Own Your Awkward

Kevin B. Dull is an accomplished leader in the field of organizational development and HR, with over 20 years of experience. He is the founder of KBD Consulting, a highly regarded People Strategy and HR Consulting Firm, and Co-Founder of MgrWorkbench.ai, a cutting-edge HR AI Technology Firm. Dull's expertise in this field culminating in his role as the head of the Human Resources department for a $3.5 billion revenue company with over 22,000 employees.
Dull has also spent more than a decade working as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on Innovation, Business Strategy, and Human Resources. He is a lifelong learner, with an impressive educational background that includes a Juris Doctorate, a Master's of Business Administration, a Master's of Management and Leadership, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
Beyond his professional achievements, Dull is an active member of his community. He serves as the Board member of the Puyallup-Sumner Chamber of Commerce Workforce Foundation and is involved with the University of Washington - Tacoma's Community Advisory Board for the Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, as well as the Milgard Executive Council for the Milgard School of Business.
Dull is a devoted husband to his wife, Susan, and proud father to two children, Bryce and Tyler. He is passionate about solving complex problems and thrives on collaborating with others to create new possibilities. To learn more about Kevin and his work, visit www.kbdull.com and www.mgrworkbench.ai.
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Jeff Ikler is the Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching. He works with leaders in all aspects of life to identify and overcome obstacles in their desired future. “Quetico” (KWEH-teh-co). He came to the field of coaching after a 35-year career in educational publishing, where he served as an editor, marketer, and eventually the head of all publishing disciplines. There, he was first exposed to coaching – as a client – and the concepts of self-awareness and servant leadership. Prior to his career in educational publishing, Jeff taught high-school U.S. history and government.
Jeff hosts the “Getting Unstuck—Cultivating Curiosity” podcast – for 5 years running. Curiosity sits at the intersection of creativity, effective human interactions, problem-solving, and purposeful change. Unfortunately, the pace of life — at home, work, and school — often sidetracks our natural curiosity. The guests and topics he explores are designed to help us think differently about the familiar and welcome the new as something to consider. he is also the co-host of the “Cultivating Resilience – A Whole Community Approach to Alleviating Trauma in Schools. Jeff also co-hosts the "Cultivating Resilience–A Whole Community Approach for Alleviating Trauma in Schools."
He co-authored Shifting: How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change. Shifting integrates leadership development and change mechanics in a three-part change framework to help guide school leaders and their teams toward productive change.
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website including podcast links: https://www.queticocoaching.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffikler/
Instagram: @jeff.ikler

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Awkward is normal and here to stay!

A childhood of watching Walt Disney animations, to graduating with a Commerce degree. Vrushali always thought the world was all inclusive. Talking animals was very real and normal to her. And studying well was just something all kids did!

When she got a rude shock upon entering the corporate world, she went with the flow while awkwardly trying to get her thoughts sorted out.

Blossom came into her family and helped Vrushali go back to believing reality can be all inclusive, if she chose it to be. The reality she chose was; for busy executives who are dog parents, your family dog will show you how to stress less at your corporate job, get productive work done, get the right promotion already!

Her business name is Vrushali and Blossom as a nod to her life and business mentor, Vrushali's own dog Blossom who helps her 'Blossom' into the human that she is becoming.

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Dr. Wettstein has practiced endocrinology for nearly thirty years.

He is a diabetes, metabolic, and stress management specialist. He also works in energy medicine as a Licensed Bio-Well practitioner. He assists clients in improving their health and wellness by measuring their energy field, stress level, health status, and energy reserve via electro photonic imaging.

He lives in Colorado with his wife, has three children, and enjoys skiing and hiking.

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Martine Emmons is a Certified Transformational Life Coach. Martine also hosts her own radio program as well as coaching 1:1 under two large platforms. Martine spent over 20 years in the corporate world as a Paralegal and Executive Assistant and still enjoys helping her fellow entrepreneurs run their businesses as an Executive Virtual Assistant; and this includes helping people get TEDx talks. She stays active in all areas of her life and finds travel, especially to ocean destinations, the best thing ever! She lives in Michigan with her husband, Eric, and is the proud momma of Sarah, Lindsay and Christopher.

Connect with Martine Emmons online: https://martineemmons.com/

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This is episode 100! We have brought my good friend Marie Sonneman who hosts the Ordinary to Badass podcast to do a reverse interview. In today's episode she will ask me about my awkward, explore the roots of Own Your Awkward, and we will dig into the lessons learned along the way.

I have spent years interviewing others to find out what their awkward thing is and explored how they have owned it in order to live an amazing life. Now the tables are turned and we will get to hear what it is like being on the other side.

Check out Marie's episode of the Own Your Awkward Podcast: https://youtu.be/zdxBTy-iE_k?si=5d9lBtv-NYU4ss6Y

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Peggy has been a certified personal trainer, sports performance nutritionist, and personal and executive health, wellness, and life coach for over thirty years. Peggy is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, a featured contributor for BizCatalyst360, an international online magazine, and host of The Coach Peggy Show. Peggy also hosts wellness retreats. She spent over twenty years in corporate wellness and has managed multi-million-dollar medical clinics. Her unique business and work-site wellness programs have earned her multiple awards. She has two sons and two grandsons. She loves all things beach and sunshine and lives in Florida with her better half.

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Through Spaceworks Tacoma, Jennifer facilitates the learning and professional development of creative entrepreneurs and artists with plans for long term creative/innovative businesses that benefit Tacoma’s culturally vibrant community. Jennifer is also a Spaceworks alum, graduating from the 2014 cohort and is the co-owner of SPUN Clay Arts Studio. She was the Hilltop Business Association Vice President for 5 years and continues to be involved in her community. Jennifer believes that everyone should have the opportunity to share their passion with the world and tries to limit those barriers that keep people from doing so.
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Reuben Swartz is the founder of Mimiran, the fun CRM for independent consultants who love serving clients but hate "selling". He's also the host and chief nerd on the Sales for Nerds podcast. He went from a background in computer science and software engineering to sales and marketing consulting for the Fortune 500, while struggling with sales and marketing for his own firm. His mission is to help other independent consultants make a bigger dent in the universe and get more clients by using their talents to teach instead of market, connect instead of network, and help instead of sell.
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Fran Gallaher is an Executive Leadership Coach and the founder of Really Flourish, LLC, as well as the creator of Shine: the Program in Intuition for Unconventional Leaders. Fran grew up seeing non-physical beings such as a knight in armor who stood guard outside her bedroom.