PDPW Podcasts

Miracle is not a word that is spoken lightly by emergency health care workers, but that's exactly the word everyone was using to describe an incident involving this week's podcast presenter.

Shelly O'Leary, PDPW's Communication and Outreach Specialist, makes her PDPW Podcast debut with a testimony about a defining moment in her life. Her episode today starts three years ago with an unforeseen circumstance that has caused her to change her perspective on life.

What does it mean to love louder? On his debut PDPW Podcast episode, Michael Hoffman, a professional speaker and a co-author of the management classic Positively Outrageous Service, joins us to discuss how the positive choices we make have a ripple impact on those around us. Michael shares how intentional service to others can create a community within your business and lead to continued growth and success.

Being an effective leader and manager is important for a successful business. With people and management techniques constantly evolving, it is just as important to continue learning as it is to continue unlearning.

On today's podcast, Holly Green shares the importance of unlearning and how it is not about forgetting, but rather, the ability to learn new skills to help you lead through challenging times. 

Click here for the list of characteristics of great leaders and managers mentioned in the podcast.

Do you ever have those days where you feel like you are working hard but getting nothing accomplished?

On today's podcast, Holly Green shares the benefits of 'restorative rest' and why it will help you accomplish more with the time you have. By taking the time to carve out a rest period during your day, you can use your brain's capacity to the fullest and be more productive.

Do you ever find your mind wandering when someone else is speaking? Do you let people speak without interrupting? Does your body language show interest in what they are saying?

It is all about active listening on this week’s podcast with Holly Green. Holly shares tips on how to improve your active listening and why it is important for both personal and professional relationships.

Click here to access the active listening worksheet.

Successfully guiding ourselves through life's transitions requires a powerful trait, resiliency.

On this week's episode, Holly Green explores the five traits resilient people possess. Get your notepad ready, because Holly provides tips to help you work towards implementing and improving these important traits. 

Click here for the Resilience Self Assessment form.

This week, Holly Green makes her PDPW Podcast debut to discuss adversity and why it’s important for personal growth. She also explains how our brains react to change, and what we can do to adapt to the challenges life throws at us.

“Exposure to adversity can create the resiliency we need to lead others in a constantly and rapidly changing world. It can teach us to cope with what is yet to come and make us stronger as human beings.”

Understanding your mental health is important to your overall well-being. On this week’s episode, Pastor and author Dianne Deaton Vielhuber shares why learning more about mental health can be beneficial to all of us, as well as helpful tips on how to manage your own mental health.

We all have expectations that we think we need to live up to but are those perceptions based on what society thinks or from our past experiences?

On this week's podcast, Hank Wagner shares his personal experiences and failures while discussing how passion can be the difference in long term success. Listen to Hank as he talks about how having fire in your belly is imperative for growth and personal development.

On this episode, Tom Thibodeau shares how the gift of hospitality is the glue that holds our communities together. Through hospitality, friends and strangers provide kindness and services that can have a lasting impact on the lives of those around them. This discussion of hospitality also poses a question to ourselves, how do we show hospitality to others?