54 - The Art of Goal Setting, Keeping, and Achieving
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Happy holidays from Organizational Transformational Kung Fu: The Podcast! Jen and Sandi are looking to the future this week and talk about goals and how to set them, keep them, and meet them! Follow along as they chat about: their year in review what reflection can do for you and writing vs. typing/digital record keeping hard vs. soft transformations the role of practice and support in discipline what we're really doing when we "let ourselves off the hook" the importance of the set up short term does for long term how we are influenced by the number of goals we set considering a "shift"...
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53 - Listening as a Leader
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
In this week's episode of OT Kung Fu, Jen and Sandi revisit the types of listening they talked about with author Sean Grace and ponder how the listening types affect us in the workplace. Join them as they cover: how virtual calls have affected listening the importance of body language what curiosity really does for you conversational blindspots levels of learning Neha Sangwan's book and more! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen...
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52 - Say What? The Art of the Question with Author Sean Grace
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Welcome back to OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Sandi and Jen are joined this week by the incredible author Sean Grace! From Sean's website: "Sean Grace is a communication consultant, author, coach, and speaker, with over 25 years of experience developing and training sales, marketing, and leadership talent across diverse industries. His unique brand of business consulting is forged from his long career in media, advertising, and the creative arts. Sean studied music performance at the Juilliard School and SUNY Purchase, and finance at Wharton. As an award winning musician and...
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51 - Conversations on Change with Curtis Bateman
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Welcome to Episode 51 of OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Joining Jen and Sandi this week is Curtis Bateman, co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity and vice president of direct international offices for FranklinCovey. From the FranklinCovey site: "With over twenty-five years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is an internationally recognized presenter, content developer, change consultant, business leader, and coach. His passion for enabling...
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50 - Thinking About Hidden Potential by Adam Grant
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
It's OT Kung Fu's 50th episode! We have another book review episode, this week featuring Hidden Potential by Adam Grant! Join Jen and Sandi while they cover topics like: -Performance Reviews and how they have changed from potential to goal-oriented -How imperfect leaders are more beneficial than "perfect" leaders -How meeting folks where there are at instead of where you want them to be cultivates a better workplace culture -High potential compared to related experience -Why learning agility is more valuable as a leadership predictor -Why self-reflection is such an important tool -Learning...
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49 - Leadership and Building Organizational Capacity with Todd Conklin
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
You made it to the end of July, and we have a new episode of OT Kung Fu for you to celebrate and gear up before a new month begins tomorrow! Jen and Sandi are joined on this episode by Dr. Todd Conklin, author of Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety as well as host of his organizational safety podcast of the same name. From his website: "Todd Conklin spent 25 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Senior Advisor for Organizational and Safety Culture. Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world’s foremost...
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48 - Influence as a Strategy: Getting Better Outcomes with Others
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
Happy Summer! Beat the heat with Sandi and Jen and listen along as they tackle the topic of influence (as a person, not for social media)! Today they cover: How reciprocity is different within the workplace How you show up as a leader to your peers vs. to your boss The traits of a successful workplace influencer Their love and use of the within training they have done Negotiation awareness and the balance required to not cross the line into manipulation Persuasion vs. Influence and more! Thank you so much for listening! Make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab!...
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47 - Work-Life Bloom with author Dan Pontefract
Organizational Transformation Kung Fu
We have a real treat for listeners today! Jen and Sandi are joined by award-winning author Dan Pontefract to talk about his new book Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team that Flourishes! From his website: "Dan is a renowned keynote speaker who has presented at four TED events and delivers approximately 50 keynotes annually. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business and has received over 25 industry, individual, and book awards." Listen along as Dan, Sandi, and Jen cover topics such as: The origin of Work-Life Bloom Personas in Work/Life...
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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...
info_outlineJoin 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.