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Team Engineered PodcastUnpacking Stress, Overwhelm and Taking Control Of ItThink about the last time you were overwhelmed: if you could share the experience with someone else, how would you describe it? What were the sensations in your body? What were the thoughts in your mind? How did you feel mentally and physically? Did you feel physically ill and did not know why?Did you withdraw from friends and family?Or, maybe you had trouble focusing?It's essential to develop an awareness of your emotions becauseif we can't feel the...
2022-07-061h 07
Team Engineered PodcastDo You Really Have To Respond To All Those Alerts? And Why You're Addicted To Them!Computer scientist Edward Tufte says, "There are only two industries that call their customers' users': illegal drugs and software." Many of us came to know him in the film The Social Dilemma, which tackles the dark side of our addiction to social media.A really interesting concept we've come to understand is how these free platforms use us as the “product”. We've known this for a fact, but given how they've become necessary in our lives, we acknowledge the need to stay on these platforms. The challenge, therefore, is establishing the discipline of when to let our...
2022-06-2828 min
Team Engineered PodcastHow a little attitude of gratitude goes a long way!As humans, we are programmed to always look for the negative and have the tendency to focus on unpleasant events and dwell on them. We can see how we get so fixated on bad days that didn't go our way in our homes and workplaces. In this episode, Kyle and I talk about the benefit of doing things differently and learning to look at the bright side of things despite our negative biases. Many business and family cultures don't have gratitude as part of their repertoire. If we want to develop a more po...
2022-06-2122 min
Team Engineered PodcastReducing Fear To Increase ProductivityFear is present in the workplace, whether we realise it or not. The culture we keep, uncertainty, feelings of disconnect and difficult employee-employer relationships pose psychological threats to our people.As a leader, it is essential to be mindful of how you are showing up. Ensure that your actions and interactions with people inspire instead of causing fear in them — not just at work but everywhere else.You can't make people care if you don't care about them. Empathy and the ability to cultivate understanding and support in the workplace are crucial to pr...
2022-06-1418 min
Team Engineered PodcastPay Attention To The Small Things With Jade Green & Kyle ProbertWe know that the #1 way to get peak productivity out of our people is for them to feel psychologically safe. One way to achieve this is by making sure they feel seen, heard and understood. They're not just numbers that make up our teams, but humans who help us grow our businesses and advocacies. Pay attention to the little things, whether in person or on Zoom. These make the big things in identifying what's going on, particularly with your team members. It is crucial to notice details by being fully engaged in the conversation. ...
2022-06-0727 min
Team Engineered PodcastWhat Causes Overwhelm? With Jade Green & Kyle ProbertModern culture made us develop Attention Deficit Trait or ADT. We see this neurological phenomenon in ourselves and our teams, resulting in a huge mental overload followed by a pattern of overwhelm, inattention and impatience. Although ADT is less severe, it affects people's time management and decision-making capacity. See the full list of symptoms for ADT in the YouTube description to look out for here -https://youtu.be/knhv5e_WtU8.Overwhelm can completely derail you and your team. If left unaddressed, ADT significantly affects team performance and hampers company operations with them...
2022-05-3124 min
Team Engineered PodcastPresenting Yourself as a Leader Jade Green and Kyle ProbertWhen we become adults and assume leadership positions in the workplace, we understand that poise and standing up straight can shift the way we behave and dictate how everyone else perceives us.You only get one first impression; what message do you want to send? Jade describes the picture you've already seen before: walking into a meeting or a group setting, you naturally flock to that person who's carrying him or herself confidently. Many instances happen where everyday workers are more postured than their supervisors and managers.Standing up straight changes how you...
2022-05-1823 min
Team Engineered PodcastGetting The Monkeys Off Your Back with Jade Green & Kyle ProbertHow many monkeys do you have on your back? A classic piece published by Harvard Business Review in December 1974 describes this monkey-on-the-back analogy of how managers spend so much time and energy trying to address problems jumping from the backs of their bosses, peers, and subordinates. You must delegate tasks correctly and ensure that concerns are resolved without carrying everything on your own. Get the monkeys off your back to do your best work and not be bogged down.On taking ownership and assessing 'Where did I go wrong?" If th...
2022-05-0330 min
Team Engineered PodcastWin The War For Talent with Jade GreenIf the best talent can work anywhere globally, why should they choose you and your company? Business Consultant Jade Green goes deep in this episode on how you can win the war for talent. She encourages business owners and managers to think of recruitment as an NFL talent scout going after the very best in the business. Think about it: How did the recruiters get quarterback Tom Brady to leave the New England Patriots after 20 years to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?As a scout, you need to know who th...
2022-04-2536 min
Team Engineered PodcastFreedom Is Not Without Constraints With Jade Green & Kyle ProbertIn 2020, over one-third of the employed work from home due to the pandemic. And, now there are reports (according to Pew Research Center) that over 61% of people want to continue working from home, even after all of the Covid-news and variants die down.However, as employees return to the office versus working from home, it can be met with resistance. And, with our modern lives and technology supporting us, we need a much more blended approach to give team members more flexibility.Flexible working arrangements should satisfy all the needs and create a...
2022-04-1129 min
Team Engineered PodcastNon-Emotional Feedback - Ways To Get Results Without Losing Your CoolDo you withhold constructive feedback while managing your team? Remember, not providing honest feedback to your employees is a lose-lose situation. Giving truthful and constructive criticism is a sign that you care personally about your team and business. And if you are genuinely giving feedback, remember to deliver it face-to-face, whether it’s on a Zoom call or in-person — not through an email and never in a million years through a text message. Tune in to this episode of the Team:Engineered show — Providing Non-Emotional Feedback with Jade Green & Kyle Probert.
2022-04-0430 min
Barrels and BusinessGet In Your Happy Zone and Trigger Flow with NatureFor business leaders Jade Green and Kyle Probert, nothing effectively quiets the "monkey mind" as well as the sun, the sea and the waves. As surfers, it takes loads of patience to spot the perfect wave, to wait for it to come and pick them up. It can look quite effortless for some when they can ride at the right place every time. What is important is taking the time to slow down and eventually speed up. Tune to the Barrels & Business show — Get In Your Happy Zone and Trigger Flow with Nature.
2022-03-2925 min
Team Engineered PodcastSpeak So They Can Hear You With Jade Green & Kyle ProbertDoes it feel like your staff or team isn't hearing what you're saying? Discover their learning styles, and you'll find out how they may be struggling to understand theories or concepts without real action. If there's no workshop part of how you do your training or upskilling sessions, everything they've been taught is forgotten just when they get out the door (or log out of the zoom call).Tune in to this episode of the Team:Engineered show — Speak So They Can Hear You with Jade Green & Kyle Probert.Key points covered in th...
2022-03-2826 min
Team Engineered PodcastFind Out Your Team's Learning Styles With These Easy Tips with Kyle Probert As a team leader, boss, or business owner, often we feel like, "Oh my God, is anybody actually listening to me? Why does it seem that I'm speaking a different language and people just are not getting it?" Well, I'm here to say that it's all your fault. Often it's a problem of not understanding the differences in communication and learning styles that you quickly need to see in your team. Please don't beat yourself for it because we've all been through it. In this episode, learn how to profile people fast and se...
2022-03-1318 min
Team Engineered PodcastFlow Secrets for Leaders - How To Get Unstuck With Jade Green and Kyle ProbertNothing beats having a good day at the beach for the stressed and overwhelmed business leader to be able to take a break and recharge. In the past decades, "surf therapy" has proven its calming effect on those dealing with post-traumatic stress and children with autism spectrum disorder.Tune in to this episode of the Team:Engineered show — Flow Secrets For Leaders - How To Get Unstuck.Key points covered in this episode: [00:01:29] Welcome to the show! Kyle and Jade talk about their impromptu sabbatical for two days...
2022-03-0624 min
Team Engineered PodcastThe Virtues of Being a Top PerformerEach one of us has virtues shaped by our life experiences. These virtues clearly manifest in the way we do everyday things.In this episode, Jade Green and Kyle Probert tackle their differing virtues, ways of incorporating our virtues as leaders, facing challenges head-on with the “showtime” mindset, and recognizing our “away-from” and “towards” motivators to bring us to success.Tune in to this new Team:Engineered show — Beating Mediocrity with Virtues.Key points covered in this episode:[00:04:29] Jade Green fears mediocrity. Living life with convictio...
2022-02-2729 min
Team Engineered PodcastRouge Waves and Becoming UnfuckwithableBrace yourself. A rogue wave is upon us.It’s the ironic answer to, “What’s the worst that could happen?”When your team is occupied with the hustle and bustle of completing a project, this wave can unexpectedly emerge, and it can either ruin everything or take you to greater heights that you didn’t know you could reach.The challenge you faced today won’t be the biggest one in your life.Just like a doomsday prepper, establishing plans and expecting the worst will make you unfuckwi...
2022-02-2034 min
Team Engineered PodcastCoping Through the Great Awkward — Inspired By Brené BrownWelcome to the Great Awkward.It’s that overarching emotion of hesitation and frustration after the adjustments and sacrifices we made during the pandemic.Employees are reluctantly returning to their offices. Others are getting new-job jitters after realizing their previous one wasn’t cut out for them. Families and couples are discovering new things - both pleasant and insufferable - about each other in more tight-knit daily routines.The Great Awkward has also become a return to the humane and the things that matter most.This time in o...
2022-02-1329 min
Barrels and BusinessThe Art of Impossible with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertDid you include book reading as a non-negotiable for your 2022 resolutions? It's one habit worth doing throughout life and helps equip you to become your best version as a human and a leader. In this episode, Jade Green and Kyle Probert sit down to discuss one of the most notable books every entrepreneur should read: The Art of Impossible. Bestselling author, peak performance expert and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler, reveals over twenty years of research and cutting-edge neuroscience as the secret to the world's most exemplary humans. This book is a m...
2022-02-071h 02
Team Engineered PodcastMonday Mindset, Motivation And Magic Milestone Sessions with Jade GreenHow can you make it a culture for employees to find Mondays motivating rather than awful? As a business leader, learn to ask questions that help everyone envision and paint what their picture of success looks like. How would it feel to check those tasks off, reach a team goal, and achieve that incentive and recognition? Tune in to this new episode of the Team:Engineered show — Monday Mindset, Motivation And Magic Milestone Sessions with Jade Green.Key points covered in this episode:[00:00:41] Stop the dreaded Monday morning-itis. Jade takes us s...
2022-02-0636 min
Team Engineered PodcastMorning Routines with John Lee DumasOne of the best viral entrepreneurs of the United States joins this episode to take us through the backdoor and teach how he has built over $16 Million in revenue through his podcasts since he started in 2012. His secret? The daily preparation to go through the day with his morning routine!Tune in to this new Team:Engineered show — Morning Routines with John Lee Dumas.Key points covered in this episode:[00:01:13] John Lee Dumas shares that his morning takes three hours to get his juices flowing and get on fire. "This so...
2022-01-3019 min
Team Engineered PodcastThe Importance of Downtime for LeadersThe best entrepreneurs know how to maximize the Third Space between work and family life and strike that much needed balance to achieve happiness and well being. Tune in to this new episode of the Team:Engineered show — The Importance of Downtime for Leaders with Jade Green and Kyle Probert.Key points covered in this episode:[00:04:51] The concept of Third Space is the moments between our busy lives when we can intentionally take a break and compose ourselves. We create a conscious shift between work and home and create a balance....
2022-01-231h 03
Team Engineered PodcastPersonality and Energy Profiling for SuccessIn this episode, we dive deep into how to cultivate energy, manage state, and how you can step up and embrace your own genius and consistently be in peak performance mode. Learning to hack personality and energy profiles is a valuable piece that you can use for building your own team and relationships in your life. Tune in to the Team:Engineered show — Personality and Energy Profiling for Success with Jade Green and Charlotte Lane.Key points covered in this episode:[00:01:48] Understanding energy kinds and profiling personalities help people find the...
2022-01-1749 min
Team Engineered PodcastHow to Release your Triggers and Become Response-ableWhen you operate with excellence, you can expect to see your people stepping up and giving their best. In this episode, Kyle Probert and I speak about how focusing on the things we can control in our lives translates to taking care of ourselves that will ultimately be the foundation of how we respond to situations, big or small and how well we can serve others. Key points covered in this episode:[00:04:46] Jade Green and Kyle Probert check in on each other and share how the current situation can cause many people to s...
2022-01-0951 min
Team Engineered PodcastNew Years Resolutions 2022 | Team:Engineered PodcastAre you having a hard time handling your teams and keeping them on track? Kyle Probert and I can't emphasize enough the necessity for organizations and companies to focus on culture overhaul and how vital the care factor is that makes employees happier, productive and engaged.Key points covered in this episode:[00:03:55] The idea that the people should just turn up for work and grind is so outdated. We've evolved as humans, as business owners and as entrepreneurs. And yeah, happiness really is that key thing is keeping people functioning well. Removing the...
2022-01-0259 min
Team Engineered PodcastEncouraging People Back Into The WorkplaceWith an influx of people working from home due to the pandemic, leaders must give them a reason to put their pants back on and return to the office. In this episode of Team:Engineered, Kyle Probert and I share how leaders can thoughtfully and successfully transition their people from at-home work to returning to the office. Key points covered in this episode:[00:11:06] Good leaders give their people a reason to put their pants back on and come to the office. Once they have a reason they will return, and it will contribute t...
2021-12-2739 min
Barrels and BusinessF*ck New Year's Resolutions with Jade Green & Kyle ProbertAre you having a hard time handling your teams and keeping them on track? Kyle Probert and I can't emphasize enough the necessity for organizations and companies to focus on culture overhaul and how vital the care factor is that makes employees happier, productive and engaged.Key points covered in this episode:[00:03:55] The idea that the people should just turn up for work and grind is so outdated. [00:05:49] Maintain that care factor so that your people adopt a culture of going out of their way to help each other. When t...
2021-12-2659 min
Team Engineered PodcastThe Mass Resignation with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertThere is a level of burnout and heavy cognitive load that people experience in general as we all fight through an ongoing global health crisis. Some may step up and perform better than most at work, while many others choose to let go. Why is this happening, and how do we prevent this in our own organizations? Key points covered in this episode:[00:05:28] The Mass Resignation -- WHY is this happening? As a worldwide phenomenon, it's almost like a pandemic. The reality you will find interesting is how it's all abo...
2021-12-2027 min
Team Engineered PodcastToolbox vs. Team Huddles with Jade Green & Kyle ProbertMeetings are vital for team cohesion. Maintain a clear distinction between toolbox talks and team huddles. And be strategic enough to foster connection and motivation. Key point covered in this episode:[00:04:17] What else can we take from elite level football teams or Super Bowl sports teams? By doing HUDDLES! Any teams from the workshop, the office and business teams will greatly benefit. [00:05:12] "Taking the knee" means making that decision to shift into a state, change the environment or the stance. So instead of doing a meeting where pe...
2021-12-1329 min
Team Engineered PodcastThe Leader As A Coach with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertAll leaders yearn to build their people and business and run them strongly like a Super Bowl football team. In this episode of Team:Engineered, Kyle Probert and I share our insights on building a group where members play with the logo on the front of their jersey rather than the name on their back. All this comes together as the coach, captain, and the different players commit to becoming a winning team! Key points covered in this episode:[00:01:52] Understand the roles of the coach, the captain and the different players and how y...
2021-12-0634 min
Team Engineered PodcastThe Hard Thing About Hard Things with Jade Green & Kyle ProbertIn this episode, we share our take on the hard thing about hard things and how we agree with a million nuggets that Ben Horowitz's talks about in his book, stating that indeed, "they should be hard things and because they're worth it."Key points covered in this episode:[00:03:48] Completing the 6 Weeks Solid was a challenge of self-leadership. This is highly helpful even if you're not the leader of an actual team, you're just you're leading your own company, or it's just a company of one. It's all about how you conduct yourself...
2021-11-2951 min
Team Engineered PodcastHow to be an Extraordinary Leader with Jade Green & Kyle ProbertSo many spectacular books have changed my life, but The Code of The Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani is mind-altering for me! It took me days to fly across the world to get a copy and finally be able to integrate this not only in my own life but to bring it to teams and leaders to help them step up and live extraordinarily. As a Certified Trainer for Mindvalley, I share the nuggets you will find in this book and truths that you will discover that will transform how you see and handle your business a...
2021-11-221h 09
Team Engineered PodcastAchieving The Impossible with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertWhen you spend time reading books, there's so much you are getting in return! For instance, picking up New York Times - bestselling author and award-winning journalist Steven Kotler's book, you get 70,000 words of reading in five to six hours where you benefit and absorb 13 years of his research. Isn't that amazing? So how do you include reading time in your loaded schedules? Tune in to this new episode of the Team:Engineered show — The Art Of Impossible In Becoming I'm Possible with Jade Green and Kyle Probert.Key points cove...
2021-11-151h 01
Team Engineered PodcastCrucial Conversations For Leaders & Trainers | Team:Engineered PodcastBusinesses are built on the people, and they call it human capital for a reason. If your best talents leave because they've been aggrieved and feel wronged by a leader who's not living the organization's virtues, such can impact the rest of the team. Sooner, one by one, they will roll right out the door. Join Kyle Probert and me to discuss scenarios and situations to decipher when to make the crucial conversations or to simply tell people to f*ck off. Key points covered in this episode:(00:01:45) Upskill in yo...
2021-11-081h 06
Team Engineered PodcastBringing All To Your Team with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertThere's much to be learned about life and leadership from the works of distinguished director Quentin Tarantino. He is famous for taking significant risks before and after his career success; he teaches us that we gain credibility in our chosen worlds only if we bring our unique DNA into every endeavor that we choose for ourselves. Key points covered in this episode:(00:03:05) Like how Quentin Tarantino revolutionized filmmaking, it is crucial to bring your uniqueness into your team, your business and everything else you're trying to create. (00:04:30) On recruitment and...
2021-11-081h 00
Team Engineered PodcastSelf Leadership Habits: Little Habits Create Big ChangesEvery day is an opportunity to make new resolutions to become a better person and leader. In this episode, Kyle and I talk about the mindset and surefire habits spoken in the best business books that have helped form who we are, how we behave, and how we effectively show up in our lives and our orbit. Key points covered in this episode:(00:02:54) Make your damn bed. There's a reason why parents have drilled early in our heads why making the bed every single day is a MUST. When you get older, you r...
2021-11-0857 min
Team Engineered PodcastExtreme Ownership For Better Leadership with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertIt can be pleasurable to take credit for every bit of success, yet it takes immense humility and courage to take responsibility when things don't work out and fail. In this episode, Kyle Probert and I share our take on what it means to take "Extreme Ownership". We share our insights from the impactful book by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin that makes us rethink our strategies, taking a cue from Navy SEAL combat stories and applying them in our own lives and businesses. Key points covered in this episode:(00:03:26) Extreme ownership is a...
2021-11-0857 min
Team Engineered PodcastIntroduction to Team:Engineered with Jade Green and Kyle ProbertWelcome to the Team:Engineered podcast! You've reached our corner of the internet where our leading experts and hosts, Jade Green and Kyle Probert, talk all about teams and engineering them so that you get the best results from the amazing people that you've chosen to have in your groups. We're excited to bring you new value and help you thresh out pieces on effective communication and mindful strategies on hiring, training, and leading your team to greatness!Key points covered in this episode:(00:02:08) Understand that happiness is the greatest h...
2021-11-0719 min
Barrels and BusinessJade Green and Kyle Probert on How Taking Downtime Increases Your ProductivityHow often do you take DOWNTIME?Most people end up FEELING GUILTY just thinking about “not being productive” and taking some time to relax and decompress. Well, GUESS WHAT! Taking time off can actually FILL YOUR CUP with energy and creativity!This is something that applies to everyone in the business, from the leader to the newest employee. Taking a break is NECESSARY to be able to give your best! And this doesn’t only apply to work.Creating a third space where you can take a breath...
2021-09-131h 04
Barrels and Business3 Keys to Rock Your Staff Onboarding Process with Kyle Probert & Jade GreenYOU FINALLY FOUND THE ONE! After a dedicated recruitment process, you finally found the right person for the job and it’s time to start the onboarding process.Now you just need to make sure you don’t mess it up! Did you know that 70% of people start looking for a new job within 90 days of working at a new place?The last thing you want is for all your recruitment effort to go to waste! There are many strategies you can use to ensure this doesn’t happen and Kyle Probert and Jade a...
2021-05-241h 11
Barrels and BusinessCharlotte Lane & Kyle Probert on How to Manage Workplace Conflict Like a UnicornPeople often mistake communication for talking. When,actually, one of the best ways to improve your communication is by listening and listening to connect not just to respond. In this episode, Kyle Probert from APT Training and Charlotte Lane dish on communication tips and tools that will bring your business to a whole new level. Charlotte is the communication queen who set up her copywriting business and is now transitioning into helping others find their voice and communicate better. She also provides advice to businesses — including Kyle’s and mine! — on how to better co...
2021-03-291h 30
Barrels and BusinessKyle Probert on How To Connect With Your Team To Achieve Your Business’ PurposeTraining a team is all about communication, setting goals, and having an overarching purpose.But how can you communicate correctly and make sure your team is aligned with what you want for your business?Kye Probert is a service engineer who has transcended his skills as a technician and works as the leader of APT Hydraulics. The overall purpose of his business is to help hydraulics engineers be safer, more efficient, and fulfilled in their careers by providing the necessary training. Sounds straightforward enough, right?To achieve t...
2021-03-012h 08