Patrick Weems, Co-Founder, Emmett Till Interpretive Center Fellow at Monument Lab and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how the foundation is aiding in racial healing and reconciliation (Recorded 18 August 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Patrick! 06:25 Q1 | Patrick's background / story of Emmett Till 17:33 Q2 | "I could finally exhale" 27:10 Q3 | Why you Patrick? 38:32 Q4 | The process of reconciliation 45:06 OT | The first step...
Aug 23, 2020•52 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Annie Leib, "Empathetic Warrior" and host of Living with Annietude, joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how individuals and organizations can remove the physical and emotional toxins that keep us emotionally stuck (Recorded 12 August 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Annie! 09:10 Q1 | Toxicity role play 17:38 Q2 | An empathic soul / living with Annietude 29:42 Q3 | The cleansing power of honesty 35:24 Q4 | Communication - a core challenge 43:52 OT | "I don't know" and "Let it go...
Aug 13, 2020•52 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier talk about the need for people to interact face-to-face and the impacts of working remotely (Recorded 30 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Time at the lake 07:28 Q1 | We are built for in-person interaction 13:05 Q2 | Google challenges 18:16 Q3 | Learning from remote work 23:37 Q4 | The need for balance 28:58 OT | Show wrap up
Aug 11, 2020•34 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier are joined by talent and recruiting expert Theresa Nordstrom who shares ideas to help leaders find the right people for their organizations (Recorded 30 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Theresa! 06:20 Q1 | A lack of innovation in recruitment 14:11 Q2 | "You have to have a visionary" 24:10 Q3 | Discipline or "sacrifice the cow" 32:14 Q4 | An Olympic example 43:24 OT | The power of employee referrals
Aug 05, 2020•53 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast On a very special conclusion of our four-part "international" miniseries, Mali Ambassador, Mayor and Two-Time Presidential Candidate Yeah Samake joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss the current political landscape in Mali and the US, the role of faith in leadership, and the incredible work the Empower Mali foundation is undertaking to make a difference in the lives of Mali citizens (Recorded 16 July 2020). For more information about the Empower Mali Foundation, please visit h...
Aug 03, 2020•1 hr•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast The third of four "international" episodes brings global investor, entrepeneur and leader Thiago Ayres to the podcast, joining hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier from Curitiba, Brazil (recorded Tuesday 14 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Thiago! 07:15 Q1 | Iguazu Falls / what's working 16:22 Q2 | How are organizations pivoting? 23:43 Q3 | Blending remote and onsite work 30:18 Q4 | Paying attention to mental health 36:48 OT | Creative solutions 41:33 2OT | Wrap up...
Jul 31, 2020•48 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast In the second of four "international" episodes, Hadil Penalvert (currently in California, originally from Lebanon and raised in West Africa) discusses domestic abuse and creating a sense of community during COVID-19 (recorded Wednesday 8 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Hadil! 07:30 Q1 | Hadil's background 13:36 Q2 | COVID-19 and domestic abuse 19:09 Q3 | What to do in an unsafe situation 27:02 Q4 | The pandemic and mental health 31:05 OT | Building unity 36:19 2OT | Echo chambers 42:10 ...
Jul 28, 2020•48 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast The Team Performance podcast is going global! In the first of four episodes, Fahad Ahmed joins all the way from Pakistan to discuss how to build and strengthen resilient relationships during these uncertain times (recorded Thursday 2 July 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Welcome Fahad! 08:09 Q1 | Relationships are everything 15:37 Q2 | COVID's impact on relationships 21:24 Q3 | Resiliency through learning 27:32 Q4 | The benefits of resilient relationships 32:38 OT | Putting aside differences 37:28 2O...
Jul 17, 2020•45 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss 10 ways to find happiness, especially under difficult circumstances (recorded 26 June). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Record unhappiness 05:17 Q1 | Gratitude and service 11:09 Q2 | Humor 17:01 Q3 | Environment and balance 22:08 Q4 | Development and grace 28:26 OT | Look ahead and a moral code 36:18 2OT | One little victory
Jul 10, 2020•42 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Christina Madison and Paige K. Candee join hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how businesses can safely reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters: 00:00 PG | Introductions 07:25 Q1 | Lives and livelihood 14:04 Q2 | Honesty is the best policy 21:58 Q3 | Managing communications 26:09 Q4 | Grief and impact on business 32:54 OT | Wear the mask
Jul 01, 2020•43 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier are joined by Nicole Kalkowski who shares her incredible life story and the impact that gratitude and grace can have on our lives (recorded June 5, 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Nicole joins from Las Vegas! 08:15 Q1 | Time and place 14:21 Q2 | How to let go 20:16 Q3 | Being a friend 25:54 Q4 | The power to choose 31:33 OT | Viktor Frankl 36:35 2OT | Opportunities to help others
Jun 25, 2020•41 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss strategies to increase motivation and employee engagement through effective communication (recorded June 4, 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Trying out Zoom 05:49 Q1 | Bad management 11:43 Q2 | Story Time with Spencer 17:38 Q3 | Managers making a difference 23:23 Q4 | A blessing, not a burden
Jun 24, 2020•32 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast PIMedia CEO and marketing expert Debbie Harris joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss how organizations can use LinkedIn to build relationships of trust with clients and colleagues to grow their business (recorded May 26, 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | A zoo visit / Debbie introduction 06:22 Q1 | Providing value through LinkedIn / profiles 14:43 Q2 | Personal and company profiles 20:32 Q3 | Messaging / DYI or outsourcing? 28:06 Q4 | Your audience / authenticity 35:32 OT | The goal...
Jun 16, 2020•42 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their "Grace Under Pressure" series, with a focus on the high trait of extroversion and how it manifests in challenging times (recorded May 28, 2020). Chapters: 00:00 PG | Burger time! 03:45 Q1 | The PDP Global remote working survey 11:26 Q2 | Competing communication styles (W.A.I.T.) 19:02 Q3 | Extroverts under pressure 26:03 Q4 | The importance of sincerity / optimism 33:26 OT | How optimism fades 39:18 2OT | W.A.I.T. for high pace / conformists...
Jun 11, 2020•44 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast The Team Performance - Winning Ways for Uncertain Times podcast, hosted by Spencer Horn and Christian Napier, welcomes Jesse Ferrell for a conversation on race in Episode 14 - Let's Talk. Jesse Ferrell, Managing Partner at JessTalk Speaking & Coaching Firm is an international speaker, executive coach and best-selling author. Jesse is a sought after advisor to Fortune 500 and multilevel entrepreneur leaders, sports professionals and business people for his life and business coaching expertise...
Jun 09, 2020•31 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Spencer Horn and Christian Napier are joined by one of the world's premiere major event experts to discuss how to build resilience, live our inner calm and lead with compassion during troubling times (recorded May 22, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:38 - Welcome Jacqui! 1ST QUARTER 02:32 - The origins of Breathe / Jacqui's personal journey 2ND QUARTER 07:11 - Executive burnout 11:05 - The COVID-19 surveys 3RD QUARTER 15:45 - Different pandemic experiences 18:42 - Resolving anxiety 4TH QUARTER 21:28 - Becomin...
Jun 02, 2020•39 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Jennifer Lier, founder of National Keynote Speakers continues her conversation with Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share her inspirational, transformative story with important lessons for emerging successfully from the COVID-19 pandemic (recorded May 12, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:39 - Jennifer Lier returns! 01:45 - Hymn of the Week 1ST QUARTER 05:34 - "The inability to get comfortable 07:58 - Making weight 2ND QUARTER 10:39 - Lessons from youth 14:36 - Karaoke bars 3RD QUARTER 17:26 - What if I d...
May 27, 2020•42 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast The Productivity Specialist, Amber De La Garza, joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to talk about how team leaders and business owners can invest their best time into their best activities and achieve their best results (recorded May 11, 2020). PRE-GAME 01:05 - Amber joins us from Las Vegas! 04:32 - How to define productivity 1ST QUARTER 06:27 - "Be ruthlessly decisive" 07:42 - How to identify your highest value activities 2ND QUARTER 11:01 - "What if you ask a different question?" 12:...
May 20, 2020•33 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast The founder of National Keynote Speakers and event expert Jennifer Lier joins Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to share her journey, COVID-19 response, lessons learned, impressions and some Linda Ronstadt! (recorded May 6, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:41 - Welcome Jennifer! 05:27 - From entertainer to business owner 1ST QUARTER 07:25 - Polaroid and beyond 10:37 - How do we choose what we want to do? 2ND QUARTER 14:35 - Saying yes / doing what you love is hard work 16:43 - The process of overcoming fear 3...
May 13, 2020•46 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss how understanding team member traits can help overcome communication challenges and build unity during trying times (recorded April 27, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:56 - A shout out to Mom 01:59 - Grace under pressure 1ST QUARTER 05:57 - Identifying behavioral styles / high traits 09:25 - Inhabiting multiple quadrants / understand yourself 2ND QUARTER 12:40 - Brutal honesty 14:32 - Small and simple things / the PDP assessment tool 3RD QUARTER 18:40 - PDP res...
May 05, 2020•42 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier continue their focus on the most important team of all - family - with special guests Melissa Cooper and James and Shelby Arrington discussing the impact of COVID-19 on teenage children (recorded April 25, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:35 - Guest introductions 1ST QUARTER 06:10 - How teenagers are handling stay safe, stay home 09:15 - Maintaining structure with one teenager 2ND QUARTER 12:51 - Unity from diversity 14:48 - Changing discipline 16:50 - Technology impact...
Apr 28, 2020•48 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Continuing our "team family" theme, special guest Judith Bunnell joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier to discuss the Georgetown Street Safari (recorded April 17, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:37 - Introducing Judith Bunnell 02:58 - A Harvard beginning 1ST QUARTER 05:19 - What is the Georgetown Street Safari? 08:19 - A mother and daughter project 2ND QUARTER 11:33 - How social distancing brings us closer 3RD QUARTER 14:54 - Fresh from CNN 16:30 - Parents' feedback 4TH QUARTER 20:19 - Bridging gener...
Apr 20, 2020•30 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Starting with this episode, hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier focus on the most important team of all - family - with special guests Rebecca Leneway and Emily Parker (recorded April 10, 2020). PRE-GAME 01:17 - Welcome Rebecca and Emily! 1ST QUARTER 04:57 - The transition to working from home 08:21 - Home with young children 2ND QUARTER 10:50 - "You are a saint!" 13:10 - Stealing your idea / Softball practice with Zoom 3RD QUARTER 14:51 - Changing eating habits 17:05 - Frosting - no cake! 4...
Apr 19, 2020•38 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier welcome top keynote speaker and entrepreneur Dan Lier who gives outstanding advice about changing your mindset and shares simple yet powerful tips to increase your performance in challenging times (recorded April 6, 2020). PRE-GAME 01:01 - Introducing Dan Lier! 02:48 - Prospering during times of uncertainty 05:15 - Become part of the solution 1ST QUARTER 07:17 - The impact of illness 10:17 - Prepared from a young age 2ND QUARTER 11:45 - National championsh...
Apr 14, 2020•48 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Special guest Ian McCracken from Pro Recruiting International joins hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier as they discuss how to pivot your team's objectives during the COVID-19 pandemic (recorded April 3, 2020). PRE-GAME 01:07 - We have a guest! 03:02 - Building youth around the world 1ST QUARTER 04:53 - Balancing the cure 2ND QUARTER 08:34 - How to pivot 3RD QUARTER 11:45 - Managing in crisis / leading by example 15:01 - Don't burn out / don't slow down 17:24 - Choose your consumption / sinc...
Apr 07, 2020•32 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier discuss ways to build positivity during challenging times (recorded March 30, 2020). PRE-GAME 01:50 - Awash in negativity 1ST QUARTER 04:10 - Negativity bias 06:27 - A pebble in your shoe 2ND QUARTER 08:58 - Hard wired negativity 09:54 - Doing the dishes 3RD QUARTER 11:15 - The saboteur 12:10 - Pivoting to the positive 14:03 - "In the Garden of Beasts" 16:16 - The fog of war 4TH QUARTER 18:45 - Things as they really are 21:00 - Silencing the saboteur 23:12...
Mar 31, 2020•36 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier, working remotely due to COVID-19 and an earthquake, discuss 4 keys to managing effective team meetings online (recorded March 23, 2020). PRE-GAME 03:12 - "Skillful pilots..." 05:23 - Introduction to remote team meetings 1ST QUARTER 09:16 - To webcam or not to webcam? 2ND QUARTER 13:50 - An angelic room 3RD QUARTER 16:49 - Testing, testing 4TH QUARTER 21:06 - Remote etiquette
Mar 24, 2020•28 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Hosts Spencer Horn and Christian Napier, in the midst of COVID-19 and the aftermath of an earthquake, decide to make lemonade out of lemons and create a podcast (recorded March 19, 2020). PRE-GAME 00:00 - Introduction | why are we doing this podcast? 1ST QUARTER 03:10 - Changing the mindset 06:21 - Taking advantage of remote work 07:45 - Creating a system for behavior and using the tools 2ND QUARTER 09:40 - Patience is a virtue 11:15 - Overcoming analysis paralysis 11:55 - Maintaining discipline...
Mar 20, 2020•26 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
