How I Turned The Corner

Elizabeth McCormick is not just a military spouse and a celebrated pilot, but also a compelling thought leader. She's an example of how one can pivot careers and still remain successful. After her momentous journey in the military, Elizabeth took her passion for leadership and turned it into a thriving vocation as a professional speaker and John Maxwell certified coach. Distinguished as an au...

Elizabeth Cushing, CEO of Playworks, shares the secret to creating a thriving workplace culture. Elizabeth is the powerhouse behind the game-changing concept of integrating 'play' into work culture. She has been on an extraordinary journey translating this essential element of human nature into something so compelling that it's reshaping the corporate cultures of organizations like...

From world-class athlete to amputee, join expert John Register, CSP as he shatters barriers, embraces a new vision, and guides business leaders to overcome fear and resistance in order to achieve success. In this episode, you will be able to: Unlock your potential by overcoming adversity and embracing a new mindset. Stay ahead in the global marketplace by adapting and flexing with changing trends....

Does this sound familiar? You've been told that to become a successful leader, you need to work harder, longer hours, and push yourself to the limit. But despite your efforts, you're not seeing the desired results. The pain of feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and yet still not achieving the business performance you desire is taking a toll on you. It's time to shift gears and discover...

Dr. Yoram Solomon has published 16 books, 22 patents, and was one of the creators of Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 technologies, for which he was dubbed "TI's Great Innovator." Dr. Solomon was named by Innovation Excellence as one of the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers, and by Thinkers 360 as one of the top 20 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Culture. He was a columnist at Inc. Magazine,  I...

Hiring former military personnel into corporate environments brings a multitude of benefits that extend beyond their specialized skill sets. Despite the preconceived notions about the lack of adaptability of ex-military individuals, they possess a wealth of qualities that can greatly enrich a corporate setting.  By overcoming these stereotypes, organizations can tap into a reservoir of disciplined...

In this episode, mental health expert Joyce Marter shares practical ways company leaders can support employee mental health initiatives and discusses why other approaches including realistic work hours also play a pivotal role in nurturing employees' mental well-being.  Joyce is a licensed psychotherapist, entrepreneur, national speaker, author, and mental health thought leader. Her book is T...

All the things that make great teachers also make great leaders: encouragement, adaptability, kindness, care. Our guest today, Lisa Collum, is a former teacher who has built a multimillion-dollar curriculum company using all those skills she used to use in the classroom to now drive a great culture.  Lisa is the founder and CEO of a multimillion-dollar curriculum company, Top Score Writing, Inc.,...

Do you want to improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention in your organization? Are you searching for a solution to achieve this desired outcome? Look no further because in this interview, Mary Ogle will be sharing the leadership strategies she uses as Chief Executive Officer of A New Leaf, which provides individuals with developmental disabilities with life and job skills.  Since 20...

In a world driven by profit and efficiency, one company dares to challenge the status quo. Akhtar Badshah and Aaron Hurst are Co-founders of Purpose Mindset which asks the question: what happened to the purpose in work?  Akhtar and Aaron are on a quest that takes them across industries, igniting a fire within them to help companies rediscover their true essence. They share wisdom and experience wi...

Life is too long to not like the people you’re working with. I make it a goal to like everyone on my team, and this episode’s guest feels the same way. Jeff Clapper is the President and CEO of 8th & Walton, a company whose mission is to help suppliers become better partners with Walmart. They do it with training, and are known for their best-in-class support which is provided by his best-in-cl...

There aren’t many entrepreneurs whose career experience includes police officer, presidential campaign fundraiser, marketing strategist and founder of two healthcare IT startups. Cindy Jordan’s current venture came to light in 2017 motivated by her stepdaughter’s struggle with a mental health crisis. Vowing to wage a war on loneliness, Cindy was moved to create Pyx Health. It's this idea that...

When Thomas Shivers, CEO of Fourstone Partners, started the business they had rapid growth. However, the culture he started with was not the culture that was going to sustain them. He encountered problems that many leaders face when scaling a fast growth company and on this episode, he is willing to share honestly and openly about the lessons learned and how he pivoted. In this episode, you will l...

Do you know how rare it is to see a huge focus on culture and people on a 10 year strategic plan? It is extremely rare. In the 12 years that I've been in the HR Business, I don't know if I've ever seen a plan like that for a smaller business. Jim Derry’s company, Field Fasteners, have a 10 year plan that has six pillars and three of them have to do specifically with their people and...

Do you ever feel like maybe we leaders take ourselves too seriously? If you find yourself wound up about a missed detail and yelling at one of your employees because if of it, you need to hear from Steve Cody about the importance of humor. He is the CEO and Founder of Peppercomm where humor is a core value of his highly successful and recognized strategic communications firm.  He is also co-author...

Who would have thought that having a great culture would result in more customers? Today we welcome Shannon Carlson onto the show. She is the CEO and Founder of Curator24 where she and her team are global experts in branding and marketing. Her secret weapon is also having a great place to work. She’s in a highly competitive space, but because their culture of caring extends to their customers, the...

We all know what a wiki is right? Well in programming terms, the framework like a wiki is opensource - where a bunch of smart programmers contribute to it to make it better, safer, and less buggy. Imagine applying that same principle to your culture where you’re more open so that your teams perform better, feel safer, and generate better ideas.  Especially now with remote teams - how do you collab...

When you're running a business, it's common, and maybe easier -  to think that you should obsess over the customer experience.  But what if you spent as much time or - even more - obsessing over the employee experience?  After all, the better your employees are, the better your customer experience is going to be. Our guest on this episode has taken that perspective, and it’s working well...

When interviewing candidates, do you know the perfect question to ask in every interview which results in mission-driven and loyal employees? Join us today as we talk to Farzan Dehmoubed, the CEO of Lotus Sustainables, which is a purpose-driven Certified B-Corp that is all about creating change and bringing people into the fold that are passionate about the cause too. Farzan has the perfect questi...

Imagine building a company that is on the cutting edge of science and of the way we manage medicine and disease  - this mission is phenomenal  -  but how do you build a culture that will bring the right team of people in to accomplish such a big mission?  In this interview, you’ll meet Tim Lu, the Co-founder and CEO of Senti Biosciences about how he’s done it. He has over 150 employees and has the...

Jason Wiener is the Principal of the boutique law and business consulting practice Jason Wiener P.C., and co-founder of “Colorado Cooperative Developers”.  He has advised on more than two dozen worker-cooperative conversions, several multi-stakeholder ownership conversions, and more than a dozen platform cooperatives.  He is a lawyer who is also an owner has employees, has a bird’s eye view of wha...

As a leader, how do you forge forward in a post-pandemic world when there is no longer a playbook on how work is “supposed” to go? That’s the question we explore with Julia Y.C. Huang in this episode.  Julia Y.C. Huang, founder, and CEO of Intertrend Communications, brings over 35 years of experience as a leading voice in Asian culture, both as the leader of her own creative agency, as the founder...

Lola C. West is a co-founder and partner of WestFuller Advisors, a boutique investment advisory firm in New York City that builds legacies of wealth for individuals, families and institutions. For almost a decade of her successful career, Lola served as a wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch and a senior partner of LWF Wealth Management Group. Today, she continues to advise clients and ins...

Federico Baradello is the Founder and CEO of Finalis, a venture-backed New York- and San Francisco-based company building the world’s largest private securities brokerage platform. Federico is a limited partner of Alaya Capital Partners, among the most prominent early-stage venture funds in South America. He is also a Professor of Law & Business at Hult International Business School, where he...

To build a great culture, it is a journey, not a destination.  Culture and great places to work can happen anywhere - you could be running a business that has nothing glamorous about it and still make it a great place to work if you focus on it.  Our guest today works in the printing industry. It’s not glamorous, it's got tight margins, and is very competitive, but he's created an amazin...