Evolve: Reinventing Leadership - Building Freedom Cultures

Business owners and executives know quality customer and client care can help differentiate their brand, products, and services so they often lament the poor customer service attitudes displayed by front-line employees. Their first thought is that they need to find a good customer service course to provide employees with training designed to improve customer satisfaction levels. But this is not ne...

I constantly hear employees lament about how hard they work and how their hard work is not noticed. This is because people around them are working just as hard so it has become a basic expectation, not a distinguishing characteristic. Hard work is part of the traditional equation for success but, there are people who automate and/or delegate. Others have figured out how to work three-day weeks tha...

Boundary setting practices can vary widely because we all have different needs when it comes to protecting their space, emotional well-being, privacy, and their time. Boundaries differ in terms of flexibility and porosity so there can be unhealthy boundaries that create tensions and even though healthy boundaries can facilitate inclusion and stronger relationships, they can also fuel tensions.  Li...

Today Yvette Bethel and Summer Davies discuss micromanagement, providing tips for how to identify it and how to make changes. Summer Davies is the founder of The Leader Shop and an award-winning leadership expert. She is focused on cultivating thriving work environments where people feel equipped, capable, valued, and connected. She believes it is her privilege to coach, teach, and study leaders a...

Yvette Bethel shares a potent conversation with Marisa Murray. Marisa is the author of “Blind Spot” and she is a Coach and Speaker who brings over two decades of success in business and technology to leadership roles. A former Partner with Accenture and Vice President at Bell Canada, Marisa has built strategy, business transformation, and change management skills during her accelerated career path...

Our guest, Fernando Colaço is originally from Portugal and currently owns and operates a software development company in Beijing China. He has a varied background which includes marketing and interactive art.  Fernando is a self-taught software designer and developer who has worked in more than 24 countries.   He is currently the CEO of Colaco Technology which is a Creative and Tech Agency in Beij...

Michael M. Dillard is a retired US Navy Submarines Chief Petty Officer, Master Training Specialist and NFPA Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional with over 20 years of military service.  He is highly skilled in negotiation, quality assurance, project management, course development, contract administration, and more. In this conversation with Michael, we explore trust dynamics based o...

James started his career as a software engineer and eventually became the VP of a $4 billion tech company, while there, he discovered his passion for leadership and the impact of being a leader that employees want to follow. Leadership is his passion, and he is committed to the growth of leaders through both his coaching practice and book, The Six-Step Leadership Challenge.  You can contact James...

Leading an organization as a living ecosystem is a very different approach to leadership.  Join Yvette Bethel as she explores how you can stabilize your organizational ecosystem in an ever-changing environment that is often characterized as unpredictable.  Is your ecosystem self-adjusting or are you deliberately preserving it?  Listen in to learn more... Sign up for our newsletter to keep up-to-da...

We all encounter or even initiate drama at different times and drama can disrupt in ways that are quite unproductive. Sharon Deal is an Entrepreneur and Coach based in South Africa and in this episode of Evolve, she shares her perspectives on the Karpman Drama Triangle and how she perceives it based on her experience with using the tool in families and organizations. Listen in as Sharon reflects o...

As the President and Founder of Talent Boost, Claire Chandler specializes in leadership and business value creation. She taps into nearly 30 years of experience in people leadership, human resources, and business ownership to help organizations achieve strategic alignment, cultural integration, and sustainable success. Claire helps executive leaders, business owners, and investors identify the exa...

Paradigms contain a set of assumptions, beliefs and theories that make up a world view. Fun, innovation, fear, control, and some traditions are paradigms that you encounter, sometimes they coexist with each other. According to Staci Friedel, “Paradigm blindness (is a state that) keeps us from creating something new because we firmly believe the way we see it, is the way it is and the way it will a...

When you have decided to retire or resign after establishing a legacy, sometimes it can be difficult to release power so that your successor can take the reins.  This business was your dream and you spent a long time using your sweat equity, skills, and influence to build the business into what it is today. For some this is not an easy transition, for others, they are happy to let go. They trust t...

Core values are central to who we are. They form the internal system that guides our life and career decisions.  Yvette Bethel explores the difference between core and non-core values and how we use them.  Listen in to learn more... Sign up for our newsletter to keep up-to-date with our new podcast episodes and blog posts at www.orgsoul.com  (Scroll down to the newsletter sign-up section on the ho...

Podcaster Des McCabe interviews Yvette Bethel about trust based ecosystems that are designed to bring out creativity and collaboration while reducing competition and conflict.  It is time for freedom cultures that focus on impact and values like integrity and the "we" disposition.  Listen to the conversation to learn more. Sign up for our newsletter to keep up-to-date with our new podcast episodes...

Yvette Bethel is the author of the multiple award-winning book, Interconnectivity, Flow and Balance. She views organizations through the lens of living ecosystems. In this 9-minute podcast, she takes a look at organizational structures and unpacks the different overlays of structure that coexist within.  Why explore this?  Because understanding structures and how to manage them deliberately can tr...

Yvette Bethel explores the difference and connection between information and communication. Decision-makers usually focus on internal communication plans but how much attention do they pay to the information being transmitted? Understanding, designing, protecting, and optimizing information flows are essential to healthy teams because the right information, at the right time in the right context c...

Chad is a leadership engagement expert. He coaches executives and entrepreneurs in the art and science of leadership for themselves, their teams, and clients to create new, unprecedented results and experience fulfillment in their work. He thrives in extreme environments and finds comfort in difficult conversations.  Chad is a host of The Naked Leadership Podcast along with the founding partners o...

Des McCabe is a prolific author and humanitarian and his most recent book is titled, "The Inverted Pyramid" He is one of the UK's leading specialists in inclusion, job creation and personal development. He founded and built the largest independent training organization in the UK, finding work for over 5,000 long-term unemployed every year. Des is recognized as one of Europe's leading job creation...

We tend to limit our perspective of ecosystems to nature, but organizations are living ecosystems that coexist within larger interconnected ecosystems.  Join Yvette Bethel, CEO at Organizational Soul, award-winning author and thought leader in the areas of ecosystems and trust to explore organizational ecosystems.  

Join Yvette Bethel as she interviews Giuliano Bottelli and Feliziano Crisafulli, partners at Dual in Milan Italy, as they explore the IFB® methodology and how it transformed their company's leadership and culture. This is the first in a seven-part series where we explore the IFB methodology that helps leaders to understand their organizations as ecosystems, perceiving long-term challenges from new...

Today Yvette will explore “Entelechy” with Chairman and Founder of Entelechy Academy, David Carter. Entelechy Academy is David’s mentoring legacy project – where he aims to make a positive difference to millions by supporting them to actualise their potential and become the very best version of themselves. He is a tenacious visionary who bravely and courageously ‘gets stuff done’ that others often...

The topic for this episode of EVOLVE is “Managers’ First Aid Kit” and to explore this topic is change consultant, author, university lecturer, and Ambassador, Joan Underwood. Joan is the Managing Director, Lead Consultant and cofounder of Underwood Talent Development Services.  Like any other high performing woman she is multi-talented, serving leaders in so many ways. Joan has served on numerous...

Our conversation for this episode of EVOLVE is about Employee Engagement in Hybrid Working Conditions and to explore this topic is with us is Consultant, Speaker and Change Strategist, Rick Cram. Rick has consulted for hundreds of companies and facilitated over 1,000 conferences, meetings, workshops and engagement events for clients’ employees and customers. After working on all sides of “the busi...

To explore “Leading Through Love” from a faith-based, Christian perspective is Leadership and Strategic Business Consultant, and Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team, Candace Mae Gruber. Candace Mae offers a process that develops leadership teams in ways that result in sustainable employee engagement and effective business operations. Her training offering includes leadership with value-c...