Ashley Xiong and Tiffani Satterelli interview Grazi Godard, Senior Service Delivery Manager with IT's Enterprise Infrastructure Services, to discuss the power of vulnerability in leadership. 

Show Highlights: 

2:13 What does it mean to you to be vulnerable in leadership?

4:10 Can you tell me how vulnerability is seen in good leadership?

6:18 Can you tell us about a time when vulnerability was at the core of an event that led to positive change?

10:26 How do you see yourself as a leader promoting the rumble mentality and engaging in rumbles yourself?

12:29 How do you encourage vulnerability for the sake of innovation and change in your team? How can we encourage the rumble mindset if you have an employee that doesn't want to say anything in that situation?

14:50 How would you address  peoples concerns of being perceived as weak if they are being vulnerable? 

16:04 What can we do to overcome challenges and have a good experience with vulnerable moments?

17:50 What are some skills we can develop to make our vulnerable moments successful grow moments?  

External Resources: 

Dare to Lead by Berne Brown

The Power of Vulnerability a Houston X Ted Talk by Berne Brown

Bible in a Year by Father Mike Schmidt

Building a Story Brand 

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

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Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterelli & Caitlin Summers. 

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Today's conversation is with Michelle Gishkowsky, IT Program Manager at Mayo Clinic, to discuss how to blend working and home life.

Show Highlights: 

0:00 Intro

2:00 What does working and home balance look like for you?

4:10 Taking the time to start a routine is part of the balance for me. How does that come in to play for you?

5:40 You mentioned earlier about setting a boundary, is that signing off at a specific time and not looking back until the next day? How do you do that? 

8:00 How important is utilizing your calendar when setting boundaries come in to play?

9:30 What brings you joy outside of the office? What does travel and the "work from anywhere" look like for you, knowing not everyone is able to do that specific part of it?

15:00 When  you go on a "workcation" how did you plan or prepare for that? What steps did you need to take?

17:00 What do you feel have been 1-2 takeaways you have found as an advantage from working from home?

20:40 What does blending work/home look like when you are working from your RV?

23:30 Are there any experiences where work/life balance just doesn't exist in your opinion? 

 24:46 When you first started working what did you plan on pursuing? Did you end up in the area you planned?

28:30 What factors may have drove you to make the career choices you made?

29:30 Who has helped you to get where you are today?

32:06 If you could go back to your first day of working, what is something you wish you could tell yourself?

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via email [email protected]

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, Tiffani Satterelli & Caitlin Summers. 

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How Did I Get Here is a podcast that showcases Mayo Clinic leaders with unique career paths or individuals with unique jobs. Today’s guest is Austin Ferguson, Mayo Clinical’s very own music man. What is his title you ask? He is Mayo Clinic’s Carillonneur.

Show Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

01:55 Can you explain what the carillon is?

02:52 When you initially went to college, what did you plan on pursuing?

05:00 What are the pivotal moments that changed the course of your career path?

07:50 What are some important steps that you took to get where you are now?

13:10 Who are the other people that helped guide your career path?

15:16 What is your favorite piece to play on the carillon?

17:20 What is a quote that you live by?

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.   

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us by emailing the Podcast Team [email protected].

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.

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Today’s host, Heather, is happy to introduce you to The (G)lowdown’s newest series How Did I Get Here? This series will focus on Mayo Clinic leaders with unique career paths or individuals with unique jobs at the clinic. Today’s guest is Tammy Eickhoff, Strategy Administrator for Corporate and Foundation Relations Program at Mayo Clinic. 

Show Highlights: 

00:00 Introduction 

02:30 What did you originally plan on pursuing as a career? 

04:30 What were some pivotal moments that changed the course of your career path? 

08:00 How were you able to create your own path at Mayo Clinic? 

13:40 Do you have any advice for individuals on how to impower themselves? 

16:15 Who would you identify as someone who has helped you with your career path? 

19:35 Can you tell us about navigating your career as a women? Did if affect your trajectory? 

26:00 What is a quote that you live by? 

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at [email protected]. 

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers. 

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Hosts Caitlin and Emily, speak with former (G)LOWdown podcaster, Tracy Lee on being an Agile Champion at Mayo Clinic. Tracy’s experience with agile stem from leading process improvement projects in research finance and financial accounting services at Mayo.  

Show Highlights: 

1:27 What is agile? 

2:15 When you first started working, what did you plan on pursuing? Was agile or finance on that track for you? 

3:15 How did you end up in finance?  

4:15 Who helped you on your career path, and how did they help you? 

6:20 What is an Agile Champion? 

6:53 Discussion on favorite aspects of being an Agile Champion 

8:14 Why is agile so important? Why is it a buzzword lately?  

9:50 How is agile being used today from your perspective? 

11:20 Discussion of agile vs. waterfall and it’s adaptability 

16:20 Are any projects sticking with waterfall? Or can all projects basically do agile? 

17:50 The best way to learn agile, is to just start doing it 

19:45 Discussion about team dynamics 

20:45 External resources discussions 

22:25 Where is agile heading? How it will transition teams and projects overall? 

25:30 What would you tell yourself if you went back to your first day on the job? 

External Resources: 

Scaled Agile Framework 

PMI 

Instagram @agilehumor 

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us via Yammer, visit the GLOW Intranet Site, or email the Podcast Team. 

Transcriptions are available by request. If you would like a copy of the transcription, please contact [email protected]. 

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers. 

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In this BONUS episode of the (G)LOWdown Emily and Caitlin, co-leads for the (G)LOWdown podcast, discuss the intricacies of women wearing makeup.  Why makeup can make us feel good, how society can subtly (or not so subtly) pressure women to look a certain way and why we need to stop telling people they look tired!

Show Highlights:

1:00 Should women be required to wear makeup to work?

4:35 “The Lipstick Effect”

8:50 Zoom’s touch up filter

15:15 The double standards set for us and that we set for others

28:15 Giving people the grace to be themselves

Resources:

Top Makeup Habits during Quarantine: Survey Results

Your Boss Should Not Be Asking You to Wear Makeup on Zoom

How Makeup Works

An Initial Test of the Cosmetics Dehumanization Hypothesis: Heavy Makeup Diminishes Attributions of Humanness-Related Traits to Women

Women Who Wear This to Work are Deemed More Competent — But They're Also Judged 

Being a Woman in the Workplace Means Getting Pressured to Wear Makeup on the Job

The inescapable pressure of being a woman on Zoom

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.    

Got feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at [email protected].

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This episode is all about thinking outside the box to deliver effect change management! Host Jill speaks to Anthony Brown AKA Papa Duck about his unique approach to change management, and how others can learn from him to be champions of change management in their own departments.

Show Highlights:

1:53 Anthony talks about his background at Mayo Clinic

4:20 Jill asks Anthony what inspired him to develop the Papa Duck show

8:23 Anthony talks about the employee response to his change management technique

10:21 Jill asks how the delivery of the Papa Duck show has evolved over the past year

11:39 Anthony tells Jill about his method and the behind the scenes work to put together each episode

14:22 Anthony provides thoughts on how other managers and leaders can become champions of change management

17:50 Anthony shares a story that helped shape him as a leader

19:30 Jill asks Anthony what keeps him motivated to continue doing the show

21:54 Jill inquires about how much longer Anthony will continue making episodes

23:20 Anthony gives recommendations on how others can find their own creative way to manage change

26:00 Jill and Anthony discuss the importance of change management and its current significance as the world or work changes to more remote options

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.    

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us. Email the Podcast Team at [email protected].

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.

Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.

In this episode, Heather Vinge Hanson speaks with Nicole Folken, Field Sales and Service Manager at Mayo Clinic Laboratories (MCL). She shares how the MCL sales team stays connected with each other and their clients. They also discuss how you, the listener, can successfully network in the remote environment.

Show Highlights: 

1:07 Nicole shares her definition of networking 

2:16 Why do we need to network?

3:25 Nicole talks about her personal networking experiences pre-COVID-19

4:55 What is different about networking in the remote environment

7:03 Nicole discusses how MCL promotes networking with staff that are globally dispersed

10:02 Heather asks Nicole how MCL began instituting virtual networking opportunities?

10:55 Nicole shares what she has seen other departments do to embrace virtual networking

11:57 How did MCL leadership approach the employees’ request to have more networking options

13:00 Heather and Nicole talk about where to start with networking?

14:43 You’re in a networking meeting, now what?

15:40 Being a good contact for those looking to network

17:10 Using social media platforms to network

Resources: 

https://www.halfhalftravel.com/remote-work/work-from-home-networking.html

https://www.virtualvocations.com/blog/telecommuting-job-search-help/remote-networking-6-tips/

https://blog.trello.com/6-rules-of-remote-engagement-for-professional-networking

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at [email protected]. 

Special thanks to The (G)LOWdown Team: Tracey Lee, Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Liz Palmer, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Tracy Gadient, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.  

Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on. 

Host Heather chats with Sydney Gonzales, John Alexander, and Dr. Kara Sands who are all representatives from the LGBTI MERG’s in RST, ARZ, and FLA. They talk about their unique perspectives on what Pride means to them and the great work the LGBTI MERG is doing to create an inclusive and equitable experience for Mayo Clinic employees and patients.

Show Highlights: 

 2:15 Heather and the guests talk about the history of Pride Month and what it means to the guests. 

5:30 The guests discuss how the LGBTI MERG’s are working to create positive changes that impact both employees and patients.

 8:31 Heather talks to Sydney about the Transition Toolbox as a resource for employees transitioning

 12:54 John and Sydney discuss some of the progress on transgender health benefits and updates to the Dress and Decorum policies

15:44 John talks about how the LGBTI MERG is having conversations about the acronym and what they are doing to be more inclusive

18:38 Dr. Sands talks about her role as the LGBTI MERG Champion

20:35 Heather asks the guests how COVID-19 affected access to medical care within the LGBTI community

25:10 The guests share what allies can do during Pride Month and what resources are available for them

32:30 How can listeners get involved in the LGBTI MERG’s?

35:00 Heather asks the guests to impart one piece of wisdom with the listeners.

Resources: 

https://pflag.org/

www.thetrevorproject.org

https://www.rochmnpride.org/

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.     

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you!  Email the Podcast Team at [email protected]. 

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Liz Palmer, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Tracy Gadient, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.  

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Today’s episode is about giving and receiving feedback.  We spoke with Brook Werneburg who recently spoke at a GLOW sponsored event on leadership communication. And we're going to break down that presentation a little more to specifically see how to give and receive feedback that creates better connections and helps you, the listener become a better leader.

Show highlights:

0:00 Introduction and background

2:00 Why is feedback important? What makes feedback good vs. bad?

4:00 How does someone approach giving feedback?

5:20 What is the 3 P approach?

9:13 How do you give feedback while there is tension or conflict?

12:20 Explain what being mindfully present is.

13:00 When someone receiving feedback doesn’t think it is constructive, what do you do?

14:05 What do you think of when you hear the word experiment?

17:30 How do you ask for professional feedback?

23:25 How might written feedback look compared to verbal feedback?

26:40 Discussion of 360 reviews.

28:50 Creating the environment where team members feel safe sharing and discussion team issues.

31:00 How can someone approach giving feedback to a leader who has not asked for it?

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.   

Have feedback, questions, or future podcast ideas? We’d love to hear from you! Email the Podcast Team at [email protected].

Special thanks to our team: Heather Vinge Hanson, Bethany Brown, Priya Behl, Ribu Goyal, Ashley Xiong, Jill Brady Schatz, Melissa Peterson, Emily Rasmussen, & Caitlin Summers.

Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.