By Nicole Greer
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Robert and Kay Lee Fukui, bestselling co-authors of Tandem: The Married Entrepreneur's Guide for Greater Work - Life Balance. Robert and Kay Lee Fukui have used their shared passions and business expertise to help entrepreneurs and 'couplepreneurs' strengthen and grow since they officially merged as husband and wife on March 13, 2006.
As the founders of Power Couples by Design™, they realize it is impossible not to bring home what happens at the office, and vice versa. After winning awards for helping corporations create long-term profitability and sustainability in their businesses, they have woven together corporate best practices with the heart of family businesses.
In Tandem, they share the exact process they have taught thousands of married entrepreneurs to harmonize work and home. Robert and Kay Lee live in Pasadena, California, with their furchild, Pippa.
You can learn more about them, their courses, coaching, and events at https://marriedentrepreneur.co/
Three Takeaways from our conversation with Robert and Kay Lee:
[00:04:04] Prioritize Marriage to Achieve Work-Life Balance
Robert and Kay Lee discuss the importance of prioritizing marriage over financial success. They emphasize that when marriage takes precedence, financial stability can follow. Tools like intentional calendaring, where personal and family time are scheduled first, help balance the two worlds.
[00:11:27] Leverage Individual Strengths in Business and Marriage
Understanding personality differences using tools like the DiSC profile fosters effective collaboration. Robert shared how assigning tasks based on strengths (e.g., avoiding forcing roles like QuickBooks on Kay Lee) can reduce conflict and improve efficiency, highlighting the value of outsourcing when necessary.
[00:27:32] Focus on Profit Margins, Not Just Revenue
The couple stressed the importance of focusing on profit margins instead of just increasing revenue. They shared examples of how small changes—like adjusting pricing or improving cost efficiency—can significantly boost profitability while maintaining a manageable workload.
Robert and Kay Lee's Book: https://a.co/d/ilPctay
Get the first chapter FREE here: https://www.thetandembook.com/free-chapter-optin-page
Thriving in Tandem podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-in-tandem-the-podcast-for-ma…
Visit Robert and Kay Lee on Social Media:
Robert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertfukui/
Kay Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayleefukui/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thrivingintandem
Intstagram https://www.instagram.com/thrivingintandem/
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Paul Morton. Paul is a seasoned CEO, leadership expert, and the visionary behind the Practical Leadership Academy. Paul knows that many managers find themselves in leadership roles by accident—promoted for their technical skills without ever being shown how to manage effectively. His work centers on the practical steps managers can take to do the things they know they should be doing but were never taught. Through his Academy and his Practical Leadership Podcast, Paul distills decades of experience into actionable strategies that help leaders build strong, cohesive teams. His guiding principle is servant leadership—making others successful is the true mark of a great leader. Paul’s passion for transforming leadership and ensuring every manager can lead with confidence and clarity. Listen in and find out how to take the five steps necessary to transform your one to one's with your team members.
3 Key Take-Aways
Paul’s Book (FREE Download!): https://practical-leadership.academy/resources/
Visit Paul on Social Media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwmorton/
Listen to Paul's Practical Leadership Podcast
https://practical-leadership.podbean.com/
Visit Paul's Website:
https://practical-leadership.academy/
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Curtis Bateman. He is the bestselling co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity and is vice president of direct international offices for FranklinCovey. With over 24 years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is an internationally recognized presenter, content developer, change consultant, business leader, and coach.
His passion for enabling organizations “at change” resulted in the co-creation of transformative, industry-leading solutions, including Change Element, Leaders@Change, Managing Millennials, Millennials@Work, and the Change Practitioner.
Formerly the president and CEO at Red Tree Leadership, Curtis managed the world-class brand Who Moved My Cheese? and created a practical approach to help individuals and leaders succeed with an ever-complex world of change in the workplace. Curtis joined FranklinCovey as a senior change consultant and co-practice leader. In 2016, Curtis became managing director of the U.K. and Ireland, in 2018 was asked to assume additional management responsibilities of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and in 2019 took on additional responsibility for China, Japan, and Australia.
Curtis shares while every change is unique, there is a predictable pattern to change. Understand that pattern, and you can turn change into opportunity!
He states, "Change is inevitable. When unexpected or unwanted change disrupts well-established routines, personally and professionally, it’s natural to wonder, “Who rocked the boat?” Unfortunately, that is exactly the wrong question to ask!"
Listen in and find out why! Curtis built a Change Model that demystifies the uncertainty of change and creates the opportunity to realize greater results, personal growth, and even innovation.
Additionally, Curtis shares a simple but profound business parable that invites leaders to reflect on their own change journey and discover how their “crew” falls into a set of predictable patterns and reactions.
Take Away
Curtis’ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Turn-Uncertainty-Into-Opportunity/dp/1642507946
Visit Curtis on Social Media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/franklincovey/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranklinCovey/
Intstagram: https://www.instagram.com/franklincovey/
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Mark Budzinski. Mark is a management executive who advises business leaders how to get the most out of their investment in analytics. With an acute interest in organizational behavior, his book is published on Amazon under the title “Peer-to-Peer Culture.”
In this episode we explore concepts from Mark's book. Mark shares his hard won culture philosophy and shares authentically his business philosophy.
Mark believes in business, perhaps the only thing more difficult than founding a startup company is growing the enterprise to the next level.
He answers the question, Why do so many who try fall short?
Because leaders of businesses too often are distracted by the rigors of day-to-day operations and seduced by big-company thinking. CEOs of emerging firms should not rush to implement the practices, processes, and policies popular at larger organizations. Instead, they should focus on employee behavior and a culture anchored in trust and teamwork.
In Peer-to-Peer Culture and in this episode of the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast Mark and I outline how to:
- Inject trust into the lifeblood of a company
- Maximize team performance, using pay plans as an enabler
- Acquire new customers with empathy
- Confront conflict with honesty
- Encourage unambiguous communication and better decision-making
If you are an executive or human resource leader in a growing organization, this book will challenge your assumptions about business and invite you to install a company culture in which staff, customers, and investors thrive.
Mark’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Peer-Peer-Culture-Takes-Businesses/dp/B08CM5T986
Visit Mark on Social Media:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-budzinski-b9ba36/
Facebook: https://cleandatainc.com/
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Mary Miller, author of Changing Direction: Ten Choices that Impact Your Dreams. Mary Miller has empowered ten million individuals to pursue their dreams. With over 20 years as an Entrepreneurial Coach at Strategic Coach Inc., she equips business owners with tools for success. Mary's journey includes transforming JANCOA, a small cleaning business, into a thriving enterprise with over 550 employees and an 85% market share. Her inspiring story showcases resilience, achieving a remarkable 300% reduction in turnover rates. Now, as she steps into a new chapter, Mary focuses on public speaking and coaching, encouraging others to embrace life’s possibilities and make a meaningful impact.
I am grateful to Mary for sharing her wealth of knowledge and passion for dreams. Her insights on business growth, personal growth and pursuing your dreams are sure to inspire HR professionals and leaders of kinds to BUILD A Vibrant Culture.
Want to know more about Mary?
Mary’s Book: https://a.co/d/hwFQRgt
Other books mentioned on this episode:
The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly: https://a.co/d/7aTSYML
Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine: https://a.co/d/iGSsIWc
10x is easier than 2x by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy: https://a.co/d/0V3zRL2
Visit her on Social Media:
X: @mary_dreams
Intagram: mary_dreamsbig
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mary-miller-dreams
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, Nicole interviews Davina Stanley, author of Elevate: How to Lift the Quality of Thinking in Your Team's Board Papers without Rewriting Them Yourself and Engage: How to Engage Senior Leaders and Boards without Burning Nights and Weekends Iterating on Your Papers. Davina Stanley has been helping executives clarify and convey complex ideas for more than 25 years.
You may be thinking, 'What are Board Papers?'
Board papers outline key information on the discussion points, decisions and actions required for a board meeting. In essence board papers can either gain you the support you need from your board or derail you plans altogether. Government entities, non-profits and some businesses utilize a board for proper governance of the organization. Governance is the process of governing or overseeing an organization. It can include the institutions, processes, and practices that are used to make decisions and regulate issues of common concern.
The leadership and employees of the organization use board papers to convince, persuade, inform and create awareness for the board to make decisions. Essentially, if the board papers are excellent you can gain support, move forward quickly, and create excitement for the vision. Davina's books help leaders create superior board papers!
Previously, she was a consultant at McKinsey in Hong Kong. Davina has helped people of all levels across most professions since then. In addition, Davina grew up in Australia, and has lived in Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo and now Seattle. Currently, Davina lives in Seattle with her husband.
I am grateful to Davina for sharing her wealth of knowledge and passion for communication. Her insights on board papers, writing, and leaders taking charge of their communication are sure to inspire HR professionals and leaders alike to BUILD A Vibrant Culture.
Want to know more about Davina?
Buy the Books: https://clarityfirstprogram.com/books-communication-strategy-examples/
Visit:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communicateup
X: x.com/clarityprogram
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenball26/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarityfirstprogram/
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This week on the Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast, I interview Karen Ball, Senior Fellow at Prosaic and author of Prosci’s latest publication, The ADKAR Advantage: Your New Lens for Successful Change ©2024. Previously, she was Executive Vice President of Prosci’s Research, Product, and Marketing Team. In addition to her role as an Executive Instructor, she continues to develop Prosci offerings and engage with clients as a Change Advisor.
ADKAR is a change management model that focuses on guiding individuals through the change process. The acronym stands for:
• Awareness: Understanding the need for change.
• Desire: The willingness to support and participate in the change.
• Knowledge: Knowing how to change and what the change entails.
• Ability: Having the skills and behaviors to implement the change.
• Reinforcement: Ensuring the change sticks and is sustained over time.
The model is used in organizational change initiatives, helping leaders and teams manage transitions effectively by addressing the human side of change.
Karen Ball has been using ADKAR in her work, while raising her children, and navigating her own personal desire to change. She is the SME of ADKAR. That might be too many acronyms :) however, this episode lays out how ADKAR works and how you can adopt these change management strategies, systems, and smarts into your life, career, and business too!
In this episode, you’ll hear:
• All about the ADKAR Model originally developed by Jeff Hiatt
• Stories of How Individuals and Businesses have Effectively Used ADKAR
• The Reality that CHANGE Happens One Person at a Time
• Strategies about How you Can Influence Your Organization’s Change
• And, Ultimately How you Can Shift your Organization into a CHANGE AGENCY full of CHANGE AGENTS
I am grateful to Karen Ball for sharing her wealth of knowledge and passion for Change Management. Her insights on change readiness, gaining sponsors for your change, and leaders modeling the role of change agent are sure to inspire HR professionals and leaders alike to BUILD A Vibrant Culture.
Want to know more about Karen and ADKAR?
Buy the Book:
https://www.amazon.com/ADKAR-Advantage-Your-Successful-Change/dp/B0CZVRTWTV/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=Ro8ST&content-id=amzn1.sym.352fa4e9-2aa8-47c3-b5ac-8a90ddbece20%3Aamzn1.symc.40e6a10e-cbc4-4fa5-81e3-4435ff64d03b&pf_rd_p=352fa4e9-2aa8-47c3-b5ac-8a90ddbece20&pf_rd_r=T7V4E7B99MTNEWKJTTNG&pd_rd_wg=mw4Aq&pd_rd_r=d79e123f-a5aa-4f7c-83eb-c225be0b2cca&pd_rd_i=B0CZVRTWTV
Visit:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProsciExperience/
X: https://x.com/Prosci
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenball26/
Karen’s Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenball26/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proscichangemanagement
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpROP3F4AOo2ixTuq5KQhBw
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This week on Build a Vibrant Culture, we're bringing you a special replay of Nicole Greer's presentation on Emotional Intelligence at the Fayetteville, NC SHRM webinar. Nicole dives deep into the importance of EQ in the workplace, sharing practical strategies for developing and implementing emotional intelligence in your organization. As a life and business coach, Nicole offers valuable insights on self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management – the four key components of emotional intelligence.
**In this episode, you'll discover:**
[02:30] The surprising statistic about how much more you can earn with high emotional intelligence
[05:15] The "lifeline" concept: How your past experiences shape your emotional responses
[08:45] Why stress isn't always bad (and how to find your "optimal stress" zone)
[12:30] The power of smiling and its physiological effects on your body and those around you
[16:00] How to use "timeouts" and manage negative self-talk for better emotional regulation
[20:15] The importance of greeting people by name and maintaining a positive workplace atmosphere
[24:45] A powerful listening technique that will make people feel truly understood
[29:00] How to use "dialogue" in meetings to foster better communication and idea-sharing
**Ready to boost your emotional intelligence? Try these:**
[07:00] Conduct a self-assessment to understand your emotional triggers and responses
[11:00] Practice the "What is it like to experience you?" exercise for greater self-awareness
[14:30] Implement a "feed-forward" process in your team for continuous improvement
[18:45] Find an emotional intelligence mentor and learn from their example
[26:30] Use reflective listening in your next difficult conversation
**Spark Notes (aka Key Concepts Mentioned):**
* The four buckets of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management
* The learning curve model and its relation to emotional stress
* The feeling scale: from euphoria to depression, and how to move people up
* The importance of written goals for personal and professional growth
* The three things upset people are usually seeking: power, security, or control
* The "Undercover Boss" effect: gaining perspective by walking in others' shoes
This replay of Nicole's webinar is a goldmine of information on emotional intelligence and its practical application in the workplace. Her insights on self-awareness, stress management, and effective communication offer a roadmap for leaders to create more vibrant, emotionally intelligent cultures. As we've heard today, developing EQ is not just about personal growth – it's about fostering stronger relationships, better decision-making, and ultimately, more successful organizations.
To watch the full webinar presentation by Nicole Greer on Emotional Intelligence, visit YouTube
Remember, enhancing your emotional intelligence is an ongoing journey. Which of Nicole's strategies will you implement first in your workplace?
Join Nicole Greer as she dives into the world of HR strategy with the dynamic Tara McAlister, an HR advisor with Catapult. With 20 years of proven HR expertise, Tara excels in employee relations, recruiting, and strategic HR initiatives. Her passion for connecting people and resources to drive success shines through in this enlightening conversation.
In this episode, you'll discover:
[02:00] Tara's definition of leadership and why a title doesn't make you a leader
[05:00] The importance of modeling behavior as a leader, especially with PTO
[10:00] Strategies for effective recruiting and building your employer brand
[19:00] The value of internal recruiting and developing high-potential employees
[25:00] Tips for conducting effective interviews and the importance of transparency
[37:00] Why problem-solving skills are crucial for employees and how to develop them
[43:00] The dos and don'ts of the interview process
Ready to level up your HR game? Try these:
[05:30] Model the behavior you want to see in your employees, especially regarding PTO usage
[26:30] Use social media to showcase your company culture and celebrate your employees
[34:00] Empower your employees to be problem-solvers by encouraging creativity and ideas
[41:00] Be transparent about job requirements and salary ranges during the pre-screening process
A big thank you to Tara McAlister for sharing her wealth of knowledge and passion for HR. Her insights on leadership, recruiting, and employee development are sure to inspire HR professionals and leaders alike to create more vibrant workplace cultures.
Resource Mentioned:
- Tara's "15 Killer Interview Questions and Scorecard"
Want more Tara in your life? (We don't blame you!)
Connect with Tara on LinkedIn
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This week on Build a Vibrant Culture, we're bringing you a special bonus episode featuring our very own Nicole Greer and her inspiring TEDx Talk, "What do I really Want? The Powerful Question." Nicole challenges us to stop searching for answers and instead live into this powerful question. As a life and business coach, Nicole shares her insights on uncovering our deepest desires, overcoming resistance, and igniting our inner spark to shine brightly in the world.
In this episode, you'll discover:
[01:30] Why asking "What do I really want?" can be transformative (and a little uncomfortable) [03:45] The character trait you've never heard of that fans your inner spark
[07:15] How to move from your comfort zone to your learning zone (and why it matters)
[10:00] The three essential steps to uncovering and pursuing what you really want
[13:30] Why integrity might not mean what you think it does (and how to truly embody it)
[16:45] Real-life examples of people who dared to ask "What do I really want?" (and the amazing results)
Ready to level up your life? Try these:
[08:30] Conduct a thorough self-assessment to explore who you are
[11:15] Develop habits that fuel your dreams and desires
[14:00] Practice the "three perspectives" exercise to gain clarity on your future
[15:30] Tap into your five energies to overcome obstacles and fatigue
Spark Notes (aka Key Concepts Mentioned):
This bonus episode featuring Nicole's TEDx Talk is a powerful reminder of the impact of self-reflection and purposeful action. Her insights on willingness, self-discovery, and pursuing our deepest desires offer a roadmap for leaders to create more vibrant lives and cultures. As we've heard today, the journey to igniting our inner flame begins with a simple yet profound question: "What do I really want?" We hope this talk inspires you to dive deep, embrace your dreams, and take those next right steps towards your destiny.
Watch the TEDx Talk here: https://youtu.be/L1qYzx0F5jc?si=vTivIVR3I1aybagj
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