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Kendall Wallace: Unlocking Workplace Harmony with Bowen Systems Theory | Ep #102

Building Better Managers

Release Date: 06/25/2024

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Unlock the secrets to a harmonious and productive workplace in our latest podcast episode featuring Kendall Wallace. Discover how Bowen Systems Theory can help you understand and improve team dynamics by exploring the influence of family patterns on workplace behavior. Kendall shares her personal journey, practical strategies for managers, and the profound lessons Hawaiian culture can offer to corporate America. Plus, get inspired by engaging team-building activities designed to foster connection and trust. Don't miss this enlightening discussion — tune in now and transform your workplace relationships!


Meet Kendall:

Kendall Wallace is a master at creating meaningful experiences that make you feel more alive, connected with yourself, with nature, and with one another. She creates movie-like magical moments not on a screen but in real life.


After reading Eat, Pray, Love, she traveled the world by herself for 2 years.


For the past decade, she has thrown herself into personal growth. She created a thriving career in tech at Meta before it abruptly came to an end. Now, she designs bucket list corporate offsites that not only create magical experiences, but also create safety and honesty in the workplace.


Having helped over 1,000 people across 75 groups in improving communication, uncovering blind spots, minimizing recovery time between breakdowns, defining work-life balance and making decisions more in alignment with what moves them in order to become highly effective communicators and happier people.


Additionally, she is an EFT practitioner and uses this in her coaching, helping people psychologically reprogram their subconscious. Kendall now lives in the North Shore of Oahu, having been inspired to improve her surf skills and live her Blue Crush dreams.


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