Beyond The Class: From Knowledge To Action

In the world today, having the ability to listen to someone empathically is in high demand. Giving someone the floor to share their story and letting them share their truth while we listen with our whole hearts can be powerful and bring us together. However, certain actions consistently get in the way of allowing our ears to fully open and mouths calmly settled. In this podcast, Adam J. Salgat and...

How have the communication skills made an impact with youth? Why is it important to listen with empathy, especially to our children? Join Adam J. Salgat and Sarah Weisbarth as they talk with two life long educators, Teresa Vineyard of St. Louis, Missouri, and Julie Zumach of Port Washington, Wisconsin about how these skills have made an impact in their careers and personal lives. Their stories and...

Join Executive Director Rebecca Emerson as she checks in with Jacqueline and Greg Bunlanow of South Carolina. The group discusses what it is like to lead at home and in the community during this time of change.----Blog exert:I woke up last weekend with one of our OCL facilitators on my mind in the midst of this global healthcare crisis. Jacqueline Bulanow is a nurse, Cardiac Rehab Specialist, OCL...

What is it like inside your house right now during these times of change? Have there been blowups over dirty clothes left on the bathroom floor? Absolute panic and outrage when a dirty spoon is left in the sink instead of being put in the dishwasher? Or maybe tears shed understanding how Chicken Little felt claiming the "sky is falling"?Logic and emotion go hand in hand. At times, when our emotion...

What is happening in our households during the crisis? Let's talk about the balance of logic and emotion in the brains or our children and how we can use listening to help them have balance. Presented by Mick Gibbshttps://www.ourcommunitylistens.org/

Listen in to hear us talk about what empathy is and how we can use it throughout the day. Hear some concrete examples of empathetic responses for kids and spouses - especially during this challenging time. CHALLENGE: This week try to see it as the other person sees it and feel it how they feel it. Try it with your partner, your child, and/or your teammate. PODCAST: https://soundcloud.com/ourcommun...

Listen in to learn about the 5 reflective listening skills and the role that empathy plays in our day to day conversations. During this difficult time, listening is still the most helpful thing that we can do for those in our span of care. Build trust and rapport in your relationships by practicing these steps. CHALLENGE: Practice listening to connect each day this week. Focus with a teammate, par...

Listen in to learn how to send meaningful feedback to the people we value. Even during stressful times, letting people know they are seen and appreciated can go a long way in building a positive environment. Not only that but training ourselves to be actively looking for things to appreciate can help us to develop positive sentiment override for those in our span of care. CHALLENGE: Send a persona...

Do you have a child between the ages of 0-3 in your home? Listen in to hear about some normal reactions you and your partner may be having right now and how you can be connecting through these changes in your family. CHALLENGE: Test out your favorite OCL skill with your child. What went well? What might you change next time? PODCAST: https://soundcloud.com/ourcommunitylistens/epi-041BLOG: https://...

Finding your self bugged? Listen in for a reminder about the 3 Moves we have when we have a problem and recommit to being DONE with the Way of the Bat! CHALLENGE: This week test out using this method when it comes to situations that might irritate you. Focus with a teammate, partner, friend, and/or child. PODCAST: https://soundcloud.com/ourcommunitylistens/epi010https://www.ourcommunitylistens.org...

When emotions are high, our words only make up 10% of the message we send! 90% comes from our tone and non-verbals. Listen in to hear more about how our non-verbals are impacting the people in our span of care. Being intentional, and setting achievable goals can help us make sure we are setting the message we intend. CHALLENGE: Have an intentional conversation with your teammate, partner, friend,...

Friends, change is difficult and we are living through a lot of them right now. Many of which are out of our control. Host Adam J. Salgat and Leader of Curriculum Improvement & Development for Our Community Listens, Sarah Weisbarth, discuss living in an ever-changing world and acknowledge how different DISC profiles may react when faced with significant change. The conversation shifts into the log...

Host Adam J. Salgat and Leader of Curriculum Improvement & Development for Our Community Listens, Sarah Weisbarth, have an open discussion about DISC tendencies in this extraordinary time. Each share how their profiles have manifested in good and bad ways. The conversation continues around the benefits of being self-aware and in the end, encourage everyone to take a pause and reflect.https://www.o...

In times of stress, crisis, when people are having a problem, what does it mean to 'be there for someone'?Host, Adam J. Salgat, and Leader Curriculum Improvement and Development, Sarah Weisbarth reflect on the past few weeks. The two of them take the time to listen, connect and acknowledge their worries. They also discuss how the skills have helped them stay out of judgment and let others experien...

We are living in extraordinary times. Events and guidelines for how to live our lives in the midst of a public health crisis are changing rapidly. By following CDC guidelines for social distancing, we can help reduce the speed of the outbreak, but in doing so we may feel a greater sense of disconnectedness. Our Community Listens wants to offer that it is possible to practice physical distancing ye...

Executive Director, Rebecca Buell Emerson, joins the podcast to update the OCL community as we all adapt to the changes taking place because of the COVID-19 virus. She discusses the proactive steps of postponing in-person classes, how the team is increasing connection through virtual and social platforms, and explains the Care and Connection Challenge. In these uncertain times, it is the goal of O...

In this podcast, Adam J. Salgat sits down with Katie and Jonathan Trotter, facilitators in Michigan who have started a communication skills training focused around helping marriages. We will learn about how the two of them met, what they admire about each other and how they have personally used the Our Community Listens skills in their marriage.https://www.ourcommunitylistens.org/

In this podcast, Adam J. Salgat sits down with Katie and Jonathan Trotter, facilitators in Michigan who have started a communication skills training focused around helping marriages. We learn how this class came to be, what makes it different from the traditional CST training and hear success stories of those who have taken the course. Katie also gives a couple of quick tips on how to improve comm...

In this episode, Adam J. Salgat continues his conversation with Shirley Tipton - Our Community Listens facilitator, trainer and Extended DISC trainer. Shirley shares specific stories and examples of how knowing the DISC tendencies can greatly improve communication between spouses, friends, and co-workers. For more podcast and information visit – https://www.ourcommunitylistens.org/

On the first podcast of 2020, Adam J. Salgat sits down with Shirley Tipton - Our Community Listens facilitator, trainer and Extended DISC trainer. Shirley breaks down what Extended DISC is, how it gets its results and why Our Community Listen utilizes it in their communication course. She also gives listeners concrete examples of each DISC behavioral profile by relating them to well-known figures...

Adam Salgat and Sarah Weisbarth reflect on the last year of the Our Community Listens podcast.https://www.ourcommunitylistens.org/

Adam J. Salgat and Sarah Weisbarth sit down with President of SPACE, INC., Kathie Fuce-Hobohm to discuss how to handle change with grace. Kathie explains how she is working with Our Community Listens to navigate some significant organizational change. She highlights how the skills have taught her to style flex and improved her feedback methods as a leader. In Kathie's key takeaways, listen closely...

Jannette Whitcome and Stacy Keating are employees for the City of Aspen in Colorado. In this podcast, they join Adam J. Salgat to talk about how the two of them became a dynamic duo the likes of Batman & Robin, but instead of fighting crime, they fought something each and every alumnus can relate to - losing focus and forgetting the skills that had such an impact on them in the 3-day training. Jan...

In this episode of the podcast Adam Salgat and Sarah Weisbarth discuss 'change'. Adam shares his personal story of dealing with a genetic degenerative muscle disease and Sarah walks through the process of change. https://www.ourcommunitylistens.org/

In this episode, Sarah Weisbarth, Leader of Alumni Engagement, has a conversation with two powerful, inspiring and leading women who have had a wide range of life experiences working in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion movement. The first guest you will hear from is Latisha Cunningham. Latisha was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She came from humble beginnings and was very interested in...