People are the Plan Podcast: Recent Episodes
People are the Plan Podcast
Welcome to the People Are The Plan by Smart, Savvy + Associates. Each episode we talk about how to grow leaders that inspire, build teams that thrive and create work cultures that rock.
In this episode, host Leah Gregg and Braden Hoeppner kick back live their best #vanlife in Braden’s 1987 Volkswagen Westfalia. Together they discuss the importance of cultivating feedback and trust in the workplace, and the value of taking your foot off the gas so you can slow down and enjoy the ride.
In this episode:
- Find out how a coach and mentor helped Braden get his start in marketing
- How he’s learned to develop his leadership style and skills
- The importance of working as a team and moving from independence to interdependence
- How to cultivate feedback from all levels at all times
- The role grit plays in meaningful work
- The importance of extending 100% trust when you're building your team
- Plus, the answer to the question "If you knew then what you know now, what would you say to yourself at the start of your career?"
For more see https://info.smartsavvy.com/podcast
Having Fun in the Workplace: Building Energized & Connected Teams Featuring: Amitis Khorsandi Host: Leah Gregg
In this episode, host Leah Gregg and Amitis hit the road on an epic Evo tour of Vancouver. Together they discuss the importance of having fun in the workplace, leadership styles, work life balance and how build energized and connected team.
Amitis Khorsandi
Today, we’re chatting with Amitis Khorsandi, Founding Member and Marketing Lead of Evo Car Share.
Amitis is an entrepreneurial marketing leader. She has over 13 years of brand leadership experience with a specific focus on launching and propelling new brands forward both locally and internationally.
Her most recent adventure includes spearheading the marketing team that launched and developed the Evo Car Share. It's now the fastest growing car share in North America hitting 100,000+ members in 3 years.
In this episode:
- Find out why the key to Amitis’ leadership has a lot to do with having fun
- The importance of meaningful relationships in the workplace
- How to build an inspiring and inspired team
- Two job interview questions that Amitis always asks
- Leah asks Amitis, "If you knew then what you know now, what would you say to yourself at the start of your career?"
For more see: https://info.smartsavvy.com/podcast/08-amitis-khorsandi
Special Guest: Sarah Hassildine
Director of Perfect Patients at Vortala, Sarah Hassildine shares how implementing Outward Mindset principles from The Arbinger Institute transformed their business, including how her remote team of 70+ have increased their connectivity and innovation.
In this episode we'll talk about:
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Why Vortala decided to invest in Outward Mindset training for their teams.
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The stories we tell ourselves to justify our choice in mindset
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How a scheduled practice of curiosity called "Meet to Learn" between remote co-workers allowed the Vortala team to learn more about each other, about the work they were doing, and ultimately opened the door to innovation and collaboration. How a critical mindset shift has led to profound changes in client relationships
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Tactical ways to diffuse heated conversations and increase positive business results through an Outward Mindset practice.
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The personal psychological and emotional benefits of practicing an outward mindset.
See more at https://info.smartsavvy.com/podcast
Welcome to the People Are The Plan™ Podcast from Smart, Savvy + Associates. Each episode, we'll talk about how to grow leaders that inspire, build teams that thrive, and create work cultures that rock. Today, we’re talking with Jim McNeal.
Jim McNeal
Client Solutions Director at Arbinger Institute, Jim McNeal, shares the two distinct mindsets from which people and organizations operate. One is a self-focused inward mindset and the other is an inclusive outward mindset. He shares how we can make a sustainable change of mindset and the results and impact this type of change can make.
About the Arbinger Institute
The Arbinger Institute was founded in 1979 by Dr. C. Terry Warner, the scholar who solved the central problem at the heart of the human sciences: the problem of self-deception.
That work revealed two distinct mindsets from which people and organizations operate—a self-focused inward mindset and an others-inclusive outward mindset—and the path to sustainably changing mindset and results.
Today, Arbinger Institute helps individuals, teams, and organizations move from the default self-focus of an inward mindset to the results-focus of an outward mindset. Through training, coaching, consulting, and a suite of implementation tools, we enable organizations and their people to achieve results that are only possible with an outward mindset.
In this episode we'll talk about:
The implications of mindset on business and leadership How the two primary mindset types - inward and outward - drive our decision making
For better or for worse, how both mindsets drive people and organizations
Practical ways we can shift our focus and adopt an outward mindset
With Kristin Linklater, Denise Leech, Adam Brayford
In this episode they share:
What inspired them to start The Leader's Journey as a team
How learning about their motivational values and strengths has reshaped how the team connects and solves problems
How the training has changed their everyday work experience and communication skills
Their experience implementing critical feedback skills with one another as leaders, and how that's affected their teams
Adam, Denise, and Kristin share personal summaries of their experiences with The Leader's Journey
For more see https://info.smartsavvy.com/podcast/05-high-performance-leadership
With Catherine Ducharme and Peter Reek
Today, we’re talking with Catherine Ducharme and Peter Reek about coaching, leadership, and what it means to be a people performance company.
In this episode we'll explore:
Why we started a podcast and why we're so excited to be in this space!
What People Are The Plan™ really means.
How we operate as a people performance company.
How coaches have influenced Peter and Catherine throughout their careers.
What the coach approach is all about and how it works on a practical level.
Why it's important that we learn how to lead ourselves well.
For more see info.smartsavvy.com/podcast/00-peter-reek-catherine-ducharme
With Claire Booth
Welcome to the People Are The Plan™ Podcast from Smart, Savvy + Associates. Each episode, we'll talk about how to grow leaders that inspire, build teams that thrive, and create work cultures that rock. Today, we’re talking with Claire Booth.
Claire Booth
Claire Booth is an entrepreneur, market research executive, and burnout survivor. A few years ago she realized that she was addicted to striving. Driven by her relentless inner critic, her life became a series of goals to accomplish. Using herself as the subject of a very personal research project, Claire’s quest was to understand why, as a "successful" person, she never seemed to be all that happy. Her book, The Achiever Fever Cure: How I Learned to Stop Striving Myself Crazy unpacks key research and insight into our need to achieve and explores the remedy for Achiever Fever.
Bio
Claire is the founder and CEO of market research firm Lux Insights, with two decades of experience serving some of the world’s most recognized brands like Amazon, Nintendo and Ancestry.com. She teaches at the UBC Sauder School of Business and is a Board Director at the cutting-edge theatre, The Cultch.
In this episode we'll talk about:
The signs, symptoms, and cause of Achiever Fever
The dark side of achieving
Our inner critic - the relentless voice in our own heads driving us to believe that we're not enough
Why successful, driven, high-performing people can still end up feeling miserable, stressed out, and unfulfilled
Our fear of being normal and not noteworthy
The Achiever Fever Cure!
The bright side of achievement - there is good news if you're suffering from Achiever Fever especially if you're an achiever.
Resources
Wonder if you're suffering from achiever fever? Complete this survey to find out.
Watch Claire's 2018 Leader Lounge highlight reel on overcoming your Inner Critic
Register your team for a half-day Achiever Fever workshop with Claire Booth.
Join the conversation on social media! We'd love to hear your Achiever Fever insights on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
With Erica Keswin
Erica is an expert in the business of working human. She is a workplace strategist who has, for the past twenty years, worked with iconic brands like NASA, IBM, and the NFL. Erica is a consultant, speaker, author and professional dot-connector.
Today, we’re talking with her about her bestselling book Bring Your Human to Work: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World!
In this episode we'll talk about:
Erica's cool definition of culture for organizations
What it means to Bring Your Human to work
Why it matters when we bring our human to work and how it can affect the bottom line
How technology impacts our ability to work human.
The Starbucks Barista that inspired the book, Bringing Your Human to Work
A surefire way to create a more human workplace
Human companies that exemplify a stellar culture
How we can tell if our company values actually matter
Resources
Learn more about Erica Keswin and her book Bringing Your Human to Work
See more at https://info.smartsavvy.com/podcast/03-erica-keswin