Come along for an amazing personal story of challenge, perservance, and triumph. The payoff for us is that Martine Kalaw, proprieter of a high impact consultancy bearing her name and the author of two books, shares her well-earned perspective and empathy with us in ways that allow us to set aside the shame and blame approach and instead invite people into constructive efforts to open up dialogues that lead to understanding, connection, and progress. https://martinekalaw.com Books: The ABC's of D...
Apr 18, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chaplain Sharon Burniston bravely and forthrightly shares some of her lessons from losing her vision to battling Parkinson's...lessons she applies through her palliative care ministry; lessons we all can benefit from. Her YouTube video, Alone in a Crowd https://youtu.be/4Qu-XKwPpNg is poignant and practical. She shares some of the elements of her philosophy and helps us find delight in our everyday life....
Apr 04, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In his just released book, The Radical Enterprise https://itrevolution.com/a-radical-enterprise/ , Matt K. Parker guides us through the four imperatives of the radical collaboration needed to save us from the repeated missteps we take by trying to foster innovation and engagement through mandate and hierarchy. Learn how to snatch sanity from madness by taking even small steps informed by the actual human condition as opposed to the one we've made up and maintained for centuries that is predicate...
Mar 28, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast SHIFT CEO and two-time best-selling author, Joe Mechlinski, returns to the IFOW to share his insights about the stories we tell ourselves and each other in pursuit of purpose, fulfillment, and impact. This lively conversation has something for everyone - including pretending today is unique, participation trophies, and the Norwegian Winter Olympic Team!...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast We live in unprecedented and unpredictable times…sort of a climate change circumstance for organizations. So what are leaders and activators to do? How will they facilitate sensemaking for themselves and their teams? Dr. Ciela Hartanov, who runs innovation and strategy firm humcollective , is an alumna of Google, and the author of the forthcoming book, "Reclaiming Sensitivity," provides an understanding of how to grow well beyond the Industrial Age thinking that remains a cornerstone of our enga...
Mar 02, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brad Federman, Founder and CEO of PerformancePoint and author of Cultivating Culture , joins us for a lively discussion about leadership, engagement, and performance and offers great counsel about ways to help teams discover and live their possible. Can people really learn to walk the talk...tune in and find out. We also cover issues of vertical and follical challenge, because some of us are short and bald!...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast As many business books, seminars, programs and such that continue to be churned out, effective leadership remains an ongoing science project: hypothesis, test, observations, conclusions, update, repeat. Light the candle and see what sort of height and orbit we can achieve. Rocket Science! The IFOW is thrilled to welcome an actual rocket scientist, to talk us through how some of the principles of and lessons from his profession can inform us as activators. Tobin Anthony, CEO of a thriving small b...
Jan 24, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast In an era of technology-enabled services and a greater embrace of holistic well-being, Lionrock Recovery could well be the poster organization for both. As they say, “We use technology to make it easier and more private to get addiction treatment, and to reach people who would not otherwise get help.” Ashley Loeb Blassingame, Co-founder and Chief People Officer, who also serves as an addiction counselor; and AJ Black, Director of Business Development focused on the employer market, share a varie...
Jan 17, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jennifer Byrne, CEO of Arrived Workforce and former CTO of Microsoft US, walks us through a variety of challenges and options we have for best utilizing technology versus being used by it. We cover topics ranging from AI to data to the cloud to how closely to follow a recipe!...
Jan 04, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Urban Meyer - and his ilk...those who can produce desirable results at a cost that we can't afford or sustain - should be indelible lessons in who not to/how not to hire. We know others will repeat the mistake of believing that the next dirt bag they hire won't be SO bad...just don't be one of the others!...
Dec 22, 2021•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melissa Henderson, Executive Agent and hiring expert, rejoins us to splash some cold water on the faces of those trying to hire in our extremely tight and competitve talentmarket. She issues a blunt piece - and highly accessible - piece of advice to would-be employers: get off you backsides and do the work. Take a listen to find our ore about exactly what work will serve your interests best....
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jorge Quezada, Chief Inclusionist for Granite Construction, has built a career on being a practitioner able to guide multiple organizations in establishing a "method to the madness" of their diversity, equity, and inclusion aspirations. He counsels that no one has cornered the market on diversity, and that - without inclusion - the value of diversity remains untapped....
Oct 22, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leaders often think of - and are told to think of - themselves as a parent and their people as children. This is inappropriate, wrong-headed, and unproductive. Leaders should think of their people as puppies. You heard me right. Check out why....
Oct 08, 2021•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melissa Henderson, President and CEO of Summit Executive Resources, has remade the executive search experience by becoming an "executive agent." Her dedication to the "supply side" of the talent equation is on full display in our conversation about how to reflect and ready yourself for your next, great professional experience...even helping employers recognize that - though they weren't looking for you, now that you've met, they can't live without you!...
Sep 30, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast People have never been more interested in or in need of focusing on what's most important to them. This quest has revealed that we all have "gremlins" - things we imagine or place in our paths that derail us. Turns out, this is how we're wired - with a negative bias that attaches to our brains like Velcro. Certified Mental Fitness Coach, Wendy Swire (www.swiresolutions.com) joins the IFOW to help us learn to activate our "Sage" brains and make a difference - by creating islands of excellence and...
Sep 14, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lessons from the World: What Afghanistan's rapid fall tells us about the critical need for people to feel connected to purpose.
Aug 19, 2021•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Co-authors of the book, Love As A Business Strategy , Chris Pitre and Frank Danna (along with Mohammad Anwar and Jeffrey Ma), share their views on how we can battle the loss of engagement and the great resignation through actively promoting acts of true caring for one another in the workplace. Frank and Chris are clear and compelling in their counsel that love is a business strategy with substance and impact, not something tangential or - to some - down right "icky." Instead, they riff on the fa...
Aug 12, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast IFOW Executive Producer and Co-host, Jeff Lesher, provides perspective, candor, and encouragement to leaders to make a definitive call when it comes to vaccinations in their workplace. It IS the purview of leaders to make this call, and the time for them to make it is NOW. Their criteria need to include facts, the interests of the many, and the responsibilities that fall to each member of their team based on what they CHOOSE to do. Actions and inaction have consequences. Leaders need to stop let...
Aug 05, 2021•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Standing for diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion by showing everyone respect because they deserve it, being willing and able to walk the "tightrope" while staying true to you, and - among other things - expanding your horizons by asking why, and making the time to share with and create space for others We tap into the experience-driven wisdom of D. John Jackson, a Fortune 50 corporate leader who's memoir, What About Me: Walking the Tightrope as a Black Man in America, shares a simple, pow...
Jul 10, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Developing our next generations of leaders - even/especially as we encounter Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) requires that we: get out of your own way with your own development by giving yourself grace with and credit for the progress you're making and then share that sensibility and practice with others. We can and need to accelerate the acquisition of experience and perspective by actively passing on what we've learned and helping others adapt it for their use. And, w...
Jul 01, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Understanding the brain and the body better to enable us: optimize the work day, enhance connection, and promote efficiency. As a bonus, we explore how to hod onto the best lessons and adjustments we've made during the pandemic as we create our post-pandemic process and reality Dr. Mary Rensel (a neuroimmunologist) and Ali Hively (a lifestyle coach) are business partners who help clients understand how their brains and bodies work in order to help them optimize their work days. They are advocate...
Jun 28, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Herr, Founder and CEO of Fount, is an expert in the exercise, sleep, and nutritional imperatives for us to be at our peak when it counts. That’s why – for years – the US military’s elite forces looked to Andrew and his team for assessment and guidance. Now, he’s providing access to all of us to the knowledge and resources to become our own best advocate as we identify the best ways for us to be even better. Noting that change in routine is the best time to improve our habits, there’s no t...
May 20, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Management consultant turned start-up entrepreneur, Chase Damiano, is now channeling his passion around and hard-won knowledge of how to achieve and sustain business success into helping others do just that. Learning to point the finger at yourself may be your first step in better directing everyone around you forward. This and other very vulnerable insights are accessible to you…and likely will better equip you to reach out to your team in more personally meaningful ways at the very moment we n...
May 13, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Heather Polivka, founder of HP Solutions and a proven global leader, is an expert in creating purposeful experiences that reach a variety of stakeholders. Using the insights gained from leading high impact efforts for some of the most recognized brands in the world, Heather now helps organizations attract and engage the right people, so that they can attract and engage the right customers. Our conversation highlights include: Pandemic era lessons we can carry forward; e.g., how do we continue ou...
May 06, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Carole Robin – a trailblazer in business and a star faculty member at one of the world’s premier universities, shares her expertise and insights that she details in her book, Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues You’ll be struck by the raw simplicity of some of her counsel (say you’re sorry!), and challenged by the significance of being vulnerable. Carole helps us better understand and chart a new path for how we can pursue a different level of peace o...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Melanie Coburn is the Chief Relationship Officer (CRO) for CADRE, a unique networking community. In her role, she lives out her passion for connecting and helping others. Alongside her husband, Derek Coburn, they’ve have built CADRE from the ground up, now advocating full-time for well over 100 CEOs and business leaders. CADRE has grown substantially during the pandemic year, expanding its reach nationally. Members benefit from events and activities, larger and smaller, from dedicated board-like...
Apr 21, 2021•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Irad recognizes that traditional therapy methods don’t sufficiently accommodate our digital era lifestyles. Dealing with his own loss and difficulties in accessing empathetic ears, he founded Circles. This platform for peer-to-peer counseling provides the sort of immediate and accessible solutions for their challenges people have come to expect in the tech-enabled world. By allowing people to better balance the competing demands of parenting, caregiving, illness, kids with special needs, divorce...
Apr 15, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast After 20 years of managing and consulting on campaigns for candidates, ballot measures and advocacy groups, Joe Fuld struck out on his own to build The Campaign Workshop with a team of people he’s collaborated with in the past and who know how to create, design and build campaigns. They recognize that each client is different, and they don’t build cookie-cutter campaigns. Instead, they strive to build custom-made campaigns and strategies that fit the specific needs of clients and provide each cl...
Mar 26, 2021•49 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Aaron Velky, Founder of Ortus Academy, uplifts others to a place of freedom, awe and artistry. Ortus Academy offers Financial Intelligence education to entrepreneurs, business owners, youth organizations and educators with Millennial and Gen Z members through online courses, virtual and in-person Financial Wellness workshops, speaking engagements, and coaching. They know that money matters, but they believe that Financial Intelligence matters more.
Mar 25, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Larry is a dynamic, entrepreneurial strategist with 25 year track record of achievement in financial services and insurance company leadership. He shares the chnages and shifts workplaces are experiencing due to the effects of COVID-19. Leaders of organizations can take proactive measures to ensure they properly take care of their employees who are also serving as caregivers and inviest more into healthcare to help combat stress.
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