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The Frustrated CEO Podcast
A recent Gallup poll survey of 10 million employees in 150 countries suggested at least half of all employees have quietly quit, the insidious act of lowering the bar, doing the bare minimum at work, collecting a paycheck and going home.
Or, as millennials and Gen Z describe it, “the smart decision to put strong boundaries in place to protect mental health and personal time”.
Join us for a timely discussion about what quiet quitting is, how not to fix it, and the absolute-best solution to combat quiet quitting in your organization.
In This Episode
6:20 What caused quite quitting
18:50 Redefining what it means to be an employee
34:50 It's time to get personal
44:08 What happens when you fire the quite quitters
55:00 Creating accountability
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What exactly does it mean to be a missional business? Is it the same as a non-profit? How can you attend to the needs of your local communities and better steward the planet’s finite resources without sacrificing profitability? It’s not easy, but the benefits of managing a Triple Bottom Line can be significant in revenue, profitability, hiring, retention, and brand popularity.
Join us for an in-depth discussion with Abe Tanenbaum, Co-Founder of Grapevine Outdoor, about how and why you should care about the Triple Bottom Line.
In this episode
10:42 Good communication is critical
16:12 Why would you do a B corp
29:00 How to make difference even if you're not a B corp
43:20 Dangers of chasing profit exclusively
49:39 Be someone people like to hear from
Links
Grapevine Outdoor
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Building a strong business with long-term success requires many different things all working together. And being an effective leader requires the right mindset and skills to help you move that business forward. Both business and the leader need to continuously improve and work together to reach their full potential.
Tune in for a special episode with a dear friend of the show as Fernando Camacho of Overdog Digital shares how to transform your inner thought process and leverage content to bring in new customers.
In This Episode
12:45 The importance of creating space
23:45 How to passively influence people around you
40:25 Creating a community with your content
50:10 Reinvesting into yourself
56:57 Taking in feedback
Links
Overdog Digital
Get Fern's personal devotement book
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Who better to talk about building winning organizations than life-long NFL Executive Randy Mueller, winner of the 2000 NFL Executive of the Year award with the New Orleans Saints?
Join us as we journey from small-town Idaho to one of the winningest college football programs of all time, and then into multiple NFL front offices to learn what it takes to build winning leaders, teams, organizations, and cultures.
In This Episode
9:55 Making those around you look good
15:45 Getting everyone to work together
22:08 Honing the criteria for what you're looking for in your staff
28:40 Getting different angles on things
31:27 Creating a great culture
Links
Mueller Football
GM Football Show Podcast
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According to a recent poll, 83% of CEOs want their organizations to use more data in the decision-making process. But where do you gather it from and how do you separate it from the sea of noise out there? And what role does your gut still play in making strategic decisions?
Join us for our though-provoking discussion with Desh Urs, Founder and CEO of iBridge, a leading global digital transformation company helping organizations collect, store and analyze data to distill the information contained within.
In This Episode
7:02 Determining what is useful and what is noise
16:22 Spending enough time with the data
32:12 Listening to your customers
43:00 Onboarding new staff
47:46 Business is not just about data but also about people
Links
iBridge
Desh on LinkedIn
Desh's email: desh.urs@ibridge.com
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Strategic Alignment is foundational to executing a business strategy, but what impact, if any, does strategic alignment have on organization-wide trust? Or company culture?
Join Leb, Patsy and Patrick for an in-depth interview with Shift Interactive/Anthologic’s President of Technology, Justyn Miller, on the impact of strategic alignment on organizational trust and culture.
In This Episode
9:20 Your companies operating system
28:02 The short and long cycle of planning
42:16 Having an open and fun culture
1:01:00 Dealing with differences
1:08:25 Everything comes at a cost
Links
Anthologic.com
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As many as 90% of companies with a strategic plan admit to falling short of fully executing it, and upward of 40% admit to never even starting. We’ve even heard CEOs ask why they should even bother having a strategic plan if the odds of executing are so stacked against you.
But before you give up, pull up a chair and grab a pad and pen, because we’re here with tips for better strategic execution. We’ll cover what it is, what it isn’t, what’s getting in your way, and what you can do to overcome the obstacles to strategic execution.
Because no one should be in that 90%.
In This Episode
4:44 The rhythm of meetings
16:40 Workforce frustrations
30:44 When change will happen
39:50 Making sure you have the proper resources
50:50 The distinction between alignment and agreement
Links
Email Patsy: patsy@newledgendsnow.com
Email Leb: leb@newlegendsnow.com
Call Leb at 503-706-1563
email Patrick: patrick@culturebydesign.com
Call Patrick: 319-541-0488
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People matter. So does your business. Align your HR compliance, policies and people strategy with your business strategy at each stage of your business’s growth to ensure your business is sustainable and you have the right team in place to support that growth.
In This Episode
4:06 Making your employees feel a part of success
18:03 The 3 "C's" of policy
30:15 Helping employees grow personally as well as professionally
39:20 Being true to your core values
46:30 The most underutilized benefits for employees
Links
Matt's website
Matt's email: matt@whyhr.guru
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Engaging and energetic CEO Stepfone Montgomery joins The Frustrated CEO podcast to share wisdom and insights gleaned first from his decades-long career in transportation, then through the launch of his startup technology company, BZConnects. Join us for an entertaining conversation with a man who marries New York Swagger with California Cool.
In This Episode
7:20 How to network as a senior leader
23:58 Networking in a virtual world
34:26 What to do when you feel you're underperforming
43:40 Living your culture
48:52 Serving your community
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What happens when 4 individual contributors are given the all-or-none-of-you option of purchasing an accounting firm with decades of history in a primarily male-dominated industry?
Check out this episode of The Frustrated CEO to hear how, 10 years later, Teri Johnson and Doug Lacher have completely changed the culture at Fellner & Kuhn while learning to lead, losing 2 partners, strengthening their relationship, shifting to 100% virtual and growing a team of highly engage employees.
In This Episode
8:26 How to hire and develop people to think beyond the numbers
16:16 Interviewing insights
30:25 Getting unstuck with outside guidance
46:42 Women in a male dominated industry
57:50 What brings in quality job applicants
Links
Fellner and Kuhn
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In this episode we will be examining the frustrating challenges of leading your organization with on - point strategic planning in a world of constant change and executing effectively with a remote and digital workforce.
In This Episode 3:25 What it means to live in a digital space
9:07 What it means to have integrity
17:50 Who to share your strategic plan with
24:45 Scrapping your plan vs. adapting it
36:04 Plans are executed by people
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The return on your strategic planning effort is how successful and ongoing your strategy execution process is. If your process is poor or uneven it is costing you valuable results that matter.
In This Episode
2:15 Where are you and your company on successfully implementing your plan
6:50 There's no ROI in strategic planning
12:50 Building your next level of leaders
20:28 Mistake of making an execution meeting an operations meeting
29:20 Doing strategic planning not just a review of last year
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