The Teamwork Advantage a Gregg Gregory Podcast

At Win Big Media, maintaining close communication with the team is of utmost importance. To ensure this, Brandon makes frequent check-in calls to his team members, either via phone or Zoom. Despite their brevity, these informal calls have proven to provide more impactful feedback than structured meetings. Join us as we learn from Brandon's experience and expertise on how to create a successful rem...

V-A-L-U-E - we have heard the word for years. The term is often focused on Sales and how a salesperson should add more value. In this energetic episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Ken Wendle focuses on his definition of the word "Value".    Ken takes the time to review each of his five components of VALUE: Vision Alignment Leverage Uniqueness Execution 

Growth is one thing. Keeping employees engaged and motivated is another. In this episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Darrin Jahnel shares his secrets for taking a software development company from three employees (two of them being Darrin and his brother) to a powerful team of 150 in just 10 years. Darrin shares the story of his 3rd employee and the fact that she is still with them a decade later....

Our 6th season of The Teamwork Advantage kicks off with a true superstar from the extreme athletics world, Robyn Benincasa. Robyn is the author of “How Winning Works” in which she talks about how she paralleled professions; being a firefighter for San Diego County and competing in the world of extreme athletics. Robyn talks about how, as a true competitor, her team was dropped in outlandish places...

After opening in 2018 and working hard to grow its business, the Emma Justine Salon in Louisville Kentucky had its fair share of havoc to deal with during the COVID pandemic. Like many others, they shut down 100% for over 60 days and then opened with limited services for the next several months. In this episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Adel Migirova, the office manager for the Emma Justine Salon...

Years after the events of the 1984 Olympics, Sean Murray was inspired to write his book “If Gold Is Our Destiny – How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory”.   Sean interviewed the players and coaches of the 1984 men's volleyball team and discovered what brought them together to achieve Olympic glory. What makes this so powerful is that, less than two years earlier this U.S. team was...

Dr. Quintin Shepherd grew up on a working farm in the Midwest and is now the superintendent of schools in Victoria, Texas.  His journey is a very interesting story, and one that both educators and business professionals may learn from.  As a leader, are you solving complicated or complex problems? Dr. Shepherd helps us understand the differences in these concepts and offers strategies to become mo...

Psychological safety is a powerful tool.  In this episode of "The Teamwork Advantage," Stephan Wiedner shares tools to measure your team’s psychological safety. Click here to download the seven questions you should answer to measure the level of psychological safety on your team!

In this episode of "The Teamwork Advantag", focused on emotional intelligence, Lisa Welsher shares a different twist on emotions and how they can empower us on multiple levels. With Lisa, we explore the difference between emotions and feelings. She helps us learn what we can all do to check in with our emotions and become more effective, every day.

While the names have evolved, the functions of HR have also evolved over the years.  It is not longer just a place for on-boarding and termination and salary documentation. This episode of The Teamwork Advantage focuses on how today's incarnation of the Human Resources Department can help both team leaders and employees. Lisa Cardinal talks with us about the roles within HR and how people, and emp...

Genefa Murphy comes from a background in Information Technology and Development Operations. She now works in Customer Experience and focuses on marketing.  Her leadership style focuses on the 3 M’s - Method, Message and Making It Work. In call centers across the country, You might think that the customer experience in call centers across the country would have improved since the pandemic.   Instea...

In this engaging episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Frank King talks about his life and how he has thought about committing suicide more times than he can count. He, like many others, was able to hide his suicidal tendencies.   It is important to remember that teamwork is not just about sports, or even business.  Teamwork is about wherever multiple people work towards a common goal.   This is defi...

In this episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Nicole Morgan sharesthe story of how she created an environment of collaboration in her workplace.  Her ideas are not exclusive to her company, business, or even her industry. They are transferable across every industry and every team. One key aspect she discusses freely is that, while hiring for skills may be important, it is not always the most importan...

Marcia Daszko helps us to recognize that, in the midst of changing times, is a powerful place to succeed. This begins with a compelling purpose. Moving from a small boutique consulting firm, Marcia studied Dr. Deming’s work extensively to learn the secrets of being a powerful leader. Marcia shares stories and fundamental examples of organizations that have flourished, and others who have floundere...

A self proclaimed paranoid planner, Toms Blodnieks shares why it is critical to plan everything, including our to our downtime with family and friends. As the Chief Operations Officer of DeskTime, the ultimate all-in-one automatic time tracking software, Toms shares what they have done with their hybrid workforce and the benefits of adopting a simple and more productive 35-hour work week.   He adm...

Alyssa Cox shares some outstanding tips and secrets that every team needs to know about building trust, vulnerability, and transparency.  Alyssa has worked in the consulting industry for a number of  years, and with some of the largest consulting firms. Now she shares the things, that she has discovered, that actually work when interacting with your teammates. She helps us understand the need for...

Doug Roberts founded the Institute for Education Innovation, where he works with school administrators across the country to help build collaborative relationships between educators and companies that support education. The institute focuses on how to teach children using "outside of the box" thinking and techniques.  In this interview,  Doug shares the strategies he employs with his team, and ult...

In this episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Phil Strazzulla shares the journey of his company's growth over just a few short years, utilizing a remote-only team of 20, to help Human Resource professionals. He is totally upfront and shares his successes along with some challenges, and how he works to overcome them. SSR’s remote-only workforce poses some unique challenges. I encourage you to listen t...

Patrick Cootes shares his story and why he felt he needed to make a change for himself and for the industry of learning.  He is upfront in his belief that he was in over his head and felt like an impostor among some amazing talented code writers.  Over the past 24 months, Patrick and his team have developed this incredible idea that, when we have an unabridged ability to give feedback without fear...

Tom Ziglar's latest book “10 Leadership Virtues for Disruptive Times” shares that, while the virtues have not changed, people’s priorities in life have shifted and become more intentional and foundational during, and since, the pandemic.   In this episode of The Teamwork Advantage, Tom shares his research and discusses how leaders need to adapt in today’s ever changing time of disruption. Tom talk...

Kevin Campbell, our guest in this episode, helps us identify strategies to increase employee engagement. He says it is as easy as 1-2-3,  followed by A-B-C.  Kevin’s approach gets employees involved and engaged – Conversations build greater buy-in. Take the time to listen to this episode if you are looking for concrete ways to engage productively with your team members!

Rajesh shares his experiences from growing up in India and the challenges he faced when he moved to England as a young man. Then he talks about the drastically different cuture he experienced when he moved to the United States. He also spent time living in Denmark, where experienced additional challenges with the homogenous society there. Drawing from his vast and varied background, Rajesh shares...

Cam F. Awesome is the winningest boxer in United States history and former Captain of the US Olympic Boxing team.  Like many of us might think, Cam thought boxing was an individual sport. He quickly learned that boxing, too, is most definitely a team sport. As his career grew, and he became Captain of the team, he quickly became aware of cultural differences and how they can easily impact so many...

Doug Rabold's uniqueness might just surprise you. It is what made him a great sales team member, a valuable member of his IT team, and what has helped him become a great leader. April is Autism Acceptance Month. Doug recently shared the fact that, 20 years ago, he was diagnosed with Austisum Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  In this episode, Doug shares with us how to work with everyone, whether they are...

David Covey shares how he grew up with the 7 habits in his life and how they guided him. Yet, traps still appeared and they still appear today.  The secret is in being able to see the traps ahead and either avoid or navigate accordingly. Hold on during this episode as David shares what the 7 traps, or hidden obstacles, are and offers tips on how to avoid them, or how to navigate once you realize t...