Winning Teams

In the military, it was all about the details for today's guest, Charlie Gilkey. And when it comes to teams in a business, the same is true. Charlie's military background sets him up very well to talk about team habits and what habits benefit teams in any environment.  What are the habits that impact the quality of work? In today's episode, Charlie shares the 8 categories of team habits and how fi...

Your thoughts shape your reality, but if those thoughts are negative or undermining, they suck your energy and shift your focus from strength and self-confidence to worry and fear. As a leader, this is something we need to change so we can lead a successful team. Renie Cavallari is today's podcast guest and she is a source of unbelievable energy. She has a strong background in the corporate world...

What exactly is performance management? It's a term we hear thrown around but what does it entail for an organization? Well, there's the traditional outlook and then there are the ideas of today's guest who is reimagining performance management as we know it. Projjal Ghatak is the CEO and founder of OnLoop, the mobile-first feedback and goal sharing platform purposely built for the modern team. Th...

For this episode, I am thrilled to have the author of one of my favorite books,  Chris DeSantis . Chris is the author of the phenomenal Why I Find You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work. In addition to being a great author, Chris is an expert in his field with so much experience with global brands in understanding the changes we're currently seeing in the workplace. Now, more tha...

Every organization it seems is facing enormous change right now and today's guest is an expert. An international expert in leading and accelerating change, Jeff Skipper guides leaders to plan and implement successful initiatives. His recent book Dancing with Disruption: Leading Dramatic Change During Global Transformation outlines his 12 steps to successful change and can literally be used as a ch...

The thing that separates the organizations that are good at delivering plans and successful projects and those that are not may come as a surprise to you. Today's guest is Greg Spira and in this episode, we talk about just that. Greg is the author of Trust the Plan: Demand Management for Business Leaders and he is in the business of helping organizations plan and roll out projects. He has worked w...

For this episode, you will certainly want to take notes, because today's guest has so many pearls of wisdom from his years of experience on how leaders should look at their business. Zain Raj joins us today to talk about his approach to building a business and solving the many problems leaders face in maintaining the growth and success of the organization. Zain's take on the topic is wonderful and...

Sports and business have a surprising amount of things in common and today's guest is no stranger to either field. David Lindsay has a varied and exciting background in multiple sports and has made the connection between the sports industry and successfully running a business. Now, David spends his time working with companies on improving performance as a coach and motivational speaker. In our con...

Today's guest is known as being the king of scaling businesses which is certainly a skillset not everybody has. Kurt Uhlir joins the podcast today with a very interesting background in serial entrepreneurship, technology, marketing, and of course scaling businesses. His experience covers all different types of markets and industries and he has worked with organizations across the globe. Kurt can t...

What is pay justice and pay equity? And why do they matter? Sally Loftis has dedicated her career to helping organizations through the minefield of this topic and helps them overcome the growing distrust of institutions through systemic work. She is the founder and Managing Director of Loftis Partners in North Carolina and comes to us with a background in HR and consulting. Now she specializes in...

What is your truth? Today's guest is on a mission to help fast-moving founders discover who they really are and what they genuinely stand for in order to empower them to break through obstacles, create new outcomes, and "take new ground" in their lives.  Adrian Koehler , a leadership engagement expert and co-founder of Take New Ground, is passionate about empowering founders to scale their busines...

In this episode, renowned financial planner and Strategic Coach® David Braithwaite joins us. With his extensive experience in both fields, David reveals how he leverages the power of empathy to help his clients.   David Braithwaite has crafted a distinctive coaching model fueled by empathy that empowers individuals to achieve their entrepreneurial goals and help their businesses thrive while posit...

Returning to the podcast today is Mark Monchek . Mark joined us for a conversation about the culture of opportunity about a year ago and we have the chance to hear his insight again. Mark is the founder and Chief Opportunity Officer of Opportunity Lab, a strategy consulting firm focused on company growth through conscious business. Opportunity Lab applies models of growth to companies navigating t...

It has been a while, but we are welcoming back speaker and author, Joey Coleman. A few years ago, Joey became the bestselling author of the book Never Lose a Customer Again , but today he joins the podcast with his follow up book Never Lose an Employee Again . Joey Coleman is an extraordinary communicator with 20 years of experience helping organizations retain their best customers and employees....

The topic of today's episode of the Winning Teams Podcast is so important and very relevant. Today we're discussing the need for shifts in behavior and let's face it, every organization has a whole realm of change programs going on. But today's guest breaks it down to communication and persuasion. Stephen McGarvey is the founder of Solutions in Mind, a consulting group that uses a proven process o...

"For Marc Lesser, the key to healthy relationships and effective workplaces is compassionate accountability - a practical and trainable way to clarify and achieve visions of success." We often discuss accountability, but what is compassionate accountability? Those words do not typically belong together, but today's guest shows up just how important the distinction is. Marc Lesser has an extensive...

Your expertise as a leader is impactful, but today's guest proves that you just can't know it all. You do not have to be nor are you expected to be the expert in all areas. But how can you leverage your own expertise and the expertise of those you lead and work with? Today's guest is Wanda Wallace and she has a book published on this exact topic, You Can't Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep E...

Remote work has been a buzzword since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and it has absolutely changed the landscape of business management across the entire world. But it isn't a new concept. Working remotely has been a part of many organizations' work model for quite a long time, which happens to be true for today's guest, Tamara Sanderson. Tamara Sanderson is the co-founder of Remote Works, an...

Today's guest is a passionate founder and CEO of Purpose Brand, an award-winning PR, brand and digital marketing firm in Chicago. Diane Primo builds on a groundbreaking 30 year career leading some of the top marketing organizations in the country and she has set up her agency based on her own extensive experience in the corporate world. Diane is also the author of a book series that explores busin...

While thinking about hiring people to the team, we need to consider their potential in becoming a leader. It may not be for everyone and it's not necessary for everyone to fill a leadership role, but we have to consider the qualities that give someone an advantage when it comes to leadership. What are those qualities? Today's guest is the CEO and President of Janson Associates, Dr. Kim Janson . Sh...

Today's guest says it best in his book when he says "You can grow your revenue and scale your business without sacrificing your whole personal life." Simon Severino is the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints and using his Sprints method, he transformed his own business model and designed the life he wanted. Simon Severino built a fascinating consulting business focused around these Strategy Sprint...

In her unique journey to executive coach, today's guest started in the medical field. This different experience than most coaches has led her to apply science to leadership, strategy, and high performance. Carla Fowler , MD PhD is the founder and CEO of THAXA, a boutique executive coaching firm that leverages the best ideas from performance science to help leaders around the globe. In our conversa...

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the way the world works. Whether temporarily or something more permanent, everyone experienced some sort of remote work with their organization. Many organizations discovered that it was a great new flexibility to offer employees and some organizations resisted the change. But like it or not, this new way of work is here to stay and today's guest shares with us just h...

Business advice is abundant, but today's guest takes a completely different approach that focuses on the individual's life purpose rather than the business itself. Paul Davis joins me today to talk about his unique approach and how it impacts his clients. Paul is an old friend of mine who started his career in accounting. In today's episode he shares why he shifted from accounting to consulting an...

Everyone has mindless behaviors - the things we do without thinking about it. A lot of times, these behaviors have no impact on others and are typically part of our individuality. But what about the behaviors that get in our way? Today's guest is author and marketing guru, Beatrice Adenodi . Beatrice has a lovely mix of commercial business experience, but takes almost an artistic and philosophical...