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Today our first guest is Jenn Graham, Founder and CEO of Inclusivv. Jenn is here to talk about workplace culture and how to structure conversations to show more empathy, be democratic, and connect with everyone involved. Inclusivv is a platform of sharing and learning how to discuss topics in new ways that downplays debate and dominant voices, allowing everyone involved to be heard and understood with their different perspectives and experiences.

Jason Lauritsen dropped in for the second half of the show. Jason is a keynote speaker, Management Trainer, author of Unlocking High Performance, Employee Engagement Expert, and novice blues harmonica player. Today we discuss how management has a lot of baggage that's been carried over from past eras and may no longer work today. Connecting with employees and changing the entrenched systems of a company might be the only way to improve on the company culture to make life better for everyone.

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Today we're joined by Pamela Hackett and Bryan Hinckley. Pamela is the CEO of Proudfoot Global Consulting, Author of Manage To Engage, Keynote Speaker, Transformation Results Advisory Counsel, #HeadsUp Movement activist, and opinion columnist. She comes to us with some great thoughts about how to stay engaged with the workforce and make the most of being in a leadership position, even when you might not know all the steps. Her book "Manage to Engage" covers some of the easier solutions for up-and-coming leaders to get their colleagues engaged and interested in the work they're doing. Nothing quite matches a challenged, invested employee who's being treated well! 

Following Pamela's part of the show is Bryan Hinckley. He's with Electrosonic, as Global Vice President of Immersive Experiences. He discusses communication and how it's been changing with the COVID pandemic. He has some great insights into how technology is changing the way we, as people and companies, connect in the workforce and make experiences that are valuable to us. As Bryan put it: “Updated automation and processes have allowed people more time to work together, work with the customers, and get more stuff done.”

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Joining us today is David G. Fivecoat, Managing Partner of The Fivecoat Consulting Group, veteran, and author of "Grow Your Grit: Overcoming Obstacles, Thrive, and Accomplish Your Goals." We discuss how to be a 'gritty' leader. David has some great thoughts on how people have a want/need to be a part of something bigger than themselves, and how to find an identity in corporate or work culture. He also shares some great insights from his time in the military and how to use similar small-step goals in order to remember to reach for the bigger ones.

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Following him is Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel. He dropped by to chat about innovation and how to form a team to drive company systems into the future. Steve covers making sure to have a diverse team (backgrounds and experiences) to throwing hard-to-solve issues at a team and just letting them go nuts instead of micromanaging. As he points out, sometimes failure is good and can lead to learning a great deal!

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Today’s episode of TalentTalk Radio with host, Chris Dyer, is an extended segment with returning TALENTED guest, DJ Eidson, Co-Founder & COO of Limitless Minds who teaches organizations like Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, the same mindset concepts and training that NFL quarterback, Russell Wilson, uses. We talk about expansion, business solutions that translate to home life management, how to show empathy but still drive results, and more. We touch on #NeutralThinking rooted in truth and facts and accepting a new environment for what it is. This discussion touches on practical ways to build trust with your team. Check out this talent talk for details on the books DJ is reading and recommending and how to tap into his "leading up" practice. 

Today's episode of TalentTalk is brought to you with the company of Sandra Sucher and Ram Charan. Sandra is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author of "The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It". We talk about the economic, legal, and ethical promises that stakeholders expect businesses to keep, steps that companies can take to ensure they are delivering the impact they want to have, and how companies can build systems to motivate employees so they can deliver on their desired impact.

Our second guest, Ram Charan, is a #1 NYT Bestseller ("Rethinking Competitive Advantage") Harvard Business School professor, and world-wide expert on business strategy, execution, corporate boards and building a high-performance organization. We discuss how worried the world's top CEOs are about competing with digital giants and what their best hope is to keep up with changing tech and consumer needs.

Today we're joined by Scott Miller and Rick Girard. Scott is a former Chief Marketing Officer of FranklinCovey, author of Marketing Mess to Brand Success. We discuss various things with him, such as marketing's place in a company, how different departments should work together, how to build #companyculture, and the amazing feeling of being invested in your work/projects.

Following him, Rick Girard is the author of Healing Career Wounds, CXO of Stride Search & Host of the Hire Power Radio Show. Rick talks with us about hiring. Specifically, how to hire people who share a company's core values. He has some great ideas about how to remove bias from the hiring process in order to connect with people that will be interested and invested in their position.

Working culture is a part of adult life for most people. Whether bad or good, business practices can have a profound effect on how employees are engaged with their company. We chatted about this idea today with Ben Whitter, Founder and Chief Experience Officer of the World Employee Experience Institute and the author of "Employee Experience" and "Human Experience at Work". He is also a guest lecturer and global mentor at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China and the Chair of the UK Employee Experience Awards and Global Ambassador for Engage for Success. 

What followed that interesting topic was a delightful chat with Dele Ola, Director of the Technology Access Centre for Aerospace and Manufacturing at Red River College, Author of "Be A Change Agent". We covered some big picture topics, such as: What is the difference between a leader and a manager? How does a leader function? What's necessary to keep atop changes in the world and workforce? Dr. Ola offered insight and impressive resources from his book to improve leadership skills. 

This week's episode brings two authors and business leaders to discuss business growth in different ways. Starting in the first half is Michele Bailey, President and CEO of The Blazing Group & My Big Idea, ForbesBooks author of "My Big Idea", and 2020 WBE Leader of the Year. Michele joins us to talk about the 'Currency of Gratitude', and its link to business growth and positive company culture. 

Finishing up our show is Jon Stross, President and Co-Founder of Greenhouse, co-author of "Talent Makers". We discuss the struggle to attract and retain the right people for the right positions, and how hiring can be tweaked and adjusted to help attract great hires to meet goals in diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Joining us in today is Clint Padgett, CEO/President at Project Success, Inc. | ForbesBooks Author Host of The Conversation with Clinton M. Padgett Podcast, Board Member - GT Atlanta Intown Alumni Network. He's here to discuss conversations. As he says: “People are the glue that holds projects together.” Software may help businesses keep in contact and employees work from home, but conversations and solid communication skills are what drives business forward.

Robert Mixon, Founder of Level Five Associates, discusses leadership. How do you choose to be a leader? Do you listen in order to reply to someone and have an answer, or to understand them and their problem, whatever it may be? He shares some of his tips from his book "Who Saw This Coming, Now What to Do?"