The ROI Podcast

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  • An executive's advice for finding the perfect career | Ep. 15
    Raise your hand if you hate or don't enjoy your job. Unfortunately, if you don't enjoy your work, you're not alone. Often times we can get ourselves into a rut because we are not fulfilled with what we're doing. If you're wanting to become successful, how do you do so if you're not happy? In this episode of The ROI Podcast, Pete Anderson, Executive Vice President of Investments for Becknell Industrial, breaks down the steps you should take to find your passion.
     
    Show Notes: 0:07 Introduction to The ROI Podcast Presented By the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI Campus. 0:38 How many people don't like their job? 1:05 This episode will explain how important passion is to your job performance. 1:20 Pete Anderson is the guest on this week's show. 1:53 If you can't wait to get up and come into work, you're probably ready for a change. 2:36 When Pete was practicing law, he didn't enjoy his job like he does today. 3:12 Shane found an article on the Huffington Post that suggested job-related dissatisfaction is harmful to your health. 4:08 Pete had a point in his career when he realized he needed some leadership training. That's when he found The Tobias Leadership Center. 4:48 The Hoosier Fellows Program exposed its members to a wide-range of leadership perspectives. 6:09 Loyalty doesn't exist from a company's perspective anymore, so it shouldn't be expected from the company for its employees to work for them for the remainder of their lives. 7:07 You may not know what you're meant to do until you try different jobs. 8:24 To learn more about the Tobias Leadership Center and the Hoosier Fellows Program, visit tobiascenter.iu.edu/programs.
    9 min
  • How to leverage your personality in management | Ep. 14

    Managers play multiple roles in an organization while communicating with many different personality types. So how do the greatest managers handle it? According to Natalie Roberts, VP of Support at Monarch Beverage Company, a manager must understand their own personality, strengths, and weaknesses. In this episode of The ROI Podcast, Shane Simmons and Julie Manning Magid, director of The Randall L. Tobias Leadership Center, break down how to leverage your personality, and mold it to fit the needs of your employees.

    Show Notes: 0:01 Spiderman opening: with great power comes great responsibility. 0:20 Welcome to The ROI Podcast Presented by The Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI Campus. 0:25 Julie Manning Magid is guest hosting alongside host Shane Simmons. 1:17 This episode is part of the Randall L. Tobias Leadership Center series. 1:42 How do you lead a team that's so diverse from a personality standpoint, and as a manager, how do you approach two people who have two very different perspectives. 1:55 You'll be introduced to Natalie Roberts, the senior vice president of support at Monarch Beverage. 3:15 Natalie became an expert at many different tasks because of her movement in the company. 4:12 Your career should be a jungle gym, not a ladder. 5:30 Natalie says The Tobias Leadership Center's Hoosier Fellows Program helped mold their management model at her company. 6:15 Natalie associates herself and her employees with a color. 7:02 Shane mentions how associating someone's personality with a color reminds him of Disney Pixar's Inside Out movie. 8:20 As a leader, it can be scary knowing you hold the responsibility for the development of your employees. 8:58 You must understand you and your team's strengths and weaknesses. 

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    Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email [email protected] so we can help your organization make better business decisions.

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    11 min
  • How to leverage your personality in management | Ep. 14
    Managers play multiple roles in an organization while communicating with many different personality types. So how do the greatest managers handle it? According to Natalie Roberts, VP of Support at Monarch Beverage Company, a manager must understand their own personality, strengths, and weaknesses. In this episode of The ROI Podcast, Shane Simmons and Julie Manning Magid, director of The Randall L. Tobias Leadership Center, break down how to leverage your personality, and mold it to fit the needs of your employees.
    Show Notes: 0:01 Spiderman opening: with great power comes great responsibility. 0:20 Welcome to The ROI Podcast Presented by The Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI Campus. 0:25 Julie Manning Magid is guest hosting alongside host Shane Simmons. 1:17 This episode is part of the Randall L. Tobias Leadership Center series. 1:42 How do you lead a team that's so diverse from a personality standpoint, and as a manager, how do you approach two people who have two very different perspectives. 1:55 You'll be introduced to Natalie Roberts, the senior vice president of support at Monarch Beverage. 3:15 Natalie became an expert at many different tasks because of her movement in the company. 4:12 Your career should be a jungle gym, not a ladder. 5:30 Natalie says The Tobias Leadership Center's Hoosier Fellows Program helped mold their management model at her company. 6:15 Natalie associates herself and her employees with a color. 7:02 Shane mentions how associating someone's personality with a color reminds him of Disney Pixar's Inside Out movie. 8:20 As a leader, it can be scary knowing you hold the responsibility for the development of your employees. 8:58 You must understand you and your team's strengths and weaknesses.
    11 min
  • This CEO reveals what it takes to lead | Ep. 13

    Leadership is a vague term that can be applied in many settings. Sarah Hempstead, CEO of Schmidt Associates, an architect firm located in Indianapolis, shares three pieces of advice that have propelled her career into an executive role.

    Show Notes: 0:10 Introduction to The ROI Podcast Presented By the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI Campus. 0:27 Professor of Business Law, and Director of The Tobias Leadership Center, Julie Manning Magid joins Shane in the booth for this series on leadership. 1:05 Randall Tobias held multiple leadership positions throughout many sectors, including education, business, government, and not-for-profit. 1:21 He created the Tobias Leadership Center. 1:39 One of the programs offered at the Tobias Leadership Center is the Hoosier Fellows Program. 2:17 You'll be introduced to Sarah Hempstead, CEO of Schmidt Associates. 2:28 Balance is bad advice. 3:23 Write your goals down. 4:23 Mentorship is critically important. 4:45 Form a "no" committee. They are authorized to tell you when something is not a good idea. 6:18 Have a routine and know when to shut work off, this helps prevent burnout. 7:23 The Hoosier Fellows Program is very inward focused, which teaches its participants a lot of themselves and their leadership style. 

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    Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email [email protected] so we can help your organization make better business decisions.

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    Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/3m2G6D5

    10 min
  • This CEO reveals what it takes to lead | Ep. 13
    Leadership is a vague term that can be applied in many settings. Sarah Hempstead, CEO of Schmidt Associates, an architect firm located in Indianapolis, shares three pieces of advice that have propelled her career into an executive role.
    Show Notes: 0:10 Introduction to The ROI Podcast Presented By the Kelley School of Business on the IUPUI Campus. 0:27 Professor of Business Law, and Director of The Tobias Leadership Center, Julie Manning Magid joins Shane in the booth for this series on leadership. 1:05 Randall Tobias held multiple leadership positions throughout many sectors, including education, business, government, and not-for-profit. 1:21 He created the Tobias Leadership Center. 1:39 One of the programs offered at the Tobias Leadership Center is the Hoosier Fellows Program. 2:17 You'll be introduced to Sarah Hempstead, CEO of Schmidt Associates. 2:28 Balance is bad advice. 3:23 Write your goals down. 4:23 Mentorship is critically important. 4:45 Form a "no" committee. They are authorized to tell you when something is not a good idea. 6:18 Have a routine and know when to shut work off, this helps prevent burnout. 7:23 The Hoosier Fellows Program is very inward focused, which teaches its participants a lot of themselves and their leadership style.
    10 min
  • Why this company embraces failure, and how it drives revenue | Ep. 11

    Failure is a good thing, as long as you fail taking a risk while attempting to help the company. That's the motto at One Click Ventures in Greenwood, IN, just south of Indianapolis. The company culture is laidback, but very metric and goal driven. Randy Stocklin, the Co-Founder and CEO of One Click, sat down with The ROI Podcast team to discuss how embracing failure has helped grow the company exponentially.

     Show Notes: 0:06 Shane Simmons and Phil Powell welcome listeners to The ROI Podcast. 0:45 This episode will talk about embracing failure in the workplace, and how one Greenwood, IN company has seen massive growth practicing this principle. 1:25 When you think of companies with a great culture, many people think of companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Nike. 2:02 There’s a correlation between a company’s culture and their growth. 2:25 Randy Stocklin and his wife started One Click out of their home office. 3:00 Their first venture began as a Christmas letter from Santa company. 4:00 Randy and his wife grew their second venture, Sunglass Warehouse, 4X two years in a row. 4:30 Randy says they learned that people make or break a business. 6:38 While One Click Ventures is a very relaxed culture, they are also data-driven. 7:45 One Click gives an award for failure each month titled “The Lame Duck Award.” 9:40 There is a difference between failure and messing up. 11:04 There’s so much ownership at One Click because of that underlying culture they’ve created.

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    Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email [email protected] so we can help your organization make better business decisions.

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    Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/3m2G6D5

    14 min
  • Why this company embraces failure, and how it drives revenue | Ep. 11
    Failure is a good thing, as long as you fail taking a risk while attempting to help the company. That's the motto at One Click Ventures in Greenwood, IN, just south of Indianapolis. The company culture is laidback, but very metric and goal driven. Randy Stocklin, the Co-Founder and CEO of One Click, sat down with The ROI Podcast team to discuss how embracing failure has helped grow the company exponentially.
     Show Notes: 0:06 Shane Simmons and Phil Powell welcome listeners to The ROI Podcast. 0:45 This episode will talk about embracing failure in the workplace, and how one Greenwood, IN company has seen massive growth practicing this principle. 1:25 When you think of companies with a great culture, many people think of companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Nike. 2:02 There’s a correlation between a company’s culture and their growth. 2:25 Randy Stocklin and his wife started One Click out of their home office. 3:00 Their first venture began as a Christmas letter from Santa company. 4:00 Randy and his wife grew their second venture, Sunglass Warehouse, 4X two years in a row. 4:30 Randy says they learned that people make or break a business. 6:38 While One Click Ventures is a very relaxed culture, they are also data-driven. 7:45 One Click gives an award for failure each month titled “The Lame Duck Award.” 9:40 There is a difference between failure and messing up. 11:04 There’s so much ownership at One Click because of that underlying culture they’ve created.
    14 min
  • How one company turned mentoring into a business | Ep. 10

    Research has shown those who have mentors throughout their lives ultimately are more successful. Pulling from experiences in her own life, Alison Martin-Books created a business that matches mentors and mentees in a strategic way.

     Show Notes:

    0:01 A Bill Gates show opening. 0:15 An introduction to The ROI Podcast presented by the Kelley School of Business. 0:55 The episode’s topic will revolve around mentors and the importance it plays in a professional’s life. 01:24 A study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology that found people who are mentored reported having more career success. 2:29 Alison Martin-Books, Founder and Chief Learning Officer for Diverse Talent Strategies is introduced. 2:40 A basic definition of what a mentor is. 4:40 Under the Talent Nexus model, mentors and mentees are strategically matched in a way that can increase the diversity in a given company. 5:25 Women who have a mentor are much more likely to break the glass ceiling. 7:05 Why mentor someone? 9:10 What you should look for in a mentor.  10:23 The closing credits for the podcast.

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    Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email [email protected] so we can help your organization make better business decisions.

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    Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/3m2G6D5

    12 min
  • How one company turned mentoring into a business | Ep. 10
    Research has shown those who have mentors throughout their lives ultimately are more successful. Pulling from experiences in her own life, Alison Martin-Books created a business that matches mentors and mentees in a strategic way.
     Show Notes:
    0:01 A Bill Gates show opening. 0:15 An introduction to The ROI Podcast presented by the Kelley School of Business. 0:55 The episode’s topic will revolve around mentors and the importance it plays in a professional’s life. 01:24 A study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology that found people who are mentored reported having more career success. 2:29 Alison Martin-Books, Founder and Chief Learning Officer for Diverse Talent Strategies is introduced. 2:40 A basic definition of what a mentor is. 4:40 Under the Talent Nexus model, mentors and mentees are strategically matched in a way that can increase the diversity in a given company. 5:25 Women who have a mentor are much more likely to break the glass ceiling. 7:05 Why mentor someone? 9:10 What you should look for in a mentor.  10:23 The closing credits for the podcast.
    12 min
  • What you need to know when managing millennials | Ep. 9

    Is employee retention a challenge in your company? Does it seem like your “younger” employees are leaving as quickly as you can hire them? In this episode of The ROI Podcast, Val Grubb, author and former vice president of strategic operations at NBC Universal, unveils the key to retaining employees, including Millennials and Gen Z.

     

    Show Notes:

    0:21 Shane Simmons and Luke Cooley introduce The ROI Podcast. 0:50 The topic of the podcast is managing the new workforce of millennials and gen z. 1:40 Author of Clash of the Generations, Managing the New Workplace Reality appears on the show. 1:50 In 2015, Millennials surpassed Gen X to become the largest generation in the American workforce. 2:08 By 2020, Millennials will be 50 percent of the American workforce. 3:02 Val says there’s been a misconception about the work ethic of millennials. 4:30 When managing the new generation, focus on results rather than where or how it gets done. 6:40 Millennials want something meaningful at the workplace. 8:23 Val gives an example of how she kept one of her employees motivated. 11:30 You can purchase Val Grubb’s latest book Clash of the Generations, Managing the New Workplace Reality on Amazon.

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    Do you have a question? Looking to get help on a business decision? Know a great guest for our show? Email [email protected] so we can help your organization make better business decisions.

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    Ready to take your next step? Check out if a Kelley MBA is right for you: https://bit.ly/3m2G6D5

    12 min

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