The Culture Coach

Send us Fan Mail Access my FREE Download to help you define your core values HERE . STEP ONE: Define your Mission and Vision Step TWO:  Identify your Core Values.  Step THREE : Determine the behaviors that define your Core Values.  Step FOUR : Issues test your Core Values. Step FIVE:  Create your core value descriptors.  ____________________________ With 25+ years of leadership experience, spannin...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Dawn Ellery. Dawn spent 25 years in Human Resources, specifically leading Total Rewards teams across multiple industries.  Dawn is wrapping up her book coming out in the Fall: Dirty Little HR Secrets: Why employers are losing billions on engagement and how you can turn it around. She is also a strong advocate for mental health awareness in the workplace.  You’ll...

Send us Fan Mail Summary In this episode, Wendy discusses how to operationalize a culture that benefits both employees and the organization as a whole. She defines culture as the shared norms, values, attitudes, and practices that form the collective identity of a company.  Wendy introduces her Thrive Culture framework, which consists of six key areas: tribal core values, helpful processes and sys...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Shane Spraggs.  Shane Spraggs' resume is chocked full of accomplishments from co-founding and acting as COO of Acro Media a web development company that earned a Mid-Sized Company of the Year award from the local Chamber of Commerce in 2007. Overseeing studio operations at Disney Interactive, Serving as VP of Product at Minga, now a successful social platfor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the impact of culture on your business, potential benefits of culture, and I share my definition of culture: A shared set of workplace beliefs, values, attitudes, standards, purpose and behaviors. Think of it as a brand's personality: It encompasses how employees interact with each other,  with customers, and with other stakeholders. We also discuss...

Send us Fan Mail In case you didn’t know, June is National Employee Wellness Month.  June is about ensuring that we are taking a holistic approach to our wellness. This episode shares some statistics around mental wellbeing in the workplace and a conversation with a leader in the mental wellbeing and resilience space. Having managers who are trained to model positive behaviors, have conversations...

Send us Fan Mail  I am so excited to share the new format of my weekly podcast. Formerly Authentic Energy, now The Culture Coach Podcast This podcast is evolving from helping individuals find their "Authentic Energy" to helping leaders build a culture that they can be proud of.  "The Culture Coach" reflects the mission of WMB Coaching and Consulting, which is to help leaders bu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Culture Coach Podcast! Whether you’re a CEO of a small business or non-profit, a CHRO or simply a people-first-leader determined to make a difference in your company, this podcast is your resource for creating a culture where your employees can thrive. I’m Wendy Brand, Your Culture Coach, dedicated to supporting people-first leaders. Each week we dive into strategie...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Josefine Campbell,  an author and executive coach who lives in Copenhagen, Denmark. Josefine draws on her academic expertise, 25+ years of professional experience, and her martial arts background in jiu-jitsu, where she practiced to focus on thriving in unpredictable situations and was a four-time Danish Champion.   Josefine is the author of two books , which you...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’ll share the components that make up emotional intelligence. But it’s one thing to learn about emotional intelligence, and it’s whole other thing to take the time to become aware of what impacts and elevates your emotional intelligence. I’ll give you a hint, it takes self-awareness! EQ is broken into five categories:  Internal motivation Self-regulation Self-awa...

Send us Fan Mail Inspiring Communication: Be Clear and Concise, practice active listening and be aware of your energy. How you show up comes across in your communication. Communication can take many forms: a casual conversation with a colleague, a strategic planning session with the team, a presentation to the board, or emails back and forth with clients. And just as much as communication is words...

Send us Fan Mail  So, how can we bring emotions into the conversation in a meaningful way. Don’t confuse being emotional with expressing emotions clearly. Here are three things that you can do in the work environment when you are faced with emotions.  Step 1: Acknowledge the Emotion: Take a step back and acknowledge your emotion. What emotion are you experiencing (name it) and what could it be tel...

Send us Fan Mail  Erik Darmstetter is a business growth expert who has founded and led several businesses of his own and helped other organizations dramatically increase sales for companies and organizations of every size. Today, Erik is the CEO of Office Furniture Liquidations of San Antonio approaching 10 years in business and recently winning #1 Furniture Store in San Antonio, I believe for the...

Send us Fan Mail Ever felt the sting of being bypassed for a promotion, or trapped in a cycle of negative energy at work? I've been there, but in this episode, we're discovering the perception that leads to a profound shift in energy and perspective. I'm diving into the brain's inner mechanics, showing how the reticular activating system, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex can bec...

Send us Fan Mail Download your  FREE Workbook to take notes and follow along HERE . Today, I’ll walk you through a change framework that a colleague and now very dear friend of mine, Deanna Rutland, and I created about 6 years ago. We created this framework for the Tech company that we worked for at the time and rolled it out to the organization with some success. I’m not sure if they still use th...

Send us Fan Mail These Tuesday episodes are designed to give you insights that can help you navigate your week at work, at home or wherever it is you spend your time. Daily we are faced with stressors. Things that detract from our energy. Things that distract us from becoming the best version of ourselves.  My hope is that these episodes will help you discover your own authentic energy and learn h...

Send us Fan Mail This episode features a conversation on Inclusivity, the "I" in my THRIVE Culture framework that I use to work with non-profit and small business CEOs to create an environment where their employees can thrive. My guest today is an author, podcast host, and CEO, dedicated to shining a light on DEI through various mediums. Bernadette Smith is Founder and CEO of the Equalit...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our first Transformation Tuesday!  These Tuesday episodes are designed to address the things you can control. In a world where we are overworked, have higher levels of anxiety, depression, you get the drill, these episodes are bringing you nuggets to help you tap into your own energy. Becoming aware of where you may have energy detractors and focus on how you can turn t...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode I share  some behind the scenes things happening with my personal and professional mission AND some changes to the Podcast format.  I am also excited to share a very important framework with you in this episode. It is the foundation for the consulting work that I am doing on culture and organizational health.  A THRIVE Culture addresses employees feeling work over...

Send us Fan Mail HERE is the link to the article I referenced from the National Library of Medicine and the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine making the connection between food and burnout. My guest today is Michelle Adams. Michelle is a former medical litigator and food entrepreneur, who now shares her  stories, recipes and passion for intentional eating and food sustainability. She has take...

Send us Fan Mail Over the last 30+ years, few of San Antonio’s most prestigious and substantial projects and events have not been touched by the expert hand of Janet Holliday. Janet embodies a rare combination of strategic vision, entrepreneurial spirit, tremendous leadership skills, and the “can-do” attitude that it takes to plan, position, promote and produce some of the most successful large-sc...

Send us Fan Mail My guest this week is Marquis Murray.   Marquis is a Business Process Consultant on a mission to eliminate team burnout and to empower teams so they can focus on the work without the issue of not knowing where or how the work is happening. With over 15 years of experience Marquis has gained extensive expertise in improving processes and driving revenue growth. He successfully scal...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! I am Wendy Brand your host and creator of the Authentic Podcast and we have such a sweet conversation today that I think you will enjoy.  Prior to starting her own business, Marybeth Gregg had a wonderfully successful career — first as a Human Resources (HR) executive with international consumer products, luxury goods, retail, pharmaceutical, and financial services c...

Send us Fan Mail I am so excited to share this episode with you today. I could not have asked for a better guest to kick off Authentic Energy’s 2024 Season! The conversation is amazing and the work that my guest is doing is so aligned with my mission that I was just hanging on his every word in agreement and acknowledgment.   T. Mark Meyer is a psychotherapist and consultant for the world’s larges...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Authentic Energy podcast! I am your host Wendy Brand and I am feeling extra grateful and reflective as we reach the end of 2023. I am extremely grateful to those of you who have taken the time to listen to every episode this year and to those of you who have tuned in for specific episodes.   I am EXTREMELY excited for the episodes that I will be bringing you in...