The Mary Mavis Show: Recent Episodes
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Listen to remarkable leaders sharing their wisdom—what they wished they knew earlier in their career. Mary’s guests range from executives to leaders in the “critical middle” to consultants and coaches. Mary’s twelve-minute “mini” episodes present one of the concepts in her book Creating Remarkable Results, Wisdom for Navigating the Complexities of Work and Life.Eric Aubrey is the show producer. The theme music was composed by Eric Aubrey and Tim McKinstry. Find Eric on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ericaubrey or at www.EricAubrey.com. Devon Marciano created the cover art. Find Devon on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/devon-gordon-marciano or at www.devonmarciano.com.
It's the last episode in Season Two which has been focused on Owning Your Organizational Life.
In this episode, I share with you the important of being clear about your equation for the value exchange between your employe and you. And if you are a consultant, the same way of thinking applies.
All relationships have an exchange: what you give and what you receive.
I use an example of a team leader with two young children living 45 minutes away from the office. Check out just how clear you can get in what you give and your desired receipt.
Thank you for listening!
How resilient are you in the face of the uncertainties, challenges, disappointment, and frustrations in our work environment? Do you know which one of the Resilience SuperPowers is most important to your success? My guests lay out a framework for assessing and building your resilience, along with some stories of success.
Dean Becker is an accomplished executive and consultant. He was the co‑founder and now Managing Director of Adaptiv Learning Systems. Adaptive is a leader in the development and delivery of research-based resilience assessments, coaching and training programs. He is expert in the theory and in the practical, life-long application of Adaptiv's resilience tools.You can find Dean on LinkedIn here or at his website.
Meredith is the Director of Operations at CubeSmart, a national real estate investment trust company, where she spearheads enterprise-wide initiatives across 1,250+ stores in 40 states. The vast majority of Meredith’s career has been in Human Resources roles where she has created and implemented scalable talent acquisition, leadership development, and talent management systems and processes. In 2018, she received the Delaware Valley Human Resources Person of the Year Award. You can find Meredith on LinkedIn here.
What does "career" mean to you? How has it changed? And how should we think about our career path or journey?
These are questions I talk with my two guests who are father and daughter.
Michael McInerney is the Founder and CEO of Rapid Alignment, where he and his co-founder support leadership pre or post and ‘inflection point,” inflection points such as a merger, a new CEO, a refocused strategy or need to accelerate growth. Recently, he has re-launched a symposium called Organization of the Future, bringing a broad array of people in a virtual environment to answer the question: How do we design the future of work?
You can find Michael on his website.
Devon McInerney is the Compensation Relationship Manager at BMO Financial Group, a full-service bank and investment firm. Devon is based in their Toronto, Canada. Previously, Devon worked at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, a law firm and before that at Bankers Petroleum where she started her career in Human Resources. Devon is thirty-something years old and has some strong beliefs about how she and her peers think differently about careers.
You can find Devon on LinkedIn here.
What does "career" mean to you? How has it changed? And how should we think about our career path or journey?
These are questions I talk with my two guests who are mother and daughter.
Deirdre BeVard is the Senior Vice President of R&D Strategic Operations for CSL Behring, a global pharmaceutical company. She has the accountability for CSL’s clinical trials, project management, patient relationships, trial enabling technology across six therapeutic areas—and she leads CSL’s operations in China and Japan. Including CSL, Deirdre has had thirty years of experience in numerous clinical operations roles in biopharmaceutical companies. You can find Deirdre on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbevard/
Aileen BeVard was recently promoted to an Account Manager role at DLL, a global vendor financing company. Previously, she worked for Thermo-Fisher Scientific as a Quotation Specialist in Switzerland, Germany. She graduated in 2018 from Ursinus College with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting. You can find Aileen on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aileen-bevard-932096136/
Glenna Crooks Ph.D. has been solving tough problems globally for decades, as a strategist and trusted counsel to leaders in business and government.
As a Reagan Appointee, she was responsible for $70 billion in health programs. As Global VP at Merck, she tripled vaccine sales to more than $1 billion in under three years. She is the founder of several companies and foundations and is a Fellow at Penn’s Center for Neuroscience and Society, and at Drexel’s Center for Population Health and Community Involvement.
In this episode, you’ll hear how Robert Downey, Jr. changed her life, made her company more successful, and then, helped others do the same. Her deep insight was that we all net different networks of people in our lives. We need to build them and nurture them.
You can find Glenna on LinkedIn and get her book The NetworkSage: Realizing Your Network Superpower
The compensation system in many organizations is still a "black box," even for managers. This episode is focused on giving listeners an understanding of how companies think about compensation and the system elements. Most importantly, we cover what you can ask to gain greater clarity. I have known my two guests for decades and consider them both top experts and great leaders. Join us for the conversation on how to understand your own company's system.
John Bremen is the Managing Director and Chief Innovation and Acceleration Officer at Willis Watson Towers, a premiere risk management, insurance brokerage, and advisory company where he has turbo-charged his career over the last 21 years. He thinks about his work as helping companies see the future and get there when it comes to people, risk, and capital. You can find John on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-m-bremen/
John Balkcom is Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He has had 25 years as an advisor to management and boards in the area of incentive and executive compensation. He retired from consulting and is serving on corporate and non-profit boards. In 2012, he published Before You Join a Board.
An Owner-Creator has to own the Performance Management Program in their organization. Rather than resisting, work on "winning the game." Two guests join me for a conversation on how to do just that.
Erica Kaufman is the VP-Human Resources for Day & Zimmermann's Munitions & Government business. She has also held senior leadership roles in Talent Management and Organizational Development. You can find Erica on LInkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericafreedman/
Marc Effron is the Founder and President of The Talent Strategy Group, a global consulting firm that helps the world's largest and most successful companies improve the quality and depth of their talent. You can find Marc on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/effron/.
You might be interested in an article her wrote called Why "Meets Expectations" Never Does.
Dr. Marilee Adams, Ph.D. is an award-winning author and pioneer in the fields of inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. Dr. Adams is also the originator of the Question Thinking™ methodologies. She is CEO and Founder of the Inquiry Institute and a consultant for organizations large and small. She teaches practical courses that transform individual effectiveness and team and organization cultures. Dr. Adams is the best-selling author of Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, having sold over 400,000 copies in 22 languages.
In this episode, Dr. Adams shares two key mindsets (Learner and Judger) and the power of questions to lead your work outcomes, teams, and organizations.
Download Choice Map her website at https://inquiryinstitute.com/questionthinkingsurvey..
Order an advance copy of the new edition and work book at https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Questions-Life-Workbook/dp/1523091207/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K1BVFG21QXYT&keywords=marilee+adams&qid=1659034436&s=books&sprefix=marilee+ad%2Cstripbooks%2C69&sr=1-1
You can find Marilee on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marileeadams/
Welcome to Season Two of The Mary Mavis Show!
In this mini-episode I will share the season theme of "Owning Your Organizational Life" and the way I think about being an Owner-Creator. In this episode, I tell a story about a learning about ownership that has stayed with me my entire career. And I share the seven traits of an Owner-Creator:
1. Takes time to envision their desired results.
2. Continuously owns the part and the whole.
3. Is curious about people and the intersection with desired outcomes.
4. Listens as if they are wrong or incomplete in their understanding.
5. Reflects on their own "wiring."
6. Sustains their thinking, energy, and effort on what's important.
7. Allows the future to unfold.
I hope you enjoy the show!
This is the third "mini" episode and the last episode of Season One. In each of the mini-episodes, Mary answers a question that she often hears from young leaders.
The question for this episode is: Do I have to play politics? Mary sets the stage for how to think about organizational politics. She s hares a client story that shows the power of thinking about all the players and orchestrating the play. She leaves you with the three most important things you can do.
Karen Kaufman is a top executive coach, consultant, and keynote speaker. Her firm is KPartners. Karen is a pioneer in impression and relationship management. Karen is currently partnering with me in our program Personal Power, The Art of Influencing Without Authority.
In this episode Karen talks about the key impression factors that are precursors to building a “compatible and trusting” relationship with a senior leader. She shares practical tips for gaining access and stepping up in the everyday opportunities for impact. We talk about our own personal barriers that can hold us back and how to overcome each one.
You can find Karen on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/karendkaufman or at her company website at https://kpartners.com/.
Lilian Li is a Compound Development Team Leader at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. In her role, she has been accountable for leading a cross-functional team focused on clinical development of pharmaceutical assets from first in human all the way to post-launch.
In this episode, she shares about learning to both clarify expectations and seek and give feedback. She talks about the challenges that arise when we assume our manager’s lack of openness to a candid discussion, along with the culprit in our personal fears.
You can find Lilian on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/lilian-ying-li.
Pat Renzi is a Principal with Milliman, an international actuarial and consulting firm. Pat leads the Life Technology Solutions Practice, empowering insurers to understand and manage their risks, maintain profitability, and discover opportunities by building digital solutions.
In this episode, Pat focuses on her lessons in developing her leadership from technical team member through to global practice leader. She advocates for “being yourself,” rather than trying to emulate other leaders around you. Pat has developed an intentional approach to building trusted relationships and empowering a team.
You can find Pat on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/patricia-renzi-836764a.
This is the second "mini" episode of Season One. In each of the mini-episodes, Mary answers a question that she often hears from young leaders.
The question for this episode is: How do I deal with naysayers at work? Mary begins with a story that turned her thinking around, from resisting naysayers to using them well.
Marc Ceusters is the owner of The Marc Ceusters Company and a consultant to life sciences companies. His work focuses on scientific advice about new therapies in mental health and strategic advice on disease identification for new biological targets. At the same time, he provides mentoring and coaching for key team leaders on many of his assignments. Marc is an exceptional drug development team leader himself, having spent many years with Janssen Pharmaceuticals in Beerse, Belgium.
In this episode, Marc tells a powerful story about a team that worked hard to make a difficult recommendation on a project and then found themselves with an unexpected shift in plan. He shares what he learned as a leader in order to bring the team back into alignment.
You can find Marc on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/themarcceusterscompany.
Julian Kaufmann is the CEO and President of the JDK Group. As an organizational consulting and coach, he works with top leaders and teams as well as those in the middle of organization. Prior to his current practice, he held numerous executive Human Resources roles across different industries.
In this episode, Julian shares the wisdom he has developed, what he calls some unifying theories about success in organizational life. You will hear about our tendency toward separateness and turf-building and how leadership can counter that natural drift, along with wisdom on how to bring a diverse set of people and interests to the table.
You can find Julian on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/julian-kaufmann-a2843 or his company website at https://www.jdkgroup.net/.
John O'Brien is the Co-Founder and Chairman of ARdVRk Technologies, a technology firm transforming the way biopharmaceutical and medical device companies use augmented and virtual reality to engage and educate healthcare practitioners, and especially patients. In addition to his entrepreneurial venture at ARdVRk, John has a broad and deep experience leading sales forces, therapeutic areas, and strategy work in the pharmaceutical industry.
In this episode, John shares his experiences of learning to be strategic and intentional about influencing the people who matter to his results. That influence starts with being curious enough to really understand someone else, and mostly importantly understanding yourself. The web or matrix in our organizations are more complex than ever. His story about shifting gears to engage his boss rather than avoid him is priceless.
You can find John on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/john-o-brien-a2515154. Learn more about ARdVRk Technologies at https://www.ardvrktech.com/.
Episode #4 is the first "mini" episode in season one. In each of the mini-episodes, Mary answers a question that she often hears from young leaders.
The question for this episode is: How can I get to know senior leaders when I don't have easy access to those leaders? The underlying concern often is how to understand what they care about in order to most effective engaging and influencing those leaders.
Mary shares how to use two of her Possibility Thinker Tools to support your effort.
Rachel is a Partner at Press Ganey, leading the Strategic Integration & Transformation practice. Prior to Press Ganey, she spent over 15 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Rachel began her career in a clinical role in the intensive care unit. She took several moves before being asked to lead Patient and Family Services. She essentially became the manager of the very people with whom she had started her career.
Rachel shares her experience as a very young leader engaging her team in the work to develop a vision. At the same time, she had to reimagine her own leadership approach in the complex environment of a top academic hospital system.
You can find Rachel at linkedin.com/in/rachel-biblow
Sandra Morgan recently retired from HCA Healthcare as the Sr Vice President, focused on physician and healthcare provider relations. Prior to HCA, she held numerous commercial leadership roles in pharmaceuticals.
In this episode, Sandra outlines her key lessons learned in assimilating into a very different culture at HCA Healthcare. She shares about the heads-up she got in the interview process and the intentional transition from a fast-talking New Yorker to a more relaxed southern environment. From a sales focus to an operations focus. Her mantra became “Don’t become the organ that the body rejects.”
You can find Sandra at linkedin.com/in/sandra-morgan-3026a56
Bill Mezzanotte is the EVP, Head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer of CSL Behring. He has deep and broad expertise in bringing new therapies to patients across multiple therapeutic areas. He is a strong and demanding leader and, at the same time, a champion for employee and team development.
Bill shares about the importance of dreaming big, allowing others to contribute, and asking for help along the way. We talk about how targeting a big result creates a sense of vulnerability for everyone. He shares a key to success—being resilient over time—and more importantly knowing that you are resilient.
You can find Bill on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/williammezzanotte
Welcome to The Mary Mavis Show! This introduction shares the focus and intention of the upcoming podcast series. The launch date is November 2nd.