Overly Human

This Great Resignation has left a lot of companies with many open positions and a feeling of self-doubt with everyone leaving. But with every raincloud, there is a silver lining. In this episode, Rob and Traci discuss how this mass shift in employees has actually positively impacted teams being vision-centered and how saying goodbye can be a great thing for the future of the company.

As a business owner, looking ahead is something we all do when our businesses are constantly shifting between growing and thriving. But how do you know where to grow? In this episode, Traci and Rob uncover how looking critically at your organizational chart and planning for the skills and roles you need to add to your team can be a great first step.

The word “family.” You may have heard it before to describe the culture at a business or teams throughout a company. In this episode, Traci and Rob discuss four reasons to be cautious about using this terminology in the workplace. Dive in as they explore the difference in dynamics between employee and family relationships and how leaders can be intentional in the way they care for individuals and the companies they work for.

Over the past two years, many individuals have experienced compounded emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion which lead to burnout. Going into this new year, how do we as leaders help our team with burnout and how do we overcome burnout on the individual level. Tune in as Traci and Rob discuss this prolonged exhaustive state many of us find ourselves in and how self-examination can be the first step towards a better year.

Over the past 18 months, many employees got used to working from home during the pandemic. And now we are seeing companies navigate a new frontier, a space between remote work and meeting in person: the hybrid workplace. Rob and Traci explore the different types of hybrid workplaces and how these have evolved into a great option if you can navigate the human-centered challenges they create.

Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ends with sharpening the saw which entails building self-awareness and practicing all seven habits for self-improvement. Tune in as Traci and Rob consider what it means to be intentional about self-care in the four main areas: physical, spiritual, mental, and social-emotional.

What creates synergy amongst your team? In exploring the sixth habit from Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Rob and Traci explain how this habit is a culmination of healthy conflict, trust-based collaboration, and embracing each other’s differences in order to reveal solutions that outshine what one person could do on their own.

It is too easy to only partially listen to what someone is saying and then make assumptions. In exploring the fifth of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Traci and Rob discuss how fully listening and approaching a conversation with the ability to be influenced will open understanding for you and those who talk with you.

In the fourth of Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, we shift from thinking about independence to interdependence to achieve success. Traci and Rob discuss thinking about win-win and how you can achieve this through forming trusting relationships and having a common understanding of expectations.

To live a more balanced existence, you have to recognize that not doing everything is okay. In this episode, Traci and Rob discuss Stephen Covey’s 3rd habit of highly effective people: putting first things first. Learn how the importance of saying “no” helps create protection from burn out, empowers others by building trust, and prioritizes your goals to keep the end in mind.