The Culture Coach

Send us Fan Mail Join us at one of our workshops or retreats this summer! wendybrandcoaching.com/retreat Great conversation with culture and communications expert, Pam Nemec.  Here are my takeaways: 1. Communication is critical to culture. It includes a host of things informing people, making sure they understand the goals of the organization and performance expectations, AND it’s about caring and...

Send us Fan Mail If you want to learn more about the programs I have coming up you can check out wendybrandcoaching.com/retreat. We continue our Culture Series with fractional CHRO, Heidi Hauver.    Heidi is an innovative and strategic people leader who partners with companies as a fractional Chief People Officer. She provides executive leadership, advisory, coaching and mentorship to CEOs, Founde...

Send us Fan Mail  I can not think of a better guest to kick off the Authentic Energy Culture Series.  Delise Simmons’ full-time job is to help organizations improve their cultures.  Delise started her work in organizational culture when she helped found the Southwest Airlines’ Leadership University, where she developed and delivered leadership training to more than 1,000 leaders every year, during...

Send us Fan Mail The Burnout Challenge by Christina Maslach and Michael Leiter has been a foundational reading for me as I've been learning about burnout since leaving my corporate job. In this episode, I share the ways that they suggest individuals prevent burnout and what organizations can do to create an environment for employees to find success. In addition, I share the various ways that...

Send us Fan Mail Check out the upcoming retreats that I'll be hosting at wendybrandcoaching.com/retreat. My guest this week, Gifty Enright, is a highly regarded speaker, writer, and coach. In addition to her book, Octopus on a Treadmill, she is regularly published in newspapers and magazines.  I hope you'll listen to this inspiring conversation with Gifty, here are some of the takeaways:...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Alessandra Wall is the founder of Noteworthy, an executive coaching firm focused on elevating and empowering senior and executive, leading women in STEM & finance.  She has spent thousands of hours working with hundreds of women leaders the world over, helping them to be wildly successful and deeply fulfilled. Here are some of the takeaways from our amazing conversation: 1...

Send us Fan Mail This is Part 2 of the original episode where I introduced the three levers that can help you build and maintain authentic energy at work. This episode puts a little "meat on the bones" by bringing forward conversations with previous guests that help to flesh out the three levers. The 3 Levers to obtain and retain your Authentic Energy require asking yourself these three...

Send us Fan Mail My guest on this episode is Carissa Thomas. While her title labels her a Revenue Enablement Leader at a hyper-growth SaaS company, she is also a collaborator, coach, strategist, mentor and lifelong learner. Her personal mission is to not just leave her mark on the world, but for her work to impact and amplify excellence in others. Which, we have heard from her team, she is doing j...

Send us Fan Mail This episode summarizes some of the lessons I've learned from my previous 6 guests and my 3.5 decades of building a relationship with work. In addition, I introduce three levers that can help you build and maintain authentic energy at work. The 3 Levers to obtain and retain your Authentic Energy require asking yourself these three questions: #1 What is your definition of succ...

Send us Fan Mail Such a FUN conversation with Strengths Coach, Kathy Kersten Here are a few of my takeaways from the show: 1.  StrengthFinders is a Positive Psychology Assessment. Organizations can use it as a common language to understand your talent. Add it to your tool kit to describe what’s right with people. 2.  Understanding someone’s Top 5 Strengths can give you insight into how someone mak...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Hopping is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for HYCU where she is responsible for increasing brand presence and accelerating acquisition and conversion of potential customers. On this episode, you will learn what makes Kelly a great leader, a phenomenal mother and a woman that understood from the beginning her non-negotiables and was not afraid to insist on them. 1.  Be...

Send us Fan Mail My conversation with Pam Nemec is real and full of truth nuggets on how to elevate energy within, for your team, and your organization. If you are working on your organization’s culture you are going to love this episode! If you know someone that you think might also like it, please share! You can find Pam on social media here: LinkedIn: linkedIn.com/in/pamnemecculturecoach/  Inst...

Send us Fan Mail Jessica Harris is Founder and CEO of Inzencity and she started the organization because she saw a broader need for tools and resources that help people lead more holistic, fulfilling and satisfying lives. She recognized that both individuals and corporations were looking for personalized and customized wellness plans that would incorporate the fields of functional medicine, nutrit...

Send us Fan Mail My guest, Dr. Sara Brand, shares her career journey from a male-dominated industry in tech to starting a venture capital firm that not only supports women owned companies but creates funds that are primarily funded by women investors. Here are some takeaways from the episode: 1.     Success can be found in doing what you are uniquely put on this planet to do.  2.     Making a cons...

Send us Fan Mail My conversation with Mary Stich is full of tips and tricks for navigating your career and finding balance along the way. It's about finding the things that bring you energy and doing more of those things.  And, here's a sneak peek at some of the takeaways from our conversation.  The hamster wheel is not plugged in with someone else at the controls. You can control how fa...