the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast

Do you want to be a better and more effective Coach?  Do you want to coach more and more often? It's all about where you are during the game. This episode is a 1 MINUTE & 24 SECOND mini NITTY-GRITTY that will give you one very simple yet powerful tip to instantly "put" yourself in a better "place" to cause you to have to coach better and more often. Would you please ov...

In this UNCORK CONVERSATION, with Keynote Speaker, Facilitator, and Author, KRISTIN LINDEEN, we explore the idea of Generational Journeys. How personal and professional values translate, transfer, and continue to transform from one generation to another. We muse about the privilege we all have to call out the gifts we see in others. And we ask if our journeys are determined choice or decided desti...

In this NITTY-GRITTY Episode, we explore the "Alchemy of Change and Choice." Listen in and discover: - The four base "elements" that need to be "mixed" together to create and sustain CHANGE and CHOICE. - That when your desire for change is "magically morphed" into a true OBSESSION for the change you want, you will begin to make "gold." - That the w...

this is a 1 MINUTE & 42 SECOND mini NITTY-GRITTY Episode that will provoke and challenge you to understand that your organization DOESN'T EXIST or DO ANYTHING. If you think that your organization can be fundamentally different than your people, you are deceiving yourself. Your organization DOESN'T EXIST or DO ANYTHING ... PEOPLE DO. If you want to be a better "organization,&quot...

In this episode Leadership Historian, Craig Minchin and I explore the life, legacy and leadership lessons we can learn from MOTHER INDIA - Indira Gandhi. We chat about: Building alliances. Seeing beyond and through the Crowds to individuals. Wise and Foolish advice. Discovering what we need to stand up for and stand up to. The danger of becoming an overconfident leader. How our strengths can becom...

In this mini NITTY-GRITTY, I share 3 Life and Leadership lessons I learned on a recent RV trip. It's My Site. Don't be a campsite"cutter." You need permission to cut across and cut through. Tanks. FRESH. GREY. And the dreaded BLACK one. It's time to check how full they are. & the Fire. How do you start and stoke yours and others? Tim Windsor the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast –...

Riddle me this. When food isn't free ... but you can't buy it ... but you can shop for it ... where are you and what are you doing? In this NITTY-GRITTY, I share the story of how my friends and I UNCOMMODiFiED compassion and support for the poor and marginalized in a community I lived in for over 20 years. And at the end of this episode, I give you my cell number and ask you to do me a f...

This is a thought-provoking and timely UNCORK Conversation with leadership speaker, consultant, trainer, coach, and author Alain Hunkins  Alain and I dialogue about the impact and implications for employees, employers, and leaders of the fact that the U.S. Labor Department reported that a record 7.6 million people quit their jobs in April and May of 2021. and that The 2021 WORK TREND INDEX shows t...

How do you get your people to desire and embrace change better and quicker? In this mini NITTY-GRITTY episode recorded on my iPhone, I share a provocative idea that I believe is what leaders often forget and overlook when they are trying to get their people to embrace change. You will instantly catalyze the energy and desire required to propel your change if you do this. Change Agents cultivate an...

This is an insightful and practical conversation with an international SAP and Supply Chain Execution Architect, my friend, and as you will find out … just a “dude” – Dave Webb. Dave and I explore what over 22 years of working with Senior Leaders during large-scale process and system change & implementation have taught him about: Leading change. Leaders. Leadership. Life. And Himself For Dave,...

In this UNCORK episode with Jon Wagner (Virtual Team Pioneer & Author), we tuck into a conversation about Making Virtual Teams Much More Human. We explore the importance of Personal and Professional Community, Connection, Collaboration, and the Human Systems that create, enhance, and sustain them. Jon shares 11 Key Principles that his years of research and experience showed him will create an...

A recent conversation with a Client inspired me to explain that my experience has shown me that Transition Planning, NOT Succession Planning is a much better way to say it, see it, understand it, and really feel it. WHY? Because words matter and have an immediate and lasting emotional impact, especially when talking about people's lives, identities, intrinsic value, future, and legacy.  And,...

This was a thought-provoking and practical conversation with leadership and team trainer, facilitator, coach, consultant, and my business partner Amanda MacDougall. In this conversation, we explore this provocative question ... if you are giving or receiving an opportunity to become a Manager, a people Manager, is that just a Fantastic Promotion or is it ultimately a Fundamental Career Change? You...

A recent conversation with a Network of Consultants and Coaches that I connect with inspired me to explore this question - Work-Life Balance, Myth or Manageable Expectation? Join me for a coffee in my backyard, and let's ruminate on this idea together. Let me challenge you to consider the mental image that immediately comes into your mind when you think of this subject. And share some strateg...

This UNPEDDLING Conversation with a 3rd Generation Car Guy, Craig Kieswetter, tucks into how to Sell Well in an industry with a problematic selling image. Chris, Craig, and I explore these questions together: How do you "Sell Well" in an industry with a problematic selling image? What are you and your team doing to break the negative "car salesman" image? What is your best advi...

The UNCOMMODiFiED are undeterred and undenied. You can’t stop them, push them down, or hold them back. They won’t let you or any force of nature deny them the fulfillment of their predetermined and possibly predestined preferred future. So come hell or high water, diabolic demons (theirs or yours), or raging seas; they are getting there, wherever there is, preferably with you, but without you, if...

This was a candid and compelling conversation with transformational leadership coach and author Dave Loney. Dave and I dive into the deep and dangerous waters of our genuinely authentic personal and professional selves. In those sometimes murky and sometimes clear waters, we navigate and investigate these ideas and ideals: - Acknowledging and Articulating our Authentic Needs - Appropriate Assertiv...

This was a provocative and punchy conversation with storyteller, photographer, and humourist - Tom Vogel – one of the most UNCOMMODiFiED people I know. Tom and I gibber and jabber about the essence and power of a great story … about what makes the best "story"... whether conceived in the mind and communicated by voice or captured by the camera? Along the way, we rife on ruminate on the m...

It may be time to admit that sometimes you're just a symptom soother and not really a problem solver at all? Discover the simple secret to being a world-class problem solver. Challenge yourself not just to be a "pill pusher" when you really need to be a "skilled surgeon." Please overlook the rawness of this recording and hear the provocation of this mini NITTY-GRITTY episo...

In this UNPEDDLING episode, Chris and I have a conversation with Lisa Genovese, the President of BottomLine.  We explore the world of Market Research and ideas and insights that will show you: What can help you, your company and your brand be "scrappy" and "punch above your weight" as an "underdog" in your Market. What the best way to seek "feedback and opinion&q...

This is an insightful and challenging conversation with Richard Stanley – the President of Bartell Global and the CEO and President of Precision Metal Works. Richard and I dive deeply into what he has learned about taking organizations (people) from inefficiency to efficiency - from losing money to making money - from an unhealthy culture to a healthy culture. He shares from his 35 years of experi...

In this UNPEDDLING episode, Chris and I caution you to be careful and DON’T LET DEMAND DECEIVE YOU.  Demand deceives us when we say: I am too busy to … Be proactive and strategic.  Prospect “new business.” Plan or follow “our” plan.  Take time for big picture thinking and dreaming of our preferred future. Do the “little things” that got us here.  Demand deceives us when we say: This is the new nor...

Do you want to become a better listener and learner? Understand and practice the "PUSHBACK," and you will be ... but first, you need to understand who you need to push back on and the two things you must "PUSHBACK" and "PUSHDOWN." Please overlook the rawness of this recording and hear the provocative message of this mini NITTY-GRITTY episode recorded on my iPhone. Tim...

This episode is an inspiring and encouraging conversation with John Wright, one of the founders of Eagle's Flight - a global leader in Business-Driven, People Focused Experiential Learning and Engagement. John and I chatted about a leader's opportunity and obligation to see, summon, and shape people's positive potential and help them move forward into their destiny. Our conversation...

In this UNPEDDLING episode, Chris and I have a conversation with a Vice President of Sales and our friend Matt Locke. Matt once told me this ... "I don't think I have ever been successful at getting a customer to engage because it matters to me ... that's not how it works." Listen in and explore these ideas with us: How understanding and uncovering a customer's personal &a...