The Qi to Culture Podcast with Tom Kelley: Recent Episodes
Tom Kelley
The Qi To Culture podcast with Tom Kelley is dedicated to exploring the intangible reasons why some workplaces thrive and others stagnate. It features experts and leaders in the corporate culture field, offering a deep look into some of the more subtle and increasingly relevant aspects of what makes great chemistry within teams and organizations. Brought to you by Quantious.
Gina and Tom explore how self awareness is the key to communication in the workplace; and how using behavioral assessments like DISC puts control of the quality of communication in the hands of the employees.
Rachel Druckenmiller is on a mission to humanize the workplace by activating resilient, connected and compassionate leaders and teams. Recognized as the #1 Health Promotion Professional in the U.S., a 40 Under 40 Game Changer, and one of The Daily Record’s Leading Women of 2020, she is a national thought leader in the field of wellbeing and employee engagement.
Saiyyidah Zaidi is a certified business and high-performance coach, trainer, and former architect. She is on a mission to share the wisdom of the RESULTS method, which stands at the intersection of project management, positive psychology, and personal growth. Saiyyidah shares her knowledge in a straightforward, practical, yet relatable way.
Jesse Harless, Founder of Entrepreneurs in Recovery, master facilitator, and HeartMath trainer, has a mission to change the world of mental health and addiction recovery — one conversation at a time. In this episode, he shares his vision of a better world and gives a peek into his Amazon best-selling book Smashing Your Comfort Zone with Cold Showers.
Tom Monte, author of over 30 books on health and healing, outlines what is happening under the surface in today’s society as we confront the current crises. He offers a different and healthier way to look at the emotional and physical challenges we are facing, focusing more within than on circumstances outside of ourselves.
We talk to Coach Michael Taylor on Juneteenth about race relations, empowerment, and being an eternal optimist. Michael is an entrepreneur, author (8 books), motivational speaker and radio and TV show host who has dedicated his life to empowering men and women to reach their full potential by transforming their lives from the inside out.
We talk to Robin Rosenberg about her company Live in Their World.
Live in Their World (LITW) is a program to help employees develop more respectful ways to interact with each other. We use proprietary, research-backed training techniques and immersive technologies such as VR to foster deeper understanding of why colleagues from different demographic groups may experience certain interactions as disrespectful and uncivil. With that understanding, we then help employees develop and practice new skills for respectful engagement at work.
Sean Harvey, Founder and Chief Compassion Officer @ Symponia, Inc. is a compassion-inspired leadership and organization development consultant. In this episode, Sean explores the challenges and opportunities around healthy gender dynamics in the workplace.
The Azoffs and Posmantiers, facilitators of the powerful father/daughter weekend experience Journey Into The Heart, share the secrets of creating an amazing culture. A culture that creates a safe container for adult, teen and young daughters — and their fathers — to grow, cry, laugh and connect deeply together.
Dr. Ken Harris is a chiropractor, educator, lecturer, workshop presenter, and the founder and director of the Waldwick Wellness Center of New Jersey. In this episode, he talks to Tom about the magic, meaning, and mystery of synchronicity.
Deanna Senior, PhD, is an executive coach and founder of DSS Advisory. Join Deanna and Tom to learn about the differences between the climate and culture of an organization and how one can improve both.
Dr. Michael Sapiro, PsyD takes us on a deep dive into the possibilities of conscious leadership and vibrant workplaces.
New York based Design Operations Lead, Kamdyn Moore, discusses the importance of a good designer having the four pillars of a healthy culture, the soft skills of a hostage negotiator, and putting the "what and why" over the "how and when”.
Ray Arata is a California based integrative-leadership coach, inclusion consultant, and cultural facilitator with over 10,000 hours working with men. He brings a much needed experiential point of view that supports organizations in meeting men where they are and guiding them on an inclusionary leadership journey where everyone in the organization belongs. Ray and Tom explore diversity, inclusion, and what healthy masculinity in the workplace really means.
Ray Arata is a California based integrative-leadership coach, inclusion consultant, and cultural facilitator with over 10,000 hours working with men. Ray brings a much needed experiential point of view that supports organizations in meeting men where they are, and guiding them on an inclusionary-leadership journey where everyone in the organization belongs. Ray and Tom discuss the ally continuum and the genesis of the Better Man Conference.
Legendary community builder Bill Kauth recounts the birth of the Mankind Project, the learned skill of belonging, and how tribes strengthen through commitment and ritual.
Joshua Gribschaw-Beck explains how Personal Empowerment Songs can help reverse non-supportive beliefs and open people to their true potential. He describes how in the process of making the songs, he partners with socially-conscious musicians contributing to the triple-bottom-line.
Joshua Gribschaw-Beck, founder of Thrive Alive Integrative Business Consulting & Strategy, explains how he helps successful leaders do more of what they love in their businesses, and less of what they don’t, by taking personal responsibility for their own conditioning through a Personal EmpowerMe Song Experience.
Purpose coach and big thinker, Andy Swindler, explains the power of leading from love and how technology can counteract the epidemic of loneliness in the world with his new project Feel Real.
Terry Wildeman, purveyor of resilience, leadership and business wisdom, shares the vital connection between intuition and emotions in the running of an organization.
Ed Wise, CEO of the energy company Positive Energy, explores where positive energy comes from in thriving individuals, companies and teams.
Business Consultant and Executive Coach Bill Prinzivalli explores the pioneering use of improv to enhance many facets of business culture.
Ken Silvestri, psychotherapist, aikido black belt and author of The Wider Lens, explores wide-ranging concepts including systems, liminal space, and overwhelm.
John Nelson outlines the importance of setting the tone for company culture, and how standard operating procedures create a framework for greatness.
Rachel Conerly and Tim Kelley delve deeper into the workings of the Collaborative Operating System. They explore the five elements that make up the system, as well as the best practices and challenges of implementation.
Rachel Conerly and Tim Kelley join the podcast to outline the inner workings of the Collaborative Operating System as an alternative to hierarchy. They elaborate on the facilitation of win-win situations, and the difference between ownership and alignment.
Jeanette Bronee is the CEO & Founder of Path for Life Inc., a keynote speaker, performance strategist and executive coach. In this episode she explores rethinking performance from the inside out to foster a healthy work environment and stop burnout culture. She discusses her work with companies to achieve peak performance and sustainable success, humanize work, and bring empathy skills to leadership.
Gisele Garcia Shelley, executive coach and organizational consultant, explains why leadership is the key to company culture and how to unlock the potential of high-performance teams. She also shares compelling research on the challenges women leaders face.
Keith Merron speaks on radical self responsibility, relationships, leadership and more.
Rich Iannuzzi discusses the importance of balance, breathing, and unblocking energy in life and work, as well as the the meaning and nature of Qi.
Mike Robbins, team performance expert, keynote speaker and author of four books including “Bring Your Whole Self to Work," discusses the mysteries of team chemistry, the importance of emotional intelligence, psychological safety in the workplace, and lowering the waterline to find common ground.