MGW #24 - How To Fire People
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MGW #24 - How To Fire People Welcome back to the newly relaunched Mighty Good Work with your hosts Aaron Schmookler, Co-founder and Trainer of The Yes Works and Kristin Adams, Co-director of Startup Grind and first time founder of ALL2. Last episode we discussed shifting both the thought process surrounding, dialogue about and facilitation of people quitting their jobs and this episode we are focused on the other side of that equation - how to fire people compassionately. While one might think that goes without saying, you’d be surprised what still occurs in the...
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MGW #23 - How to Retain Talent
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MGW #23 - How to Retain Talent Welcome to the Mighty Good Work relaunch. The focus hasn’t changed – this is still a podcast for people who want to make work a place worthy of the time we dedicate to it and for leaders and aspiring leaders who are committed to inspiring the same. We’ve tweaked the format, including a permanent new co-host, in the hopes of adding diversity of viewpoints, experience and topics for the benefit of our listeners. We are excited to share version 2.0 with you and on that note, let’s get started! In this episode we focus on shifting both the thought...
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MGW #22 - Putting Core Values to Work
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Here are some action items taken from the episode to help you put your company's core values to work: Step 1: To get your company values off the wall, and actually working in your organization from top to bottom, make sure INTEGRITY tops the list. Without integrity, your other values are just suggestions. Step 2: Define integrity. Don’t take for granted that everyone knows what it means. Many companies define integrity as, “do the right thing.” The problem with that is... people can and do argue all day about what the right thing is. A more practical definition for integrity is...
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MGW #21 - “Anxiety Free Workplace” with Bud Torcom
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GUEST: Bud Torcom https://mazamamedia.com/ Twitter: HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONVERSATION: Bud Torcom’s Big Hairy Audacious Goal is an anxiety free workplace. I’ve wanted to treat people the way I want to be treated and work in the kind of workplace I’d want to be working in. As a digital marketing company, being in the office for normal business hours isn’t necessary. We’re on a constant, steady drip of the stress hormone, cortisol. OUr bodies did not evolve for a constant cortisol drip. Anxiety is making us sick. Bud’s not sure an...
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MGW #20 - “Dream Big. Perform Big” with Dan Ralphs_01
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GUEST: Dan Ralphs www.thedreamblog.com Twitter: @dreamtolead HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONVERSATION: You can’t teach another person anything they don’t want to learn. They have to choose to learn it. If you can’t motivate people to choose to learn and grow, you won’t be very successful as a teacher… or as a leader. There’s a magic lever you can use to awaken that intrinsic motivation. It’s the question, “What’s the future for you? I’m an advocate for you.” Give them ownership of their future. We’re afraid of letting our people define success for...
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MGW #19 - You’re Doing Conflict Wrong
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There’s a lot out there about how to reduce conflict at work. A lot of the stuff out there is very good. This episode is about transforming conflict, and using it to your advantage. If conflict seems like something to avoid… If it seems like something you can win… Then, you’re doing it wrong. We’ve got a you can read. For those of you who don’t have time for well thought out articles, here’s your Mighty Good Work ADEPTability Skills Checklist: Slow Down Your primitive brain, and the fight or flight response is powerful, but it’s not the only game in...
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MGW #18 - Culture for Recruiting
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From THE YES WORKS, this is MIGHTY GOOD WORK. A podcast built on the stories of people and companies who are making good work happen. Whether it’s work as a place to be, work as a product or service, or work as a way to spend your life, we will be talking to those who are committed to excellence and who are succeeding in bringing Mighty Good Work into existence.
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MGW #17 - “Happy Side-Effects of Channel Partnership” with Jen Spencer
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GUEST: Jen Spencer Twitter: @JenSpencer HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONVERSATION: Your partners are a natural extension of your sales, marketing, and customer success teams. And they should be treated as such. These relationships and their health starts at the top. Fear, uncertainty, and a lack of trust can erode the health of those partner relationships. What would help your partners be successful in the partnership. Give them access to all information and control that will help them succeed. Expose more to your partners than you may be inclined to. Alignment...
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MGW #16 - “Drive Learning and Growth” with Elaine Lin Hering
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GUEST: Elaine Lin Hering Across industries, people say that feedback conversations are their most difficult conversations -- both giving and receiving. ONe the receiving end, it’s triggering. On the giving end, you may cause a trigger in the receiver, and you don’t know how it’s being received. Three kinds of feedback: Positive feedback: appreciation Coaching: guidance for improved effectiveness Evaluation: Tracking against expectations In order to learn and thrive and do good work, we need all three kinds of feedback.Feedback is: solicited and...
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MGW #14 - “Thriving Business/ Product, Process, and People” with Eric Johnson
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GUEST: Eric Johnson -- CFO of Nintex Nintex is a leader in workflow and content automation. Making more time in workflow for what really matters. The Eric Johnson approach: When I make a commitment, I deliver on that commitment. That builds respect and trust. Caring about people, and hold a mark of high integrity. And look for creating benefit for everyone. If you’re great to work with, and you do great work, life goes pretty well. We’ve never taken venture capital to fund operations. How are we achieving excellence, growth and recognition? It’s a...
info_outlineGUEST: Vice President of Human Resources at Moz, Rebecca Clements https://moz.com/about/team/rebeccadclements
Rebecca Clements on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-clements
Human Resources’ reputation as being pain-in-the-butt rule-makers and rule-enforcers was a leading reason Rebecca Clements chose to cultivate a different kind of HR experience.
In this episode, Rebecca talks about the imperative of good culture in tech in order to attract and maintain talent from diverse backgrounds of experience. And she tells us how she and her team do it…
“Culture is something that happens around you unless you are really intentional about it.
If you are intentional and use it as an advantage within the business, then all of your time spent on it will be worth while and set you apart from your competitors, attract people, and help your business be successful.”
What makes a company “culturally fit?”
- Clearly articulated values that everyone in the company embraces, wants to be a part of and upholds.
- Intentionality about how priorities are managed.
- Treat people well – clients and co-workers. How you treat one will bleed into your behavior with the other.
She generously shares Moz’s value system called TAGFEE that every Mozzer aspires to daily.
Transparent: Be willing to talk about it all: the good, bad, and ugly. They have a commitment to share what didn’t work, without making excuses.
Authentic: Bring your BEST authentic self to work. People bring and share their stories. They share at Lunch & Learns to offer personal insight. They are encouraged to speak up and bring their set of experiences to the table. Active disagreement is vital and encouraged in order to have all opinions authentically on the table.
Generous: The company provides paid-paid vacations for employees and sabbaticals for employees after 5 years. Considering the “Whole Human”. They match charity donations. They demonstrate a generous mindset by being available with time, information and coaching/guidance.
Fun: Positivity- assume good intent, “You have my best interest at heart and I have yours.” They actively invest in team-building and building community.
Empathetic: Empathy is key to decision making and solving conflict. They seek to employ empathetic people to increase the quality of the work environment. They talk about it, model it and celebrate empathy in their workplace.
Exceptional: Being willing to choose unique, value-based marketing strategies or “give-aways”. Offering professional coaching to all of their employees to help them through challenges and opportunities. Anyone can pursue coaching for any reason at all. They know that if you are dealing with something at home or in the office, it will affect your work. Offering ongoing manager courses for all levels of management or aspiring management to gain skills.
Yes, they even have a Team Happy: Rebecca leads a team of 5 people at Moz whose mission it is to ensure happiness, productivity and to embody TAGFEE.
And, YES, they are hiring. https://moz.com/about/jobs#listings
And, YES, they have an annual marketing conference called MOZCON coming up this fall September 12-14. Get your tickets here https://moz.com/mozcon
Visit Mighty Good Work and The Yes Works at: TheYesWorks.com
Theme music by: Miguel Juarez
Midshow break music by : Allan Loucks www.TinEar.com