46 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Welcome back to OT Book Club, er, we mean OT Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi invite you to listen in as they discuss "Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything" by Bryce G. Hoffman. Enjoy the ASMR of Jen and Sandi flipping through to their favorite parts and points of the book and chatting about how you can empower your teams to think critically in tough situations, and how you can get that critical thinking to produce critical solutions! If you want Jen and Sandi to reviews about teams or accountability solutions or situations in the future, let us know!...
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45 - The Customer Experience and a Coaching Approach with Dan Coldwell
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Happy February Podcast! Jen and Sandi are joined by Dan Coldwell this week, a colleague of Sandi's at Satori Consulting, Inc. Dan has 30 years of experience in financial services as an executive and industry speaker and has also served as chief marketing and chief operations officer in past positions. He is a hockey certified coach, and he "cross-pollinates" (as he puts it) between the business and sports world. Listen along as they chat about: Acting on feedback/pain points The 3 steps of responding to feedback Feedback collection Do's and Don'ts How to not fear bad reviews because of what...
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44 - Transformational Leadership with Cara Cameron
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Happy first podcast of 2024! We're starting out this new year with a treat for you- Jen and Sandi are joined by Sandi's colleague Cara Cameron, who holds the position of Chief Future of Work for Mutual Insurance. She has worked in Human Resources for over 15 years and is passionate about developing leaders. With her Chief Future of Work position, she is able to better analyze how the changing workforce impacts the organization, teams, and how those parties respond to the change. Listen along as Jen, Sandi, and Cara talk about: How do employees want to work/what they are looking for from a...
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43 - Change Starts with You
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Surprise! One additional episode before the New Year! This week, Jen and Sandi discuss changes in the workplace and how those changes come about. It all starts from the same place: you! Join them as they cover: -how change is not linear, but dynamic -how to go about thinking about change and understanding the "why" of change -how changing requires vulnerability -the -the level of awareness in change -self-reflection when it comes to change and more! Enjoy this last episode of 2023, and Jen and Sandi will see you in 2024! Check out the Video cast under the "Video" tab! Connect with Jen on ...
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42 - Leveraging Mastermind Groups to Grow Yourself and Your Business with Julie Ellis
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Happy December! This week, Jen and Sandi are joined by fellow entrepreneur and author Julie Ellis! Join the trio as they discuss: -Julie's start with Mabel's Labels and how she scales her leadership systems for different sized teams at different revenue numbers - Julie's new Mastermind project: a peer-reviewed mentorship for women in business and how to scale your successes -What evolutions take place as your business grows in sales and in people and the leadership needs that come from that - Julie's Book Big Gorgeous Goals:How Bold Women Achieve Great Things Thank you so much for joining...
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41 - Strong Leaders Know They Are Imperfect
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
In this episode of OT Kung Fu, join Jen and Sandi as they dive into how strong leaders are able to recognize their own shortcomings to encourage their own growth and stability as leaders. Topics in this episode include: - self reflection and the act of identifying your own insecurities and how that is a helpful skill -Imposter syndrome -The Johari Window -Humility and learning from mistakes -How being vulnerable is vital to learning -Adaptability and Inclusivity within that self-reflection Check out the Video cast under the "Video" tab on the OT Kung Fu Website! Visit Jen's website Visit...
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40 - Leadership Training at the Top
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Join Jen and Sandi LIVE from New York (not on Saturday Night, unfortunately) as they discuss how often the teams at the top and how the top team can be skipped when they start investing in team learning and workplace learning. They touch on the importance of top teams always checking in with their own learning as organizational health can shift and grow. Editor's note: due the location and way of recording, there is a door noise at the 11:10 mark. Removing this would also remove the voice audio, so we were only able to dampen it. Jen is also wearing jewelry that clicks when moved, and we could...
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39 - Psychological Safety and Accountability
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Sandi and Jen explore the topic of what it means when someone feels psychologically safe in a workplace and where that starts for us, and what affect that can have on workplace accountability. Have a question, comment, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment in the box below!
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38 - Getting Results from DEI Efforts
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Jen and Sandi take on a relevant topic of DEI- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the workplace to ensure it's not just a token requirement that is met simply to tick a box. They round out Pride Month by placing the workplace and ourselves under the microscope with how to we recognize and shift into DEI mindsets.
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37 - Meeting Disciplines
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Join Sandi and Jen as they tackle the topic of meetings, the kind of people who show up to them, and what makes a meeting actually worth your time to attend. As the nature of meetings has changed in recent years, Jen and Sandi encourage reflection on the hows and whys of meetings and their attendees at their cores.
info_outlineSandi and Jen meet to discuss retention of employees in the workplace and what that looks like in 2023. With much of the workforce now remote, what can managers and leaders do to keep them engaged, and what does that look like versus those who wanted to come back to the office? Tune in to hear how things have changed and how to navigate the waves of management.