Smart People Think Podcast

Listen to Veronica Goei, Executive Director of Grail Family Services, a nonprofit that has been serving families with young children for more than 20 years. Learn how Veronica’s dynamic approach to leadership and focus on quality have significantly expanded the organization’s reach and strengthened its impact.

Join us for a Let’s TAWK Leadership podcast conversation with Jennifer Vessels, CEO and Chief Consultant, Next Step. Learn how Jennifer leverages self-awareness to set the vision, navigate change, and adapt to today’s ever-changing work environment.

In our latest Let’s TAWK Leadership podcast, Mike Cloutier, Founding Partner at Accelera Canada, discusses how great leaders use both their head and their heart in making tough decisions. Learn why it’s so important for leaders to stay curious and keep learning. The leadership journey is never complete!

Tune in to our latest Let’s TAWK Leadership podcast with Drew Hagen, Co-founder of InVision, and learn how InVision’s culture of opportunity and openness helps employees, clients, and the business be successful. Learn why it’s so important for leaders to care about the growth of others.

Susan tells us why perfectionism is debilitating and it is okay to not have all the answers. Leaders need to stay connected to team members and recognize each individual is unique and has different leadership needs. Invest in people’s growth and let your team know you believe in them and their expertise.

Amy draws on her experience as a sailor and a critical care nurse to demonstrate how risk taking, collaboration and continuous learning have informed her leadership style. Let us not forget the importance of vulnerability and humility to keep us grounded. Amy tells us why she believes leadership is all about compassionate truth telling.

Mike Mansbach will make the connection between leadership and being a husband and father. He will discuss how we must be relentless in our self-reflection and evolution. It is up to us to own our purpose and create our path to achieve our purpose.

Listen to Alta Brink discuss the importance of leading by example and being true to yourself. Allowing team members to know it is okay to fail, as long as they learn from the experience and continue to move forward and grow is one of Alta’s core leadership ethos.

Michael Martin, the co-founder of Avenue 8, discusses the similarities of being a great leader and being a great chef. From selecting ingredients right through the customer experience. You won’t think of leadership in the same way again!

Karen Colligan, PeopleThink interviews Suchi Gupta, the Founder and Creative Director of Pure Design Solution. Suchi talks about how important it is for a leader to be calm under pressure while embracing and adapting to our changing environment.

Karen Colligan, PeopleThink interviews Carrie Krehlik, Chief Human Resources Officer at Adicet Bio. Carrie discusses the importance of creating the Big Picture to help people see how they fit into the goals of the organization.

Karen Colligan, PeopleThink interviews Karen Garavatti, Vice President of the Melita Group. Listen to Karen tell us how important Agility and Transparency is in leadership.

Every single one of us has the capability to be a leader.

How do you choose the members that will help you move your business forward? What is the framework to put the right AdviseHERy Board together.

Creating your own personal board of directors to move your business forward has been an essential business strategy for PeopleThink. Listen and understand the power of the AdviseHERy Board.

The best leaders make certain they provide their employees with learning opportunities. Smart people want to learn and grow. If you hire smart people, be smart and provide them the learning opportunities to grow.

As a leader, you want to be certain you spend the time discovering new ideas to bring to your people, team and organization. When a leader stops learning it means they have nothing left to teach their people.

Stress truly can be a motivator – Until it isn’t. Here are 5 additional stress busters that will help you before your stress gets the best of you!

It’s a very small gesture that might just make someone’s day.

Stress For Success – 5 More Stress Busters

Stress can be a motivator and keep us on task. Listen to these 5 Stress Busters. They are simple and easy to apply.

Let’s face it, we all experience stress. When stressed, most of us try to either MANAGE IT, DENY IT, OVERCOME IT or just LIVE WITH IT. But here’s a thought. What if, instead, we learn to USE that stress to motivate us to find a way forward?

Passion and Work is it Possible? Society keeps telling us we should find "passion" in our work. If we do that the money will follow. I think that is a bunch of nonsense and sets people up for failure."

Rudeness is Not a Core Competency to Practice Can we all just get along? Why do people believe that it is okay to be rude? Why not practice kindness?"

Giving Feedback That Matters Giving and receiving feedback can suck. And it can be a very valuable tool to enhance performance when done in a respective manner.