Businesses are People Too! A Podcast

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What if....businesses were actually neural circuits? with Lindsay Harle, Businesses are People Too! A Podcast! and Quirky Lindsay Harle

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

How is a team like a neural circuit?
What's a neural circuit?
What's a neuron?
How each team member see their role within the larger team
How individuals see each others and their roles within the larger team
How one person impacts the larger ecosystem of the team
Neuroplasticity of a team
Values and their role in neuroplasticity and team alignment
Environment priming in supportive of reinforcing a neural circuit
Progress takes time; changing behaviours, attitudes and mindset requires patience
How to build up specific neuron strength within the team neural circuit

Connect with Lindsay

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses invested in driving passion? with Kira Day, The Passion Centre

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

What cold workplace cultures drive over their people
The impact of functioning in alignment versus functioning in fear
How our childhood experiences shape our beliefs in what we can "have"
Passion focuses on what is meaningful to the individual and whether or not they're able to express this in the world
The Passion Formula: Passion = Meaning x Investment (P = M x I)
What drives meaning
You cannot find passion. You have to activate it from within
What passion drivers are via the study Kira and her team conducted
What parameters impact your ability to feel passion
Angela Duckworth links passion with sustainable performance over time
Kira's Passion Study identifies the internal and external passion drivers
Passion is a holistic experience which is dependent upon the emotions scale
How our emotions are hardwired into our physical experience of passion
People develop emotional diversity based on how they're wired and how they've been allowed to express these emotions/passion
To ask what is driving our passion
What is influencing our access to our passion
Passion is energy positive, whereas an absence or imbalance of passion is energy negative
Passion is personal
Kira's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (33:46)

Links in this episode:

Website: www.thepassioncentre.com
LinkedIn: Kira Day

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses used this not-so-hidden secret for success? with Kayla Walsh, ISC Health

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

How the brain, body, and environment impact each other (a wee bit of biopsychosocial health)
What is energy management
How are choices impact our understanding of our energy investments
Why values, boundaries and roles are important for our self image in business
The reality behind the health of the leadership team and it's impact on business
The trifecta of business health and how it impacts our honest energy over supplemental energy
The Sleep - Caffeine - Stress cycle
How to identify what we're doing to hurt ourselves
The cycles we may be trapping ourselves in
The importance of behaviour modelling, not behaviour telling
What rest really means...hint...it's not being on social media
What leaders can model for their people in order for all to be a well-rested team
True rest results in higher quality of work and efficient hustle, not ineffective hustle
Kayla's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (29.18)

Links in this episode:

Website: inspiringselfcare.org
Instagram: @isc_health
Facebook: @isc_health
LinkedIn: ISC Health Program
Sept 2022 Program Registration: Annual Women's Come & Grow 2-Day Retreat

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if...businesses turned down the suck to turn up their possible? with Tim Sweet, Team Work Excellence

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

That business is a relatively new human experience
Work can no longer be a fixed experience, but one that's in constant flux
Why the destruction of old systems allows teams to be stronger and help people achieve their potential
What re-norming is and why it's needed today
In order for teams to grow together, they must feel involved in the culture development
Leaders cannot be passive; they must be active participants in their team
Tim's 3 Trust Pillars: logic through understanding, empathy for greater connection, and authenticity for consistency
Workplaces are emotional experiences
Hybrid teams bring a new threat to team trust
What the difference between suboptimal and optimal/high-performing teams is
What "high-performing" actually means
To question if we have the right metrics for success
Great leaders can still fail if the company structures, processes, design, and strategy are not set up correctly
The interconnectivity of all factors for team failure
The difference between capacity and WILLING capacity
Why leadership is not taught in business school (hint...it's a private journey)
The health of the individual relies on the health of the whole
Tim's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (1:00:52)

Links in this episode:

Discovery Call: twe.team/discovery
TWE Solutions: twe.team/solutions
LinkedIn: Tim Sweet

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses recognized that WE is greater than ME? with Suzanne Ricard-Greenway, SR Greenway Leadership

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

Feltman's Model of Trust (The Thin Book of Trust)
The theory, results, and insights on how to build trust via the Absolute Trust System
Proactively, consciously building trust means anything is possible. When teams trust each other, they OWN mistakes, take accountability, challenge the status quo, etc.
Trust allows leaders to be engaged and involved with their team
Trust encourages innovation and creativity because of the synergy it creates for teams to thrive and produce
Cognitive elaboration grows from trust - this is where the "impossible" solutions begin to happen
In trusted environments, people love going to work
Trust breeds the extraordinary
2 of the 4 pillars of the Absolute Trust System
Pillar 1: People have different starting points with trust. Some give instantly, others require it be earned, others are somewhere in between
Pillar 2: Our trust blind spots, meaning what we look for in trust is what we show in trust. Our brain defaults to "what makes sense to me makes sense to you," but this is not always the case (rarely)
The simplest way to build trust is to ask them what you need to do to build their trust
Clarity of expectations is crucial to earn or keep your trust. Create the same definition for expectations - finite details matter
Trust building = transparent, explicit, and detailed communication
Leaders gain trust from their people by being transparent, reliable, competent, and being an advocate for their people
Teams who trust each other elevate their level of diversity, connection, and vulnerability.
Trust between teams become about the we and not the me of the team
Trust is what will move teams out of storming, into norming, and all the way to performing
Suzanne's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (45:37)

Links in this episode:

Website: srgreenway.com
LinkedIn: Suzanne Ricard-Greenway

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
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What if....businesses decided to DANCE with innovation? with Dr. Caroline Brookfield, The Reluctant Creative

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The #1 skill businesses are seeking for their teams
The difference between big C and little c creativity
How to access our own creativity beyond the traditional sense of the word
93% of businesses say they want innovation, but only 18% of people feel safe taking creative risks in their workplace
The two judgement barriers of creativity - internal and external
Why rejection feels like physical pain
How leaders can model creativity while braving judgement
Why creating a safe space to explore all creative failure is how we get to the “good stuff”
The practice of creative failing to work our creative muscle
Benefits of creativity. E.g., higher income, better leadership, more confidence in uncertainty, etc.
The power of a "literary mullet," fun in the front, data in the back
The biological facts about creativity
Creativity is contagious
Why and how leaders can support teams to step into creativity
Why we tend to fall back into status quo solutions when feeling uncertain and how creativity can reduce this
How to redefine creativity within our business teams
That DANCE helps to democratize creativity in teams (Daydream, Ambiguity, Novelty, Curiosity, and Edit Later)
The difference between divergent creativity (ideating without judgement) and convergent creativity (distilling divergent creativity)
Daydreaming = productive boredom
Tolerance of Ambiguity to build non-status quo solutions
How Novelty builds more data points for connecting to unique solutions in our brains
Curiosity is the foundation of all creativity
Ernest Hemingway was right when he said "Write drunk, edit sober" (separating divergent and convergent creativity)
Caroline's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (42:46)

Links in this episode:

Website:carolinebrookfield.com, thereluctantcreative.com
LinkedIn:Dr. Caroline Brookfield
Instagram: @artfulscience
YouTube: Creative Lifescaping

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses stopped asking people to pay?

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The difference between giving and paying
What happens when we pay attention versus giving attention to prospects
How employees can thrive when given attention

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Mental Prune Juice, a weekly resource for leaders on brands, values, and team health and alignment

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What if....businesses believed that business was personal? with Mike Cameron, MikeCameron.ca

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

To have buy-in from our people, we need to tap into their emotions
Emotionally connected leaders build better businesses
Emotion is the foundation that supports our cognition
Why business is about the quality of our relationships
Leaders must learn the individual driving motivators for their people
The difference between traditional goal-setting versus setting values, intentions, and milestones
Importance of being creative and agile when circumstances throw a wrench in a path to reaching our milestones
How gathering in circles and not squares is how to cultivate divergent thinking
Why we should practice creating spaces for our people to feel safe in being creative
How our emotional decisions can have extreme permanent consequences
How we can prevent our emotions from having life-altering consequences that cause harm
Why leaders need to feel and not just think
Why compassion and empathy need boundaries and accountability to be impactful in a leadership role
How to have team meetings using the SOAR Framework: slow down, open up, accept, reconnect
That when we numb one emotion, we numb all emotions
The power of simply acknowledging and naming an emotion
That mental health has a 51 Billion dollar impact on businesses
Roughly half a million Canadians miss work each week due to a mental health concern
We don't have to give up productivity in place of empathy and caring
Mike's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (51:58)

Links in this episode:

Website:mikecameron.ca
LinkedIn:Mike Cameron
Instagram: @axiommike
Other: mike@mikecameron.ca

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses listened to understand?

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The importance of listening in the workplace for burnout
The importance of preparing to listen
How to prepare to listen, including preparing your emotions, biases, body, and breathing
Why safety, approval, and control are part of the speaker's journey
What tone and speed in speech help to indicate
Why behaviour is part of listening
How to close the gap between providing information and supporting your people to use the information provided

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses practiced deep listening? with Oscar Trimboli, podcast host of Deep Listening

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

Listening is a practice, like any other skillset
The maths of listening; the 125/400 Rule and the 125/900 Rule
The difference between hearing and listening
The power of a pause and how to use it
Why "how" is a good process-oriented question
The difference between feedback and feedforward and which one promotes more action
Why we must ask who's potentially missing from our conversation - who's not being listened to
The power of short questions
Why process-oriented questions of 10-words or less promote comprehension and application
The difference between great leaders and managers
The role the leader plays in setting the listening temperature of a group
An engaging technique for teams to set better listening and leverage time
The three lenses of listening for leaders: self, people, greater ecosystem
The number 1 thing that distracts people from listening
The three questions to use to explore what isn't being said: Tell me more, what else, pause
How to evolve a question/thought when guided by an engaged listener
The importance of a reflective practice, a group of trusted advisors, and having hobbies
The four listening villains
How to teach your boss to listen
Oscar's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (1:05:10)

Links in this episode:

Listening quiz:www.listeningquiz.com
Website:www.oscartrimboli.com

Books in episode:

Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, Ph. D.
Selfish, Scared, and Stupid by Dan Gregory & Kiernan Flanagan
It's Who You Know by Janine Garner

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses celebrated empathetic teams? with host, Lindsay Harle

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

What makes an empathetic team
What the three components of empathy are (emotional, cognitive, and compassion)
Who needs to be empathetic on a team
How can we model and practice empathy
What are tools to practice empathy
How empathy creates more cohesive, collaborative, and innovative teams

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Mental Prune Juice, a weekly resource for leaders on brands, values, and team health and alignment

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What if....businesses believed in human dignity? with Dave Ferro, DF Safety Ltd.

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The impact on families when health and safety is not done right
Of good support systems to successfully cope with injuries
Why humanity is such a key element of building safety
How talking creates safer workplaces - both physically and psychologically
The reality of having 1/10 people struggling with mental health and how this alone impacts the workplace
How we can start to enhance workplace safety
How parallel physical and psychological safety in how someone's absence impacts the organization (loss of skill set)
Crossover between Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) mandates are with HR mandates for aligning business culture
The expectation differences between generations on "safety" and how we can/will adapt
How humility from the leadership team can improve psychological safety by focusing on human dignity
Why every company should focus on safety beyond the legislated requirements
How you can still create safety when we're in virtual environments and teams
The remote aspect of safety and how physical safety plays a role in the new hybrid and work-from-home world
The importance of owning safety as an employee, particularly when in your own home
That safety starts with trust and relationships, not processes and procedures
How to be humble, leave people with dignity and make workplaces fun!
That opera and construction have a lot in common
Dave's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (32:11)

Links in this episode:

Website:dfsafety.ca
LinkedIn:Dave Ferro Safety Ltd.

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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In this Season 4 Intro Episode, host Lindsay Harle digs in to answer the question she asks of all guests...What if...businesses realized that they were people too?

Three main takeaways:

1) Importance of values defined in action. Special credit to S3, E12 of Businesses are People Too: https://anchor.fm/businessesarepeopletoo/episodes/Season-3--Episode-12-What-if---businesses-practiced-being-human-e14sglp

2) Why tying values to goals makes for more aligned teams

3) How listening gives permission for people to be human.

Email your answers to, "what if...businesses realized that they are people too?" to lindsay@thewriteharle.com.

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website:www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram:@quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn:Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email:lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected withQuirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders on brands, values, and team alignment

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What if...businesses practiced being human? with Me - Lindsay Harle, Businesses are People Too! A Podcast!

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

Values definition: an underlying belief upon which we take aligned action.
How knowing our values in action improves our business alignment
What core values do fo us
What junk values are
How to identify our values in action
What to do if you're "should-ing" all over your values
How to know if they align with our goals and boundaries
Why we need to practice taking value-based action

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if...businesses strategized around the human need for connection? with Terra Argo, Argo Operations & Your Business Peeps

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

You cannot fail when you have the right minds connected
You must first identify the right WHO, then the right HOW will follow
The power of a curated network
Why we must connect online and offline the same way
How to find your own "go-to" question for networking that's authentic to you
The difference between connecting on business vs. connecting on passion
Humans are wired for connection
How to begin building relationships with a "people-first" mindset
What a "Super Connector" is and how to engage one in your own network
Connection IS communication
Building rapport is merely building a relationship...not an elevator pitch
Why it's important to understand what you're willing to share about yourself
Terra's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (49:54)

Links in this episode:

Website: www.yourbusinesspeeps.com
LinkedIn:Terra Argo
Facebook: @terraargo
YouTube: Be a Human in Business
Other: Veracious Values: Using YOUR VOICE to take action that MATTERS

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if....businesses turned off their notifications? with Dawn O'Connor, Focus Bubbles

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The power of micro habits and how they support in very specific ways
James Clear - Atomic Habits
What happens when setting intentionality as a group
The brain science behind working with others
The psychology of mimicry, the Mirror Presence Effect
The power of declaration
How to combat the different brains in our human heads
The need to proactively defend time
How to set a meeting for one
The difference between work sprints and focused work sessions
Dawn's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (31:03)

Links in this episode:

Website:www.focusbubbles.com
LinkedIn:Dawn O'Connor
Instagram: @focusbubbles
Email: dawn@dawnoconnor.ca, email Dawn, tell her you heard about Focus Bubbles on Businesses are People Too! A Podcast for access to a free month of Focus Bubbles

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if....businesses saw their dark side of leadership? with Dr. Kevin Sansberry, KEVRA the Culture Company; The Toxic Leadership Podcast

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

Abnormal psychology within the workplace
Impacts of toxic positivity and its harm on women and minorities
Why it's about eradicating toxic behaviours and not people
The contradiction to the good side of the dark side of leadership
All companies have toxic behaviours
Toxic behaviours are natural
Why micromanaging happens...and trust is a big factor
Why words matter: it's a toxic behaviour, not a toxic person
The importance of evolutionary in business sustainability
All behaviours make perfect sense in context
How to recognize our own self-deception and its impact on the business personhood
The need for values congruence between individual and business values
For change, systems and mental models (mindsets) have to be addressed
The need for belief challenging for long-term change, real diversity AND inclusion
Dr. Kevin's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (37:04)

Links in this episode:

Website:www.kevraconsulting.com
Podcast: www.thetoxicleadershippodcast.com
LinkedIn:Dr. Kevin Sansberry II

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if....businesses tapped into the power of an engaging experience? with Mike Seidle, WorkHere/Pivot CX

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

Why hiring is a C-Suite, not an HR issue
How companies should interact with potential hires
The reality and ramifications of the demographic shift
The importance of bringing along your younger employees up through the company
How to give employees opportunities to grow without them having to leave
Why businesses should be hiring for POTENTIAL rather than specifics of experience, skills, etc.
How to assess the potential of an individual
The power of HUMAN intelligence in hiring
What the most important thing a job seeker should be doing in an interview
One small thing businesses can do to start engaging their applicants
How to fill open positions effectively
Mike's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (35:09)

Links in this episode:

Website:www.workhere.com; www.pivotcx.io
LinkedIn:@IndyMike (Mike Seidle)

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram:@quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses connected purpose on all levels? with Nemisha Patel Owen, Mindset Coach

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

What the difference between a mentor and a coach is
How high-performers can show up "on purpose" within their corporate roles
The need to consciously evolve as you and the business around you changes
The interconnectedness between a business's purpose and the individual purposes of those within the business
The need for personal responsibility of all individuals to invest in building a reciprocal relationship with the business
What the connection between choice and purpose is
How you can have influence in how you show up
Levels of purpose within a business: the individual, the collective team purpose, and the larger business purpose.
The importance of aligning all levels of purpose
The difference between purpose and intention
Nemisha's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (46:53)

Links in this episode:

Website: www.nemishapatelowen.com
LinkedIn: Nemisha Patel Owen
Instagram: @nemisha.patelowen
Other: Employees First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses gave permission to plan? with TaJuanna Taylor, Bootstrap Dreams

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

The human is the brand
Empowering people is really another form of sales
Why people are the foundation...and the complexity...of all business
Healthy businesses start on the inside and what this means
70% of projects fail - and most are preventable
A plan is a roadmap, not a guarantee
D.O.N.E. Formula
Our people are everywhere, but not everyone is our people
Do it yourself does not mean do it alone
Projects have a very clearly defined start and endpoint
The power of leveraging human capital at the right moment
What transformational opportunities are worth moving forward
Why accountability is crucial for every single person
How gradual progress is better than no progress
TaJuanna's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (55:57)

Links in this episode:

Website:www.bootstrapdreams.com
LinkedIn:TaJuanna M. Taylor
Instagram: @bootstrapdreams
Facebook: Results Driven Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs - Bootstrap Dreams

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses maximized abundance through small things? with Masami Sato, B1G1 (Buy1Give1)

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

How to transform your business through giving
Why most businesses start in the first place
How farmers create abundance and what we can learn from them
What the byproduct of an abundance-centred business is
What the one thing is that starts the development of a company
DO CARE - B1G1s own values as meaningful actions
Why we should focus on PLAYING, not WINNING the game
What sustainable business culture is
Masami's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (40:21)

Links in this episode:

Website:b1g1.com
LinkedIn:company page - B1G1 (Buy1Give1); Masami's page - Masami Sato
Instagram: @buy1give1

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if....businesses didn't use vanilla values? with Jamie DuBose, Zenplicity

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

the power of fostering relationships within marketing
the importance of how businesses position themselves and their customers in their marketing
why we should connect as a human business rather than a business model
that it's okay to connect, share...and yes, make money
difference between values-based marketing and fear-based marketing
how engagement is the currency of marketing
why craving connection and interaction is creating a paradigm shift in how marketing is done
the need to reflect on our values as we evolve over time
Jamie's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (38:08)

Links in this episode:

Website:zenplicity.com, Marketing Resources
Instagram: @jamiedubose
Other: Amanda Bond: The Rise of Bro-Marketing

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
Stay connected with Quirky Quills, a monthly resource for leaders, mental health, and brand alignment

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What if....businesses had leaders who were real people? with Lourdes Juan, Founder, Hive Developments, Leftovers Foundation, Fresh Routes, Moonlight Market, Soma Spa

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

that businesses can be contributors to human rights
what problem solving for the community means with business along with how to build the right relationships to solve the right problems
that entrepreneurship and business ownership is really just problem solving
the power of a constructive dialogue when all voices - and the right voices - are at the table and take the time to listen
why we still need to think about bottom lines as we focus on standing for something as a brand, as a business
how entrepreneurs have the unique opportunity to influence the future
the truth that we are far better off connected than we are in silos
how to engage internally and externally within the business
the importance of weaving diversity, equality, and inclusion practices and tools into the operations and all levels of business
people are given choice when they are listened to
why we need to listen in business
Lourdes's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (39:82)

Links in this episode:

Website:www.lourdesjuan.com
LinkedIn:Lourdes Juan
Instagram: @lourdesjuan @leftoversfoundation @freshroutes @moonlightmkt
Other mentions: Madame Premier, Sophie Grace Designs

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Website: www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses had leaders who were real people? with Tracey Bodnarchuk, Chief Revenue Officer, Hopewell Residential

On this episode, we dive on in and learn:

why adaptability is key to be a strong leader
the myth of the 'perfect leader'
why leaders need to be asked if they, too, are okay
what information leaders need to know to support the mental health of their people
the differences between brand, marketing, advertising, and communication
what happens when brand and culture are integrated
the importance of fully showing up as your whole, authentic self
Tracey's answer to "What if...businesses realized that they are people too?" (43:00)

Links in this episode:

Hopewell Residential: https://www.hopewellresidential.com/
LinkedIn: Tracey Bodnarchuk
Netflix Culture

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Website:www.thewriteharle.com; www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses listened to better hear their employees? with Keith Crawford, Life Support Mental Health

On this episode, we learn:

Corporate culture of a business is what drives all business.
Different mindsets of a CFO and a SEO when it comes to investing in people. One asks, "what's the cost to invest...and they leave?" The other asks, "What's the cost if we don't invest...and they stay?"
If you don't invest in the people who run your business in some way, shape, or form, you will not have a business.
It's not about changing the minds of corporations. It's about assisting with the permeation of a psychologically safe culture.
Talk, understanding, education, and trust are four things successful sports teams use to permeate a healthy mindset and team culture
Trust is a must for health cultures and mental health
85% of long-term disability payouts in 2020 were due to mental health issues (of 4 billion)
Discover how corporations can support assessing the mental health of their people
High-level overview of the Life Support Mental Health assessment and app. Particularly supportive in assessing for stress due to anxiety, depression, pain, financial stress, etc.
Keith shares jaw-dropping stats showcasing the gap between the medical and mental health support industries
Remember - the only one who can properly diagnose a mental health issue is a mental health professional who has studied for years!
Hear Keith's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too? (38:05)

Links from episode:

Website: lifesupport247.com
Mental Health Check Assessment App: for iOS ; for Android
LinkedIn: Life Support Mental Health Inc.

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Website: www.thewriteharle.com, www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses knew what their brand really was with host, Lindsay Harle

A breakdown of what brand is beyond super catchy phrases, slogans, and vision/mission/value statements and logos in 5 simple steps.

brand is history
brand is audience
brand is personality
brand is value
brand is capabilities

And what the heck do all of these actually mean! Listen and find out.

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Website: www.thewriteharle.com, www.quirkylindsayharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses KISSed goodbye to the status quo? with Andrea Jones, I Am Andrea Jones

Top takeaways:

6:13: Clients make your business tick. If you can't connect with them, your business won't tick.

7:54: Pyschographics picks up on who the person is: their identity, reality, reactions, etc.

8:05: Psychological triggers are what get people to buy.

8:23: Buying triggers are the things that happen in someone's day that makes them realize they need YOUR solution

8:58: Anyone can write copy. BUT it's the elements in the copy that increase how/why/when people buy.

9:18: A few brain tricks for website content

10:10: Niche is important to have your business thrive (not just survive). It's not tactic-based, it's niche-based.

10:44: The "sea of sameness" pains you as a commodity. This is why you need to niche to create exclusivity for the outcome you create. This is what will help you speak the language of your ideal client so they can say "yes" to you.

15:09: The power in people curiosity allows you to see your brand differently.

15:25: Andrea's definition of what a brand is: what people say about you when you're not in the room.

15:42: No one will buy something they don't value...even if you value it.

17:13: Decisions are always made in the moment. But - they are backed by years of experience leading up to the decision. So, you must know what these experiences are.

19:45-22:10: Anything that's gone wrong in your life is because of communication or lack thereof. The same words DO NOT always mean the same definition. Are you using the same definition?

22:53: If people do not understand in a single sentence what you do, you will not get the buy in...and they will not buy.

23:47: KISS - Keep It Simple Silly. Keep things WISE...not smart.

26:33: Andrea shares how larger businesses can share one unified voice ACROSS the organization.

27:42: Nothing great happens in the status quo. This requires clear articulation of the great vision for it to get across and inspire action.

28:54: Creating a dating profile for your business helps to shift your business to someone that people would want to "date."

29:48-30:53: Clear brand personalities mean either people love or hate you. This shows that you have a clear line in the sand. Find this space that is uniquely yours.

33:09: Hear Andrea's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Andrea online:

Website: iamandreajones.com
Instagram: @iamandreajones
LinkedIn: Andrea Jones

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses worked in collaborative partnership with you and your people? with Rebecca Liston, Rebecca Liston Business Coaching & Consulting Top takeaways: 5:55: Rebecca shares the many sources of intuition and the need to discern exactly where this intuition is coming from. 6:05: In business intuition, the key is to "turn the dial" to tune into the innate intelligence of the business proper. 10:12: The non-emotional part of the business proper is what guides the "matter of fact" intelligence of the business person. This is the concrete, calm, and collected data. 12:05: There is a need to pull in and listen to what clients are saying about a product/service. 13:00: We must work IN PARTNERSHIP with our business. It is our partner, not something to push or pull. This is the energy of the business itself. The data informs the humanity of the business. 17:20 - 20:20: The business intuition model (by Lori Wilson, Inner Access 101) allows us to start opening up ourselves to intuitive insight. This is thinking versus feeling about a problem and understanding the difference between the two. 20:30 - 22:25: Rebecca outlines the 2-Pen Method. This allows us to start tapping into our own intuition/higher inner knowing. 24:25: Business intuition allows us to see the possibilities that our brains just can't. Our brains can only do so much...and we must bypass them to open ourselves and our businesses up to opportunities. 27:30: The business is its own seat at the board table because we are NOT our business. They - the business - are their own energy and therefore deserve their own seat. 28:30: The Business Entity is what has to have the value to move the business itself along...because people will leave the business itself. People are important, of course, yet the business itself holds the value. 30:05 - 32:38: Use business intuition to tune into the company ensures the business lines up with who you are, what the customers need, all while making business sense. This allows more alignment to ensure it grows into something you want it to and not "just because." This allows for a healthy balance to keep growing in a sustainable manner, rather than "luck alone." 34:20: The power of pruning. Read Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward by Dr. Henry Cloud 37:19: Hear Rebecca's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too? Connect with Rebecca online:

Website: rebeccaliston.com Email: rebecca@rebeccaliston.com LinkedIn: Rebecca Liston

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What if....businesses didn't have financial bottlenecks with Brad Celmainis or Brad Celmainis Accounting Solutions

Top takeaways:

6:00: Why accounting should not be done once a year and what's the risk if you don't have efficient systems in place.

9:05: First principle of accounting: everything comes down to cash and you're nothing without it.

9:30: When you put your thumb on your cash, you have your thumb ON your business.

10:30: Why software subscription models for automation can save your business money.

13:31: Traditional accounting is reactive accounting.

14:03: Cloud accounting allows you to latch onto productivity!

15:05: Quickbooks Online (Intuit), Xero , Dext (formerly ReceiptBank) - accounting systems mentioned

16:05 - 18:55: What leaders miss when considering the process or software for their accounting solution - NOT really understanding what accounting is and its systems and data in real-time.

20:05: Cloud accounting allows you to tailor systems to your individual business needs.

23:05 - 24:55: You have to get control of your numbers before you can get stability and peace of mind. This comes down to proper reporting in real-time.

27:46: E-commerce is everything these days as it gives people an opportunity to take an idea and market it effectively.

29:36 - 30:35: Don't ever get hung up on price with subscription-based software as it is an investment. You must look at the RETURN it gives you.

32:35: The E-Myth Enterprise by Michael E. Gerber, working on, not in your business.

35:10: Clarity on what's actually needed. When provided, it's easy to make an impactful decision that brings you peace of mind.

35:58: It's all about making business run more effectively and efficiently - this is what light's Brad up! Build the workflows and systems that work!

43:26: Hear Brad's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Brad online:

Website: https://bradcelmainis.com/
Instagram:@bradcelmainis
Facebook:Brad Celmainis Accounting Solutions
LinkedIn: Brad Celmainis
Twitter: @brad_celmainis

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses modelled doing different instead of doing more with Kylie Woods, Chic Geek

Top takeaways:

5:05: Impact of COVID on event-based business models

5:35: Start with the question of what problem do we want to solve and who are we serving in the best way possible

6:00 - 6:58: The reality of how much mental and emotional resiliency is needed to adopt change

7:10: Effect on women in both for and not-for-profit businesses: research showing COVID has potential to set women back in the workplace with women in the workplace falling to 55%, its lowest since 1986

8:58: There's no timeline on how long it takes to pivot!

9:10: The importance of having funds set aside to support when pivoting is required

11:05: The need for different leadership models where 80 - 100 hours of working does not have to be the norm

12:28: Comparison mode and why this inhibits leaders as we learn our own unique capacity levels. Doing more or doing different?

13:20: Why we need more women role models showing HOW they did things FOR them - Kylie's powerful vulnerability

14:37: Kylie shares her compassion as a leader and why this is important to the success of a business, especially in a socially conscious one that relies on volunteers

16:34 - 17:50: Compassionate leadership and its importance for removing a predetermined understanding of "ideal leadership models"

18:33: The challenge of integrating compassion into our businesses. This often starts with compassion for ourselves

21:00: The commitment to being compassionate to others opens the door for us to be compassionate with ourselves

22:26: What can business look like with a socially conscious/conscious capitalist outlook from the ground up

23:20: Women must step into making profit and be unapologetic about it

24:58: Why non-profits need the business savvy in addition to their heart. The power of cross-pollinating the heart and business for profit minds

26:02: Jacquette Timmon's podcast reference: What you should know about capitalism before you destroy it

26:48: Collaboration - it's not about one OR the other. It's about AND.

27:42: Kylie's advice for young leaders who are just starting out. Hint - it starts by going inward first

30:30: We very rarely are starting back at square one. We have the tools and experiences to support us, even in completely NEW spaces. What does compassion then look like in everyday practices knowing this!

35:15: Hear Kylie's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Kylie online:

Website: thechicgeek.ca; career pathing
Instagram:@chicgeekyyc
LinkedIn: Kylie Woods

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
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What if....businesses allowed employees to thrive with personal brands? with Tracy Borreson, TLB Coaching

Top takeaways:

7:17: The whole point of a brand is to create an experience for someone

7:27: People create experiences...not clever marketing strategies

8:57: You must know who you are as a brand to have the right people manage it for your company

11:02: Do you know if your company only uses the word "culture"...or do they actually have a culture?

12:27: Personal brand alignment = when something resonates with you. When your people are in misalignment, it's hard to get the best out of them for your business.

14:03: Corporate ladders vs. personal brands and what's required to ensure personal investment in growing with your company

15:34 - 17:27: Do the job you love - but do it YOUR way. Highlighting powerhouse professionals owning their personal brands: Kyla Lee, Vancouver Criminal Lawyer and Alice Stephenson, Stephenson Law. Two women in traditionally conservative industries transforming how to work in their fields

18:50: How leaders can support people to contribute as themselves to the larger business personhood. 1) Know your mission and value beyond the written form; 2) Have clarity in communicating these two things

20:43: Use a Love / Loathe List to help your people get aligned and engaged in their roles

27:52: When personal brand misalignment drains and depletes people, they are more likely to leave a company. Organizations are losing good people because of this misalignment

28:10: The role of HR departments is to help employees find their personal brand

28:54: We need to take care of our people as people - not employees. This includes the CEO who is also a real person with human needs

33:07: Clarity comes when we give ourselves space!

33:27: If you want to get the best out of your people, then you have to know who they are as people

39:38: Hear Tracy's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Tracy online:

Website: www.tlbcoaching.com
YouTube: Be a Human in Business Show
Facebook:@brandsthatspeak
Instagram: @tracyborreson11
LinkedIn: @brandsthatspeaks
A Mighty Network: Your Business Peeps

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Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses engaged with a visual stylist? with Crystal Reynolds, Crystal Ink

Top takeaways:

10:51: There's power in not having all the answers, but knowing the questions to ask in order to find them

11:12: Team collaboration is crucial for having a successful end product - including design

12:01: The visuals of a business' personhood comes from knowing how to find your look and feel so the visual represents YOU in YOUR industry, allowing you to easily be recognized

12:46: Design is the visual representation of who you are, what you stand for, and what matters to you. It is an introduction to you

14:42: People can always tell if you've haphazardly thrown together a design

14:54: Comic Sans is designed for COMICS! It should not be used anywhere else!

15:17: Your design has to connect with who is looking for you because they will miss you otherwise.

16:74: You want to be approachable and comfortable for WHO you want to reach

17:36: Design creates the welcome mat to your business

18:43: Crystal shares what happens to the business when there is a disconnect between the design, the story, and the community

20:38: Business as a person gives it a sense of purpose, which translates into what the business itself can do

21:37: There are ways to be intentional with your design so that it works for all people in the business

22.16: A good creative will not tell a business what to do. They'll hear the impact you want to make and translate this into visuals to connect with people where they are

24:06: We must remove our ego to know when we need help with visual representation

26:00: The reason businesses need to be a part of the design PROCESS to understand where we begin and where we end up to ensure there is full connection and engagement with the design

29:13: Consistency in design use build trust

30:33: Hear Crystal's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Crystal online:

Website: www.crystalink.ca
Instagram:@crystalinkca
Faceboo: @crystalink.ca

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses decided to invest in workplace trust? with Shane Osborne, Better Business Bureau

Top takeaways:

5:06: Trust today just isn't the same as it used to be

5:37: Trust means that we must be really honest and transparent as we allow businesses to get to know us, including what we believe in

8:25: Trust has to be a 2-way street, otherwise there will be a breakdown in communication

10:45: Trust comes down to a choice as it informs the ethics of a business. Every Tom, Dick, or Harry can start and run a business, but not every Tom, Dick, or Harry can be ethical in running it

11:43: What message is a company inadvertently sending when they simply do not respond to a customer?

12:40: Customers want to be heard and have a dialogue without being ghosted. This is where the breakdown in trust often happens

14:44: Shane shares how to have hard conversations with clients and it means removing our ownership pride

15:45: We must learn how to have open and transparent conversations, even when we're in the wrong!

17:56: How does trust play in business today and how can we build it now as business continues to change?

21:17: How can new businesses start to build trust when they don't have a history behind them?

23:40: All businesses fail someone, somewhere along the way

24:52: The importance of building trust with your team so they can do the same with your customers. This comes to finding the balance between iron fist management and best friend management

26:22 - 30:58: When coaching people you need to: tell them how to do it, show them how to do it, let them do it, then give feedback. This consistency will build trust and help you tur out employees who do things the way you need them to. It's a system for building trusted employees

31:37: We cannot get angry or frustrated with people when we do not tell them what they can or cannot do

34:32: Culture is what's most important - over and above a paycheque

35:30: Retention is how you measure whether your team trusts you

38:25: Hear Shane's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Shane or the Better Business Bureau online:

Website: bbb.org
Instagram:@bbb_mbc, @bbbcalgary
LinkedIn: Shane Osborne

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses aligned their people plan with their business plan with Ashley Cox, Sprout HR

Top takeaways:

6:59: You are going to fail, regardless of how strategic you are. Make peace with this.

8:17: Women leaders are grossly underrepresented across the board, making it difficult to find leaders to look up to, especially ones we can see ourselves in

9:18: You don't have to change who you are at your core to be an amazing leader - including your femininity. This opens the door of possibility for young female leaders

12:02: How to lead from your natural gifts and strengths so as not to lead like someone you're not

12:43: The hypocrisy between male leader traits when used by female leaders

14:03: Creative business owners often miss these things when looking to hire, including the stories we tell ourselves that hold us back

17:49: A primary difference between the creative business owners and other business owners when hiring

18:49: The truth: EVERYBODY has a problem in hiring when doing so for the first time. You are going to mess up.

21:62: How to leverage our natural strengths and talents to support our business personhood. Hint: it's not about cloning yourself

23:08: Where is your business missing "nutrients" in its personhood?

23:31: You must identify goals in business, where you're going, and what you need to get there

24:36: The answer to when you need to hire someone

25:53: The common harmful business mistakes we make when hiring

27:13: The misalignment that causes your business to suffer

30:19: How to identify the tangible thing you need to start hiring the right person

30:49: The cool thing about your business values and how to identify them

36:49: If you are missing the action that defines your values, you are missing the gold that builds company culture

37:22: The most important job as a CEO is to set the vision and tone of a company. This is through your values becoming an intentional culture. Not culture by default

40:59: Hear Ashley's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Ashley online:

Website: www.sprouthr.co
Instagram:@sprouthr.co
Facebook:@sprouthr.co
Hiring Roadmap: www.sprouthr.co/roadmap

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
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What if....businesses chose to embrace their blank canvas with David Schmeikal, The Gyst Life; Bear and Unicorn Creative Co. Inc.

Top takeaways:

11:06: The process of learning that knowing "that's it" is an ongoing process of exploring what doesn't work to know what does

11:46: Rejection is just PART of our journey

17:11: We need to set the foundation for what we envision. This takes courage and bravery and knowing they are different, yet both required to make progress

19:39: The power of trusting your quiet gut as you continue to ask, "is this it?" and then listening if something is missing

23:32: Stability comes from strong foundations

25:20: Even strong foundations diminish over time. We need to strengthen and reinforce them as we continue to evolve as human beings

27:16: Leaders must be willing to go inward and understand who they are, how they operate, and why this allows them space for growth in curiosity

29:49: How you can go inward without scaring yourself out of the inner conversation comes down to courageously looking inward and asking 1) who do I want to be known as and know myself to be; 2) What kind of person do I want to be?

31:44: There is NO SUCH THING as "getting it right"

33:46: The funny thing about mountain tops...and now what. Having the choice to DECIDE if we want to go further

36:54: Cultivate cultures with people who want to continue to go for more mountain tops

37:41: Are you hikers or climbers in your business as this impacts the directed effort of you and your people within your business personhood

39:56: Leaders - if you commit to getting to know your people, you know the key things that will help to promote or hinder your business. This empowers your people and allows you to create possibilities WITH your people

42:36: We are scarce in this one key thing - TRUST. How can you built it so it doesn't crumble?

45:16: How can we be less fickle as leaders...and as humans?

46:19: There's power in intentionally freeing ourselves from our baggage to create space for something new to show up.

51:21: Do you want to have more TEA (Time, Energy, Attention - our finite resources)? Be careful where you drink your tea.

53:42: Hear David's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with David online:

Website: www.davidscheikal.com
Instagram:@davidschmeikal
Facebook:@theripplemaker
LinkedIn: David Schmeikal
Youtube: David Schmeikal

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses intentionally defined and reinforced their safety behaviour? with Eldeen Pozniak, BA, BSc, CEES, CHSC, CHSMSA, CRSP, FIIRSM, CMIOSH, Pozniak Safety Associates, Diggins Safety Consulting

Top takeaways:

5:55: The choice we make, things we do, responsibilities we fulfill have repercussions

6:12: There are systems and personalities necessary to have a SAFE business where people go home at the end of the day

6:50: What organizations overlook when considering health and safety for the overall health of the business

9:00: We must focus on both the physical AND psychological hazards to see the whole business being

10:00: Businesses can CHOOSE how risky they want to be. This becomes a CULTURE CHOICE

11:35: We can minimize/avoid harm through systematic processes

12:45: Have the right structure, culture, and conversations in place to support us, otherwise we are setting ourselves up for harm - both physical and psychological

14:25: Stories are what's needed for safety for businesses to help their people apply this within their lives and roles as this reinforces how concepts will personally affect them

16:30: People need stories of how other people are affected and not just "it's out there, so beware"

17:17: Stories of safety must:

get people's attention
keep their attention
give concrete images of what is trying to be conveyed
have an EMOTIONAL component
have a CALL TO ACTION

18:20: who's the HERO, and who's the VILLAIN in your business safety story as this impacts the culture and personality of your business

20:20: What influences people and organizations is NOT always the same thing. Is it logic or emotion - know WHO you're communicating safety with and then work your story accordingly (e.g. engineering firm connects differently than a marketing firm)

22:08: Importance of message mapping to ensure the right story is packaged in a way your people will connect to it

24:25: Senior leaders, Health & Safety Supervisors and Managers have to be purposeful in the stories they are building to create the story that reinforces their right behaviour

28:00: Listening is how to start being intentional with your safety stories

31:45: We operate with different definitions of safety. Know the definition that you're operating in so you can connect the value of safety to the behaviour

33:06: It's not about changing people; it's about influencing them

35:07: We must connect all parties to communicate the vision & goals of the business personhood to operate at its most optimal, healthy level as a fully functioning organism

38:20: the heroes MUST be the ones who are doing the behaviour we want reinforced. The villains - discourage the behaviour.

41:51: Hear Eldeen's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Eldeen online:

Website: pozniaksafety.com
LinkedIn: Eldeen Pozniak

Connect with Lindsay online:

Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses created mental health socially instead of through a workshop? with Connie Jakab, Brave Parent Institute, Brave Tribe, Wellness Innovates

Top takeaways: 4:14: "Bring them closer" - what this means in Connie's story and why we should never send the hurting away

7:52: A program is not mental health. So, how can companies truly cultivate a culture that supports TRUE mental health?

8:41: A mentally healthy workplace looks like belonging

8:54: Connie shares the number one desire of your employees

9:12: Mental health is created socially

10:15: Belonging creates resilience. YET - belonging is not created by the employer. It is created by the people within an organization

11:28: There is impact when there is a lack of meaningful work and purpose. Reference Johann Hari, Lost Connections

12:08: A sense of workplace belonging directly impacts your productivity and bottom line

13:52 - 15:11: Connie highlights ways to take mental health conversations and turn them into ACTION for belonging POST workshop

18:39: Switching the onboarding process to create learned experiences over telling people what your vision, mission and values are

20:16 - 21:18: Connie's passion is to impact the future youth. And this becomes about connecting parents and their workplaces as the workplace is who holds the parents of the kids who need to be brought closer.

21:23: When we impact the workplace, we impact the home. When we impact the home, we impact our youth.

23:58: Connie provides tools to encourage connection and conversations with teams

24:53: We want to support people...we just do not know how! This is consistent right across Canada as shared through previous Let's Talk Hope conferences on Bell's Let's Talk day

25:54: Support in the workplace does not magically happen. We have to create it with intention

26:28: National Hope Movement, Let's Talk Hope - mental health conference on Bell Let's Talk Day. January 28, 2021: is a national conversation around mental health - how ALL of Canada is doing - to open the eyes of people across all ages, genders, provinces and territories Join the conference, register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lets-talk-hope-canada-tickets-129606874651

For more info, visit: www.nationalhopemovement.com

33:07: Hear Connie's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Connie online: Instagram: @conniejakab LinkedIn: Connie Jakab Connect with Wellness Innovate: Website: wellnessinnovate.com Instagram: @wellnessinnovate

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What if....businesses prioritized mental health the same as physical health with Juliet Meskers, Mental Health Global Network

Top takeaways:

5:43: Juliet provides the definition of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

7:58: Friends 4 Friends, University of Delaware. The story of how Mental Health Global Network came into being.

11:22: Why include mental health as a priority for your business and how businesses can begin to prioritize mental health on an equivalent level to that of physical health.

14:40: If your employees are not functioning at their full capacity, then neither is your business.

15:15: Statistics regarding mental health in the workplace (US States):

200 million workdays lost / year due to depression
The average individual takes 10 days off / year because of depression or anxiety
these numbers impact INDIVIDUALS, which impacts the business, which then impacts the greater economy...circling back and creating stressors in our monetary-focused society

19:30: Tools for leaders to support their team's mental health:

First - lead the conversation that mental health matters AND exists. This shows that mental health does not make one weak. It allows people to know they will be safe and supported to share and will not lose their job because of a mental illness
Take affirmative action between your community members and health care providers, helping to provide resources and share the signs of a mental health break

27:26: The impact that awareness within the younger generations entering the workforce today is having on the business world

31:40: Mental health education SAVES LIVES. Period.

32:49: We are more likely to witness a panic or anxiety attack in our office than a heart attack.

33:57 - 34:50: 1 in every 5 individuals suffers from mental illness. The impact of early education on physical first aid has shown to decrease the stats of cardiac arrest. If we see the impact that early physical education can have, why are we not implementing the same early education for mental health first aid?

38:14: Hear Juliet's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Juliet and the Mental Health Global Network online:

Website: www.mhgn.org
Instagram: @mentalhealthglobalnetwork
Facebook: @mentalhealthglobalnetwork
Mental Health First Aid Training: https://youtu.be/ATRXstR9rw0;
Mental Health First Aid Kit: https://youtu.be/TtqAukaDjao

Connect with Lindsay online:

Website: www.thewriteharle.com

Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle

Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle

LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz

Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com

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What if businesses reflected to move forward with purpose?

Top takeaways:

2:50: Lindsay Recknell's definition of hope and why leaders should focus on hope and what this means for their people

4:11: Hamish Knox's genius about focusing on our individual behaviours to help us reach our mountain tops

5:07: Elise Russell's brilliance in asking: if we're already the best versions of ourselves today...then what's the point of the next 60 years?

6:24: Luanne Whitmarsh insights into why leaders should kindly allow crappy days to happen...and what this actually does for our people

7:43: Mary Tidlund's beautiful story of how collaboration is a true disruptor for how business has traditionally been done

8:35: Tymothy Roy's calming influence highlighting it's about the WHO not the HOW

8:59: The importance of aligning our actions, behaviours, and words to focus on people and treat them with true value

To connect with Lindsay:

Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com
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What if....businesses created their own leaps and bounds? with Tymothy Roy, Tymothy Roy Coaching

Top takeaways:

8:34 - 9:43: Traditional coaching styles versus individual mindset coaching boils down to shifting who you are while you are doing

10:49 - 12:02: The importance of speaking from a future self space in order to pull the future towards you

14:14: What is business is personal? After all, business is created BY people FOR people. So, if you're looking for a shift in your business, go back to why you started in the first place

15:49: Shift in business happens ONLY when shift in people happen

19:32: Aubrey Marcus reference, https://www.aubreymarcus.com/

20:33: Is it time to redefine what leadership is to you?

24:41: Is is the right vision for you...is it a vision that also stretches you enough?

25:38: Leadership is destined within everybody. It just looks different for you.

32:49: What are the conversations and thoughts you have with a higher level of your self?

35:24: Stop asking what do I want to become. Focus on who do I want to become and when do I want to become?

37:51: Esoteric thoughts are easier to understand when they are just put into action

39:24: The energy power of engaging curiosity!

40:29: EPIC storytelling is your actual transformational piece

43:44: Corporate Compartaliztion - this current model is the separation model that is keeping things broken

48:38: Stop asking how. The how shows up when the who shows up.

51:04: Stumble through showing up as your future self. This is okay as you learn to be WHO...not HOW

52:26: Dan Sullivan, Strategic Coach reference, https://www.strategiccoach.com/

57:58: Successful people understand that their inner world determines their outer one.

58:06: Tym dives into the "freedom from, freedom to, freedom because" model.

1:02: Hear Tymothy's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Arbinger Institute reference,https://arbingerinstitute.com/shop.html

Connect with Tymothy online:

Website: www.tymothyroy.com
Online School: www. tymothyroy.com/staytuned

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What if....businesses cared about eating their veggies before their cake with Lisa Genovese, BottomLine

Top takeaways:

8:18: For any recommendation to have an impact, it must have data to support the WHY!

10:12: When you dive into the data research, you can identify gaps in the business, allowing for deeper insights into marketing

11:08: The issue with "Spraying and Praying" - jumping into implementation without research to support a real strategy. This has you run the risk of developing something that doesn't serve, leaving you to then redo. (There's a reason we must eat our veggies before the cake)

12:58: What does your company do best? Ask this of all the execs in your company. If they cannot say the same thing...then there is misalignment in your company

14:00: Evolutionary Leader Stories, https://www.wearebottomline.com/bottomline/

Lisa's passion project to showcase leaders and their knowledge: their learnings, lessons, struggles, and expertise of truly unique companies

15:58: Relationships are key for business entities to healthily thrive.

19:28: For business growth, leaders must invest in:

A coach - to have a support system with guidance
Relationships and support of our peers

20:29: Ask yourself - what do YOU as a leader NEED to LEAD?

21:28: Marketing tools and tactics for healthy businesses. Start by asking:

Where are you now?
Where do you want to go?
What steps do you need to start before you go and start picking tools off the shelf?

22:15 - 24:18: A few of Lisa's favourite tools:

Wrike: www.wrike.com
ActiveCampaign: www.activecampaign.com
Hubspot for Sales (free version): www.hubspot.com

24:36: KISS - Keep It Simple, Silly: the model we should look at for life

26:08: We must learn how to say now, so we can say YES

28:15: Hear Lisa's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Lisa and BottomLine online:

Website: https://www.wearebottomline.com/
LinkedIn: Lisa Genovese, BottomLine
Twitter: @BottomLineInc

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What if....businesses lead by 'power with' instead of by 'pocketbook'? with Mary Tidlund, Speaker, Author, Philanthropic Coach

Top Takeaways:

6:05: Mary's personal journey leading from the pocketbook to leading from the heart. She shares the honest vulnerability required of her journey to support the philanthropic empowerment work she continues to do today.

6:58: We lead often without knowing that we are leading

8:17: When presented with a very humbling experience, we can choose to dig deep and tap into our moral compass. These experiences allow us to look at who we are and what we really want to be in this world.

11:23: Mary's definition of "rebel" and what this means within the oil industry. Often involves not being concerned with other's watching what you're doing because of the focus on the impact of what you are doing. There's no need to try to fit in, so it's those who are really considered "norm disruptors."

14:28: The power highlighted when a business actively engages and supports the community they live and work in.

15:33 - 16:35: The diverse education and work experience of the company Mary, along with three other co-founders, founded in the late 1980's succeeded because there was a culture of respect for everyone and what they all brought. This respect for the individual allowed for greater adaptability. Three steps for doing this include:

Listen to where the person is coming from
Learn their language (how they communicate and what's important to them)
Respect them for who they are

17:58 - 21:31: "Power with" model that Mary uses with her philanthropic goals and successes. The key is to align with partners who share your values and you are committed to the goal and not having power over another.

25:28: Hear Mary''s answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Mary online:

Website: www.marytidlund.com

LinkedIn: Mary Tidlund

Find Mary's book, Memoirs of a Wildcat:

Online: https://www.marytidlund.com/bookstore-1

Shelf Life Books, Calgary: 1302 4 Street S.W.

Cafe Books, Canmore: 100, 826 Main Street

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What if....businesses kindly allowed crappy days with Luanne Whitmarsh, ARBI (Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured)

Top takeaways:

4:24: Great leaders equal great teachers.

7:04 A business is a reflection of the people; both those who are the recipients of its services and those within the business itself. Meaning - if there is a negative feeling from the business, it's often from the top down. This trickles down, resulting in a sick business. You FEEL this in a business.

9:09: Do you know what actually DEFINES the health of your business? And how can you do this with the ebbs and flows of life?

11:09: It's okay to have a crappy day...and acknowledge this. This allows you to then:

Get support via programs, people, and so on to address your own inner story
Teach your team to do this (simply by doing it yourself)
Allow "off" days to happen. And then move forward.

13:28: It should not challenge you to answer "am I true to my mission?" If it does, this is an opportunity to dig into WHY and what can be done about this.

Luanne's analogy of "knickers in a knot" provides a great visual!

14:05: What does a business that is KIND in purpose look like?

Involves checking all ego at the door
Identifying how this business helps our fellow citizens - our community.

16:34 - 18:21: Being kind as a business starts with three steps:

If you're a good listener...listen to yourself
If you want to be a good person...be good to yourself
If you want someone to be good to you...be good to them.

This allows us to start from the basics of being a child who simply trusts and loves again. It becomes about changing the standards of what it means to be a kind, impactful leader.

20:26: Leaders should not set themselves up as completely separate from their teams

21:24: Mental health is something that happens TO us...but it doesn't have to be ABOUT us. We don't have to "live with it" we can work it!

22:19: Must first rebalance our business personhood before we can continue forward

23:11: Who are the people who have your answers? It's your workers. They always do. Ask them

24:21: Difference between eustress and duress. Stress has its place...it's not bad. But we must know its place and purpose

27:54: Power of observation as a leader. It's crucial to use your eyes and not be blind to what is truly going on.

33:14: hear Luanne's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Luanne online:

Website: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI)
LinkedIn: Luanne Whitmarsh, RSW, CPCA
Email:luanne@arbi.ca
Phone: 1-403-217-4228

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What if....businesses behaved boldly for growth while making incremental shifts? with Elise Russell of Pony Friday

Top takeaways:

7:03: The power of giving yourself the space you need allows you the power to shed pieces of yourself that no longer serve you as you go forward.

8:11: Behave Boldly; Elise's raw tale of shedding light on

what it means to be an entrepreneur;
what it means to define a version of yourself; and
what it means to define your version of success

9:06: What could redefining these mean for your business...and your life? This is about accepting what you want that may not make sense to others - or even yourself - in the moment. It's about listening to, and then embracing your instincts

11:09: COVID and its impact on businesses - EVERY INDIVIDUAL on your team became more of their own identity in the chaos. This showed the larger segmentation of teams and its impact on having to consider the added anxiety in the current climate. COVID allowed businesses to see that individuals required understanding and compassion for each person.

13:04: How can we adjust our understanding - and our pace - to be able to now accommodate individuals along the way as pivots, market changes, and pandemics continue to draw attention to the people within a business?

14:54: You have to decide how to handle things when they hit the fan. See this as a time for emotional growth.

19:29: We have to understand the power of incremental shifts...and that they can take a long time. This relies on three things:

Shifting your mindset that things may take time and must be done in steps
Knowing (and then taking) the steps you have to take
NOT putting a timeline on growth

21:13: Think - if you were the best possible version of yourself tomorrow, what's the point of the next 60 years?

22:14: Elise shares the ONE mistakes businesses make with their business and their brands.

25:04: The most important thing we can do in our business, in our lives, is to navigate human connections

25:13: Sometimes - the best move we can take is to simply PAUSE

27:39: There are so many opportunities. These are opportunities to redefine ourselves and understand who we really are and who we really want to be looking forward now

31:14: Hear Elise's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Pony Friday online:

Website: https://ponyfriday.com
Behave Boldly: www.behavebold.com
Kiss My Pony App: www.kissmypony.com
Instagram: @ponyfriday
Facebook: @ponyfriday
LinkedIn: Pony Friday
Twitter:@ponyfriday
Youtube: Pony Friday
Pinterest: @ponyfriday

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What if....businesses added a bit of EQ to their IQ for real organizational excellence? with Sandra Crozier-McKee, Facilitator, Executive Coach, Speaker

Top takeaways:

6:36: A business of excellence is clear on their values, principles, and who they are as a person. They understand that they are the sum of their parts.

7:57 - 9:42: The best businesses are a combination of EQ and IQ

A surgeon can have the best skills...but if they cannot regulate their emotions on a bad day, do you really want them operating on you?

10:35 - 16:36: What exactly is Emotional Intelligence?

Daniel Goleman: responsible for bringing the term into everyday lexicon
Self-awareness - understanding what your emotions are
Self-regulation - understanding what's appropriate for your emotions
Social behaviour - not discussed in this episode
Motivation - ETHICAL motivation. Within a company, this often relies upon a strong vision, mission, and values IN ACTION
Empathy

17:39: Empathy and leaders - how to balance the empathy for the people on the team with the realities of running a business

20:57: Leaders have feelings too. You cannot be empathetic without showing the gaps in your own armour

27:46: the PERSONAL vision of the leader is what often dictates the vision and mission of the overall organization. This comes from the top BUT is supported from the bottom.

The vision and mission attract people who share the same vision and approach to life.

29:27: STOP for a moment. Imagine your business without your PEOPLE today. Not the positions...but the people. How does that change your business and role as a leader?

29:52: I/R Theory (Identity/Role Theory).

Discover the power of removing the role titles we have. What's left is our identity. This is always a 10 (out of 10)
Dive into why we're so connected to people in helping us define our roles

32:32 - 34:25: EQ of a business can be intentionally developed by choosing to focus and create positive neural pathways

This often comes from increasing our vocabulary of emotional words. We need to do this for many reasons. One, in particular, is younger generations are being taught EQ earlier and bringing this understanding into the workforce. Businesses without EQ will be unable to attract or retain this generation.

35:52: Where to start developing your EQ. Your business VISION, asking:

Is this a strong vision?
Are we actively living and working towards this every day?
If not, where's the gap from what we're doing to where we want to go?

36:32: Tylenol Case study and the power of their vision. At a massive loss, recalled product that was harming population because vision said that they, "did not do harm." By recalling, they were able to:

Create a new and different product (tamper-proof bottles)
Made the product safer to sell
People came back as customers because of the values and vision that were shown in ACTION

38:45: hear Sandra's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Sandra online:

Website: www.hamish.sandler.com; about
LinkedIn: Sandra Crozier-McKee
Email: Sandra.Crozier-Mckee@sandler.com

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What if....businesses decided to first give, rather than make, people earn respect with Judith Virag of Clean Club Calgary.

Top takeaways:

6:38: Judith shares the 2 things missing in her business that, when added, transformed in

Professionalism - which boils down to respect
Fun

7:22: Respect - there are two ways of giving it. One is to make people earn it. The other is to simply give it with trust. When we simply give it with trust, THIS is what begins to make a business human because we see our team, our people, as such.

8:58: How can leaders add more "human" back into their business and leadership

Continuously be learning. Stay open-minded - particularly if you're working with people. Which...we all are
Know your industry and how your business operates as a person within it. This includes staying up to date on your industry.

11:20: Judith's shares how she hindered her own business for years and what she did to stop being her biggest hurdle

Big takeaway - get a coach. This helps to remove the isolation leaders feel while creating accountability.
Just TRY. Always try your hardest. Whether this is showing respect to customers AND also your people, along with being willing to jump in and do what you are asking your people to do.
Be grateful. Show your team that by working together, you're all making a bigger impact.

14:53 - 18:38: Connection - face to face connection, building trust between people

Create moments for your team to connect and show them appreciation
Judith speaks to Brene Brown's Dare to Lead and the power of physically writing down and then sharing together what each person is grateful for and why

21:21: Promoting from within is great...but not always the right move

Hear Judith's lesson on how she learned that just because one has great skills as a cleaner, does not mean they have the personality to be a manager.
This is about giving the people the right skills while also making sure you have the right person in the right position so the whole business personhood can thrive! b

23:52: hear Judith's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Clean Club Calgary online:

Website: www.cleanclubcalgary.com
Instagram:@cleanclubcalgary
Facebook:@cleanclubcalgary
LinkedIn: Clean Club Calgary, Judith Virag

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What if....businesses embraced their fear of real growth with Jenn Lofgren, Incito

Top takeaways:

5.25: We all have a story about someone when we hear their bio, but it's never their whole story. Listen to Jenn's story about growing up homeless at the age of 16, being a mechanical assistant in the Canadian Reserves, her career as an assistant to an interior designer and how this is not actually in her bio.

8.47 - 10:37: The biggest hindrance to leadership: FEAR mindset that shows up in three main areas.

To be liked
To be right
To win.

To be an effective leader, we must let go of all three of these fears.

11:02 - 12:14: Our identity should not be defined by our role as "leader"

This allows more choice and ability to belong within the leader role
Allows us to be more willing to stand alone
Allows us to shift our mindset from scarcity to abundance

13:22: Even in seemingly "choiceless" situations, we always have a choice

14:42 - 16:50: Value behind a coach is rarely about the problem one goes to a coach for

Hear how one of Jenn's clients learned to exchange their toxic behaviours
There is a gift to having someone support you as you start to see your behaviours and values in action

17:22 - 19:42: There is power in conflict.

Conflict is an internal issue, not an external one. Having someone move through conflict with you can create a positive impact

20:37: Leadership is difficult and requires you to step into vulnerability time and again. The key is to work with someone to help you sort through this as you cannot do leadership work along

23:17 - 24:15: How to start embracing conflict, critical feedback, and growth

Talk to someone
Go through an assessment tool - such as a 360 Assessment - for an objective path forward
Look for the 2% truth in any type of assessment providing feedback.

25:52 - 26:52: Fear isn't about leaping out of it. It's baby-stepping your way through it. It's about giving you control over how you want to show up each day.

28:18: hear Jenn's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Jenn and Incito online:

Website: http://incito.ca
LinkedIn: Jenn Lofgren

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What if....businesses chose to be better than zero, one teeny % at a time with Hamish Knox, Sandler Training

Update since interview: register for Hamish's sample Sandler Session called Why Salespeople Fail and What You Can Do About It:

November 20: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm MST
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Top takeaways:

7:08: Hamish's own Business as a Person story and how this impacted his leadership style

Highlights the importance of WHY behind our actions

10:10: Growth happens in small, baby, consistent steps.

This is what being better than zero is and why high achievers often struggle in understanding it's the small steps, not the giant leaps, that lead to sustainable, consistent growth

11:30 - 14:32: Discover on what hinders the communication of your business and how you can make this a strengths

Hint: adaptation is key as it doesn't matter what you say...it matters what other people hear

14:58: Hear a case study on the impact communication had on a business from the workshop floor

17:08 - 21:40: Tools to assess where your communication, attitude, behaviours, etc.. are within your business personhood

Attitude: it's about them, not me/us
Behaviour: Adapting and modifying proactive activities
Technique: Focus on questions that speak to a biggest fear OR to bring them into the future

24:03: Learn how companies can communicate with other companies as "people" in a community

26:03: Leaders - are you showing the BEHAVIOURS that back your values. These actions are your real core values. To help your team implement these values and communicate as a business, these behaviours should be defined in a way that's:

Specific
Measurable

28:08: Leaders are the Rope Builder for their team.

What does Hamish mean by this
What exactly does this mean for leaders who claim to be living their business values

31:08: Good person, bad fit. Learn what this belief means within a business personhood

33:51: Do you know what daily, weekly, monthly actions you (as a business) need to be taking to support the overall personhood health of your business? Discover why defining these is crucial to success.

34:00: Be a guest of Sandler Training! Register at www.hamish.sandler.com/guest

34:43: hear Hamish's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Hamish and Sandler Training online:

Website: www.hamish.sandler.com
Instagram:@sandlerincyyc
LinkedIn: Sandler Training in Calgary

Specific links:

What is the Sandler Support Process from discovery to development: www.hamish.sandler.com/howtosandler
Sandler Agreements with prospects, clients, vendors, and partners: www.hamish.sandler.com/agreements
Client Testimonials...because Sandler works!: www.hamish.sandler.com/about/testimonials

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What if....tomorrow could be better than today with Lindsay Recknell, Expert in Hope; Hope Motivates Podcast

Top takeaways:

11:45: Hope plays a major role within any business and it cannot be undervalued

12:34: Lindsay's definition of hope: The future will be better than today by taking actions that we can control

14:32: Hope is something that can be taught and is extremely contagious. When hope dwindles, surround yourself with actively hope-filled people

16:27: Hope Theory defined as GOALS + AGENCY THINKING + PATHWAYS THINKING where goals = what; agency thinking = individual why; pathways thinking = how

17:10: the difference between hopeful people and optimistic people

19:14: Brain's Hope Circuit Can engage the hope circuit by tapping into your curiosity. Curiosity sparks hope

23:00 - 25:30: how to tap into hope for your business Example: Bring HOPE THEORY into your performance reviews. This will tap into the personal goals and agency thinking of the team member, helping to build out a more hopeful and active pathways thinking

30:45: hear Lindsay's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Lindsay Recknell online:

Website: https://expertinhope.com/

Mental Health in the Workplace Programming: https://expertinhope.com/programs/workplace-mental-health/ (mention Business are People Too! A Podcast) to get 25% off!

Hope Motivates Action Podcast: https://anchor.fm/hope-motivates-action

Instagram: @lindsayrecknell

Facebook: @expertinhope

LinkedIn: Lindsay Recknell

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What if....businesses used the power of story with Suzy & Trevor Rounce, Switchback Creative

Top takeaways:

12:59: why businesses need a story / foundational brand

the power of stories across humanity
stories are how we learn lesson and understand people
story is the foundation for connection

18:55: Substance stories are within everyone. They merely need to be pulled out and crafted

21:25: All businesses have a story inside of use, especially those who are past the startup phase. It's important to reflect to see where you are now, why and how you got to where you are, and what does that mean to your audience?

23:20: 3 questions for getting the story out of yourself NOW

Why did you start this (your business)?
Why are you now doing what you're doing?
What problem do you solve for your hero? (hint...you are NOT the hero in your business story)

31:00: The power of investing in community as a business strategy

Highlighting, Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business by Bruce Poon Tip

35:40: one of Suzy and Trevor's favourite client story transformations

Evolve Surface Strategies: www.evolveinc.ca

39:20 Trailblazer Fund non-profit applications. Closes November 13, 2020:

open to all non-profits in Canada
https://switchbackcreative.ca/trailblazer-fund/

40:17: hear Suzy and Trevor's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Switchback Creative online:

Website: https://switchbackcreative.ca/
Instagram: @switchback4ever
Facebook: @switchbackcreative
LinkedIn: Switchback Creative
Twitter: @switchback4ever

Looptail: How One Company Changed The World By Reinventing Busine

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What if....businesses lead with heart-centred leadership with Tanya Koshowski, Executive Director, Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids; Founder, Tanya K. Consulting

UPDATE FOR LISTENERS SINCE EPISODE RECORDED: Tanya has recently launched a People Centered Leadership Cohort. This is a community of opportunity-focused people to create human connection, shared learning, results and togetherness! This group is a bi-monthly cohort of leaders learning, connecting and growing together. There is content monthly to guide the group and conversation. For more info about joining this community of people centered leaders, visit: http://tanyak.ca/people-centered-leadership-cohort

Top takeaways:

8:44 - 12:15: The People Centered Leadership framework for leading from the heart

Listen to yourself;
Know your purpose;
Care about others

Crucial to see our people as a whole person When you care for your people, they'll build into your business

14:00: How to tap into your authentic, real self as a leader when your world is falling apart

20:20: Compassion fatigue IS REAL What do leaders need to do to make sure they're able to show up with compassion and focus on the long term purpose/vision of the organization

22:37: A healthy bottom line MUST ensure that your people are healthy

29:00: The power of a CARE MEETING to create productive teams Download Tanya's free guide for "How to Plan and Facilitate a care and connect" meeting that will have your team more engaged, loyal, and productive...even remotely! Download at www.wearebettertogether.ca.

32:00: Leadership starts with yourself. Tanya shares her personal tips for tapping into your heart-centred self Be vulnerable to share where your head/heart's at Take time to accept, feel, and move through it Model this to your people.

34:02: Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids Childhood hunger is a harsh reality in our city. Kids can't learn, grow, or have the opportunity to reach their full potential if they don't have the food they need and a sense of love and belonging that other people care for them! Be a #heroforhungrykids with Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids www.bb4ck.org/take-action

36:05: hear Tanya's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Tanya online:

Website: https://tanyak.ca/

Instagram: @tanyakyyc

Facebook: @tanyakyyc

LinkedIn: Tanya Koshowski

Twitter: @tanyakyyc

Connect with Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids:

Website: https://bb4ck.org/

Instagram: @bb4ck

Facebook: @bb4ck

Youtube: Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids

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What if...businesses realized that they are people too? Host Lindsay Harle begins exploring why exactly businesses are people.

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The definition of a corporation in Canada states that it is a separate, live entity, capable of entering into contracts, committing a crime, owning property, and so on. To learn more about this, visit: www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cd-dgc.nsf/eng/cs06641.html

3:50: The importance of resiliency for humans and for businesses

4:40: What is it that your people need to do/be/have in order to support a thriving business

5:04 - 6:35: How to develop a healthy business mind

6:40 - 8:30: How to maintain a healthy business body

8:31 - 10:20: How to grow a healthy business soul

Connect with Lindsay Online:

Podcast Website: www.businessesarepeopletoopodcast.com

Clarity Consulting: www.lindsayharle.com

Brand Building: www.thewriteharle.com

Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle

Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle

LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz

Email: lindsay@thewriteharle.com

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