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  • 10. Look at me. No, really. Look at me - Interview with Jeff Edwards


    🥳 Jeff’s surprise for Kim. 02:26

    🤩 The spirit of generosity, inclusion, and belonging are the most important things in Jeff’s work and life. 4:22

    🎯 There are little things that each one of us can do in our own little corner of the sky, to make a difference in the lives of others. 5:53

    🎂 Candles for Kids is a nonprofit organization that organizes birthdays for less fortunate families. 6:51

    💉 Jeff’s pricked story: Champion your challenges and make them positive. 10:03

    🦄 Fitting everyone in a vanilla box vs. Celebrating each and everyone’s gifts. 12:03

    😇 Jeff’s life purpose. 18:21

    🫂 Making people feel important in this lifetime is Jeff’s legacy. 20:16

    🌟 The negative is accentuated more than the positive, so let people around you know how much you appreciate them. 2949

    📲 Spread the love: Pick up the phone and call someone right now. 32:56

    ⚡ Kim’s legacy 40:07

    💎When you change yourself, you change the world around you. 44:31

    🌸 Introduce people to each other always and watch your friends flourish and succeed 4651

     


    Connect with Jeff:

    https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article232897902.html

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-edwards-6860b860/

    https://candlesforkids.sellmytees.com/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    53 min
  • 09. From the Mind of a Millennial

    💉 Jake’s pricked story: “Math is not for you, college is not for you” 03:04

    🖥️ Google it--and use those resources wisely. 08:08

    🤔 Re-differentiating what political and financial success looks like in the United States. 11:42

    🏛️ His thoughts on Trump’s presidency. 19:48

    💡 Gather your information, as a leader make a judgment call. 27:29

    😇 On networks: Jake got his first job without a job interview. 31:15

    🎤 Being on a debate team is a double-edged sword. 35:15

    🎯 On the idea of fake news, facts, influencers, crazy information, and social media. 38:25

    🚢 Are we on the Titanic? 45:15

    🤩 Own what is yours. 47:12

    ⚡ Thoughts on events in the Capitol: The President should be presidential. 53:58


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-viales-21864186/


    21 min
  • 08. Mind Over Dollars: The Importance of Mental Health and Overall Health and Wellness featuring Rob Weiss

    🤯 I think I need help. 00:51

    😇 Strong desire related to social justice led him to “marry” social work and mental health services. 03:22

    💸 General split is always among income and resources, regardless of ethnic or racial background. 05:14

    🥀 Trauma-informed care: The biggest challenge in the field is to prevent retriggering, and reactivating people’s trauma. 09:30

    💲 Binded with a dollar: Getting enough mental health providers and medical staff is a big challenge. 13:58

    📊 The influence of non-profit organizations on the allocation of pandemic relief funds.18:01 

    ⚡ The government should support infrastructure in their local communities for health and wellness, and it shouldn't be a politicized thing. 20:03

    💊 What is Basic Health Care?--Is it a human right or privilege and what kind of infrastructure do we need for it? 23:38

    🙏 Examples of programs that can help in the prevention of wellness and mental health issues. 30:45

    💰 On insurance: The reimbursement model vs. dollars for prevention model. 32:46

    👛 Preventative maintenance of health and expensive medications in the US.  37:43

    🚨 We need a shift from a healthcare system driven by profit. 39:30

    🎫 Think globally, act locally: we need to be mentally healthy and well--it will translate into your community too. 48:30

    💉 Rob’s pricked story: Hope, despite the difficulties. 51:04

    💪 It's all about perseverance: Keep your center. 54:58

    Connect with Rob’s non-profit agency:  www.mentis.napa.org


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    1 hr 1 min
  • 07. Drinking While Podcasting: Celebrating Taking a Leap of Faith with Nwaka Onwusa

    🥂 Onwusa Nwaka became Vice President and Chief Curator of the Rock-and-roll Hall of Fame. 00:51

    😇 Onwusa’s roots and intermingled influence of scripture, spirituality, faith, and music. 05:10

    🎯 Follow that inner voice and do not waste your time questioning it. 09:07

    🥶 Girl from Cali was surprised by the Cleveland weather. 13:41

    🤩 Her work in the Grammy Museum and for the White House.17:41

    🤓 Meeting and working with many celebrities taught Nawaka so many important things.  25:10

    🤯 Picking only three favorite songs is not possible for Nwaka. 33:26

    🎶 Her favorite band is Earth Wind and Fire and huge influences are Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Fela Kuti, John Coltrane. 34:40

    ⚡ Music is power: Eric Dolphy, West Montgomery, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Aretha Franklin. 37:39

    🙃 Funny situations Nwaka had because of her name. 49:14

    🔥 ‘Child greater than money’ and  ‘Moon shines all over the world’. 51:09

    💽 It is important for kids to know that music is not coming from phones--we had vinyls, tapes, CD’s. 57:48

    🍸 Kevin is good at making cocktails and improvising on recipes. 1:07:59

    😍 get real with yourself, reclaim your time. 


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/nonwusa/

    https://www.instagram.com/nwaka.onwusa/

    https://bornthatwaythemovie.com/about/

    https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/nwaka-onwusa-rock-hall-future-25-1179542/

    1 hr 17 min
  • 06. Peeing While Standing and Other Obstacles for Women in Leadership featuring Gigi Fergus

    🎙️ Pricked story. 00:51

    🤦‍♀️ Shittiest boss Gigi ever worked with. 03:45

    🤯 “Our board chair won't even consider a female CEO”. 6:41

    😩 Gigi is thinking of changing her name on her resume into initials only. 12:08

    🤣 Why don’t we get a housekeeper? 20:15

    👏 Why does Gigi refuse the pay gap between genders? 26:00

    😲 If you are a woman and you are questioning, you must be threatening. 31:01

    💉 Gigi’s pricked stories. 35:55

    ✅ Trust has to be built from the administrative team and it starts with dialog, transparency, and even over-communication.. 39:40

    🌱 We have to educate, train and develop leaders to be professional and let others shine. 48:45

    🥧 Suzy is a pie maker. She's not a business owner. 50:27

    📏 What is The ‘Inch’ problem? 56:16

    📦 What is the Management Box? 59:59

    🏥 One of the most underutilized resources in hospitals is the Employee Assistance Program. 1:07:53

    👩‍🏫 Leadership and integrity are experiences. You have to model it, you can’t teach it. 1:13:34

    🦄 Consideration expresses itself differently. 1:17:11

    🚌 Let’s get the right people on the bus! 1:23:00

    🚪 Why am I not able to get through the front door? 1:27:40

    🛑 Women are being discriminated against in the business world, especially in leadership.1:38:11

    Books mentioned:

    The Hidden Habits of Genius by Craig M. Wright

    I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

    Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street

    E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company

    by Michael E. Gerber


    Connect with Gigi:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigi-fergus-mba-rn-7090a23/

    https://www.memorablecare.com/about

    https://about.me/gigifergus

    https://www.facebook.com/gigi.fergus

    https://www.facebook.com/Memorable-Care-193787190637186/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    1 hr 41 min
  • 05. Medicine Music: Finding Center One Note at a Time featuring Christopher Booth

    🎙️ Pricked Story 00:51

    🎹 Christopher is an amazing pianist. 03:04 

    🎶 His album Journeys was released in 2001 and "Reflection of Time" was released in January of 2021. 03:54

    🎼 Christopher wrote Reflection of Time to heal himself from within. 07:08

    📻 Healed vs. cured mindset and what music can do for us. 12:04

    💉 Christopher was pricked with his Mom’s diagnosis.15:54

    🔥 Mental health awareness and song “A Flame Within” 19:08

    🌺 Power of music in healing mental health issues and Christopher’s work with Invictus Foundation. 23:56

    ☯️ Seven Weeks Focus is meditation music that Christopher created. 28:44

    🦹‍♂️ Jim Brickman is Christopher’s hero for piano music. 33:14

    🕺 Dancing in the kitchen with his daughter to music from Bruno Mars, Michael Jackson, and Elton John. 36:50

    🧠 Music activates both sides of the brain. 38:00

    📸 Fame was not the side of music Christopher liked as much as creating, teaching, and sharing his music with others. 41:12

    ⚡ What are his Why’s? 43:30

    ⚠️ Signs we can ‘catch’ to prevent someone from suicide or self-harm because not everyone can say, “I'm not doing well”. 48:22

    🤩 Do something for yourself today, have compassion for yourself. 51:18

    Connect with Christopher:

    https://www.youtube.com/byChristopher

     Instagram: @awakenmusicproductions

     Twitter: @byChristopher1 


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    57 min
  • 04. Superiority complex, tipping the equality scale back to center featuring Ashley Schmidt

    😳 Only 3% of women entered the executive development program in healthcare. 00:51

    🙋‍♀️ Ashley, welcome to the show! 03:36

    🚴‍♀️ Peloton nicknames and favorite instructors. 05:30

    🌞 Molding or accepting your kids and coworkers for who they really are? 09:55

    💉 Ashley was pricked about equality issues in healthcare leadership in 2012 and then her journey started. 11:41

    🌸 Women In Healthcare was created to make a community of women and promote the professional development of each member. 15:56

    💊 Healthcare has to evolve because it is on shaky ground. 19:04

    🩺 Changes in organizations are essential and Women in Healthcare have tools and resources to help overcome internal barriers. 23:09

    🧐 Being afraid of policy changes that could actually create a difference. 27:18

    🤷‍♀️ Why do boards not hear women’s advice, ideas, and why are women talked over? 30:04

    🎯 A man's world: the highest rated traits in a leader are the direct attributes and values that women have. 34:48

    🗣️ ‘You will do what I say’ leadership in the healthcare mentality. 38:25

    🇮🇹 What Ashley realized in Italy about the American way of life. 46:02

    😇 Ashley is an over-truster. 51:56

    😊 Understanding perspective when trust is broken can lead to self-improvement 53:58

    😷 Now you don’t have to see someone working, pandemic taught us to have outcome-driven policies. 59:49

    ⚡ The essential need for evolving and re-evaluation.  1:03:17

    🫂 We have pushed so far away from the community but we need a community. 1:06:12


    Connect with Ashley

    https://www.womeninhealthcare.org/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyschmidthks/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    1 hr 12 min
  • 03. Trust Me: Red Lights On a Two-lane Highway featuring Terri Hamilton

    🏥 The journey from a nurse to high-tech publishing and back to healthcare within an executive management role. 03:35

    😇 Oxytocin is produced in the brain when we trust someone. 07:39

    🌞 Trust equals credibility, reliability, and intimacy over low self-orientation. 11:17

    🧐 Elements that make up trust. 13:34

    ⚠️ Clicking mentality and fake hits of dopamine. 16:51 

    🧠 Eight tips for management based on how neuroscience affects the brain 20:34 18:16

    😓 Stress, cortisol, trust, and oxytocin in our workplace. 20:31

    🗣️ Is saying ‘You did a great job’ really recognizing excellence in your team? 27:45

    🌸 Being mindful that trusting someone is a sacred relationship we should care about.  32:26

    😳 Horrible Bosses and good bosses and how to approach a bad boss. 36:15

    🤓 Self-introspection and some work are needed to get relationships on a higher level of trust. 44:18

    🤷‍♀️ Most people don't think they're good enough. 44:57

    💗 “Campaign One at a time” is a humanitarian organization Terri is involved with that helps children never feel alone while fighting life-threatening illnesses. 51:20

    ⚡ Let the oxytocin flow. 57:31


    Connect with Terri:

    https://hamiltonexeccoaching.com

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-hamilton-acc-fache-executive-coach-32a63368/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    1 hr 1 min
  • 02. Being Short Isn't A Legacy - with Jay Hodge

    ☀️ Leaving a legacy is more than just what you see on the surface. 2:21

    ⭐ Jay started his career in the Marine Corps, married the love of his life, and worked with large companies. 3:49

    👔 The epitome of leadership is giving credit to the people who do the work. 5:17

    💉 The day Jay’s wife gave him news that made him feel more scared than he’d ever felt before. 07:42

    ⛳ Removing obstacles for your child vs. showing your child how to overcome obstacles. 13:45

    🤝 Parenting an 18-year-old child is like leading through influence in business. 16:43

    👣 Phases of growing up. 18:56

    🎙️ Jay started his podcast, The Thousand Year Legacy, in order to capture how we create and leave a legacy. 21:08

    😎 A legacy can be positive or negative. 23:35

    🥰 “He loved me” is the legacy Jay would like to leave in this world. 25:46

    🎯 “You can be a leader every day in your own life.” 32:12

    2️⃣ Two types of legacies. 35:52

    🏫 Jay and his wife, Barbara, provide scholarships for outgoing high school seniors as a way to say thank you and serve their community. 37:05

    🤩 Jay’s favorite legacy story. 38:17

    💰 People try to tie their legacy to material things, but a legacy comes from emotions and the heart. 44:12

    🤯 Leaving the wrong legacy. 46:44

    👍🏻 Lean concepts for leadership. 50:19

    🫂 We are losing mutual respect and care for people who think differently than us. 51:12

    💪🏻 Legacies of famous people who’ve impacted millions are not more important than the legacy of one dad. 53:37

    😇 Being humble enough to admit your mistakes can reflect positively on your legacy. 1:00:25

    🤗 Do not make leadership about you—make it about the people around you. 1:01:27

    🌺 Kim wants her legacy to be a more inclusive and equitable world. 1:04:03


    Connect with Jay:

    https://www.jhodgeassoc.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-r-hodge-lssbb-mpm-lse-12038314/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-hodge-and-associates-llc-b35a7b116/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    1 hr 10 min
  • 01. Don’t Tell Me What To Do! The Privilege of Serving as a Leader

    ⚡  The kind of energy that’s created when we get pricked. 0:06

    👋  Meet Kim’s guest, Drew Laine! 1:49

    😩  We all get pricked: Drew’s experiences and emotions. 3:41

    🌗  Benefits and drawbacks of servant leadership. 6:32

    😷 It is a difficult time in healthcare for frontline servants and servant leaders due to the pandemic. 10:54

    👥 The definition of servant leadership and its goals. 11:54

    🌞 The importance of focusing on people’s strengths and providing support so they can shine. 14:41 

    💪 Key elements to developing a strong leadership style. 15:23

    ☀ Finding meaning in the work that you do. 19:17

    📋 Practical action steps to creating successful servant leadership. 20:40

    🤝 Managing people: How to connect with your staff. 23:08

    ❤ Drew’s most inspiring story about working with a team. 28:52

    ‍🩹 The DAISY Award: Caring for our caregivers. 32:22

    🆘 Caregivers self-care and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing sessions. 34:20

    👌 The Trauma-Informed Approach: Steps you can take as a leader. 39:32

    👑 The antithesis to servant leadership styles and their impact on the employees. 42:00

    🗣 The importance of acknowledgment and recognition of efforts. 46:48

    🫂 Grab a battle buddy! 51:24

    ✨ What it means to be a servant leader. 53:07


    Connect with Drew:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-laine-a8105562/


    Connect with Kim:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/

    https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims

    Instagram: @kimbrownsims_

    56 min

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Kim Brown Sims is a board-certified senior executive, global healthcare & biotech consultant and health worker with over 35 years of experience across nonprofit, hospital and healthcare…