The Culture Coach

Send us Fan Mail THIS EPISODE: If you’ve been listening you know that this is episode 2 of 3 from our Let’s GOal workshop that my colleague Jeshanna Forrister and I facilitated a few weeks ago. Last week I shared clips from the Values work that we did in the workshop to lay the foundation and ensure that once you create your vision and goals, they are aligned to what is important to you. And, refl...

Send us Fan Mail For those of you who have been listening or following me on social media, you are aware that my colleague Jeshanna Forrister and I hosted our Let’s Goal workshops last week for two different audiences!  And, because the feedback that we have received from the participants was so positive and they shared that it caused them to think a little differently when setting their goals thi...

Send us Fan Mail Caroline Pennington is a seasoned Executive Recruiter bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. She is passionate about connecting talented individuals with top-tier organizations and thrives on finding the perfect match. Caroline has partnered with companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 and in all types of industries throughout the United States....

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Michele Thomson. Michele is a registered nurse turned leadership development coach and consultant who has worked in healthcare for more than 25 years before becoming an entrepreneur. Michele helps organizations avoid crisis leadership and transforms workplaces using the basis of psychological safety. She helps leaders shift from feeling burned out and frustrated...

Send us Fan Mail I love planning for the new year!! And, this year, I am partnering with one of my new friends, to share our framework for planning to experience the most amazing year.  Jeshanna Forrester is my guest today and she is an amazing human who has experienced so much in her life and has now turned to helping others transition through difficulty in their lives. Jeshanna and I are excited...

Send us Fan Mail This episode wraps up the Sow Series with the final step in our change process to make the decision to become who you want to be. We first looked at the awareness of change in our Seeds Series, then as we entered the Sow Series we found our desire to change by looking at opportunities and risks, then focused on our Knowledge and Ability and articulating our uniqueness. At the end...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is 4 of 6 in our Sow Series taking us to the next step in our change curve. We first looked at the awareness of change in our Seeds Series, then as we entered the Sow Series we found our desire to change by looking at opportunities and risks.  Now we focus on our Knowledge and Ability and articulating our uniqueness. I hope you enjoy this episode!  Here are my takeawa...

Send us Fan Mail We are back for another episode in the Sow Series with Whitney Kinservik and I. Today we are talking about Opportunity. I think this episode provides a pretty good recap of where we are in the series so I won’t be redundant and rehash that here.  If you are just joining us in the Sow series you may want to go back and listen to the first 2 episodes of this series. And, the Seeds s...

Send us Fan Mail Last week Whitney and I talked about having the desire to change. And, we assigned some homework. Hopefully, you’ve thought about what change you want to make and you tried it on for size…asking yourself “What IF”…what would it look like if I made this change?   This week, Whitney Kinservik and I tackled our second episode in the SOW series by addressing the importance of assessin...

Send us Fan Mail This is a sequel to the Seeds Series with Whitney Kinservek and I. Through this series, we are first going to Identify the seeds of change, and really understand what it means to have the desire to change. That is the intent of this first episode. Then we’ll seek to understand the landscape by assessing risk, next, we’ll select a location to plant the seeds by taking a look at opp...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2!  If you are feeling overwhelmed at work, at home, in relationships, start with understanding those thoughts that sabotage you and the core values that are at the root of what brings you joy and passion. These are the first steps of awareness and uncovering your authentic energy.  I encourage you to complete a values assessment, take the saboteurs survey, and l...

Send us Fan Mail Today my guest is Dr. Marie-Hélène (MH) Pelletier. MH is an in-demand speaker who applies business and clinical expertise for leaders and professionals to build unshakable resilience in the workplace. She has her first book coming out in February titled, The Resilience Plan: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health .  The premise of the book is th...

Send us Fan Mail Anna K Morris spent her 20’s in NYC living an enviable life. She had a great sales job, an expense account, a refined boyfriend. She traveled. And, had all the things that were supposed to make her happy. But, they didn’t. Much like I have spent the last year reconciling decades of time spent working toward something only to find once I got it, it did not fill my bucket like I tho...

Send us Fan Mail My very special guest today is Brenda Harrington.  Brenda is a certified Executive Coach, author, and facilitator of leadership development experiences. She works with leaders across a variety of business sectors, non-profit, government, and intergovernmental organizations to help them enhance their leadership competencies and build capacity. Her partnership with clients is center...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is a recap of the Seeds series. We talk briefly about some of the learnings we shared along the way, but then we talk about what to do with those learnings. And, finally, Whitney and I decided that it might be helpful to share information about what a coach is, what it isn’t, what to expect and what it could cost.  Here are our takeaways from the episode: 1.     Yo...

Send us Fan Mail 1.     Thought is the point at which you can change in real-time, and the more that you create the awareness the less that you feel friction in your life. 2.     3 layers of behavior change: Changing your outcome, Changing your process, Changing your identity (the deepest layer of behavior change) 3.     Awareness is the first step in providing you the opportunity to choose a diff...

Send us Fan Mail Another great conversation with Whitney Kinservik this week!  Here are the takeaways:  1.      Emotions are the way our brain gives meaning to bodily sensations based on past experience. 2.     As we think something, we feel emotion, and chemicals are released in our body to prepare us to take action. 3.     Assigning a new thought to someone’s behavior can create acceptance or pe...

Send us Fan Mail Here are the takeaways from Episode 3 in our Seeds Series. 1.     Our brain produces approximately 60,000 thoughts per day. 90% of those thoughts are repetitive throughout the day and from previous days. That breaks down to about 35-48 thoughts per minute. 2.     There are 100 Billion neurons that connect 500 trillion synapsis in our brain, which travel 300 miles per hour.  3.   ...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to Authentic Energy, this is the SEEDS Series, episode 2. For those of you just joining this series, I encourage you to go back and listen to episode 1 from last week. These are short, less than 20-minute episodes with my coaching colleague, Whitney Kinservik. https://innersagecoaching.com/ Each week we will be planting seeds to help you take your life to the next lev...

Send us Fan Mail Homework: WMBCoaching.com/values-assessment Welcome to the Seeds Series with Wendy & Whitney.  Whitney Kinservik will be my guest for the next few weeks as we introduce ideas and concepts to help lay the groundwork (or plant the seeds) for development and growth.  Whitney is an award-winning business leader and loves creating massive, scaled solutions, which is where she was a...

Send us Fan Mail Today, my guest is Sheevaun Thatcher.   Sheevaun is a storyteller and guide, a leader and a learner. Her jungle gym career in sales, marketing, IT, solution engineering, and professional services, gave her all the relevant experience to create powerful sales enablement teams.  Sheevaun builds sales enablement programs from the ground up based on her commitment to arming her organi...

Send us Fan Mail My guest this week is a dear friend and the first one to point out that I might be on the brink of burnout at least 6 months before I left my corporate job last October. Julie Habelmann and I have been friends for almost 15 years.  In 2020 she suffered a heart attack and had to be resuscitated TWICE. Today, she has found a new way of living that includes launching her company Nobl...

Send us Fan Mail Interested in attending my Authentic Energy Retreat in July at the CIVANA Resort in Carefree, AZ? Check out my website at https://wmbcoaching.com/retreat. I’m so excited for you to meet my amazing guest, Jo Dockrey. Jo is an experienced executive with a focus on operations and moving strategies into execution. She has worked at a number of high-growth tech companies, including Del...

Send us Fan Mail Visit my website for online group programs, workshops and retreat opportunities at https://wendybrandcoaching.com/retreat. Beth Ochoa is the CEO of  GDC Marketing and Ideation. When I was considering my guests for the culture series, I immediately thought of GDC. I have worked with them on several different projects over the years and something that has always stood out to me is h...

Send us Fan Mail Check out my website for more information on my workshops and retreats at www.wendybrandcoaching.com/retreat Great conversation with Virgninie Raphael!   Virginie Raphael is the Founder and Managing Partner of FullCircle , a NY-based pre-seed fund investing in a more equitable and sustainable workforce where fulfilled individuals regain pride and agency over their work.  Here are...