Keeping It Real with Tiff and Carl

To be client-centered is to focus on the needs and wants of a coaching client. It takes an extreme level of intentionality in dismissing your emotions and judgements to effectively serve the client based on their responses and desires. Being client-centered is one of the tenets establishing a coaching mindset, as well as an asset in communicating with those you are helping in their personal and pr...

Part Two of our discussion on ethics goes into its presence and importance in Leadership, then in Public Service, before Tiff offers our latest offering of Keeping It Questions.

We kick-off the new year with a conversation on ethics, and how it impacts culture, behavior and decision making in all areas of life, including coaching, leadership and as helping professionals.

Part Two of our episode looks forward to 2025, and thinking about what we plan on accomplishing in the coming year. Tiff and Carl share their goals and invite you to devise yours as well. See you all next year!

...and we're back, with our last episodes of the year! Part One sees Tiff and Carl look back at 2024 and give their list of favorites, memorable moments, experiences and lessons learned, while encouraging you all to do the same!

As we ring in the holidays, our present to you is a revisit to our first (and, so far, only) in-person episode. Tiff and Carl met to record after wrapping up the 2024 National Tribal TANF Institute held at the UC Davis Campus. Stay tuned for more new content early in the new year!

Part two of our episode digs deeper into coaching and how it applies in leadership and in government service. The episode wraps up in with our hosts sharing tips to develop a coaching mindset, as well as sharing their favorite coaching questions.

Part two of our episode digs deeper into coaching and how it applies in leadership and in government service. The episode wraps up in with our hosts sharing tips to develop a coaching mindset, as well as sharing their favorite coaching questions.

Part Two of our conversation on gratitude begins with the importance of recognizing meaningful effort of their staff to help them to been seen as a valued team member, as well as understanding the power of acknowledging compliments and gratitude with a simple, heartfelt "thank you". Tiff and Carl end the episode with tips and homework to help create daily gratitude practices.

As we come into the holiday season, Tiff and Carl reflect on the power of Gratitude and how it can improve our experience both at home and in our careers. You'll hear our hosts share special childhood memories as well as what they are grateful for before they give their reviews on the two hottest movies out currently.

In part two of our episode on workplace wellness, Tiff and Carl further define what wellness means to them and looks at the various domains of our lives that can contribute to our feelings of wellness and stress. They then discuss how recognizing our reactions to stress can lead to us better addressing it when it raises its ugly (and life threating) head. Tiff and Carl then focus the rest of the e...

Accountability means being able to make decisions about (and be answerable for) your own behavior. In this episode, Tiff and Carl explore the different areas in which accountability is practiced in the work world; including being accountable to our colleagues, direct reports and other stakeholders, as well as to ourselves.

If you've ever thought, "workplace wellness... is that a thing?" Well, yes it is! In this episode, our intrepid hosts will discuss the much discussed, ever elusive concept and provide an understanding of how different people, and generations, view what it means. Before that, Tiff and Carl share their favorite places to grab lunch in San Francisco and answer the questions of the week.

Part Two of our episode sees our fearless duo continue their discussion of goal mastery before providing practical solutions for those that want to maximize their focus, including SMART GROW and creating action plans.

In this first part of our episode on goals, Carl gives us a basic overview of Locke's goal setting theory. as well as a story of empowering staff to build bench strength. Before this we discover Tiff and Carl's answers to their questions of the episode, as well as their pet peeves.

Part Two of our episode on DiSC sees Tiff and Carl discuss specific examples of how different DiSC styles interact and, often, clash with each other and stress the importance of leaders being able to accept and welcome diverse perspectives onto their teams to improve problem solving and overall performance.

This week's episode sees Tiff and Carl discuss one of their favorite topics, personality theory. More specifically, they dive head first into one of the most well known of the personality assessments, the DiSC profile. This part one will see our hosts shares their answers to the questions of the episode before Tiff goes in on each of the four components of DiSC.

Part Two of our episode on Emotional Intelligence, Carl and Tiff discuss the two social awareness components of EQ, as well as discussing ways to become more curious, build more meaningful relationships and set healthy boundaries.

A little self awareness goes a long way. In this part one of our two part episode on Emotional Intelligence, our intrepid host define EQ and discuss its importance in how people interact with and make decisions that impact one another. They then focus their gaze on the two areas of how we regulate our emotions. You will also hear Tiff and Carl share there answer to the questions of the episode and...

Part two of our episode on change sees a discussion on the reasons change is difficult and provides us two different models to help to change our approach to change.

As we start to turn up the collar of our winter coats, it's time we address the ever present and pervasive topic of change! This episode will introduce the topic and discuss how Tiff and Carl feel about and approach change and why it can be a challenge...especially when it's layered with a "because I said so" attitude. Before that, Tiff and Carl talk about their travels to the beautiful Pacific No...

In part two of our episode, our fearless leaders discuss what it takes to cultivate a growth mindset before Tiff gives tips for successfully changing your mindset.

This episode is all about your mindset, and what it has to do with your power and potential for growth. You'll learn about what Tiff calls the "three sets", as well as the Dilts model of learning levels. Before that, Tiff and Carl share their travel tales and questions of the episodes, including their most identifiable cartoon characters and their Sad Song Playlist, which you can access here:https...

Part 2 of our discussion on Psychological Safety focuses on David Rock's SCARF Model. Tiff and Carl walk us through each of the 5 domains of the model: Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness and Fairness and share insights on what each domain means to them and their ability to feel engaged and cared for in a workplace. For more information on SCARF, visit www.neuroleadership.com

In this episode, our hosts are heading back on the road and share some of their favorites from Marin and Orange counties, as well as their favorite ways to travel, before tackling the concept of Psychological Safety, including how they define and experience safety in the workplace.