with the vision through workshops, coaching, and reinforcing behaviors can lead to achieving the desired outcomes and behavior changes that support the organization's vision.
"A strategic plan should span 3-10 years, but it must remain flexible and adaptable to account for unpredictable changes in the external environment.” — Anthony Taylor
Connect with Anthony Taylor:
Website URL: https://www.smestrategy.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyctaylor604/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHLNRrpk3rGUdg7qUQjiog
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Claire Uncapher shares her expertise on intuitive leadership and how it can help individuals break free from past traumas and self-limiting beliefs. She discusses the stigma surrounding mental health in the workplace and how the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered pre-existing issues in society. Claire explains her process of guiding clients to access their subconscious beliefs by exploring childhood memories and her 'Body Speak Method' for healing emotional wounds. Don't miss this transformative conversation about finding your true self and the cost of not being authentic in relationships.
About Claire Uncapher :
Claire is a dynamic and empowering speaker and coach who brings a unique blend of expertise with her background in clinical nursing, energy therapy, and life and transformational coaching. She is dedicated to helping individuals break free from past traumas, self-limiting beliefs, and long-standing issues with her holistic approach to depression and anxiety.
Through her own inspiring personal struggle and journey through depression and anxiety, Claire has witnessed firsthand the potential for real and lasting change. She leverages over a decade of experience in the industry with her holistic and intuitive approach, incorporating techniques such as root cause and subconscious work, emotional release, and conversational energy work, guiding clients toward understanding and overcoming their inner obstacles and unlocking the best version of themselves.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Claire Uncapher discuss:
- How embracing intuitive leadership can help break free from past traumas and self-limiting beliefs
- The stigma around seeking help and support for mental health issues in the workplace
- How COVID uncovered pre-existing societal issues and the importance of learning from uncomfortable truths and emotions
- How accessing subconscious beliefs through childhood memories can reveal the root cause of personal issues
- The process of healing emotional wounds by understanding their origins and releasing the associated energy stored in the body
- The 'Body Speak Method' and how it combines various therapy techniques to uncover and heal deep-seated, wounded beliefs
- How seemingly minor childhood incidents and past life experiences can influence current beliefs, behaviors, and self-confidence
"The cost of not being yourself and fitting in and wearing that social mask is depression, anxiety, overwhelm, stress.” — Claire Uncapher
Connect with Claire Uncapher :
Website URL: https://claireuncapher.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claire.uncapher
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claire.uncapher/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this podcast, we explore the fundamental relationship we have with ourselves and how it impacts our relationships with others, especially in leadership roles. Our guest, Tiffany Houser, shares insights on how childhood experiences shape our self-worth and how we can break free from false beliefs and conditioning. We delve into the common struggles leaders face, such as self-doubt and imposter syndrome, and discuss practical strategies to overcome these challenges.
About Tiffany Houser:
Tiffany Houser is an executive & leadership coach and founder of EVOLVE, and is on a mission to create experiences for senior leaders and founders to transform self-worth, authentic leadership style, vision, and purpose. Tiffany believes in cultivating compassionate, responsible, inclusive, and empowered leaders at all levels in your organization. Through her 1:1 coaching, she uncovers hidden self-worth struggles and equips leaders with the tools to create clarity, confidence, trust and impact. Tiffany is also the Creator of Self Worth Advantage® which provides leaders and their people partners with strategies and a framework to leave the imposter feelings behind for good. Tiffany is a Michigan alum, a former SoulCycle Instructor and DJ, and serves on the Board of Becky's Fund. Tiffany fills up her cup with her partner Jay, their dog Coconut, and their adventurous life together.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tiffany Houser discuss:
- Discover the fundamental relationship with ourselves and its impact on building strong relationships with others
- Learn how CEOs and leaders can overcome self-doubt and imposter syndrome during challenging times
- Understand the origins of self-worth issues and their manifestation in the workplace
- Explore the connection between childhood experiences and adult behaviors related to validation and feedback
- Recognize the importance of self-trust, growth mindset, and self-care in maintaining a strong sense of self-worth
- Gain strategies for dealing with self-doubt and burnout, emphasizing the value of self-care
- Learn how emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and an agile learning mindset contribute to showing up with worth and value in relationships and work
"You get to trust yourself. That's one of the biggest gifts you can ever give yourself. Trust yourself.” — Tiffany Houser
Connect with Tiffany Houser:
Website URL: https://www.selfworthadvantage.com/
https://evolveeq.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyhouser/
Instagram: instagram.com/tiffanyhouser
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this powerful and insightful episode, leadership coach Gerardo Sagat shares his journey of infusing empathy and intuition into the world of leadership. Discover the power of Vebate, a format designed to involve stakeholders in corporate decisions, and learn how Gerardo's show "Out as Humans" combines performing arts, powerful questioning, and storytelling to liberate the humanity of world leaders.
About Gerardo Segat:
With 20 years of experience in the family office industry, Gerardo Segat transitioned his career in 2016, becoming a certified coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF). Since 2017, he has focused on leadership coaching, aiming to humanize leaders and organizations worldwide.
As an active member of YPO for over a decade, Gerardo founded and chaired two chapters, contributing significantly to the organization's growth.
Gerardo is known for his innovative approach to coaching, having developed various programs and formats, including corporate coaching, decision-making debates, and interview techniques. His latest creation, "Out As Humans," is a performing arts show designed for C-level executives.
Outside of work, Gerardo enjoys heli-skiing and deejaying, balancing his passion for adventure with creative pursuits.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Gerardo Segat discuss some key topics:
- Gerardo Sagat aims to infuse leadership with empathy and intuition by connecting leaders to their humanity
- Gerardo shares a story about how his intuition led him to an unexpected meeting with an Italian prime minister, changing his career path
- Gerardo helped mediate a high-stakes soccer club negotiation between an Italian prime minister and a potential buyer
- The speaker focuses on coaching world leaders and top executives to help humanize them and their organizations
- Gerardo created "Out as Humans," a show combining performing arts, powerful questioning, and storytelling to liberate the humanity of world leaders
- Vebate, or voting debate, is a format created by Gerardo to involve stakeholders in corporate decision-making
"Humanity makes the impossible become possible. Humanity turns intuition, which is your safety, into clarity.” — Gerardo Segat
Connect with Gerardo Segat:
Website URL: www.gerardosegat.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gerardosegat
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Adrian shares his unconventional approach to coaching, which involves using strong language and holding leaders accountable. He emphasizes the importance of embracing pain points, aligning with leaders, and striving for transformative change. If you want to become a better leader, this episode is a must-listen! Adrian and Dean explore the connection between tension and personal responsibility, and how taking responsibility for oneself can lead to positive change.
About Adrian Koehler:
Adrian Koehler is a leadership engagement expert and senior partner at the executive coaching firm, Take New Ground. He coaches executives and entrepreneurs in the art and science of leadership for themselves, their teams, and clients to create new, unprecedented results and experience fulfillment in their work.
Adrian is the Founder and Senior Partner at Take New Ground, a leadership coaching, training, and consulting firm based in Los Angeles. TNG partners with select executives and organizations to get the results they want by creating the culture they need. He is also the co-host of The Naked Leadership Podcast with TNG Sr Partner Dan Tocchini.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Adrian Koehler discuss:
- Discover the importance of aligning with leaders before engaging with their teams to effectively drive change
- Understand the challenges of addressing issues within a dysfunctional company and the role of the CEO and investors
- Recognize the significance of being honest with oneself and others in personal and professional life
- Explore the consequences of allowing dysfunctional team dynamics to persist and the payoffs individuals receive
- Gain insights into confronting disengaged team members and fostering honest conversations in the workplace
- Learn how to be a good leader by assessing results, seeking feedback, and taking personal responsibility
"Feelings or emotions are just thoughts trapped in the body looking for language.” — Adrian Koehler
Connect with Adrian Koehler:
Website URL: https://takenewground.com/
Instagram: @adrian.k (https://www.instagram.com/adrian.k/?hl=en)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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In the latest episode of "The Business of Intuition," host Dean Newlund and his guest, Ginine Capozzi, discuss a prevalent challenge in corporate training and development – the rapid decay of knowledge retention. Dean asserts that within a month, participants of traditional training workshops can lose up to 90% of the information they've learned. This startling statistic steers our discussion towards a vital question: How do we make training and development more impactful?
About Ginine Capozzi :
Ginine Capozzi is an L&D Consulting, Professional CoActive Coach, and Owner of KnowledgeForce Consulting. Ginine has made it her mission to revolutionize training solutions to power people and businesses. With a background in Learning and Development Strategy, Ginine has over 15 years of industry experience, making her an ideal fit for podcasts targeting owners, founders, directors/VPs of HR, talent development, engineering, and sales.
She is a hands-on leader, well-versed in the science of adult learning and change management, with expertise in curriculum development and instructional design. Ginine's unique approach emphasizes the compounding returns training offers, even with as little as 1% behavior change.
Ginine's knowledge and passion for reimagined training solutions that are strategically planned and executed have made her an asset to numerous Fortune 500 companies. She continues to push the boundaries of training excellence, using techniques like Whole Brain® Thinking, gamification, and e-learning to deliver dynamic and engaging content.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ginine Capozzi discuss:
- Keeping Skills and Mindsets Alive
Creating sustained impact from training doesn't stop at simply providing information; it involves reinforcement through continuous practice, reflection, and coaching.
- Headwinds Against Learning: Loneliness and Distraction
Another significant challenge faced in the realm of training and development is what some might call a "pandemic of loneliness and isolation." These sociocultural shifts can significantly dampen an individual’s capacity to learn.
- The Influence of Voices in Training
Making sure voices are heard and utilized within training sessions is another focus area discussed. By keeping participants engaged and focused, the effectiveness of training is greatly enhanced.
- Their Conclusion: Trusting the Ripple Effect
The impact of training extends beyond the immediate creating a ripple effect we may not fully comprehend. Trust in the process and the unseen transformation can help organizations and trainers appreciate the long-term value of their efforts.
"The easy answer would be like, one size fits all, go do it. 8 hours later, you come back a changed person… Humans don't work that way. We work in incremental progress. That's why I really believe in shifting the metrics of thinking about how we look at training and development”
— Ginine Capozzi
Connect with Ginine Capozzi :
Website URL: https://www.knowledgeforceconsulting.com/
LinkedIn (Personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/gininecapozzi/
LinkedIn (Company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowledgeforce-consulting/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this episode, our esteemed guest Rich Bruno, a seasoned supply chain leader who ran the New York City marathon in his early fifties, shares his profound journey and the lessons he's gleaned on becoming a well-balanced leader. Tune in to learn about Rich's inspiring journey and gain insights on creating a fulfilling work-life balance and planning for a fulfilling retirement.
About Rich Bruno:
As a 30-year career supply chain leader and recent Johnson & Johnson retiree, Rich led numerous teams and divisions, always focusing on talent management and development. For the last ten years, he’s been fortunate enough to live out his entrepreneurial spirit and lead two of the largest Max Challenge franchise locations as a successful Franchisee. In August 2019, he became a John Maxwell certified Coach, Speaker, and Trainer. In January 2020, he was honored to be appointed as First Vice President of the Old Bridge, Sayreville, and South Amboy Chamber of Commerce. The combination of Rich’s corporate experience, coupled with building successful businesses and helping to improve the lives of others through his coaching and consulting experience over the last four years, positions Rich to help C-suite executives, small business owners, leaders, and people looking to achieve work-life balance, and individuals planning their life post-retirement.
Rich’s philosophy is to give more than you get, live an intentional life of continuous improvement and total fulfillment, and embrace challenges as opportunities, not problems.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rich Bruno discuss:
- Running for a Cause
Rich talks about his experience running the New York City marathon for Jar of Hope, a charity focused on battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- The Essence of Well-Balanced Leadership
Amidst the buzz around work-life balance and resilience, Rich and I delve into what truly constitutes a well-balanced leader—especially how to cut through fear and maintain equilibrium in both professional and personal spheres.
- Prioritizing for Fulfillment
Rich retired at 55 to focus on family and his small business. His advice is to do what you love, adjust priorities to meet all your needs, and avoid getting trapped in a life of one-dimensional pursuits.
- Retirement and Identity
It's a poignant reminder that planning and self-development are keys to a successful transition.
- Walking the Talk
In our roles as influencers and coaches, we stress the need to practice what we preach. Personal investments often reflect on our professional guidance, reinforcing the message of leading by example.
- Energy and Self-Care
It's about consciously making time for self-renewal to ensure the energy we give to others remains potent and pure.
"That's what the well-balanced corporate leader is all about. The philosophy there is, that you can have a totally fulfilled life so long as you're different, self-aware, and you shift priorities to make sure you're addressing the things that you need for yourself.” — Rich Bruno
Connect with Rich Bruno:
Website URL: www.linktr.ee/richbrunoconsulting
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbruno420/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richbrunoconsulting8478
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richbrunoconsulting/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tune in to the latest episode of "The Business of Intuition" where intuition meets strategy in the corporate world. Dean Newlund is joined by Susan Meier, a branding connoisseur hailing from the Big Apple, where the crossroads of art and business converge. Take advantage of this insightful dialogue that melds the imaginative mindset with corporate savvy, evidencing that the heart of successful branding lies within the innovative fusion of contrasting elements.
About Susan Meier:
Susan Hamilton Meier is a branding expert and career coach who helps women find the through-line of their work history, write a focused, memorable elevator pitch, and design a vision and action plan for the next phase of their journey.
An alum of Harvard Business School, the Boston Consulting Group, and 20 years as a Fortune 500 brand strategist, Susan is now on a mission to empower other women to own their stories and unlock their promises.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Susan Meier discuss:
- Breaking the Mold at Harvard
Susan narrates her serendipitous experience at Harvard Business School, defying the typical Myers-Briggs profiles you'd see in the business sphere, and how this outlier approach has advantageously shaped her career.
- Personas and Precision
By focusing on the development of detailed personas, brands can achieve a tone of voice and message that truly connects with their audience, whether it's patients, nurses, or physicians in the healthcare industry.
- Untangling Messy Stories
Whether you're at the corporate, small business, or CEO level, Susan's expertise lies in distilling convoluted narratives into clear, potent branding messages.
- Value Alignment
What's your North Star? Understanding what fundamentally drives you or your business is crucial. Susan and Dean discuss the necessity of aligning with core values to establish authentic and efficient branding.
- Prioritizing with Purpose
With infinite possibilities but finite resources, prioritization is key. Learn to identify the vital few objectives that will propel your brand forward.
"You can't create a brand that's for everyone. In fact, that's the definition of bad branding. Right. You need to have a point of view, a perspective. You need to say, this is for these folks, and it's not for these folks, because otherwise it's very hard for people to find you.” — Susan Meier
Susan’s Exclusive Offer:
Susan Meier also offers a 5-week course called ENVISION, available as either one-on-one or small-group coaching sessions, where we work together to write your brand story and chart a course for what’s next in your career. More info at https://www.susanmeierstudio.com/career-coach
There are also free downloads at https://www.susanmeierstudio.com/downloads including the Brand Story Quick-Start Guide and the Work Happy Big 5.
Connect with Susan Meier:
Website URL: www.susanmeierstudio.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanhamiltonmeier/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/embracethezigzag/
https://www.instagram.com/susanmeierart/
https://www.instagram.com/shfinesunshine/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susanhmeier
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Are you ready to tune into the latest insights on intuitive leadership and AI in business? Dive into the newest episode of "The Business of Intuition" with your host Dean Newlund, featuring powerhouse guest Sherry Shannon-Vanstone! In this episode, we unravel the resources many business leaders may be overlooking. With Sherry's rich background as a serial tech entrepreneur and advocate for women in STEM and leadership, she shares her insights on connecting great people to achieve great outcomes and the mission of her company, Profound Impact.
About Sherry Shannon-Vanstone:
Sherry Shannon-Vanstone is a cryptographer, mathematician, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur, having had successful exits with start-ups in both Silicon Valley and the Toronto-Waterloo tech corridor. With a security and tech background, she is not only a female reference for business but also for science. Throughout her career, she has been a trailblazer in the fields of STEM, business, and philanthropy as well as working as a cryptologic mathematician with the US Government. She holds a Master of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and an honorary doctorate from Western University in Ontario.
Sherry founded Profound Impact in 2018 to connect great people to do great things. Profound Impact's data, AI, and analytics-driven solutions help education, research, and social impact organizations automate their processes, measure program impact, tell their story, and inform strategy. Sherry brings a wealth of experience in business startups, technology, systems security, philanthropy, and leadership. She has made a major contribution to the advancement of all women, in particular young women, in the science, research, and technology areas.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sherry Shannon-Vanstone cover these key topics:
- Sherry, an advocate for women in STEM and leadership, introduces her company's mission which is based on utilizing AI technology to match firms with relevant grants and funding options. Highlighting the challenges and steps involved in acquiring funding, she mentions that a staggering 30% of available funding goes unused annually due to various inefficiencies, representing a global sum of around $300 billion.
- Throughout the podcast, Dean and Sherry delve into how AI is increasingly becoming part of work routines, often without users even realizing it. They address how AI can streamline efficiency and the importance of corporate boards familiarizing themselves with AI technology. Given AI's prevalence in decision-making, a blend of technology and intuition seems necessary, especially considering societal biases that could be embedded within AI models.
- The conversation also covers the need for companies to consider AI's potential in automating their processes and the significance of staying informed about AI developments. Towards the end, Sherry shares how listeners can connect with her through LinkedIn, and Dean wraps up the episode by inviting the audience to engage with the 'Business of Intuition' podcast through various platforms.
"Your first step is to understand what you want to do and what you have the capacity to do.” — Sherry Shannon-Vanstone
Connect with Sherry Shannon-Vanstone:
Website URL: https://profoundimpact.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-shannon-vanstone-10281b4/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Imagine a world where your strategic plan is not just a document to be approved but a living, breathing embodiment of your culture that mirrors your brand. Dean Newlund had the honor of conversing with the insightful Steve Robinson, former EVP and CMO of Chick-fil-A, and a renowned consultant and author. They dive deep into the symbiosis between an organization's culture and brand, and how this relationship is pivotal for leadership and growth. This episode will challenge you to rethink how you manage and lead the growth of your company.
About Steve Robinson:
Steve is a consultant, author, and speaker on organizational culture design and leadership, brand strategy development, marketing planning, and distinctive advertising principles.
Robinson is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc. (1981 to 2015). Prior to joining the company, Steve was the director of marketing for Six Flags Over Georgia theme park in Atlanta. This role was preceded by marketing positions at two other Six Flags Properties and Communications Manager at Texas Instruments.
After beginning his career at Chick-fil-A as Director of Marketing, Steve went on to serve as Vice President of the department before becoming Chief Marketing Officer. In his most recent role, he was responsible for overseeing marketing, advertising, brand development, menu development, and hospitality strategies. During Steve's tenure, Chick-fil-A grew from 184 stores and $100 million to 2,100 stores and $6.8 billion and became one of the most iconic brands of our time.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Robinson discuss:
- The intertwining of branding and organizational culture is crucial for success
- Branding and culture strategies at Chick-fil-A were discussed by Steve Robinson
- The company's purpose includes a spiritual mission of glorifying God.
- The foundational principles that are non-negotiable in business decisions
- Chick-fil-A's brand visibility was boosted by its first billboard in 1996, coinciding with the Summer Olympics
- Challenges in maintaining the founder's culture after their departure
- The importance of staying true to brand origins for sustainability
"That's the essence of the brand strategy at Chick-fil-A. We're going to treat people with honor, dignity, and respect. We have operators who are leaders, who are capable, instilling that kind of vision, attracting the kind of talent to pull that off, to deliver that promise in a genuine, authentic way. ” — Steve Robinson
Connect with Steve Robinson:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srobinsonconsulting/
Website: https://srobinsonconsulting.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
This is a classic re-run of my episode with Joanne Mathews.
Joanne offers her clients all the skills and experience she gained in her 20-year career as a marketing and sales executive. She finds her bliss in helping teams and leaders grow, communicate, and achieve. She facilitates team building and communications workshops with organizations interested in developing a true competitive advantage. She also works one-on-one with leaders who communicate in a way that brings about real change. Some of her recent clients include Central Oregon Community College, Deschutes Brewery, AmeriCorps VISTA, NAVIS, HydroFlask, TEDxBend, and the Deschutes Land Trust.
Joanne graduated from UCLA with an Economics degree and began her career in residential property management. After her next stop in corporate recruiting, she went back to school, earning her MBA from UC Davis, emphasizing marketing, and market research. She then landed a position in product development at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. She enjoyed 17 years at Schwab in a variety of positions, most recently as Chief of Staff to the President of Schwab Institutional, and as National Vice President of the Schwab Advisor Network.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joanne discuss:
- What you say and present and how you create a connection to it.
- Creating a captive audience and using it as a way to bring about change.
- The look and direction of public speaking in the future.
- Follow your intuition on what information needs to be presented to the audience and ways to deliver it.
Key Takeaways:
- What is the goal? What is the result I want to see? Develop a plan to answer those questions.
- You cannot over-rehearse your presentation or speech. The more you practice and the more you know about the information you are presenting the more comfortable you will be.
- Be authentic and in the flow but do not memorize your material verbatim.
- Tell a story that invokes intrigue within your audience.
"Get into the heads of your audience, you need to go where they are, and bring them along with you." — Joanne Mathews
Connect with Joanne Mathews:
Website: JMathewsConsulting.com
Facebook: jmathewsconsulting.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joanne-mathews-public-speaking
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the rapid advancements in AI and the fear of being left behind in the business world, then you are not alone! The struggle to keep up with AI tools and the worry about becoming obsolete can be paralyzing. The pressure to adapt to this new technological landscape is real, and it's time to find the right path forward.
About Thomas Ryan:
Thomas Ryan, CEO and founder of Bigly Sales, is a visionary leader reshaping the sales landscape through innovative AI solutions. With a background in staffing and executive experience at Workbeast LLC, Thomas identified the need for streamlined sales processes in the evolving market. His journey from the staffing industry to the forefront of AI-driven sales reflects his dedication to leveraging technology, evident in Bigly Sales' cutting-edge tools for Lead Generation and customizable landing pages. Thomas's commitment to efficiency and client appreciation positions Bigly Sales as a trailblazer in the tech industry, showcasing his ongoing dedication to enhancing the sales experience through the power of artificial intelligence.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Thomas Ryan discuss:
- The Impact of AI on Business Operations: Gain insights into how AI is revolutionizing workflow efficiency and decision-making processes in organizations.
- Implementing AI Tools in Sales Processes: Discover how to leverage AI to optimize sales strategies and enhance customer interactions for improved conversion rates.
- Enhancing Cybersecurity with AI: Learn how AI is transforming cybersecurity for businesses, providing advanced threat detection and proactive defense mechanisms.
- Accessible AI for Smaller Companies: Explore the possibilities of integrating AI solutions into the operations of smaller businesses, leveling the playing field with larger competitors.
- The Evolution of AI Technology Capabilities: Uncover the latest advancements in AI technology and how they are reshaping the business landscape.
"I think the best skill you can use is how to use AI right now.”
“The revolution is here. We need to be on board.”
— Thomas Ryan
Connect with Thomas Ryan:
Website URL: https://biglysales.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biglysales/ (902 followers)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR120Q_VlAzeoa1QSGU8gGA (499 Subscribers)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiglySales01 / (1.3 K followers)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-ryan-5302751 / (3359 followers)
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
If you're feeling the pressure of fostering organizational growth but struggling to retain top talent, then you are not alone! Despite efforts to envision a future of employee longevity, the allure of the gig economy and the fast-paced market creates challenges. The need to align individual aspirations with the organizational vision, cultivate a culture of continuous personal and professional development, and redefine roles to resonate with evolving interests and skills is more crucial than ever. However, the disconnect between vision and strategy may be hindering this goal.
About Claire Chandler:
President and Founder of Talent Boost, Claire Chandler specializes in aligning HR and business leaders so they can deliver strategic outcomes... both today and in the future. She taps into over 25 years of experience in people leadership, human resources, and business ownership to help leadership teams work together more effectively in less time, with less cultural resistance, so they can accelerate their business growth. Claire holds a certificate in strategic HR leadership from Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, a master’s degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree from Fairfield University. She has appeared as a guest on over 100 podcasts and is the author of several books on leadership and business strategy.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Claire Chandler discuss:
- Aligning vision and strategy optimizes organizational performance and drives sustainable growth.
- Fostering a culture of belonging at work enhances employee engagement and productivity.
- Overcoming challenges in employee retention strategies secures talent and strengthens team continuity.
- Building a resilient organizational culture cultivates adaptability and fortifies against disruptions.
- Leadership development and personal growth empower individuals to drive impactful change.
"Jot it down on a post-it note your A-players, because you can then build around that and see what does make them different, what makes them special.” — Claire Chandler
Connect with Claire Chandler:
Website URL: https://www.clairechandler.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairechandlersphr/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Claire_Talent
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYpMhSpzxANcreairxMzM0bKAJuceGnNT
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a surprising twist, Catherine Bell, a successful entrepreneur and business leader, reveals how numerology, astrology, and the Enneagram are shaping the future of leadership and team dynamics. Uncover how these ancient traditions are being woven into modern business practices to enhance self-awareness and nurture genuine relationships. Join in to discover the unexpected connection between intuition and business success with Catherine Bell. Don't miss out on this eye-opening exploration of unconventional leadership strategies. Ready to unlock the power of ancient wisdom in the modern business world? Stay tuned for more.
About Catherine Bell:
Catherine Bell is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, and best-selling business author. Catherine founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search and team transformation company. As a top 200 growing company in Canada, top 10 in Alberta, and the best workplace, BluEra was a shining example of the Awakened Company System in action. With the sale of BluEra to DHR, Catherine now focuses on awakening the fire within organizations through Strategy with Soul consulting as founder and CEO of The Awakened Company. In 2022, Catherine was identified as one of the top 10 innovative CEOs revamping the future by Inc. Magazine.
Author of The Awakened Company, Catherine’s revolutionary business book was awarded the Nautilus Book Awards in Business & Leadership, was a best seller one week after its release, a best-seller on Amazon, and was chosen as “8 of The Best Leadership Books of 2015”, and recognized as a top book combining business and mindfulness. Catherine has been published in Fortune, HBR, Profit, Conscious Company Magazine, and Women of Influence and has written for the UN.
She has worked around the globe from the UK to Cuba and with Fortune 500 companies to serial entrepreneurs. Catherine has an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University, a sociology degree from Western University, is certified in the Enneagram, and is a yoga instructor. She recently just stepped down from her role as a Jarislowsky Co-Fellow at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
Catherine now consults all over the world on how to create Awakened Companies. The Awakened Company aims to Awaken The Fire within Organizations with passion, purpose, and playfulness.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Catherine Bell discuss:
- Developing Genuine Connections: Unlocking the power of genuine connections for personal and professional fulfillment.
- Cultivating Self-Awareness: Harnessing the transformative potential of self-awareness for personal growth and success.
- Utilizing Numerology and Intuition: Harnessing the power of numerology and intuition to make informed and insightful decisions.
- Understanding Enneagram Types: Gaining insight into Enneagram types to optimize team dynamics and collaboration.
- Shaping Organizational Culture: Leading the way in shaping organizational culture to foster a thriving and cohesive work environment.
"The highest performing leaders are those that are self-aware. So the Enneagram teaches leaders how to be more self-aware and more present. It really is a roadmap for how do we be more present in our lives when we see, when we're acting from default?” — Catherine Bell
Connect with Catherine Bell:
Website URL: https://awakenedcompany.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bellcatherine/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/awakenedcompany/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theawakenedcompany/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/awakenedcompany
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AwakenedCompany/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Discover the unexpected truth behind successful delegation and scaling a business. You won't believe the counterintuitive advice from a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple companies worth over half a billion dollars. Get ready to uncover the surprising key to unlocking unprecedented growth and freedom in your business. But be prepared, as this revelation will challenge everything you thought you knew about delegation and leadership. Stay tuned to find out how this unconventional approach can revolutionize the way you run your business and pave the way for your company's future success.
About Brian Will:
Brian Will is a serial entrepreneur who has created or co-created seven very successful companies in four different industries over the last thirty-five years. These companies were worth over half a billion dollars at their peak. His first business was a 10-year stint in the landscaping industry that he started when he was twenty years old. This was followed by three online internet start-up companies during the dot.com boom of the late nineties and early 2000s.
Today, Brian owns a growing chain of restaurants in the Atlanta area as well as an Insurance and Technology company based in Denver and a residential and commercial Real Estate business in Georgia and Florida. He also serves on the city council in his hometown of Alpharetta, Georgia. Brian is an industry-leading Business and Sales Management Consultant to companies from startups to Fortune 500. During his career, Brian has done multiple turnaround projects and helped those organizations drive billions of dollars in sales. His multifaceted background gives him the ability to understand and teach agile processes and principles and articulate their implications from multiple perspectives, from the development team to the executive board.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Brian Will discuss:
- Overcoming Challenges: Mastering the Art of Business Resilience
- Harnessing Technology: Optimizing Efficiency and Productivity
- Embracing Advancements: Staying Ahead in the Digital Age
- Leading Across Generations: Navigating Diverse Leadership Styles
- Empowering Growth: Streamlining Success through Effective Delegation
"The secret to scaling your business is hidden not in working more, but in mastering the art of delegation, thereby unlocking unprecedented growth and freedom.” — Brian Will
Connect with Brian Will:
Website URL: http://www.brianwillmedia.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDropoutMM
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedropoutmm/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-will-07823b6/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxoxEUCYLFWi90uRiEuW09A
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Do you want to achieve success and balance by prioritizing personal fulfillment? Discover the solution as we delve into Peter Schroeder's journey of resilience and innovation, where he transformed from a burned-out DJ to the visionary founder of a successful phone company. Join us to uncover profound insights on how adversities can catalyze transformative business strategies and personal growth.
About Peter Schroeder:
Peter Schroeder is a groundbreaking force in music, entrepreneurship, and technology. As a multi-award-winning DJ and visionary founder of Telzio, a unified communications company, he has redefined work and communication, making tasks seamless and efficient.
With over two decades of innovation, Peter has collaborated with industry giants like Facebook, Samsung, and Airbnb.
From a young age, Peter captivated audiences as a radio host and appeared on popular TV shows in Denmark. He founded Scandinavia's largest artist community at just 14 years old, later selling it to pursue his passion for music. As one of Denmark's top DJs, he earned over 20 platinum records, 40 gold records, and a triple nomination for the prestigious Danish DJ awards.
Despite challenges, including surviving a plane crash and embracing fatherhood with twins, Peter's spirit knows no bounds, inspiring those around him.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Peter Schroeder discuss:
- Overcoming adversity and thriving: Peter Schroeder's journey of resilience.
- Creating a successful phone company with minimal investment: A blueprint for entrepreneurial success.
- Thriving in competition: Pelzio's approach to rivaling larger companies.
- Mastering prioritization and avoiding burnout: Key to sustainable success.
- Nurturing personal fulfillment and self-care: The ultimate path to balance and achievement.
"If someone tells me no or tells me this cannot be done, then it fuels me. And I'm definitely going to show you that it can be done. There's no doubt about it.” — Peter Schroeder
Connect with Peter Schroeder:
Website URL: https://peterschroeder.com/ and https://telzio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petefox/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peterrankschroeder
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterrankschroeder/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peterrankschroeder/streams
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Uncover the secrets of shamanism as a powerful toolkit for enhancing intuition and accessing mystical realms. Follow Rachel White on a journey of spiritual exploration, but be prepared for unexpected twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat, longing for more. Are you ready to tap into the full potential of your intuition and embrace the mysterious world of shamanic practices?
About Rachel White:
Known as “The Skeptical Shaman”, Rachel White is an unusual spiritual practitioner. Blending more than 25 years of high-level corporate innovation and strategy experience with a deep knowledge of the world of woo, Rachel is making waves with the “crystal hippy people” with her fresh, pragmatic take on spiritual development.
Rachel is the host of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, the Owner of TOTEM Readings—her Austin, TX-based spiritual practice-- the author and publisher of the TOTEM Tarot Deck, and the purveyor of TOTEM Flower Essences on her TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy Shop. She is also the author of the TOTEM Readings Substack, an engaging community that challenges preconceived notions of what it means to “be spiritual”.
Rachel is married to her Chef husband, Bradford, and they take care of their wolf-dog in beautiful Austin, TX. In her spare time, she maintains her organic garden, “researches” micro-dosing, and writes all about the mystical and esoteric.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rachel White discuss:
- Explore the profound impact of shamanism on intuition development.
- Discover the strategic advantages of integrating intuition into corporate decision-making.
- Uncover the transformative power of shamanic practices in nurturing intuitive abilities.
- Delve into the mystical dimensions of shamanism for enriching spiritual experiences.
- Embrace the significance of playfulness and openness in enhancing shamanic practice.
"The more you learn, the less you know. There's really truth to that. ” — Rachel White
Connect with Rachel White:
Website URL: https://www.totemreadings.com
Social media handles: https://linktr.ee/totemrach
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a moment that would change everything, Misha Rubin sat among colleagues and heard a quiet voice urging a departure from the corporate path. This unexpected twist in Misha's story led to a courageous leap, ultimately shaping the development of the Career Leap Method. What could have prompted such a drastic change? The answer lies in Misha's compelling journey of self-discovery and purpose-driven career choices.
About Misha Rubin:
Misha Rubin is a career educator and CEO of The Career Leap. His mission is to facilitate meaningful intentional changes at work and in life. He helps executives and professionals reinvent careers, find dream jobs, and thrive at work.
He was a Partner at Ernst & Young, where he spent 15 fruitful years of his career. He sold and managed hundreds of millions worth of projects and guided the careers of hundreds of professionals.
His 20-year corporate experience, personal quest for meaning, and work with hundreds, birthed The Career Leap method, a guided actionable inquiry that is structured for you to discover and pursue your next career move. Misha has worked with hundreds to reinvent their careers, start new businesses, and re-energize their lives.
Born and raised in Ukraine, Misha is on the board of Worldwide Orphans (WWO), a non-profit that supports children at risk globally, and in 2022 he founded Children of Ukraine to support children with trauma during and post Russian invasion. Misha received the 2022 Humanitarian Award for his work in Ukraine. Misha is an adoptive parent of 3. He is the recording artist of “Are We Ready”, an album of his original songs, which was released in 2013 under the artist name Misha Lyuve.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Misha Rubin discuss:
- Exploring the alignment between career development and personal values to achieve fulfillment in your professional life.
- Discovering the significance of self-discovery and exploration in various career paths for informed decision-making.
- Recognizing the crucial role of managers in supporting and nurturing individual career growth and development.
- Strategizing intentional career shifts by making informed choices for meaningful professional advancement.
- Embracing The Career Leap Method as a transformative approach for achieving meaningful and fulfilling career changes.
"Exploration is risk-free. If you do a thorough exploration, you can actually eliminate a lot of risks and fears.” — Misha Rubin
Connect with Misha Rubin:
Website URL: thecareerleap.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misharubin/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Do you want to reach your full potential and live with purpose? Discover the keys to unlocking your personal and professional growth with our guest, Ciara Stockeland. Learn how to live intentionally and pursue challenging objectives to achieve your desired outcome. Join us as we explore the path to success through intentional living and pursuing ambitious goals.
About Ciara Stockeland:
Ciara Stockeland is an author, speaker, and 3x Ironman. She has owned and operated businesses since her early teens. As a serial entrepreneur, her business mindset and tenacity led her to open her first shop in 2006 which she then franchised.
Her vast experience in both retail and wholesale industries led her to launch the first-to-market wholesale subscription box for boutique retailers, which she built and sold within 18 months.
Ciara has been recognized as a Small Business Champion through SCORE, has held a seat on the United States Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council, and is a Profit First Certified Coach. Through her coaching program, Ciara strives to motivate business owners to build profitability and peace of mind in their businesses.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ciara Stockeland discuss:
- Mastering the art of intentional living to unlock personal and professional growth.
- Cultivating unbreakable mental strength for unparalleled success in all endeavors.
- Embracing delegation to empower your team and drive entrepreneurial success.
- Achieving seamless work-life integration for enhanced productivity and fulfillment.
- Trusting and empowering your team members to propel your business to new heights.
"You have the tools that you need to get started. So don't listen today and think, 'Oh my goodness, she's so far beyond, like I can never attain that. I can't get there.' Write down all the tools that you have, things that you have in your toolbox today, and then just one by one start adding to that toolbox and checking it off. ” — Ciara Stockeland
Connect with Ciara Stockeland:
Website URL: https://www.ciarastockeland.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciarastockeland/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciarastockeland
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Embark on an emotional journey with Massoud Alibakhsh as he unveils the unexpected twist in his quest to revolutionize industries through AI. Witness the transformative impact of AI on traditional programming through Massoud's unique approach, and be prepared to be inspired by the potential for innovation. But the story doesn't end here... there's more to Massoud's vision that will leave you eager for the next chapter in his groundbreaking exploration of AI's impact on industries.
About Massoud Alibakhsh:
Massoud is a tech entrepreneur with a background in electrical engineering and computer science. He's currently leading the task of creating the next revolution in human and machine communication at Xeba Technologies. From 2000 to 2018 Massoud was founder, CEO, and chief architect for one of the first cloud-based, medical practice management, and electronic health record systems marketed under the NueMD brand.
NueMD was a small offshoot startup that survived the dot com era and grew from a handful of talents to over 250 employees when it was acquired in 2018. Today it is part of Global Payment Network, a Fortune 500 company. Creating multiple software technology startups & building comprehensive operations consisting of production, marketing, sales, support, implementation, and administration has given him a true and unique insight into the fundamental challenges and the urgent need for optimal and synchronized communication, especially in tech-producing organizations.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Massoud Alibakhsh discuss:
- Understanding the transformative impact of AI on industries.
- Insights into the potential of large language models in AI.
- How AI is revolutionizing education for the future.
- The power of intelligent systems and object messaging in AI.
- The automation and optimization capabilities of AI in workflows.
"I'm an engineer. I build things, but not aimlessly. I aim to make life easier for humans, for people, for us. And I think technology needs to be at our service. ” — Massoud Alibakhsh
Connect with Massoud Alibakhsh:
Website URL: www.xeba.tech
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/massoud-alibakhsh-7b139753/
Visit the Omadeus AI Website: www.xeba.tech
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a world where AI and human potential collide, one visionary entrepreneur's journey takes an unexpected turn. His quest to harness the power of technology leads to a revelation that challenges conventional wisdom. As the story unfolds, a compelling narrative emerges, offering a tantalizing glimpse into a future where human ingenuity and AI coexist in harmony. What could this revelation mean for the future of business and society?
About Sam Sammane:
Sam Sammane is a distinguished entrepreneur and thought leader in life sciences and AI. He co-founded innovative companies like Garmen, Labofine, American Testing Lab, Tetnamus Labs of America, and TheoSym. Renowned for his mastery of GMP, Inspection, Testing, and automated reasoning, Sam has been instrumental in scaling numerous businesses. As an author, his upcoming book explores the dynamic interplay between AI, the economy, and the future of jobs, offering profound insights rooted in his extensive experience and deep understanding of technology and business landscapes. Based in Irvine, California, Sam’s multilingual proficiency including English and French, enhances his global business reach. His work in research, authorship, and content creation in books, videos, and web media is well-acknowledged, especially his capability to develop and conceptualize new companies and innovative concepts.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sam Sammane discuss how to:
- Understand the Societal Impact of AI: Gain insights into the far-reaching effects of AI on society and its implications for various industries.
- Explore the Mental Health Implications of AI: Delve into the psychological and emotional aspects of AI's influence on mental well-being and coping strategies in the digital age.
- Balance Technology and Human Connection: Discover effective ways to harmonize technological advancements with maintaining meaningful human connections in a digitized world.
- Navigate Financial Management in the Age of AI: Learn to adapt financial strategies to the evolving landscape of AI and its impact on economic systems and business operations.
- Embrace the Role of Intuition in AI: Recognize the significance of intuition in decision-making processes involving AI technologies and its influence on effective problem-solving.
"What's impressive is not that the machine became human-like. What's impressive is how humans have become like machines in the last 50 years, doing things that are repetitive without thinking. So somehow technology now will give us back our human intelligence.” — Sam Sammane
Visit Sam’s Website for FREE courses and business guides: www.sammane.com
Visit Sam’s Newsletter TRELEXA - Technology R - Research E - Exploration L - Learning E - Engineering X - X-factor A- Analysis: https://www.sammane.com/trelexa
Watch out for Sam’s upcoming book: “The Singularity Of Hope: AI Guide For Jobs And Prosperity”
Connect with Sam Sammane:
Website URL: www.sammane.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-sammane-ba192720
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
If you're feeling trapped in a cycle of endless work and unfulfilled accomplishments, then you are not alone! You may already be taking on more responsibilities, seeking external validation, and sacrificing your well-being in the process. Instead of finding fulfillment and purpose, you may be feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and dissatisfied with your professional endeavors. By infusing intuition, heart, and soul into your work, you can break free from this cycle and experience enhanced personal fulfillment and professional alignment.
About Tirzah Shirai:
Tirzah Shirai started a business out of pure necessity after she hit a lull in paychecks as an Award-Winning Film Director and had less than $1,000 to her name. Though she started Blinkbar out of need, she quickly grew the company from $0 - $30M in 5 years as she applied her skill for storytelling with her ability to paint a big vision and develop a strategy to get there.
Tirzah is a YPO member, featured in Forbes, Good Morning America, and NYT.
Tirzah experienced growing from almost nothing and a childhood of poverty to a quick rise of amazing successes in both the business and film world. This put her in rooms with other high-achievers who were “hustling” their way to a dream. And it was through that proximity that she realized, that most successful people are not living the good life everyone thinks they are.
What is the difference between those who were happy and those who weren’t? It wasn’t the business they built, but who they were while they did it.
Tirzah has now stepped away from a 30M company to focus on the Venusian School Of Business, a place for light-seeking entrepreneurs to step out of the antiquated journey of entrepreneurship to create a purpose-centered business that calls you to align your potential and tap into a wellspring of abundance in a way that feels good along the way.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tirzah Shirai discuss:
- Infusing intuition, heart, and soul into professional endeavors to heighten fulfillment and success.
- Overcoming societal expectations and aligning with the true purpose for unparalleled fulfillment and achievement.
- Addressing the disconnection between the modern workplace and society to foster a more harmonious and productive environment.
- Embracing intuition, heart, and soul in the business world to unlock untapped potential and drive innovation.
- Realigning and reinventing in response to societal changes to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving business landscape.
"I've always been a very spiritual person, but until 2020, my spiritual and type A hardworking worlds were very separate. They collided, and I realized I'll never be able to untangle this mess again.” — Tirzah Shirai
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tirzah Shirai:
Website URL: thevenusianschoolofbusiness.com | Wearehoneymilk.com
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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Do you want to successfully offload your small business and maximize your profits? I will reveal the key to achieving this desired outcome, allowing you to transition to the next phase of your career with confidence. Are you eager to secure a lucrative deal when selling your small business? I will equip you with the essential knowledge and strategies needed to make a profitable sale.
About Paul Spradling:
As the co-founder of Pacifica Advisors, named one of the top 25 investment banks in 2022 by Axial, Paul Spradling is in charge of strategy and helping hundreds of businesses exit and get growth capital investors. Paul’s business portfolio runs the gamut from raising over $350 million in capital before the age of 30 to working on transactions with the largest names - Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs to name a few. Today, the majority of business Paul conducts is from direct relationships, utilizing a direct angle approach, only working with a handful of investors that tend to always execute.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Paul Spradling discuss:
- Mastering the Art of Selling Small Businesses: Uncover the secrets to maximizing profits and navigating the selling process with ease.
- Unlocking the Secrets of Small Business Valuation: Learn the key factors that determine the true value of your business and how to leverage them for maximum gain.
- Perfect Timing: The Critical Aspect of Selling a Business: Discover the optimal timing strategies for selling your business to secure the best deal possible.
- Navigating Industry Impact on Business Valuation: Gain insights into how industry dynamics can significantly influence the valuation of your business, and how to use this knowledge to your advantage.
- Finding the Right Buyer: Uncover the essential tactics for identifying and attracting the ideal buyer for your small business, ensuring a seamless and profitable transition.
"More money is not always the best thing. Ask a lot of questions, see their synergies, and make sure they have the same vision for your business as you do.” — Paul Spradling
Connect with Paul Spradling:
Website URL: https://www.pacificaadvisors.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pacificaadvisors/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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What if drawing could unlock your team's creativity and enhance communication in meetings? Join us as Sarah Spencer, a master facilitator and graphic recorder, reveals her unique process of visual storytelling. But be warned, as Sarah draws people into a world of creativity, there's one question that remains unanswered: Can they harness the power of visual storytelling before it's too late?
About Sarah Spencer:
Sarah Spencer excels at simplifying complexity through her unique visualizing skills, enabling her to convey organizational culture engagements as a visual story. With a diverse background as a published illustrator, writer, award-winning designer, creative workshop facilitator, graphic facilitator, and culture expert, Sarah offers invaluable expertise to organizations seeking to capture their culture through captivating visual representations that showcase growth and engagement.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sarah Spencer discuss how to:
- Master the Power of Visual Storytelling: Unleash the potential of visual narratives for effective communication and engagement in meetings.
- Create a Comfortable Meeting Space: Enhance productivity and collaboration by crafting an environment that fosters open communication and creativity.
- Achieve Tangible Outcomes: Learn to translate ideas into concrete results, driving productivity and effectiveness in business meetings.
- Visualize Values for Communication: Harness the power of visual representation to convey and reinforce core business values in meetings.
- Build and Prototype for Creativity: Embrace a mindset of experimentation and innovation, leading to enhanced creativity and problem-solving in business settings.
"In a meeting, the ambiance of the space can either hinder or stifle creative juices. Creating the optimal learning space involves considering factors like lighting, room setup, and providing a comfortable environment that allows people to feel safe to take risks and be vulnerable.” — Sarah Spencer
Connect with Sarah Spencer:
Website URL: 26-letters.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/26lettersaz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/26letters/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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Does this sound familiar? You've been told to implement various marketing strategies, but they seem to fall flat, leaving you with lackluster outcomes and disengaged customers. The pain of investing time and resources into these ineffective actions without seeing the desired results can be frustrating. But what if there was a way to break free from this cycle? By embracing AI-assisted marketing tools, you can enhance your strategies and finally achieve improved outcomes and increased customer engagement.
About Lindsey Anderson:
Lindsey Anderson is a master business coach, a 20+ year digital marketing business owner, a best-selling author, and a podcast host. She is the founder and CEO of The Build And Monetize Agency, the premier marketing agency for coaches. With her in-depth knowledge of lead generation and conversion, Lindsey excels in using cutting-edge technology like ChatGPT to help coaches create high-converting enrollment systems for their coaching programs.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lindsey Anderson discuss how to:
- Enhance your marketing strategies and boost ROI with AI-assisted tools.
- Unlock the potential of Chat GPT as a virtual assistant to streamline your marketing operations.
- Infuse your AI-generated content with a human touch to captivate and engage your audience.
- Understand the challenges and limitations of Chat GPT to optimize its use in your marketing efforts.
- Strike the perfect balance between automation and human connection for impactful marketing campaigns.
"ChatGPT is like having an intern or a team member. You need to communicate clearly and step-by-step, providing guidance and feedback to get the desired outcomes. ” — Lindsey Anderson
Connect with Lindsey Anderson:
Website URL: lindseya.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildandmonetize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.lindsey.anderson/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thelindseyanderson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.lindsey.anderson
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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Uncover the power of a morning routine and witness the transformation as hypnotherapist Christina Woods guides individuals toward setting positive intentions, sparking a ripple effect of mindset shifts and improved interactions.
About Christina Woods:
Christina is a licensed RTT Therapist®, Clinical Hypnotherapist, AdvancedTheta Healer, Empowerment Coach, Reiki Master, and the CEO and Founder of Wise Woods. She combines her background in corporate leadership, along with her life experiences in dealing with trauma and abandonment to empower other women to trust their intuition and set themselves free of self-doubt.
She has been honing her intuition and spiritual and energy practice throughout her entire life, and it is this experience, knowledge, and wisdom that she brings to every client. Through deep hypnotherapy and coaching work, she empowers women to shed old programming, so they can live the life they deserve.
Christina wants everyone to stop looking outside for what they need and instead look inside themselves so they can live a life full of deep meaning, and potential.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christina Woods discuss how to:
- Boost productivity and energy levels with an effective morning routine.
- Experience greater focus and clarity by setting powerful intentions for the day.
- Transform your mindset and unlock your potential for personal growth and success.
- Explore diverse holistic therapy approaches to enhance your overall well-being.
- Tap into the power of your beliefs to create positive shifts and manifest your desires.
"When you start to connect to your intuition, there is just a sense of freedom to be your authentic self, a sense of freedom like, I don't necessarily need to over-explain or justify. It's like, this is who I am. ” — Christina Woods
Connect with Christina Woods:
Website: https://christinalwoods.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christina.lwoods
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christinalwoodsvaron/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinawoodsvaron/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a world where leadership is constantly put to the test, one woman's journey unveils a surprising twist. Vanessa Judelman, a renowned expert in leadership development, has faced the challenges of the rapidly changing business landscape head-on. But what happens when the teacher becomes the student? Brace yourself as Vanessa discovers a hidden path that leads to a revelation no one saw coming. Get ready to witness a transformation that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about leadership.
About Vanessa Judelman:
Vanessa Judelman is the President of Mosaic People Development. For over 20 years, Vanessa has been helping clients to develop leaders who inspire great results. She is a speaker, facilitator, leadership consultant, and certified executive coach.
Having worked “in the trenches” herself as a leader, she teaches her clients a very practical approach to leadership that she has used to develop her own high-performing teams.
Over the years, she has trained and coached thousands of people to transition from “doers” to leaders. She works with leaders to give them the tools and strategies they need to feel confident, be more self-aware, be team-focused, and be strategic.
She’s authored a book - 'Mastering Leadership - What It Takes To Lead In Today's Fast-Paced World'- about leadership and led her own teams.
Vanessa has had the privilege of developing leaders in organizations like Campbells Soup, The United Nations, HelloFresh, SickKids, and the Bank of Montreal.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Vanessa Judelman discuss how to:
- Maximize leadership potential and drive success in rapidly changing business environments.
- Overcome the unique challenges of managing hybrid work environments for increased productivity and employee satisfaction.
- Understand and communicate the return on investment (ROI) of leadership development initiatives to secure buy-in from stakeholders.
- Recognize leadership as an essential, not just a nice-to-have, for driving organizational growth and innovation.
- Foster a culture of shared responsibility for leadership development to cultivate a thriving and resilient workforce.
"Leaders need help managing their teams and navigating their businesses amid the dynamic environment. Investing in leadership development is crucial for success.” — Vanessa Judelman
Connect with Vanessa Judelman:
Website URL: https://www.mosaicpd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessajudelman/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MosaicPeopleDevelopment
IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessajudelman/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MosaicPD
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
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Join host Dean Newlund as he explores the transformative power of fiction for leaders with Melanie Bell, the founder of Leaders Who Fiction, who seeks to convert non-readers into leaders by delving into the gray area of leadership through the lens of captivating storytelling.
About Melanie Bell:
Melanie Bell is the Co-Founder of Strategic Piece, a company that helps B2B businesses generate outstanding revenue growth by bringing together their marketing, sales, and service teams around an information-driven customer experience built on the HubSpot platform.
Melanie is an active angel investor and mentors the student accelerator programs at Rice University's OwlSpark and the University of Houston's RED Labs. She was also the President of Marketing Interface, a company created in 2014 before Strategic Piece.
However, she is not only about marketing; Melanie founded Leaders Who Fiction while operating her marketing strategy and technology consulting firm. At Leaders Who Fiction, Bell is helping people acquire and develop leadership qualities through fiction reading and intellectual, business-oriented conversations centered around a selected novel.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Melanie Bell discuss how to:
- Enhance your leadership capabilities by harnessing the power of fiction.
- Develop your empathy skills by engaging with fictional stories.
- Tell stories to effectively lead and influence others authentically.
- Expand your skills and knowledge by reading and analyzing fiction.
- Discover the true value of fiction in your personal and professional growth.
"Reading fiction is great for leaders because it teaches, it builds empathy for others, and it causes the reader to draw connections and to think more broadly.” — Melanie Bell
Connect with Melanie Bell:
Website URL: https://www.leaderswhofiction.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieabell/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a world where many leaders overlook the importance of mental health, one CEO dared to break the mold. Brian Murray, the Chief Executive Officer at Ryan Companies, embarked on a journey that would forever change the workplace landscape. Little did he know, his personal struggles would become the driving force behind a movement that would transform the lives of his employees. But what was the unexpected twist that propelled Murray to become a champion for mental health? Stay tuned as we uncover the profound impact of his vulnerability and accountability on the Ryan Companies team.
About Brian Murray:
Brian Murray, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Ryan Companies, is responsible for overseeing the company's strategic initiatives, with a particular focus on organizational finances, operations, and administration. He joined Ryan in 2009, initially as Chief Financial Officer and later as Chief Operating Officer, where he led construction operations and shared services functions.
Brian actively engages with industry leaders through the Construction Industry Roundtable and serves as a board member of the PrairieCare Fund, promoting mental health awareness in schools. He also has a history of leadership, having been the former board chair of the Twin Cities Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, a college preparatory institution for under-resourced youth. His affiliations include the Construction Industry Roundtable, the PrairieCare Fund, and past roles on the boards of The Saint Paul Seminary, Saint John Vianney College Seminary, and the Catholic Community Foundation.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Brian Murray discuss how to:
- Cultivate a supportive workplace culture: Discover how to create an environment that fosters employee well-being and boosts team productivity.
- Empower leaders through empathy and vulnerability: Learn the transformative power of empathy and vulnerability in building strong and effective teams.
- Harness belief as a unifying force: Uncover how to inspire and rally your team around a shared vision, driving collaboration and success.
- The impact of mental health on leadership: Gain insights into the importance of prioritizing mental health in leadership to enhance individual and organizational performance.
- Open communication as a catalyst for success: Explore the benefits of fostering open and transparent communication in teams, leading to increased trust, innovation, and problem-solving.
"Good leadership looks and feels like serving others, being vulnerable and holding people accountable.” — Brian Murray
Connect with Brian Murray:
Website URL: https://www.ryancompanies.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-murray-07403829/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Are you tired of hearing about the latest fad diets and quick fixes, only to be left feeling frustrated and defeated? Have you been told that the key to better health lies in strict calorie counting and intense exercise regimens, yet you're still struggling to see any real results? If this sounds familiar, it's time to break free from the cycle of ineffective actions that only leave you feeling drained and discouraged. In this episode, we delve into the power of the Blue Zone Movement, a revolutionary approach to community health that focuses on sustainable lifestyle changes and holistic well-being. Say goodbye to empty promises and hello to a transformation that will leave you feeling empowered, fulfilled, and truly healthy.
About Todd LaPorte:
With more than 35 years of diverse healthcare experience, Todd LaPorte leads an integrated health system with six acute-care hospitals, numerous outpatient facilities, a research institute, and various community services impacting social determinants of health and military preparedness.
HonorHealth is Arizona’s seventh largest employer, with a presence throughout much of the growing Phoenix metropolitan area. For most of his twenty years at HonorHealth, Todd served as the CFO. In April 2017, he became the 10th CEO in more than 150 years of its legacy firm history.
Before joining HonorHealth, Todd held senior management roles for an international CPA firm that served Arizona healthcare clients, as well as clients in high-tech manufacturing and consumer services. He was also the CFO of a privately held healthcare company that served more than a half million Arizonans.
Todd is the current board chair for the Health System Alliance of Arizona, an association of the five largest healthcare systems throughout the State. He is a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership (a CEO advocacy group) and is a board member of Experience Scottsdale (a visitor’s bureau). He speaks frequently to Arizona State University MBA classes and community service organizations throughout the Valley of the Sun.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Todd LaPorte discuss how to:
- Discover the transformative power of the Blue Zone Movement and its impact on community health.
- Unlock the secrets to a successful personal health journey and proactively implement strategies for optimal well-being.
- Harness the power of collaboration and stakeholder involvement to drive positive change in community health.
- Gain insights into the importance of education and awareness for making healthy choices and promoting well-being.
- Learn the art of self-care and understand its profound impact on personal well-being and the overall health of the community.
"If we can improve the health of individuals, we can improve the economic health of the community.” — Todd LaPorte
Connect with Todd LaPorte:
Website URL: https://www.honorhealth.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-laporte-223611123/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Have you ever heard these myths about workplace inclusivity? Myth #1: Inclusivity is just another buzzword and doesn't impact organizational success. Myth #2: Hiring diverse talent means compromising on qualifications and skills. Myth #3: Inclusivity efforts only benefit underrepresented groups, neglecting the needs of the majority of employees. Stay tuned as Dr. James Pogue debunks these myths and reveals the truth about the importance of inclusivity in organizations.
About Dr. James Pogue:
Dr. Pogue provides thought leadership to leaders and organizations to push them to address Diversity, Inclusion, and Bias (DIBs)™; directly and significantly. As the President and CEO of JP Enterprises, he has spearheaded the development of The DIBs Model™, a critical component of the organization’s work and success. An outgrowth of research and grounded in theory, this model spawned the DIBs Assessment ™, a tool used to measure where an organization, team, or individual is on their diversity journey, thus providing the best opportunity for strategic recommendations and change.
Dr. Pogue is also the creator of The No-Nonsense Experience™, a diversity discussion series that leverages cohort learning and emergent best practices to keep participants in ‘The RIGHT Kind of Uncomfortable’™. Dr. Pogue supports leaders in making decisions that attract, engage, and retain talent at all levels; and deepens the learning around diversity, inclusion, and bias.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. James Pogue discuss how to:
- Enhance workplace productivity and innovation through a focus on inclusivity.
- Drive better customer satisfaction and loyalty by creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- Measure and track inclusivity to identify areas for improvement and set meaningful goals.
- Provide individualized coaching and professional development plans to support the growth and success of all employees.
- Foster senior leader buy-in for inclusivity to establish a culture of diversity from the top down.
"Equality is giving everyone the same thing, but equity is about giving people what they need to succeed. We can't expect everyone to thrive if we don't provide the necessary support and resources. ” — Dr. James Pogue
Connect with Dr. James Pogue:
Website URL: www.jamespogue.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-h-pogue-ph-d-4813338/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/JamesPoguePhD/?fref=ts&_rdc=1&_rdr
X/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesPoguePhD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamespoguephd/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In a world where James Fair seemed destined for mediocrity, an unexpected twist of fate sent him hurtling towards a transformative journey of personal growth. From the depths of low self-esteem and limited opportunities, he defied the odds and rose above his circumstances. But just as James thought he had conquered his demons, a new challenge emerged, threatening to unravel everything he had worked so hard for. Stay tuned as we delve into the gripping tale of James Fair's resilience and leadership, where the path to success takes an unexpected turn…
About James Fair:
With over 35 years of experience in IT, 30 years in Leadership, and a dozen years in the interpersonal workspace, James Fair combines his love for IT and cybersecurity with his passion for Leadership development.
Now, James teaches other IT professionals and IT Leaders how to be their best. He believes in creating high-performance teams through people-first focused leadership. From corporate teams to individual coaching, James leads with passion and purpose.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and James Fair discuss how to:
- Develop resilience by learning key strategies for personal transformation in leadership.
- Embrace change and confront fears to unlock personal growth and achieve success in your career.
- Discover the transformative power of rock-bottom moments and how they can propel you forward in your leadership journey.
- Harness the importance of intuition and decision-making to make impactful life choices that lead to personal and professional fulfillment.
- Build trust with your team through open dialogue and courageous conversations that foster collaboration and growth.
"If you take care of the people, everything else will follow. ” — James Fair
Connect with James Fair:
Website URL: https://www.executech.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmfair/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Executech/
X/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/executech
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/executech
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tricia Becker's journey towards purpose-driven living took an unexpected turn, propelling her into a deeper search for happiness and meaning. Life's challenges, including personal losses and health issues, became catalysts for her transformation. But it was during this transformative period that Tricia discovered a powerful process known as the superconscious recode. This process tapped into a field of information she refers to as Source God, allowing for a profound shift in emotional attachments to past events. Discover how Tricia's unique approach and deep understanding of the human experience can guide you toward a life of purpose, joy, and fulfillment.
About Tricia Becker:
After years of embracing the world of personal development, Tricia Becker, having worked with and studied mentors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Dr. Joe Dispenza, William Whitecloud, and Christopher Duncan, connected to the truth of her purpose.
Once Tricia learned the principles of intuition, she was able to tap into her innate power and experience this magnificent life she loves. Choosing to leave her successful career after 25+ years was the most rewarding thing she had ever done for herself. What had been viewed as a success by society turned out to be unfulfilling. The path she has created for her future is more rewarding and exciting than anything she had accomplished in her professional career as an artist.
The entirety of Tricia's work is known as the Journey Into Alchemy. It has been crafted as a personal trainer for men and women seeking a path to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life rooted in their own purpose. Connecting to the truth that joy lies within the journey is the foundational tool she practices and guides others to experience as well.
The motivation behind this revolutionary work has been the massive transformations, both for Tricia and others, as they move out of pain, trauma, and suffering to live a life full of happiness. Sharing this information, the processes, coursework, and tools with an international community is exhilarating and rewarding."
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tricia Becker discuss how to:
- Discover the power of purpose-driven living and unlock your true potential.
- Experience the transformative effects of the superconscious recode process and achieve unprecedented personal growth.
- Overcome fear and shift your mindset towards achieving your desired outcomes in life and career.
- Harness your inner creativity and become the creator of your own life, transforming challenges into opportunities.
- Unlock the key to fulfillment by focusing on what you love and finding joy in every aspect of your journey.
"The truth is in the proof. I teach from my own experience, and my own experience is incredibly vast and deep. ” — Tricia Becker
Connect with Tricia Becker:
Website URL: https://triciabecker.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tricia.becker15/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyintoalchemy/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@triciamagicalalchemist
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Does this sound familiar? Have you been told to simply face your fears in order to achieve personal and professional growth? But despite your efforts, you're still feeling stuck and unable to unlock the success and fulfillment you desire. The pain of pushing through fear without seeing the desired results can be discouraging and frustrating. It's time to shift your approach and discover the art of embracing fear as a catalyst for growth and learning.
About Gaurav Bhatnagar:
Co-Creation is a collaborative effort by Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas. They recently published their first book “Unfear” which aims to teach businesses and organizations how to have better synergy and relationships. A unique pair with a fascinating perspective on team building.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Gaurav Bhatnagar discuss how to:
- Discover the art of leveraging fear as a catalyst for progress and personal advancement.
- Gain insights into the transformative power of altering your fear perception for achievement and life satisfaction.
- Understand how to navigate fear and negativity in the workplace and convert it into a strength.
- Immerse invaluable strategies to manage fear, fostering resilience and emotional strength.
- Explore the critical role personal transformations can play in driving organizational success and well-being.
"Fear is a window into what we avoid. It holds valuable lessons that we can learn if we are willing to acknowledge it and understand where it shows up in our body. ” — Gaurav Bhatnagar
Connect with Gaurav Bhatnagar:
Website URL: https://cocreationpartners.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/co-creation-partners
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Do you want to unlock greater productivity and enhance your overall well-being while working remotely? Wondering how you can achieve these desirable outcomes? Look no further! Our guest, Sharon Koifman, is here to reveal the ultimate solution that will help you accomplish these goals. Get ready to discover the keys to skyrocketing your efficiency and enjoying a more fulfilling remote work experience.
About Sharon Koifman:
Sharon is a remote management expert, an author of the Amazon best-selling book, "Surviving Remote Work," and President of DistantJob, a unique recruitment agency geared specifically for finding full-time remote employees who work from all over the world. He is excited to talk about retention to B2B and technology decision-makers, and most importantly, building trust in remote work.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sharon Koifman discuss how to:
- Explore the keys to unlocking productivity while working from anywhere.
- Understand the pivotal role of supervisors in nurturing remote teams.
- Discover how to cultivate trust and a positive work culture, even from a distance.
- Delve into how differing personalities can flourish in a remote setting.
- Learn the significance of social involvement and maintaining work-life harmony even while working remotely.
"To be truly productive in the long term, focus not only on productivity but also on the mental health of your employees. Remote work can be incredibly productive and fulfilling if done right, but it can also lead to a miserable experience if neglected.” — Sharon Koifman
Surviving Remote Work: https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Remote-Work-Sharon-Koifman/dp/1777402905
Connect with Sharon Koifman:
Website URL: distantjob.com
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/KoifmanSharon
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/distantj/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Discover the astonishing secret that transformed a New York City startup's marketing strategy overnight. In a world saturated with uninspiring products, one man unlocked the power of primal storytelling and revolutionized the way businesses connect with their audience. Brace yourself for a mind-bending journey as we explore the incredible results of Anthony Butler's extraordinary experiment. Prepare to be captivated by the untold story behind his triumph, but be warned, the shocking twist will leave you craving for more.
About Anthony Butler:
Anthony Butler is the founder of the digital marketing agency Can-Do Ideas and the author of Primal Storytelling, Marketing for Humans. He is a highly regarded expert in brand storytelling and digital marketing. Anthony graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and the US Army Ranger School. He is a combat veteran and commanded an infantry company in Iraq during the invasion of Baghdad. He is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt and currently resides in Montana with his wife and two sons.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Anthony Butler discuss how to:
- Explore the transformative power of narrative-based marketing carved from our primal inclinations.
- Discover the essential quartet of story frameworks that can enrich your brand identity.
- Learn how prioritizing human relationships over SEO could redefine your digital marketing approach.
- Gain insights from successful storytelling examples spanning a wide spectrum of industries.
- Weigh the merits and drawbacks of employing Chat GPD for your writing needs.
"Instead of writing for search engines, let's create stories that are specifically for our audience to inform them about who we are, tell them where we're coming from, and what we're trying to do. So they're on board with us. They connect with us in a human way.” — Anthony Butler
Connect with Anthony Butler:
Website URL: www.primalstorytelling.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primalstorytelling
Instagram: @anthonylbutler (https://www.instagram.com/anthonylbutler/)
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-butler-964b404/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Unleash the power of LinkedIn as job seekers and thought leaders connect, optimize profiles, and navigate the delicate balance of showcasing their expertise without appearing desperate, sparking interest and potential action from employers.
About Donna Serdula:
Donna is the founder and president of Vision Board Media, a professional branding company that helps individuals and companies tell their unique stories on LinkedIn and beyond. Bringing dynamic brand storytelling to the masses and empowering people to dream big – that's the ink in her pen.
It's her Website LinkedIn-Makeover.com where she and her team of over 20 writers and coaches help people collide with opportunity and transform their lives via future-forward career branding.
She has authored two editions of LinkedIn Profile Optimization FOR DUMMIES. She's shared her LinkedIn expertise at global conferences, presented keynotes and workshops, and featured on a number of high-profile news outlets.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Donna Serdula discuss how to:
- Discover the consequential role of LinkedIn's algorithms in fostering visibility and stimulating engagement.
- Uncover the power of a gripping narrative for your LinkedIn profile.
- Gain a clear understanding of how to effectively harness LinkedIn, whether you're on a job hunt or aiming to elevate your status as a thought leader.
- Learn how to refine your LinkedIn profile to draw in the right kind of professional opportunities.
- Ascertain how to establish a strong network and position yourself as a thought leader on LinkedIn.
"Your LinkedIn profile is not your resume, it's a digital introduction and a first impression. Make it a professional manifesto that tells your story and makes people want to connect with you.” — Donna Serdula
Connect with Donna Serdula:
Website URL: https://www.linkedin-makeover.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todonna
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinkedInMakeover/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donnaserdula/
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/donnaserdula
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Discover the untapped potential of ex-military personnel in your organization as Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz reveals their exceptional work ethic, mission focus, and efficiency. But will the challenge of integrating them into civilian work cultures prove to be a roadblock? Find out how to bridge the gap and create strong, inclusive teams in this eye-opening conversation.
About Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz:
Retired LtCol Kathy Gallowitz grew up as a Navy ‘brat,’ served nearly 30 years as an Air Force Officer, and is married to an Army combat Veteran. She is the Founder & CEO of Vanguard Veteran, LLC, author of “Beyond ‘Thank You For Your Service,’ The Veteran Champion Handbook” for Civilians, and has Masters degrees in Nursing and Political Science. As an award-winning businesswoman with first-hand experience hiring Veterans, Kathy coaches employers to excel with Veteran-hiring in ways that boost company productivity and reduce turnover.
Her “Veteran Talent Academy” equips employers to find, hire, and leverage Veterans’ skill sets. Kathy also equips volunteer faith community leaders to build Military Ministries to cultivate mutual support, a sense of belonging, and spiritual resiliency for military-connected people.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz discuss how to:
- Dive deep into the latent potential of ex-military individuals in business settings.
- Grapple with the complexities faced by veterans while blending into civilian jobs.
- Familiarize yourself with the profits and misconceived notions of employing ex-military personnel.
- Unlock insights into the underemployment issue veterans face and tactics to overcome it.
- Examine how to make military and civilian work environments synergize for reciprocal learning.
"Veterans bring a level of discipline, teamwork, and mission focus that is essential in any workforce. ” — Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz
Connect with Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz:
Website URL: https://vanguardveteran.start.page
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vanguard-veteran-llc/?viewAsMember=true
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VanguardVet
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2fg-2idCgf-QUoZ4zZ9Y6Q
“Beyond ‘Thank you For Your Service:’ the Veteran Champion handbook for civilians” on Amazon: https://bit.ly/BeyondThankYouForYourService
Women Who Lead: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/137542143253
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Does this sound familiar? You're a leader or manager in an organization, struggling to manage meetings and foster team collaboration. You've been told to take charge and lead from the front, but it often leads to disengagement and a lack of input from your team. The pain of feeling like you're shouldering all the responsibility and not getting the desired results is overwhelming. But there's a better way to balance leading and collaboration, and it starts with understanding the role of facilitation in leadership.
About Marsha Acker:
Marsha is the founder and CEO of TeamCatapult, a respected and sought-after leadership development firm that equips leaders at all levels to facilitate and lead sustainable behavioral change. She partners with leaders and leadership teams to clarify their desired change, develop communicative competence, and think together - accessing their collective intelligence to bring about change.
TeamCatapult is a partner to mid-size start-ups and global Fortune 500 companies across sectors like entertainment, game development, banking, insurance, healthcare, communications, government, information technology, consumer goods, and retail.
Marsha Acker is an executive & leadership team coach, author, speaker, facilitator, and host of the Defining Moments of Leadership Podcast. Marsha is unparalleled at helping leaders identify and break through stuck patterns of communication that get in the way of high performance. She is known internationally as a facilitator of meaningful conversations, a host of dialogue, and a passionate agilest. She is the author of The Art and Science of Facilitation: How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams and Build Your Model for Leading Change: A Guided Workbook To Catalyze Clarity And Confidence In Leading Yourself And Others.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Marsha Acker discuss how to:
- Unlock the secret to maximizing productivity and enjoyment through better meeting management.
- Explore the crucial role of facilitative leadership in encouraging collaboration.
- Scrutinize how decision-making processes morph the effectiveness of your meetings.
- Tackle behavioral model conflicts in meetings for fruitful conversations and diverse ideas.
- Develop acute clarity, robust preparation, and smooth facilitation for superior meetings.
"Facilitation is a magical skill that brings clarity, engagement, and meaningful conversations to your team.” — Marsha Acker
Connect with Marsha Acker:
Website URL: http://www.teamcatapult.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsha-acker-3486a72/
X (Twitter): @marshaacker
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Discover the stark cultural differences in leadership styles between the Middle East and the West. From relationship building in Saudi Arabia to efficiency in the West, find out how these contrasting approaches impact teamwork and decision-making. But what happens when a leader finds themselves caught between these two worlds, with no clear path forward? Stay tuned to find out...
About Irene Riad:
Irene is the Founder of SIGHTcet, The Self-Mastery Coaching Institute. She is a Speaker, ICF PCC Executive, and Systemic Team Coach, and co-author with the legend Brian Tracy of an upcoming book. She is a certified Complex Trauma Recovery Coach by the AOTRC and a certified Master Jungian Coach by the CreativeMind University.
Irene’s mission is to help people renew their sights of themselves and connect with the superpower of success which they hold within, and improve the quality of their lives, one generation at a time.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Irene Riad discuss how to:
- Explore variances in leadership approaches between Middle Eastern and Western societies.
- Grasp why nurturing relationships and trust is pivotal in Middle Eastern leadership practices.
- Get to know the indirect method of voicing disagreement prevalent in the culture of the Middle East.
- Recognize how the pandemic has impacted the Middle Eastern work environment.
- Find out the compelling association between one's purpose, the legacy one leaves behind, and their intrinsic fulfillment.
"Legacy mindset is about having your legacy clear. What is that legacy that you want to create? And so there is a direction that's very much connected to who you are as a person.” — Irene Riad
Connect with Irene:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-riad/
Website: https://www.sightcet.com/
https://irene-oqrpgvtt.scoreapp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sightcet/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
If you're feeling frustrated with your employees' lack of motivation and commitment, despite offering incentives and rewards, then you are not alone! Many HR managers and leaders are struggling to achieve the desired result of improved performance and productivity. Instead of seeing positive changes, you may be witnessing a decline in work ethic and engagement.
About David Carter:
David Carter is a serial entrepreneur otherwise known as ‘the World's Leading CEO Mentor’, with 40+ years' track record in creating innovative businesses, and mentoring leaders and influencers around the globe. Entelechy Academy is the entelechy of David’s career and his legacy project, where he gathered brilliant minds in education, coaching, and professional organizations to support millions in becoming the best version of themselves.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and David Carter discuss how to:
- Recognize the significance of sculpting your character to mark a successful professional and personal life.
- Learn how strengthening your fundamental skills can address the prevailing 'soft skills crisis.'
- Realize how coaching can profoundly aid your character development and catalyze your growth journey.
- Grasp the capacity of every individual to morph their personalities and beat the challenges we carry from the past.
- Discern the unexpected influence of technological advancement and the dire necessity to hone human traits not yet available to AI.
"Character determines destiny. Where we end up in life is a direct function of our character.” — David Carter
Connect with David:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcmcarter/
Website: http://www.entelechy.academy
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
What if your sensitivity was the key to unlocking your success as a leader and entrepreneur? But here's the twist: what if that very same sensitivity also held you back? Discover how highly sensitive individuals navigate the complex world of business, harnessing their unique strengths while facing their deepest fears.
About Heather Dominick:
Heather Dominick is a woman who is impressively successful and highly sensitive. She is a former high school drama teacher who collaborated with none other than Bette Midler. She is a graduate of NYU where she received her first coach training. Heather is the winner of the 2015 Best of Manhattan Coaching Award and creator of the 2014 Stevie Award-winning virtual event, A Course In Business Miracles: 21-Day Discovery Series that attracted close to 6,000 official registrants from all around the world including Iceland, Nigeria, Russia, Asia, South America, Australia, Europe, and the U.S.
She has appeared on Lifetime Television and has been published in numerous books including Stepping Stones to Success alongside Deepak Chopra.
An exceptional facilitator and teacher Heather is known for creating a safe, sacred environment for true transformation whether delivering training online or in person. Since 2010, Heather has taught thousands of Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs and Leaders from around the globe how to release life-long limiting beliefs, overcome fears and develop new leadership skills in order to excel in business and life by doing things differently to create more impact and more income.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Heather Dominick discuss how to:
- Appreciate the unique impact of highly sensitive leadership in entrepreneurial scenes.
- Challenge conventional notions about sensitivity and its true worth in business.
- Channel your sensitivity into advantageous elements in self-employment and entrepreneurship.
- Unravel the direct correlation between sensitivity and willpower.
- Realize the paramount role of intuition and fear in efficacious decision-making and leadership.
"As a highly sensitive individual, you have the power to create a new way of leadership, one that is based on empathy and authenticity. Embrace your unique strengths and lead with compassion.” — Heather Dominick
Connect with Heather:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/heatherdominick_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/businessmiracles/
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/BizMiracles/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ACIBMs
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this episode of The Business of Intuition, discover the breathtaking journey of Shivany Gonell as she unraveled the secrets of human design, only to stumble upon an unexpected twist that reshaped her understanding of the transition to individuality and abundance in changing times. Brace yourself for the unforeseen revelation that will leave you longing for more, as Shivany's story takes an intriguing turn toward a destiny yet to be unveiled.
About Shivany Gonelle:
Shivany is known for finding the “gold” in your business and has helped 100s of clients find their “magic key” to tap into the flow of money so it becomes predictable, reliable, and fun. She is a highly sought-after women’s empowerment coach, intuitive business mystic, master energy healer, psychic, inspirational speaker, co-author of “The Book of Inspiration for Women by Women” and has been featured on Self Discovery Radio, New Human Living, and the Kat Kanavos TV Show.
She is also an expert on personal and spiritual transformation, supporting cutting-edge thought leaders and master healers in this global shift to claim their sovereignty using the Akashic Records as a grounded tool to get information on who you are at the Soul level so you get your message out in a bigger way.
She lives in Far North Queensland, Australia, on top of a mountain, in a tropical wonderland, working towards self-sufficiency and building a local community. When she is not on Zoom mentoring her clients, she is often spotted frolicking with her Rhodesian Ridgeback Akash and Isis, the new puppy on the beach.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Shivany Gonell discuss how to:
- Explore the process of transitioning to personal growth and abundant living in an evolving world.
- Discover the importance of individualism and harnessing the power of local networks for support.
- Understand the role of human design in elucidating our purpose and interpreting cosmic energies.
- Learn about the significance of intuition in managing life complexities and discerning authentic truths.
- Break away from societal constraints to truly embrace and utilize your individual potential.
"In this global shift, we have the opportunity to tap into our unique gifts and create a life of abundance and joy. Trust the process, embrace your sovereignty, and watch the magic unfold.” — Shivany Gonell
Connect with Shivany:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/shivany.gonell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivany-gonell-89b94124/
Website URL: https://shivany.com/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this episode of The Business of Intuition, Clint Ladine, a leadership coach, shares transformative insights on motivating teams and fostering personal growth. But just as leaders are ready to implement these strategies, disruptive technology enters the picture, leaving them questioning their entire approach. Find out how leaders navigate this challenging situation in the latest episode of The Business of Intuition.
About Dr. Clint Ladine:
Dr. Clint Ladine is on a mission to help leaders utilize coaching techniques to unleash the power of their teams, optimize their leadership skills and drive performance to new heights. As a leadership/success coach and former professional basketball player, Dr. Clint knows the difference between a bad coach and a good coach. A bad coach is self-focused, believes that they are the only expert, and expects you to fall in line no matter what. A good coach unlocks hidden potential, nurtures natural abilities, and encourages people to fly.
To that end, he has written, Power Coaching, which many are calling a “must have”, in their leadership toolbox. Dr. Clint Ladine is also the owner of Successfully Coaching, a leadership coaching business whose mission is to help leaders overcome obstacles to achieving success. He has also been featured on Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC affiliated outlets.
Dr. Clint’s mission began with a life-changing encounter with coaching. While in the midst of his career, he was introduced to coaching, finding it to be transformative for him, his team, and his organization. He quickly enrolled in a doctoral program to learn more about the psychology and methodology of coaching and has since become a sought-after writer, author, and speaker on the subject of Leadership Coaching.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Clint Ladine discuss how to:
- Discover proven methods that inspire productivity and magnify team success
- Learn unique approaches to personal and professional development for sustainable leadership
- Gain insights into the transformative impact of disruptive technologies, like AI, in the professional hemisphere
- Uncover best practices for smooth transitions and effective communication during technological epochs
- Understand the importance of humility in leadership and explore strategies that enable employees to achieve remarkable results
"A key component to start with is to begin to reframe some of the issues that you're going through. Understand that a limiting belief is going to hold you back, whereas a realistic outlook will keep you moving forward.” — Dr. Clint Ladine
Connect with Dr. Clint:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077471985713&mibextid=LQQJ4d
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successfullycoaching/
Website URL: www.successfullycoaching.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
In this episode of Business of Intuition, Jeffrey “Jeff” Klubeck tackles the timely issue of integrity. Jeff unravels the issue and explains its meaning, including how to translate it into real, sustainable changes. Tune in to this episode to gain insights from an acclaimed author, which may change the way you view honesty, integrity, and the workplace dynamic.
About Jeff Klubeck:
Jeffrey Klubeck is the author of The Integrity Game®, which is evolving into a comprehensive soft skills development company. He is also an upbeat and charismatic coach and consultant. He focuses on how to make businesses and entrepreneurs thrive while not losing a sense of what makes a company outstanding: Leadership. Jeffrey is a successful author that has worked with small and big businesses.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jeff Klubeck discuss how to:
- Unlock the true meaning of integrity as a tool for effective communication and strong relationships.
- Value your own well-being and integrity to be able to help others better.
- Understanding the concept of integrity as a behavior associated with a value.
- Find your purpose and the purpose of your actions to attain a broader understanding of life, values, and personal goals.
- Assess when saying the word ‘integrity’ whether we look within or if we are judging others.
"We are usually guilty of what we're willing to accuse another of.” — Jeffrey Klubeck
Connect with Jeffrey:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialcoachjeffrey/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insta_klu/?hl=en
Twitter : https://twitter.com/getaklu?lang=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/getaklu
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Catie Romero-Finger's journey may have started with a pen and paper, but it's her unyielding curiosity that has led her to explore the frontiers of emerging technologies. Now, as a leader in the digital marketing sphere, she shares her insights on the importance of adapting leadership styles to meet the demands of the ever-evolving Web 3.0 landscape. But what challenges lie ahead for Catie as she continues to push boundaries and empower her team? Only time will tell. Tune in to this episode with Catie to learn more.
About Catie Romero-Finger:
Holding 20+ years of experience in tech marketing & PR, and now owning a full-scope web3 marketing agency, Catie consults & grows web3 projects from 0 to Hero daily.
In the past, Catie's participated in various panels, interviews & keynotes around the world; NFT.NYC, AIBC Dubai, Metaweek Dubai & more. Catie’s also been recently recognized as an influential woman in tech and web3 by Female Tech Leaders Community, and The Glass Digital LTD.
Catie’s mission is simple: to create means for inclusivity & creativity to thrive in the web3 space, contribute to the mass adoption of crypto, and get more chicks into the web3 space.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Catie Romero-Finger discuss how to:
- Discover the groundbreaking shift to Web 3.0 and the transformation it brings to businesses worldwide.
- Uncover the advantages Web 3.0 provides for emerging markets and financial sectors.
- Demystify the evolution from influencers to creators in the Web 3.0 landscape.
- Learn about the significance of adapting leadership styles to thrive in a Web 3.0 world.
- Explore the potential of Web 3.0 in leveling the economic playing field for everyone.
"The easiest way to explain Web3 is basically giving the people back power.” — Catie Romero-Finger
Connect with Catie:
Website: www.babslabs.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catieromero
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catieromerofinger/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
As a jazz musician and storyteller, Guillaume Wiatr never anticipated that his passion for narratives would lead him down a path of uncovering blind spots within organizations. It wasn't until he witnessed the unintentional consequences of hidden narratives that he realized their importance in organizational culture. Through his unique approach of examining the gap between a company's marketing efforts and internal culture, Guillaume helps leaders identify areas of misalignment and create a more cohesive narrative that drives success. Join this podcast as it delves into Guillaume's unexpected journey and discover how identifying blind spots can lead to a stronger and more successful organization.
About Guillaume Wiatr:
Guillaume is the author of Strategic Narrative: A Simple Method That Business Leaders Can Use to Help Everyone Understand Their Business, Get Behind it and Believe In It. His company, MetaHelm, guides CEOs, founders, and leadership teams of professional services firms to gain focus and traction so they build a successful business that they also love.
A former big-firm strategy consultant, Guillaume has founded four ventures.
He is sought after by senior executives of companies like Alaska Airlines, the Gates Foundation, Generations For Peace, AIG, L'Oréal, Spencer Stuart, GAP, Google, Microsoft, and the US and French governments. Guillaume teaches and mentors entrepreneurs at startup incubators, and the University of Washington Master of Science in Entrepreneurship, ranked #3 in the US.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Guillaume Wiatr discuss how to:
- Unearth the value of implementing a strategic narrative with its five key aspects.
- Acquire knowledge on harmonizing alignment and misalignment within organizations.
- Delve into the influence of purposeful narratives in establishing alignment.
- Comprehend the role of systems thinking and design in maintaining organizational balance.
- Develop the ability to identify hidden pitfalls in your company's narrative.
"A narrative is an open-ended system. A narrative has a beginning, a middle, but not really an end. It's like a modus operandi if you will.” — Guillaume Wiatr
Connect with Guillaume:
Website URL: https://www.metahelm.com/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/GuillaumeWiatr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumewiatr/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@guillaumewiatr
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Bryan Adams started his journey in employer branding with a simple realization - HR people were more receptive to his ideas than marketing directors of Fortune 100 companies. What he discovered next was an unexpected twist that would change his life forever. As he delved deeper into the world of employer branding, Bryan found himself challenged by the ever-changing landscape of employee expectations. But his dedication to fostering a sense of purpose, impact, and belonging among employees led him to develop transformative strategies that set clear expectations and attracted the right talent. Want to know how Bryan built his reputation as one of the best in the industry? Listen to this episode with Bryan!
About Bryan Adams:
Bryan Adams is the CEO and founder of Ph.Creative, recognized as one of the leading employer brand agencies in the world. Ph.Creative specializes in building world-class employer brands, EVP, and talent engagement strategies for companies such as Apple, American Airlines, British Telecom, and Virgin.
Bryan is a specialist speaker and a 2x best-selling author of “Getting Goosebumps” (2015) and “Give & Get Employer Branding” (2020). He is considered a prominent employer brand thought leader and his creative, unconventional, and even controversial methodologies are said to regularly change the way people think about employer branding and EVP. His presentation style is energetic, passionate, thought-provoking, and interactive, so get ready to contribute and engage.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Bryan Adams discuss how to:
- Gain insights on effective employer branding tactics to strengthen your company's appeal to potential employees.
- Understand the vital role of workplace culture in employee satisfaction and retention.
- Acquire research techniques to inform and enhance your employer branding efforts.
- Delve into the relationships between branding, strategic planning, and corporate culture to ensure alignment.
- Recognize the need for consistent branding strategies to protect and improve your company's image.
"The organizations that have the empathy and the compassion and the foresight to overlay what people are looking for with what's right for the business, they're the ones that are going to win. ” — Bryan Adams
Connect with Bryan:
Website : https://www.ph-creative.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bryanadams1
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ph.creative/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Olly Wood was a former athlete turned entrepreneur, obsessed with performance and achievement. But as the demands of running a company took over, he found himself drowning in stress and burnout. That's when something unexpected happened. A study on stress management in mice caught his attention and set him on a path to explore the impact of stress on the human body. Through his journey, Olly discovered the power of intuition and self-awareness, and how they could be harnessed to manage stress and improve well-being. Are you ready to join Olly on this journey towards a more balanced and fulfilling life?
About Olly Wood:
Olly Wood is the owner of the Body Reset. A premium health coaching service focused on helping business owners and entrepreneurs elevate their energy, body, and mind. They have coached thousands of clients through a unique framework to fix your gut, rebuild your energy and feel confident in your own skin over 40.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Olly Wood discuss how to:
- Discover techniques to regain control over your stressors and protect yourself from potential burnout.
- Learn the crucial role gut health plays in maintaining overall health, performance, and happiness.
- Explore the significance of intuition and self-awareness in effectively managing tension and turmoil.
- Gain strategies to establish stress tolerance and make health a prime focus in your life.
- Understand the importance of comprehensive health, encompassing physical, digestive, and psychological aspects.
"It's not about how busy or difficult a task is, stress comes down to other factors like whether it should be on your plate or not, and if it's in your genius zone. ” — Olly Wood
Connect with Olly:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ollywoodbr/about
Website: https://bodyreset.online/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/body-reset-w-olly-wood/id1538240129
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebodyreset/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ollywoodnz/?hl=en
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Dave Valentine's insatiable drive for success nearly caused him to have a heart attack at 29, but his journey to prioritize his health and lead conscious, people-oriented businesses has resulted in explosive growth and success. While attaining sustainable business expansion through mindful leadership is a dream for many, look no further as Dave Valentine has the solution to help you attain your goal of building a successful venture with conscious leadership.
About Dave Valentine:
Dave Valentine owns seven businesses that have generated over a billion dollars collectively for over 1,000 clients, including major brands and Fortune 100 companies like Target, Time Magazine, and American Express. When his doctor asked him at the age of 29 “Are you prepared for your heart attack?” he realized he needed to learn how to scale businesses without the stress killing him. Dave now runs his companies from the mountains next to a river and three waterfalls.
Using conscious capitalism and an unconventional marketing approach, he was able to rapidly grow his businesses by investing money into his people instead of paid advertising. After selling his first business, he acquired 3 companies and has invested $3 million into companies this year. His mission is to employ over 200,000 people and revolutionize the way we reward good talent.
He wants to be so big that governments can’t ignore him because his companies take up too much of their GDP. Or, put simply … he wants to buy the freedom that was stolen by greedy individuals and corporations.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dave Valentine discuss how to:
- Embrace the potential of conscious capitalism by leveraging remote work and value-driven marketing techniques to scale your business.
- Discover the connection between maintaining personal health and well-being, and driving business success.
- Identify the core values essential for both successful hiring and evaluating employees.
- Grasp the importance of mental and emotional resilience for powerful leadership and effective team-building.
- Master the art of setting and focusing on clear goals and expectations to stay aligned with your mission.
"It's taking the idea of the triple bottom line, we're going to care about not only our profits, but people and the planet as well.” — Dave Valentine
Connect with Dave:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/david-valentine-95564891
Website URL: https://davevalentine.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/realdval
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realdavevalentine
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realdval/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Just when Angela Johnson thought her career was set in stone, an unexpected twist taught her the importance of agility in business. This realization not only revolutionized her approach but also opened doors to a whole new world of opportunities. What was this twist? Keep reading to find out!
About Angela Johnson:
Angela Johnson is a Certified Scrum Trainer and a Business Agility Coach with Collaborative Leadership Team. In 2010, she founded the company to provide education and coaching services to clients adopting Scrum and Agile. In 2014, Angela renamed the company and began assembling the dream team. CoLeadTeam uses the Agile values and principles it teaches. Their experiences help their clients apply these practices more readily and enable them to pivot in the face of change.
A graduate of Hamline University (B.A.) and the University of St. Thomas (M.B.C.), Angela focuses her work on the upper Midwestern areas of the United States to best serve in her most important roles: wife and mom.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Angela Johnson discuss how to:
- Decode the critical role of agility in building adaptive business structures.
- Get acquainted with transformative agile frameworks, such as Scrum and Lean, to enhance your business efficiency.
- Expose the challenges in embracing agile methodologies within complicated organizations.
- Understand the power of trust and empowerment in ensuring success within agile settings.
- Construct small, self-reliant, and strategic teams to strengthen your business agility.
"Flatter is better. The more hierarchy and red tape we have, the less nimble we are.” — Angela Johnson
Connect with Angela:
Twitter: @AgileAngela
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelajohnsonscrumtrainer/
Website URL: https://collaborativeleadershipteam.com/
- Workshops: https://collaborativeleadershipteam.com/upcoming-courses
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
From staunch believer to ethical crusader: one man's journey through the dark side of technology. But just when he thought he knew the answer, an unexpected twist would leave him questioning everything. What was this twist? Stay tuned to find out.
About Brian Beckcom:
Brian Beckcom is a Computer Scientist, Philosopher, & Trial Lawyer based in Houston, Texas. He has been voted a Texas Super Lawyer 14 consecutive times—every single year he has been eligible. Brian’s law firm, VB Attorneys, is one of the best law firms in the United States and has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars for the firm’s clients, including many record-breaking results.
Brian also hosts Lessons from Leaders with Brian Beckcom, a popular podcast featuring military leaders, sports stars, New York Times best-selling authors, scientists, and more.
Brian is a former Division 1 athlete at Texas A&M (basketball). He is currently a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a single-digit golfer, and an accomplished fly fisherman.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Brian Beckcom discuss how to:
- Utilize your intuitive powers to enhance your decision-making skills.
- Explore the philosophical nature and ethical concerns of technology.
- Emphasize service to others in your leadership approach.
- Leverage failure to your advantage by learning from it.
- Rely on your instincts when navigating a data-driven world.
"The number one thing I hear from these really, really good leaders? The number one thing I hear again and again is leadership is about service. A good leader focuses on serving his people and his mission, or her mission and her people.”
Connect with Brian:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbeckcom/recent-activity/posts/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianBeckcom
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianbeckcomlawyer
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Navid Alipour, the co-founder of Cure Metrics and Cure Match, reveals the power of AI in detecting breast cancer and heart disease while advocating for early detection and second opinions in a world where cancer rates are skyrocketing due to delayed doctor visits during the pandemic.
About Navid Alipour:
Navid Alipour is the Chief Executive Officer at AI Med Global, a company focused on Artificial Intelligence Technology that improves healthcare and helps save lives. AI Med Global is a roll-up of two companies Navid cofounded, CureMetrix and CureMatch. He is also a founder of an AI-focused VC fund, Analytics Ventures.
Through the founding of multiple Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies, Navid is a long-time entrepreneur in the AI space with an emphasis on the convergence of AI and the life sciences, which is also called Wellness Science.
He seeks to identify scientists and domain experts in their respective fields to that are solving massive pain problems to take to market, by building companies from inception.
While he is a VC and part of the founding of Analytics Ventures, he considers himself an entrepreneur at heart.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Navid discuss:
- Learning about the repercussions of COVID-19 on healthcare and AI's potential to transform this field
- Investigating the scope of AI for early diagnosis and customization of cancer treatment
- Predicting the evolving landscape of healthcare with patients having increased access to personal data and wearable health technology
- Understanding the significance of AI in radiology to detect early signs of disease and manage priority cases
- Contemplating the balance between safeguarding privacy and harnessing shared data for medical research and development
"We're not there to replace the doctors, but doctors using AI will replace doctors that are not.” — Navid Alipour
Connect with Navid Alipour:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navid-alipour-a295777/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Do you want to revolutionize communication and engagement through immersive storytelling? Look no further! Heather Smith has the solution to help individuals interested in interactive storytelling learn from celebrities and experts, and achieve unparalleled levels of connection and engagement with their audiences.
About Heather Smith:
Heather Smith is the Co-Founder and CVO of Storyfile - an interactive Conversational Video AI Platform that uses advanced natural language processing and artificial intelligence to make video interaction feel just like a real conversation. StoryFile’s technology will allow people to have conversations with video, removing the boundaries of time and space, so that we can experience all kinds of conversations and learn from individuals whenever and wherever we want. At the heart of Heather’s work is the underlying need to share, preserve and learn from the human experience. Heather Smith has been featured on NBC’s The Today Show, The New Yorker, The BBC, and on 60 Minutes.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Heather Smith discuss:
- Embracing the exciting possibilities of Story File's AI-facilitated conversational video platform across various scenarios
- Grasping the crucial importance of human interaction and nonverbal signals in enriching training and communication experiences
- Evaluating the versatility of Story File for developing interactive memoirs, employee bios, and other captivating content
- Examining the utility of Vigilant's cutting-edge AI voice analysis system in cultivating emotional intelligence and effective communication in professional environments
- Recognizing the role of voice analysis in gauging emotional states and nurturing stronger bonds
"It's that curiosity that when you ask questions and you engage with an individual and you're able to have a conversation, you learn six times more effectively.” — Heather Smith
Connect with Heather:
Website: https://storyfile.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storyfile/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoryFileApp
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/storyfile/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-maio-smith
Twitter: https://twitter.com/storyfile
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Hanz Jimuel Alvarez
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Eric Thomas leads the DE&I practice at Genesys where he is charged with developing global programs that deliver progressive diversity and foster an inclusive culture throughout the company. He focuses on programs that aid to attract, develop and promote talent that is representative of the communities the company serves.
Prior to his current role, Eric served as vice president of Global Delivery, in Genesys Professional Services leading a team of more than 450 employees responsible for worldwide implementation services. Eric held multiple leadership roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson where he drove employee resource groups focused on the unique challenges African Americans face in corporate settings.
Eric co-founded and served on the board of three non-profit organizations that mentored young African American males in underserved cities. He also supported the creation of the Collin County NAACP branch where he remains an active member. Eric is currently a member of the CNBC Workforce Executive Council.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Eric Thomas discuss:
- Leading a company’s diversity efforts
- Improving empathy relationships between people at a local level
- What is an inclusive leader?
- Building diversity practices at your company
Key Takeaways:
- Throughout Genesys' journey, they have emphasized inclusion - setting diversity goals for women and different racial and ethnic groups, developing an inclusion index, and engaging employees.
- Partnerships and a monthly cadence of cultural programming at Genesys are key to improving empathy relationships at the company.
- Leaders who embrace inclusive practices have a growth mindset, and a level of curiosity, are willing to unlearn in order to learn new things, and act and lead with courage.
- If you're on a journey to build out diversity practices at your company, intentionality has to be at the core of everything you do and data has to be your best friend.
"Diversity is diverse representation. Inclusion is when you have the diverse representation, taking the action and make sure that their voices are being heard.” — Eric Thomas
Connect with Eric Thomas:
Website: https://www.genesys.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-eric/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/genesys/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Genesys
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
A serial entrepreneur, John Ovrom founded his first company in 1991 and ran it along with several other companies for 14 years. After going through the process of selling his company, he realized other business owners needed the support of a service provider who could step into the business, develop a strategic exit plan, and manage their transition.
What started as John helping friends and business connections quickly evolved into a consulting business. John founded Exit Consulting Group®, Inc. (ECG) on a simple principle – the desire to help fellow entrepreneurs. John has an entrepreneurial spirit and is constantly coming up with new, inspiring, creative, and innovative ideas for exiting business owners.
John is truly passionate about helping people and solving problems. His fearless persistence, openness, honesty, and intelligence make him an immense asset to his clients. In addition to his entrepreneurial work, John supports the Rotary Club International, serving his Coronado CA club in varying capacities. He has served as President, and as past president of the Coronado Chamber of Commerce.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and John Ovrom discuss:
- How to deal with the emotional side of a business
- Letting go of your business
- Exiting a business
Key Takeaways:
- Owners can control the business but most deals get blown out because of the owner's emotions. Your job as an advisor is to let them know that it's a choice and not to tell them that's wrong.
- You need some space to understand that letting go of a business is going to be hard, so allow yourself to process those emotions while knowing that you can always have someone to talk to and you are not alone.
- Exiting a business is more than a transaction, it’s a transition. So find something outside the business that will help you feel relevant like picking up a hobby, then create a life outside of it.
"We don't think the business can live without us and yet, it's really all about us that we need the business.” — John Ovrom
Get a copy of Exit & Answers: Navigate Your Business Exit Like an Expert by John Ovrom - https://a.co/d/ic1EQTg
Connect with John Ovrom:
Website: https://exitconsultinggroup.com/about/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exit-consulting-group
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExitConsultingG/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/exitconsultingg
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxBy-BxehkPy6vu_KqewJeg
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Projjal founded OnLoop in 2020 to create a category called Collaborative Team Development (CTD) to fundamentally reinvent how hybrid teams are assessed and developed. This was after over a decade of frustration with clunky, traditional enterprise performance management and learning processes and tools that were either hated or ignored by his teams at companies like Uber and Accenture where he spent many years. He is now dedicated to his lifelong mission of unleashing the full potential of the world's 1 billion knowledge workers.
Prior to founding OnLoop, Projjal spent three and a half years at Uber in a variety of roles including leading Strategy & Operations for Business Development globally, leading Strategy & Planning for the APAC rides business, and GM of the Philippines rides business. Besides Uber, he also spent some time raising debt and equity from New York hedge funds for an industrials conglomerate (Essar), in strategy consulting in South East Asia (Accenture), and in early-stage companies in Latin America (BlueKite, El Market) before that. Somewhere along the way he spent 2 years at Stanford (GSB), getting an MBA.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Projjal Ghatak discuss:
- Collaborative team development
- How Onloop’s platform collects significantly more disparate data points to get a full understanding of an employee
- The importance of having good data
- Balancing technology with face-to-face feedback
Key Takeaways:
- Efforts to analyze and develop hybrid teams will be more forward-looking through collaborative team development than performance management, which focuses on the backward process.
- Unlike other platforms, Onloop's platforms don't prescribe how bonuses should be decided for individuals; what they recommend is how much data should be collected at the end of a quarter and semester, and how to use that data to analyze someone's achievements across targets, projects, and skills.
- You cannot measure the amount of money you are investing in developing the same way a hedge fund does if you think of people as assets. We can do a lot more to ensure that the right capital is being used in the right place, but that starts with a foundation of good data.
- Generative AI makes writing good feedback easier, but there is a different quality of relationship that happens when we sit down and have a live conversation. It’s really all about the conversation.
"In this hybrid world, we have to fundamentally shift how we think about performance, and then how do we measure performance on an ongoing basis.” — Projjal Ghatak
Connect with Projjal Ghatak:
Website: https://www.onloop.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pgonloop/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Leigh Marz is an author, leadership coach, and collaboration consultant. She has led diverse initiatives, including a training program to promote an experimental mindset among multi-generational teams at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a decade-long cross-sector collaboration to reduce toxic chemicals in partnership with the Green Science Policy Institute, Harvard University, IKEA, Google Green Team, Kaiser Permanente, and many others.
Justin Zorn has served as both a policymaker and a meditation teacher in the US Congress. On Capitol Hill, he served as Legislative Director to three Members of Congress. As a writer, he has been a contributor to publications including Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Wired, The Nation, The American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and CNN. His book, with Leigh Marz — Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise was published with HarperCollins in the US and Penguin in the UK, translated into 13 other languages, and reached the top ten bestsellers list on the Audible charts in the US.
In this episode, Dean Newlund, Leigh Marz, and Justin Zorn discuss:
- The power of silence
- How to notice the noise and tune into the silence
- A deeper look at Leigh and Justin's strategies in facilitations and coaching
- The power of silence in difficult situations
Key Takeaways:
- Silence is the absence of noise or any unwanted distraction (auditory, informational, and internal) and is a state of awareness in which no one interferes with our perceptions and intentions. When we make more space for silence in our lives, we can tune into that presence that has an inextricable link to intuition.
- Apart from meditation, there are practical ways to deal with the noise in your ears, on your screen, or in your head. What brings you quiet is valuable, whatever that may be.
- Culture facilitates, enables, and leads toward distraction or leads toward this kind of state of pristine attention. The goal is to increase team and organizational awareness of the noise and distractions that permeate a culture and design experiments by finding immersive silence from time to time.
- We all need silence at times, particularly when we are engrossed in a habit, in that energy, or even in a heated conflict.
"It's worth building some capacity in all these different directions and taking that time for ourselves - noticing when we're feeling the noise in our bodies, in our relationships, that tension, the emotional content of that the signals that we're being saturated by noise, but also noticing when we're actually feeling relieved of that and feeling that sense of presence and silence and quiet.” — Leigh Marz
Get a copy of Leigh and Justin’s book, Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise:
Amazon
Bookshop
Connect with Leigh Marz:
Website: https://leighmarz.com/ | https://astreastrategies.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leigh-marz-9881a13/
Connect with Justin Zorn:
Website: https://justinzorn.com/ | https://astreastrategies.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-talbot-zorn-1113544/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Jadi has built a very successful career helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses using intuition as their guide. She's a Canadian-born author, entrepreneur, and world traveler. She has written a book called Intuitive Business Connections. She is passionate about helping other entrepreneurs and business professionals live more intuitively, and authentically, and have a balanced joyful life.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jadi Kindred discuss:
- Learning to trust your intuition
- Pushing intuitive guidance away
- How to reach your highest potential
- Intuition is for everyone
Key Takeaways:
- A good lifestyle will enable you to have an access to your intuition. Try to listen to your intuition and be bolder to face life.
- Sometimes you need to be extra careful about your decisions especially when your intuition is warning you.
- Through meditation, you can access the highest part of your intuition.
- Everyone has access to their intuition, even people differ in terms of intelligence, confidence, and needs.
"When you start to live life following your intuition, you have to do the uncomfortable. And for me that's walking on stage.” — Jadi Kindred
Connect with Jadi Kindred:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadikindred
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Angelica Rayco
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter started trying cases together in 1997 when they subsequently established Bland Richter, LLP. Today, Bland Richter offers over 75 years of combined legal experience, focusing on complex and high-risk litigation cases that other firms either can’t or won’t handle.
They believe in fighting and winning litigation battles only by using honesty, and integrity and providing the utmost candor to the Court.
In this episode, Dean Newlund, Eric Bland, and Ronnie Richter discuss:
- How opposites create great partners
- How Eric and Ronnie created trust despite their differences
- Embracing one’s ignorance
- Accomplishing something through pressure
Key Takeaways:
- It’s okay to seek people who align with your current leadership dynamic however, you should also consider having someone who will force you to think through every decision and challenge your opinions constructively. Respect for each other's styles is key.
- You gain trust and a wonderful partnership when you learn to accept your shortcomings and appreciate your partner's strengths.
- Embrace your own ignorance. There's nothing wrong with not knowing, but it's not okay not to have the intellectual curiosity to find out, and not to associate with people who may have answers.
- Prepare yourself before speaking the truth, as you can only exert pressure and be fearless if you're prepared. Plan carefully, anticipate risks as best you can, and then make a commitment to go.
"One, don’t break your word, two, you have to be accountable, and three, you've got to be able to make a decision." — Eric Bland
“You should embrace your ignorance, you should be comfortable in your limitations. But you're not going to get there until you first accept the reality.” – Ronnie Richter
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter:
Website: https://blandrichter.com/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Joe Keeley is a dynamic, yet thoughtful entrepreneur and conscious leader. As such, Keeley is the CEO and Co-founder of JustiFi Technologies, a venture-backed fintech business providing payments and fintech infrastructure and strategy for vertical SaaS platforms. JustiFi exists to accelerate the potential of vertical SaaS platforms by bringing optimized embedded payments and beyond payments fintech solutions to bear resulting in increased value for the platform of 3-5X with a remarkably lower cost of ownership.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joe Keeley discuss:
- What is FinTech and what can it do for your business?
- Disrupting yourself with FinTech
- Making relationships with your customers stickier
- Preparing for a disruption
Key Takeaways:
- FinTech allows companies to be able to provide services that traditionally only banks could, like storing money or giving their customers loans to avail of their products and services.
- Open up your mind to the possibility of your company having FinTech potential. It’s a good way of disrupting yourself before another company can disrupt you.
- Embedding financial products and services into your company’s ecosystem makes your relationship with your clients and customers stronger and stickier. There’s a lot of money to be made from implementing FinTech in your business.
- If you want to prepare for disruption, you’ve got to think about how customers today and tomorrow would want their consumer experience to be. How would they like to interact?
"By embedding financial products and services inside of one's ecosystem, you make that relationship more sticky. You're adding value to those customers, which makes you look good. It's also a defensive strategy, because you know, someone else is gonna have a harder time taking them away from you. The final kicker is, there's actually a lot of money to be made." — Joe Keeley
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Joe Keeley:
Website: https://www.justifi.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joekeeley/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Jenn Beninger is the Genius Unlocked Founder and CEO of Genius Unlocked Institute, a board-certified company, where she coaches, mentors, and transforms leaders' personal and professional lives. Through her thousands of hours of executive experience, Jenn has refined the art of coaching others on how to delve into what's holding them back and guiding them to successfully live in their purpose by calling on their intuition. With her deep understanding of energy work, intuition, communication skills, and mindset work, Jenn is able to produce more breakthrough results than she or her clients could dream of.
“Achieving Mastery” is one of Jenn’s core values, and it has been at the center of her education, training, and work. From fortune 500 companies to holding executive positions in the coaching industry, managing teams of coaches, developing coaching curricula, teaching business development skills, and running transformational leadership events, Jenn has helped coaches in nearly every area reach their full potential.
Jenn has developed her genius and true purpose by combining her numerous accolades. Jenn boasts a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and is also a board-certified trainer at the master level in Neuro Linguistic Programs (NLP), NLP Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy®, as a Certified Coach through John Maxwell, and a Master Reiki Teacher.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jenn Beninger discuss:
- Going from functional to optimal
- Doing a mind dump to get to deeper thoughts
- Assessments are just tools
- The goal of communication
Key Takeaways:
- Being optimal is all about going beyond functional. It’s about operating in excellence, manifesting everything that one’s heart desires knowing that one deserves it, can maintain it and that it’s going to create the life one wants.
- To get to the unconscious mind, you have to do a mind dump by consciously asking yourself questions repeatedly and getting deeper and deeper into the issue.
- Assessments are just tools. People change and characteristics and values are not set in stone. You’re not forever doomed to whatever a test describes you as, you have the power to change and create the life you want.
- Don’t focus only on the outcome, focus on the quality of the communication because that is the goal of communication.
"Your conscious mind is the goal setter, your unconscious mind is the goal getter." — Jenn Beninger
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jenn Beninger:
Website: https://geniusunlocked.coach/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geniusunlocked_/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geniusunlockednexus
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeniusUnlockedCoachingInstitute
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Orrin Klopper is the CEO of Netsurit, a $35M MSP firm, that grew to 300+ people and $35M in revenue through acquisitions and organic growth. Globally awarded Dreams program as a key part of the Netsurit aspirational culture.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Orrin Klopper discuss:
- The power of full engagement
- Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence
- Why you should be a better listener
- Dreaming bigger dreams
Key Takeaways:
- When someone is balanced, healthy, purposeful, and able to be present in their work and their personal lives, they’re going to be a lot more productive and innovative.
- By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence as a way to uplevel or enhance products of our creative thinking, we’ll be able to use it to do greater things with lesser time.
- Listening is the quintessential human trait that cannot yet be copied by Artificial Intelligence. Engaging someone who has good listening skills brings greater quality to your thinking.
- Life is too short to not have dreams that scare you. Dream bigger dreams, don’t limit yourself. Even if you didn’t hit your big dream, you’ll still arrive somewhere higher than where you had been.
"One of the most sacred things we can do in our lives is to connect with other humans in a deep and meaningful way." — Orrin Klopper
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Orrin Klopper:
Website: https://netsurit.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orrinklopper/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Dr. Paul J. Zak is a Professor at Claremont Graduate University and is ranked in the top 0.3% of most-cited scientists with over 180 published papers and more than 19,000 citations to his research. Paul’s two decades of research have taken him from the Pentagon to Fortune 50 boardrooms to the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. Along the way, he helped start several interdisciplinary fields including neuroeconomics, neuro management, and neuromarketing. He has written three general audience books and is a regular TED speaker. His newest book is Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and Source of Happiness.
Paul is also a four-time tech entrepreneur; his current company, Immersion Neuroscience, is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education and training, live events and to help people sustain emotional wellness. He frequently appears in the media in such places as Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, Fox & Friends, and ABC Evening News, and his work has been reported in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, The Economist, Scientific American, Fast Company, Forbes, and various podcasts. Fun fact: he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has created dialog for two movies.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Paul J. Zak discuss:
- The suite of chemicals associated with cooperation
- What is immersion?
- Creating an immersive culture
- Keeping your employees productive and satisfied
Key Takeaways:
- The neurological chemicals associated with the feeling of safety, purposefulness, and motivation are this suite of chemicals: oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin.
- Immersion is a neurological status in which a person has an emotional commitment to what’s happening or what they’re involved in.
- Creating an immersive culture starts with establishing psychological safety. Then, build trust and relationships with each other. Lastly, make sure that people are clear about where the organization is at and where it’s going.
- Human resource is becoming very scarce. That’s why, as employers, you have to do your best to keep people working for you and to keep them productive and satisfied. You’ve got to help your employee see what is it that they love doing and put them in that position for them to be continually satisfied.
"I'm a big believer in the inverted pyramid: It's the people on the bottom who are creating value so my job as a leader is to be of service to them, to help them be more productive and to be more satisfied." — Paul J. Zak
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Paul J. Zak:
Website: https://www.getimmersion.com/ | https://pauljzak.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pauljzak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-zak-91123510/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Christie Garcia is an Ego Management Expert, Leadership Coach, Speaker, Facilitator, and Founder of Mindful Choice Leadership Academy. She has 18 years of experience in sales, recruiting, and coaching. For the last 10 years, she has worked with current and upcoming leaders from fast-growing organizations including Airbnb, Twitter, Movement For Life, and Sunrun. One of Christie’s super-powers is helping her clients manage their Egos and build authentic confidence so they can maximize their success at work and at home. Christie’s modern approach is designed to be simple. You just have to choose to be 1% better every day. Christie's services include Leadership Development, Executive and Management Coaching, Co-Founder Relationship Alignment, Team Building, Communication Training, and Keynote Speaking.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christie Garcia discuss:
- The power of the unconscious mind
- The three types of ego
- How to counter your own ego
- Growing in understanding of yourself and others
Key Takeaways:
- The unconscious mind got you where you are and it will lead you to that next chapter where ego is going to play a role in your life, relationship, and business. Your unconscious mind impacts everything.
- There are three types of ego: the controller, the compiler, and the protector. Each of us typically has all three of those egos, but with one or two of them being dominant.
- Your ego thinks fast, it’s triggered by emotion, and when it’s triggered it becomes defensive. The way to counter this is by taking a breath, being calm, and being conscious of your mindset. Once you bring awareness to yourself, look at what’s really happening in the room and try to correct the direction of the discussion.
- Normalize it, get to the root, and just carry it. Don’t give yourself any judgment, but make sure to recognize that you have ownership. Then, you are able to empathize with other perspectives around the situation.
"Normalize it, get to the root, then now just carry it. Once you have a level of self awareness and ownership, you can get really curious as to why do [you] do that. That's how you uncover those belief systems and mindset." — Christie Garcia
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Christie Garcia:
Website: www.mindfulchoiceacademy.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mindfulchoice_
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulchoice
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiegarcia/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company more effectively which results in sales that soar. Trusted by Google, Roche, Consilience Ventures, Amgen, AbbVie. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. TEDx speaker, Contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, member of the SVBS Silicon Valley Blockchain Society.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Simon Severino discuss:
- What is a strategy sprint?
- The difference between planning and strategy
- Looking at the whole picture when strategizing
- The three things that are in your control
Key Takeaways:
- A strategy sprint is about creating a habit of executing based on information that you’ve gathered and doing it better each time. It’s not about planning, it’s about building.
- The difference between planning and strategy is that planning is a list of activities while strategy is an assumption of how you are going to win the game.
- When working on strategy, you’ve got to look at the organization as a whole and not only at one area. In sports, you’ve got to improve both your offense and defense if you want to win the game. The same is true for companies.
- You have no control over most of your business and what happens to it. What you do have control of is your response, how you allocate your time and attention, and how you re-budget.
"The difference between planning and strategy planning is a list of activities, but strategy is an assumption [of] ‘this is how we are going to win the game’." — Simon Severino
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Simon Severino:
Website: https://www.strategysprints.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strategysprints
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strategysprints/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Sprints-Accelerate-Growth-Business/dp/139860349X
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnSFgJd0CrsEdQdO21txR2A
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strategy-sprints/id1299008831
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Hadi Radwan is a serial entrepreneur, venture builder, and insurtech expert. He is the Co-Founder of Asteya, an insurance company that aims to make income insurance accessible to everyone regardless of gender, income, or age.
Hadi has over 15 years of experience in managing, creating, and developing growth strategies for start-ups and large organizations. As a venture builder, Hadi specializes in new market entry, multiple discipline leadership roles, growth hacking, and capital raising.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Hadi Radwan discuss:
- Focusing on finding the right people
- Making your customers and investors happy
- Automation and collaboration
- Communication in virtual spaces
Key Takeaways:
- In service-based businesses like insurance, your most important asset is the people working for you. When you focus on finding the right people, they’ll get the right product to the right people.
- The three pieces of the puzzle in business are customers, investors, and employees. The most critical piece to the puzzle is the employees as they are the link that will make both the customers and the investors happy.
- Automation and collaboration are the keys to staying efficient in a virtual environment. Determine which tasks are more appropriate for automation and which will be made more efficient through collaboration.
- The intuitive side of communication is held back in virtual meetings. Without seeing the body language, so much is lost in the message and the probability of being misunderstood becomes higher.
"We focus more on finding the right people and hopefully the right people will get the right product to the right customer." — Hadi Radwan
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Hadi Radwan:
Website: https://www.asteya.world/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadiradwan/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Yaro is the co-founder of InboxDone.com, an email management company with a team of 45+ serving clients including restaurant owners, venture capitalists, accountants, doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, car retailers, online coaches and more.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Yaro Starak discuss:
- The problem with Email
- Automation and delegation
- How to break the addiction to email
- Staying in your zone of genius
Key Takeaways:
- The problem with email is that they take away time from doing important things while making you feel like you are accomplishing stuff. It takes away your attention from your main agenda for the day.
- The two key components to making a more efficient business and boosting your growth are to automate through technology and to make sure you are delegating to other people.
- Email is an addiction, break it by setting a measurable goal and making email the reward. An example would be to write 2000 words before checking your inbox.
- Do a brain dump and itemize all the tasks you’re doing now and tasks that you should do. Put a circle around the ones that you can do and then put all the things you’re not going to do into a “to-delegate list”.
"You don't manufacture time, it's an exchange, something has to go for you to get time back. And I learned very early on that the only way I can get some time back was to start handing over tasks to people." — Yaro Starak
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Yaro Starak:
Website: https://InboxDone.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarostarak/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Our guest today is Adam Alfia, a serial entrepreneur, and the Founder & Managing Director at Real Time Feedback. Real Time Feedback is an award-winning customer engagement platform that allows customers & employees in your stores/venues to easily & instantly communicate with management. By using smart QR codes, customers/guests & employees can easily let management know not only about issues and concerns as they happen, but also about employee accolades as well as recognition. Adam is a customer service aficionado and can’t stand when companies deliver a sub-par experience. He hopes that Real Time Feedback will help companies learn more about customer experiences as they happen and give them a chance to correct the issues. Adam Alfia graduated from SMU in only 2.5 years on an academic scholarship and started a European auto repair shop, motivated by a business plan project assigned by his professor. Within five years, he expanded the auto repair facility to four locations and sold them all in 2005 for $7.5m.
In 2010 Adam secured a national contract with Infiniti, the auto manufacturer, to include the personal assistant service on every vehicle they sell. Since then, his company Maestro has grown to include Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, and Subaru. Along the way, Adam has launched a successful chain of restaurants called Shell Shack. Adam has 6 kids and has been involved in over 25 businesses thus far.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Adam Alfia discuss:
- What customers want from giving feedback
- Why it’s important to act upon people’s feedback
- The two benefits of making feedback accessible
- Don’t be afraid of asking for feedback
Key Takeaways:
- Consumers rarely ever get something in return for sharing information based on their experience. What they really want is for somebody to respond immediately when they give feedback.
- The customer experience would be absurd when they see the feedback they submitted immediately realized in the establishment. Seeing their feedback come to life will make the customer feel heard and cared for.
- When you have immediate feedback freely available in the area of your business, there are two benefits. If it’s positive feedback, you can turn that into a google review and if it’s negative feedback, then you can catch that review and respond accordingly before it turns into a bad review.
- Don’t be afraid of asking for feedback. It’s better to hear it and be hurt in the present than to keep going forward unaware of what is eventually going to cause your business’s downfall.
"Not only does the customer have something to say that they want a response, they want a response now." — Adam Alfia
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Adam Alfia:
Website: https://www.realtimefeedback.com/
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/GetFeedbackNow
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GiveFeedbackNow/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamalfia/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/real-timefeedback/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaadnwAH1Q9U2pq5r3iapnQ
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Andy McDowell is an engineer by trade and creative by nature. He is the founder of the entrepreneurial, and small business coaching and consulting firm, Generate Your Value, and is the co-host of The Generate Your Value Podcast. Andy spent 22 years with the Boeing Company, where he always felt more like a life coach than a boss. In 2002, he began his journey into entrepreneurship within a corporation when he was asked to develop an Airspace Design Consulting business from scratch that would serve the global government market. Andy has a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgia Tech in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State. Naturally, his aviation work took him around the world and enabled him to work on high-profile projects - such as preparing the Beijing and Sochi Airports for their respective Olympic Games. Andy would love to have a conversation with you about how he might be able to use his strategic skills developed from his years with the Boeing Company, to generate value in your personal and professional life. He has a keen sense for applying business concepts to life coaching, and life coaching concepts into business.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andy McDowell discuss:
- Why love is necessary for a team
- Intention and mindset
- Becoming self-aware of fear habits
- An atmosphere of emotional safety
Key Takeaways:
- Love is the fuel for creativity and connectedness and therefore, teamwork. You have to at least respect people, acknowledge people, and meet them where they are at.
- Set a direction in your own life and open your mind to new experiences. Fuel your journey with love and have a mindset that focuses on growth.
- We have habits of fear that are deeply embedded within us because of the experiences that we had in the past. We must bring awareness into those deep things about ourselves so that we don’t transfer any anger or fear to other people.
- You need to cultivate an atmosphere of safety where people can talk honestly about what they feel. People will be encouraged to open up when leaders make an effort to reach out.
"Number one job of a leader is to build other leaders even if that means just to help them be a leader of themselves in their life." — Andy McDowell
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Andy McDowell:
Website: http://www.generateyourvalue.com/
Email: andy@generateyourvalue.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/genyourvalue
Podcast: https://www.generateyourvalue.com/copy-of-podcast
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Crista Grasso is the go-to strategic planning and systems expert for online businesses when they want to scale. Known as the "Business Optimizer", Crista can quickly cut through the noise and provide clarity on the core things that will make the biggest impact to scale a business simply and sustainably. She is the founder of the Lean Out Method, creator of the Lean Business Scaling System, and host of the Lean Out Your Business Podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Crista Grasso discuss:
- What does lean mean?
- Eliminating waste to provide value
- Should you send an email or go for a phone call?
- The Cut, Hold, Keep, Change system
Key Takeaways:
- Having a lean mindset in business is all about maximizing value while minimizing waste. The lean concept can be applied in every kind of business, not only manufacturing ones.
- Eliminating waste from your business process should lead to maximizing the value given to the customer. Think of any unnecessary complexity, or any inefficient system and cut it down while having the best interest of the customer front and center in your mind.
- Email or phone call? It depends on your business. If you’re going for high volume, use email but if the service you provide is a more boutique, high-level experience, and you want a more personal touch, then go for a phone call.
- Before you commit to doing anything new in your business, take a look at your whole process and organize it into cut, hold, change, and keep. Keep must contain what’s working while Change should have the processes that have value but might need some changes. Cut must contain the things that don’t make sense and hold should contain those that you’re not that sure of.
"I'm going to make lean super simple. It's about maximizing value while minimizing waste. There is a ton of waste in what we do from unnecessary complexity to underutilized resources. The more we can minimize that, the more we could provide value to our clients." — Crista Grasso
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Crista Grasso:
Website: https://www.leanoutmethod.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristagrasso/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cristagrasso
Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/leanoutcircle
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tom Hardison helps leaders build great teams and organizations with a culture of collective leadership so they can scale from 200-1000+ employees. He led change and business growth initiatives at Hewlett-Packard for 28 years, a period when revenue grew from 5 billion to 127 billion. He now uses this extensive experience to guide leaders and their teams to leverage the generative power of people working together to achieve sustainable growth.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tom Hardison discuss:
- Should you prioritize getting customers or capacity?
- Starting with clarity of purpose
- Inspiring accountability within your team
- Setting a great purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Get more customers while building infrastructure to support that growth. If you start doing it and you don’t have the capacity, you’ll disappoint people. You need to develop the capacity as you are scaling to customers.
- Clarity of purpose will be the source of unity in an organization. Start with the purpose and the core values and build up your plans and strategies from that foundation.
- One of the things that could make teams most effective is by having a culture of people that can step forward with courageous authenticity and take responsibility for their actions.
- The purpose that every member of your organization embodies must be something that can’t be fulfilled by one person alone, it has to transcend the individual. The purpose must be to change the world in a great way.
"Adding more people can add more complexity and what's most important is to get a well-functioning system with the people you have today. Get a collective leadership system in place so that you have a cohesive way of acting as one coherent organization." — Tom Hardison
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tom Hardison:
Website: www.generativeleadershipgroup.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tomhardison
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Indus Khaitan is the founder of Quolum, an On Deck Scale company funded by Sequoia and Nexus. He founded Bitzer Mobile that was created on the heels of the ‘08 recession, and exited, in what was Oracle’s first acquisition in mobile. He led growth at Chargebee where revenue grew 3X. In his free time, he flies a single-engine Cessna 172 over the bay area.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Indus Khaitan discuss:
- Culture is communication
- Documentation is part of being connected
- Change has to come from above
- Affirming people with acknowledgment
Key Takeaways:
- Culture is communication. Both synchronous and asynchronous communication maintains that feeling of being connected with each other. Through that feeling of being always on, it will feel like you’re always communicating.
- There are few face-to-face meetings happening nowadays in the virtual workplace, something that will keep people connected besides communication is documentation. When a problem presents itself, it has to be clearly documented.
- Change has to come from the person at the top. The leader has to set an example for everybody. If the leader is ever lax on a certain procedure, the organization's members will stop taking it seriously.
- Whenever you receive a message, acknowledge it. Reply to it, even if just to say that you don’t have a definitive response to the message yet or that you don’t understand the message at the moment. Affirm people so that they’ll be encouraged to keep communicating.
"When you see a written communication, acknowledge it. bring those small pieces of, I would say micro dopamine hits to the person who's trying to communicate because that acknowledgment makes [them] feel ‘oh, I'm being heard.’" — Indus Khaitan
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Indus Khaitan:
Website: https://quolum.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaitan
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tim is the Founder of a cutting-edge fundraising research lab that is home to the world’s largest online fundraising experiment library. Tim has spent the majority of his life digging into the question of "What makes people give?".
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tim Kachuriak discuss:
- Appealing to potential clients and donors
- Establishing exclusivity for your organization
- What makes solving for clarity difficult
- How to establish credibility
Key Takeaways:
- Your value proposition has to be created based on appeal. It has to be framed from customer-centric logic, not organizational-centric logic.
- There are many ways you can establish exclusivity for your organization. Communicate to your clients that you serve specific groups, people from specific places, or from specific backgrounds.
- Clarity is one of the hardest things to figure out for an organization. We know who our organization is because we are in it and that’s what makes it hard to communicate our organization’s identity to uninitiated potential clients. The curse of knowledge makes it difficult to define who exactly our organization is.
- Credibility comes down to what are the facts, the figures, and the data that prove that these different claims of value are true. It could come in the form of case studies, third-party endorsements, or third-party credibility indicators.
"The hardest thing that we find for any organization for-profit [or] nonprofit is to figure out how to solve for clarity. This is because of the curse of knowledge. We live inside of our organizations, we live and breathe this stuff every single day. And that means that we look at it differently from that of our uninitiated, potential customer or donor." — Tim Kachuriak
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tim Kachuriak:
Website: https://www.nextafter.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkachuriak/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Mark Carpenter is a serial storyteller. Even as a child, he loved to tell stories (mainly to get attention). He leveraged that ability into a career in marketing communications and public relations, then as a college professor and corporate facilitator.
Now, he teaches people how to more intentionally tell stories that teach, lead, sell, and inspire to accomplish business and personal goals. He is the co-author of the best-selling book “Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences Into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspire” and co-creator of the Master Storytelling Workshop. Leveraging a 20-year career in corporate communication, 10 years working as an adjunct professor of communication, and 15 years facilitating training, Mark couples a lively, engaging style with purposeful, impactful learning.
When he’s not training, speaking, coaching, or creating new content, Mark is likely hiking or snowshoeing in the mountains near his home in Utah, playing the piano, bragging about his grandchildren, or writing children's books.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mark Carpenter discuss:
- Showing rather than telling when it comes to culture
- Storytelling is a skill that you should master
- The purpose of storytelling
- Understanding the point of a story
Key Takeaways:
- Culture is not about what you write in your mission statement or company values, it’s the actual environment and overall behavior that you have in your company. To show that, you need to use storytelling.
- Storytelling is a skill. Once you learn it and try it, you’ll be able to experience the benefit of creating a connection with somebody. The benefits of mastering storytelling go beyond the numbers.
- Storytelling can create a connection between you and an audience, it can also entertain, but that’s not all that it can do. Storytelling has the power to lead and inspire people to take action.
- Understand the point that you have in your story. Once you have a clear understanding of it, you’ll be able to be more succinct in telling your story while still including details that are going to make the story come to life.
"Culture is much more about the behaviors in the hall than it is the values on the wall. It's what people are actually doing. That shows this is what we believe in collectively." — Mark Carpenter
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Download Mark Carpenter’s Ebook, "Master Storytelling" for FREE by going to www.master-storytelling.com/podcastgift/
Connect with Mark Carpenter:
Website: www.master-storytelling.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MasterStorytelling
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/43261825/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjUZRg9IxkejFioE2mnDr6w
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Miriam Meima has been a coach & facilitator for over twenty years, dedicating her life to studying the overlap between business and psychology. Miriam has coached founders and executives at hundreds of companies, including a dozen $1B+. She often partners with companies from Series B all the way through going public. She works 1:1 with senior leaders, facilitates team offsites, and develops customized leadership development journeys for leaders at all levels. Her specialty is in helping people unlock the next level of performance while maximizing authenticity.
Miriam’s credentials include an MA in Organizational & Management Development and a BA in Business & Psychology. She is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, and a member of Forbes Coaches Council.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Miriam Meima discuss:
- What’s the difference between therapy and coaching?
- The gift of things shutting down around us
- Relationship between competence and intuition
- Accepting yourself and relaxing into your wisdom
Key Takeaways:
- Therapy is standing in the present and looking backward while coaching is about standing in the present and looking forwards. The two have different vantage points and different intentions.
- When things shut down, we were forced to look in the mirror and think about who are the people that matter and what are the experiences that matter. We had the opportunity individually and collectively to reset.
- Being competent is what unlocks your ability to trust yourself and therefore allows you to be drawn to a certain direction through your intuition.
- A lot of challenge at all ages for humans comes from feeling like we have to prove ourselves - the breeding grounds for insecurity. If we allow ourselves to feel accepted, we could trust ourselves more and relax into our wisdom.
"If we can all become students of ourselves we’ll start to notice we feel pulled in certain places, and that's usually tuition at work." — Miriam Meima
Access free resources by clicking on this link: www.leaderswhosmile.com
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Miriam Meima:
Website: https://www.2mleaders.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-meima
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Michele Sammons is an inspirational author, intuitive teacher, and highly-attuned guide who works with clients worldwide helping them transform their lives.
As an empath and intuitive, Michele’s light-hearted, joyful approach embraces people right where they are on their spiritual path and gently guides them to personal clarity and understanding. She is passionate about working with Spirit to uplift others while spreading love and joy along the way.
Michele makes her home in Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband Scott, and chocolate Labrador, Dewey. Michele is the author of The Little Book of Big Knowing: Tiny Bursts of Insight to Wake Up Your Soul and Intuitive Companion: Consult Your Inner Guru for Everyday Guidance.
Michele’s work is featured in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, and Well Defined.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michele Sammons discuss:
- People’s innate ability to be intuitive
- Intuitive brainstorming
- Intuition is the path
- Nurturing intuition
Key Takeaways:
- We are all born naturally intuitive but as we grow older, the tendency is that we lose connection to it and get trained out of our natural ability.
- People have different ways of tapping into their intuition, but your ability to be intuitive is not limited by space. Through intention and giving yourself permission, you can let your creativity and ideas flow.
- Intuition is a delivery mechanism, it’s the path in which you can receive guidance.
- Get quiet and spend some time in silence. Check in with yourself and pay attention to your emotions and your body. Find a calm, centered, neutral space so that you can tap into your higher self.
"Spend some time in silence. That's when our intuition has room to grow and show itself. Let the outer world dim its lights a little bit so we can turn to the inner world." — Michele Sammons
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Michele Sammons:
Website: https://www.michelesammons.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mhsammons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michele.sammons/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MicheleHSammons/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Donna Loughlin is the Founder of LMGPR and known for her work with futurists and innovators. She has launched more than 500 companies, taking them from stealth to market leaders since forming her agency in 2002.
She is also the host of BeforeItHappened, a leading narrative podcast featuring visionaries and the moments, events, and realizations that inspired them to change our lives for the better.
Donna excels in the realm of storytelling and uses those skills to propel new companies into the mainstream.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Donna Loughlin discuss:
- How robots could improve working conditions
- Listening will never be obsolete
- Opening ourselves up to change
- How to be more innovative
Key Takeaways:
- Robots are not taking our jobs but there are jobs that robots are very willing to take, jobs that are either too tedious or too dangerous for human beings.
- You can never take the human factor out of industry and life. Only people have the ability to listen, understand, and have empathy for others. Making decisions and other cognitive functions are other examples.
- We need to have more gratitude and less attitude. Be open to change and to conversations especially when there are differences in opinions.
- Surround yourself with talented people. Ask questions and learn from others. Know your talents and apply them.
"Robots can perform tasks and can do some miraculous things. But they can't replace our cognitive thinking, human engagement, and interaction." — Donna Loughlin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Donna Loughlin:
Website: https://www.lmgpr.com/
Podcast: https://www.beforeithappened.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBIHpodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beforeithappenedshow/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnal2/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Sybil Ackerman-Munson is a nonprofit professional and foundation advisor. She founded Do Your Good, an LLC dedicated to helping individuals and businesses make lasting, meaningful contributions to the world. In September, she will be launching her Crack the Code Course, step-by-step lessons on how to build a philanthropic life.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sybil Ackerman-Munson discuss:
- How you could do more harm than good without due diligence
- For-profit business concepts that are useful for nonprofit managers
- Preventing burn out in the nonprofit space
- Adjusting your pitch according to the kind of donor
Key Takeaways:
- Being an effective giver will take certain due diligence, especially if you have a lot to give. Giving without knowing the community and the reputation of a nonprofit can do more harm than good.
- Nonprofit founders generally start companies to do good, but to sustain their organization, they need to have studied how to operate a for-profit business and how to collaborate with others.
- The motivation for everyone ultimately is to do good, but the good can only be sustained if those who initiate and manage that change is properly incentivized. It’s not wrong for nonprofit workers to earn more.
- There are three kinds of donors. First is the sustainer donor, they are the ones that love your group and will fund you year after year. Second is the campaigner donor, somebody who cares about a specific cause. The third is the launcher donor and they want to fill in the gaps.
"You, as a nonprofit, need to know the kind of donor you're talking to. In my over a decade of experience, I've found that there's three distinct types of donors. And if you talk to the one wrong, you're not going to even get in the door." — Sybil Ackerman-Munson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Sybil Ackerman-Munson:
Website: https://www.doyourgood.com/about
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doyourgood/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doyourgood/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sybil-ackerman-munson-847b428/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Danielle Mulvey is a former flight attendant-turned-entrepreneur who has cracked the code on recruiting, hiring, and retaining what she refers to as “5-Star Employees”.
Never one to settle for average, Danielle has scaled her several companies to over $50 million in annual revenue while spending less than 10 hours each week overseeing their operations.
Danielle’s own team of trusted 5-Star Employees provides her with the freedom to spend the rest of her workweek guiding other entrepreneurs through podcasting, workshops, and community curating.
In addition to running her companies and assisting other entrepreneurs, Danielle is the Chief Curator of The ALL IN Company Community, which strategically advises other entrepreneurs on attracting and hiring 5-Star Employees. She has been developing, testing, and sharing these ideas for more than 10 years now, with a staggering 90% success rate! Danielle attributes this success to her undeniable gift to identify and nurture 5-Star Employees. She knows in order to succeed, leaders need to get comfortable with the uncomfortable and go all in on their employees, who will reciprocate and go all in on the company.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Danielle Mulvey discuss:
- Casting a wide net
- Hiring based on alignment
- Why is it important to be aligned
- The difference between limber and flexible
Key Takeaways:
- One out of seven candidates is a potential five-star employee. The key is to cast a wide net, attracting as many candidates as possible and getting out of the box with your recruitment strategies.
- Hire people who are aligned with your true core values. That’s the foundation of any business. If people aren’t aligned, the relationship will not last.
- If you don’t love what you’re doing, you’ll go to work and be in pain the whole day through. This is a great cause for inefficiency in the workplace, people can’t go into flow and they’ll probably tap out after three hours at work.
- If you’re an employer, you’re looking for limber people, not flexible people. A limber person is someone who’s amenable to change, not rigid, someone who can go with the flow and do what’s asked of them.
"When you're working with like-minded people who have the same core values, I mean, that's where the magic happens.." — Danielle Mulvey
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Danielle Mulvey:
Website: www.5staremployees.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-mulvey-66a315/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
With nearly three decades of experience working in the thrift industry, Tim O’Neal has spent the past 18 years focused on the vision of ending poverty through the power of work.
When O’Neal was brought on with Goodwill of Central Arizona, the organization was in serious financial trouble and at risk of having its membership removed by Goodwill Industries International. O’Neal’s arrival marked a turning point in the 70-year history of the organization, and his leadership was instrumental in keeping the organization running by increasing retail operations by 3000 percent during his tenure as the Vice President of Retail Operations (1999 – 2007).
O’Neal brought a distinct level of professionalism to the retail side of the organization, a characteristic that quickly spread throughout the organization. O’Neal values the time and effort of his employees above all else. He knows the successful reach of Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona’s mission is due to the hard work and innovation all employees exhibit every day. O’Neal recognizes talent and feels it is important for the organization to cultivate leadership at all levels. He is most proud of the transparency the nonprofit presents, as well as the workplace culture that regularly earns top marks on “Best Places to Work” rankings.
Goodwill’s founder, Edgar Helms, envisioned providing people in need with the skills and opportunities that lead to self-sufficiency by providing a hand-up, not a handout. O’Neal believes wholeheartedly in carrying out this mission to better the lives of everyone in our state. He knows the best way to bring a positive impact to Arizona is to work together, collaborate, and cultivate partnerships with community members, organizations, and leaders.
Tim O’Neal is proud of his employees and proud of the positive impact Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona leaves on the local community.
O’Neal holds a Certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management from the Harvard Business School Executive Education program. O’Neal graduated in June 2010 from Goodwill Industries International’s Executive Leadership Development program, which drives excellence, strategic planning, and personal development skills for top executives in the industry.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tim O'Neal discuss:
- Creating impact through servant leadership
- The purpose is community
- Taking care of your team
- Communication and transparency
Key Takeaways:
- We have different job titles, but nobody's more important than the next person. Take care of your people and they’ll take care of everything else.
- The purpose is community, taking care of your fellow humans. No matter what people think, you and I can make a difference and that’s why it matters.
- As a leader, make sure that your organization has enough resources to weather any kind of storm that comes up. Be careful about the decisions you’re making today. Keep in mind that you have a responsibility to care for your team when tougher times arrive.
- Why wouldn’t you want to communicate and be transparent? It saves you the hassle of having to relay messages over and over to make sure that everybody’s on the same page.
"If you're the leader, the number one job, you have to take care of your people. And if you do that, they take care of everything else." — Tim O'Neal
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tim O’Neal:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tim-o-neal
Website: https://www.goodwillaz.org/team-member/tim-oneal/
Email: timoneal@goodwillaz.org
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Bryan has been in the lawn care industry his entire working life starting with mowing neighbor’s lawns in high school to ultimately founding Peach Tree Inc, a market-leading landscape company in the southeast, and growing the firm to over 125 employees. In 2013 he navigated the successful acquisition of Peach Tree to Landscapes USA a national provider of commercial landscape services. The inspiration for GreenPal is born out of the frustration Bryan observed while operating the landscape business, and how difficult it is for homeowners to find, schedule, and pay a reliable small lawn care professional. Bryan is in charge of GreenPal’s strategic direction and growth to become the platform that powers the lawn care industry.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Bryan Clayton discuss:
- How culture can be an advantage
- Leaders are responsible for the culture
- How you could fix a bad culture
- Building a culture vs cultivating a culture
Key Takeaways:
- People choose companies based on how they feel and one of the things that affect how they feel about the company is its culture.
- If you’re a leader in a space, then you are primarily responsible for the office culture. You get what you give out, your people reflect how you are and how you treat them. If going to work feels like a chain around your neck, guess how your team members feel.
- If you want to fix your culture, focus on doing small things consistently and build up from there. Learn to genuinely care about the people in your company, know their names, and be sincerely curious about their lives and how they are doing.
- Building a culture in your company is less like being a construction worker and more like being a gardener. The culture of your company needs constant tending, it’s not a project that has an endpoint - it’s a living thing that needs continuous nourishment and growth.
"As the CEO, chief, boss, or whatever you call yourself, you get exactly the culture that you deserve. You hired these people, you brought them on to the mission with you, and believe it or not, they are reflecting your level of enthusiasm." — Bryan Clayton
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Bryan Clayton:
Website: https://www.yourgreenpal.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-clayton-a96b33214
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanmclayton/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Josh is an international business consultant, coach, and speaker. He has the unique experience of personally helping hundreds of businesses grow simply using the WTS Method. His specialty is taking stressed-out entrepreneurs from working "in" their business to working "on" their business using systems so that profit and freedom can become a consistent mechanical reality.
Josh has personally consulted or coached over 1000 business owners from more than 100 industries, from small startup businesses to $500M enterprises.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Josh Fonger discuss:
- Taking a step back
- Documenting your work
- Empowering your team
- Getting consistent results
Key Takeaways:
- If you step back and document all the problems that happen on a consistent basis, you could be better prepared to face them instead of just reacting each time.
- Write down your whole day, track everything all through out for at least two days. It’s going to be tedious, but it will open your eyes and allow you to be able to recognize the recurring problems and inefficiencies.
- If you’re a manager, you’ve got to delegate the tasks properly. You need to have full documentation and clarity on the instructions on how to do the task correctly from start to finish. By doing this, you could also empower your team so that they know exactly what to do.
- The only way to get consistent and controlled results is to fully document the instructions for a task. Doing this doesn’t only bring clarity to what the team member is supposed to do but it also helps them know what is expected of them.
"If you develop and then document the systems that make up what you do, what your team does, eventually, those problems aren't gonna be happening anymore because you're gonna be cutting out variability, you're gonna be cutting out waste in terms of time and materials." — Josh Fonger
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Josh Fonger:
Website: https://wtsenterprises.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/workthesystem
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshfonger/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tony Child is the Founder and Owner of Elevated Worldwide, whose mission is to elevate businesses worldwide through the daily process of creating habits that produce desired results. He focuses on helping companies reach their goals while implementing positive change in the lives of their employees with time-tested and research-based processes. Tony has mentored executives, high-performing entrepreneurs, and Olympic athletes. Aside from his active guidance, through his book “VisionShift: A 10-Week Program to Transforming Your Life, Company and Industry So You Can Have, Do and Give More”, Tony continues making a great impact on leaders’ lives.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tony Child discuss:
- How mindset makes a huge difference
- Bringing awareness into our programming
- The disadvantage of living an unconscious life
- Shifting from “not enough” to “more than enough”
Key Takeaways:
- If you change the way you see things then the things you see will change. Changing your thoughts from negative or neutral to positive can change results dramatically.
- Bring the unconscious out into the conscious mind. Through therapy, coaching, journaling, and looking at the beliefs you hold about life, you’ll be able to see what is essentially your “programming” and rewrite it as necessary.
- If we don’t make ourselves aware of our own internal programming, we will have the disadvantage of being controlled and limited by it subconsciously.
- Most people are programmed to see life from a lens of “not enough”. Confirmation bias sets in and we see evidence of what we already believe is true. Shift your lens from “not enough” to “more than enough”. One way to make progress in this is by practicing gratitude.
"We've got to rewrite some things because your beliefs right now - it’s not programmed to take you there." — Tony Child
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tony Child:
Website: https://tonychild.com/ | http://keepelevated.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyrchild/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevated-worldwide/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonyrchild
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Steven Gaffney is a leading expert on creating Consistently High Achieving Organizations (CHAO)™ including high-achieving teams, honest communication, and change leadership. Steven has worked in more than 25 different industries and market segments for over 25 years. He uses cross-discipline solutions and best practices from other industry sectors to bring fresh, innovative, and consistently successful approaches to his clients. He works directly with top leaders from Fortune 500 companies, associations, and the U.S. government and military; he is also an author, speaker, and trusted advisor.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steven Gaffney discuss:
- Honest communication in the workplace
- Providing an environment of emotional safety
- Encouraging people to be more candid
- Giving negative feedback
Key Takeaways:
- The biggest problem in communication is not in what people say but it's actually in what they don't say to each other or what they leave out.
- There’s a difference between being told that you are in a safe place and feeling that you are in a safe place. People want to tell the truth, so it's important we provide an environment of emotional safety.
- Create emotional safety. If you’re a leader in your organization, you must initiate and promote speaking candidly. Also, reward honesty. Encourage people to be more honest and give and receive feedback.
- When you give honest negative feedback, be ready also to give an actionable step that’s measurable and within a time frame. Ask them how you could help them complete their task and establish accountability.
"Getting the unsaid said, if you can do that, you can fix almost any problem." — Steven Gaffney
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Steven Gaffney:
Website: http://www.stevengaffney.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/steven-gaffney/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Stacey Brown Randall is the multiple award-winning author of Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, host of the Roadmap to Grow Your Business podcast and national speaker.
Stacey teaches business owners how to generate referrals naturally… without manipulating, incentivizing or even asking.
She has been featured in national publications like Entrepreneur magazine, Investor Business Daily, Forbes, and more.
She received her Master’s in Organizational Communication and is married with three kids.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Stacey Brown Randall discuss:
- Understanding that referrals aren’t about you
- Being genuine and practicing gratitude
- Creating a good client experience
- Going into a prospecting meeting with the right mindset
Key Takeaways:
- The first step to getting more referrals is to understand how referrals even happen. Referrals aren’t about you, it’s about the referral source. If they understand the problem a person is facing and they know that you can solve it, they’ll refer the person to you.
- Be genuine and always put the heart of the relationship first and foremost. Also, you must always remember to express gratitude when somebody refers you. Send a handwritten thank you note, not an email or a text message that can easily be forgotten or buried in their inbox.
- Work on the experience that you give to your client. Don’t ask for direct referral, instead, give them a referable experience. Do good work and work on the relationship.
- Have the right mindset when going into a meeting. There’s a big difference between the mindset of “I want this person to hire me” and “I want this person to adore me, help me, and refer me.”
"Until you can impact how they feel about you. You certainly can't direct how they think about you." — Stacey Brown Randall
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Stacey Brown Randall:
Website: http://www.staceybrownrandall.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staceybrownrandall/?hl=en
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/staceybrandall
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/staceybrownrandall
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Lisa Morton is the CEO and founder of Roland Dransfield, one of the most established communications agencies in Manchester, England. For the last 24 years, Lisa has worked to forge meaningful, lasting business relationships that create both business growth and social impact alongside her team of award-winning strategists, journalists, creatives, digital, and social media specialists. Now with a London office and a partnership with an LA-based
agency, of which the founder is a former Roland Dransfield team member, Lisa is continuing to expand Roland Dransfield and explore new paths for growth.
Lisa’s commitment to purpose-driven work is exemplified by Roland Dransfield’s “We Built This City” podcast, a podcast series that hears from Mancunians, born, bred, and adopted, who put their heart into Greater Manchester. The podcast has been nominated for Best Business Podcast by the prestigious British Podcast Awards and celebrates stories of determination, loyalty, and diversity across culture, arts, politics, sport, music, and business. Roland Dransfield’s other recent award wins include PR & Marketing Agency of the Year, Marketing Personality of the Year (Downtown in Business), Best PR/Social Agency Campaign (MPA), Small PR Agency of the Year (MPA), PR Agency of the Year (MPA) and Best PR Agency (The Talk of Manchester). They are currently shortlisted for Prolific North Best PR Agency and Best Digital Campaign and Best Social Impact Award 2020 (Downtown in Business), among others.
25 years ago, it became apparent to Lisa that the only way to work somewhere that had suitable goals and values as an enterprise was to start it herself. Almost immediately, her talent for creating relationships became apparent when Manchester suffered a devastating bombing. Lisa got involved heavily in rebuilding the city centre and over the years has played a large part in helping to regenerate neglected parts of the city centre to create the new key “pillar” neighborhoods that make up the city. As a result, Lisa has been at the forefront of the response to crises in her community, and her commitment to social impact in the business community has driven her to help others to do the same.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lisa Morton discuss:
- How crisis reveals our identity and creates progress
- Organizations that stay and get stronger together
- Adding value during adversities
- Working with others who are aligned with your values
Key Takeaways:
- Adversity can create a lot of beauty and positive progress. It is where our true identity is tested. We can only know who we really are or who our team members are when we go through a crisis.
- Organizations that figured out who they were, what their purpose was, and what their values were are those that stayed together and got stronger.
- Companies that add value during adversities will be remembered. Companies that don’t add value during adversities will also be remembered.
- People will be able to work more effectively and happily when they work with others who are aligned with their own values and purpose. Ideally, organizations must choose clients that are aligned with their values and purpose.
"Plant trees you’ll never see. Leave a legacy out of respect for those who follow." — Lisa Morton
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Check out their podcast, We Built This City, by clicking on this link: https://www.rdpr.co.uk/we-built-this-city-podcast/
Connect with Lisa Morton:
Website: https://www.rdpr.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisamorton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisam2301/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Writer, scientist, professor, and practitioner of search optimization, Steve Wiideman lives, breathes, and eats SEO, SEM, and inbound marketing. He is the author of SEO Strategy & Skills, a college textbook through Stukent. When he's not leading his team of SEO consultants for franchise, multi-location, and e-commerce brands, he's a cheeseball romantic, entertaining dad, and world traveler with a passion for life; embracing culture and diversity.
While serving as an adjunct professor at UCSD and CSUF, Steve’s also building the Academy of Search, while volunteering time to help improve transparency and industry standards as an agency trainer.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Wiideman discuss:
- Why transparency is important
- Owning your mistakes
- Practicing transparency in hiring
- Focusing more on the value you give
Key Takeaways:
- People won’t feel bought into something if they don’t know what the something is 100%. Make sure that there’s transparency in the organization with your team and with your clients.
- Whenever you mess up or something doesn’t go well, it’s important to own it. Be honest, be genuine, and be sincere. You don’t have to make such a big show about it, but you have to be vulnerable and admit what you did wrong internally and if necessary, externally as well.
- A good practice when hiring is to ask the person if they could talk about stories of them working with other people. If they could talk about it, then it’s a really good sign. If you still feel uncomfortable, ask for more points of reference.
- Focus on being the best and having the most value to give, not just on being SEO-noticeable. Because if you are the number one result, but the information you give is basic and bland, eventually, the stats are going to catch up and your true search rank will show.
"If you're afraid of your competitors taking your business, then you're not doing as good as them and you need to step up your game. Because in the digital marketing world, especially in SEO, your job is to be number one. Nobody goes to page two of Google. You've got to be so competitive that the competition comes to you." — Steve Wiideman
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Steve Wiideman:
Website: https://www.wiideman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/seosteve
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/seosteve
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wiideman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seoexpert/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Rachel Richter is the Founder and Managing Partner of INLIGN, the premier alignment coaching and advisory practice for teams and organizations seeking to rectify misalignment and enable optimal functioning. Rachel describes alignment as “culture in action.” Out of further demand, she also founded align&thrive, the alignment coaching practice for individuals with the purpose of making thriving attainable personally and professionally.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rachel Richter discuss:
- What alignment means
- Scaling alignment from the individual
- Rooting out the cause of misalignment
- The connection between alignment and intuition
Key Takeaways:
- We intuitively understand to a certain extent what alignment means since we can feel it when we are not in alignment. There is alignment when actions accurately reflect priorities and intentions.
- Organizational alignment scales from the individual. Each one must see if they align with themselves while creating space between themselves and their role.
- If you are a leader in your organization and you can see a serious lack of alignment, then you need to seek out where the source of misalignment is. Each part of your organizational structure must be incentivized to work towards the same thing.
- Bringing more resurgence to alignment will bring more resurgence to intention and intuition and all these will maximize business performance and overall success.
"We don't come to a place of seeing each other and being able to collaborate if we don't have the same or mutually beneficial intentions." — Rachel Richter
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rachel Richter:
Website: https://www.getinlign.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imrachelrichter
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Ryan Margolin, the CEO of Professional Hair Labs, set out on a journey to help create the world's leading product in cosmetic bonding when his mother was poisoned by the harmful chemicals in the hair adhesive products commonly used in the industry. Inspired to keep the same thing from happening to anybody else, his family dove into the research and created their first hair care product free of harmful substances. Now, nearly 20 years later, Ryan is an international business leader and an entrepreneur who works in more than 15 different countries.
There, he helps create sustainable services and products in industries full of subpar and even harmful options.
With the help of Ryan’s expertise in effectively taking concepts and formulating strategies for success in multiple different industries, as well as his flexibility, clarity, and dedication to putting people first, Professional Hair Labs has expanded its manufacturing tenfold, grown to become one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the US over the last 5 years, and has sold more than $50 million in product globally.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Ryan Margolin discuss:
- Setting aside ego
- Encouraging open communication
- The difference is in the mindset
- Controlling the fire
Key Takeaways:
- If you truly want the business to succeed and grow, then egos must be set aside. People need to be able to drop the veil and look at themselves in the mirror to figure out how they could help the company best.
- Encourage people to speak their thoughts openly. Set up open lines of communication between the organization’s members and executives.
- Consider hiring a person with a good mindset. A person who may be less qualified than another but has a stronger and hungrier kind of mindset will be a better asset to your company than others. You don’t want to have that type of person slipping off your fingers.
- Fear is like fire. You can step back and just watch it burn everything down. Or you could control the fire and not be afraid of it.
"It really comes down to mindset. It’s the difference between are you just gonna stay in the same place or are you gonna truly achieve what you know you can and realize your full potential." — Ryan Margolin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Ryan Margolin:
Website: https://www.prohairlabs.com
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ghostbondglue
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/professionalhairlabs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/professionalhairlabs
LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/ryanmargolin
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Mike is the Managing Director/CEO of the Napier Group, a $7M PR and marketing agency for B2B technology companies. He is a self-confessed geek who loves talking about technology. He believes that combining the measurement, accountability, and innovation that he learned as an engineer with a passion for communicating internationally means Napier can help clients achieve their marketing goals sooner.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mike Maynard discuss:
- Why marketing is becoming more important
- The difference between sales and marketing
- Bridging the gaps between different departments
- Marketing to your ideal customer
Key Takeaways:
- Marketing is becoming more important because it’s responsible for the majority of the process the customer goes to. Sales get involved at the end to close the deal.
- Sales are personal. Marketing focuses on audiences - individuals grouped together. Sales are one-to-one, and marketing is one-to-many.
- You have to learn to work together with other departments. Stop sitting in your own silo, engage the other group and try to talk their language.
- Picture your ideal customer and market to them. If any marketing tool or action doesn’t fit or won’t be received typically by your ideal customer, then don’t do it.
"The worst that you could do is to just start marketing. What you need to do is to make sure that what you’re gonna do is going to reach the right people and that it’s gonna be effective." — Mike Maynard
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Mike Maynard:
Website: www.napierb2b.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mike_Maynard
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/napierpr/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemaynard/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/napier-partnership-limited
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Heenle is a certified HR Professional with a passion for helping businesses succeed. Heenle has provided HR consulting services to more than 200 businesses varying in size and industry.
Heenle's experience in sales, customer service, and people management has uniquely positioned her to partner with entrepreneurs and business leaders to recruit and retain a team of their own five-star employees.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Heenle Turner discuss:
- Tailor-fitting your questions to find the best candidates
- Recruiting for the best interest of the business owner
- Dealing with candidates that ghost the interviewer
- The qualities of a five-star employee
Key Takeaways:
- You have to be intentional and specific with what you want from a candidate. Start with outlining what it is exactly you want or expect from a person first before creating specific and targeted questions according to that.
- To come up with the right questions, know the intentions of the owner and what exactly is the need they want to fill in the company related to that role.
- Candidates who decide not to show up for their interview are not a loss for the company. You probably don’t want a person with a lack of professionalism working for you anyway.
- Look for a candidate whose core values align with the company’s, then see if they possess qualities of a five-star employee such as being supportive, collaborative, and proactive. Being able to complete their tasks, achieve their goals, provide quantifiable results for you, and more.
"What I challenge business owners to think about is time and efficiency, if you give everybody a shot, if you don’t have standards, if you don’t find the right people the first time then you’ll realize in a few weeks that they’re not the right fit, the people in your organization who are five star employees are gonna be picking up the slack for the new people… you’ll find yourself replacing them anyway." — Heenle Turner
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Heenle Turner:
Website: www.5staremployees.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heenleturner/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Yvan Demosthenes is a Sales Professional with more than 20 years of experience, 16 years in Talent Acquisition and Recruiting. His career has covered various Sales and Management roles. During his career, he has attained several awards from GE, CareerBuilder, Monster.com, and others.
Yvan has helped companies of all sizes with their online advertising, technology integration, diversity recruiting efforts, and overall recruiting strategies. He has also had the pleasure of placing executives and emerging leaders into some of the most recognized companies.
He received his BS from the University of Cincinnati, his MBA from Thomas More University, received his Leadership Training from Harvard Business School, and his D&I Certification from eCornell.
Yvan lives in Cincinnati, OH with his wife and 3 kids and is a Parishioner at Guardian Angels Church in the community of Anderson. He is active in nonprofits and enjoys coaching youth sports. He is currently a Thomas More University Alumni Board Member.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Yvan Demosthenes discuss:
- How to get better at attracting ideal interviewees
- Developing an internal referral system
- The consequence of not working on your culture
- Looking for individuals with transferable skills
Key Takeaways:
- Transparency and truthfulness are great ways to attract job seekers to your company. Be detailed and exact about the job description, not only of the requirements of the job but the attitude you want in a team member and what culture they’re coming into if they come into your company.
- Who knows better what’s gonna fit within your company than your own employees? A robust internal referral program is a must in order to get quality candidates.
- Developing and working on culture has to be as important as the short-term financial goals that keep your lights on. If you don’t prioritize it, it will make things worse either now or down the road.
- There are not enough people to go around, you’re competing with others for the same person. Look for individuals with transferable skills.
"Money can always solve problems at the moment, without a true plan behind the money, it’s temporary." — Yvan Demosthenes
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Yvan Demosthenes:
Website: https://www.hamiltondemo.com/contact
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamiltondemo/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvandemosthenes/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HamiltonDemo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonDemoRecruiting/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Rabi Gupta is a serial entrepreneur who has worked alongside his current founding team for 10+ years. Throughout his career, Rabi and his team have worked on AI, Recommendation engines, social platforms, and enterprise software. His first startup iDubba/iCouchapp was a “TV show recommendations + social engagement” app that had 2M+ monthly active users at the time it got acquired. After that Rabi took a bold step moving to Silicon Valley to start a new company. While being there Rabi realized the importance of “relationship building” using gifts but got frustrated by the lack of technological innovation in the space. So he and his team used their prior experience to come up with the idea of using AI to solve the problem. That’s how EvaBot was born. Today EvaBot serves more than 1000 businesses including Fortune 50 companies and brands like Zendesk, Silicon Valley Bank, and Cigna to name a few.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rabi Gupta discuss:
- Utilizing technology to improve relationships
- Hyperpersonal conversations and how they happen
- Turning a lukewarm lead warmer through gifts
- The best way you can give a gift
Key Takeaways:
- Technology is becoming more and more like an appendage, an extension of a person’s self and it can aid in relationship building if we use it with that intent.
- When people believe they are talking to computers or machines, they tend to be more open and share more data. This is called hyperpersonal conversation.
- Giving personalized gifts is one of the best ways to boost your relationship with another person. It’s one of the fastest ways to turn a lukewarm lead warmer.
- A good gift is one that is unexpected and is something that they’ve wanted all along. Giving the perfect gift is all about finding the balance between those two factors.
"It’s called hyperpersonal conversations. When humans talk to computers or machines, they are more open and they share more data." — Rabi Gupta
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rabi Gupta:
Website: www.evabot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tryevabot
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TryEvaBot/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/evabot
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7RTmcDyHGH-6Ev7dn3n5A
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Marc Reifenrath is the co-founder and CEO of Spinutech. Spinutech has grown from a University Dorm start-up over 20 years ago to a multinational digital agency with 150+ team members across the U.S. In that capacity, he understands firsthand how critical a company’s culture is to achieving and maintaining success.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Marc Reifenrath discuss:
- Networking is worth your time
- Confidence could be the difference
- Finding competitive team players
- Creating collisions in the online workplace
Key Takeaways:
- Networking events are worth your time. Getting the support of many different people that have different specialties is the best way to grow your business.
- Confidence could be the difference between a sale and a rejection. People want to know that what you’re saying is going to happen as good as you’re saying if not better.
- You want somebody who’s confident, competent, and competitive in your team but you want that person to be able to use that competitive energy to benefit the whole team and the whole organization, not just themselves.
- In the online space, you need to be intentional in creating collisions between people. Leaders need to be more personal, and show their sincerity by really letting somebody say how they are.
"We were saying the same things, but it was being heard differently because we’re saying it differently. That confidence, that’s what people buy a lot of the time." — Marc Reifenrath
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Marc Reifenrath:
Website:https://spinutech.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spinuser
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcreifenrath/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Mandi will solve your company’s sales problems, quickly. Through her one-on-one or group coaching, she has a track record for increasing sales & the speed of closing deals. She curates creative closing tactics, inspires clever ways of finding new business, teaches more effective time management & educates the best ways to listen to the voice of the customer. She is your company's fun & creative secret weapon. Her 23 years of experience in leadership roles in sales, management, business, and hospitality give her a unique edge to help your company thrive. Most importantly, Mandi uses humor, fun, and stories to motivate you or your team to make your business better.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mandi Graziano discuss:
- What makes a salesperson great
- Utilizing technology to socialize
- Having a quick response time
- Looking into pink flags
Key Takeaways:
- A good salesperson has passion for their product or service, knowledge of their product and service, and is a good listener.
- Technology doesn’t have to separate us. We can use it to our advantage to connect with people in meaningful ways that we couldn’t have otherwise.
- If you can get responses back better than your competitors, you’ll probably win. One thing that could help you have a faster response time is by making sure that you have product knowledge.
- Don’t ignore pink flags. Acknowledge them and plan for them before they turn into a red flag. Listen to your gut feeling.
"If you are an educator and a good listener, you can be a good sales person." — Mandi Graziano
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Check out Mandi’s book, “Sales Tales: The Hustle, Humor, and Lessons from a
Life in Sales” by clicking here: https://www.amazon.com/Sales-Tales-Hustle-Humor-Lessons-ebook/dp/B09CLRS7R9
For the audiobook version of “Sales Tales”, click this link: https://www.amazon.com/Sales-Tales-Hustle-Humor-Lessons/dp/B09WRSQW6V/
Connect with Mandi Graziano:
Website: https://www.mandigraziano.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mandi_Graziano/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandigraziano/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi4xtdxqZWuNLrTRNV1NwLQ/videos
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Jay is the founder and former CEO of Blinds.com, the world’s largest online window coverings retailer, acquired by The Home Depot in 2014. Jay remained as its CEO and later joined The Home Depot Online Leadership Team. After stepping away from these roles in early 2020, he began teaching entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and has increased his involvement on numerous private company boards and serves as a director of the public company, Masonite.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jay Steinfeld discuss:
- The counter productiveness of generosity
- Caring for your people genuinely
- Being serious about your culture
- Tips for creating startup businesses
Key Takeaways:
- A lot of people think that what you need to do to succeed in business is to spend as little as possible and give away as little as you can get away with and you’ll get more money. However, the opposite is true. If you give more, you’ll get more.
- Not every person wants to dedicate their whole life to one company. People have dreams, aspirations, and goals of their own. When you start making people feel that you genuinely care about them, they’ll start trusting you more.
- You have to communicate to your team that embodying the culture and values of the organization is the most important thing. Be serious about culture, and hold people to your expectations.
- It’s better to be prepared yet humble enough to know that there is a lot that you don’t know. When experimenting, try the small and fast ideas that have any potential rather than big ideas that would take a lot of time to execute.
"It’s better to give as much as you can away because you’ll actually get people more loyal, more satisfied, and that goes with not just your customers - it’s especially true with your employees." — Jay Steinfeld
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jay Steinfeld:
Website: https://www.jaysteinfeld.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlindscomCEO
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaysteinfeld/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Rick West is the CEO and Co-Founder of Field Agent, a global Work-On-Demand Platform.
Before starting Field Agent, Rick worked 16 years with Procter & Gamble in various assignments in the United States, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. Since leaving P&G, he has been a start-up Entrepreneur for 19 years.
Rick has co-founded multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN, and most recently Field Agent. He is a mentor and speaker within the entrepreneurial community and an active board member. He is also a member of the global Endeavor Entrepreneur network. Rick is an 8 wing 7 and has a BBA in Personnel and Industrial Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Kentucky.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rick West discuss:
- Creating a solution
- From corporate to entrepreneur
- Creative people in the corporate space
- Testing your idea
Key Takeaways:
- Explore different innovative ways in which you can provide a service that not many companies currently do.
- Some mindset shifts are needed when shifting from the corporate world to the entrepreneurial world. One of the most important ones is that in the entrepreneurial world, you need somebody’s help in order to succeed.
- Someone creative will find it hard to stay in the corporate space. If you’re one of those people that have an entrepreneurial spirit, you’ll have to decide if you are able to pursue your idea now or after you retire.
- Before you launch your business idea, you need to test it against the opinion of complete strangers. If a complete stranger isn’t willing to buy it, then you’re selling an idea and not a solution.
"Even if you find a great problem to solve, you are only as good as you invoice and collect. If you can’t invoice and collect, you’re just working on an expensive hobby. If you can find a problem to solve and you can get a complete stranger to pay you - oh my goodness - who cares what it looks like!" — Rick West
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rick West:
Website: https://www.fieldagent.net/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwest01/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/field-agent/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by
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Richard White is founder and CEO of Fathom.video, a free app that records, transcribes & highlights your calls so you can focus on the conversation instead of taking notes.
Fathom was a part of the Y-Combinator W21 batch, is one of only 50 Zoom App Launch Partners, and is one of a small handful of companies Zoom has invested in directly via their Zoom Apps Fund.
Prior to Fathom, Richard founded UserVoice, one of the leading platforms that technology companies, from startups to the Fortune 500, use for managing customer feedback and making strategic product decisions. UserVoice was notable for being the company that originally invented the Feedback tabs shown on the side of millions of websites around the world today.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Richard White discuss:
- The difference with remote office culture
- Sharing information asynchronously
- How virtual meetings can be better
- Solving the problem by taking notes
Key Takeaways:
- People think that office culture can be translated easily into remote office culture, but the truth is that they are two different animals. What will work for one will not work as well on the other.
- Find asynchronous ways to share information. Meetings are generally more taxing than reading an email at your own pace. Asynchronous is a lot more efficient and easier.
- Technology will soon catch up and virtual meetings will get better than in-person meetings. Still, even now, there are a lot of advantages to virtual meetings - for example, the time saved from not having to commute and the energy saved from not having to leave for work.
- Taking notes sometimes causes you to miss out on something else that’s interesting that you’d like to take notes on. You can record the whole meeting, but you’d have to sift through hours of footage after. Marking/timestamping parts in the meeting you’d like to get back to will help you to be more present in the meeting while at the same time, going back to those interesting stuff when the meeting is done.
"When the video is on, it’s more mentally taxing because everyone’s worrying about how they look. Turn off video - give people permission to not pay attention." — Richard White
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Richard White:
Website: https://fathom.video/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rrwhite/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/fathom-video/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Tom is an executive in Professional Services and Software Sales with over 25 years of business and technology experience. He is currently serving as Senior Principal, Change Management and Transformation, Thought Leadership, and Advisory Services.
Tom spent a significant part of his career at Oracle Corporation, 19 years to be exact. He was the Senior Director of the Sales Performance Group in Oracle’s Global Sales Academy. He has also served in various leadership roles at Oracle in both Sales and Consulting, across midsize and enterprise customers, in North America and globally.
He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA) and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, with honors, with a focus on Leadership and Management from Regis University (Denver, CO). Tom has also received multiple business certifications and is an award-winning researcher and author.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tom Tonkin discuss:
- Leveling the playing field
- Sitting in the discomfort of the unknown
- Trusting your convictions
- Boldness contains fear
Key Takeaways:
- When somebody from the lower hierarchy contradicts or speaks an idea that isn’t aligned with someone from the upper hierarchy, it tends to create a lot of discomfort. It’s essential for good leaders to hear people out and ask questions, no matter what their position is.
- Give yourself and your team the opportunity to sit in the discomfort of brainstorming in the unknown, of figuring out something that’s beyond what they know and are comfortable with.
- Guarantee your work. Be bold and trust your convictions no matter how you got there, whether through data or intuition.
- Boldness always contains fear and just making the difference of being bold won’t guarantee that all your ideas will take off. Still, you’ve got to keep trying.
"Everyone will get this feeling of ‘what have I done that has lasted or has made a difference?’ Somewhere along your career, you're gonna want to point back to something. " — Tom Tonkin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tom Tonkin:
Website: https://salesconservatory.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtomtonkin/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
As CEO, Heather leans into her passion for listening – to the SignatureFD team, its clients, and the industry – to create and implement the organization’s vision and mission to impact the lives of 10,000 families.
Practicing a “coach with empathy” leadership style, Heather leverages her unique ability to harmonize people’s passions and talents to build teams and lead organizations that deliver excellent and inspiring client experiences.
Prior to joining SignatureFD in February of 2003, Heather was senior operations supervisor at a trust company, managing all portfolio and security operations. She also worked for an investment management firm in Marietta, Georgia, as a financial associate.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Heather Fortner discuss:
- What it takes to live a Net Worthwhile life
- Shifting your mindset about money
- Internal baggage on financial discussions
- Developing financial literacy while young
Key Takeaways:
- Living a Net Worthwhile life means aligning your wealth in service to what you consider worthwhile in life.
- Working on investing in what's worthwhile in your life starts with an internal mindshift. You have to trust the financial planning experts, because if you don’t learn to let go you’ll be stuck.
- A lot of people carry a lot of baggage and a lot of fear around the discussion of money. This fear often causes people to become stuck. It takes some skill to have financial conversations. Letting go of those fears and baggage starts with identifying and discussing them.
- Financial literacy should start young. We need to catch them while they are young before they are able to make any big decisions that would cost them huge consequences so that they’ll grow up as financially healthy and responsible adults.
"We are able to meet people where they’re at, help them on the journey to identifying those things that are worthwhile to them but then we also have this beautiful, technical expertise to help them align all of their wealth to the service of those things they find worthwhile. The overlap of those two things is what we call ‘Net Worthwhile’." — Heather Fortner
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Heather Fortner:
Website: https://signaturefd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherfortner/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/signaturefd/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SignatureFD
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Alejandra Slatapolsky is a communications and marketing leader with over 20 years of experience in B2B financial services, fintech, and technology. She has helped dozens of companies expand their businesses and create awareness through thought leadership strategies. She has designed and implemented successful communication strategies drawing from a background in marketing, strategic event planning, journalism, public relations, digital strategies, and education.
Ms. Slatapolsky is currently the Co-Founder of Scalto, a creative consultancy focused on helping companies become truly scalable, from a branding and communications perspective.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alejandra Slatapolsky discuss:
- Ways on how you could find your passion
- How important personal branding is for interviewees
- Finding your audience in the right place
- The difference between connections and relationship
Key Takeaways:
- Figure out your message, your passion, or your “why”. A good way to find it is to ask yourself what makes you tick or what makes you angry.
- Your personal branding as an interviewee is important. A resume is in essence a document of showing who you are, what you got, and how you want to be perceived. Present yourself and present your passion.
- Reaching out to your ideal audience is a matter of finding the right forum or the right place to share your brand and your message. Each forum has a specific subculture that you have to explore in order to communicate effectively.
- There’s a big difference between connection and relationship. Technology has made creating connections a lot easier but it isn’t a good substitute for solid, real-world relationships.
"What makes you angry… that’s a way of finding your passion." — Alejandra Slatapolsky
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Alejandra Slatapolsky:
Website: www.scalto.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandraslatapolsky
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aleslata
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dr. Elena Paweta is an executive communication coach, speaker, TEDx organizer, and university professor. She conducts courses, trainings, and workshops on effective communication and business presentations internationally. Dr. Elena is a TEDx speaker and has played a big role in organizing TEDx and TEDxWomen conferences in Poland for the last 8 years. She is also a marathon runner and mother of 2 daughters. Her clients are among others: KPMG, PwC, Bosch, Deloitte, Bridgestone, GE Healthcare, Nestle, Santander Bank, Goldman Sachs, and AstraZeneca.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Elena Paweta discuss:
- Two types of confidence
- Reducing self-consciousness
- Creating a balance in your story
- Being aware of your patterns
Key Takeaways:
- The outer confidence is much easier to work on, practice good posture, gestures, eye contact, and voice projection. Inner confidence is more about your mindset but building outer confidence can contribute to building your inner confidence.
- Focus on the value that the audience could get from your message and how it could change their life. Doing this will help you keep the focus out from yourself, it will make you feel less self-conscious.
- Create a balance of inspiration and information in your speech. Make sure to always include facts in your message, along with your personal story.
- If you want to improve as a speaker you have to be aware of the patterns you do that hinder you from being the most effective speaker you can be.
- Ask somebody you trust to point out your blind spots and contemplate on their feedback.
"We need to not only show how confident we are but we also have to feel this confidence." — Elena Paweta
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Elena Paweta:
Website: https://elenapaweta.com/
Email: info@elenapaweta.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elenapaweta
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elena.paweta
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrElenaPaweta
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMsDTwao-1i7xwFwN6RblDg
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dr. Kumar is a consultant and a retired business academic specializing in global business. He has an undergraduate and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, an MBA from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is also a Certified Global Dexterity Trainer.
Originally from India, Dr. Kumar has lived and worked in the United States, France, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. He has taught at Penn State, Ohio State, Babson College, and Menlo College in the United States, the University of Nottingham in the U.K., and the University of Aarhus in Denmark, among others.
Dr. Kumar specializes in the art of doing business across cultural boundaries. As companies go global they must deal with suppliers, customers, and even employees coming from different cultural backgrounds. This impacts all facets of business operations ranging from how you negotiate business deals to how you motivate employees and manage them.
Dr. Kumar has led training programs for global companies on Doing Business in India, Negotiating Cross-Culturally, and Managing Strategic Partnerships. Global Strategic Advisory, of which Dr. Kumar is the principal, offers training programs to companies seeking to enhance their global presence. Dr. Kumar is also part of the Partner-Alliances Collective, a group of professionals involved in managing alliances.
Dr. Kumar has a passion for reading, spirituality, and wine tasting. His global experience adds to his vast knowledge, in which he has many fascinating stories to tell.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Rajesh Kumar discuss:
- How your culture defines you
- Immersing yourself in a culture
- Giving value to both the process and the result
- The limits of social media interaction
Key Takeaways:
- Culture sets you out, it defines who you are - it creates that demarcation between you and the other.
- Simply traveling or passing by isn’t enough to understand a culture, you have to immerse yourself in it and internalize it.
- Something individualistic societies can learn from eastern, collectivist cultures is giving as much value to the process as one does the result. This in turn also prioritizes the relationship more than the transaction.
- Social media is great for creating connections and conveying information to a lot of people at the same time. However, the best way to develop relationships still lies in spending time together face to face.
"[On negotiation] Of course there’s a transaction, but it is much more than that. You really need to spend a lot of time in terms of… developing a relationship, becoming comfortable with each other." — Dr. Rajesh Kumar
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr Rajesh Kumar:
Website: http://www.globalstrategicadvisory.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-kumar-81aa6a10
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Patrick B. Parker is an accomplished Tech Executive turned Founder with domestic and international experience in operations, custom software development, multi-channel product distribution, and marketing involving both start-up and growth operations. He has bootstrapped companies he founded to millions ($MM) in ARR and has raised venture capital to build out teams to refine product features and user experiences, and to execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies.
Patrick has built award-winning products and led major growth initiatives in both the public and private sectors. He is a proven operations strategist with a track record of building successful businesses. If you want guidance that you can count on, then you have come to the right place.
Today, his company works with amazing entrepreneurs that are looking to make a major impact within their industry. SaaS Partners helps clients with everything from business ideation to product/service development to building scalable marketing strategies and everything in between.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Patrick Parker discuss:
- Allowing your people to fail
- Being clear and being accountable
- How to be consumer-centric
- Building a personal brand
Key Takeaways:
- Encourage people to fail. Give people the opportunity to experiment and try new things. Give them room to fail because through that failure they'll be able to create fresh ideas and learn new things.
- Communicate the company’s values clearly and hold yourself to those standards and values. Then, hold your staff accountable to those values as well. Be clear and be the example.
- For a business to be successful, you have to have a clearly-defined customer profile. You have to go deep on the pain points they’re having.
- If you want to build a personal brand, the key is in your visibility and consistency. You have to put yourself out there, make yourself discoverable, find out how people find you, and invest in that. You also have to cut out content consistently.
"Without accountability, everything falls apart. Without visibility and without clearly communicating and articulating what those values are, might as well not have them." — Patrick Parker
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Patrick Parker:
Website: https://saaspartners.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickbparker/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Andrea T. Edwards, CSP, The Digital Conversationalist, is a globally award-winning B2B communications professional, who works with the world’s largest companies on the transformation needed to maximize business growth in our digital future. A change agent, provocateur, author, passionate communicator, and social leader. Andrea is all about helping businesses understand how they can empower employees to delight customers, grow personal career opportunities, and build brand success.
Andrea’s book – Uncommon Courage – is a deeper reflection on life, plus an invitation to courage, so we can tackle the biggest issues the world is facing, together. Her first book ‘18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile’ is on two Book Authority listings as the ‘100 Best LinkedIn Books of All Time’ and ‘22 Best New LinkedIn eBooks To Read In 2021 and 2022.’
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrea Edwards discuss:
- Trusting your intuition
- What happens when we ignore intuition
- Focusing on the solution
- Hearing your own voice again
Key Takeaways:
- It’s important to pay attention to your intuition and to trust it. There is a sweet spot where intuition and data meet, but that opportunity doesn’t always present itself.
- Ignoring intuition is ignoring a level of intelligence that’s needed in this world. Intuition is a sensory faculty that sees, hears, and understands data that isn’t easily uncovered by ordinary means.
- We live in a world that’s saturated with many different kinds of fears. We should be able to listen to that fear but instead of feeling doomed, focus on how we could change what we need to in order to make things better.
- Find silence in your life. Turn off everything, and put the noise of the world out of your head so that you’ll be able to hear your own voice again. This is where intuition starts and this is how you’ll be able to cultivate it.
"Someone who’s intuitive is a data gatherer in their own right." — Andrea Edwards
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Andrea Edwards:
Website: www.andreatedwards.com | www.uncommon-courage.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaTEdwards
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreatedwards/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDigitalConversationalist
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncommoncourageaninvitation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncommonandrea/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
About Dr. Nick Morgan: He is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. He is a passionate teacher committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas and then delivering them with panache. Fortune 50 companies have commissioned him to write for many CEOs and presidents. He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, appear on the Today Show, and deliver unforgettable TED talks. He has worked widely with political and educational leaders. And he has himself spoken, led conferences, and moderated panels at venues around the world. His latest book, on virtual communication, is Can You Hear Me? published by Harvard in 2018.
Nick’s methods, which are well-known for challenging conventional thinking, have been published worldwide. His acclaimed book on public speaking, Working the Room: How to Move People to Action through audience-centered Speaking, was published by Harvard in 2003 and reprinted in paperback in 2005 as Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move Your Audience to Action. His book on authentic communications, Trust Me, was published by Jossey-Bass in January 2009. His book on brain science and communication, Power Cues, was published by Harvard in 2014.
Nick served as editor of the Harvard Management Communication Letter from 1998 – 2003. In addition, he has written hundreds of articles for local and national publications. Nick is a former Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. After earning his PhD. in literature and rhetoric, Nick spent several years teaching Shakespeare and Public Speaking at the University of Virginia, Lehigh University, and Princeton University. He first started writing speeches for Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb and found his own communications consulting organization, Public Words, in 1997. Nick attributes his success to his honest and direct approach that challenges even the most confident orators to rethink how they communicate.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nick Morgan discuss:
- Blindspots in communication
- Some tips on dealing with nerves
- Overcoming limitations in virtual communications
- Delegating tasks during a meeting
Key Takeaways:
- Our fear response when communicating is a primordial instinct that is not relevant in our current day anymore. The tribe will not leave you to die to apex predators if you say something the wrong way anymore.
- Redefine nervousness into a feeling of fun, thrill, or excitement - like lining up for a rollercoaster ride.
- Virtual communications mess with our senses, and that affects our ability to communicate well and understand others. To combat this, play with the space a bit, use more hand gestures and try not to look at the screen that shows your face.
- Delegate an MC to keep track of and encourage audience participation in the meeting. It has to be someone other than the speaker, and it would be too much to handle for one person.
"All virtual relationships degrade over time; you need to have face-to-face meetings with business folks you have long-term relationships with." — Nick Morgan.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Nick Morgan:
Website: https://publicwords.com/ | http://drnickmorgan.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DrNickMorgan
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drnickmorgan
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dean Newlund is the founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique training and development firm based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with the sole purpose of helping organizations become more connected to their purpose and their people.
Today, Mission Facilitators is a respected company, having worked with scores of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and family-owned companies nationally and in 19 countries. Grounded in age-old wisdom, modern-day learning models, neuroscience, business acumen, and organizational development, their approach has helped companies increase sales, and engagement, create high-performing teams, and cultivate leaders.
He has trained and facilitated teams in China, the UK, South America, the Middle East, India, Eastern Europe, and Indonesia. For years he had a weekly column on leadership at the Arizona Republic Newspaper. He’s authored dozens of articles and white papers and has presented on the TEDx stage in Bend, Oregon, in 2019. And he also has a popular podcast called The Business of Intuition.
Dean is grounded in these beliefs: that when we understand our purpose, acknowledge our truth, honor our intuition and forge real connections with others, we all have the power to transform our lives and the workplace. As each person cultivates new mindsets and new skills, the fabric of our society is gradually repaired.
In this episode, Dean Newlund discussed the three challenges in:
- Creating a roadmap
- Focusing on the purpose
- Effective communication
Key Takeaways:
- We miss opportunities and risks by developing only part of the business instead of seeing it as an interdependent whole. Employees don’t see how they add value to the organization. Lastly, we tend to address the symptom and not the root cause.
- We need a roadmap that aligns the individual to the team, from the team to the end-user, to the customer. If we have that spine, that connectivity, we now know that our work is valued by others and we see the benefit of our efforts to something greater than ourselves. We also can start to uncover where the symptoms are and find the root source.
- We need to focus on the individual, team, organizational purpose, and service. We need to be doing quality metrics, and cutting costs, we need to also keep closely connected to the reason why we’re here in the first place. What is our purpose? What is the product of our product? Why are we doing what we’re doing?
- We need to be able to say what we know in a way that we can hear it and we need an upstream tool that can help us answer fundamental questions that are vital for all the major aspects of the employee, leadership, team, and organizational development.
- Find Dean’s diagram for organizational value alignment here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1srP1Pm5BiKklHRfYwNctpUcVRenA0D4Y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116511858661867461136&rtpof=true&sd=true
"We have a huge opportunity to be able to find a way to engage people in meaningful work that satisfies this need for connection and that they’re doing something bigger than themself." — Dean Newlund
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Andrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide spectrum of sizes, maturity stages, and industries.
He is the co-author of “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations,” has a master’s degree from the top program in his field, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified.
Andrew leads Series B Consulting, which helps businesses to articulate their people strategy and accelerate their growth while navigating rapid change. He also founded the People Leader Accelerator, which is the preeminent development program for startup HR leaders.
He’s worked with clients like Masterclass and many others to help them overcome obstacles in a hyper-growth phase. For the first time ever, he wants to share his lessons on podcasts.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrew Bartlow discuss:
- The age of opportunity for Human Resources
- Hiring people in the current environment
- Shifting your mindset
- The roles of an HR professional
Key Takeaways:
- This is an age of opportunity. Business leaders are demanding an answer from human resources, and this is HR’s opportunity to figure it out and create and deploy workable solutions for the organization.
- Start with the basics, and have a plan. Determine why somebody would want to work for you and why somebody who already does would want to stay, then, tell that story. Expand your pool as much as you can.
- The way that HR approaches the work will largely drive how they are perceived by the executive team. How they see themselves affects how the organization will see them. It changes the role when the mindset shifts and the HR aspires to be an executive.
- The HR can be more than just the organization’s mascot, they can be the person who lets the CEO know how they are received or are affecting the company or an internal management consultant that gives sound advice and provides solutions to organizational challenges.
"Figure out why you’re differentiated - why would somebody come work for you, why would somebody stay. And then tell the story. That’s powerful. Then, you can start fishing - if you have a clear, logical, story to tell." — Andrew Bartlow
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Check out Andrew Bartlow’s book, “Scaling For Success” by clicking on this link: https://www.scalingforsuccessbook.com/
Connect with Andrew Bartlow:
Website: https://www.seriesbconsulting.com/ | https://www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartlow/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dr. Nilda Perez helps behavioral health organizations to optimize operations and innovate their organization. She positions an organization with high-performing strategies and leading-edge practices.
She has about three decades in behavioral healthcare, as a Clinical Social Worker and in various leadership roles. She also has a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership with a concentration in Strategic Foresight – essential for forecasting and helping you design your desired future.
Dr. Nilda's expertise in operations, optimization, and high performance in behavioral healthcare qualifies her to help organizations. Then she merged that expertise with her knowledge in innovation strategies – the perfect blend for organizational success.
Dr. Nilda had been working with businesses positioning them for innovative success. Yet, she always kept her private practice knowing that this is her calling and her passion. Since the pandemic she has decided to merge both her skills and is helping organizations by infusing innovation into behavioral healthcare. She does this by creating cutting-edge operations and preparing for any upcoming crisis so that organizations can stand apart from the competition in the behavioral healthcare space.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Nilda Perez discuss:
- Focusing on what you can control
- Innovation and creativity
- Taking care of the caretakers
- Creating a better system
Key Takeaways:
- People who focused on the circle that they could control, rather than those that they can’t, tended to do better than most in the pandemic.
- Innovation and creativity are good tools to combat fear and anxiety.
- We need to take care of the caretakers. By giving them extra time to heal and rest, we can reduce the amount of burnout that caretakers are experiencing.
- Creativity makes the world more interesting and colorful. Innovation and creativity are the way towards progress, it is through these tools that we can create better systems.
"It was the person that was more productive and channeled, was able to make the change, was able to deal with the shift - those were the ones that fared better. The more time they spent creating, the better their mental health." — Dr. Nilda Perez
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Nilda Perez:
Website: https://www.drnildaperez.com/
Email: nilda@drnildaperez.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/msnilda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnildaperez/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drnildaperezfanpage
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nildaperez/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrNildaPerezTV
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Gina McAndrew, CHA, is President and Owner of a training and consulting business and is recognized as a leading resource for employee training and development. She specializes in management, leadership, experiential, and customer service training. Her twenty-five-year-old business has been built on more than thirty years of experience.
She has an unmatched ability to simplify the learning process into easy-to-understand language and concepts which helps to make employee skill enhancement a fun, as well as an enlightening experience. Gina has consistently demonstrated the ability to “walk the talk”.
Through her programs, presentations, products, and book, Gina empowers self-motivation in her clients so they can become their best selves.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Gina McAndrew discuss:
- Taking the opportunity to pause and think
- Useful tools and resources for remaining grateful
- How gratitude helps you survive sadness
- Expressing gratitude in the workplace
Key Takeaways:
- The pandemic gave us a lot of bad stuff, but it also allowed us the opportunity to pause and think. The only way to survive and thrive at this current time is to live and breathe gratefulness.
- EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique is a good tool to use for healing a habit of fear. It involves tapping into specific points in your body to balance your body’s flow of energy.
- Living gratefully doesn’t mean blinding yourself to the awful realities that exist, it’s about seeing the positive. Don’t deny sadness, acknowledge it and use gratefulness as a tool to survive that sadness.
- People want to feel like their company or organization cares about them and values them. The best way to do this is to practice consistent expressions of gratitude. Thank your people for coming to work.
"You have to be intuitively connected to be grateful for things. You have to live it in every breath. Live in the moment of being grateful." — Gina McAndrew
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Gina McAndrew:
Website: https://www.mcandrewtraining.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginamcandrew/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Alec Hanson is a contemporary leader within the Mortgage Industry.
Constantly striving to improve, he began his career in origination in 2004 funding over $85M, and was named Rookie of the Year by Scotsman’s Guide.
Every subsequent year Hanson landed on Scotsman’s Top 200 Originator list finishing his best year at $185M.
From there Hanson began coaching and growing a successful branch network in Orange County with his peak year in 2010 funding over $1B at the branch level.
Hanson has received HouseWire’s Rising Star award both in 2017 and 2019 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Production for loanDepot for the Pacific Southwest Division overseeing approximately $7B in annual production.
A dynamic coach and thought leader Hanson believes in leading and coaching within the trenches of the business, loves leading originators across the country, and is the author of loanDepot’s Modern Lending Playbook.
A strategic and tactical tool designed to equip, train, and evolve the traditional mortgage professionals skill sets into the modern era.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alec Hanson discuss:
- The transition to the digital city
- Present digitally and physically
- The ICE of social media marketing
- Being a decent and authentic person
Key Takeaways:
- The workplace has been less about geography lately. People are moving into the digital space and in it, location stops being a limit. You can be anywhere and still maintain business relationships.
- Digital interaction doesn’t replace the physical no matter how new the tech is, but it’s necessary that there is some kind of interaction. If you are neither digital nor physical, then that means you’re not there at all. Better yet, be present both physically and digitally.
- Identify, connect, and engage. Identify which community you’d like to be associated with and make sure you’re connected to them. Don’t send your content into the void, find your audience and engage with them.
- When posting on the internet, don’t forget to be a decent and authentic human being. Show your product or business in the best light but also talk about yourself - what do you value, what made you want to work in your industry.
"...Leveraging video, community technology, social - but I don’t think it necessarily replaces the physical, it just augments the experience. But if you don’t do that at all, then you’re not physical or digital, that’s a huge problem for culture." — Alec Hanson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Alec Hanson:
Website: www.alechanson.com
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/alecthehanson
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Jen Hope is a certified DISC workshop facilitator and Leadership Circle, practitioner. With a background as the Vice President of Marketing for multiple high-growth startup companies, Jen uses evidence-based techniques and strategies to help you live into the future you truly desire.
Jen trains and coaches leaders and leadership teams, arming them with the skills they need to develop, grow personally and professionally, and retain their top-tier talent.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jen Hope discuss:
- What the pandemic taught us
- Making movement a part of life
- Building internal emotional resources
- Slowing down to listen
Key Takeaways:
- The pandemic taught us that each one of us is human, even leaders. Moving forward right now means seeking new solutions instead of looking for a reference point in the past.
- Normalize movement in the workplace. Make it a part of people’s daily life that everyone doesn’t have to sit still on their chairs for their whole shift but each one is driven to move around from the start of our body.
- Think of self-care as building internal emotional resources. It’s not a luxury, it’s an essential - both for leaders and the people they serve.
- Slow down and pause to listen. We can’t hear our intuition if we’re running in every direction, going from one thing to the next.
"What I really wanna be mindful of when working with my clients is getting folks other skills… Generative versus reactive approach - drive and ambition, these are gifts. However, if we rely on them as the only two tools that we ever pick up, we’re going to hit places where this feels depleting versus generative." — Jen Hope
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jen Hope:
Website: https://heyjenhope.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyjenhope/
Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyjenhope/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Catherine Mattiske is a leading training professional, author, and publisher, with an internationally acclaimed career spanning 30 years across an array of industries including banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and retail. Catherine established ‘The Performance Company,’ a leading-edge training and consulting organization, in 1994. The Performance Company has offices in Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, and London.
Catherine has earned a reputation for helping clients achieve their personal and business goals across Australia, the USA, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and Asia. Her client list has a global reach, including high-profile Fortune 100 and 500 companies.
Catherine is an accomplished author and publisher. The best-selling, ‘Train for Results’ (Allen and Unwin), is on academic reading lists worldwide. In 2014, she authored ‘Training Activities that Work’ with a group of her Certified ID9 Professionals. Catherine released the 27 part ‘Learning Short-takes®’ series of books and Leading Virtual Teams. Unlock Inner Genius is her 31st book.
Recognized globally for her achievements in business, Catherine Mattiske was a member of the US Congressional Business Advisory Council. Mattiske has been awarded for her influence on US business and has also been nominated on several occasions for the prestigious Australian Business Woman of the Year. In 2021, Catherine was appointed as the Visiting Expert for Northcentral University (CAVO), and also appointed as a Member of the Forbes Business Council.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Catherine Mattiske discuss:
- Learning agility versus job performance
- Learning agility as the center
- Making communications more effective
- What it takes to learn
Key Takeaways:
- When it comes to potential, learning agility is more important than job performance. With that, learning agility is a good indicator of job performance.
- Results agility, people’s ability to change, mental agility, intuition, and self-awareness - at the center of all that is learning agility.
- It’s important to be aware of how you’re communicating with people. It’s possible to intentionally structure your communication in a way where you’re reaching out effectively in a balanced way that touches all archetypes.
- Learning isn’t that fun. It’s hard work. It takes a lot of intention, a lot of effort, and time - especially if what you’re trying to learn is how to learn. However, learning is very worth it.
"We all have within us, that zone where we are high performing. If you can get into that expert zone, that’s where you can unlock your ability to learn and you can then increase as a result of learning agility." — Catherine Mattiske
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Catherine Mattiske:
Website: https://innergeniusnow.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/innergeniusnow/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/innergeniusnow
Twitter - https://twitter.com/innergeniusnow
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinemattiske/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUPn4yLKx0mSPGBXEGMSRA
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Parham Albadvi is a trailblazing copywriter and business strategist for conscious businesses. He is the founder of Mocho and Co, a creative and consulting studio serving exclusively conscious businesses and disruptors. Together with his partner, he helps bold business leaders bring new ideas to market and build value through values.
After a stint working for various innovative SAAS companies like Eventbrite, Vidyard, and Aura, he took the plunge to work as a freelance copywriter and business strategist (while traveling the world!). He’s committed to helping businesses of all sizes realize Fred Kofman’s vision of businesses “conscious of inner and outer worlds… taking into account body, mind and spirit in self, culture, and nature.”
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Parham Albadvi discuss:
- Finding inauthenticity in today’s brands
- Why brands should stay specialized
- Creating what people didn’t think they need
- What is your brand?
Key Takeaways:
- People either know when a company or a person is not being authentic, or they find out eventually.
- Brands should stay specialized and focus on what they do best. Don’t be all things to all people.
- Innovation is all about recognizing the need behind the desire, it’s creating a product or service that people may or may not know they need.
- A brand is what your audience says you are, not merely what you say you are.
"The number one factor that’s really contributing to the importance of authenticity and branding is due to the fact that the next generation of buyers are becoming more and more value-driven." — Parham Albadvi
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Parham Albadvi:
Website: www.mochoand.co
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mochoandco/
Email: parham@mochoand.co
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Michael Schill is a 21st-century entrepreneur who has managed to marry skill sets in business, music, fashion, and professional sports into a one-stop tour de force brand name. Under the tutelage of New York Times Bestselling author and Real Estate mogul Grant Cardone, Michael has earned an Ivy League level of schooling in the Public Relations game from a ground zero perspective. Leveraging his credibility in a multitude of verticals, Michael has been able to demonstrate sustained production and mastery of SAAS sales over a host of platforms using BI Visualization & Data Analysis all while spearheading the nation's premier Sales Team.
Working hand in hand with C-Level Executives and Stakeholders Michael has a proven track record of implementing and executing big-business initiatives that have been able to drive consistent growth in revenue over a large sample size.
Michael Schill is also an Executive Producer & Stakeholder of ‘The Crib Radio Show’ on DASH Radio, an Internet radio platform that reaches over 10 million people monthly. The show, ‘The Crib’, is a vehicle Michael uses to shed light on the Hip Hop/Urban scene by introducing musical acts, social influencers, and industry shakers.
Michael holds a BA in Exercise Science from Florida State University where he had the privilege of playing for their perennial national championship level football program.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michael Schill discuss:
- Giving a common goal to your people
- The success of the company and of the individual
- Treating members like customers
- Reaching your success
Key Takeaways:
- For people to stay, stick together, and move forward united, they must be given a common goal or a common purpose.
- People don’t come into work to accomplish their bosses’ goals, but to accomplish their own. The challenge then for employers is figuring out how they can tie in the overall success of the organization with the success of the individual.
- You can’t motivate your people, you need to inspire them to be motivated. In the same way that you strive to meet the needs and desires of your customers, you must also treat your own members the same way.
- Success is relative to who you are as an individual. Being able to fulfill promises that you’ve made to yourself can already be considered a huge success.
"We all know that it’s not businesses that grow people, it’s people that grow businesses." — Michael Schill
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Michael Schill:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeschill_/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Driven, focused, and passionate about helping attorneys reach their full potential, Steve Fretzin is regarded as the premier coach, skills trainer, and keynote speaker on business development for attorneys.
Over the past 17 years, Steve Fretzin has devoted his career to helping lawyers master the art of business development to achieve their business goals and the peace of mind that comes with developing a successful law practice.
In addition to writing three books on legal marketing and business development, Steve has a highly-rated podcast BE THAT LAWYER and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Crain’s, and Entrepreneur.com. He has appeared on NBC News, WGN Radio and has written articles for Attorney at Law Magazine, the National Law Review, the American Bar Association, and the Illinois State Bar Association. You can also find his monthly column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Fretzin discuss:
- Making every day count.
- Sales-free selling.
- The best experience for buyers.
- Developing relationships takes intention.
Key Takeaways:
- Sometimes, being aware that life is truly fragile and short is what we need to realize how we could live our best life. Don’t wait for a crisis, make every day count starting today.
- If you’re analytical and a natural problem solver, you might be inclined to solve without listening first. However, the best way to get sales is to listen and make the client feel like they’re being understood and see if your solution would be a fit.
- The best experience for a buyer is for them to not be sold anything, but for them to buy what they want and what is a fit for what they need.
- If you want to have interesting points of discussion, a good and simple idea is to research that person and ask questions about the things they put out there.
"Lawyers love to solve problems, fix things, get creative over language - that’s all fine and dandy… the problem is what they’re doing is giving free consulting, what they’re not doing is… ask questions, listen, let them feel understood." — Steve Fretzin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Steve Fretzin:
Website: http://www.fretzin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevefretzin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salesresults/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefretzin/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SalesResultsInc
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Damion has spent the last 15 years applying data and technology to entertainment. Both analytical and creative, he brings a unique skill set to his company, Prometheus Digital Studio, that’s in high demand for brands and media companies such as Warner Bros., NBC Universal, Machinima, Mitu, and New Form. Damion has spent his career observing and understanding the motivations that drive people's actions. After witnessing the Central Park Karen incident and murders of Ahmaud Abery and George Floyd in 2020, he decided to use his company and skills to make a positive impact on the world and created the Professional Confession podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Damion Taylor discuss:
- Promoting before completing the project
- Honing your product with your audience
- Keeping a pulse on who follows you
- Three things to determine about your company
Key Takeaways:
- Promote first, even before completing the project, so that you’ll see how big you’re initial core audience is and how excited they are about it. Build conversations around the incoming project.
- If you promote the project first, you’ll be able to understand the expectations of your audience and you’ll be able to integrate those into the project to hone it into something that your audience wants.
- Keep a pulse on the type or demographics of the people that follow you. When a new group comes in, you need to understand how you attracted them, see if they fit in your company’s mission, and decide how you’ll address the new group.
- Determine what your core message is, what makes your product unique, and what will make your audience want to keep coming back. Contemplate on those three things consistently and deliver.
"Bring people along for the ride… It’s kind of building your thousand core fans, allowing you to hone your product to what your people really want." — Damion Taylor
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Damion Taylor:
Website: https://prometheusdigitalstudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prometheusdigital/ | https://www.instagram.com/digital_compendium
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrometheusDigitalStudio | https://www.facebook.com/DigiComOfficial
Podcasts: Professional Confession https://shows.acast.com/6125936ce23d630012d6f69e | Tech Witch Podcast, https://shows.acast.com/tech-witch
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
As chief financial fitness trainer of Bissett Financial Fitness Inc., Tracey educates and empowers individuals, notably young adults, and entrepreneurs to take control of and live their financial lives with confidence. As a former executive at TD Bank, one of Canada's Big 5 Banks, Tracey has worked with and in support of thousands of individuals and entrepreneurs to secure the financing they needed. This hands-on experience coupled with her formal financial education, Masters of Business Administration and Chartered Financial Analyst Designation, position Tracey uniquely to coach about all things money. Tracey is a full-time professor in the financial services faculty within the Business School at Centennial College. She leads speaking engagements and is the Executive Producer and host of the Young Money podcast all focused on increasing financial fitness. Tracey was named the Silver Award winner for The IFSE Institute Award for Financial Literacy Champion through the Wealth Professional Awards 2020 and Bissett Financial Fitness Inc. a Worldwide Finance Awards 2020 winner.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tracey Bissett discuss:
- Looking beyond the numbers
- Communicating finance with kids
- Understanding cash flow
- Building credit history
Key Takeaways:
- Look a little bit broader, don’t be blinded by big salary numbers. Make sure that you’re developing relationships and that you really value the work, you like the people you work with and the clients that you serve.
- Communicate finances clearly with children. Explain simple concepts that are appropriate for their age. At the same time teach them to look at finances positively with an abundant perspective. Keep the dialogue going and follow up.
- You must understand how cash flows in and out of your business. Money comes in and money goes out, the timing of when that happens is what you need to understand.
- In the early parts of your business seek credit immediately even if you don’t need it. You need to start the clock of your business’s credit history as soon as possible.
"Being able to think for yourself and get information from a variety of sources and actually make up your own mind is really key… challenge everything. Stick with the facts, make sure the numbers are based on reality." — Tracey Bissett
Check out “Easy Peasy Finance” by clicking here: www.youtube.com/c/EasyPeasyFinance/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tracey Bissett:
Website: https://www.bissettfinancialfitness.com/ | https://ymwithtraceybissett.libsyn.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bissettfinfit
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bissettfinfit/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bissettfinfit/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceybissett/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TraceyBissettTheMoneyCoachforEntrepreneurs
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Elizabeth Rosenberg is the founder of The Good Advice Company, a marketing and communications consultancy that coaches agencies, brands, and C-suite leaders on global messaging strategies, brand positioning, and thought leadership. Elizabeth is the embodiment of a true new-era global PR and marketing executive, standing for resourcefulness, creativity, and effectiveness in a time fueled by heightened social and cultural awareness.
An entrepreneur at her core, Elizabeth's true passion lies in working with new or re-imagined, cutting-edge brands that are bringing consumers products and tools that make life more enjoyable, accessible, and healthy. Based in Los Angeles, Elizabeth is also currently working on her book and speaking about her health and wellness journey while maintaining a high-profile position working with some of the best-known and innovative brands in the world. She truly believes there is a future where wellness, intuition, and the corporate world collide.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Elizabeth Rosenberg discuss:
- Money can’t solve the problem of purpose
- Recognizing burnout and growing from it
- Knitting corporate purpose with personal purpose
- Spiritual bias and the uniqueness of each purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Throwing money into the problem doesn’t always solve it - especially if the problem is resignation and employee retention. People want more money, yes, but while they work they’re going to always be longing for something else, costing each one psychologically.
- People are often unaware that they are burning out and it’s good to recognize the signs early and to remember that burnout can be a place that one can grow exponentially from.
- The best organizations serve their people and make it a part of their company’s purpose to help their people fulfill each one’s personal purpose.
- Purpose is not one-size-fits-all, it’s going to be different for everybody. What works for your professional growth might not work for someone else.
"What someone’s purpose is is not gonna be the same as another and what works for somebody’s personal and professional growth is not gonna work for the other. So we need to be really compassionate… about accepting and making it a safe space for people to talk about what they need." — Elizabeth Rosenberg
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Elizabeth Rosenberg:
Website: www.thegoodadvicecompany.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/goodadviceco
Instagram: www.instagram.com/goodadviceco
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethrosenberg/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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Dr. Katrina Burrus is CEO of Excellent Executive Coaching LLC and is known for Fast-tracking inspiring leaders to the C-Suite and for Transforming Brilliant Jerks into Inspiring Leaders.
She is a keynote speaker and author of, "Managing Brilliant Jerks" and, "Global Leadership," a body of work used by Nestle, Novartis, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, and the United Nations to name a few. She was recently featured in Mexico, India, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
Dr. Burrus has 20 years of experience as the first Master Certified Coach and Founding Board Member from the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Katrina Burrus discuss:
- What is a brilliant jerk?
- What enables a brilliant jerk’s behavior
- Reasons behind the making of brilliant jerks
- Following up on brilliant jerks
Key Takeaways:
- A brilliant jerk is often experienced as abrasive, hurtful, often attacking, but charming in some situations. What separates them from plain jerks is that they are competent and therefore have seen great success in the past.
- A brilliant jerk’s behavior is often enabled by passive leadership, lack of feedback, or lack of follow-up from the feedback.
- There are many reasons why a person can become a brilliant jerk, many times it’s because their skills and attitude brought them success in the past and they think changing that might hinder them from succeeding in the future.
- Brilliant jerks can change - if they are willing to be coached through it. Give them the means to help themselves improve and they can do it.
"All the behaviors that they have been molded with are reflective of that lack or need. So they need to recreate behaviors that work, that are more conducive." — Dr. Katrina Burrus
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr Katrina Burrus:
Website: www.excellentexecutivecoaching.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Intlcoaching | https://twitter.com/KatrinaBurrus
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkatrinaburrus/
Facebook: https://business.facebook.com/ExcellentExecutiveCoaching/ | https://facebook.com/Katrina.Burrus
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/MKBExcellentExecutiveCoaching | https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrinaburrus
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrKatrinaBurrus
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Daniel Mangena is an International Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Broadcaster, and Coach. He is best known for his highly successful Micro2Millions program, being the author of Stepping Beyond Intention, and his Do it With Dan and Beyond Success podcasts. He is completely self-made and has spent decades perfecting his world-class coaching methodology.
His mission statement: “To spearhead an evolutionary uplift in universal consciousness, by awakening people to the importance of their unique role and enabling them to manifest their dream life.”
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Daniel Mangena discuss:
- What is our natural state?
- Making your inner self respond
- Embracing moments of contrast
- Make more by expending less
Key Takeaways:
- Abundance is our natural state. Getting to abundance would actually require reconnecting with that natural state.
- Your inner self doesn’t respond to just mere words, it responds to the emotional context behind those words. There must also be some foothold behind every input. You can’t just say that you are, you’ve got to be.
- Moments of contrast, which at the moment might feel like the worst thing that could happen to us, are actually some of the best things that could happen for us if it causes us to shift into a better perspective and find a new way that’s better.
- You can make more by expending less. You can go to the next level without sacrificing your family, your mental health, or your psychological state. You only have to get everything into a state of flow.
"Our natural birthright of abundance does not require hustling, it just requires us to be in flow and do the natural thing of creating value." — Daniel Mangena
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Daniel Mangena:
Website: www.dreamwithdan.com
Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-it-with-dan/id1381226331
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreamerCEO
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreamerceo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedreamerceo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dreamerceo/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdAvGk6xa5fptmdULliJrg
Join Club House: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@dreamerceo
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Sanjiv Augustine is the Founder and CEO of LitheSpeed, LLC and the Agile Leadership Academy. Sanjiv is an entrepreneur, industry-leading Agile and Lean expert, author, speaker, management consultant, and trainer. For over 30 years, Sanjiv has served as a trusted advisor to executives and management at leading firms, including Capital One, The Capital Group, CNBC, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Huntington Bank, The Motley Fool, National Geographic, Nationwide Insurance, Royal Bank of Canada, Samsung, and Walmart. Sanjiv is the host of the Agile Caravanserai podcast and the author of the books "From PMO to VMO: Managing for Value Delivery", "Managing Agile Projects", "Scaling Agile: A Lean JumpStart". As well as several publications including, Transitioning to Agile Project Management, The Lean-Agile PMO: Using Lean Thinking to Accelerate
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sanjiv Augustine discuss:
- Making an agile strategy
- Fixing workflow problems
- Working as a team of teams
- Retraining leadership focus
Key Takeaways:
- Lay out a strategy, or plan out scenarios, make sure the work in your portfolio is working and that you’re focusing on the right things, break down big projects into smaller manageable chunks.
- If you can’t see it, you can’t measure it. If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Make sure that all the work is visible and figure out if you’re working on too much stuff.
- Work as a team of teams, or a cross-functional group. Figure out how you can make the departments of your organization work together and how they can help each other complete goals. With unity like this, you can keep the value flowing, not only in one department but throughout the whole organization.
- As a middle manager, you get rewarded for being able to get stuff done and push your own agenda, but as a leader at an executive level, what will grant you the most success is if you learn to work more collaboratively and tap into the genius of other people.
"Getting things done more quickly, getting the right things done, and doing it in a fun and collaborative way." — Sanjiv Augustine
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Sanjiv Augustine:
Website: http://www.lithespeed.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lithespeed
Instagram: http://instagram.com/lithespeed
Meet Up: https://www.meetup.com/DC-Lean-Agile/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjivaugustine/
YouTube: http://youtube.com/lithespeed
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jenn Grace discuss:
- Why you should find your niche
- Writing for your target client
- How you can start writing now
- Benefits of writing a book
Key Takeaways:
- Find your niche by evaluating the data points in your business, looking at your client base, and seeing what they all have in common. Going niche and narrow is the only way to go.
- Don't write for everybody. Start with the question of who you are writing for, and ask what problem you're solving.
- You can make a book by writing one word at a time. Start with a mind map. Try out transcription if staring at a blank page terrifies you.
- The process of writing, editing, and publishing can often be brutal and will take a lot of time, but the organization of your concepts and your establishment as an expert in your niche will be worth it.
"What's beautiful about going to the process of actually creating a book is that it forces you to create a model, a process, a system to bring the reader through." — Jenn Grace.
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jenn Grace:
Website: www.publishyourpurpose.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Heather is a holistic practitioner and teacher of yoga, meditation, and akashic reading. For over 20 years, she's led teacher training, mentorship programs, and retreats. She offers a combination of innovative in-person and online mentorship programs designed to help the modern individual ascend and align.
Heather was first drawn to explore the illuminative world of yoga through meditation and prayer, which cultivated a passion for delving into the many facets of this ancient practice. As a result, her teachings work within the framework of our daily lives.
"I appreciate that every moment is an opportunity to understand ourselves and press the parameters of our growth and feel into the sparkling vastness all around."
As a registered ERYT 500 teacher with over 1000 hours of training, she currently mentors individuals privately and in small groups. Her influences are an eclectic mix ranging from Jess Freeman, Ally Bogard, Tanis Fishman, Lindsey Park, Kellyann Vass, Jesse Johnson, Vanessa Jean Boscarello Ovens, Elena Brower, and more.
I draw inspiration from the abundance of life in the outdoors where I live in Fernie, British Columbia.
"Our strength should not act as a shield but rather give the power to open our hearts and encourage compassion and integrity to spread into our lives and communities".
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Heather Ivany discuss:
- How to guide people effectively
- Accessing the home within
- Exploring other options
- What to do with resistance
Key Takeaways:
- People connect to consciousness in different ways. As a teacher, a guide, or a coach, if you impose onto somebody how you think their spirituality should be, then you're not helping them. The answer is within.
- You can be anywhere on the planet and access your "home within" - once you practice accessing this regularly and start enjoying it, it creates a pleasure center within your brain.
- Don't get discouraged when you "fail" at any spiritual or mindfulness practice, but take this chance to explore other options that might work for you.
- Invite resistance, embrace it, and challenge it. It's necessary for the process of growth and in knowing yourself more.
"So often we love to be told how to have an experience outside of this 3D form… Our connection to consciousness is personal, and how we choose to... might be very different from how someone else connects to consciousness." — Heather Ivany
Click on this link to get a course from Heather Ivany for FREE: https://www.heatherivany.com/freecourse
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Heather Ivany:
Website: https://www.heatherivany.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherivanyyoga/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Heather-Ivany-Yoga-361635850630763/
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/heatherivanyyoga
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuFyWemmUk6Dm4i_edb6dw
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Katie Burkhart is the mastermind behind mlOS™, the system for running a purpose-driven business, and has quickly become one of the go-to experts in the space. She's a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, minimalist designer, jargon slayer, and sharp communicator. She synthesizes connections that enable humans to make the most of the time they invest in their work.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Katie Burkhart discuss:
- What does a non-purpose-driven organization look like
- Being efficient for a purpose
- The first step to being a purpose-driven company
- Adapting your mission and vision
Key Takeaways:
- A company that's not purpose-driven is hyper-focused on efficiency - their most significant concern is how they can make as much money as possible and nothing else.
- Efficiency for efficiency's sake doesn't work for human beings. Efficiency is excellent, but it's a means to an end - the end being your organization's purpose.
- The first step to becoming a purpose-driven company is to listen. Listen to your team, listen to your leaders, listen to your customers, and of course, listen to your intuition. We need to understand what's happening and engage our people in what must be done while getting the leadership involved.
- It could last you for a hundred years if you set a powerful purpose. However, do check your mission and vision statement - once a year for the former and once every three years for the latter at least. We live in a world that constantly changes, and our mission and vision can adapt to that while still being aligned to our purpose.
"Money is not the purpose of the company; it's the outcome of effectively pursuing your focus purpose… Making money as a resource, not as the goal…" — Katie Burkhart
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Katie Burkhart:
Website: www.matterlogic.co
Medium: https://medium.com/matterlogic | https://medium.com/@katieburkhart
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/matterlogic | https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharineburkhart
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Gaëtan is an experienced sales and marketing executive with over 30 years of global experience in negotiation and sales management, having negotiated multi-million-dollar contracts in Japan, China, Thailand, Europe, and North America.
He spent the last 11 years as a negotiation consultant and executive coach while focusing on his development.
Gaëtan has always been motivated to understand what's driving us: emotions, fears, desires. He loves helping and coaching people and seeing how much they can gain in confidence and the ability to be themselves.
This passion, combined with his development, led Gaëtan to write a book:
Mindful nEGOtiation: becoming more aware at the moment, conquering your ego, and getting everyone what they want.
As per the title, his book explores the relation and impact of mindfulness in negotiation situations where ego can be triggered. Gaëtan says: "By being mindful in negotiation, you can change the outcome for good."
Originally from Montreal, Canada, Gaëtan lives in Southington, Connecticut, with his wife and stepson. He has two grown-up sons in Montreal. When he's not busy helping people, he hikes, mountain bikes, or cooks with a good glass of wine; he is fascinated by and always looking for the next book that can teach him something new.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Gaetan Pellerin discuss:
- Why negotiations fail
- Setting up a win-win situation
- Give and take in negotiations
- Internal and external motivations
Key Takeaways:
- Typical negotiations fail because people fall victim to their own emotions - and they don't know how to handle those. Mindful negotiation is being able to recognize those emotions and take control back.
- Set up a win-win situation. Prepare for what emotions you might feel, plan many different "what if" scenarios, and introduce new variables that give you power.
- Negotiation is always a give and take - so when preparing and planning for your emotions, also design and understand the other person's emotions and motivations. Think about what in the situation might trigger you.
- Negotiation is never only about money, and it's also about something else. Understanding external and internal motivations and recognizing that internal reason is always more critical will train you to be a better negotiator.
"Every time motivation comes from someone or something outside us, and our ego is likely in the driver seat. When the ego is in the driver seat, we cannot connect with our intuition." — Gaetan Pellerin.
Check out Gaetan's book, Mindful Negotiation, by clicking on this link: https://www.navigatesgroup.com/book.
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I.
Connect with Gaetan Pellerin:
Website: https://www.navigatesgroup.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mindful-Negotiation-105389818092781
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gaetanpellerin
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
As Chief Sales Energizer, Alice is internationally known for her expertise in elevating sales to increase valuation for companies with a B2B sale with exceptional growth potential. Her passion is to strategize with CEOs, company leaders, and their sales leadership to build strategies that find new business and grow existing accounts. Her clients love her spirit and the way she energizes their sales organization. She's the host of the popular podcast Sales Talk for CEOs. In addition, Alice dedicates time to local entrepreneurs by teaching at the University of Nevada in the entrepreneurship minor she helped inspire. Alice also serves on the board of several growing companies to energize and elevate their sales. When she is not guiding CEOs to promote their sales, she can be found hanging out with her family, walking, snow skiing, sailing in Lake Tahoe, volunteering in the community, or reading a book in her backyard.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alice Heiman discuss:
- How organizations can survive and succeed
- Having a Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C
- Agility and authenticity in communication
- Prioritizing customer experience
Key Takeaways:
- The world is constantly changing - the most agile and flexible companies will survive and succeed. If you've successfully pivoted this year, get ready to do it again!
- There's a saying that if you need to have a plan b and a c, then your plan a isn't good enough - but that's not true in modern reality. Give some space in your strategy for flexibility. Prepare for the event when things don't go your way.
- Make virtual calls better by making them more interactive and more similar to their pre-pandemic counterpart, but at the same time, be prepared to adjust to what other people are comfortable with doing.
- The CEOs whose companies will win are CEOs who look entirely differently at making sales today. Sales aren't about the sellers or the tools, it's about how customers want to buy, and sellers aren't the only ones impacting the customer experience.
"Ask this simple question: 'What are we doing to make it easier to be our customer and harder to be our competitor?' That's it." — Alice Heiman
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I.
Check out Alice's recommended vineyard: https://halleckvineyard.com/.
Connect with Alice Heiman:
Website: https://aliceheiman.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliceheiman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliceheiman/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AliceHeimanLLC
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliceheiman
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
About Steve Brody: Former VP Mktg Coca-Cola | Getting Successful CEOs to their Top Level | Help CEOs Answer 'What's Next for Me?' | Vistage Master Chair | Your CEO Coach. Author of What Happens After the Sale (on Amazon.com) For Mid-Market firms, he focuses on the intersection of Leadership, Strategic Plans, plus Exit Planning.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Steve Brody discuss:
- How leaders can prepare the company for transition
- Building an exit plan
- Considering a candidate for succession
- Deciding on payout
Key Takeaways:
- How a leader leaf is indicative of how he leads. How they show is a reflection of their personality.
- Think about the exit plan as a road map. There are numerous steps to exit in a good way. First, look if you've got an appropriate successor in the organization. If you're not able to find anyone suitable, that's when you can look outside for one - though that will take more time.
- Succession doesn't have to be based on loyalty or popularity - it depends on the organization's size. In small companies, popularity and commitment come into play more intensely. In contrast, in more prominent companies, often, leaders look at who's suitable or who they can train to do the job.
- There are two types of founders - one type takes some money out of the organization, and another constantly reinvests their money back into the organization. The founder who reinvests their money back into the business should have more payout than the former type.
"Understand what behavior you have, what you enjoy, and what you're passionate about - that's one of the components that's important before somebody can figure out how to let go or help develop someone else because they have to look at what area do they need complementary skill around them." — Steve Brody.
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Steve Brody:
Website: https://brodyassociates.net
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stevenbtx
Calendly: https://calendly.com/stevenbtx_ceocoach
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrodyAssociates
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebrody/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dr. Jen O'Ryan is an Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity strategist focused on helping people build authentically inclusive and welcoming companies. She brings a unique perspective to organizational change, combining a Ph.D. in Human Behavior with over 20 years of experience leading global launches of new consumer experiences, products, and policies.
A data geek at heart, Jen brings an extensive grasp of how people interact with technology, with each other, and with change. She is also the author of "Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for 'Accidental' Diversity Experts." Designed for anyone thinking about Inclusion and Diversity, IAF explains how to launch meaningful and lasting change safely.
Outside of Inclusion and Diversity Consulting, Jen is a travel enthusiast and avid runner. She also has a strange affinity for bad 80's music, getting lost in new cities, and scary movies.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jen O'Ryan discuss:
- The transition back to working in an office with others
- How interpersonal relationships change when you only see co-workers via Zoom
- The subtleties of communication details are lost with Zoom. What should be preserved, and what should change about meetings?
- What to think about with your "back to the office" plan after Covid
Key Takeaways:
- Company cultures need to change to accommodate remote workers
- Culture is not always the same across a company; it often comes from each team
- We need to connect as humans first, and the business comes after
- Covid has changed company cultures in ways we never thought of previously
"if you look at corporate culture, it's not like a blanket statement; people don't align with that anymore. And it's really 'What is the culture of the team? What is the culture of the two or three people who work together all the time?' That's, that's where the culture lives, not in the mission statement." — Dr. Jen O'Ryan
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Jen O’Ryan:
Website: https://www.doubletallllc.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PagingDrJen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenoryan/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pagingdrjen/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Rex is a principal and the founder of M A Legal. Rex started M A Legal with an immense drive to help his clients achieve success within the framework of the law.
Rex has an extensive legal background holding roles as General Manager and Legal Counsel for a large manufacturing distribution company, Senior Solicitor acting for members of the BRW 1000 Entrepreneurs List, and legal counsel for government bodies and charitable organizations.
He is known for his business acumen and ability to guide clients not only through complex commercial litigation and business negotiation but in their strategic growth and planning needs. He has played a pivotal role in start-ups and existing large enterprises, with his clients comprising real estate moguls and business leaders.
Rex develops a solid rapport with his clients and is driven to achieve the best possible outcomes for them and, in return, has built a significant and loyal following. He is a highly passionate individual who does not do anything in half measures; it takes one look at his collection of motor and boxing memorabilia to know that he will fight for his clients. His lovely demeanor aside, he is fierce and fearless in all his pursuits.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rex Afrasiabi discuss:
- Learning leadership principles from sports
- Timely advice for business owners
- A lack of motivation due to uncertainty
- Keeping yourself from burning out
Key Takeaways:
- Have a clear objective, have a plan, and have the right people around you, and you’ll find success in whatever you want to do.
- Growth starts with visualizing your ideal destination. Work backward from the goal. Every significant result starts with a small idea.
- The pandemic halted many people’s plans, and many lost their drive and motivation because of the uncertainty they had to face. Realign yourself to what motivated you at the start.
- Set boundaries, let others know when your work is over and be firm and stable with it. When you let people know when you’ll be off, and until what time you’ll be available, you might find that people will respect that.
"Have a balanced lifestyle. Don’t just work non-stop because you’ll burn out; no one can do that and maintain that… you need to realign yourself, focus on what you wanted at the start." — Rex Afrasiabi.
Resources:
- The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
- Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rex Afrasiabi:
Website: http://www.malegal.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rex_afrasiabi_lawyer/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rexafra/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rex.afrasiabi
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Kelly Beattie is the President at FirstStar Consulting Group and an expert in Train-the-Trainer programs for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Kelly started FirstStar to help individuals and organizations develop their staff and build their leadership teams - Emotional Intelligence is a critical element in how she teaches and trains. With nearly three decades of experience training top teams and executives on Emotional Intelligence, she has become a renowned leader in the area of leadership development.
As a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expert, Kelly's approach to culture-building and change focuses on the importance of communicating complex topics and having difficult conversations in the workplace. She provides teams and executives with the tools they need to feel emotionally comfortable dealing with some of the most contentious social topics today. As a teacher, her focus on the importance of communication, empathetic leadership, and emotional growth give business leaders relevant insights into managing people better.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kelly Beattie discuss:
- Getting people into challenging conversations in a climate of fear
- Receiving feedback that's difficult to hear
- Accountability or blame, responsibility or fault
- Navigating through difficult conversations
Key Takeaways:
- Make it okay for people to speak truthfully and authentically. When you hear people out, don't outright say that they're wrong. Hear the feedback and hold it, accept it.
- If somebody is telling you something difficult, regard it as something that's not a personal attack on you but something about a situation that happened.
- Money is a temporary solution to a problem; organizations must look into the culture of people. People need to feel like the organization cares about them for them to be loyal to it.
- Holding people accountable doesn't mean getting them to blame for something but instead getting people to take responsibility for their actions and be clear about how others can best support them in doing the role they got.
- Don't be judgemental; lean into the conversation. Your goal shouldn't be to change someone's mind or attack someone's view but to understand the process and motivation behind how they came up with what they believe in. See it as something interesting, something fascinating and curious.
"The strongest of the leaders develops a team around them where everybody has ownership." — Kelly Beattie.
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Kelly Beattie:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkbeattie
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellybeattie1ststar/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Evan Nierman is a crisis management expert who serves as the Founder and CEO of Red Banyan, a globally renowned public relations firm recognized for its ability to deliver the right messages at the right time to those who matter most. With more than 20 years of experience, Nierman's crisis management agency is rooted in the company philosophy "Press the Truth." Nierman has guided international, celebrity, and corporate clients through complex high-stakes situations and has become a valued resource whose expertise is regularly tapped by the media. He is also the bestselling author of CRISIS AVERTED: PR Strategies to Protect Your Reputation and the Bottom Line.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Evan Nierman discuss:
- Defending your reputation from today's most common crisis
- Averting a crisis from true accusations
- Incongruence between public and personal identity
- Crisis management for non-profit organizations
Key Takeaways:
- The advent of the internet has allowed the battle for an individual or company's reputation to be more brutal and urgent, with multiplicative damage that borders permanence.
- Never lose the opportunity to correct your company's internal narrative. Explain the truth to your members so that you can avoid confusion, discomfort, and fear that might make matters even worse. Internal unity is a huge advantage when it comes to making it through crises.
- Don't cover up the truth - it will make you look worse when it comes up if you lie about it or if you don't address it directly. Understand the facts, map out the target audience, and understand the implicated person's or people's intent - once you've identified all this, plan out activities and make your move. For the best results, bring in an outsider's opinion.
- Walk your talk - live your brand identity. But even the best fall down, and so no matter how new or unique your brand is, you need to invest in a crisis management team. It can even be argued that the more unique your brand is, the more critical it is for your company to keep it that way.
- Don't let the public form misconceptions - educate the public, press the truth, push a narrative clearly and assertively. That's how you change perceptions and attitudes. You can't just keep wishing or hoping that the public will come up with the truth themselves. Educate and inform the public to alleviate crises when it happens.
"In cases where you have made a mistake... guess what, there's no individual... no organization in existence today that hasn't made mistakes... I think the general public understands that, but if you own it and you're transparent about it, and you're accountable, pledge to do better, and follow through with actions... you can regain trust. The public will forgive you and understand." — Evan Nierman
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Evan Nierman:
Website: https://evannierman.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/redbanyan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redbanyanpr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedBanyan/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-nierman/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
About Robin S. Rosenberg: She is the CEO and Founder of Live in Their World. Robin is a clinical psychologist and author. She has had both psychotherapy and executive coaching practices in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. She is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She has taught psychology classes at Harvard University and Lesley University.
Robin has been interested in virtual reality (VR) for years, and was the lead author of a study to investigate using “VR for good.” She has combined her interest in immersive technologies with her coaching and clinical experiences to foster in employees a deeper understanding of how and why other people may feel slighted or marginalized, and how to approach such interactions differently. Robin is the author of both college-level psychology textbooks, and books for a general audience about the psychological underpinnings of (other people’s) fictional characters, such as Harry Potter, Batman, and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
After decades with successful psychotherapy and coaching practices, she founded Live in Their World, which enables lasting change in organizational civility and respectful engagement. The program applies the science of psychology to combine emotional and cognitive learning, using both immersive virtual reality and online learning. Robin also started a “Dear Robin” column, addressing people’s questions about civility and respect in the workplace.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Robin Rosenberg discuss:
- Deeper empathy and understanding through virtual reality
- Encouraging transformation in people in the workplace
- Upskilling people in three perspectives
- Identifying and harnessing biases
Key Takeaways:
- Virtual reality is a beautiful way to not only be in the shoes of someone, but be in their feet - see the world through someone's perspective.
- You need specific guidelines, team accountability, and consistency to align everyone in the same direction towards diversity, equity, and inclusion. You can't just throw around an abstract idea and expect people to change.
- Virtual reality is a very effective tool, when used correctly and when it works well, for bringing back engagement and connection between co-workers without risking anybody's health - except for people who might be motion sick.
- Change people in three perspectives: as a target, bystander, or instigator. If you're a target, how should you respond to disrespectful behavior? If you're a bystander, how should you intervene? If you're the instigator, how are you affecting people both negatively, unintentionally and intentionally?
- Biases are tools, cognitive shortcuts. We cannot live in a world without biases. We would be paralyzed if we had to view every individual stimulus that comes our way and think deeply about it before we evaluate it. The issue about bias is when it influences behavior. The main reason to have unconscious bias training is for people to be aware what their biases are so they can understand how they may play out and address that.
"We're born with the mechanism of biases but we're not born with the content of the biases." — Robin Rosenberg
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Robin Rosenberg:
Website: https://www.liveintheirworld.com/ | https://podcastconnection.org/robinrosenberg/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiveNTheirWorld
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-s-rosenberg-b6942329
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Park Howell is known as The World’s Most Industrious Storyteller helping leaders of purpose-driven brands grow by as much as 600 percent. His 35 years in brand creation includes 20 years running his own ad agency Park&Co. He was named Advertising Person of the Year in 2010 by the American Advertising Federation of Metro Phoenix. The following year, his agency was recognized among the Top 10 Impact Companies in Arizona by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.
Park is the founder of the Business of Story, a proven platform based on his 10-step Story Cycle
System™ to clarify your story, amplify your impact and simplify your life. His popular weekly Business of Story podcast is ranked among the top 10 percent of the most downloaded podcasts in the world.
His book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand, helps readers clarify their brand story and teaches how to tell it through three proven narrative frameworks to captivate audiences and convert customers. His new book The Narrative Gym for Business, is a short 75-page guide on how to use the ABT (And, But, Therefore) foundational narrative framework to make all of your business communications compelling.
Park consults, teaches, coaches and speaks internationally. He has guided hundreds of brands and grown thousands of leaders and their people in such organizations as Dell, Hilton, Cummins, Walgreens, Banner Health and the United States Air Force.
He is a graduate of Washington State University and combines his degrees in communications and music composition and theory to help leaders excel through the stories they tell.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Park Howell discuss:
- And, But, Therefore - the three forces of story
- Examples of the ABT process at work
- Moving through the “acts”
- The Psychology of ABT Communication
Key Takeaways:
- The three forces of story are agreement, contradiction and consequence.
- Agreement is “and”, conflict is “but”, and “therefore” is how you will overcome your problem.
- Don’t get stuck in just one act - move through the ABT model, otherwise, it’s not going to be of any help to you or to who you’re communicating with.
- Our conscious mind is simply the PR department for our unconscious mind where all our decisions are being made. ABT communication triggers our limbic system, that’s what makes it effective.
"Most leaders communicate and care but bore. Therefore, tell a story." — Park Howell
Click this link to access The ABT's of Sellin™ short online course: https://businessofstory.thinkific.com/courses/the-abt-of-selling
You can also order Park Howell’s book, “The Narrative Gym for Business” by clicking on this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B1WP2JX
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Park Howell:
Website: www.businessofstory.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkHowell
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkhowell/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BusinessOfStory
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkhowell/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Colleen Gallagher is an intuitive business and personal development consultant, author of several books, including her latest release, An Uncompromised Life, survivor of childhood cancer, and currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Psychology with a focus on Global Leadership and Change. Her most tremendous success is seeing her clients fall in love with life by overcoming trauma to create a lifestyle career that impacts the world. Through her courses, retreats, podcast, books, and products, Colleen empowers leaders to come to a newfound clarity on their mission so that they can better understand their gifts while taking deliberate action to grow their businesses.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Colleen Gallagher discuss:
- Responding to adversity and living purposefully
- Should technology scare you?
- Intuitive decision making, trusting the inner voice
- Balancing feminine and masculine energy
Key Takeaways:
- Remember to practice silence and stillness. Reflect on your purpose and live it.
- Technology is a self-empowering tool that gets you introduced to the right people, networks, and information you are most passionate about.
- Trust your inner voice, and don’t fear the unknown. Follow your principle even when it’s hard—express compassion towards yourself and others.
- Tap into your creativity and imagination and put it through a systemic and organized system.
"I realized that death is not the scariest thing. The scariest thing in life is having a diagnosis and realizing that you never went for your dreams." — Colleen Gallagher.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Colleen Gallagher:
Website: https://colleengallagher.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/col_gallagher1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecolleengallagher/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheColleenGallagher/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-gallagher-81691661/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/colleengallagher
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
After collaborating with TBConsulting on numerous projects, Dieter Gable joined the company as CEO in 2008. He brings more than 30 years of systems and consulting experience to TBConsulting. Dieter was previously a partner with one of the big-6 consulting firms servicing significant clients in the Financial Services and Government sectors. Much of his previous experience focused on developing genuinely impactful long-term strategies and outcomes for clients.
Dieter graduated from the University of Arizona and has remained involved in his alma mater. In addition, Dieter has a strong sense of giving back to the community, whether through advisory roles for private company boards or volunteering his time with local charities in Arizona. Dieter also takes his passions to a higher level through his enthusiasm for aviation as a Lifetime Blue Blazer with the Fighter Country Partnership Foundation, a group of individuals committed to supporting the men, women, families, and mission of Luke Air Force Base. When not at the helm of TBC, Dieter enjoys traveling the world and hopes to check these off his bucket list: Antarctica, Petra, Seychelles, hiking Kilimanjaro, going on safari in Kenya, and skiing on every continent.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dieter Gable discuss:
- Successful IT Leaders
- Giving IT people a seat at the table
- Protecting your company and yourself from cyber security attacks
- More reasons why IT need to learn to speak business
Key Takeaways:
- People in IT need to learn to speak the language of business, or else they're going to cap their career and even their company's growth if they're in a leadership position.
- The more we drive specialization, the smaller the pool of leaders becomes. We have to grow leaders overtly.
- Don't make people feel stupid, don't hide behind jargon. Provide something valuable in meetings.
- Practice digital hygiene and educate people on the best practices to keep their part in the company secure. Teach people to be extra careful, especially today in the pandemic where many opportunistic criminals are showing up.
- We need to ask IT what the business needs or what it will look like for the company to succeed.
"If you don't have IT as a strategic capability or don't view it that way, you're probably gonna end up in that 80th percentile of companies that will die, and you'll never know why." — Dieter Gable.
See Dean's TedTalk "Why Business Needs Intuition" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I.
Connect with Dieter Gable:
Website: https://www.tbconsulting.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBConsulting/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TBConsultingLLC/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tb-consulting/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
S. Chris Edmonds is a speaker, author, executive consultant, and founder of The Purposeful Culture Group. He's the author of the Amazon bestseller The Culture Engine and five other books, including Good Comes First’s upcoming title. Chris' blog, podcasts, and videocasts are at DrivingResultsThroughCulture.com.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and S. Chris Edmonds discuss:
- The X and Y-axis of performance and values
- Benefits of encouraging respect in the workplace
- Defining behavior and keeping people accountable
- Building culture in difficult times such as now
Key Takeaways:
- Performance is only half the leader’s job. The other half is managing respect in the workplace.
- It may not come as a surprise for you to hear that happy people work better - in a culture of giving value and respect to people will translate to better results - proactive problem solving, independent alignment, and excellent customer service.
- By formalizing respectful action, you’ll no longer be acting on belief but evidence when keeping people accountable y
- With many organizations and establishments on survival mode, you can still build a culture in small ways, like setting ground rules that encourage respect and affirmation.
"The only way that you’re going to get people to solve problems for you proactively is if they feel respected. What a surprise." — S. Chris Edmonds
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with S. Chris Edmonds:
Website: https://goodcomesfirst.com/
https://www.drivingresultsthroughculture.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scedmonds
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisedmonds/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Vaughn Granger: As the founder of The Game Method™ and The Legion™, host of The Rainmaker podcast, a serial entrepreneur, performance coach, and second-generation haberdasher, Vaughn Granger has dedicated his life to helping leaders reach their full potential. You can discover more about his methodology and insights on life, business, health, and relationships at www.VaughnGranger.com. In this episode.
Dean Newlund and Vaugn Granger discuss:
- Mistakes in branding when it comes to what clothes to wear
- Having your style
- How what you wear affects your mindset
- Why is branding important?
Key Takeaways:
- Most mistakes done in branding when it comes to clothing are due to neglect and a lack of self-awareness.
- Often our clothes wear us and not the other way around.
- Clothes that you wear often trigger thought processes that translate to conscious actions
- Go all the way with your branding. What kind of clothes goes with what you stand for?
"That's the power of clothing; if you learn to harness it, it could give you a competitive edge. It can be very transformational in self-confidence - either for or against." — Vaugn Granger
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Vaugn Granger:
Website: www.VaughnGranger.com
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/vaughn-granger
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@vaughngranger
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vaughngranger
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lvgranger/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXUD9UzL1Xvigw7ZJSo6MA
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Linda Finkle, CEO of Incedo Group, assists businesses in making practical and long-lasting changes to solve core business problems. The catalyst for change, her no-nonsense approach, and her first-hand experience in running a business is evident in the success of the companies she has helped.
Linda has developed an exceptional background when it comes to people and communication challenges faced by companies. With an uncanny ability to immediately discover and delve deep into a business’ real problems, Linda has helped many companies by leading changes in employee attitude, communication and company culture.
Her insights have prompted even some of the most established executives to re-think their strategies and communicate with people in better ways. Not only have both productivity and revenue improved, but relationships both in and outside of the organization.
Linda’s success among the dozens of organizations she helped led to the spotlight of major business and investment publications. She has been interviewed in Harvard Business Review, Investor’s Business Daily, US News and World Report, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal amongst numerous other publications.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Linda Finkle discuss:
- Retaining employees in the era of The Great Resignation
- People or profits - valuing people and your company’s bottom line
- Genuinely valuing crucial conversations
- The role of coaching in the future
- Using intuition in the workplace
Key Takeaways:
- Employees stay not only because of money, it’s not enough. People join organizations and interact with human beings. People need to feel valued, important, and connected with other people in the organization.
- Believe it or not, caring for people in your company is actually good for the company’s bottom line and reputation. Investing in people is always worth it.
- Shift situations from “this is a confrontation” mindset to “this is a conversation.”
- The greatest need we have is not to be heard but to be understood. So don’t talk to convince. Talk to understand.
- We must make space for intuitive decisions in the boardroom. It’s a tool that’s complex and many times cannot be explained, but is very useful.
"People and profits can go together. They don’t have to be siloed or one or the other." — Linda Finkle
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Linda Finkle:
Website: www.incedogroup.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindabfinkle/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindafinkleincedogroup/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dr. Lucía C.R. Murphy, aka “Doctor Murph,” is the managing principal of The Leadership Architect Group. Operating at the intersection of science & art, her firm designs pathways for sustainable leadership that produce results that stick. Having deep & varied experiences in business, academe & nonprofits, she inspires groups & individuals to step into their genius. Lucía’s areas of expertise are Leadership Branding, Inclusive Team Engagement, Strategic Change Management & Executive Coaching.
Fluent in Spanish, Lucía offers bilingual/ bicultural perspectives. An author & a cancer survivor, Lucía shares her wisdom with groups large & small and has appeared on television, radio & broadcast programs. An avid runner & accomplished woman of laughter, Lucía lives in Lancaster, PA, USA.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Lucia Murphy discuss:
- Using intuition to be inclusive
- Cognitive intuition, nonverbal knowing, and accurate intuition
- Tapping into your intuition and communicating it effectively
- Cultivating intuitive thinking
Key Takeaways:
- If you value inclusivity, you’ll find opportunities to apply it in your career and your life.
- There could be a higher kind of intuition that you can tap into, something that's beyond us.
- There's more than just the surface information. Tap into your intuition by being humble, ask good questions and communicate those questions to encourage intuitive and innovative thinking.
- Look at all sources of information. Start journaling, think about the info that you missed.
"Go in with humble confidence. Be humble about how you may not have all the information you need, what you know may not be everything… walk in humility so that you can listen to what's going on confident that you can work with the data." — Dr. Lucia Murphy
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Lucia Murphy:
Website: http://www.theleadershiparchitectgroup.com
Blog: http://www.theleadershiparchitectgroup.com/the-leadership-architect/
Instagram: @thedoctormurph
Pinterest: @thedoctormurph
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/LuciaCRMurphy/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Since 1994, Mike has been conducting business and personal effectiveness design and delivery training, coaching, train-the-trainer, and training strategy development for a broad spectrum of clients. He works for global corporations, leading training firms, universities, and small and middle-market businesses. Mike has obtained unique and relevant market experience in helping companies achieve their goals. Training globally provided him with a rich understanding of cultural differences and global knowledge in training the trainer skills.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Michael Teape discuss:
- Making change exciting
- Overcoming fear in the current workspace
- The best approaches to dealing with the pandemic
- Recharging and reflecting - what the people need
Key Takeaways:
- We can see the transition as something new, something refreshing, something exciting rather than something scary.
- Refocus on purpose and prioritize connection; even small interactions are essential.
- Get everyone onboard into a united mindset—articulate certainty by focusing on clarity.
- The workforce needs a break. However, what we need going into 2022 is to enter the year renewed and refreshed.
"Be cool. Relax. Be curious about the person in front of you." — Michael Teape
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Click here to get Mike’s free e-guide: https://tti-signup.ck.page/eguide
Connect with Michael Teape:
Website: https://www.teapetraininginternational.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/teapetraining
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teapetraining
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teapetraining/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Skip Rung is the founder, President, and Executive Director of ONAMI, Oregon’s first “Signature Research Center”. ONAMI’s mission is to accelerate research commercialization via startup and spinout companies in order to extend the success of Oregon’s "Silicon Forest" and other technology clusters. ONAMI’s commercialization “gap” fund has made $12.6M in grant disbursements, enabling over 60 portfolio companies to raise over $850M (90+% of which is private capital) in leveraged funding and revenue.
In October 2012, ONAMI received the State Science and Technology Institute Excellence in TBED (Technology-Based Economic Development) award for Commercializing Research.
Mr. Rung was a member the National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Advisory Committee (now a subcommittee of the Engineering Advisory Committee) from October 2012 until July 2020.
Mr. Rung was a member of the Oregon Venture Fund Investment Committee from 2012-2020 and the Willamette Angels (WAC 2015 LLC Managing Member).
From 1987 to 2001, Mr. Rung was Director of Advanced Research and Development at Hewlett-Packard’s Corvallis, OR facility, responsible for multiple generations of HP’s world-leading inkjet printing technology.
Mr. Rung began his industrial career in 1977 at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, CA, after receiving his BSEE and MSEE co-terminally in 1976 from Stanford University, where he was elected to both Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi in his junior year.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Skip Rung discuss:
- What is the Deep Tech approach?
- Getting a group of people to agree what the problem is
- Knowing what the real problem is through market research
- Intuition in deep science
Key Takeaways:
- Deep Tech approach is all about keeping a clear eye on the goal, having the right expertise in the room, knowing what the problem is, being able to fail and iterate many options in order to get to that outcome.
- Leaders must focus on identifying and solving customers’ problemsmore than forcing an idea into being made.
- It takes a lot of time researching and interviewing to know what the problem is or if your people think the problem you’re currently trying to solve is even worth solving.
- The beginning of every big breakthrough is seeing every problem differently and turning out to be correct. You need intuition to think of problem-solving solutions and to be able to lead people.
"You don’t wanna fall in love with your idea; you wanna fall in love with the problem." — Skip Rung.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Skip Rung:
Website: http://onami.us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Skip_Rung
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skip-rung-bb4baa3/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Renee Schulte has over 20 years of leadership experience as a therapist, policymaker, and consultant in the mental health field. Her work in the public and private sectors has given her a unique understanding of the policy complexities in this area. Renee is nationally recognized for her expertise in behavioral health policy, system design, approach and financial analysis, and strategic consulting. As a consultant, she has worked with multiple states creating strategic plans, legislation, and regulations. Her newest project, Making Healthier Policies, is designed to teach others how to develop healthy policy while navigating this hyper-partisan, overly political season. She and her husband, Brent, reside in Urbandale, Iowa.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Renee Schulte discuss:
- Struggles with coming back to the office
- Successful resiliency programs
- Balancing the needs of the individual and the needs of the organization
- Taking care of one’s health
Key Takeaways:
- We need to start with communication. We can’t force people into a policy they don’t want and expect that things will go back to the way they were. Instead, we need to ask our people what will work for them if we’re going to maintain the strength and health of the organization.
- As a worker, you need to be the primary advocate of your health and communicate what will work best for you. As a manager, you need to realize that what works is different for each person.
- The organization cannot exist without the individuals; we have to prioritize each one’s health and well-being while at the same time setting the direction, laying the goals and plans for the future.
- Sleep more. If you sleep less than six hours, you’ll be three times more at risk of getting sick.
"If we don’t have anything to give, then we’re not worth anything to our clients. So we have to take a step back." — Renee Schulte.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Renee Schulte:
Website: https://reneeschulte.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RenSchulte
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneeschulte/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Christine is a human resources strategist, author, public speaker, and consultant. Breaking down the barriers of human resources has become Christine’s mission. She isn’t afraid to have hard conversations, engage in taboo topics, and keep things real with her clients. Christine will write your employee handbook, provide training, help develop HR strategy and be there to help you handle the most challenging HR issues. Her unique approach to HR, people, and use of humor to convey complicated concepts is what has kept her in this intense career for over three decades.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christine Frazer discuss:
- What one can learn from working as HR in a prison system
- Using intuition in hiring people and cultivating new employees
- Hiring people for culture amid a crisis
- Standing out in the pandemic job rush
Key Takeaways:
- To be a good HR person, you need to learn every component of the business. You need to know everything about how the whole operation works to be able to support people well. Speak the language of the other departments so that you could communicate well together.
- Go with your gut in hiring, and be mindful when they get into your organization. Then, cultivate a good employee out of them.
- It depends on the organization’s situation, but generally, it’s so much more beneficial in the long run to hire people to be a fit in the company culture.
- There’s been many interview “ghosting” happening right now - the first step to getting hired is by actually showing up, being presentable, and being on time. Act like you want to have a job, be sincere about it.
"This is an exciting time for intuition in hiring… we need to look for those gems that are out there. Be willing to take a chance on somebody that maybe their resume isn’t that great… this is a good opportunity for somebody who wants to work and has never got a break." — Christine Frazer.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Christine Frazer:
Website: www.christinefrazer.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-frazer-hranyday/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Nick Morgan:
About Dr. Nick Morgan: He is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. He is a passionate teacher committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas and then delivering them with panache. Fortune 50 companies have commissioned him to write for many CEOs and presidents. He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, appear on the Today Show, and deliver unforgettable TED talks. He has worked widely with political and educational leaders. And he has himself spoken, led conferences, and moderated panels at venues around the world. His latest book, on virtual communication, is Can You Hear Me? published by Harvard in 2018.
Nick’s methods, which are well-known for challenging conventional thinking, have been published worldwide. His acclaimed book on public speaking, Working the Room: How to Move People to Action through audience-centered Speaking, was published by Harvard in 2003 and reprinted in paperback in 2005 as Give Your Speech, Change the World: How to Move Your Audience to Action. His book on authentic communications, Trust Me, was published by Jossey-Bass in January 2009. His book on brain science and communication, Power Cues, was published by Harvard in 2014.
Nick served as editor of the Harvard Management Communication Letter from 1998 – 2003. In addition, he has written hundreds of articles for local and national publications. Nick is a former Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. After earning his PhD. in literature and rhetoric, Nick spent several years teaching Shakespeare and Public Speaking at the University of Virginia, Lehigh University, and Princeton University. He first started writing speeches for Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb and found his own communications consulting organization, Public Words, in 1997. Nick attributes his success to his honest and direct approach that challenges even the most confident orators to rethink how they communicate.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nick Morgan discuss:
- Blindspots in communication
- Some tips on dealing with nerves
- Overcoming limitations in virtual communications
- Delegating tasks during a meeting
Key Takeaways:
- Our fear response when communicating is a primordial instinct that is not relevant in our current day anymore. The tribe will not leave you to die to apex predators if you say something the wrong way anymore.
- Redefine nervousness into a feeling of fun, thrill, or excitement - like lining up for a rollercoaster ride.
- Virtual communications mess with our senses, and that affects our ability to communicate well and understand others. To combat this, play with the space a bit, use more hand gestures and try not to look at the screen that shows your face.
- Delegate an MC to keep track of and encourage audience participation in the meeting. It has to be someone other than the speaker, and it would be too much to handle for one person.
"All virtual relationships degrade over time; you need to have face-to-face meetings with business folks you have long-term relationships with." — Nick Morgan.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Nick Morgan:
Website: https://publicwords.com/ | http://drnickmorgan.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DrNickMorgan
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drnickmorgan
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Founder & Lead Visionary of the Creative Age Consulting Group, Anjel B Hartwell is an internationally known speaker, transformation artist, & award winning executive producer & host of the #1 Internationally Ranked Wickedly Smart Women Podcast and is hired to consult with high achieving leaders who are called to be the vanguard of the Creative Age.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Anjel Hartwell discuss:
- From being a “persecuted messenger” to becoming an “empowered messenger”
- What is “the calling” and how you can respond to them
- How to use “skunk medicine” to reach your people
- Strategies on getting your message across
Key Takeaways:
- People are sending out a call for someone to give them this thing which is what they desire and need. Wherever you are, you can be a messenger to these people - to connect with them and serve.
- You can build an entrepreneurship that doesn’t only brings you money, but also bring your message across to the people.
- Learn the vibe of your message and align it’s delivery to that vibe. People of the same vibe will then flock to your people.
- You don’t have to please as many people as possible, you only have to connect to those who are of the same vibe or energy.
"Your entrepreneurship is the ship that carries your message out into the world… your ship needs fuel. If you don’t know how to also monetize your message, that’s going to cause problems..." — Anjel Hartwell
Order Anjel’s Book by clicking this link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085Z6LF2M/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Anjel Hartwell:
Website: https://thewealthylifementor.com/
Podcast: https://www.wickedlysmartwomen.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjelbhartwell/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Tina Clements is a high-energy, hands-on keynote speaker, author, coach, facilitator, entrepreneur.com contributor, and successful leader. Before launching the BMW Group Joint Venture, The Retail Performance Company, LLC (RPC), in 2013, she worked for 10+ years within the BMW NA Organization and has been in the Learning & Development industry since 1996. She has held leadership positions such as Vice President, Operations Manager, and Training Manager throughout her career. Believing that a company’s success is directly related to the engagement of its people, she excels at moving businesses forward and motivating and growing talent. Tina has worked with HBO, Verizon, CoverGirl, Rolls-Royce, BMW, and IBM. She has always been challenging herself to improve and increase. She has earned her CPC and ELI-MP accreditations, among others, such as DiSC®, MBTI®, and Langevin©. Her clients confirm, she is a communications expert & her books, The ART of Facilitation and Fantastic Facilitation Fails, are a testament to her talent.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tina Clements discuss:
- Does an external brand of an organization reflect an internal culture
- The Art of Facilitation - Myths and Misconceptions
- Practical tips on how we can be better at leading meetings
- Intuition and how it relates to engagement and retention
Key Takeaways:
- Trust what you know is right—the balance between trusting people and trusting the facts.
- Fear is a disabler of intuition, and courage is an enabler.
- The number one organization to make their people leave is by not telling them anything and not setting any expectations.
- You’re not supposed to know everything. It’s alright to admit if there are questions you don’t have the answers to.
"A successful facilitator will get people to create their data for which they believe, and then they retain it, and they want to deploy it, they want to align with other people, they want to use that data and move forward. That’s the art of facilitation." — Tina Clements.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Watch The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en
Connect with Tina Clements:
Website: https://www.rpcamerica.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearerpc_usa
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearerpc_usa/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rpcamerica/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/rpc-usa/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dane Jensen is the CEO of Third Factor, an acclaimed speaker, an instructor at Queen’s University and the University of North Carolina, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and The Power of Pressure (HarperCollins).
Dane oversees Third Factor’s leadership development programs to leading firms across North America, including SAP, RBC, Uber, Twitter, the USGA, etc. In addition, he teaches in the Full-Time and Executive MBAs at Queen’s Smith School of Business in Canada. He is Affiliate Faculty with UNC Executive Development at the Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.
In addition to his corporate work, Dane works extensively with athletes, coaches, leaders, and Boards across Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic sport system to enhance National competitiveness. He has worked as an advisor to Senior Executives in 23 countries on five continents and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dane Jensen discuss:
- The different types and flavors of pressure
- Seeing patterns in pressure
- How to make your pressure an ally rather than a foe
- Managing conflict productively
Key Takeaways:
- Pressure can be uncomfortable, and there are downsides, but what gets people through high-pressure times is the energy that comes with the stress.
- Bring your pressure into awareness. Once you’re aware of what you’re feeling, you can give yourself the freedom to choose. Harness pressure as an energy, or get burned by it.
- As a leader, when you see negative emotion in your team, you want to surface it and figure out what you can do with it.
- When resolving conflict, you have two good options. First, you can have some space and wait for each other to cool down. Or you can also try bringing your emotions into awareness and choose to switch into the perspective that others might be right.
- You don’t have to agree with what others believe, but until you’re able to bring people into a place where they feel like they’re being heard and that you understand, it’s doubtful that they’ll be open to influence or understand you as well.
"Pressure is a form of energy; it’s a double-edged sword. Electricity can heat our house, run our stove and our air-conditioning but it can also burn your house down. Because it is energy, it can be helpful, but if left unchecked, it can lead to the garden path." — Dane Jensen.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dane Jensen:
Website: https://www.thirdfactor.com/the-power-of-pressure/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaneJensen
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danejensen/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Parneet Pal, M.B.B.S., M.S. is a Harvard- and Columbia-trained physician working at the intersection of lifestyle medicine, technology, and behavior change. An educator and science communicator, she applies her subject matter expertise to optimize human health and its impact on business leadership and planetary wellbeing. She strongly believes we can create a compassionate, equitable society where health is the default.
As Chief Science Officer, Wisdom Labs focuses on solving stress, burnout, and loneliness in the workplace. Wisdom Labs aspires to build wiser workplaces using the science of mindfulness and to scale the skills of mental resilience, emotional intelligence, and compassionate leadership across organizations.
She speaks about the connections between Health, Leadership, and Climate at Fortune 500 companies and global conferences, including Web Summit (Lisbon), Slush (Helsinki), Leade.rs (Paris), The Next Web (Amsterdam), Tech Open Air (Berlin), WELCOA (Wellness Council of America), Wisdom 2.0 (San Francisco), and ACLM (American College of Lifestyle Medicine) and Singularity University.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Parneet Pal discuss:
- Current trends in stress and burnout in the workplace
- Positive and Negative stress
- Why we should build resilience to stress in the workplace
- What we can do to build strength to stress and avoid burnout
Key Takeaways:
- Stress is every day, but it's dangerous to get used to it. Stress can be alleviated with a variety of solutions. By increasing your resilience to stress, you increase your tolerance and feel fewer adverse effects.
- Building resilience to stress has a great return of investment both to the organization and the individual.
- Encouraging people to take from their time to take care of themselves is not enough. Corporations need to find a way to incorporate mindfulness and other stress-relieving practices into their workers’ schedules and overall workplace culture.
- Start meetings and corporate gatherings with gratitude and checking in on each other how each one is feeling.
"The teams that were able to navigate adversity in skillful ways are the ones that took the time to say “Wait for a second before we get to the agenda, how are you?” even little moments of check-in can be compelling ways to engage into that kind of mindful awareness and listening" — Parneet Pal.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Parneet Pal:
Website: https://wisdomlabs.com/.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/parneet_pal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parneetpal/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
About Denise Bestwick: As an executive coach, strategic business partner, and people-lover, Denise believes in self-actualization as the essential endeavor to effective organizational leadership. Denise promotes authentic leadership with a simple skills foundation: Listen, Learn and Love.
After a 35-year career leading organizations in the life sciences, she is now a solopreneur on a mission to guide leaders and organizations to be the best they can be. Denise knows this path will look very different from leader to leader, and company to company. A one-size-fits-all approach to leadership rarely works. Loving the uniqueness in each human, she strives to discover their brilliance and reveal how they can live and lead in congruence with their values and authentic self. Denise is particularly passionate about entrepreneurs and company founders, having naturally landed roles as the right-hand-woman to company owners and CEOs for decades. Without knowing it was coaching, she guided them, both intuitively and strategically, through a robust and trusting relationship.
Denise is a Certified Professional Co-active Coach (CPCC) and a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach (CPQC). With this exceptional training as her foundation, she is on a mission to show leaders how to change the internal, fear-based dialogue in their heads and point them to a path of ease and flow in their lives.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Denise Bestwick discuss:
- The demand for consultation compared to coaching - has the pandemic killed coaching?
- Why coaching is so much better
- How to listen to people better
- Brain hacks to cultivate positive intelligence
Key Takeaways:
- In coaching, the information comes more from within the coachee. The coach’s job is just to ask good questions.
- Coaching allows people’s potential to show up. People already have what they need to become transformed, all stored inside, undiscovered.
- Be fully present when listening to others, don’t spend your time thinking about what to say next while talking.
- Train your brain to notice when inner mental saboteurs are hijacking you to snap back into the attention of the moment.
"You want people to arrive at their potential authentically because then they’re going to be using their strengths to the max. They will flow better." — Denise Bestwick.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Denise Bestwick:
Website: https://bestwickconsulting.com/
Email: Denise@bestwickconsulting.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Stephen Mitchley is Chief Strategy Officer at Vitality Group, global health and wellness company committed to making people healthier, leading digital and global partner disciplines. As one of the largest wellness companies in the world, Vitality brings a dynamic and diverse perspective through partnerships with the most forward-thinking insurers and employers. Blending industry-leading smart tech, data, incentives, and behavioral science, Vitality inspires healthy changes in individuals and their organizations.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Stephen Mitchley discuss:
- Helping people find more motivations to choose healthily
- Mental health is health care
- Creating inclusivity in society
- Good leadership practices
Key Takeaways:
- Often the fear of death is not enough for people to choose healthily. They need incentives and benefits to be guided towards that effort.
- The most effective way to guide behavior change is to use a mixture of benefit and fear of loss towards a positive goal.
- Health is not just about the body but also of the mind
- Leadership is all about give and take - you can’t give all the answers, and you can’t just keep taking feedback without direction.
"You need excellent facilitation in the discussion, not just the discussion." — Stephen Mitchley.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Stephen Mitchley:
Website: https://www.vitalitygroup.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalityUSA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerofvitality
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powerofvitality/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-mitchley-985b046/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Phil is an entrepreneur, and the founder of SelectSoftware Reviews, a website dedicated to helping HR and Recruiting teams to find and buy the right software through in-depth, expert advice. Phil started his career working in venture capital before getting his MBA from Harvard Business School.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Phil Strazzulla discuss:
- The current issues and trends in today’s hiring atmosphere
- Important factors in job choice - what’s more important than a paycheck?
- How to market your company to the right people
- Finding culture-fit interviewees and developing culture-fitness in employees
Key Takeaways:
- It’s harder to get employees these days - one of the hottest careers that businesses need today are recruiters.
- As an employer or business owner, offer something beyond good compensation - think about culture, values and job significance
- Think about how you can make working for your company exciting.
- Training yourself to see things from other people’s perspectives will increase your chances and frequency of success.
"Always put yourself in the perspective of the person sitting right across the table from you... Think about how you can make that job easier." — Phil Strazzulla
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Phil Strazzulla:
Website: https://philstrazzulla.com/
https://www.selectsoftwarereviews.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/philstrazzulla
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philstrazzulla
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla
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About Dana Wright-Wasson: As a speaker, graphic facilitator, and coach, Dana Wright-Wasson believes in using focused conversations and design thinking tools to create purposeful culture, empathetic leadership, and fantastic employee experiences. With over 25 years of working in organization development, strategic planning, and change management, she understands that essential conversations need to improve communication, increase effectiveness, and improve culture. She understands the qualities leaders need to be productive and empathic.
As a graphic facilitator, Dana brings the art of conversation to the forefront. She believes that structured discussions are vital to redesigning an employee’s experience and how they engage, helping them show up as their true selves and share their energy and passion at work.
As a proud author of three books, Dana showcases her passion and knowledge for creating a thriving company culture, empathetic leadership, and employee experience and engagement. Whether speaking in front of a large group, facilitating a session, or connecting one on one, Dana always brings the element of positivity into the room, one that’s passionate and energetic. She loves working with authentic people who are committed to making organizational changes for the better.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dana Wright-Wasson discuss:
- The difference between employee experience and employee engagement
- The future of employee engagement
- Accountability for one’s Work-Life Balance.
- What is graphic facilitation - how you can communicate in a way where people understand
Key Takeaways:
- An individual has particular accountability to their work-life balance. It’s not all on the company or organization to provide that.
- A simple trick to increase engagement: ask people how they’re doing.
- Create better systems and organization of work to get work done more smoothly
- Embrace “whiteboard-ing” when creating ideas - create a shared space that - everyone can see and work together.
"Employee engagement is the outcome of great employee experience." — Dana Wright-Wasson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Buy Dana’s Book in Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B073RT6YM5
Connect with Dana Wright-Wasson:
Website: https://danawright-wasson.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/danatakeaction
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanaWrightWasson/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danawright-wasson/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dean Newlund is the founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique training and development firm based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with the sole purpose of helping organizations become more connected to their purpose and their people. Dean also has a popular podcast called The Business of Intuition.
Dean is grounded in these beliefs: that when we understand our purpose, acknowledge our truth, honor our intuition and forge genuine connections with others, we all have the power to transform our lives and the workplace. As each person cultivates new mindsets and new skills, the fabric of our society is gradually repaired.
In this episode, Dean Newlund discusses:
- The current challenge for today’s leaders and managers
- The difference between coaching, therapy and mentoring
- How to do effective coaching and what good coaching looks like
- The five steps of making coaching work
Key Takeaways:
- It’s a lot easier to be an effective coach if you know what it’s like to be coached. The first step to being a good coach is by being on the receiving end of good coaching.
- A good characteristic of a good coachee is someone who can turn feedback into positive change
- Behavior follows perception - people won’t change their behavior unless they change their perception or mindset.
- As a coach, you’re not supposed to coach for the sake of increasing the client or team member’s performance to make yourself look good. Healthy coaching is all about helping people develop personally.
- When coaching, remember to ask and not tell.
"Coaching is all about saying ‘I don’t have the answers. I’m just a Sherpa helping you find your answer. I won’t bring my issues, my desires, my need for control in the conversation. I need it to be about you. I need to let you find your way.’" — Dean Newlund
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Robert Slattery is the founder of Blackwell Real Estate. His signature process has helped many clients and Blackwell’s agents grow their net worth and cash flow. Robert is the author of the upcoming book “Math Wins” that outlines his model for achieving financial freedom and complete-time control using Cash Flow Assets. Robert’s team is currently expanding its brokerage activities into multiple cities across the United States. The Blackwell Team is on a mission to help three million Americans break free of the rat race and take complete control of their time before the end of 2030.
When Robert is not busy helping clients and coaching Blackwell agents, he loves spending time with his beautiful wife Pam and their three exceptional children. He is an avid fan of the outdoors and enjoys hands-on projects around his home, church, or helping friends. Robert and his family live in the shadow of Mount Rainier in Tacoma, Washington.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Robert Slattery discuss:
- Applying the “Do or Die” mindset in real estate, coming from the IT department
- How you can get into real estate investing even if you don’t have any money
- The algorithm of how you can get started in investing in real estate
- If using intuition is compatible with algorithm-based decision making in real estate investing
Key Takeaways:
- There isn’t a one size fits all solution or path in entrepreneurship; you must learn from others, but know that you may have to find your way.
- You don’t get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate.
- Don’t know where to begin? Start by asking yourself “why.”
- Ask yourself where you want to be in 10 years. Then, work backward from there. Don’t give regrets to your future self.
- Design your life in a way where you can have “mini-retirements.”
"Accept that you’re not going to hit everything, but you can learn how to swing better next time. You’ll keep moving the ball down the field." — Robert Slattery
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Robert Slattery :
Website: www.blackwellworkshop.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/therentalpropertywealthcoach
Facebook: www.facebook.com/roberteslattery
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Jonathan Keyser is the founder of Keyser (http://www.keyser.com/). Keyser has rapidly become one of the largest independent, occupier services commercial real estate firms in the country. Additionally, Keyser is a founding member of EXIS Global (http://www.exisglobal.com/), the largest independent, commercial real estate organization in the world committed to exclusively representing corporate end-users. Jonathan focuses his efforts on changing the business world through selfless service and his efforts manifest in his content, through leadership, and the level of excellence he holds his team to within Keyser. Jonathan was recently named "The Commercial Real Estate Disruptor'' by USA Today, a #1 Multi-Category Best Selling Author on Amazon and the Wall Street Journal for his book, “You Don’t Have to be Ruthless to Win”, a frequent keynote speaker, a thought leader featured in over 150 articles, publications, and podcasts, and is recognized as one of the Top 20 Virtual Keynote Speakers in the country.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jonathan Kayser discuss:
- The reason and motivation of Jonathan’s shift into selfless service
- Why you should start serving other people and how it’s related to your own personal success.
- The blurred line between selflessness and selfishness - how selflessness can truly bring happiness
- One of the greatest needs in the workplace: selfless leadership
Key Takeaways:
- It takes time to reinvent yourself, that’s why not a lot of people do it - but don’t let that stop you
- Be genuine. People can often smell the difference of someone who serves sincerely and someone who just pretends
- If you actually do pour yourself in the love and service of others, you can create extraordinary success.
- What creates the most happiness in a person is being of service to others
- At the end of the day, what creates the most happiness in human beings, is being of service to others.
"This is a business strategy for me… if you love people, if you serve people, if you help people… you can be successful" — Jonathan Kayser
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Jonathan’s Book, now in Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/You-Dont-Have-to-Be-Ruthless-to-Win-Audiobook/B07Z8YL2FF
Connect with Jonathan Kayser:
Website: https://keyser.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonathan_keyser
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeyserCommercialRealEstate/
https://www.facebook.com/keyserway/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keyser/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Dean Newlund is the founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique training and development firm based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with the sole purpose of helping organizations become more connected to their purpose and their people. Dean also has a popular podcast called The Business of Intuition.
Dean is grounded in these beliefs: that when we understand our purpose, acknowledge our truth, honor our intuition and forge genuine connections with others, we all have the power to transform our lives and the workplace. As each person cultivates new mindsets and new skills, the fabric of our society is gradually repaired.
In this episode, Dean Newlund discusses:
- How will our companies be different as we come back to our workplaces due to being in lockdown?
- Work-from-home’s psychological effect on people - the line between work and home is now fading if not gone.
- Meetings and their value to people and how much more critical it is to learn how to improve in running meetings right now in the pandemic
- Burnout, fear, and boldly moving forward even when you’re afraid.
- The kind of leadership that companies need these days.
- How to allow innovation, imagination, and creativity in the workplace.
Key Takeaways:
- One of every company’s most significant needs today is learning how to connect better through virtual means - both in conducting productive meetings and providing emotional support to employees who need it.
- It’s alright to be afraid - express your fear but don’t let your fear affect how you make your decisions.
- Stepping out of psychological isolation is necessary - use the common fear to build relationships and have a stronger connection with others.
- Heroic leadership - leadership that’s empathic, compassionate, and gives people a safe space to give ideas but is also consistent, firm, and unwavering when it comes to “non-negotiable” things.
- Giving ideas is a vulnerable action. Innovation and creativity require that you provide somebody space to be able to share ideas freely without fear. Remember the “yes, and” technique.
"Heroic leadership is not about being war-like, dominating... It means being able to lead, find a vision, and doing the right thing even in adversity." — Dean Newlund.
Herculean and Buddha Leadership by Dr. Martha Maznevski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWXKMLIX3ZQ
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Tracy L. Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of The Lawrence Advisory. The Lawrence Advisory is known for hiring, coaching, and building high-performing teams, emphasizing innovation and performance. Lawrence was recently named the first Executive-in-Residence at USC’s Marshall School of Business.
Before launching The Lawrence Advisory, Tracy Lawrence led the Los Angeles-based consumer and Entertainment practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, one of the world’s largest recruiting and assessment firms. Previously, Lawrence served as General Manager of Fox Family Channel, leading the cable network until its sale to The Walt Disney Company for more than five billion dollars, the most significant price ever paid for a cable network.
Lawrence uses her real-world expertise to advise Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, asset management companies, media and technology companies, and nonprofits in creating teams that drive growth and performance. She has held leadership roles at Viacom, Kraft, Nestle, and PWC.
Lawrence frequently speaks about her “hire//build//lead” model of organizational development, which focuses on incorporating strategic goals into the hiring process for long-term sustainability. Stanford University, Harvard Business School, the Aspen Institute, and the University of Southern California are among the places where Lawrence has lectured and shared her experience and knowledge.
Lawrence earned her BA in Economics from Stanford University and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Tracy Lawrence discuss:
- What it means to “Hire, Build and Lead.”
- The company’s culture and perspectives on how.
- Using intuition in the hiring and interviewing process.
- Creative ways of how you can interview someone
Key Takeaways:
- Your culture can make or break your company’s success
- Determine what you want your organization’s identity is, figure out your culture, and find how the organization can grow.
- Sometimes, culture just happens, but successful organizations should be intentional about growing a strong culture.
- A lot of people have fascinating stories - asking questions to have them get those stories out is an art you have to learn through study and experience.
"There are a lot of organizations that have strong cultures develop this belief that it’s the culture that has gotten them the success that they have, that may be true, but it may also be the culture that keeps you from being able to grow and innovate in the long run." — Tracy Lawrence.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Tracy Lawrence :
Website: https://thelawrenceadvisory.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyllawrence
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Christine Whitney Sanchez is a social entrepreneur, consultant, coach, and architect of large-scale transformation. She has worked across five continents to build the capacity for mindful leadership, strategic collaboration, and thriving organizations and communities.
As the Chief Culture Officer for the University Technology Office, she collaboratively designs and advances an integrated approach to developing a conscious, collaborative culture and organizational soul. She actively works within and beyond ASU to co-develop solutions to critical social, cultural, and environmental issues and opportunities.
Integrating her experience as a psychotherapist, Christine focuses on leadership from the inside out. Taking a holistic approach to change, she engages the whole system to build on strengths and create the conditions for success.
Christine has guided tens of thousands of stakeholders to resolve thorny issues and generate new opportunities. She has trained thousands of change leaders around the globe in strength-based approaches to leadership and organization development. She has facilitated some of the most extensive intergenerational conversations in the world.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Christine Whitney Sanchez discuss:
- What is culture, and how relevant is it in organizations?
- The personality and the soul of the organization - the difference between and how it affects company culture.
- Culture building through foundation-setting and facilitation
- The role of intuition in engagement and responsible innovation
Key Takeaways:
- Be mindful of and take care of your organization's Soul (its higher purpose) as much as you take care of its Personality (what it’s known for).
- Leaders are responsible for shaping or cultivating the organization’s culture - by deciding which traits of the company culture they should allow or cut off.
- The concept of “responsible innovation”: making sure that any invention doesn’t have any unintended consequences.
- Intuition plays a role in determining whether we’re on the right track in a project or not - often people forget to listen to their intuition whenever something “doesn’t feel right.”
"We can allow, rather than make or force, the people within our organization… to truly contribute to the culture." — Christine Whitney Sanchez.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Christine Whitney Sanchez:
Website: https://uto.asu.edu/about/meet-the-uto/christine-whitney-sanchez
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwhitneysanchez/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineWhitneySanchez
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinewhitneysanchez/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Shoshanna is an Intuition Expert, a Coach, and a Business Consultant specializing in training conscious leaders, founders of million and billion-dollar companies, and entrepreneurs. Applying intuition in decision-making creates excellent success and ease in business. In each part of her entrepreneurial journey over the last 16 years, she navigated using her intuition.
Her clients do business in 23 countries around the world. From NFL coaches, million and billion-dollar founders to prominent corporations executives, social justice activists, small business owners, and leadership teams her work has allowed her to work in multiple industries, for-profit and non-profit organizations impacting 1,000s of people.
She offers corporate and personal retreats, training programs, and one on one executive coaching. You might have heard her talking about Intuition on The Grit and Grace, Prosperity Place or A Dose of Disruption Podcast, or seen her in the Denver Post, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, LA Daily News, and Daily Herald.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Shoshanna French discuss:
- What would the world look like without intuition?
- Tips on learning to trust yourself and intuition in business
- How you can help others understand your intuitive decisions
- The four types of intuitive “orientation” of people in the workplace and how you can communicate to them effectively
Key Takeaways:
- You can trust and use your intuition effectively when you let go of pre-conditioned beliefs,
- Intuition is an innate and legitimate sense - not a mystical type of force,
- The trick to communicating your intuition is by translating it into language that sounds practical,
- Go in the direction that would get you the most excited and lit up.
"When you ask the right questions, that’s when intuition starts to respond." — Shoshanna French
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Shoshanna French
Website: https://simplespirit.com/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/shoshannafrenchstokes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplespirittips
Email: shoshanna@simplespirit.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Conrad is a Master Chair of five Vistage peer groups, comprising of CEOs, business owners, and C-Level Executives. Vistage International is the world's leading CEO Peer Advisory Membership Organization. Vistage helps CEOs and their direct reports make better decisions through a unique suite of services, including;
- monthly problem-solving meetings with peers,
- individual coaching,
- expert speaker workshops,
- a Web-based best practices library, and
- access to a worldwide network of more than 20,000 executives in 19 countries.
Conrad and his wife Julie started Ethos Consulting, an executive search firm that placed and developed executives. Today, they own Expect Success Tools, where he is an advisor to senior executives focused on increasing leadership impact, maximizing organizational performance, and building top-tier teams. Conrad coaches individuals and groups to facilitate team effectiveness. He also helps them exceed their expectations through the use of the Management by Expectations © model.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Conrad Prusak discuss:
- Smart goals and KPIs.
- Using the calendar for accountability through due dates and deadlines.
- The results gleaned from a lack of clarity from leadership.
- Creating exciting and actionable steps for employee success.
Key Takeaways:
- Curiosity is invaluable.
- It’s essential to set expectations and not assume that everyone knows them.
- Seek the truth by asking for the truth; seek honesty from your employees.
- Avoid vagueness in your actions and expectations.
"You manage things, but you lead people." — Conrad Prusak
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Conrad Prusak:
Website: https://www.expectsuccesstools.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/conrad_prusak
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conrad.prusak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradprusak/
Book: Expect Success https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08P8SJ7PR/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08P8SJ7PR&linkCode=as2&tag=ethos04-20&linkId=a3b98012b3ba0ff536baba134a3740ff
Email: conrad.prusak@vistagechair.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Marilyn Gist, Ph.D., is an executive coach, researcher, professor, and author of The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations & Great Results. Gist’s work has garnered over 12,000 citations. She is a Howard University graduate with years of teaching at the University of Washington and Seattle University. Her academic career spans the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Washington where she held the Boeing Endowed Professorship of Business Management, and Seattle University where she served as Associate Dean, Professor of Management, and Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Formation.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Marilyn Gist discuss:
- Leaders with humility and self-awareness.
- Increasing employee engagement and happiness.
- Establishing company-wide leadership and employee behavior expectations.
- The six keys to leader humility.
Key Takeaways:
- Leaders need to have the correct balance and ratio of confidence to reserve.
- When someone’s dignity is supported, you get more effort and engagement from them.
- Take the time to consider and understand the needs and stressors that people have endured through the pandemic.
- The founder and CEO aren’t more important than any other employee in the company. Let your behavior as a leader tell your employees that know, see and respect them.
"Nobody’s self-worth is more important than anyone else’s." — Marilyn Gist
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Marilyn Gist:
Website: https://www.marilyngist.com/
https://www.mgleadership.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarilynGistPhD
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilyngistphd/
Email: marilyn@marilyngist.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
A reformed corporate executive turned serial entrepreneur, Janet has found her passion in coaching others. Known and a PAK (professional ass-kicker), Janet challenges her clients to get out of their way and get into massive action using the 10-step process she's developed while coaching over 1000 entrepreneurs in 16 countries. Janet helps her clients start or grow their business, make lots of money and invest it for long-term growth and security. Janet is the Breakaway Entrepreneur Podcast host and author of the Amazon best-selling book Quit Your Day Job – 10 Steps to Finding Financial Freedom 2nd Edition.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Janet Fish discuss:
- The entrepreneurial mindset.
- Stepping into roles you wouldn’t usually take on or be comfortable with.
- Empowering your employees to be creative and think independently.
- Stepping away from your career to become an entrepreneur.
Key Takeaways:
- The entrepreneurial mindset is something that you are both born with and that you can learn.
- Be willing to take risks and be comfortable learning from failure.
- Don’t get in your way by making excuses for why things won’t work.
- Have someone you can talk to that will give you the advice you need, not just the advice you want to hear.
"Don’t think you have to do it alone. It takes a community if you don’t have one find one." — Janet Fish.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Janet Fish:
Website: https://breakawaybusinesscoaching.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/breakawayentrepreneur/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakaway.entrepreneur
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetfish/
Show: The Breakaway Entrepreneur Podcast
Email: janet@breakawayllc.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
MAUREEN LANGAN is a standup comic, writer, and radio talk show host. Her quick wit and honest rants on life’s absurdities make her a hit at clubs, theaters, and festivals across the U.S, Canada, Europe, and South Africa.
Maureen is a MAC award-winning comic performed on Broadway with Rosie O’Donnell and has opened for Steven Wright, Dennis Miller, Joy Behar, Jordan Sparks, and Gladys Knight. She has appeared on Gotham Live, HBO, Red Eye, Comics Unleashed, the Paramount Pictures film “Marci X,” and national commercials.
Her solo show, Daughter of a Garbageman, has been called “brilliant” and a “one-woman tour de force.” The show was chosen Top Three Solo Shows Bay Area and has been performed to rave reviews in New York, Florida, Nantucket, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Maureen is a seasoned television and radio broadcaster. For seven years, she hosted Hanging with Langan, a three-hour weekly talk show on KGO radio in San Francisco. She has guest-hosted on WABC Radio in New York City and Cumulus stations in Chicago Atlanta. She was an on-air reporter and anchor for PBS and Bloomberg Television and Radio, where she created and hosted the network’s entertainment programming. Her astute observations and shoot-from-the-hip interviewing style earned her the Best Female Commentator title by the Newswomen’s Club of New York.
Maureen’s combined skills as a comic and journalist make her unique and a popular contributor on the talk show circuit.
Whether on stage, television, or radio, MAUREEN LANGAN delivers. Give her a mic and see for yourself.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Maureen Langan discuss:
- Opening yourself to others while simultaneously understanding you don’t have to agree or disagree.
- Corporate culture and personal authenticity.
- Building tolerant and accept relationships with others.
- Embracing the diversity of people and thought.
Key Takeaways:
- Be authentic and genuine to yourself; it’s more difficult not to be happy with yourself than to have others mad at you.
- Do the things that bring you to fear; the more you do it, the more comfortable you will become.
- Have enough confidence in yourself so that others can’t control you.
- Balance a positive and diverse corporate culture while still allowing personal authenticity within your workforce.
"If you open your soul, we can meet at a deeper level." — Maureen Langan.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Maureen Langan:
Website: https://maureenlangan.com/hangingwithlangan/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaureenLangan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maureenlangan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaureenLangan
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmbJUIXo3_YKAU1WfiIFHyg
Show: https://maureenlangan.com/hangingwithlangan/
Email: molangan@gmail.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Jennie Bellinger is a Certified Professional Coach and the host of the Badass Direct Sales Mastery Podcast. She works with badass direct sales moms to move from making $100 monthly to reaching the top 1% of their organization. An entrepreneur since 2010, she understands the desire to contribute to your family's future and be present with them in the here and now, and how difficult balancing those two priorities can be. So Jennie has learned the hard way (while building two separate businesses, raising two kids, and navigating a divorce) to fulfill that need to contribute and be there for her children.
Jennie is also known as The Direct Sales Domme. Luckily, as a Certified Professional Coach, her methods are very effective, not painful.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jennie Bellinger discuss:
- Delaying gratification to build something for the future.
- Quality work ethic and doing whatever is necessary.
- Intuition and how it differentiates the people who succeed from the people who give up.
- Choosing to listen to your intuition and what the universe is giving you.
Key Takeaways:
- People that give up with MLM are often within their first year and have unrealistic expectations based on their upline.
- It’s essential to build relationships before selling.
- If you are talking to the right people in the first place, your rejection level will be lower.
- People who try to sell to everybody deals with the most rejection.
"At any given time, only 3% of the population is actively searching for the solution to the problem you solve." — Jennie Bellinger.
Mentioned: Go For No
ee Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jennie Bellinger:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniebpl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badassdirectsalesmastery/app/307339332686535/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badassdirectsalesmastery/
Website: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/
Show: https://badassdirectsalesmastery.com/blog/
Email: jennie@badassdirectsalesmastery.com
Baddass Direct Sales Mastery Summitt: https://www.badassdirectsalesmastery.com/summit
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Giselle compassionately answers the pain point of "how" concerning building influence and community across social platforms. It is about extracting your magic, creating a purpose-driven brand, and sharing where your core customer can feel relief knowing you exist. Her unique perspective and talents were featured in Yahoo. Finance, Thrive Global, and Buzzfeed. Giselle teaches on a global scale, including the women’s organization Femcity and has courses, programs, and tips at www.boldinstatute.com
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Giselle Mascarenhas discuss:
- Building a social media mindset.
- The hidden opportunities within social media.
- Pillars, Campaign strategies, facets, content flow, and long-form content.
- The 30-30 method of prospecting.
Key Takeaways:
- Be a resource to build value so that people can find you on social media.
- Write 10-15 posts a day, being sure to include reels, lives, photos, and templates.
- Document your day with photography to make people feel like they know you.
- Learn how to use each social media platform before trying to utilize them.
"You can’t corporate your way into people’s hearts." — Giselle Mascarenhas.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Giselle Mascarenhas:
Website: https://library.boldinstatute.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/instaprofessor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebrandingprofessor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theinstaprofessor/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebrandingprofessor/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/thebrandingprofessor/_created/
Email: giselle@beyoubebold.com
Clubhouse @thebrandingprofessor
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Bringing over 20 years of experience as a coach, educator, and facilitator, Chris Larson, VP of Learning and Development for Mission Facilitators International, works with organizations to provide customized engagements that elevate the capacities of their leaders and teams to create meaningful impact. Chris’s specialty is with STEM industry professionals, where he has worked with hundreds of teams and individuals through partnerships with over 140 organizations in the high-tech, chemical, bioscience, healthcare, academic, and government sectors.
Chris is a skilled and knowledgeable facilitator with real-world experience:
Leveraging his background in talent management, social cognitive neuroscience, leadership development, and adult learning, he helps clients reframe and solve persistent problems, improve team dynamics, cultivate healthy cultures, and lead change with courage and resilience.
Chris started his career as an industrial research and development chemist has held director-level positions in two research universities, and holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon. He has dedicated the past 15 years to the examination and facilitation of leadership and professional development and holds a certificate in neuroscience from the NeuroLeadership Institute.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Chris Larson discuss:
- The gap within employee soft skills.
- Perception and mindset in the ability to grow and learn.
- SCARF Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, and Fairness.
- Differentiating threat from reward to survive and thrive.
Key Takeaways:
- Dig deeper into a person’s experiences to better understand the reasons behind their fundamental actions.
- Provide resources to ensure the success of the employees you choose to let go from the company.
- Authentic trust is gained through being vulnerable.
- The positive aspects of rewarding group success.
"No matter what you do, your business is people." — Chris Larson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Chris Larson:
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cslarson/
Email: chris.larson@mfileadership.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
David Gandelman is a spiritual teacher and founder of Meditation School. He is also the host of the Meditation School, Energy Matters, and Grounded Sleep podcasts and a guest teaches meditation at Cornell University and NBC Universal.
His meditations have been streamed for over 30 million minutes on the Insight Timer meditation app.
David connects energetic experience, ancient wisdom traditions, and humor to create a safe atmosphere for people interested in learning to meditate, and develop into their potential.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and David Gandelman discuss:
- The similarities differences between being psychic and intuitive.
- Intuition through a voice, an image, and knowingness.
- Living with intention, grounding yourself, and releasing negative energies.
- Truly accepting our feelings and who we are.
Key Takeaways:
- Harnessing the power of meditation as a tool to quiet the mind.
- The negative impact of consuming too much digital information.
- Face the feeling you are dwelling on so that you can move on.
- “Anxiety is a byproduct of something much deeper.”
"If you have a really noisy mind and your emotions are fluctuating too much, it’s going too hard to hear your intuition." — David Gandelman
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Mentioned: PGS Intuition is Your Personal Guidance System.
Connect with David Gandelman:
Website: https://www.meditationschool.us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidmeditation
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/david_gandelman/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Meditation-School-106485151200134/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVv-6K2C2ELEgVvoKCYdRQ
App: Insight Timer
Email: david@meditationschool.us
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
A trusted resource and collaborator for partners such as Time Magazine, Good Morning America, USA Today, and The Huffington Post, Halle Eavelyn has helped over 1500 clients breakthrough lifelong traumas and powerfully co-create a masterpiece of their lives.
As an author, global spiritual tour leader, and business strategist, Halle guides clients on a powerful journey of self-discovery. She provides the clarity, support, and strategy they need to step into the highest expression of themselves confidently.
An atheist until her first trip to Egypt, where her entire life transformed in a single moment, Halle’s spiritual awakening put her on a journey to become a champion for women worldwide. Her mission to help women find their voice and thrive is now her life’s work.
Halle is currently the mindset coach for several high-level business coaching programs in addition to her private clients. Her forthcoming show, Your Goddess Awakened, will be available on YouTube and podcast platforms everywhere. Discover more about Halle’s work and impact at www.HalleEavelyn.com.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Halle Eavelyn discuss:
- Visualizing what you want to happen and take place.
- Moving through life with intentionality.
- Practicing, tuning in, and growing your intuition.
- The realizations and gifts of the Covid pandemic.
Key Takeaways:
- The combination of clarity, gratitude, and intention lead to manifestation.
- The importance of knowing your desires and needs to help clear away the negative in your life.
- We all have intuitive gifts; it’s just about how tuned in with them we are.
- The value of balancing the masculine and feminine within each of us.
"Life is magical even in its mundane moments." — Halle Eavelyn
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Halle Eavelyn:
Website: https://halleeavelyn.com/
Email: halle@halleeavelyn.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halle.eavelyn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/halle.eavelyn
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eavelyn/
Book: Red Goddess Rising https://halleeavelyn.com/books/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Kevin Urrutia is the co-founder of New York-based Voy Media specializes in creating for clients Facebook and Instagram ads that are sophisticated and creative. Kevin's team is usually half on-site and half around the world. During the lockdown, they have all been working remotely. Kevin also has his own podcast - Digital Marketing Fastlane which helps you to build. launch, grow and scale a successful online business.
Kevin Urrutia is a travel and nature enthusiast. In his spare time, you can find him hiking through Mount Fuji or booking his next adventure. When he's back in the concrete jungle he is hard at work driving ROI for brands through his paid advertising techniques or through the airwaves on his Digital Marketing Fastlane podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kevin Urrutia discuss:
- Having and being in the entrepreneur mindset.
- Using what you do not want to do as motivation.
- Having the ultimate belief in yourself and your abilities.
- Understanding the language of business.
Key Takeaways:
- Don’t be discouraged by failure; it, it helps you learn.
- Follow your intuition about what parts of your business you need to implement even when you have to go against “normal.”
- Entrepreneurs naturally follow their intuition about their business and making their visions come to fruition.
- Create repeat customers and repeat product purchases.
"If you want to create something, know how it works first." — Kevin Urrutia
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Kevin Urrutia:
Website: https://voymedia.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/danest
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsdanest/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kevin-Urrutia-324974558135396/
https://www.facebook.com/VoyMediaAgency/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urrutia/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDmHf3gCpfO05aZ5SVHpmtw
Email: kevin@voymedia.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Joanne Newlund is a coach and facilitator at Mission Facilitators. She helps individual leaders and their teams understand, use and perfect the art of creativity in leadership. Joanne has advanced training in executive coaching, emotional intelligence and has owned and lead several successful businesses. At Mission Facilitators, she is a senior associate with experience in coaching and facilitating team-building training for small to large companies, such as Microsoft, Boeing, Parker Aerospace, San Marco Unified School District, ExxonMobil, HonorHealth, Salt River Project, and Geiger-Cribbins.
Joanne’s belief matches McKinsey and Company’s 10-year global study of senior knowledge workers that found employees who spend the most time trusting their intuition and experiencing the creative state of “flow" are up to five times more effective than their counterparts.
Joanne’s three-part process overlays her coaching, speaking, and training.
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Discovering. Getting to ‘root-cause’ by listening and asking probing questions,
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Preparing. Developing game plans for her clients,
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Leading. Reframing and suggesting new approaches.
Joanne speaks on leadership, using intuition in decision-making and team building. She has traveled worldwide and led or owned companies in healthcare, design, and home construction. She spends most of her time now in Bend, Oregon, or Phoenix, Arizona.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joanne Newlund discuss:
- We are all born with intuition; listen to and hone it so that it can guide you.
- Learning to trust, listen to, and act upon your intuitive thoughts.
- Understanding the power we have over our physical bodies and knowing the impacts of prolonged anxiety and stress.
- Have a willingness to let go and expose your intuitive thoughts.
Key Takeaways:
- When you are open to your intuition, you invite more energy in making it more powerful, a tune, and aware.
- When you change your environment, you change your mood and your ability to see things differently.
- Allow yourself to be open while recognizing that not everyone will have your best interest at heart and knowing when to pull back to protect yourself from their negative energy.
- Comprehending that just because someone puts something onto us, we do not have to take it on; it’s ultimately our choice to accept it or leave it.
"We are so much greater than we all think; each of us is a gift to the world." — Joanne Newlund
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Joanne Newlund:
Website: www.mfileadership.com.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jnewlund/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joanne.newlund
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-newlund
Email: joanne.newlund@mfileadership.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Debra specializes in awakening C-level executives and leaders to their genius by shifting from unconscious beliefs and behaviors to self-awareness - bridging what they say they want to what they have. She challenges leaders to own their results in all areas of life. Organizations achieve their desired outcomes by raising teams that learn to shift out of drama to create win-for-all solutions. Effects: Less stress, more joy, more significant results!
The core of Debra’s coaching is providing conscious tools for leaders and teams - to practice and implement into their lives. Debra’s clients and their companies become the transformation model, no matter where they are on their journey. Her clients include RMB Capital, UBS, Highland Solutions, Gamma Partners, Brindley Engineering, Esser Hayes Insurance, Mars, Inc., SESAC, PNC Bank, Nashville Public Radio, and the Nashville Lawyers’ Association for Women.
Debra graduated from Miami University in Psychology, and in 2021 will have an NYU MBA in mindfulness. She is certified in The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, Integrative9 Enneagram, Corporate Goal Coaching, and CTI Co-Active training. Debra’s work has been featured on Fox National/Local News, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and 190 N Television. Her base is Nashville and Chicago.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Debra Sunderland discuss:
- Ego, safety, and sticking to the known.
- Conscious vision, are you willing to shift away from the familiar.
- Change avoidance as a catalyst of fear, stress, and discomfort.
- Discerning your fear, anxiety, and joy level.
Key Takeaways:
- Choose to be “radically responsible” for your view of the world. Let the Inner joy that drives you carry over to all aspects of your life.
- Recognize the power of thinking, utilize your stress relief tools, and slow down and breathe.
- Live in the moment, appreciate and love yourself first, then do it for others.
- When we don’t clear out old emotions, they linger within us. Let it go.
"No one but you and how you decide to go about your life can give you joy." — Debra Sunderland
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Debra Sunderland:
Quiz: www.beyonddoingquiz.com.
Website: https://www.sunderlandcoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debrasunderland/
Email: debra@debrasunderland.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Carlos is a speaker, author, and consultant with over 30 years of experience supporting global corporations, including Mars, Inc., and IBM. He has written two books on teamwork: "Lessons from Mars: How One Global Company Cracked the Code on High-Performance Collaboration and Teamwork" and “Virtual Teams: Holding the Center When You Can’t Meet Face-to-Face.” Both books are based on original research Carlos conducted during his 17 years as an internal consultant at Mars, Inc.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Carlos Valdes-Dapena discuss:
- Negotiation skills are used in collaboration.
- How to build an effective team.
- Mindful and conscious interaction.
- Creating value through collaborative work and non-collaborative work.
Key Takeaways:
- Make the workplace a location where we can truly be ourselves and still have great, productive relationships with others.
- Get to know your co-workers through meaningful work that requires you all to commit to the outcome you want to create.
- Build teams virtually with meaningful motivation and a way to feed the soul.
- Practice mindfulness through the use of individual and group intuition.
"Trust is a valuable component of team effectiveness, but it is not the foundation." — Carlos Valdes-Dapena.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Carlos Valdes-Dapena:
Website: www.carlosvdapena.com
Email: carlos@corporatecollaboration.com
Twitter:https://twitter.com/Carlos_CCollab
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlosvdapena/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crvdapena
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-valdes-dapena/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL46hrmqVfQEvdXELtsPSoFvjlZIXMDoK0
Podcast: https://www.carlosvdapena.com/podcast
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Kait LeDonne is the founder of LeDonne Brands, a personal brand consultancy based in New York, New York, which builds personal executive brands using content marketing strategies through social media. Kait has authored the book "The Attraction Magnet: “The 7 Insider Secrets The World's Biggest Brands Use to Attract Customers Who Can’t-Wait to Buy From Them," regularly featured in national and international publications as a commentator on celebrity and corporate brands.
LeDonne Brands also developed one of the first online courses centered around LinkedIn, The Influence Academy, to teach executives how to position themselves as thought leaders in their respective spaces. To date, over 100 executives have completed the program. Given LeDonne Brands CEO Kait LeDonne’s specific influence on the platform, we have access to LinkedIn employees and new platform features, the benefits of which we pass along to our clients.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kait LeDonne discuss:
- Building executive, personal, and author brands.
- Strategy and maneuvering, building a better brand through Covid.
- Understanding and supporting missions and movements in branding.
- Leading from both the front and back and utilizing the attraction magnet.
Key Takeaways:
- Branding well is about making a client feel a specific way about themselves.
- Focus on adopting the role of a teacher, not a personal brand.
- Imposter syndrome is focusing too much on yourself.
- Attracting people to a brand through authenticity brings clients with shared values and increases your business with like-minded individuals.
"A great brand is creating safety love and belonging to a consumer about themselves." — Kate LeDonne.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Kate LeDonne:
Website: www.ledonnebrands.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaitledonne
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaitledonne/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kait.ledonne
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitledonne/
Email: kait@ledonnebrands.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Providing second chances to individuals with a criminal past through entrepreneurial, educational, and vocational programs.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and James Monahan discuss:
- Forging a small business incubator.
- Creation and branding of the prison theme.
- Giving back to nonprofits that help the incarcerated or the families of the incarcerated.
- The legal barriers that felons face after prison.
Key Takeaways:
- Helping people to push past the fear of interacting with people that have been in prison by making use of stats and success stories.
- Working to build revenue and help the community.
- Most felons just made a mistake or a wrong choice and need that second chance to prove themselves.
- “Change the way you look at things, and things will change.”
"We don’t want to create jobs; we want to create careers." — James Monahan
Mentioned: Unit 2 Creations https://www.unit2creations.com/
False Confessions Book https://www.unit2creations.com/new-products/edainpm8lpt6vjz2mhw9wt9f09331z
Prison Break Brewery https://www.prisonbreakbrewery.com/
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with James Monahan:
Website: https://obnfoundation.org/
Email: jim@outofboundsnation.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/obnfoundation/
https://www.instagram.com/unit2creations/
https://www.instagram.com/prisonbreakbrewery/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OBNFoundation1
https://www.facebook.com/PrisonBBrewery
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OBNFoundation
https://twitter.com/unit2creations
https://twitter.com/PrisonBBrewery
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFQTG6Wz-lRKd5WvegSNZQ
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Erica is the Founder & CEO of Claxon, a marketing firm that helps mission-driven clients unleash the power of words. She hosts the Marketing for Good podcast and teaches at the University of Washington, where she co-directs the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Erica Mills Barnhart discuss:
- Searching for and centering on signature words.
- Brain processing speeds of images vs. words.
- Set the company voice and tone to engage clarity, confidence, and values.
- Marketing that arouses intuition and feeling.
Key Takeaways:
- Engage the energetics and physics of language, helping people to feel the words being spoken.
- The cause and effect of your words, what do you want people to feel, know, and do?
- Focus your writing on the verbs to create your action.
- Take out the extraneous language and get to the point.
"Our brains don’t like cognitive dissonance; it does everything it can to make everything come to one truth." — Erica Mills Barnhart
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Erica Mills Barnhart:
Website: www.claxonmarketing.com
https://evans.uw.edu/profile/erica-barnhart/
Email: erica@claxonmarketing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricaMillsBarn
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericamillsbarnhart/
Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-for-good/id1510085905
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
As owner and managing partner of Sun Acquisitions, Domenic helps clients buy and sell businesses across various industries. Since 2005 he’s been personally involved in over 300 transactions for companies with enterprise values of $2 million to $50 million.
Recognizing many business owners didn’t understand the full requirements of a successful exit, acquisition, and scaling processes, he founded K2Adviser. The mission – educate business owners and buyers so they can maximize transaction benefits and minimize transaction risks.
Domenic’s an industry-recognized expert who frequently shares his hard-earned knowledge from the stage, in print, and over the airwaves – including as host of the popular M&A Unplugged podcast.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Domenic Rinaldi discuss:
- The four types of business buyers.
- Buying and selling businesses during the pandemic.
- The remorse that comes with selling your business.
- Investments into purchasing a business in the expectation of a financial return.
Key Takeaways:
- Pivoting and adapting your business to fit the current community needs.
- When selling a business, are you financially ready to leave your business, is your business ready, are you emotionally prepared?
- Be prepared every day to sell your business, so if the worst case happens, you are ready.
- Your business is more buyer-friendly and profitable if it is not reliant on you being a daily part of it.
"The number one thing that buyers and sellers fail to do is prepare for their sale or acquisition." — Domenic Rinaldi
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Domenic Rinaldi:
Website: www.K2Adviser.com
www.SunAcquisitions.com
Email: domenic@k2adviser.com
Twitter: htps://twitter.com/K_2_Adviser
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/k2_adviser/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K2Adviser/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domenicrinaldi/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/k2-adviser/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGOjZagPzUrIcWjtM7aeKw?view_as=subscriber
Show: M & A Unplugged https://sunacquisitions.com/podcasts/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Akhtar Badshah is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of international development experience, managing a corporate philanthropic program and co-founding a global nonprofit for social enterprise. Dr. Badshah is Chief Catalyst at Catalytic Innovators Group, advising individuals and organizations to catalyze their social and philanthropic investments.
Dr. Badshah is the Distinguished Practitioner at the University of Washington at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and the Business School, Bothell campus. He is the founder and curator of Accelerating Social Transformation, a mid-career professional development certificate course on social impact. Dr. Badshah led Microsoft’s philanthropic efforts for ten years, where he administered community investment and employee contributions.
He was instrumental in launching both Unlimited Potential and Youth Spark – the company’s focus to bring digital technology to the underserved communities and youth worldwide. His forthcoming book is titled Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires its Employees and Alumni to Change the World, Harper Collins Leadership Series, Nov 2020. Dr. Badshah is a doctoral graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Akhtar Badshah discuss:
- Rethinking what work looks like as we work remotely.
- Using this opportunity to reassess and build our sense of purpose.
- Focusing on the right things, not doing things the right way.
- Scarcity mindset vs. abundance mindset.
Key Takeaways:
- What are your driving factors, purpose, wealth, or status?
- A growth mindset is in service of yourself or your company, while a purpose mindset moves you from the service of yourself and the company to the community’s service and the common good.
- Purpose centered leadership: work from abundance, discover and focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses.
- Embrace empathy and compassion.
"Doing work out in the community nourishes my soul that in turn enables me to serve the company." — Dr. Akhtar Badshah
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Akhtar Badshah:
Website: http://www.catalyticinnovatorsgroup.com/
Email: akhtarb@uw.edu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akhtarbad/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akhtar.badshah
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhtar-badshah-6250105/
Book: Purpose Mindset: How Microsoft Inspires its Employees and Alumni to Change the World
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Kevin started his career in the accounting software industry and transferred into e-commerce in 2000. His first startup reached 20M in sales in the online tool industry, and with his experience, he then became the director of eCommerce at Harbor Freight tools, driving business from 30M a year to 100M a year in 2 short years. Looking for a new challenge, he joined a Safety Supply company and quickly turned the online business unit from 1/4M dollar a year loss to over 1/2M a year in profit.
After his experiences there, Kevin left to start his own company, Ecommerce Clarity and successfully partnered with businesses to analyze their data to provide actionable recommendations with measurable expectations. After several years of running this business, Kevin partnered up and formed Enceiba, a world-class Amazon.com agency supporting online companies such as Cardinal Health, Owens Corning, and more.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kevin Hill discuss:
- Learning from your successes and failures.
- Accessing your subconscious through sleep and meditation.
- The elephant in the room syndrome.
- The definition of success surrounding the wow moment.
Key Takeaways:
- Intuition gives you a gut feeling; data supports that intuitive feeling.
- Your history of experiences builds up your intuition, both conscious and subconscious.
- Don’t be afraid to stand up and be heard. It’s about being persistent in business.
- Don’t just listen to the so-called experts; take the time to listen to people from all aspects of the company.
"Persistence is the recipe for success." — Kevin Hill.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Kevin Hill:
Website: www.enceiba.com
Facebook:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinehill/
Email: kevin@enceiba.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Jason Abell is a dad and husband who also happens to write and speak from time to time while serving as the President of Rewire Coaching. Nationally recognized for his sales and leadership skills, Jason coaches and presents to thousands of professionals monthly on topics ranging from growth-minded leadership to top salespeople’s mindset, all leading to authentic and sustainable growth.
Rewire powers in-house coaching programs for America’s growth-minded companies and was recently ranked #73 by Entrepreneur Magazine on their list of Best Entrepreneur Companies In America. Rewire's brand of Mindset Coaching is taking the business world by storm. Today’s professionals do not need more information to succeed but can unlock exponential growth with a better way of thinking.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jason Abell discuss:
- Making changes in the brain by changing your mindset.
- Being authentic in building your business and clientele.
- The coaching business ultimately is all about helping people.
Key Takeaways:
- Coaching people into a better mindset and giving them an idea of knowing what they should be doing to navigate obstacles.
- Be open to change; be coachable with a free and improving mindset.
- “The difficult we do immediately, and the impossible will take a little longer.”
- Trust the importance of intuition during your process of change.
"We want to help people think differently to then act differently and get the results they are looking for.” — Jason Abell.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Jason Abell:
Website: www.rewireinc.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rewirejason
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirejason/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rewirejason
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rewirejason/
Podcast: https://www.rewireinc.com/the-insight-interviews
Email: jason@rewireinc.com
Book: Start Now - The Young Adult's Passport To Success And Well Being:
Rewire's 30 Day Sprint: https://www.rewireinc.com/30-day-sprint-
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Laura A. Davis is the CEO and Founder of Laura A. Davis & Associates, Inc., an Atlanta-based transformational executive coaching, leadership and team development, and DiSC assessment training firm. Since 1998, Laura has been coaching leaders at all levels of Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies to become more emotionally intelligent, agile, and aware of their role in creating a healthy, engaged corporate culture. Organizations must become agile in today’s world of disruption, and agile organizations are made up of agile, emotionally intelligent people.
Laura and her associates also focus on assisting teams within organizations to become more cohesive by building cultures of high trust, productivity, accountability, and collective results. Laura and her team offer leading-edge mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets needed to create high performance and inspiring success.
Before starting her business, Laura held both line and staff marketing management positions at Exxon, Equifax, and UPS. She was an Adjunct Professor of Business Studies at Mercer University and had an MBA in Marketing from Emory University. Laura earned the coveted Master Certified Coaching designation through the ICF in 1998 and maintained that credential through her ongoing study and dedication to the profession.
Her ongoing thought leadership is demonstrated in the talks she gives at professional industry conferences around the country. She is a contributing author to “A Guide to Getting It: Self-Esteem” and has published articles in leading industry publications such as Choice magazine, ATD newsletters, and more. She has appeared on “Good Day Atlanta,” and numerous internet radio shows talk about emerging organizational leadership best practices. Laura A. Davis and Associates, Inc. is also a certified woman-owned business through WBENC.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Laura discuss:
- Emotional intelligence and building self-awareness.
- How do we relate to one another, professionally and personally?
- Communicating and collaborating in brand new ways.
- Thinking agility and utilizing the Agile EQ Mindset Assessment.
Key Takeaways:
- Be authentic to have genuine human connections.
- Realize that fear impacts our mindsets and transition.
- Intuition is something that the best leaders use but not necessarily teach.
- The connection and coming together with like-minded people while building relationships through a virtual environment.
"Is intuition the next emotional intelligence wave?" — Laura Davis
Mentioned: The Web of Inclusion
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Laura Davis:
Website: lauraadavis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachlad
Facebook: www.facebook.com/LauraADavisAndAssociatesInc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraadavis/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/coachlauraadavis/videos
Email: Laura@lauraadavis.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Vince Molinaro, Ph.D., is a global leadership adviser, speaker, and researcher on leadership accountability. As the founder and CEO of Leadership Contract Inc., Dr. Molinaro travels the world, helping organizations build vibrant leadership cultures with genuinely accountable leaders.
Vince experienced a defining moment early in his career when he saw a respected colleague and mentor succumb to cancer that she believed was the byproduct of a stressful, toxic work environment. As a result, he has made it his life’s work to confront mediocre and unaccountable leadership boldly.
Today Vince calls out the global leadership crisis and thoughtfully lays out the strategy to address it head-on. His unique combination of provocative storytelling, evidence-based principles, and grounded practicality has leaders at all levels stepping up to fulfill their obligations to drive the success of their organizations.
He is a New York Times best-selling author and has published several books, including Accountable Leaders (Wiley, 2020), The Leadership Contract (3rd ed., Wiley, 2018), and The Leadership Contract Field Guide (Wiley, 2018). He has also co-authored two other books: Leadership Solutions (Jossey-Bass, 2007) and The Leadership Gap (Wiley, 2005).
Vince lives leadership accountability every day as an entrepreneur and global executive. His research and writing on leadership accountability are featured in some of the world’s leading business publications. He also shares his insights in his Gut Check for Leaders blog and through the Accountable Leaders App available from the Apple and Google App Stores. Vince and his family live near Toronto, Canada.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Vince discuss:
- The relationship between accountability aversion to or fear of conflict.
- Mangers setting the expectation and their relationship to employee engagement.
- Build a community through the individual, the team, and the culture.
- Building trust through dependability and accountability.
Key Takeaways:
- In a leadership role, expect hard work, candid conversation, constructive feedback, and to be managing poor performers.
- Create a culture that perpetuates the solving of problems, resolve conflicts, and moving forward.
- Set clear expectations of your leadership team’s actions and behaviors.
- Behavior leads to culture, perpetuate the culture to impact the environment.
"Accountability begins with you!" — Vince Molinaro
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Vince Molinaro:
Website: www.theleaderhipcontractinc.com
Email: vince.molinaro@leadershipcontractinc.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drvincemolinaro
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincemolinaro/
Book: The Leadership Contract
Accountable Leaders
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Doug Sandler is an entrepreneur and podcast industry leader. His book, Nice Guys Finish First, is a #1 ranked Amazon Best Seller. As a podcast host of The Nice Guys on Business, Doug has interviewed Gary V, Arianna Huffington, John C. Maxwell, and dozens of celebs. Doug is a nationally recognized speaker, writer, and founder of TurnKey Podcast Productions, providing podcast production, editing, and launch services. His Nice Guys podcast, with over 1,000 episodes, has been downloaded 3.5 million times in more than 175 countries.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Doug Sandler discuss:
- Life-changing events that alter the course of our lives.
- Why podcasting? Build community, make money, or grow influence.
- Training on how to launch a successful podcast business.
- Finding your confidence, your mojo, and your creative attitude.
Key Takeaways:
- Make a positive mindset shift and strive to understand how your podcast can benefit you.
- Your mindset and mental position is everything and will take you everywhere. What energy you put into the universe is the energy you get back.
- Your relationships and connections in the world are everything. Build and nurture them.
- Take a look at things through a conscious mind.
"Stay in your zone of genius." — Doug Sandler.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Doug’s Podcasting Toolkit:
https://turnkeypodcast.mykajabi.com/toolkit
Connect with Doug Sandler:
Website: www.TurnKeyPodcast.com
Email: doug@turnkeypodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/djdoug
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turnkeypodcast/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TurnkeyPodcast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-sandler-1a346649/
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Jamie Sussel Turner is a two-time award-winning author, speaker, and ICF credentialed coach. She helps her clients reduce their stress by up to 75%. Jamie has been featured in The New York Times, received an ATHENA Leadership Award nomination, and served as a speaker curator for TEDxAsburyPark. Before becoming a professional coach, Jamie served as a public school educator, including twelve years as a school principal. She holds Master’s degrees in both Educational Leadership and Elementary Education. Jamie lives with her husband at the Jersey Shore where lessons from three cancer diagnoses led to her more peaceful life. Ever grateful for her magnificent sunset views over the water, she is passionate about her grandchildren, working out, reading, travel, and her daily dose of dark chocolate
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jamie Susel Turner discuss:
- Coaching people through the firing of an employee.
- Hiring and communication within a business.
- Understanding, pinpointing, managing, and reducing stress by getting in touch with your triggers.
- 7 practices that help reduce stress.
Key Takeaways:
- When you fire someone, do it simply and with humanity.
- Be confident in your ability to delegate by setting and communicating clear expectations.
- The need to feel like you are in control is brought on by feeling like you are out of control.
- Change your mindset to think positively and use stress in a new way, as energy.
"Stress is like the waves in the ocean it will keep coming."
— Jamie Sussel Turner
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Mentioned: The Upside of Stress by: Kelly McGonigal
https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Stress-Why-Good-You/dp/1101982934/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&hvadid=77721779733262&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=the+upside+of+stress+kelly+mcgonigal&qid=1603770498&sr=8-1&tag=mh0b-20
How to Make Stress Your Friend Ted Talk by: Kelly McGonigal
https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend
Connect with Jamie Sussel Turner:
Website: https://www.lessstresscoach.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiesus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessstresscoach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiesusselturner/
Email: Jamie@LessStressCoach.com
Books: Less Stress Business
https://www.amazon.com/Less-Stress-Business-Coaching-Employees/dp/0615985335/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Less+stress+business&qid=1603770797&s=books&sr=1-3
Less Stress Life
https://www.amazon.com/Less-Stress-Life-Went-Crazed/dp/173350740X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Less+stress+life&qid=1603770860&s=books&sr=1-1
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Frank Ciecierski is president of Resource Action Concepts, Inc.www.rac-coaching.com and Crest Consulting, Coaching, and Training www.Crest-Consulting.com, the past president of NJPCA (New Jersey Professional Coaches Association), and a former adjunct Professor in the MBA Management Program at PACE University in New York City. Frank does a combination of coaching, training, consulting, and assessments.
Mr. Ciecierski also founded the Allied Business Consultants www.theabcgroup.com an alliance of business owners, consultants, and coaches with broad based business knowledge and experience who provide information, mentoring, referrals, and business resources to support each other’s professional and personal growth.
Mr. Ciecierski has served a client list as diverse as Polaroid Corporation, Weight Watchers, Kraft Foods, the International Group of Accounting Firms, retail firms, law firms, hospital and medical centers, real estate agencies, and Boards of Education. He has worked with clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, flexible packaging, disposable plastics, paper mill, and textile service industries, as well as lent his expertise to attorneys and other consultants.
Frank is also a frequent guest speaker and seminar presenter on such topics as: New Selling Techniques; Networking; Rapport Building; Hiring Techniques; Leadership and Emotional Intelligence; Supportive Communication; The Inevitability of Change; Coping with the New Breed of Worker; Managing the Generation Gaps; Using Personality Profiles in Interpersonal Skills Training and Coaching; and Team Building.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Frank Ciecierski discuss:
- How an annual pig roast can help build company culture and cohesion.
- Why you should only work on one thing for 59 minutes at a time.
- Anchoring and the “Swish pattern” are powerful NLP techniques to help you regulate your emotions.
- There are different ways to tap into your intuition depending on if you are a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner.
Key Takeaways:
- Intuition comes from your subconscious mind, you need to listen to what it’s telling you, even if you don’t know why at the time.
- Intuition often comes when you’re not forcing something, you have to let it flow.
- Improving your Emotional Intelligence will also improve your intuition.
- Think of your emotions as an elephant and you are the rider, the elephant will run away if you let it so you have to learn to control it.
"I don't think you can coach intuition. I think it's something that you can help people get to, by suggesting some of the different things that I've talked about, like meditation, and have them come up with answers that way. And I also think that asking the right questions will get people to be more intuitive. " — Frank Ciecierski
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Frank Ciecierski:
Website: www.rac-coaching.com
Email: frank.ciecierski@gmail.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Strickland Bonner
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
MIKE GOLDMAN, author of Breakthrough Leadership Team, is a nationally recognized speaker, author and leadership team coach. He has over 30 years of experience consulting and coaching companies that include local entrepreneurs and Fortune 500s. Throughout his career at Accenture and Deloitte Consulting, he helped brands like Verizon, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Dillard’s, Liz Claiborne and Levi Strauss. In 2007, Goldman founded Performance Breakthrough to help mid-sized companies achieve dramatic business growth. He does this by working with leadership teams to ensure they have the right people, strategies and execution habits for growth.
Goldman’s clients value his vast experience with organizations of all sizes as well as his incredible passion and energy. His no-nonsense, practical style enables individuals and teams to uncover opportunity areas and achieve revolutionary results with laser focus.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Mike Goldman discuss:
- The emotional aspect of working from home.
- Leaders that feel they need to save the day or be a superhero.
- Creating a plan for your business using a bias toward action.
- The Leadership team makeup, belief, and action.
Key Takeaways:
- Show vulnerability and honesty as a leader.
- Focus on what you want instead of what you don’t want.
- Get excited about what you are doing now that will benefit the business 6-9 months from now.
- Don’t make decisions that alienate your clients or employees to make money.
"Now is the time that your coaching skills and your listening skills need to be better than they have ever been." — Mike Goldman
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Mike Goldman:
Website: https://www.mike-goldman.com/
https://getbreakthroughleadership.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mgoldman10
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikegoldmancoach/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgoldman10/
Email: mike@mike-goldman.com
Book: Breakthrough Leadership Team
Performance Breakthrough: The Four Secrets of Passionate Organizations
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Alison Freeman has been passionate about communication for as long as she can remember. Beginning her professional career as a TV News Journalist, she rapidly grew her knowledge of effective communication skills and realized the lack of quality connection in the business world. With a hunger to advance and the strong belief that she could make a meaningful impact, Alison became a professional communication coach in 2000 and launched her own coaching firm called AliComm in 2017. She has 17 years of experience working at all levels in the business and across the globe.
Her international training experiences include companies in EMEA, Russia, the Arctic, the Americas, and Mexico. Alicomm programs include customized Media and Presentation Skills Training, online/ on-demand coaching, Crisis Training, Stakeholder Dialogue Workshops for field personnel, and one-on-one Executive Coaching for top business leaders. She offers innovative coaching solutions –scalable and customizable for clients of every size, geography, and need. Alison believes innovation, collaboration, and flexibility are essential for business success in her highly competitive industry.
Her hands-on approach is non-negotiable. She is known to treat every client as if they were her only client. AliComm is a proud member of WBENC/a certified Women-Owned Business.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alison discuss:
- Reading people while providing authenticity and connection.
- Providing service to others, hearing your client’s experiences, and knowing what they are going through.
- The uncertainty of business during COVID and reworking your business to keep it successful.
- Realizing the impact you have on people and having faith in yourself.
Key Takeaways:
- Remember that it’s about the audience, not you. Define the audience and decide what issues are most important to address.
- The false sense of control we have in our lives can be an inhibitor of our intuition. Let go and let it be a liberating experience of remaking yourself, realizing what is important to you, and being faithful that everything will work out.
- Providing human connection through being real, telling the truth, being vulnerable, and being authentic manifests results.
- The importance of giving to others and helping them feel supported during difficult times.
"We have to get outside of our own stuff because other people have it worse, for sure." — Alison Freeman
Mentioned: Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Alison Freeman:
Website: Ali Comm International.com
LinkedIn: Alison Krasner Freeman
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Dr. Nasypany is Director of two graduate programs in athletic training and sports medicine at the University of Idaho. Dr. Nasypany has a private healing/transformation practice where he specializes in the treatment of difficult/chronic conditions. Dr. Nasypany also has created online courses that can empower all humans to activate their inborn greatness through intuition and intention.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alan discuss:
- Pain and quality of life, helping with what effects life the most.
- Affirmations and their energy relationship with the law of attraction.
- Moments of presence, bringing all the good feelings into our bodies.
- The mechanics of why we feel bad and being out of alignment with your higher, best self.
- Vibration as a sign of change, and tuning into intuition.
Key Takeaways:
- The body’s pain becomes a metaphoric representation of what’s going on in your life.
- Focus your energy on something attainable so you can believe it and your affirmations surrounding it.
- Leave every experience better than you went into it.
- Utilize affirmations and their energy relationship with the law of attraction to improve pain and quality of life.
"Something is going on that takes processing power in their life potentially making them less likely to be healthy." — Alan Nasypany
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Mentioned: The Inner Game of Tennis
Heal Your Body
Connect with Alan Nasypany:
Website: https://resource.thinkific.com
www.resourceenergetics.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RESOURCEENERGETICS/
Email: drn@resourceenergetics.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Pascale Brady, founder and President of Global Life Coaching LLC is The Challenge Coach ©.
A business coach and consultant, life coach, and mentor coach with 30+ years of professional experience, both in the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, she guides executives and managers individually or as part of groups or teams to successfully master their challenges and effectively resolve problems. In her work, she draws upon The Coaches Training Institute's (CTI) Co-Active model of coaching, Relationship Systems Coaching, Adlerian Psychology, Positive Psychology, Imago Theory, and Action Learning, to encourage courageous growth, respectful communication, and meaningful conversations. With a keen awareness of each client's bottom line, Pascale draws upon vast corporate experience to productively lead executives and managers to realize better performance. Her unique style of coaching – fearless, energetic, and enthusiastic – is wrapped in deep human compassion, which has helped her many clients plow through obstacles to achieve desired results.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Pascale Brady discuss:
- Calming your brain and facing your day while persevering through tough situations.
- Being aware of the energy you are putting out into the universe.
- Being grateful and showing gratitude even when faced with hardship.
- Play your life: the coaching game.
Key Takeaways:
- Most problems compared to dealing with this pandemic are trivial, it puts things in perspective.
- A challenge requires daily structure and a daily plan to get through while still being appreciative of yourself.
- The importance of recognizing the emotions the most strongly experienced in difficult situations.
- Creating a structure to give us back a sense of control.
"Coaches and therapists are a needed profession right now." — Pascale Brady
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Pascale Brady:
Website: www.thechallengecoach.com
Twitter: @pascalbrady
Facebook: Pascale.Brady.TheChallengeCoach
LinkedIn: The Challenge Coach
Email: pascale.brady@thechallengecoach.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Born in England, Martin Wheeler walked into his first training hall at the age of nine, a Judo class at the local YMCA in his hometown of Paignton, Devon. At age sixteen he began training in the Hawaiian street fighting system of Ed Parker’s Karate, at the ‘doorman’s academy’ in the same town.
There, he was introduced to Kenpo in bare-knuckle sparring sessions. A year later at the age of seventeen, he began working at the local clubs as a bouncer in a town renowned for its late-night street fighting. A profession he continued for the next ten years in clubs from London to the U.S. Forged from his experiences, twenty years later, after also studying Boxing, Judo, Thai-boxing and Filipino weapons fighting in his desire to find the most effective street fighting system, Martin met Vladimir Vasiliev, the former Russian Special Operative demonstrating Systema at a seminar and knew he had witnessed something strange, unique and absolutely lethal in any environment.
After over two decades of training in Systema Martin now teaches his highly effective combat solutions from his training facility at The Academy Beverly Hills. Train with him personally at THE ACADEMY BEVERLY HILLS or visit the SEMINARS section to experience his unique perspective on hand-to-hand combat.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Martin Wheeler discuss:
- Intuition and self-awareness.
- The inner self relating to outer performance.
- The physicality used on the mat and how it relates to the rest of your life.
- The negative effects of stress on the body
Key Takeaways:
- Accessing the intuition you already have can bring more intuitive tendencies and abilities.
- Get in touch with yourself, what does intuition mean to you, and what triggers it?
- Let your intention guide your intuition.
- Learning to not internalize on hold onto stress.
"Be good at releasing the external problem and the internal reaction."
— Martin Wheeler
Mentioned: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
The Inner Game of Tennis
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Martin Wheeler:
Website: wheelersystema.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Phyllis Haynes is an award-winning producer and media personality. She has served as a media and communications advisor for organizations and corporations in the US and Europe. She has worked for the last 25 years to help create inclusive environments in institutions including Citibank, NCAA, At&t, Ernst and Young, and many more. Currently, she produces and hosts Profonde TV which airs out of Princetontv.org and has a huge following on social media. She is a member of Jack Canfield's Transformational Leadership Council and is on the board of the Coach Initiative.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Phyllis Haynes discuss:
- Being a present listener and not being easily distracted.
- The value of your intuition to your employer.
- Do you need intuition to survive in the workplace?
- Making inclusion and relationships a value to your team.
Key Takeaways:
- Engaging your intuition in your decision making is your strongest skill,
- If you are at the top in your career your intuition is valued, but if you are working your way up it may be discredited.
- Safety and intuition need to be utilized in unison.
- There are different ways to get to an answer or solve a problem; be willing to listen.
"Of all the things you need in the 21st century, it’s an ability to listen to others and to listen to your own inner voices."
— Phyllis Haynes
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Phyllis Haynes:
Website: Haynes Media Works
Soul of Discourse
YouTube: PROFONDE TV
Email: interchangeone@msn.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Kanu Kogod is an Anthropologist. Ph.D., Master Certified Coach, and founder of Bridges in Organizations. She developed and facilitated an award-winning transformational leadership program called Leadership Alchemy for NASA. She has worked with individuals and now teams on transformations. In this fascinating discussion, Kanu talks about four key energy types that govern all behavior, wherein the body to tap into our intuition, and how we all can transform ourselves, teams, and companies by allowing the inner world of intuition to take on greater importance in how we live our lives.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Kanu Kogod discuss:
- Redirecting our attention during the COVID pandemic, creating our own retreats during this time.
- Making life adjustments so that your actions are sustainable to reduce burn out.
- Allowing new things to manifest in your life.
- The role our intuition plays during dangerous situations.
Key Takeaways:
- Utilizing and nurturing the 4 energies: push, pull, stop, and allow, to benefit your language, body, emotions, and energetic presence.
- Create better boundaries about what you will allow taking place in your life.
- Stopping anxiety (fire) by putting another practice in its place. Pull the new practice toward you, create a new habit, and then reinforce it to stop your anxiety.
- Let your body’s intuition override your anxiety by coming into the present moment and moving the body to quiet anxiety through yoga and breathing exercises.
"Whatever you focus on expands, energy follows attention." — Kanu Kogod
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Kanu Kogod:
Website: kanu@leadershipalchemy.com
kanu@bridges-in-orgs.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Barry Habib is an American Entrepreneur and frequent Media resource for his Mortgage and Housing expertise. He is CEO of MBS Highway – the industry’s most highly regarded and recognized tool for transforming salespeople into advisors. He frequently appears on CNBC and FOX. Barry is two-time Crystal Ball Award Winner for 2018 and 2020 by Zillow and Pulsenomics for the most accurate Real Estate forecasts out of 150 of the top economists in the US. He was also the lead Producer and Managing Partner for “Rock of Ages” – the 27th longest-running show in Broadway history, and produced Criss Angel’s “Mindfreak”, at Planet Hollywood in Vegas
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Barry Habib discuss:
- Your mindset is everything.
- The importance of showing loyalty and appreciation with employees and customers.
- Have respect for others regardless of who they are.
- Be in control of your happiness, don’t let your joy be stolen.
Key Takeaways:
- Opportunities are abundant we just need to be trained to identify them.
- Always strive to relieve points of friction.
- Making progress makes you happy and motivates you to keep moving.
- Don’t talk yourself out of a good idea, weigh the risks, and listen to your gut or intuition.
"The more volatile the situation, the greater the amount of opportunities there are." — Barry Habib
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Mentioned: Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Service by Tony Hsieh
Connect with Barry Habib:
Website: MBSHighway
Facebook: MBS Highway
Email: barry@barryhabib.com
Book: Money In The Streets
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Joanne offers her clients all the skills and experience she gained in her 20-year career as a marketing and sales executive. She finds her bliss in helping teams and leaders grow, communicate, and achieve. She facilitates team building and communications workshops with organizations interested in developing a true competitive advantage. She also works one-on-one with leaders who communicate in a way that brings about real change. Some of her recent clients include Central Oregon Community College, Deschutes Brewery, AmeriCorps VISTA, NAVIS, HydroFlask, TEDxBend, and the Deschutes Land Trust.
Joanne graduated from UCLA with an Economics degree and began her career in residential property management. After her next stop in corporate recruiting, she went back to school, earning her MBA from UC Davis, emphasizing marketing, and market research. She then landed a position in product development at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. She enjoyed 17 years at Schwab in a variety of positions, most recently as Chief of Staff to the President of Schwab Institutional, and as National Vice President of the Schwab Advisor Network.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Joanne discuss:
- What you say and present and how you create a connection to it.
- Creating a captive audience and using it as a way to bring about change.
- The look and direction of public speaking in the future.
- Follow your intuition on what information needs to be presented to the audience and ways to deliver it.
Key Takeaways:
- What is the goal? What is the result I want to see? Develop a plan to answer those questions.
- You cannot over-rehearse your presentation or speech. The more you practice and the more you know about the information you are presenting the more comfortable you will be.
- Be authentic and in the flow but not memorize your material verbatim.
- Tell a story that invokes intrigue within your audience.
"Get into the heads of your audience, you need to go where they are, and bring them along with you." — Joanne Mathews
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Joanne Mathews:
Website: JMathewsConsulting.com
Facebook: jmathewsconsulting.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joanne-mathews-public-speaking
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Sandra Crowe, MA, PCC, the author of Since Strangling Isn't an Option, and “I Didn’t Sign Up for This! 7 Strategies for Dealing With Difficulty in Difficult Times” is a professional speaker, trainer, coach, and facilitator. Her focus is to impart communications skills to create awareness of ineffective behaviors and to move people and teams forward in their mission. Topics include: “How to Win in Difficult Interactions”, “Mindfulness: Moving from Chaos to Calm”, “Presenting to Diverse Audiences: From Nerves to Navigation”, “Three Fixes for the Five Team Dysfunctions”, “Dealing With Different Personality Types”, “What to Say to a Difficult Customer”
Past clients include: The Executive Office of the President, Marriott, Sony Corp., Southland Corp, Citicorp, The Discovery Channel, Sears, The Census Bureau, Union Labor Life Insurance, NASA, The Pentagon, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Association of Female Executives, Wireless Infrastructure Association, National Older Workers Career Center, Social Security Administration, FBI, Dept. of Agriculture
Past Media Includes: NPR, CBS Morning News, To Tell the Truth, ABC7, WBAL-Baltimore, WUSA9, The Washington Post, The New York Times, LA Times, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Woman’s World, Men’s Health, Dr. Toni Grant, WHUR, and To Tell the Truth(Will the real Sandra Crowe please stand up).
Sandra has a passion for International Culture having lived in West Africa and spent time in Israel, Europe, and Mexico, Central and South America having driven from her home in Washington, DC to El Salvador.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Sandra discuss:
- The Release Technique
- Experiencing loss and finding clarity.
- Participating in oneness and the collective experiences of our life. Reconnecting with others and ourselves.
- Finding more space for awareness, time for reflection, and understanding what your triggers are.
Key Takeaways:
- The loss of control, loss of security, and loss of approval create tension within our lives.
- It’s important to remember a time in your life where you didn’t think it was going to be ok and remember things always work out one way or the other, even if it wasn’t the way you thought it would or wanted it to.
- Recognize that the physical body reflects the emotional body. Make sure you are listening to your body.
- Make a conscious decision whether to allow people to connect with you or not. Is it a good relationship for you?
"If you are alive at this moment you have indirectly signed up for this."
— Sandra Crowe
Mentioned: The Release Technique by Lester Levinson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Sandra Crowe:
Website: Sandra Crow.com
Facebook: Sandra Crowe
Sandy Crowe
Email: sc@pivpoint.com
Recommendations: Brene Brown vulnerability TED Talk
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
Katharine Halpin grew up in Mississippi in a dysfunctional family. Because she had demonstrated so much leadership at home, her Dad took her to work on Saturday mornings in his CPA firm when she was about 9-years old. From the baggage she accumulated working for her Dad, she has built a body of work to accelerate the growth of people, teams and companies. She left her CPA career in 1995 to fill a void she saw everyday in the workplace. Leaders were focused on the financial and legal aspects of corporate growth but never focused on the people aspects. She is an expert in getting the right people in the right roles, focused on the right priorities. Katharine has been bringing order to chaos since she was 5-years old and she said to herself while standing in her Momma's messy kitchen, "Some body has got to make a few decisions around here!"
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Katharine discuss:
- Addressing people issues by developing good habits in self-alignment, positive mindset, personal actions, and team alignment.
- Arriving early and brain dumping for more rational and calmer thought.
- Help everyone by giving them the tools to be successful at work.
- Needs assessment, finding out where the needs and gaps are in business, and helping to build a better future.
Key Takeaways:
- Give up the multitasking, stop racing around, slow down to take care of yourself, and enjoy your family.
- Companies sometimes prohibit growth when their people are in a frenzied maniac mode and don’t feel they have time to balance work and family.
- Get out into nature and elevate your heart rate every day.
- Arrive early, brain dump, calendar, commitments review, project work time, 5p’s, strategic think time, problem solve, delegate, close the gaps.
"Turning obstacles into opportunities and bringing order to chaos." — Katharine Halpin
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Katharine Halpin:
Website: HalpinCompany.com
Facebook: Katharine Halpin
LinkedIn: Katharine Halpin
Phone: 602-266-1961
Book: Respond Not React Playbook
Alignment for Success
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.
About Rebecca Pearson: Rebecca has previously worked for and is now retired from ExxonMobil. Rebecca has demonstrated leadership in creating value for consumers and business to business brands through long term strategy development and execution that grows revenue and strengthens the bottom line. Includes experience at the implementation of strategic marketing programs at the channel level to drive growth in sales and revenue. Extensive experience in the practical application of marketing, sponsorship, and brand management principles for both B2B and B2C retail and channel environments in countries all over the world. Have tackled tough strategic and tactical marketing challenges in all disciplines of marketing from corporate buying teams and pricing strategy through to social media and developing sponsorship strategies. Strong team player is comfortable working in matrix and direct line management environments. Real-world application and expertise developed through working with employees and colleagues of all backgrounds and motivation. Rebecca
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Rebecca Pearson discuss:
- Using intuition to interpret information and data to back it up.
- Focusing and investing in people’s strengths and talents to foster and encourage their intuition.
- Following your passions and embracing your strengths to build your intuition.
- Intuition is informed by our academics and experiences.
- Some companies may limit intuition, as it may pose risks of not having a concrete or known outcome the way data-driven projects may.
- Tap into the diversity of thought through the work environment by fostering creativity and collaboration.
Key Takeaways:
- Intuition isn’t always correct, you need to think through and be prepared for the consequences.
- Data makes the acceptance of information more respected, but sometimes you need to take a leap of faith.
- Have self-awareness, strive to improve upon yourself, encourage people to know themselves, apply what they know, encourage diversity of thought, and adapt for different styles of people.
- Create psychological safety, trust, a level of authenticity, and then embrace your intuition.
- Confidence is built through success. Be less concerned about what other people’s perception of you is. Embrace the accountability for making the decision whether the outcome is good or bad.
"I firmly believe intuition is built off of one's experience." — Rebecca Pearson
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rebecca Pearson:
LinkedIn: Rebecca Pearson
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
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There are two quotes that set the tone for this week’s The Business of intuition: “How you do one thing is how you do everything.”, which I heard from a yoga instructor, and, “wherever you go, there you are”, which is the title of a book by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Both quotes tell us:
- We can never escape ourselves,
- Every action, relationship, experience contains a lesson,
- And, if we want to change the outside world, we first need to change ourselves.
My guest this week on The Business of Intuition teaches based on these principles. Mr. Scott Gonzalez is a 7th degree black belt and owner of Desert Dragons Kenpo Karate. Scott conducts Kenpo seminars worldwide, and teaches hundreds of students, young and old, every week. His art is not just Kenpo Karate, but the art of facilitating, seeing and drawing out the best in people, and helping his students make the connection between what happens on the karate mat and what happens at work, school or at home with family.
In this fascinating discussion Scott shares many gems about life, art, intuition and reaching one’s highest and best potential.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Scott Gonzalez discuss:
- Be present. This is where all innovation, creativity and connection happen,
- Take people where they are at, not where you want them to be,
- Help people transition from analytical to intuitive thinking. Provide a foundation (for karate that might be a foundation of techniques, kicking, striking, footwork), then encourage learning through asking questions, and give them time to learn at their own pace,
- Develop a personal relationship with everyone you work with,
- “Don’t be in fight”, when confronted with conflict. Negative energy meeting negative energy only creates more. You can still maintain boundaries and hold people accountable without being in the fight. In fact, it’s more effective if you don’t match their negative energy,
- Create a personal challenge. People won’t push themselves, won’t have the desire to transform if they don’t have a goal that will challenge them,
- Learn through your body. The physical holds the unconscious patterns and blocks. By introducing new movement patterns, you break old physical and emotional patterns.
Key Takeaways:
- Being in a state of flow while assessing clients. Having a heightened sense of awareness, accessing the intuition, tuning into your feeling, and senses.
- Tuning into your mind and body’s ability to meld around things. Be able to move and not absorb negative energy, instead, allowing it to go through or around you.
- Use language in a way that helps people think in a different way through using their senses using their brains to create an image or story.
- Build a personal relationship by giving your undivided attention. Make every person that you are working with feel special, even if it’s just for a few seconds.
- Create direction by providing a challenge in building toward larger goals to enable a stronger person to emerge.
"Combat is a battle of energy. Defend yourself but don’t engage in with the energy of anger and revenge.” — Scott Gonzalez
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Scott Gonzalez:
Website: DesertDragonsAZ.com
Email: Scott@Desertdragonsaz.com
Facebook: Scott Gonzalez
Desert Dragons Kenpo Karate
Phone: 623-670-7979
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
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Susan has been coaching/training executives and leaders for over 27 years. She was one of the first 20 coaches in the world to be awarded the Master Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation. She develops leadership and coaching competencies with leaders, in a thought-provoking process that produces sustainable, high-impact results. Susan calls on her extensive background in sales and sales management, having worked in broadcasting and advertising as a sales executive and regional sales manager. As a Master Certified Coach and CEO, Susan works with executives, managers, and business owners, to develop their leadership competencies in a thought-provoking process that supports them in achieving their organizational and personal goals. Change is not usually comfortable, and having an objective partner who listens, provides new insight, and moves the client forward. She speaks with individuals and teams all over the world as we coach by telephone, as well as in-person Many coaches, work exclusively on a linear level, and the results may not be long-lasting. Susan shifts people's perspective by challenging their assumptions, which provides high impact results on multiple levels.
Susan is also an adjunct professor at Nova Southeast University, the University of Miami, and the University of Texas/Dallas, where she teaches Coaching Skills for Leaders and Emotional Intelligence in the workplace- with a coach approach. Some clients include AT&T, Exxon Mobile, Levi’s, Hewlett Packard, Florida Hospital, Army Corp of Engineers, and Merck.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Susan Klein discuss:
- Coaching brings in techniques and methods that aren't as easily learnable.
- Coaches need lots of practice and preparation to become great intuitive listeners.
- How to sense that you have lost your clients attention.
- Knowing that the coach's truth may be different than the client's truth.
- Do people fear being intuitive?
- Gratitude happens in the present. We can only be grateful in the moment and that moment ties us to the ability to be in the present.
Key Takeaways:
- When do coaches tune into their intuition? For an experienced coach, it happens with hello. Listening and sensing in a physical sense who the person is and who they are being.
- Always set an intention to be fully present for your client.
- Some people just need a safe space and someone listening without judgment so they can think their ideas through out loud.
- Device withdrawal: take time to disconnect and be present.
- People want and need a personal connection. They need to be heard and understood, through an empathetic connection.
"People value a time in their day where they can just be who they are and be present." — Susan Klein
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Susan Klein:
Website: MFILeadership.com
SucessTechnologiesinc.com
Twitter: @CoachKlein
LinkedIn: Susan Klein
Email: SusanKlein@mfileadership.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
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“Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making”, according to author and thought-leader, Richard Florida.
A common response we hear is that creativity is limited to a small group of people with particular talents. The misperception is that most people don’t want to be creative, couldn’t do it if asked, and would be very uncomfortable in an environment where creativity was expected of them. This belief is false. Every human is endowed with an incredible capacity for creativity and innovation. The board agreement among economists is that economic growth comes from creative or knowledge-based occupations. And, when we stifle that creativity by old-style command and control management mindsets and practices, we risk losing talented people. According to a 2004 Economist magazine article, “The real foreign threat to the America economy is not terrorism; it’s the way we make creative and talented people stop wanting to come here.”
My guest on The Business of Intuition is a person who makes a living being creative. Doug Diehl is a nationally recognized painter who is known for his evocative landscape scenes of the Southwest. Doug has also started and led many small businesses and is a voracious reader of history, art and philosophy.
In this fascinating discussion Doug describes:
- How he prepares himself to be creative,
- The way in which intuition is a function of creativity,
- How he balances both the right and left sides of the brain at the same time,
- How painting a picture is similar to building a company’s vision.
- Most importantly Doug gives us real tools to tap into our intuition and creativity and how to apply them to our lives at work.
- Finding inspiration in a non analytical way.
- Getting out of the analytical side of your brain so intuition can integrate into your process.
Key Takeaways:
- A person’s biggest hindrance is their ego and pride. It blinds you blinds you to mistakes and new courses.
- Intuition and a visionary mindset, infuses passion while overriding ego and pride.
- Strive to evolve so that my art, my business, and my life is improving.
- Examining life from different perspectives and thought processes helps us look at life through different lenses.
"You go beyond the rules, where intuition is. You learn to break the rules and how to break them without breaking the object." — Doug Diehl
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Doug Diehl:
Website: DouglasDiehlArtist
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Dr. Marcia Reynolds, president of Covisioning LLC, is fascinated by the brain, especially what triggers feelings of connection, commitment, and possibility. She has trained and coached leaders in 41 countries and has presented at the Harvard Kennedy School and Cornell University as well as universities in Europe and Asia.
Dr. Reynolds is a pioneer in the coaching profession. She was the 5th global president of the International Coach Federation. Currently, she is the training director for the Healthcare Coaching Institute in North Carolina. She is also on faculty coaching schools in Russia, The Philippines, and China. Outside of the schools, she teaches Leader as Coach classes to organizations around the world and consults with them to build coaching cultures. She is recognized by Global Gurus as the #5 coach in the world.
In this episode, Dean Newlund and Marcia discuss:
- How to outsmart our brains and change our behavior.
- Recognizing intuition: our nervous system signals.
- That we usually make our decisions with emotions and then try to justify them with logic.
- Pulling our decisions out of our head and examining how our emotions played into it.
Key Takeaways:
- It takes courage and curiosity to open your head. Gratitude, compassion, and care to open your heart. While our emotions and gut are our command center.
- A “Baby stare”, or an experience a person may have never encountered or made sense of before, takes time to process because we interpret things based on our past experiences.
- Trust yourself, step back and take a look at your emotions. Ask yourself what you expected to happen, and if you can.
- To develop your self awareness give yourself permission to react, and then examine the physical reaction to adapt and learn from it.
- Knowing the difference between an emotional reaction and my intuition. Understanding they are both possible at the same time, and both play a factor in making a conscious choice
"If you can understand what triggers your emotions then maybe you can get your needs met." — Dr. Marcia Reynolds
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Marcia Reynolds:
Twitter: @MarciaReynolds
Website: Covisioning.com
Email: Marcia@covisioning.com
LinkedIn: Marcia Reynolds
Books: The Discomfort Zone
Coach the Person Not the Problem
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun
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I once heard some of the best poetry is written by mathematicians. I notice this oddity in our work. I find some of the most creative people we encounter are engineers, scientists and IT professionals. Innovation and creativity, it seems, is not just for the actors, marketers and artists. A balance between analysis and creativity, data and out of the box thinking create a wonderful balance, and a desirable leader within a company.
My next guest on the Business of Intuition possesses that balance, and more. Bill Serva has been working in IT for over 20 years across several different industries including foodservice distribution, grocery, and not for profit companies. For the last 9 years, he has worked for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona and is currently the Vice President of Information Technology.
Bill may not identify himself as intuitive, but clearly, he has a way of tapping into a cousin of intuition, creativity, and uses it to transform the way Goodwill of Central and Northern AZ is seeking to fulfill its vision of ending poverty in Arizona through the power of work. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
In this episode Dean and Bill discuss:
- Intuition as something that comes naturally, versus something you have to work at intentionally.
- How important it is when people have ideas or a gut feeling about things to let them explore it and see where it goes before shutting it down.
- Stepping outside of the data and the ground floor to see from a higher vantage point, and make connections from a different perspective.
Key Takeaways:
- People stop creating and listening to their gut about things if they know that you're not going to listen.
- Good leaders surround themselves with people that balance out their weaknesses.
- If we want to work in an environment of trust, we need to be honest, which sometimes means having a hard conversation.
- Be teachable. Ask questions and reach out to other people that are good at whatever it is that you want to be good at.
Great resources
The innovator’s dilemma.
Blue ocean strategy
Connect with Bill Serva:
Website: www.billserva.com
LinkedIn: Bill Serva - VP of IT - Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona
Email: bserva@gmail.com
Connect with Dean Newlund:
Twitter:Mission Facilitators (@mfileadership)
Facebook:Mission Facilitators - Home
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
Email: info@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Manon is an experienced executive coach and facilitator and has worked in financial, hospitality, government, and non-profit organizations.
As an associate faculty member of Impact Coaching Academy and Institute for Life Coach Training, Manon trains coaches in the use of the “Coaching Continuum Model”. She is also a senior faculty member and a trainer with Coaching the Global Village. In 2012, Manon trained the staff of the NGO Handicapped International (Haiti) in the use of coaching conversations with beneficiaries and staff.
Following the completion of her Doctorate degree in Human Development and Professional Coaching in 2012, Manon co-authored a coaching model, “The Coaching Continuum.” This coaching model assesses a client’s “coachability and readiness level.” This information assists both coaches and clients to evaluate the client’s capacity to achieve the specific goals they have set out for themselves and to co-create a robust coaching plan to accomplish the desired objectives.
Manon has thirty years of experience as a mental health professional. She is a Registered Psychotherapist in the province of Ontario, Canada. She has a vast amount of experience working with individuals who want to overcome challenges such as grief, burnout, relational conflict, depression/anxiety, divorce/life transition, and trauma.
Manon lives in the Toronto area.
In this episode Dean and Manon discuss:
- The differences between coaching and therapy and how to determine when someone is ready to be coached.
- Empathy versus Intuition and how to use the right tools to stay focused on the person you are trying to help.
- How physical movement can help reboot the connection of your body and your brain, and help you tap into your intuition.
- Recognizing countertransference and being willing to work through whatever it brings up so you can grow and learn and be more effective.
Key Takeaways:
- The magic of coaching is you know the answer. A coaching client is resourceful, energetic, and ready to do the work.
- The more people get connected to their body and to their physical well being, the more connected to their intuition they will be.
- Each of us is ultimately responsible for making ourselves feel good, but we can walk beside someone on their journey.
Connect with Manon Dulude:
Website: Forge Coaching and Consulting
manondulude.com
YouTube: Manon Dulude
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/manondulude
Facebook: Manon Dulude Counseling Services
Twitter: Manon Dulude PhD (@ManonDuludePhD)
Connect with Dean Newlund:
Twitter:Mission Facilitators (@mfileadership)
Facebook:Mission Facilitators - Home
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
Email: info@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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In today’s episode of The Business of Intuition we hear how one CEO has mastered three challenges every leader, sooner or later, has to face:
- To accept their strengths and weaknesses and to feel deserving of the top position in the company,
- If needed, to remove or reassign employees in order to build and protect a strong culture,
- To communicate a 10-year plan when everyone else can only see quarterly goals.
Tim O’Neal is CEO of Goodwill of Central and Northern AZ, and has spent the past 18 years focused on the vision of ending poverty through the power of work. When O’Neal was brought on the organization was in serious financial trouble and at risk of having its membership removed by Goodwill Industries International. O’Neal’s arrival marked a turning point in the 70-year history of the organization, and his leadership was instrumental in keeping the organization running by increasing retail operations by 3000 percent.
Today Goodwill has become a community leader in educating and connecting people to meaningful work and diverting millions of pounds of goods from AZ landfills. Tim will also share valuable insights into how to:
- Use intuition when making key decisions,
- Earn the trust and loyalty from employees, Board members and community leaders,
- Engage people in a vision when no one can see beyond the day to day.
Goodwill’s founder, Edgar Helms, envisioned providing people in need with the skills and opportunities that lead to self-sufficiency by providing a hand up, not a handout. O’Neal believes wholeheartedly in carrying out this mission to better the lives of everyone in our state. He knows the best way to bring a positive impact to Arizona is to work together, collaborate, and cultivate partnerships with community members, organizations, and leaders.
O’Neal holds a Certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management from the Harvard Business School Executive Education program. O’Neal graduated in June 2010 from Goodwill Industries International’s Executive Leadership Development program, which drives excellence, strategic planning and personal development skills for top executives in the industry.
In this episode Dean and Tim discuss:
- The danger of complacency in successful organizations and how to look out blind spots that might bring you down.
- How working on the culture of our organization can be one of your biggest assets, by strengthening bonds and underscoring your vision.
- How being able to tap into your intuition is enhanced in a culture of trust, and how to build it.
- Turning things around by changing mindsets, having a vision, and being able to see opportunities where others would see issues.
Key Takeaways:
- You have to know what's going on in the business, and then to make appropriate changes.
- Make sure it's always people first, no matter whether it's inside or outside.
- Stay true to your vision, empower your people, and trust them to do their thing.
Tim balances his attention to data and detail with insight and intuition. Two studies support this kind of balance:
- A Harvard Business Review article said that the higher up you go, the more important intuition becomes, because it makes executives better listeners, decision makers and creative problem solvers.
- The New Jersey Institute of Technology studied the relationship between intuition and business success and found 80 percent of executives whose companies' profits had more than doubled in the past five years had above average intuition skills.
Resources:
How the Mighty Fall
Developing The Leader Within You
The Obstacle is the Way
Connect with Tim O’Neal:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tim-o-neal
Website: Tim O’Neal | Goodwill of Central Arizona
Email: timoneal@goodwillaz.org
Connect with Dean Newlund:
Twitter:Mission Facilitators (@mfileadership)
Facebook:Mission Facilitators - Home
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
Email: info@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Kris’ 20+ combined years of experience as a therapist and business consultant help her laser right to the root of an issue and provide her clients with effective and practical solutions. Maybe it’s because she prefers cowboy boots to heels, but she’s been described as an intuitive sharp-shooter who knows exactly what an individual or company needs to eliminate AND do more of in order to bring them into alignment for a greater purpose, productivity, & profit. Her 2015 TED talk has over 234k views, and while she spoke about ‘how to get your kids to listen & engage’, the principles hold true in business as well. Kris is also a TEDx speaker coach and the author of Life Well
Spoken: Free Your Inner Voice & Prosper. She is a Certified BG5 Human Design Business Consultant & Human Design Profit Potential Coach.
In this episode Dean and Kris discuss:
- How we communicate energetically first and foremost, and intuition comes from that energy.
- Making space at the table for intuition by developing empathetic communication skills that honor both the data and intuitive thinking.
- Learning and developing energy intelligence so you can tap into the energy we are all either receiving or transmitting.
- Mapping people’s communication and interaction styles using Human Design to build an effective, productive team with no energy gaps.
Key Takeaways:
- Intuition is the ability to perceive and be aware of energy without any preconceived notions about it.
- Effective leaders create an atmosphere where intuition is socially acceptable.
- An intuitive hit has no emotion attached to it, it is neutral. It is pure in its original form.
- When people are aligned with the right position that fits their energy, they will blossom.
Connect with Kris Prochaska:
Website: www.krisprochaska.com
Instagram: Living Design Institute
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kris-prochaska-consultant
Email: kris@krisprochaska.com
Book: Life Well Spoken: Free Your Inner Voice & Prosper
Connect with Dean Newlund:
Twitter:Mission Facilitators (@mfileadership)
Facebook:Mission Facilitators - Home
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
Email: info@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Dave Grounds loves working with his Dorn Homes “Family.” Together the group has built Northern Arizona’s most successful homebuilding and development company.
Dave and the Dorn Family of employees love to give back to the communities in which they build. They have donated land for fire stations and food banks, and homes for charity, have supported hundreds of worthy charity causes over the years. Dorn Homes recently launched an initiative called DornCares, partnering with local charitable organizations to end homelessness in the Prescott area.
David Grounds is very passionate about creating fun, lasting memories with family and friends, leading the Dorn Homes team, designing and creating iconic neighborhoods in his favorite small towns, and climbing mountains. David is part of a small group that summits 14,000 ft. peaks in Colorado each year, and regularly climbs mountains throughout Arizona.
In this episode Dean and Dave discuss:
- The shift in Dave’s business from a bottom-line focus to one of mission and the success that came from that, not just financially, but in the enrichment of lives.
- How listening more than you talk opens the door for people’s intuitive thinking and empowers others to reach their potential and solve issues.
- Throwing out the old mission statement no one remembers and embracing a simple core value of humble service.
- Being intentional about tapping into intuition by meditating, or getting away to a place that inspires you.
Key Takeaways:
- Focusing on a business model of enriching lives opens the door to success in ways you might not know are even possible.
- The best way to build a culture in your company is by getting to know and truly love your people.
- Sometimes the best way to invite intuition is to just be quiet and listen.
Mentioned: The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Traction by Gino Wickman
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Best Self by Mike Bayer
Getting Things Done by David Allen
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Connect with Dave Grounds:
Website: https://www.dornhomes.com/
Twitter: Dorn Homes (@DornHomes)
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dave-grounds
Instagram: Dorn Homes (@dorn_homes)
Connect with Dean Newlund:
Twitter:Mission Facilitators (@mfileadership)
Facebook:Mission Facilitators - Home
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
Email: info@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Dana Barbato is Founder and CEO of InvestiPro, a cloud-based workforce investigation platform designed to hold employees and leaders accountable to safety and behavior standards and encourage engagement with a portal that collects ideas and feedback from employees and delivers them to HR or management.
In this episode Dean and Dana discuss:
- How accountability and engagement are both integral to successful and sustainable company culture.
- How 2-way accountability between employees and management creates growth opportunities for everyone.
- Simple ways to improve communication amongst peers and between employees and company leadership.
- How intuition is the key to connecting with anyone on a more meaningful level.
Key Takeaways:
- A focus on accountability creates an environment where engagement, retention and performance will naturally improve.
- Communicating through real-time dialogue instead of via the inbox makes both conflict resolution and everyday communication easier.
- Learning to lean into intuition instead of always doing things by the book leads to more effective and authentic communication.
- Talking out your disagreements in a thoughtful way leads to more trust among team members.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dana Barbato:
Website: www.investipro.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danabarbatosphr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanaBarbato
Email: Dana@investipro.com
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Dr. Bernadette Hartman is a Master Soul Intuitive & Energy Healer, Spiritual Teacher, and Holistic Veterinarian. Dr. Bernadette holds a global presence facilitating intuitive healing and transformation for clients worldwide (both human and animal). She is a catalyst for aligning one back to their soul’s wisdom and reaching one’s highest authentic soul expression.
Through her own personal journey and work with tens of thousands of clients, Dr. Bernadette shares her unique discoveries and wisdom of the patterns, interactions, and connections experienced throughout life that are here supporting each one’s highest healing and personal transformation. Dr. Bernadette looks at patterns found in relationships, work, health, finances, with friends and family, or behaviors displayed by one’s pets. Her intuitive gifts for seeing, reading, knowing, understanding the energies of one’s soul allows her to support and shift the energy to create deep soul healing and alignment.
Dr. Bernadette works with her clients in numerous ways from individual private sessions, group work, healing calls with meditations, and live workshops. She is truly masterful at following the energetic trail of one’s soul and realigning one with their true inner wisdom, whether it is individually or with a group. Dr. Bernadette is a true Soul Whisperer for humans and animals.
To learn more and receive updates on upcoming programs and new videos opt-in to Dr. Bernadette’s email list at www.bernadettehartman.com
In this episode Dean and Bernadette discuss:
- The idea that everything is energy and the energy around you mirrors the energy inside of you, and how to use that mirroring effect to begin to heal from trauma and learn to love yourself.
- How the world has been out of balance with the masculine energy of striving and self-sufficiency dominating, and how we have an opportunity with this global pandemic to shift the energy back toward balance by focusing on the feminine energy of love and acceptance.
- Claiming your intuitive birthright by listening to, understanding, and trusting the messages your body is giving you.
- The lessons we can learn from our pets, especially when we can see their behaviors through the eyes of curiosity and compassion.
Key Takeaways:
- Energy is neither good nor bad, rather it is a reflection of what is going on inside.
- We are not built to hold trauma and hurt and pain, in order to heal, you have to acknowledge it, honor it, get whatever wisdom you need from it, and let it go.
- Believing that you were born with intuitive power opens the door for deeper awareness and growth.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dr. Bernadette Hartman:
Twitter: Bernadette Hartman (@BernadetteHart1)
Instagram: linkedin.com/in/bernadette-hartman-dvm
Facebook: Bernadette Hartman DVM - Home
Website: www.bernadettehartman.com
Email: bernadette@bernadettehartman.com
YouTube: Bernadette Hartman
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Rod Ray is the former Chief Executive Officer at Bend Research, Inc., where he worked for over 30 years. BRI was purchased in 2014 by Capsugel, and Rod remains involved as a member of their Scientific and Business Advisory Board.
During his time at Bend Research, Rod held numerous positions specializing in the development and commercialization of a wide range of products. He was instrumental in directing the management of large-scale programs to advance pharmaceutical compounds through the development process to commercialization and served as the primary management contact for client companies.
In addition to his expertise in advancing pharmaceutical processes and products, Rod has extensive experience in commercializing diverse products for the electronics, energy, medical, agricultural, and space industries.
Rod is currently a consultant and board member for various pharmaceutical and technology companies. He holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and Oregon, holds 23 U.S. patents, and has 46 publications.
In this episode Dean and Guest discuss:
- Encouraging innovation by empowering your team, being supportive, and making room for mistakes.
- Thinking of your company as a separate entity, with its own needs to find and serve your vision
- How the first impressions people have with your company set the tone for the culture you have created.
- Surrounding yourself with people you trust, and/or building a culture of trust to encourage and foster intuition.
Key Takeaways:
- The more trust, support, and respect someone feels from their leadership to go forth and use their innate ability, the better it's going to go.
- Having a strong, clearly communicated vision is essential for cultivating a culture of innovation and growth.
- When things seem dysfunctional, ask questions, find the truth, and work from there.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Rod Ray:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rod-ray
Website: Canyon Mountain Consulting
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw
Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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In this episode Dean talks about:
- The ability of our intuition to see deeper and wider than analytical thinking and history-based facts.
- The stigma of intuition as flaky or invalid that gets in the way of being able to trust it as the invaluable resource it really is.
- How today, our biggest challenge is not education, poverty, political divisiveness, or even global warming, our biggest challenge is getting out of our own way.
- How intuition can deepen your listening, broaden your perspectives, and open up space for creative problem-solving.
Key Takeaways:
- We all have the gift of intuition, we just need to find the courage to trust it.
- Intuition is about seeking truth, and sometimes the truth hurts, but it always serves us.
- Intuition makes executives better listeners, decision-makers, and problem solvers.
- If we can identify trust and have the courage to use our intuition, we can transform our businesses, our lives, and together, maybe even the world.
About Dean Newlund: With over two decades of observing, learning from, and guiding a diverse set of medium to large companies in over 19 countries, Dean has always been fascinated by the positive effect purpose-driven leadership and human transformation has had on employee engagement, business results, and sustainable value for customers and communities. Dean is CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique, team-based development firm of highly skilled facilitators, executive coaches, instructional designers, and trainers, who contribute their passion and creative perspectives to client opportunities.
See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I
Connect with Dean:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkw Website: https://www.mfileadership.com/
The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/
Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.com
Phone: 1-800-926-7370
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Today, business needs intuition more than ever. Each week your host Dean Newlund interviews business and thought leaders about the hard science and meaningful experience of intuitive leadership in business. Dean has provided guidance to hundreds of companies including ExxonMobil, Marriott, American Express, Goodwill, Adobe, Coca-Cola, HP, Microsoft, Arizona State University, Pfizer, Kaiser Permanente, Johnson and Johnson, Boeing, HonorHealth, Costco, and many more. His experience and insights have helped them succeed, now he wants to share that same knowledge with you.
Dean’s TedX talk “Why Business Needs Intuition” was the inspiration for this podcast. Most problems and challenges present themselves as symptoms of a larger issue. And yet all of us possess a superpower: Intuition. The Business of Intuition will help you make better decisions, forge real connections, and creatively solve problems to amplify your impact and simplify your life. Whether you are a CEO, HR executive, team leader, entrepreneur, or if you just want to tap more into your own business intuition, this is the podcast for you.