Mark Johnson comes onto the Leading People First podcast to share his stories of organizations that thrived by successfully developing a positive culture, and those who were not-so-successful.

Mark is a dynamic speaker, trainer, and coach for businesses large and small. Mark’s focus on the employee experience and culture is what has propelled him to work with government agencies and businesses all over the world.

Connect with Mark Johnson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrobjohnson/

Website: https://www.success-innovations.com/

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Celia Daniels is an Asian Indian non-op trans women of color who is an entrepreneur, musician, photographer, story teller, activist and filmmaker.

She joins the Leading People First podcast in a special three-part episode to share her story, her work, and her commitment to uplifting those around her.

In this third and final part of the episode, Celia talks about Christianity and religion as a whole, her intersectionality around ethnicity, religion, and culture, how we need to accept ourselves over changing ourselves, leading people first, and the importance of valuing human beings.

Listen to Part One and Part Two

Contact: [email protected]

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/celiasandaniels

Facebook: www.facebook.com/celia.s.daniels

Instagram and Twitter: @celiasandaniels

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Celia Daniels is an Asian Indian non-op trans women of color who is an entrepreneur, musician, photographer, story teller, activist and filmmaker.

She joins the Leading People First podcast in a special three-part episode to share her story, her work, and her commitment to uplifting those around her.

In part two of this episode, Celia shares her work in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion, the importance of ally ship, how integration into an organizational culture is proactive compared to inclusion being reactive, and the importance of community activism.

Listen to Part One and Part Three

Contact: [email protected]

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/celiasandaniels

Facebook: www.facebook.com/celia.s.daniels

Instagram and Twitter: @celiasandaniels

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Celia Daniels is an Asian Indian non-op trans women of color who is an entrepreneur, musician, photographer, story teller, activist and filmmaker.

She joins the Leading People First podcast in a special three-part episode to share her story, her work, and her commitment to uplifting those around her.

In part one of this episode, Celia shares her story, the struggles she's had with gender dysphoria, the impact of trauma and suppression of her authentic self, and clarifies the differences between gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation.

Listen to Part Two and Part Three

Contact: [email protected]

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/celiasandaniels

Facebook: www.facebook.com/celia.s.daniels

Instagram and Twitter: @celiasandaniels

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Kristin Sherry is a best selling and award-winning author, globally recognized career expert, and creator of the YouMap profile.

In this episode, Kristin and Chris discuss the importance of strengths and values for leaders, teams, and organizations.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinsherry/

Website: https://www.myyoumap.com/

For the month of October 2020, if you leave us a review, you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to win the newest book "Your Team Loves Mondays...Right?" by Kristin Sherry.

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In this episode, Travis Johnson, an active Navy Officer, shares his background including growing up in chaos yet never forgetting chaos, joining the Navy and settling in Oklahoma City, and learning to contribute to the community through non-profits and his podcast, The Nonprofit Architect.

Travis and Chris discuss the importance of leadership for the employee experience including investing in your team through compassion, serving others with a full cup, and providing value without expectation.

Website: www.nonprofitarchitect.org

Email: [email protected]

More ways to connect: https://linktr.ee/nonprofitarchitect

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In this episode, Philip Sessions joins to share the lessons he's learned as a body builder and fitness coach, and how they apply to the employee experience.

While Philip is not what many would consider an organizational leader, his insight as a People First Leader shone through the power of transformation and how it can be brought into areas of the employee experience like performance reviews, wellness, and learning.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philipsessions

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/william.philip.sessionsII

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-living-sessions/id1447036073?mt=2

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Jane Maine, a Senior Event Manager for Internal Global Events at Illumina, joins to share how leaders can still create impactful events, even when shifting from in-person to virtual.

Jane shares how it isn't as simple as taking your agenda and plopping it into a virtual setting.

Looking at what makes events successful, Jane and Chris discuss how food can still be a part of the experience, how important it is for leaders to find and personalize stories, and Jane's philanthropy work at Gently Hugged.

You can connect with Jane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelynneverett/

And learn more about the amazing work Jane is doing at Gently Hugged: http://gentlyhugged.org/

For the month of October 2020, if you leave us a review, you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to win the newest book from best-selling author, Kristin Sherry.

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Chrissy Roth-Francis is Principal Learning Partner on the Learning and Development team at LinkedIn. She joins Chris to discuss how she creates, manages, and facilitates learning experiences for LinkedIn's 15,000 global employees so they can do the best work of their career.

Together, Chrissy and Chris discuss how learning plays a critical role in the employee experience not only for individual growth, but for diversity, inclusion, and leadership.

Much of Chrissy's management and leadership philosophy was developed in her dozen years working in higher education. She worked at UC Berkeley at USC onboarding new students, training student leaders, and managing people and large-scale events. Throughout her career in higher ed and tech, she has onboarded more than 80,000 people to new communities and trained at more than 10,000 people in various skills and mindsets. 

She's a mom and wife whose work philosophies are quite intertwined with her personal life. She looks at every moment as a learning opportunity and a time for personal development. 

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Van Lai-DuMone is the found of WorkSmart, a progressive team development and leadership training company that activates creativity and experiential learning to enrich company culture and skyrocket performance.

Van shares how we are all innately curious and creative, and how this plays into our roles as leaders to design an impactful employee experience.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanlaidumone/

Website: https://www.worksmartadvantage.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worksmartadvantage/

Tedx Talk: https://youtu.be/DLixzTazp2U

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