The workplace didn’t just change; it unbundled. Offices, roles, schedules, and even careers are being redesigned in real time. In this episode of Serving Up Success with a Splash, Bruce, Angie, and Nawtej explore the future of workplaces, what’s actually working, what’s broken, and how leaders and professionals can thrive no matter where (or how) work gets done.

This is not about remote vs. in-office debates. It’s about designing environments where people can think, decide, and perform at their best.

Why listen?

 - Because “going back to normal” is not a strategy

 - Because productivity is no longer about hours, it’s about decision clarity

 - Because culture doesn’t live in buildings, it lives in behaviors

 - Because the best workplaces of the future are designed, not defaulted

Cocktail of the Week: A refreshing glass of Inspiration 1818 Champagne!

Time Stamps:

00:00 – Welcome to Serving Up Success  

00:30 – Introduction to “Workplaces Reimagined”  

02:00 – How work is actually getting done today  

05:20 – Changing workplace culture  

08:40 – Leadership in the modern workplace  

12:30 – Collaboration and productivity shifts  

16:00 – Challenges with traditional work models  

19:30 – Key takeaways for leaders & teams

Artificial intelligence is transforming how work gets done, but it’s also revealing something critical: Technology doesn’t replace leadership. It exposes it.

In this episode of Serving Up Success with a Splash, we explore why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has become the most essential leadership skill for 2026. As AI accelerates decision-making, automation, and efficiency, the leaders who stand out aren’t the most technical; they’re the most human.

We break down how self-awareness, empathy, emotional regulation, and trust-building are now non-negotiables for leaders navigating AI-driven organizations.

Why listen?

If you’re leading people through rapid change, digital transformation, or uncertainty, this episode will help you:

Understand why EQ is now a competitive advantage

Lead humans effectively in a world optimized for machines

Avoid the common leadership mistakes AI makes more visible

Build trust, clarity, and resilience inside your organization

Who Should Listen? Anyone who has a pulse. 

Cocktail of the Week: The Balanced Boundary

Ingredients

2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey

1 sugar cube (or ½ tsp simple syrup)

2–3 dashes Angostura bitters

A few drops of water

Ice (one large cube is best)

Orange peel (garnish)

Optional: Luxardo cherry

Instructions:

Build the base

In a rocks glass, add the sugar cube and bitters.

Add a few drops of water and muddle until dissolved.

Add the whiskey

Pour in 2 oz of bourbon or rye.

Ice & stir

Add a large ice cube and stir gently for about 20–30 seconds until chilled and slightly diluted.

Express the orange

Twist an orange peel over the glass to release the oils, then drop it in.

Garnish (optional)

Add a Luxardo cherry if you like a touch of sweetness.

Workplace wellbeing isn’t about yoga apps, step challenges, or free snacks, it’s about how work is designed.

In this episode of Serving Up Success with a Splash, Bruce Cramer, Angie Snowball, and Dr. Nawtej Dosanjh break down The Five Pillars of Workplace Wellbeing That Actually Matter, from psychological safety and role clarity to energy management, autonomy, and human-centered use of AI. 

This conversation is practical, candid, and timely, especially as leaders face burnout, decision overload, and blurred boundaries in an AI-accelerated world. You’ll walk away with clear leadership shifts, real-world examples, and one simple assignment you can apply immediately.

Why listen?

People should tune in because this episode:

 - Reframes wellbeing as a leadership capability, not an HR initiative

 - Explains why burnout persists despite flexible work and new technology

 - Offers clear, actionable design principles leaders can implement immediately

 - Addresses the hidden costs of silence, overload, and micromanagement

 - Connects leadership, strategy, AI, and human performance in one conversation

If you lead people or plan to, this episode helps you design work that fuels performance without draining humans.

Cocktail of the Week: The Balanced Boundary

Ingredients

1.5 oz Gin (clarity and focus)

0.75 oz Fresh lemon juice (honest tension)

0.5 oz Honey syrup (human-centered leadership)

2 oz Chilled green tea (calm energy)

Lemon peel garnish

Meaning:

Strong, refreshing, and balanced, just like a well-designed workplace.

Success doesn’t come from motivation alone — it comes from habits repeated every single day.

In this episode of Serving Up Success, we dive deep into:

Why habits matter more than talent

How small daily choices shape long-term success

The role of discipline, health, and consistency

Why being intentional with routines (even what you drink) matters

How to build habits that actually stick

This conversation breaks down success into practical, real-life actions you can start today, whether it’s improving your health, mindset, or professional life.

If you’re serious about personal growth, success, and building a better version of yourself, this episode is for you.

 Watch till the end for powerful insights on staying consistent even when motivation fades.

Jack Frost Cocktail:

This recipe makes one serving.

Ingredients:

2 oz vodka or light rum

1 oz blue curaçao liqueur

2 oz pineapple juice

1-2 oz cream of coconut 

1-2 cups ice

Instructions:

Combine the vodka or rum, blue curaçao, pineapple juice, cream of coconut in a cocktail shaker, shake vigoursly and pour over ice. Garnish with an optional pineapple slice or cherry if desired. Serve immediately and enjoy. 

time stamps:

00:00 – Introduction & setting the context  

01:18 – Why habits matter more than motivation  

03:45 – Small daily choices create big long-term results  

06:20 – Discipline vs motivation explained  

08:55 – Lifestyle choices and intentional living  

11:30 – Health, alcohol vs mocktails & conscious habits  

14:10 – Consistency when motivation fades  

16:40 – Building habits that actually stick  

19:25 – Success as a daily practice  

22:10 – Real-life examples of habit-based success  

24:45 – Mindset shifts required for long-term growth  

26:50 – Staying disciplined in everyday life  

28:40 – Final reflections on success & habits  

29:40 – Closing thoughts & wrap-up

Part 2 of our New Year series, we introduce the R.I.S.E. Framework, a practical, human-centered approach to setting resolutions that stick. Then, the hosts use the framework live on their own resolutions, showing you exactly how to apply it.

Why listen?

Get a clear, repeatable resolution framework

Watch three leaders apply it in real time

Learn how to engineer your environment for success

Walk away with one anchor goal, not 12 abandoned ones

Cocktail of the Week: Sparks Fly

Ingredients

1 oz GREY GOOSE® Vodka

½ oz ST-GERMAIN® Elderflower Liqueur

¼ oz Lemon Juice

2 oz Champagne

Instructions

Fill a cocktail shaker filled with ice and add GREY GOOSE® Vodka, ST-GERMAIN®, and lemon juice.

Shake well and strain into champagne glass.

Top with chilled champagne and garnish with edible flowers.

Everyone talks about New Year’s resolutions, but no one talks about how we arrive at them. In this episode, the Serving Up Success crew unpacks the psychology, identity shifts, and emotional drivers behind resolutions. If you’ve ever felt both excited and pressured by January 1st, this conversation will finally make sense of why.

Why listen?

Understand why resolutions feel powerful and overwhelming

Learn why most goals fail before February

Discover three distinct (and valid) paths to choosing the right resolution

Set the stage for a framework that actually sticks

Cocktail of the Week: Dirty Santa

Ingredients

2 oz Vodka

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Grenadine

7-Up or Ginger ale

Coconut Flakes (optional for rim of glass)

Vanilla Frosting (option for rim of glass)

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker add your vodka, lime juice, grenadine, and ice. Shake for at least 10 seconds

Coat the rim of your glass with vanilla frosting

Dip the rim of your glass into some coconut flakes

Fill your cocktail glass to the top with your round ice cubes

Strain the contents of your mixture from your cocktail shaker into your cocktail glass

Top off with either 7-up or Ginger ale

Learn more about us and what we do:

Dr Nawtej Dosanjh – The Strategy Doctor

Strategist and coach helping leaders scale smarter, lead stronger, and live better.

Join the AI Leadership Growth Accelerator to master AI-driven strategy and build lasting impact.

Apply to join the community: https://drnawtej.netlify.app/

Bruce Cramer – The Corporate Cockroach

Executive coach and strategist helping professionals lead with confidence, clarity, and courage.

Unlock your next breakthrough → https://brucecramer.netlify.app/

Angie Snowball – The Renaissance Woman

Certified business coach helping leaders scale profitably while creating more freedom and fulfilment.

Join the coaching and community today: https://www.angiesnowball.com/

This week on Serving Up Success with a Splash, we’re diving into the one thing most people avoid all year, boundaries.

We’ll explore why boundaries feel harder during the holidays, how to set them at work and with family without guilt, and how to create non-negotiables that protect your peace, so you enter January restored instead of exhausted.

Expect psychology, practical scripts, humor, and real stories from each host, plus our holiday cocktail, the Drunk Reindeer, because nothing says “I’m off duty” like bubbles and boundaries.

WHY PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH / LISTEN

• Because you’re tired of showing up to January already burned out.
• Because every holiday season comes with work pressures, family expectations, guilt traps, and identity conflicts, and this episode helps you navigate all of it with confidence.
• Because these scripts and strategies will help you protect your mental health, your time, and your relationships.
• Because peace is not selfish. It's strategic.
• Because humor + psychology + real stories make this feel like a warm holiday conversation with smart friends who actually get it.

COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK

The Drunk Reindeer Cocktail

Ingredients

• 2 oz vanilla or regular vodka
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• 1 oz ginger ale or lemon-lime soda
• ½ oz grenadine
• Splash triple sec (optional)
• Fresh cranberries
• Rosemary sprig

Instructions

1. Fill a shaker with ice.
2. Add vodka, cranberry juice, orange juice, and grenadine.
3. Shake until chilled.
4. Strain into a glass with ice.
5. Top with ginger ale or lemon-lime soda.
6. Garnish with cranberries and rosemary…instant reindeer antlers

It’s the end of the year; it’s the holiday season…we are all feeling behind! You are not alone. Whether you are feeling behind in your life, career, or business, you’re not alone and even better news - you’re not actually behind.

In this episode of Serving Up Success with a Splash, Angie Snowball, Bruce Cramer, and Dr. Nawtej Dosanjh unpack the REAL reason you feel behind.

• Why listen?
• You’ll learn:
• Why comparison culture steals momentum
• How to build confidence when everyone looks “ahead”
• The psychology of feeling stuck
• A simple plan to regain clarity + direction
• The ONE action to take this week

Cocktail of the Week: the Christmas Cookie Martini

Ingredients

• ·    2 oz Vanilla Vodka
• ·    1 oz Irish Cream (Baileys)
• ·    1 oz Amaretto
• ·    1 oz Half & Half (or heavy cream for richer texture)
• ·    Optional: ½ oz White Chocolate Liqueur
• ·    Ice

Rim & Garnish:

·    White chocolate or simple syrup

·    Crushed holiday cookies (shortbread, Biscoff, sugar cookie crumbs)

·

Directions

Prep the Rim:

• Dip martini glass into melted white chocolate or simple syrup.
• Roll in crushed cookies and set aside.

Shake:

• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add:
• Vanilla vodka
• Irish cream
• Amaretto
• Half & half
• (Optional) white chocolate liqueur
• Shake vigorously for 10–12 seconds until frosty.
• Strain into your prepared martini glass.
• Garnish with a mini cookie, nutmeg sprinkle, or a cinnamon stick.

Trust doesn’t just shape your career. It shapes your marriage, your friendships, your business partnerships, and even your relationship with yourself. In today’s episode, Bruce, Angie, and Dr. Nawtej break down the mechanics of trust in a way that applies to every part of life, the home, the office, and the entrepreneurial battlefield.

You’ll learn how trust accelerates career growth, deepens personal relationships, strengthens leadership influence, and gives you the internal confidence needed to make decisions without hesitation. Just like a well-balanced cocktail, trust is made up of layers, and when mixed right, everything in life gets smoother.

Why listen?

Your life improves the moment trust improves…financially, emotionally, relationally, and professionally.

This episode helps viewers:

• Strengthen marriages, friendships, and family dynamics
• Build career momentum through credible leadership
• Create business environments where people perform at their best
• Rebuild trust with themselves so they actually follow through on goals

If you want harmony in your life, confidence in your career, and alignment in your business, this one’s unmissable.

Cocktail of the Week: The Trust Fall Old Fashioned

Ingredients

• 2 oz bourbon (a trustworthy, dependable choice — Woodford, Buffalo Trace, etc.)
• ¼ oz maple syrup (sweet, warm, relationship-building)
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash orange bitters
• 1 expressed orange peel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Large clear ice cube
• Optional “trust-fall flourish”: a quick smoke from the cinnamon stick

Directions

• In a mixing glass, add bourbon, maple syrup, and both bitters.
• Stir with ice until chilled and silky.
• Strain over a large clear ice cube in a rocks glass.
• Express an orange peel over the top and place it in the glass.
• Lightly torch the end of a cinnamon stick and capture the smoke by placing the rocks glass upside-down over it for 2–3 seconds.
• Use that toasted cinnamon stick as the garnish.

What if success isn’t about luck, timing, or talent, but about learning how you’re wired and flipping your Life Switch to “ON”?

In this episode, Joel Steele joins the Serving Up Success crew to share how he turned failure into fuel, found his purpose through the 3 Ps, Potential, Passion, and Purpose, and discovered that living ON is about mastering your mindset, not your résumé. From near-bankruptcy to boardrooms, from self-doubt to self-discovery, Joel’s journey will inspire you to find your own switch and light up every part of your life.

Why listen?

·    Learn how to identify when your switch is “OFF”, and how to flip it back “ON.”

·    Discover the 3 Ps that drive every breakthrough: Potential, Passion, and Purpose.

·    Hear real-world strategies for turning adversity into advantage.

·    Leave inspired, caffeinated, and ready to take action.

 Learn more about us and what we do:

Dr Nawtej Dosanjh – The Strategy Doctor

Strategist and coach helping leaders scale smarter, lead stronger, and live better.

Join the AI Leadership Growth Accelerator to master AI-driven strategy and build lasting impact.

Apply to join the community: https://drnawtej.netlify.app/

Bruce Cramer – The Corporate Cockroach

Executive coach and strategist helping professionals lead with confidence, clarity, and courage.

Unlock your next breakthrough → https://brucecramer.netlify.app/

Angie Snowball – The Renaissance Woman

Certified business coach helping leaders scale profitably while creating more freedom and fulfilment.

Join the coaching and community today: https://www.angiesnowball.com/

Cocktail of the Week: The Manhattan

Ingredients: Bourbon, sweet vermouth, dash of bitters, garnished with a cherry.

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