Keeping It Real with Tiff and Carl

In this episode, our hosts are heading back on the road and share some of their favorites from Marin and Orange counties, as well as their favorite ways to travel, before tackling the concept of Psychological Safety, including how they define and experience safety in the workplace.

In this Part Two of our episode on Situational Leadership, our perilous pair dive into each development level and corresponding level of supervision, bringing in comparisons to other models, before evaluating the utilities and shortcomings of SL II.

This week's episode highlights the importance of meeting people where they are to coach them to where you want them to be. The Situational Leadership II model assists leaders in individualizing their level of support. Tiff and Carl go through the SLII model and relate it to what they, and other leaders have experienced in their pursuit of effective employee and team development

This week our partners-in-crime discuss travel thoughts and desert island food choices before tackling the time-honored nuanced and multi-layered questions, "Are you motivated?", "What motivates you?" and "How can I motivate myself or others?"

Part two sees our duo continue their discussion on measuring employee performance, including ways to measure values and other intangible organizational standards and beliefs, linking performance management to effective hiring practices, and increasing engagement in disengaged staff, before , before Tiffany introducing math into the podcast in the equation: Performance = Ability x Motivation.

Effective performance management is the garden in which your employee's develop into their best selves, but each employee needs individual attention and care to effectively grow. In this episode your favorite podcasters discuss the dynamics of developing teams, including understanding each staff member's ambitions and how to uncover where and why they want to go in their career. Tiff and Carl then discuss the power of rating scores and how to treat people fairly and representative of their level of achievements and where they can go into the future.

Part two of this very special episode sees our hosts continuing to discuss the concepts behind results, including understanding the importance of making the journey just as meaningful as the destination to increase the sustainability of the achieved results.

This week, our hosts start the show discussing their favorites from their travels before diving into the 5th of Lencioni's 5 functions/dysfunctions of a team: results. You'll hear conversations about the importance of making sure that results are in alignment with the mission and vision of not just the organization, but each team member as well.

Part Two sees our gracious hosts continue their discussion on the need for accountability and what it looks like in practice. You'll hear tips from experts such as Wakeman and Kouzes and Posner and ends with reflective questions to ponder.