Connected Teamwork Podcast

Compassion and Care is Everyone´s Job Toni McLelland, Critical Friend for C-Suite Leaders & Boards in Social Causes shares how the social aspect of leadership is the most important one. “Compassion and Care win every time,” says Toni. When she led large teams, she’d spent 80% on supporting people and 20% on doing other things. When you extend compassion to someone you create a relationship. Sh...

Unlock the power of authentic leadership and connected teamwork as we delve into the keys of vulnerability, individual understanding, and strategic AI integration for thriving in today's dynamic business landscape. On the latest episode of  Connected Teamwork ,  Salesforce  VP  Caren W.  joins  Microsoft 's  Carson V. Heady , author of  Salesman on Fire  to explore connectedness within tea...

To be a leader we need to take responsibility for ourselves, unconditionally. Challenges will be there. How do we respond with resourcefulness rather than giving into the fog of reactivity and resistance? Key Note Speaker & Coach Christopher Salem shares his journey and how to prepare oneself mentally, physically and spiritually, every day for what is in store of us. How do we lead from intent...

What would Sister Rock have me do? What do we want to hand off to future generations? Scott Richert is the Chief Information Officer of Mercy, the leading Midwest hospital system of which Sister Rock was a leader for many years. Together with this dad, Scott’s family has served Mercy for over 50 years. How do we find our purpose? “God can’t steer a car that is parked,” says Scott. We need to liste...

In the spirit of Martin Luther King Day, let's contemplate the choices we make in interactions. Opening our circles of care and compassion to include everything and everyone is a path toward true freedom. Imagine a world where judgment gives way to compassion—a world where our connections are marked by a profound sense of unity and love. Judgment, while a convenient shield, blocks us from expe...

Endings are inevitable. Amidst the sense of finality and the emotional phases of transition, embracing change can lead to new opportunities and personal growth. Every destination is but a doorway to another. 🔄 Embrace Change: Endings are not final but gateways to new beginnings, prompting personal and professional growth. Carson and Hylke share insights into navigating transitions with resilience...

OUCH! From Pain Point to Pinpoint Ouch! How do we work with the ouch that invariably happens in teams? How do we work with pain, that of ourselves and of each other, and still deepen connectedness in our teams?

Create & Nurture Connectedness It’s about courageous connectedness. It’s about having team members be deeply connected to themselves, each other and their purpose together. In the Connected Teamwork podcast, we explore with leaders from all kinds of teams how to build deep connectedness by growing through the most challenging team moments.

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What connectedness means in the context of cybersecurity and privacy? How do you practice connecting to self, to others and to higher purpose in a field which requires focus on people, process and technology? ​ Joseph is a Chief Security Advisor at  Microsoft .  He mainly advises customers in the Health and Life Sciences field.  Before Microsoft, Joseph spent several years as a consultant and a fu...

How do we enjoy more and more what we are doing, perfecting our craft? How do we find real fulfilment?

How do we unleash energy in ourselves and our teams by really getting clear about our mission and following through on it? How do we take mission driven decisions rather than being reactively opportunistic?

Undiscussables and Conflict How do we build connectedness when there is conflict on a team? How do we bring up the elephants in the room in way that bring us closer together? How can we use the energy of conflict to help evolve our team to its next level?

Be Generous What does connectedness mean for the sales teams? Where do we start the connectedness journey?   What does good look like and how do we build resilience to keep striving to “good”?   We discuss these questions with  Dionne Mejer , Change Agent, Author, and Sales Advisor, who is passionate about sales, learning and relationships. A 25-year veteran in sales and technology, Dionne brings...

Leading remote or hybrid teams across different geographies or cultures presents unique challenges.   Lilia Christofi , at the next episode of the Connected Teamwork podcast, will share what she learned throughout her career about teamwork and making progress together by deepening connection to each other. Lilia has 20+ of cross industry experience particularly in FSI across 4 continents. She live...

How do we build connectedness as a team by sharing who we truly are? How does all of life prepare us to connect more deeply to ourselves and each other? How can we apply our connectedness to build a high performing team? Listen to this podcast with special guest  Robert Washington M.B.A MS , Microsoft sales leader, mixed martial arts pro-athlete and award-winning inspirational speaker and  Hylke F...

How do you foster inspiration for your team in increasingly complex environment? Join our next Episode of Connected Teamwork podcast on September 25 at noon PST for a conversation with  Stephen Oommen Stephen is a Managing Director at Microsoft, and a sought after professional speaker. What sets Stephen apart is how he uses his personal philosophy of inspiring people to create life & love and...

How do you foster authentic connection and why connectedness matters during team’s most critical moments? Join our next Episode of Connected Teamwork podcast on September 11 at noon PST for a conversation with  Bob Fabien "BZ" Zinga (版主) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Bob is the former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Santa Clara University and a Senior Information Warfare Officer (CEO/GM level) in...

How do we build deeper connectedness as a team when things are not going well? How do we trust to lean more into each other when we feel stretched? Setbacks are heat moments. Teams at their best use upsets as setups for learning and greater connectedness and impact. Disconnected teams can further disintegrate when things are not going well.   We can learn to approach challenges as core team defini...

Giving feedback may be difficult. It may trigger fears that the conversation will damage the relationship or disrupt workflow. As a result, the feedback may come too late, be vague, or shared in the way that makes it very heavy.   Truly seeking and taking in feedback is also challenging. Our ego resists what it perceives as criticism, or threat to our security and feeling accepted by others. So, i...

Have you ever failed to meet your commitment while working on a team? How did you feel? What if someone else does not deliver upon their word? Team work assumes interdependency. It’s hard to reach a team outcome if one of us does not play their part. At the same time we have multiple challenges, team priorities change, coordination takes time while things beyond our control keep happening. We will...

What do you love about team decision-making and what do you don´t like about it?     Decisions made collectively may incorporate diverse perspectives, ensure shared responsibility, have better follow up and execution.   At the same time team decision-making is often be time-consuming, requires a lot of communication and coordination, and may lead to suboptimal outcomes in cases of groupthink, divi...

Think about the situation when your team has collectively experienced an insight, which lead to greater results or better process. What kind of practices are critical for truly learning and changing as a team? When and why should team members de-brief together and how to go about it? In this episode of Connected Teamwork Podcast we will discuss the role of team reflection in supporting a culture o...

How do we grow as leaders?   Self-reflection and self-awareness are paramount to effective team leadership.   You don’t develop true wisdom and integrity without a regular practice of reflecting upon your decisions and actions and their impact on your life and the lives of others.   How are you growing as a leader and as a human being through being part of the team?    What valuable lessons have y...

How do you set up a foundation for growth and human connection on a new or start-up team? Join our next Episode of Connected Teamwork podcast on July 17 at 12:00 PST as our guests  Flora Muglia  and  Lauren Marturano , of  Zinnia ,  share how they: 🔗 foster connection internally as they build their team from the ground up, and 🔗 cultivate connection externally to create a successful brand that i...