053: Appreciation in the Workplace with Dr. Paul White
The Bill Perry Show
As a leader, are your attempts at intended appreciation with your team falling flat? Maybe it's because you're not speaking their language. Today, I'm talking with the man who literally wrote the book on appreciation at work, Dr. Paul White. He is the co-author of the book, Five Languages of Appreciation in The Workplace. It is hands down one of the best books that leaders can utilize in order to grow their sense of effective communication with their teams.
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052: Creating a Better Version of Yourself in 2020
The Bill Perry Show
It is a new year. It's a new decade. Welcome to 2020! With these moments on the calendar, there's always the hope of great change. But the reality is the movement of dates on the calendar doesn't create change, something else has to happen. Very little change occurs until you make a significant change in the way you see the world. And this is the topic of this week’s podcast episode.
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051: A Christmas Message
The Bill Perry Show
Ho, ho, hold on…you don’t like Christmas? I understand this season can be painful for some. It can be a season where depression and suicide rates are on the increase. Or perhaps, as you get older the events of Christmas don’t match the warm, sentimental memories you carry for the season. Today, I want to offer you a message of kindness and hope.
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050: Coaching to Develop Your Team with Keith Webb
The Bill Perry Show
Do you know how much it costs an organization when employees are not engaged? It can be very costly to the bottom line. Employee engagement is a vital piece to any organization and effective coaching on the part of your management and leadership can be a solution to engaging employees.
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049: Developing Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan
The Bill Perry Show
Emotional intelligence is a skill that is so important to everyone, including those in leadership. My guest this week is Teresa Quinlan. She has over two decades of experience in learning and development, and she has spent the last 15 years training leaders and their teams, giving particular attention to the area of emotional intelligence. On this episode, she helps us understand why we need to develop that area of our lives and how to go about doing it.
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048: Appreciation and Employee Engagement with Jennifer McClure
The Bill Perry Show
Today I’m talking with Jennifer McClure, a former executive recruiter and HR executive who offers a wealth of knowledge on the subject of corporate leadership. Jennifer is here to talk to us about developing corporate leaders and the importance of employee appreciation.
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047: Strategies for Leaders to Enjoy the Holiday Season
The Bill Perry Show
The holiday season is my favorite time of year. I grew up in a great family situation where holidays were marked with extended family time together with good food and great family engagements. However, there is a lot of pressure attached to the holidays. This year, I would encourage you to take a step back and relieve some of that stress during this busy season.
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046: Navigating Change with Charles Weathers
The Bill Perry Show
Today I welcome friend and business leader, Charles Weathers to the show. I've known Charles for some time, and I've benefited from his extensive knowledge of leadership development. Charles spends time working with nonprofits and faith-based organizations. He loves working with them because they share his heart for the community. He has worked to help these companies with board development, governance, leadership development and strategic planning.
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045: Fixing Work with Laurie Ruettimann
The Bill Perry Show
I am so pleased to welcome Laurie Ruettimann to the show. Laurie had spent many years in human resources leadership and realized she hated her job. She left her position in HR and is now on a mission to fix work. She has some ideas about what is currently wrong with work and some steps we can take to fix those problems; not only in our workplaces but in our lives as well.
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044: Why Leaders and HR Teams Should Consider Podcasting Featuring Danny Ozment
The Bill Perry Show
This week I am pleased to have Danny Ozment of Emerald City Productions on the show. Danny is the producer of this podcast and always works hard to make me sound good! Danny and I talk about the creative potential for leaders and human resources teams to utilize the medium of podcasting to drive vision, values and policies through every level of your organization!
info_outlineHow do you recognize the possibilities that business and life are handing you? In this leadership podcast episode, I expose an incredibly effective key to seeing more opportunities—gratitude.
Be Present and Thankful to See More Possibilities
We are pre-wired for negativity. When faced with a challenge, our default perceptions and our automatic narratives kick in before we have time to consider options.
To kick the negativity narrative and become more aware of opportunities, reframe your perceptions to recognize challenging situations as invitations to grow and become. A key that makes a better perspective possible is gratitude.
It may sound simplistic, but giving thanks for what you have—even when it’s insufficient—opens your eyes to possibilities, to opportunities that are hidden when you’re entangled in broken thought and behavior patterns.
Thanksgiving Reveals One Thousand Gifts
I’ve known and taught this principle for years, but I still need reminders. I recently read One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. It was like getting hit in the face with a bucket of cold water. Her story serves as a shocking wake-up call to remember that all of life is a gift for growing and that thanksgiving is the key that reveals the gift. (If you are one of the first five people to mention this specific episode on your Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn profile, I’ll send you a free copy of Ann’s book. Tag me so I see the post!)
Intentional Gratitude Opens Your Eyes
Gratitude is not a command, it’s an invitation. It’s an opportunity to see the best, to acknowledge the beauty, to capture the benefit of a moment or a situation. When you begin to practice gratitude intentionally, your eyes are opened to the possibilities around the moment or the relationship.
Several years ago, I spent an entire year focused on being grateful. The more gratitude I expressed, the more I found to be grateful for.
I believe that intentional gratitude is an act of resistance and rebellion against the prevailing presence of anxiety in our culture. Psychologist Robert Leahy points out, “The average child today exhibits the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the 1950s.” Maintaining an attitude of gratitude isn’t easy. You will need some help getting started if this isn’t in your normal emotional regimen.
The Gratitude Challenge
My friend Kevin Monroe has developed a powerful kickstart to a lifestyle of intentional gratitude. The Gratitude Challenge is a free 10-day jumpstart, or catalyst, to living a life marked by thanksgiving. If you need a push in your process, this is a great, free tool to help you shift your perspective.
Gratitude Is Too Simple
This is one of those invitations that seems too simple to be effective. I promise that if you will begin to intentionally find things to be thankful for, especially in moments when you could express the opposite, you’ll become increasingly aware of possibilities around you. Your perceptions will begin to conform to your gratitude. It will make you a better version of you!
A better you, better team, better business, better life is possible, but the choice is yours.
Until next time, lead well!
Bill
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