Leading to Fulfillment - Episode Zero
Adventures in Businessing
While there will not be new episodes of Adventures in Businessing, we are excited to announce a brand new podcast. Here is a sneak peek with our episode zero. Leading to Fulfillment is a weekly 30 to 40 minute podcast that highlights the impact of People-First leaders and teams where fulfillment is the true measure of success.. In each episode James Laws has conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, and other thinkers from all walks of life and kinds of businesses to find out how they think & lead differently and make decisions that lead to fulfilling work and fulfilled teams.
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How to Get the Most out of Business Events
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The Importance of Business Events
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Planting, Protecting, and Propagating Your Culture
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Discovering Your Values
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Discovering Purpose
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What is Company Culture
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- [0:00:38] Intro | Timely Topics
- Last time on Adventures in Businessing
- Quoting Nacho Libre
- [0:02:34] All Relationships Have Tension
- How does one get around inevitable tension?
- Tensions are typically a good sign that you care.
- Have well-defined roles to alleviate the pressure and stress.
- You need to be a little thick skinned.
- Misalignment is the genesis of many tensions.
- Navigating tension lies in transparency and communication.
- Fundamental disagreements can happen.
- [0:10:05] If You Want to Navigate Tension Well, You Have to Navigate it Often
- You have to talk about the business and eachother, the overall feeling, on a recurring basis.
- If left unchecked, tension becomes passive aggressive tendencies, a lack of empathy for eachother, or outright hostility.
- Embrace differences.
- Be open about misunderstandings.
- It's okay to be vulnerable and honest above being prideful and full of false confidence.
- Trust above all else.
- [0:22:47] The Decision Matrix & Preemptively Stopping Tensions
- Motivation
- Goals
- Vision
- Values
- Objectives
- All should be heard and considered.
- Bringing in a third voice/partner can help.
- [0:27:32] Conclusion & Takeaways
- Communicating is key.
- Assume the best.
- Be willing to give and receive constructive critique.