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Welcome to power minutes power minutes are podcasts that are designed by the training team to help you with every day struggles that you may experience at work. We put these together to assist and guide you to easy solutions to some of the tougher topics when it comes to working and leading people
What happens after orientation process?
What should your next days to months look like?
What are the goals for the first couple of months at a new job or position?
This episode will answer those questions and more. It will lay out a step by step plan to place yourself in the best position for the raise you want and deserve.
Why do companies have these?
Do KPI's effect you?
Are you personally apart of a key performance indicator?
These questions and more are answered on this episode. After this episode ask yourself these questions and post the answers on facebook.
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Does your company invest in you?
Do companies really need to invest in you?
Why should a company invest in their employees'?
What does this investment look like?
These questions and more are answered in this episode. Listen closely and really see in your company is investing in you.
Let us know on facebook (Powerminutes) does your employer invest and if so what does that look like?
If they do not how does it make you feel?
Who is your customer
What level are you within your company?
Who supports you and are they focused on your needs?
Have you ever experienced your company thru a customers eyes?
The benefits of cultural diversity are numerous but some of the key areas are retention, profits and sales.
If you want to be a leader in the industry for attracting the best talent in 2022 then your gonna want to listen to this podcast.
Team building how important is it?
Build a culture of positive thinking.
Encourage them to sharpen their skills.
Prevent employee burn out.
So when you apply for a job do you evision yourself as a worker or as a leader? If you answer this question "as a leader" then why not dress lilke one?
You should dress and carry yourself as the person you want to become not the person you are currently.
By dressing as your next roll you actually hold yourself to a higher standard and begin to seperate yourself from the pack.
This episode will speak about how this can change your entire career outcome.
Remember what you loved as a child and the passion you had for it?
How do you create that in your career?
This episode opens up those feelings and helps you start to pursue them in your work life.
If you own, run or just work at a company what are the company values or standards? Is this something that is really important to a company?
Lots of very successful people make or have vision boards or plans for the year.
Are you living life without a purpose?
How do you know where your going if you don't have a destination?
To complete the customer service trilogy, we wanted to show how you can create your very own customer service training! It can be simple or detailed.
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Have you ever took time out to relealize what its like for a customer to experience you and your company?
What are the effects of bad or good customer service?
How does customer service effect the customers and the employees?
Customer Service
Why does it matter?
Who does it hurt to provide poor/bad customer service?
Who's responsible for good costmer service?
Is surface acting a real thing?
Do you fake your emotions every day at work?
If you're experiencing these things then you my friend may be dealing with work burnout.
This is a personal interview with Ryan an entrepreneur and his personal journey. I asked him using his own experiences some questions on how he handles personal situations.
How do you come to a decision to run your own company?
What are some of your personal struggles?
How do you motivate people?
How do you define success and what are your future plans?
What are the pros and cons of having a christmas get together?
Should you even do something and if so why?
What are some common things people do to have a comapny get together?
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Job fulfillment
- Do you have it?
- What does this mean
- Does such a thing exist?
Do you get a job out of necessity or because your looking for more out of life?
Are you ok with your job but still find yourself out there daydreaming looking for more?
Excuses ae they bad or good?
Why do we have them or make them?
Do they help us or hurt us?
How do we change from doing this if it is bad?
Why do we over eat on holidays?
What happens when you over eat?
Here are somethings that may help explain over eating and how to prevent from doing it.
What does joy in your career choice look like?
Why do you want to love your career or job?
What are the end results to loving your career?
First things first.
How to plan your transition.
Think of what you need to be successful at your new job.
What does your new image look like?
What challenges do new employees face?
Lack of role clarity.
Challenges with expectations.
Navigating the new culture of the company.
What type are you?
What type are your coworkers?
Why is it important to know what type of emplyees you have working for you?
What are current CDC guidelines?
How do you rebuild employee engagement?
What are some helpful tips to help both employees and employers begin to the transition back into a normal work environment?
What does EVP mean?
Why do you need it?
Is it a good indicator of success?
This podcast will answer those questions ane more. If you need this it will also go over how to easily obtain it!
Should you quit a job because you were denied a promotion or raise?
Does being confrontational or hard on your boss work?
Get the answers to these questions and some useful tips when it comes to the reasons employees quit a job. Will also talk about what employers are looking for in promotable employees.
Listen close because some of the things they look for may surprise you!
How do you retain and motivate current employees? In this job market how can we help good employees stay onboard and work hard for you? We are learning how to live with covid and need people to come back to work and stay working for us. Lets turn the corner on today's current working environment.
What do you do when turnover becomes overwhelming?
How does a wave of terminations effect your company and existing staff?
These questions and easy solutions to help will be covered in this episode of Power minutes.
What are the main functions of a Human resources department?
How to put together a focused Hr team! If you are a company looking to put together an Human resource team or a company that wants to fine tune your current Hr team, this is the episode for you.
How do you keep your best employees onboard?
Stop losing your top talent?
If your best employees are leaving this episode may explain why.
Can a person single parent and work?
What are the pros and cons to being a single parent and working back into the job market?
This episode we dig into this topic and discuss as a company how do you tap into this virtually untouched fast growing market?
As a leader your job is to grow your workers. Are you helping or enabling your workers?
New year brings on new changes and opportunities. Every year people want a fresh start. I have put together some of the most common things that come up when it comes to resolution lists. What goals do you want to accomplish going into this next year?
What does christmas holiday mean to you?
Tell us about your traditions, things you look forward to and what things bring on that nostalgia feeling?
Listen in for some quick last minute christmas gifts that won't break the budget.
Stay to the end for a very special event you don't want to miss!
Is it fair for a job to use your social media when hiring you?
When it comes to promotions does your social media accounts make a difference?
I would love to hear your opinion at trainingteam@doublekwik.com or on facebook page powerminutes.
Ready to go back to work after covid and unemployment? How do you get started? What's the first step? Is assistance available to help you? This podcast goes over some easy steps that walk you thru how to get started back to work.
Why do people feel stress?
Needs some tips for dealing with stress?
This episode will answer these questions and more about stress?
Contact us directly with any comments, concerns, or questions at trainingteam@doublekwik.com.
How do you not let a relationship effect your work?
Could working with a spouse lead to personal issues at work?
How do you seperate your relationship and work life?
Employee morale can make or break a company. This episode goes over the power of morale in a company and what effects it may have on employees and customers.
I have also listed some creative ways to boost morale in the workplace.
Adult ungraduates is projected to grow by an astonishing 21% by 2022 !
Why are adults going back to school ?
Is there an age to old to go back to school ?
How do you start the process of going back to school as an adult student ?
Wanna learn some tips, tricks, or efficient methods for doing or managing day-to-day tasks or activities? In this episode I speak specifically about effective ways to change your ordinary outcomes into extraodinary outcomes.
Former member of the band Exit 23 speaks on what he's up to now and his experience being and touring with the band. Exit 23 is a Southern Country Acoustic Rock band who hails from Pikeville, Kentucky. If you are a music artist and want some inspiring advice your need to tune it to this episode.
This episode will speak on some of the top 10 reasons people may get turned down for a job. Have you lost a job opportunity and wasn't clear as to why? Listen to this episode to aviod some of the pitfalls that could capst you the job of your dreams.
Current labor shortages has caused an employee's job market. This means things are in favor of the employee and currently gives them the power of choice. This can cause a false sense of security for the unemployeed or currently employed candidates. When given the power of choice it is critical you choose wisely. This PSA episode breaks down the current market and how to maximize your job oppertunities.
Can social media hurt your career? Are there things you should avoid posting on your social media? How can I use social media to help your career? Get answers to these questions and more in this episode.
Do you need to start a plan to keep you and your employees better protected from Covid-19? Are you having trouble on where to start? This podcast episode will provide you some helpful ideas to help get you a head of the curve on CDC.gov requirements for companies as it pertains to Covid-19.
Are you a bad boss? Could you be a better boss? Listen to this list of negative behaviors from employees point of view.
Can you be friends with your boss? Should you ask your manager questions? What is the benefit of asking your manager questions? The answers to these questions and more are answered in this episode!
The fact of the matter is when it comes to recruiting you have to think out side of the box. The more outside the box you think the less you leave on the table for someone else to recruit. Let’s face it there is a lot of talent out there and everyone is trying to tap into it. The sooner you start to think outside the box the sooner you will start to add depth to your candidate pool. This will give your recruiting efforts better and more positive results and add more diversity to your company.
Have you ever thought I am not a good salesperson? Or maybe you thought to your self how can I be better at sales? There are basically 4 stages of the sales process. I have broken them down for you in this podcast. With practice you will be a great salesperson in no time completley by accident. Perfect these stages and perfect the art of sales.
A workplace emergency can shut your business down. This is typically something that is an unforeseen situation that threatens your employees, customers, or the public. Do you have a plan to protect yourself, your employees and your business?
This is a list of 15 easy ways you can become a better interviewer and create a positive experience for you and the candidate your interviewing.
Nervous about conducting a good interview? Are you struggling to get the right candidates into your company?
A skilled interviewer can make the candidate feel comfortable and really get more accurate honest answers. You want to know if they are the missing link for your company. Here is some begining tips on how you can be more confidence and conduct a great interview and hire the right candidate.
Corona virus got you down? Are you stuck in a rut at work?
Need a spark or excitement at your job? Listen to the fresh start initiative podcast to help recharge your career and boost your overall morale at work.
How do you keep your team together in times of need? How do you get employees to want to come to work and be apart of a team when something like a pandemic is happening?
Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. How do you work and control your anxiety? How many people suffer from anxiety? How do you know if your having an anxiety attack? These answers and more on this episode. What's the difference between an anxiety attack and a panic attack?
What are examples of expectations?
Why is it important to set them with your employees?
If you want answers to these questions and more listen to this podcast for some assistance and guidance on expectations and how to set them for every employee.
We often talk about the bad things that this virus brings to the table. Here is some of the good things that has came from the Corona virus.
In today's troubling times where are the answers to Covid-19 ? If you have questions about this virus then you should listen to this podcast as the Training team uncovers some of the questions and myths about the Corona virus or Covid-19.
A safe and healthy workplace not only protects workers from injury and illness, it can also lower injury/illness costs, reduce absenteeism and turnover, increase productivity and quality, and it will also raise employee morale. In other words, safety is good for business.
Listen closely as the Training Team breaks down how important workplace safety is and how you can ensure your safety at work.
Many companies test their company's public image. They judge or test this image by getting an idea of what its like to be a customer of their business. This can include everything from the building structure to the customer service they receive and can even include the information that is being said about the company online. Where many companies missed the ball is what the employees experience with their company. This is critical because it can have a significant impact on the tenure of an employee. This episode will go into the stages an employee goes thru with any company and ways to enhance that journey.
This is a guide or roadmap to assist you in achieving your goals. Wether it’s life goals or work goals this will help you stay on task and move in the right direction even if your now sure of what your doing this is a proven way to obtain success.
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Building morale is a creative way to make you coworkers happy and also a way to help with retention and efficiency. These are simple tips to assist you in creating a wonderful fun living environment. Join us in our discussion about morale building in the work place. You again can reach us at trainingteam@doublekwik.com.
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So today’s topic is branding your self this is a different way of thinking but if it’s done correctly it will change the way you make decisions. This is by far a decision and thought process to change my life. One common thread that most powerful people share is they stopped thinking about themselves and as an individual and started thinking of themselves as a brand.
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This podcast discusses some great ways that you can lose weight for 2020. In previous episodes we talked about ways that you can work out at your desk or at work this will go in addition to that Ford helping curve your eating habits to push away hunger and continue to lose weight by healthier eating habits. Let’s create a healthier you for 2020!
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How to stay healthy for 2020. How do you exercise while you’re at work? If you have a desk job or an office job or if you stand at work these are ways that you could be healthier for 2020.
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This episode is to assist lower to middle level management in to not making common mistakes that will foster a bad work culture. A bad work culture can cause workers to not experience work satisfaction. Bad habits can be formed from this which can lead to non engaged employees.
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How does it feel to experience your company or business from an employee point of view? In the constant struggle with employee retention this will provide some helpful tips to get the employee engaged and looking at your company as a career instead of a job.
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This episode was actually a question they came for one of my listeners. We aim to answer some of these questions to help you with those tough situations that you may face at work. Thanks again for your feedback and hopefully you’ll enjoy the episode.
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This episode talks about the main three reasons employees quit their job. A lot of companies put in a lot of time money and effort to figure out why employees quit their jobs.This episode will break down those main reasons.
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This episode will go over how important employee recognition is and how it adds to the bottom line of your company.
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This podcast is designed by the Training Team. The purpose of this podcast is to help you with everyday challenges you may face at the workplace.
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Welcome to power minutes my name is Byron and I’m part of the training team and we’ve put together this podcast to help answer some of the tough questions surrounding topics when it comes to working and leading people.
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Hiring and engaging employees is a very tough thing to do. This is some really helpful ways in which you can do this in a fun friendly environment.
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