News from the Peak

On this episode of New from the Peak, we hear from David Ramm about Behavioral Economics, how we can use these concepts to improve services and how it impacts our daily lives. As a compliment to the episode, David has provided us with  some great resources to learn more about the topic. To find these please visit our website, and click on "News from the Peak".  Don't forget to stick around until the end for a peek behind the scenes at the News from the Peak virtual studio, and to hear David's greatest advice.

Maureen Leif has a conversation with Liz Bullard and Puni Kalra. It starts as a discussion about Executive Coaching, and winds up covering a lot of really interesting and intriguing topics.  Puni Kalra has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), and has been providing leadership development and executive coaching services to clients across a multitude of industries and disciplines.  Liz Bullard has a Masters in Systems Management, and is also a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). Liz has over 20 years of experience, and has spent a great deal of time working with public sector clients especially in the Judiciary. Both of have a wealth of experience and insights and we are delighted to have them as guests on this episode. 

We are very pleased to be releasing our 10th Episode, and to welcome our guest than Irma J. Neal. Irma is the Co-Owner and Senior Partner at Onyx Rising Financial Services, and before that had a long and successful career in Government and Human Services in both the public and private sectors. Her recent book, Leading in Chaos, is available on Amazon and Audible, and links to the book can be found on our website.  Anyone that knows her understands that she brings something very positive, very productive and very real to the table. And if you don’t know her, this is your chance!

David and Maureen interview Mariellen Keely, Policy Program Consultant with the Virginia Department of Social Services. Mariellen talks with us about the kinds of digital marketing approaches seem to be working for the Virginia child support program, how programs can get past their fears of social media (and especially the negative comments that seem to come with the territory), and what the next wave in digital marketing for child support might be.

As pride month draws to a close, we wanted to dedicate an episode to hear from people close to us about what Pride Month means to them, and what it was like this year.  We were fortunate to interview 4 people for this project, and actually wound up with so much good stuff, we decided to make it a 2 part series. Part 2 features interviews with Joe Jean and Leigh Mamlin. 

As pride month draws to a close, we wanted to dedicate an episode to hear from people close to us about what Pride Month means to them, and what it was like this year.  We were fortunate to interview 4 people for this project, and actually wound up with so much good stuff, we decided to make it a 2 part series. Part 1 features interviews with Harry Mamlin and Mike Lockner.

On this episode about modern human-centric designed technology for use in human services and specifically child support. We at Grays Peak Strategies have been working with a team from IBM for about a year now on a new approach to human services systems. Maureen Leif has a conversation with Jarrad Dann and Mike Lockner to talk about our approach to system development and how this can be applied anywhere.

On this episode Maureen Leif speaks with Ron Haskins, to discuss the impact that the current COVID crisis has had on Child Welfare.

Ron Haskins is a Senior Fellow and Co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Cabot Family Chair in Economic Studies.

Together with Morgan Welch, a project coordinator on Children and Families also at the Brookings Institution – published an article about the impact this crisis is having on our Child Welfare system. “What COVID-19 means for America’s Child Welfare System”.

In this episode, Maureen Leif speaks with Danielle Becwar about difficult conversations. Having a difficult conversation can be dreadful and often times we put them off and let things fester. Danielle has some great insight on this podcast on why we dread it so much and therefore how we can make it goes as smooth as possible.

In this episode, Maureen Leif speaks with Danielle Becwar about difficult conversations. Having a difficult conversation can be dreadful and often times we put them off and let things fester. Danielle has some great insight on this podcast on why we dread it so much and therefore how we can make it goes as smooth as possible.