By Ken Cameron & Russell Stratton
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In this episode, Russell sits down with Cher McArthur, the founder of Humming Bee, to discuss the complexities and challenges of human resources. With over 20 years of HR and leadership experience across various industries, Cher and her team at Humming Bee specialize in helping leaders navigate potential minefields such as performance management, conflict resolution, training and development programs, and work distribution.
Cher's approach to HR is anything but one-size-fits-all. She believes that each organization has its own unique needs, and she is dedicated to developing customized solutions that are not only effective but also sustainable in the long term. Tune in to hear her insights on how to tailor HR strategies to fit the specific dynamics of any business and how leaders can foster a more harmonious and productive workplace.
Cher McArthur - Founder of Humming Bee, a consulting firm dedicated to guiding leaders through HR challenges with tailored solutions. With expertise in multiple HR disciplines, Cher's approach is rooted in understanding the unique needs of each organization to drive success.
Connect with Humming Bee:
Website: Humming Bee
LinkedIn: Cher McArthur
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Katelyn tells us about the difficult conversation she had with a colleague who touched her inappropriately in the workplace … and why she chose not to escalate to HR. She also tells us how she almost lost her company during the pandemic but instead grew her business 5X over the next three years through the power of social media connection. Most importantly, she tells us why it’s important to be friendly at the Tim Horton’s drive thru.
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Join Cheryl Crumb as she shares wisdom form her career as a trainer, a coach and a guide who works with clients to bring the voice of the customer into their organizations. Machines tend to be predictable and don’t get mad at you, but human beings are unpredictable and emotional. Producing a cohesive team dedicated to creating an Extraordinary Customer Experience requires rigorous processes, an empowered workforce and enlightened leadership. This magical combination doesn’t happen by accident… it’s both a top down and bottom up approach.
Cheryl also shares her most difficult conversation: a clean up conversation with a close friend that she let down. If you have a relationship that you’ve left dangling, you’ll find the ease with which she repaired bridges to be inspiring.
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In this episode, Ken and Russell sit down with Heather Andrews, the dynamic founder of Get You Visible and the Empire Authors Academy. After a successful career in healthcare, Heather made a bold move to pursue her passion for storytelling and founded Get You Visible, a publishing company dedicated to helping individuals share their unique stories with the world. Heather's belief that everyone has a story worth telling is at the heart of her work, and she has empowered countless authors to bring their narratives to life.
Ken and Russell also share their experience working with Heather on their latest book collaboration, The Culture Revolution, and discuss the profound impact storytelling can have on culture and leadership.
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While Ken is out of town, Russell takes the reins and sits down with Alison Geskin, Founder and CEO of The Art of Strategy.
Alison is a globally recognized leader in strategy, organizational development, and people performance. Her innovative approach to connecting strategy with people development has consistently driven powerful performance and positive outcomes for organizations worldwide.
In this episode, Alison talks about her work in practically supporting strategic change with the 'how' and not simply the 'what'. She also shares one of the most difficult conversations she experienced as an executive—one that may resonate with many leaders. She also adds a bit of humor by referencing imaginary spinach on Russell’s teeth to highlight a crucial learning point 'Clear is Kind'. Want to know what that’s all about? Tune in to find out!
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Join cohosts Russell Stratton and Ken Cameron for their 100th addition and really looking forward to this special conversation today as a discussion with returning special guests Marcy Fortnow, Meridith Grundei from Grundei Coaching, and Jonathan White from Hiro Studio.
Marcy Fortnow’s company is called Engaging Play with a focus on team development work, team training, facilitation, to get all the group working together get more done and focus on areas of connection, communication and collaboration.
Marcy believes that when people are in sync with those items they are more effective or positive and more productive and her secret sauce is play.
Meredith Grundei of Grundei Coaching in New York City is a global public speaking and presentation skills coach. She works for dominantly with technical teams so in leadership with people who present technical information. She teaches them how to simplify their messaging, so they’re reaching their customers and they actually leave understanding what their products and solutions are.
Meredith uses improvisational theatre to help people get out of their heads and into their hearts.
Jon White is the founder and CEO of Hiro Studio where he splits his time between being a lean management consultant, helping companies to do things better faster and more cost-effectively and helping organizations identify the waste and their business and getting it removed to make things a lot more easy and profitable for folks.
Jonathan’s other focus is on remote collaboration, using powerful tools to create experiences together to solve complex problems without getting in the way as much, such as improv and visual storytelling techniques.
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In this episode, Ken and Russell are joined by the dynamic Adam Kolozetti, Co-Founder of ENTA Solutions, self-proclaimed Culture Ninja, and host of the Culture Hack podcast on YYC Business.
Adam has a fascinating background as an Aerospace Engineer with a private pilot's license, and he’s had a successful career in both the Oil and Gas and Construction industries. However, Adam took a bold leap from those fields to co-found ENTA Solutions with Katelyn Bullock. Together, they built a company founded on the notion of EPICness—encouraging people to Be EPIC. Do EPIC. And do it perpetually.
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Ken Cameron and Russell Stratton are back together co hosting again after what seems like forever and we need to F**ing talk to Judith Virag, after building a successful career within the corporate world as an executive assistant at corporations such as Citibank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Calgary Flames took a leap of faith and her residential and commercial cleaning company Clean Club Calgary.
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Judith's team and she’s also a co-writer with us in our new book collaboration The Culture Revolution.
Contact Judith Virag | Clean Club Calgary:
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In this episode I need to talk f***ing talk to Brad Smith of Stellar Insight Inc. Brad is a business growth consultant, CEO and executive coach facilitator for strategic thinking planning and R&D. Brad is interested in working with CEOs and companies who are ambitious, curious and courageous enough to want more insight for their company and more sales with less effort, companies poised for significant growth, executive culture, animated for success for leaps of magnitude, and executive effectiveness.
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Rebecca is the VP of operations at FMO media out of Atlanta and steers the helm of operations at FMO Media with an eagle eye for efficiency and a maestro’s touch in digital strategy. She's the backbone of the production and marketing teams, pioneering systems that transform challenges into seamless workflows. When she's not innovating the next big thing in marketing automation, Rebecca cherishes life in rhythm with her husband, their two Shiba Inu rescues, Kit and Kuma, and Blue, the cat with eyes as deep as the ocean.
She spent her early career working with theatre and nonprofit arts organizations. When I found that she was interested in our podcast and had a background in theatre and working in non-profit organizations, I jumped at the chance to have her on because I also have a theatre background and work with non-profits. Rebecca says that she thrives on coaching her team and she is a firm believer in empowering others, and her goal is to foster stronger leaders, cohesive teams and well-rounded individuals. Rebecca is 100% in alignment with the theme of this podcast.
Contact Rebecca Vickers:
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The podcast currently has 106 episodes available.