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Difficult people can be detrimental to an organisation. The constant disruption and the unhappy staff can have an impact not just on morale but also work performance. 

But identifying the root cause of unwanted behaviour and fixing it is easier said than done.  Sometimes it takes an expert to step in and uncover and discover what those issues are and help not just the person but also the entire team to recover and move forward.

In today’s podcast, we have Steve Sisler, the founder and CEO of Behavioral Resource Group.  He has a very unconventional approach to tackling behavioural issues in the workplace. Steve is not one to sugarcoat his advice, and he shares stories of how he got people to change or leave organisations where they are not a good fit.

If you’re dealing with issues with one of your employees, then this episode is perfect for you. Check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

The challenge Steve likes dealing with

Uncover, discover, recover

Several elements involved in behaviour change

Getting people to change or exchange

External and internal clarity

How Steve helps organisations find the right fit when hiring

Getting the similarities and the role of self-esteem 

How Steve facilitates change to happen 

Steve’s approach to fixing employee issues

What drives Steve to keep doing the work

Book Recommendation

About Our Guest:

Steve Sisler is the Founder and CEO of Behavioral Resource Group, an organisation involved in understanding and correcting behaviour in organisations.

Connect with Steve through Behavioral Resource Group’s website.

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The Element by Ken Robinson (https://www.amazon.com/Element-Finding-Passion-Changes-Everything/dp/0143116738)

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How do you really know if you are an effective leader? The financials of a company only show its profitability, but don’t say anything about its leadership. An organisation could look good on paper, but deep inside there could be issues making its employees unhappy. As a leader, you want your employees to thrive and grow because at the end of the day, what really drives an organisation to reach new heights are its people.

In this episode, the Corporate Mindfulness Guru, Tevis Trower, joins us today as she tackles what it really takes to be an effective leader. As the CEO and founder of Balance Integration Corporation, she has dug deep into the culture and behaviours present in organisations she’s worked with and brought to light the issues preventing them from levelling up. They say there’s strength in vulnerability, and Tevis is here to discuss just that as she talks about what is key for leaders to truly leave a lasting impact. 

If you are a CEO or a leader of your organisation, this episode will be of interest to you. So check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

Leaders As Clay on Their Way to Realizing Their Ideal Future Selves

The Window to Self-Actualisation and Making the Pivot 

The Head Nodding Syndrome Prevalent in Boardrooms 

Her Definition of Culture 

The Damage from Tolerating Bad Behaviour

Getting in Alignment with the Senior Team

The Need for Trust and Vulnerability

Keys to Unlocking the Willingness To Create Space for Change

Being Called the Corporate Mindfulness Guru

About Our Guest:

Tevis Trower is the CEO and founder Balance Integration Corporation, an organisation that works with major companies to affect real change. An expert in what is required in order to be a really effective leader, she will challenge you to be thoughtful about the things you need to improve on.

Tevis Trower on LinkedIn

Tevis Trower on Twitter

Tevis Trower on Facebook

Balance Integration Corporation website

To know more about their upcoming gathering of high level cohort of Csuite executives curious about legacy and the impact of presence, go to The Woodstock Sessions website: https://sites.google.com/view/thewoodstocksessions/home

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Other Resources:

Creativity in Business by Michael Ray and Rochelle Myers

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It’s so easy to get stuck in a vicious circle of having too many things to do, getting overwhelmed, and then not being able to make progress. Ultimately, more things get piled up, and you no longer know what to do next.

In this episode, I’m going to share with you how I’ve helped my clients overcome this sense of being overwhelmed. I’m here to talk about my simple system that allows me to make sure I’m moving forward and delivering on my main goals.

If you are interested in becoming effective and getting the right things done week by week, check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

The Warren Buffett Principle I Apply

Being Judged on Whether We Achieved Our Objectives

The Biggest Challenge Faced By Businesses and Entrepreneurs

Benefits of Working in 90-Day Chunks

A Simple, Straightforward Tool To Manage Goals

Doing A Reality Check on Priority Actions

Timeboxing the Big Rocks or the Critical Things

Being Effective

To get a copy of my simple timeboxing tool, email me at [email protected]

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Diversity should be a business imperative because it impacts the bottom line. Organisations tend to see it though as a task to be completed. However, diversity extends beyond being just a checkbox, instead, it is an ongoing process within a company. If businesses understand the whole area of diversity, they benefit by having more productive staff and lower employee turnover.

In today’s episode, Jackie Ferguson, the Director of Multicultural Programming at Walk West, joins us to talk about the impact and value of diversity. Jackie is a certified diversity expert and she gives us advice on how to convince management to implement change in an organisation. She also talks about the behaviours and biases displayed by people.

If you are interested in creating diversity in the workplace, check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

Jackie’s Passion for Diversity

Types of Diversity

Getting Management to Focus on Diversity

Implementing Change

The Ongoing Process in Diversity

Diversity As A Value

Acceptable and Unacceptable Behaviour 

Unconscious Bias and First Impressions

Benefits of Diversity and Inclusion

Walk West’s Diversity Beyond the Checkbox Course

Book Recommendation and Daily Rituals

About Our Guest:

Jackie Ferguson is the Director of Multicultural Programming at Walk West in North Carolina. She managed multi-million dollar accounts while working in sales and marketing for large corporations. She is also a certified diversity expert. 

Connect with Jackie through The Diversity Movement’s website and sign up for their upcoming online course, Diversity Beyond the Checkbox.

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Other Resources:

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

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Disconnects can be costly. Any business or organisation facing problems with teams missing goals could be suffering from a lack of clarity in their priorities. The impact of this disconnect leads to failures, which no one takes accountability for. As leaders, the execution of an organisation’s strategy is a crucial skill for success.

In today’s episode, joining us is Kim Bohr, founder and CEO of The Innovare Group, Inc. She’s here to discuss the root cause of disconnects. She also talks about getting leaders to shift to the right mindset to operate in this new environment.

If you are interested in leadership tips and strategies, check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

What Are Disconnects

Typical Disconnects in Organisations

Fixing Poor Execution

Absence of Clarity with Team Priorities

Wake Up Calls to Change

Having Conversations and Taking Ownership of Failure

Culture Affecting Execution

Preparing Leaders for Their Roles

5 Common Mistakes That Hinder Growth

The Leadership Bermuda Triangle

Friction to Clarity to Communication

Kim’s Book: Successes, Failures & Lessons Learned

Book Recommendations and Daily Rituals

Kim’s 3 Offers For Our Listeners

About Our Guest:

Kim Bohr is the founder and CEO of The Innovare Group, Inc. She is an expert at diagnosing and repairing disconnects in organisations.

Kim Bohr on LinkedIn

Kim Bohr on Twitter

To take advantage of Kim’s three amazing complimentary offers, a checklist on the 7 reasons most strategic plans fail, a video on 3 steps to take for the mindset of change, and the opportunity to schedule a complimentary call, click on this special link: https://theinnovaregroup.com/winning

You can also buy Kim’s book: Successes, Failures & Lessons Learned at Amazon

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Other Resources:

* What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

* Five Minute Journal

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Scaling up a business can be very challenging, especially to the small business owner who is invested in being hands-on and doing everything. While most people start businesses to get away from working 50-60 hours a week, they later find themselves putting in more hours working in their business than when they were employed.

Paul Maskill joins us in today’s episode as we tackle how business owners can create a life of their own. Paul’s here to share with us his knowledge in how a business can leverage their process and systems so the owner can stop being the revenue generator. He also talks about the importance of having a personal vision.

If you’re a business owner who is tired of working long hours and wants to build a business that allows you to live the life you want, be sure to tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

What Made Paul Decide To Start A Business

The First Business He Started

Shifting From Doing Everything To Delegating

Three Issues You Need To Deal With When Delegating

How To Stop Being the Revenue Generator of Your Business

Making Your Business Process and Systems

The Five Core Systems of Every Business

Transitioning From Being An Individual Contributor To A Leader

When Do You Hire

His Mastermind Group

Book Recommendations and Daily Rituals

About Our Guest:

Paul Maskill is a business owner, coach, and advocate. He has built, scaled, and sold several businesses. Paul is now helping small business owners empower their employees so they can finally get the ultimate freedom to live the life they want.

* Paul Maskill on LinkedIn

* Paul Maskill’s website

* Paul Maskill on Facebook

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Other Resources:

* The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham

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Setting up and maintaining a physical team to manage a business has become more challenging, especially in terms of financial resources. Fortunately, executives have discovered the outsource model. This model has made business management more efficient, and at a much lesser expense and inconvenience.

In today’s episode, joining us is Charley Valher, co-founder of Outsourcing Angel and founder of Valher Media. He’s here to share with us his experiences in managing an outsource team. He also talks about how he overcomes many challenges of working with individuals virtually.

If you are interested in building and managing your business efficiently through an outsource model, check out these episode highlights and tune in to the show!

What We Talked About in This Episode:

* How Charley Started with Outsourcing

* The Football Team Analogy

* “Winning the Week” System

* Getting the Culture Right

*  Communication and Management Tools

* Overcoming Cultural Differences Among Team Members

* Integration and Onboarding Process

* Retention Strategy

* Other Non-Financial Benefits of Outsourcing

* Book Recommendation and Daily Rituals

About Our Guest:

Charley Valher is a serial business owner and educator from Melbourne, Australia. He is also the co-founder of Outsourcing Angel. Charley is best known for his unique approach to building businesses via podcasting and developing companies in a way that creates more time and leverage for the business owner.

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Other Resources:

* The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham

* Slack

* Asana

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Two of the stumbling blocks in defining success in women’s careers are the longstanding gender stereotypes and the men-centric system in the workplace. Despite the rise of women empowerment movements, societal bounds continue to be a hindrance. How can we move forward toward a diverse and inclusive work environment?

In today’s podcast, we’re joined by practising lawyers and married couple Andie Kramer and Al Harris. They are here to talk about the role of women in the workplace and the challenges of gender bias on women, men, and organizations alike. Andie and Al have been mentoring women and speaking and writing, together and separately, about gender communication for more than 30 years. 

If you want to know more about overcoming workplace bias, check out the episode highlights below and tune in to the show!

The Education System and The Corporate World (04:15)

Andie and Al’s theory is that because women outperform men in the educational sphere, men build a fair amount of resentment.

They bring this resentment into the male-dominated corporate world, where they see it as an opportunity to protect their turf.

People have certain biases. We tend to hang around people like us.

In the corporate world, men usually identify with the in-group and the leaders while women are in the out-group.

The Goldilocks Dilemma: People like to perceive women as gentle and sweet. However, when they are assertive and speak their minds, they are viewed with distrust and dislike.

Women’s Behaviour in The Workplace (08:51)

Women are fine the way they are. Trying to behave like men will only backfire.

Because of gender biases, women need to figure out how they can demonstrate their competence without making people feel they’re unlikable.

Consequently, men and organizations need to work toward solving gender biases in the workplace.

The best possible version of ourselves is not always the same version.

We all have moldable sides to our personality. The key to women’s success is recognizing the ability to use this in the right circumstances and ways.

#MeToo Movement (12:59)

The positive: Women feel more empowered to talk about behaviours and experiences that have been brushed under the rug for many years.

The negative: Instead of working toward supporting women’s careers, men in position pull back or are reluctant to show support. They either think there is nothing in it for them, or they fear people will misunderstand.

Women’s Contribution to the Problem (17:10)

Some women buy into the same stereotypes that men have about women, men, leaders, and families.

Women need to own their accomplishments. They are not going to be recognized without self-acknowledgment.

Women working for women expect them to act the way society has moulded their image—gentle and understanding. They end up resenting working for female leaders who are direct and assertive.

Bringing Change to the Workplace (23:13)

The only way to change male-dominated organizations is by getting a critical mass of women into senior organizational leadership.

The bottom line: Cultures aren’t going to change unless more women are running them.

For women: Find a way to navigate through difficult situations by being versatile with your characteristics.

 

Our brain is a powerful and complex tool that governs our behaviours and decisions. But for most people, their subconscious mind may stop them from reaching their full potential as team players or team leaders. Little do we know that this affects our business, our success, and our overall well-being.

In this episode, we have Malorie Nicole, host of the Abundantly Clear podcast. Malorie is a coach, a mindset expert, and a subconscious programmer. She shares with us her personal experiences of her learned behaviours, subconscious programming, growing our business or teams, and more. Today’s show is for CEOs, team leaders, senior executives, and everyone else in a leadership role.

Be sure to tune in and learn how you can overcome your mental barriers!

 

Getting into Health and Wellness (2:47)

Malorie got sick around 2014, experiencing multiple symptoms that she thought meant a very serious illness.

She was working at an engineering firm and realized that her symptoms were affecting her quality of work. 

Frustrated, she started fixing her lifestyle slowly and listening to her body more. She realized she was not addressing the root cause of her symptoms. 

Eventually, she wanted to expand her knowledge beyond engineering. This is the point where she got into mind, body, health, and wellness learning. 

Getting into Coaching and the Subconscious (5:50)

She was initially in the health and wellness business, which sparked her interest in exploring the path of coaching.

People started coming to her for bookings, asking for her help, and scheduling counselling about the different mindset components.

The unexpected swerve in her career led her to learn about the mind, body,  and how these affect the mindset. 

It eventually led her to Leadership and Executive Coaching. 

Subconscious Programming (7:32)

Most of the decisions that we make are from our subconscious mind. These decisions may include our behaviours, habits, or how we act. 

All these, she argues, are not random behaviour of our brain. It all follows a pattern of how we had programmed our brain.

Our subconscious is a “filing cabinet of all our beliefs.”

Our lenses are customized for us because of this so-called subconscious programming.

About 97% of what we do every day connects to our subconscious

Most people do not realize that this also affects their performance, how they lead their teams, and ultimately, how they grow their business.

Shifting Mindsets by Acknowledging Blinders (10:17)

It starts by asking people what their current “blinders” are. From there, it’s connecting the dots and pinpointing from where these blinders might have come. 

“Blinders” can be our learned behaviours or mindsets about certain things that may not necessarily be true. 

For Malorie, her blinder the belief that money and fear are the same. This is a learned behaviour from her father. 

Her attitude towards money shifted when she made an effort to change her learned behaviour from her childhood years. 

She says she notices this problem a lot with CEOs who come to her for help. These businessmen, although bringing huge money for their business, were afraid of checking their own finances.

Removing Mental Barriers (15:01)

Our conscious and our subconscious mind do not easily allow us to see our mental barriers...

 

Success is not as easy as 1-2-3, and it barely happens out of luck. Ideas will not come to life on their own so you need to take action to make them happen. Young age is never a hindrance to the goals you want to reach. However, success can only be achieved if you have a “never-say-die” attitude.

In today’s episode, listen to Chris Meade—one of the founders of Crossnet—as he talks about how one night changed the course of their lives. A success story that only became true once they decided to transform their ideas into a business. Keep your ears open as Chris shares with us what it takes to go from zero to $2m using a simple approach—not easy, but rather simple.

If you wish to change your story and get on board the train to success. Hop on and tune in until the end to get the most out of this entertaining and valuable episode!

 

The Birth of The Concept of Crossnet (3:41)

In the year 2017, Chris and his friends sat down one night and talked about creating a product.

One of the ideas that came to mind was a four-way volleyball net.

What is Crossnet? (4:24)

Crossnet is the first four-way volleyball net.

Two volleyball nets intersecting and one person behind each square.

Players play against one another in a free-for-all, game to 11, win by two.

It’s a combination of Volleyball and Foursquare.

Turning Their Idea Into A Business (5:59)

Coming up with the name, branding, and color schemes.

Reaching out to manufacturers across the country to find distributors.

Putting up enough capital from their own bank accounts. (To see the risks and rewards.)

After finding a manufacturing partner, it took them several months before they got the prototypes they were happy with.

Crossnet in 2018 (7:39)

Launched their own website.

Sales weren’t amazing during their startup but they started to gain traction every day.

Most of their content came from influencers and volleyball players who made their product look attractive.

At present, 80% of their traffic and sales come directly from their website and then 20% is through retail.

Crossnet was able to saturate two and a half thousand plus schools by pitching Crossnet to magazines that offer new products to gym teachers.

After the launching of magazines, Crossnet’s sales have been cranking up.

Crossnet Retailers (10:30)

Crossnet’s first retailer was a store called Scheels.

Crossnet is also currently available at walmart.com, and target.com

Crossnet will be available soon on macys.com, jet.com and wish.com

Chris explains how they managed to break in and get deals with major retail stores like Walmart.

Crossnet’s Sales (12:36)

As of December 2019, they hit the $2m mark.

At the start of 2019, their projections for the year were just around $400,000.

Crossnet now has nine to seven freelancers involved in the business all across the country.

Future of Crossnet (14:29)

Chris thinks there’s an opportunity for their game to become a staple in gym classes all around the world.

With more exciting gameplay, Crossnet could be seen as an alternative to learning volleyball ...