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Inevitable: The Future of WorkThank you...and keep ACTIVATING Jeff Lesher bids the IFOW Activators a fond farewell with some parting bits of wisdom he's picked up from others along the way. Producer of most of the 147 episodes and hot of more than 100, listeners are encouraged to continue to delve into the treasure trove of knowledge shared by our many wonderful guests. Be well. Do even better. And multiply your impact by helping support others' success. WB Engineers+Consultants Jeff Lesher
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Inevitable: The Future of WorkEnabling Technology Week, Episode 2: Keeping the power of workflow with the citizen Andrew Filevv on Linkedin
2023-05-0441 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkEnabling Technology Week, Episode 1: You are now being recorded Andy Berman co-founded Vowel as a way to give back some control to all of us who are being recorded...which, essentially, is all of us. Vowel - among other things - helps boost focus and productivity by creating an accurate record of our meetings, culling out summaries, and listing action items. After listening to our conversation, visit the Vowel website and use this code to check it out: Coupon Code = INEVITABLE Vowel Andy Berman on Linkedin
2023-05-0244 min
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Inevitable: The Future of WorkC(reative)HRO Week, Episode 1: Hire by Design - Using Design Thinking to propel talent management to the next level
2023-04-2551 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkEngagement Week, Episode 2: Not wasting time could be the most sought after benefit Vita Assure Gianna Ricciardi on Linkedin
2023-04-2043 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkEngagement Week, Episode 1: Magic Moments - Always speaking to an audience of one
2023-04-1850 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkCoaching Week, Episode 2: Learning character: Becoming the best version of yourself As the "World's Leading Mentor," best selling author and corproate counselor knows more than a thing or two about developing people. He founded Entelechy to study what the elements of success truly are and then provide people the opportunity to learn them. This conversation is a mini master class in how - metaphorically - you can navigate the journey for yourself and others of becoming a butterfly. Links: Entelechy Academy David C.M. Carterr on linkedin
2023-04-1353 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkCoaching Week, Episode 1: Essential transparency and other ways to elevate your team without caring too much Ah, "coaching"! It's so many things to so many people. Often misunderstood or misapplied, we loose the opportunity to grow and evolve in ways that support the growth and evolution of our organizations. What if you had some straightforward guideposts...and were accompanied by an equally straightforward guide, what could you accomplish? How much better would it feel. Enter Geoff Graber, Co-Founder of Evolution and Managing Partner of Evolutionary Venture. Geoff's skills as a coach and commitment as an investor combine to help leaders activate critically foundational concepts like "essential transparency." Join this conversation, pick something to go do...
2023-04-1153 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work132 Ageism Week, Episode 2: Don't grow old waitingEllen Kocher and Dominque Ben Dhaou are on a post-50 mission to create tremendous impact by helping the rest of us tapping into the enormous and enormously valued resource that are our work force members of a similar age. Most of us are living longer, better, and want to continue to contribute. Our approaches and systems aren't built for the 21st century (they are based on realities we faced 90 years ago ...), but they can be easily updated in ways that will pay you back over and over. Help your employees find their purpose - or else ...;
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Inevitable: The Future of Work130 Data Dump Week, Episode 2: Why we don't trust our leaders and don't want to become one
2023-03-3051 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work129 Data Dump Week, Episode 1: What job seekers wish employers knew ... and other critical insights about your people value Boston Consulting Group's Allison Bailey leads BCG's Global People & Organization practice. She oversees an ongoing research series called "Decoding Global Talent" and joins the IFOW to share insights and corresponding recommendations drawn from the most recent chapter in this effort: "What Job Seekers Wish Employers Knew." Allison walks us through everything from the "de-averaged" landscape of opportunities for job seekers to the startling fact that 83% of our people may be actively looking or very open to the offer of a new job. OUCH! Listen, learn, do!
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Inevitable: The Future of Work127 Finding the ‘We’ GearCoach Loya was coming back from an away game with his team when his plane encountered disturbing turbulence. This harrowing flight set off a chain of events that led Lance to move from the ranks of college coaching to infusing people and their organizations with mindset and capacity to allow all of us to contribute by being a better teammate. Learn about the “We Gear”… and be ready to put yourself into Drive as soon you’re done listening.
2023-03-1645 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work126 Workforce well-being: Shifting from constrained thinking to match the optimal health care plan with the culture of your workforce Dr. Murray Sabrin is many things, including being a university professor of finance, a student of and writer about economics, geography, and history, and a candidate for public office as well as a regular commentator on all manner of poliitcal and social issues. His appearance on the IFOW is focused mainly on his research on the options for employers to optimize the healthcare benefit for their people. We talk about his new book, "The Finance of Health Care: Wellness and Innovative Approaches to Employee Medical Insurance," delving into the strategies you can leverage to do better for your people...
2023-03-1351 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work125 Thriving in a data world Thriving - not merely surviving - in a data world requires learning the foundational elements of data analytics instead of learning the next fancy tool. That's the conclusion of business intelligence and analytics leader, Sangeeta Krishnan, in her book, Thriving in a Data World: A Guide for Leaders and Managers. While there is a bit of "math on the test," you'll benefit from Sangeeta's straightforward, value-based counsel about topics ranging from big data versus small, the data function as a cost center or a positive ROI generator, and whether data resources are better centralized or embedded locally. That is...
2023-03-0650 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work124 Digitalization begins with organizationDigitalization of professional advice makes all the sense in the world to consultant-turned-technology platform entrepreneur, Stefan Debois, CEO and Co-founder of Pointerpro. Stefan's experience and expertise haven't just led to the development of a tool through which to economize and accelerate the process of determining good client fit and the best ways to service their needs; the approach he recommends begins with and relies on fundamental knowledge capture and process mapping. Put the two together and you're on your way to tech-enabled consulting. Drop in for a quick boost to the efforts you are or should be making to s...
2023-02-2740 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work123 Turning scheduling from a "Black Art" into a silver bullet for 2 billion shift workers
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Inevitable: The Future of Work121 Sparking Brilliance: Why it's not enough to create the absence of bad things
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Inevitable: The Future of Work120 From similarity to familiarity Shane Kovalsky is Co-founder of Mystery - a facilitator of incredible experiences for organizations investing in opportunities for their teams to forge and sustain the bonds that continue to be a key ingredient of high performance even - or perhaps especially - in the hybrid workplaces of today. The Zoom Happy Hour may still be on life support; but for those truly looking for an edge, this is a must listen conversation.
2023-02-0641 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work119 Employing talent from around the world is not a DIY project Bjorn Reynolds is known as Chief Guardian at Safeguard Global. Formally, he's the Founder and CEO. Regardless of title, his commitment is to help Safeguard's clients hire and manage the best, highly-skilled workers they can from around the globe without screwing it up. In fact, the phrase "don't try this at home" comes up in our conversation. More importantly, Bjorn helps debunk a lot of the conventional "wisdom" that continues to limit how people locate and position talent. In a moment of both low unemployment and looming recession, leaders may well find "permission" to finally make a Goldilocks commitment...
2023-01-3033 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work118 Be a champion, not a mentor Bailey Showalter is the VP Product | Ecosystem Partnerships & Solutions for Pearson where she advocates for and advances efforts to reimagine opportunity in the workplace - especially for women. Critical elements of her approach include a shift from a mentor to a champion mindset to ensure getting woment into the spotlight. Recognizing potential not just history is key - building on transferable skills - is part of the key to unlocking an under-tapped talent pool. Our straightforward discussion of overcoming significant bias in the workplace is sure to inform and inspire adjustments to your approach that will make a positive...
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Inevitable: The Future of Work115 Today's workers need to be equipped with the tools for today's work Scott Wharton is VP & GM at Logitech - the digital tools and worker connection giant - with a focus on video collaboration. His insights about what people need to succeed in TODAY's work environment are more than just timely, they're critical. This a must-hear wake-up call for all the employer "grandpas" providing a laptop and not much else as we round the corner towards being 25% done with the 21st century! https://www.logitech.com/content/dam/logitech/en/video-collaboration/pdf/study-equipping-your-employees-for-hybrid-work.pdf
2023-01-0247 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work114 You don't have a recruiting problem, you have a strategy problem Carol Schultz is an executive search expert who believes the industry is broken. Her company, Vertical Elevation, is dedicated to helping employers better understand their needs and their cultures to truly find the right people. Whether in her book, "Powered by People," her podcasts, or her no-nonsense discovery sessions with people who think they have a recruiting problem, Carol always brings her clear and actionable point of view. Listen and learn ;-)!
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Inevitable: The Future of Work112 Borrow from great content creators to create meetings and events that people love Who knew that the key to a great buainess meeting was mimicking Howard Stern? Answer: Sam Kolbert-Hyle, CEO of Brandlive, who - along with his trailblazing team - brings production constructs and techniques to best use the time available in modern, hybrid gatherings. Sam paints the picture of how to segment your agenda much like an episode of Ellen and lays out the case and approaches to creating pre-recorded content that ensures your effectiveness.
2022-12-0557 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work111 Learning from the Habit Mechanic just in time for the New Year! Dr. Jon Finn has spent years researching and developing clear processes for helping each of us improve and transform our lives...by shifting from the ever-vexing state of knowing what we want to do and helping us make sure we do it. Part of the secret - don't be put off by the things that don't go as well as we hoped. Adapting failure into success is a multi-step and ongoing process that Jon walks us through. His commitment to creating tougher minds is inspiring and imminently practical. Website – https://www.tougherminds.co.uk/ “The Habit...
2022-12-0353 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work110 Having a great culture anywhere and everywhere Meaghan Wiliams is Manager, Hybrid Enablement & Operations for HubSpot. In her role, she helps to facilitate a great culture for all 6,400+ empoyees around the globe by making sure they can connect when, how, and for what suits and serves them. Meaghan advises that culture should be decoupled from location, and takes the listener through a number of very accessible ways in which to successfully do that anywhere. And, she makes it sound so darned fun!
2022-11-1449 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work109 Bots Are My New Best Friends, and Other Lessons About Thoughtful Automation Who knew that people and bots could be teammates? Turns out, they can - and really good ones if used well. Bots can offload the scut work that slows down innovation and just good experiences. Even better, bots can own the repeatable drudergy that can suck the life out of workers longing to create more meaningful impact..and free folks up to do just that. All while saving money and time. Take a verbal stroll through the land of thoughtful automation with Co-founder and Chief Platform Officer of Thoughful, Dan Parsons. There are some great takeways that may lead...
2022-11-0748 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work108 Managing Crisis for Others: How employers can even better support their people after disaster strikes Holly Welch Stubbing leads E4E Relief, helping organizations manage their efforts to lend aid to employees and family members strick by natural diaster, military conflict, illness, and more. The art and science of distributing millions of dollars in assistance at a moment's notice anywhere in the world is, in a word: astounding. The fact that it's being done by a relatively small band of deeply committed agents of hope and care is as surprising as it is inspiring. Disaster & Employee Relief Funds| E4E Relief | United States
2022-10-3149 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work107 The Imperative of People Leaders on Your Board and in Your C-Suite From his perch as Managing Director at Allegis Partners specializing in placing people leaders on boards and in C-Suites, John Anderson has seen a lot of growth in the representation of those who've devoted themselves to the human resource at the top of organizations. Still, 300% growth only amounts to about 8% of board membership. John gives us his view and insights from drawn from working with leaders at top organizations to build diverse, high performing leadership teams. You'll definitely take away an idea or two and some action items.
2022-10-2446 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work106 The Secrets of People Potential: Building confidence in one's own judgement Alice Carleton went from highly regarded consultant to in-house role creator at Ceros: Head of People Potential. With a specific emphasis on emerging leaders, she is engineering acelerated trajectories to overcome the lack of time highly dynamic organizations suffer in scaling. Learn through her lessons some of what you can do to provide expedited development of skills and their application to balance a lack of first-hand experience that only comes with more "flight time."
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Inevitable: The Future of Work104 Navigating Generational Friction at Work Chris De Santis' lively book, Why I FInd You Irritating: Navigating Generational Friction at Work, is one of the most insightful, useful guides to understanding others in posotive, productive ways. We explore what differences do tend to exist, why, and how to harness them for everyone's benefit. Imagine a world in which we embrace difference as an asset! This conversation will propel you into that realm of possibility.
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Inevitable: The Future of Work103 Hungry, Humble, and Hustling: Keys to evolving business relevance in the age of change
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Inevitable: The Future of Work102 Rise of the Cobots: We're here to take your job Talk about ripping the bandaid off, Gil Mayron, Founder and CEO of Cobot Nation - a leader in collaborative robotics - makes it clear that jobs built around routine, repetitive tasks are slated to be taken over by technology...soon! In one of the IFOW's starkest conversations, we learn about the momentum building towards and advancing capabilities of robotics as a labor shortage and optimization tool. No excuses, no mercy, no time. This is a call out to business owners to move quickly towards the opportunities of automation, and it's an air raid siren to alert slews of workers...
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Inevitable: The Future of Work101 From Feet to Flight: How multi-modal transportation is freeing up time and money for better use
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Inevitable: The Future of Work099 Remote Work 3.0: Strengthening our sense of place through better-enabled virtual space Rajiv Ayyanger, Co-founder and CEO of Tandem - a virtual office for remote and hybrid teams, loves to work together with his co-founders and team. But he understands that today's work space needs include places to gather physically and through technology, and a sense of place. By creating a variety of ways to connect and collaborate across these spaces, Rajiv is optimistic about the drive to what he calls "Remote Work 3.0" - essentially a hybrid, multiplayer environment in which people work together even better as technology fades into the background. One central piece of advice for designing the most...
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Inevitable: The Future of Work097 More casual than therapy; more qualified than a friend Derek Lundsten is the President and Chief Culture Office of well-being innovator, LifeGuides - an organization that provides people trained to aid others by intentionally offering counsel that's more casual than therapy and more qualified than a friend. LifeGuides and Derek's podcast series, "Rebels with a Heart," were conceived well before the pandemic and remain even more relevant as that chapter of our experience fades. Derek is committed to amplifying likeness in a time of division, and imbue executives with a responsibility to lead consciously in ways that motivate and foster connection.
2022-07-1259 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work096 The definition of diversity is "you" Jason Greer, Founder and President of labor relations and diversity training firm Greer Consulting, has earned the nickname "The Employee Whisperer" by channelling his pain into a highly refined ability to meet people where they are and inspire them to find better places through sharing their story and feeling more connected.
2022-06-271h 05
Inevitable: The Future of Work095 Everyone should take 100% ownership Kevin Campbell is an employee experience scientist with Qualtrics (https://www.qualtrics.com). He specializes in identifying and closing gaps in their experience in order to drive relevant business and customer outcomes. Join us for a consciousness-raising and action-inducing conversation about how we literally can make the food taste better through teamwork and collaboration!
2022-06-2059 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkFind a way to make "the Man" work for you! Sonja Price, Founder and CEO of Dynamo Careers, is on a mission to help people get paid what they're worth AND get paid to work somewhere that reflects their values. And, she's really good at helping people establish what they really value and going after it successfully. That's great news for talented people everywhere, and it should strike fear into the heart of every employer trying to wait out the current job market without truly doing right by the people who make their success possible. If you desire to have your peoples' back, then listen to this conversation about...
2022-06-0657 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work093 Self-determination theory in the post-management eraDr. Scott Rigby, CEO of Immersyve/MotivationWorks brings his A Game to our exploration of the three basic human psychological needs we all share and that can be addressed in ways to help us and the organizations we comprise excel...and feel great while doing so. There is no one "right" policy. Learning about and tapping into what matters to our people within the frame of what's important and appropriate within the organization setting is the not-so-secret recipe for success. You'll be smarter about and better able to enage with your team after listening to this master class in...
2022-05-3152 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkActivation Caffeination: Let's Band Together and Lead...to Somewhere Better than "Here" IFOW Host, Jeff Lesher, shares his appeal to take away a critical leadership lesson and opportunity from the most recent massacre of innocent people in our country. As an encouraging number of people are coming forward to say, the IFOW view is that it's time to do something. Without action, change cannot occur. While not every action will result in better, each action will help us learn where and how we can try to be better next. That is our "plan." Let's join together and do.
2022-05-2513 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work092 Great brands repel as well as they attract Eric Harris is the Founder and CEO of Mindhandle - a recovering creative agency that now helps companies create and utilize high impact employment brands. The brand, though, is only the beginning. Striking deep emotional chords with people...most often through storytelling...is essential to attracting and inspiring the right people, and sending the wrong people on their way.
2022-05-2348 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work091 Make your company a product your people can use to excel!Tonille Miller, Founder of consulting firm, EXT – Experience and Transformation, advises us on a whole host of issues to better understand and support our people...creating better experiences that lead to better outcomes. What a concept! Among her areas of practical guidance are: go on a listening tour and appreciate that everything we do is at its core an experiment through which to learn more. Use her actionable counsel to - as she puts it - get off your 1950's throne!
2022-05-1649 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work090 Shake It Off Leadership: Turning our labels into toolsBetsy Cerulo, Founder and CEO of AdNet/AccountNet, Inc.( www.adnetp3.com) and author of Shake It Off Leadership: Achieving Success Through the Eyes of Our Labels AND Miss Crabapple and Her Magical Violin, reminds us that we never can learn too much about how to better understand each other, starting with understanding ourselves. Betsy's blend of reflection, candor, and application is refreshing, informative, and inspiring. The business she's built and sustained for more than three decades has its own lessons to share, including the importance of building a team that reflects the customers you want to serve as w...
2022-05-0256 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work089 From being marginalized to the facilitating meaningful inclusionCome along for an amazing personal story of challenge, perservance, and triumph. The payoff for us is that Martine Kalaw, proprieter of a high impact consultancy bearing her name and the author of two books, shares her well-earned perspective and empathy with us in ways that allow us to set aside the shame and blame approach and instead invite people into constructive efforts to open up dialogues that lead to understanding, connection, and progress. https://martinekalaw.com Books: The ABC's of Diversity: A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE NEW WORKPLACE and Ill...
2022-04-1856 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work088 Alone in the Crowd - How hidden realities can challenge and change us...for the better
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Inevitable: The Future of Work087 Radical or Common Sense? Collaboration and the Radical Enterprise In his just released book, The Radical Enterprise https://itrevolution.com/a-radical-enterprise/, Matt K. Parker guides us through the four imperatives of the radical collaboration needed to save us from the repeated missteps we take by trying to foster innovation and engagement through mandate and hierarchy. Learn how to snatch sanity from madness by taking even small steps informed by the actual human condition as opposed to the one we've made up and maintained for centuries that is predicated on the belief that we need to be told what to do at every turn. You'll leave the conversation feeling...
2022-03-2854 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work086 It's all in your head: Making every day meaningful SHIFT CEO and two-time best-selling author, Joe Mechlinski, returns to the IFOW to share his insights about the stories we tell ourselves and each other in pursuit of purpose, fulfillment, and impact. This lively conversation has something for everyone - including pretending today is unique, participation trophies, and the Norwegian Winter Olympic Team!
2022-03-141h 12
Inevitable: The Future of Work085 Sensemaking: Creating conditions needed to thrive in unprecedented times We live in unprecedented and unpredictable times…sort of a climate change circumstance for organizations. So what are leaders and activators to do? How will they facilitate sensemaking for themselves and their teams? Dr. Ciela Hartanov, who runs innovation and strategy firm humcollective, is an alumna of Google, and the author of the forthcoming book, "Reclaiming Sensitivity," provides an understanding of how to grow well beyond the Industrial Age thinking that remains a cornerstone of our engagement practices and help our people solve for the paradoxes that surround us…solutions that hold the key to revealing the emergent strategies that...
2022-03-0250 min
My Nuclear LifeRadium & Marie Curie go Goth Rock with Charming DisasterToday's episode features the musical duo Charming Disaster. They discuss the process of writing their new album based on the life of Marie Curie and the element she discovered, stories that did not make it into their songs, and ways that this album should sound familiar to fans but is also a departure from their usual writing style. Also, Elia & Jeff dispel Shelly's notion of "Goth Rock".
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2022-02-2241 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work084 Cultivating Culture: The quest to build people up, not bring them down Brad Federman, Founder and CEO of PerformancePoint and author of Cultivating Culture, joins us for a lively discussion about leadership, engagement, and performance and offers great counsel about ways to help teams discover and live their possible. Can people really learn to walk the talk...tune in and find out. We also cover issues of vertical and follical challenge, because some of us are short and bald!
2022-02-151h 01
Inevitable: The Future of Work083 Turns out running a business IS Rocket Science! As many business books, seminars, programs and such that continue to be churned out, effective leadership remains an ongoing science project: hypothesis, test, observations, conclusions, update, repeat. Light the candle and see what sort of height and orbit we can achieve. Rocket Science! The IFOW is thrilled to welcome an actual rocket scientist, to talk us through how some of the principles of and lessons from his profession can inform us as activators. Tobin Anthony, CEO of a thriving small business devoted to getting things safely into space for its clients, also is responsible for weathering economic and other challenges...
2022-01-2457 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work082 Pursuing Recovery Right Now and Exactly Where You Are In an era of technology-enabled services and a greater embrace of holistic well-being, Lionrock Recovery could well be the poster organization for both. As they say, “We use technology to make it easier and more private to get addiction treatment, and to reach people who would not otherwise get help.” Ashley Loeb Blassingame, Co-founder and Chief People Officer, who also serves as an addiction counselor; and AJ Black, Director of Business Development focused on the employer market, share a variety of insights and encouragements for helping us understand when and how to pursue or support earlier intervention when subs...
2022-01-1752 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work081 Closing the Chasm between Technology and Business Jennifer Byrne, CEO of Arrived Workforce and former CTO of Microsoft US, walks us through a variety of challenges and options we have for best utilizing technology versus being used by it. We cover topics ranging from AI to data to the cloud to how closely to follow a recipe!
2022-01-0449 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkActivation Caffeination 004: Don't hire Urban Meyer and other quick lessons from the world around us
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Inevitable: The Future of Work080 A Wake-up Call to Hiring Organizations - Play a Frontline Role or Expect to be at the Back of the Line! Melissa Henderson, Executive Agent and hiring expert, rejoins us to splash some cold water on the faces of those trying to hire in our extremely tight and competitve talentmarket. She issues a blunt piece - and highly accessible - piece of advice to would-be employers: get off you backsides and do the work. Take a listen to find our ore about exactly what work will serve your interests best.
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Inevitable: The Future of Work079 The Art and Science of Creating Inclusive Diversity Jorge Quezada, Chief Inclusionist for Granite Construction, has built a career on being a practitioner able to guide multiple organizations in establishing a "method to the madness" of their diversity, equity, and inclusion aspirations. He counsels that no one has cornered the market on diversity, and that - without inclusion - the value of diversity remains untapped.
2021-10-2257 min
Inevitable: The Future of WorkActivation Caffeination 003: Don't treat your people like babies, treat them like ... puppies?! Leaders often think of - and are told to think of - themselves as a parent and their people as children. This is inappropriate, wrong-headed, and unproductive. Leaders should think of their people as puppies. You heard me right. Check out why.
2021-10-0808 min
TechTalk Healthcare"Make the Shift"Guest: Jeff Lesher
Dr. Jay and Brad talk with Jeff Lesher the Principal for SHIFT Consulting which is the only business collective brave and bold enough to shift the work world to transform the real world. We help you solve your organization’s most pressing issues, achieve your ambitious goals, and capitalize on your greatest opportunities, to grow regardless.
Jeff is most focused on helping our clients be even better at what they do, be great places to work, and have more impact. I help them see between the cracks to find and take advantage of...
2021-10-0654 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work078 Lessons from an Executive Agent: How to Turn Your Pandemic Career-change Dreams into Reality
2021-09-3056 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work077 Overcoming Your Gremlins: Understanding and Achieving Mental Fitness People have never been more interested in or in need of focusing on what's most important to them. This quest has revealed that we all have "gremlins" - things we imagine or place in our paths that derail us. Turns out, this is how we're wired - with a negative bias that attaches to our brains like Velcro. Certified Mental Fitness Coach, Wendy Swire (www.swiresolutions.com) joins the IFOW to help us learn to activate our "Sage" brains and make a difference - by creating islands of excellence and guiding others towards the "light"! In our...
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Inevitable: The Future of Work076 Love as a Business Strategy Co-authors of the book, Love As A Business Strategy, Chris Pitre and Frank Danna (along with Mohammad Anwar and Jeffrey Ma), share their views on how we can battle the loss of engagement and the great resignation through actively promoting acts of true caring for one another in the workplace. Frank and Chris are clear and compelling in their counsel that love is a business strategy with substance and impact, not something tangential or - to some - down right "icky." Instead, they riff on the famous Peter Drucker quote about culture eating strategy for breakfast with their belief...
2021-08-1254 minInevitable: The Future of WorkActivation Caffeination 001: Workplace Vaccinations - Getting off the Fence and Running to Daylight IFOW Executive Producer and Co-host, Jeff Lesher, provides perspective, candor, and encouragement to leaders to make a definitive call when it comes to vaccinations in their workplace. It IS the purview of leaders to make this call, and the time for them to make it is NOW. Their criteria need to include facts, the interests of the many, and the responsibilities that fall to each member of their team based on what they CHOOSE to do. Actions and inaction have consequences. Leaders need to stop letting things happen TO them and put a stake in the ground about how...
2021-08-0511 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work075 Overcoming being unseen, unheard, misjudged, and misunderstood Standing for diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion by showing everyone respect because they deserve it, being willing and able to walk the "tightrope" while staying true to you, and - among other things - expanding your horizons by asking why, and making the time to share with and create space for others We tap into the experience-driven wisdom of D. John Jackson, a Fortune 50 corporate leader who's memoir, What About Me: Walking the Tightrope as a Black Man in America, shares a simple, powerful message: Your life matters. Your dreams matter. And you can achieve them, no...
2021-07-1058 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work074 Don't be blinded by your intent; are you having the effect you say you want? Developing our next generations of leaders - even/especially as we encounter Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) requires that we: get out of your own way with your own development by giving yourself grace with and credit for the progress you're making and then share that sensibility and practice with others. We can and need to accelerate the acquisition of experience and perspective by actively passing on what we've learned and helping others adapt it for their use. And, we need to instil in all leaders the understanding that intention is not the destination of leadership, effect is...
2021-07-0150 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work073 Bringing Your Whole Self Back to the OfficeUnderstanding the brain and the body better to enable us: optimize the work day, enhance connection, and promote efficiency. As a bonus, we explore how to hod onto the best lessons and adjustments we've made during the pandemic as we create our post-pandemic process and reality Dr. Mary Rensel (a neuroimmunologist) and Ali Hively (a lifestyle coach) are business partners who help clients understand how their brains and bodies work in order to help them optimize their work days. They are advocates of acknowledging that - of course - we bring our whole selves to work; so...
2021-06-2857 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work072 Taking advantage of the Post-pandemic moment to align your routine with the physical keys to higher performance Andrew Herr, Founder and CEO of Fount, is an expert in the exercise, sleep, and nutritional imperatives for us to be at our peak when it counts. That’s why – for years – the US military’s elite forces looked to Andrew and his team for assessment and guidance. Now, he’s providing access to all of us to the knowledge and resources to become our own best advocate as we identify the best ways for us to be even better. Noting that change in routine is the best time to improve our habits, there’s no time like the present for...
2021-05-2053 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work071 Struggling to Realize Your Wildest Dreams? Time to assess whether you're in the lead or in the weedsManagement consultant turned start-up entrepreneur, Chase Damiano, is now channeling his passion around and hard-won knowledge of how to achieve and sustain business success into helping others do just that. Learning to point the finger at yourself may be your first step in better directing everyone around you forward. This and other very vulnerable insights are accessible to you…and likely will better equip you to reach out to your team in more personally meaningful ways at the very moment we need to help each other achieve what some are calling “post traumatic growth.” Check out mo...
2021-05-1357 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work070 The Post-Pandemic Workplace: Making We Sure We Keep the Best from a Very Tough YearHeather Polivka, founder of HP Solutions and a proven global leader, is an expert in creating purposeful experiences that reach a variety of stakeholders. Using the insights gained from leading high impact efforts for some of the most recognized brands in the world, Heather now helps organizations attract and engage the right people, so that they can attract and engage the right customers. Our conversation highlights include: Pandemic era lessons we can carry forward; e.g., how do we continue our humanity when we aren't "in" each other's houses every day Helping your people have a v...
2021-05-0655 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work069 Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and ColleaguesCarole Robin – a trailblazer in business and a star faculty member at one of the world’s premier universities, shares her expertise and insights that she details in her book, Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues You’ll be struck by the raw simplicity of some of her counsel (say you’re sorry!), and challenged by the significance of being vulnerable. Carole helps us better understand and chart a new path for how we can pursue a different level of peace of mind and impact by adjusting our mindset and vocabulary in conversat...
2021-04-291h 02
Inevitable: The Future of Work069 Mistreatment, Misogyny, and Missed Opportunity - The Continuing Saga for Women at Work Melanie Coburn is the Chief Relationship Officer (CRO) for CADRE, a unique networking community. In her role, she lives out her passion for connecting and helping others. Alongside her husband, Derek Coburn, they’ve have built CADRE from the ground up, now advocating full-time for well over 100 CEOs and business leaders. CADRE has grown substantially during the pandemic year, expanding its reach nationally. Members benefit from events and activities, larger and smaller, from dedicated board-like advisory groups to interactive sessions with highly sought after thought leaders. Past sessions have featured Adam Grant, Gary Vaynerchuk, Seth Godin, and Da...
2021-04-2152 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work068 Ending the Global Loneliness EpidemicIrad recognizes that traditional therapy methods don’t sufficiently accommodate our digital era lifestyles. Dealing with his own loss and difficulties in accessing empathetic ears, he founded Circles. This platform for peer-to-peer counseling provides the sort of immediate and accessible solutions for their challenges people have come to expect in the tech-enabled world. By allowing people to better balance the competing demands of parenting, caregiving, illness, kids with special needs, divorce, and mental health issues, they are able to access the precise address to their pain they crave. Irad previously founded Shekulo Tov, an organization dedicated to removing social and...
2021-04-1554 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work066 Evolution of Advocacy in the WorkplaceAfter 20 years of managing and consulting on campaigns for candidates, ballot measures and advocacy groups, Joe Fuld struck out on his own to build The Campaign Workshop with a team of people he’s collaborated with in the past and who know how to create, design and build campaigns. They recognize that each client is different, and they don’t build cookie-cutter campaigns. Instead, they strive to build custom-made campaigns and strategies that fit the specific needs of clients and provide each client with the kinds of individualized tools they need to tackle any challenges they might face.
2021-03-2648 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work065 Reframing Literacy to Drive Financial WellnessAaron Velky, Founder of Ortus Academy, uplifts others to a place of freedom, awe and artistry. Ortus Academy offers Financial Intelligence education to entrepreneurs, business owners, youth organizations and educators with Millennial and Gen Z members through online courses, virtual and in-person Financial Wellness workshops, speaking engagements, and coaching. They know that money matters, but they believe that Financial Intelligence matters more.
2021-03-2650 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work064 Caregiving: Today's Second Job for the Modern WorkerLarry is a dynamic, entrepreneurial strategist with 25 year track record of achievement in financial services and insurance company leadership. He shares the chnages and shifts workplaces are experiencing due to the effects of COVID-19. Leaders of organizations can take proactive measures to ensure they properly take care of their employees who are also serving as caregivers and inviest more into healthcare to help combat stress.
2021-03-1849 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work063 Monopolizing on New Business Ventures that Highlight Underserved CommunitiesTlee Cooper is Founder and CEO of the novel e-commerce platform HeyZRO. HeyZRO provides sellers with a virtual representation of the physical store, creating an in-person shopping experience for buyers from the convenience of their home. Tlee and her team are working to save and revitalize communities by protecting merchants and brand identities from being erased by the very platforms they’re turning to for help. Tlee’s remarkable spirit and keen intellect are on display as she walks us through her journey, including how the pandemic served as a pivotal moment for her business’ growth and prosperity.
2021-02-2555 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work062 Solving the People ProblemBrett Cooper and Evans Kerrigan, best selling authors of Solving the People Problem: Essential Skills You Need to Lead and Succeed in Today’s Workplace, shed light on how our needs and the needs of our colleagues can come together in constructive ways to help us perform better. Brett and Evans share the importance of understanding and appreciating employee’s differences in order to create greater team harmony and drive higher performance.
2021-02-1153 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work061 Unleashing the Value in People & OrganizationsTrey Whitney, global HR executive and former employee at large corporations like; Google, Hershey, and Kellogg to name a few, shares how 2020 highlighted the importance of elevating HR to be the driving force behind a business’s longevity and prosperity. He shares how data can be strategically used to not only reignite humanity in the workplace, but to, recruit top talent, instill key programs, and to better integrate technologies that enhance human skill. When used effectively, people and data work in conjunction to provide a better understanding of progress, measure success, and outline future direction.
2021-02-0355 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work060 Leading the Shift from Survive to ThriveSteve Hatfield, Global Future of Work Leader and Lead Author of Delooitte’s 2021 Global Human Capital Trends Report, shares an in depth report from 3,600 executives, (including responses from more than 1,200 C-suite executives and board members) in 96 countries, on how the pandemic has impacted their organizations and beyond. This report examines how organizations and leaders can leverage the lessons of this pandemic to fundamentally reimagine work, shifting from a focus on surviving, to the pursuit of thriving.
2021-01-2750 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work059 THRIVE: The Leader's Guide to Building a High-Performance CultureAndrew Freedman, Managing Partner of SHIFT and Author of soon-to-be-released book, THRIVE, shares proven, science-backed methodologies and principles that serve as a blueprint for leaders to unlock their team’s high performance.
2021-01-2054 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work058 Leading Behavioral Change for Peak PerformanceCritically skilled workers are as expensive as they are hard to find. They are the lifeblood of your ability to perform at the level needed to effectively scale and sustain that growth.Thus, leaders must focus on developing their teams NOW if they hope for their businesses to be relevant later. Jennifer Thorton, Founder and CEO of 304 Coaching, is an expert in helping leaders responsibly grow their organizations through applying her proven employee lifecycle development program to nurture your talent to its full potential.
2021-01-0743 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work057 How to Innovate and Evolve, Even in a CrisisAfifa Siddiqui, CEO of Canadian Payroll Services, shares her positive, insightful take on how the pandemic environment has helped many leaders gain a new perspective, granting them the power to be more receptive to change. Through her financially-oriented business lens, she has seen firsthand how businesses reallocated funds and shifted their business model - including the use of technology - to acquire or assert market leadership. The crucible of COVID is producing the companies of tomorrow right now.
2020-12-1745 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work056 2021 Planning: Data and Insights to Elevate LeadershipSHIFT leaders Joe Mechlinski (CEO) and Chris Steer (Managing Partner) join us for this BONUS episode to share how they help leaders use data-informed insights and SHIFT’s Annual RESET Playbook to encourage a deeper understanding, improved planning, and effective initiatives to elevate their organization as a whole. SHIFT launched a targeted pandemic-era survey effort in March, in which they collected over 137,000 data points across more than 35 companies—shedding light on critical issues like: employee well-being, work environment, connection, and trust.
2020-12-151h 14
Inevitable: The Future of Work055 Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable CompanyKevin Oakes, CEO of I4CP and author of the soon-to-be released book, Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company, outlines how we can plan, build, and maintain cultures that enable positive and lasting change. He explains the crucial nature of leaders investing in, evolving, and reinforcing culture as a driver of market performance—not a consequence of it.
2020-12-1050 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work054 Leading with KindnessTamika Tremaglio, Deloitte’s Greater Washington Managing Principal, is as skilled a professional as you’ll ever meet; but her greatest strengths might just be her practices of authenticity, kindness, and gratitude. Tamika shares how people are gravitating towards organizations that lift them up, make them feel valued, and provide them with opportunities to extend their grace to others—for the benefit of all concerned.
2020-12-0339 min
Same Side Selling Podcast121 Jeff Lesher | How Organizations Can Reach Their Goals, Not Just Talk About ThemOn today’s edition of the Grow My Revenue podcast, I speak with Jeff Lesher, a principal for management consulting firm, SHIFT Consulting. Jeff believes that employees fail to carry out the tasks necessary to accomplish a company’s major initiatives, in part, because companies don’t clearly communicate with their employees what the path to success looks like.
2017-12-1128 min
Running Inside Out Podcast002: Because Mort Told Me To - with Dave Justice and Mike Lesher, Dan Ostrander and Jeff Green
Dave Justice shares his running background and his adventure on the Great Wall of China. Then Jeff Green, Mike Lesher and Dan Ostrander discuss the nonsense that is Rothrock Trail Challenge. Episode LinksDave Justice InterviewRochester MarathonChris O'Brien 2014 Race ReportThe Bagel BunchMohawk Hudson MarathonGreat Wall Marathon Hal Higdon Marathon TrainingMatt Fitzgerald "80/20 Running"Kathy Loper Events7 Continents ClubRothRock RountableRothrock Trail ChallengeBerkey Creamery (site) (Wikipedia)Lugia'sZach MillerDam Good Trail RaceChris O'Brien 2014 Race ReportIAMLesher PhotosOntario Summit Trail RacesStrava Fly-By for Ontario SummitIAMLesher PhotographyRaces we mentioned but didn...
2015-06-232h 05
unSeminary Mobile MP4Mark Lesher on Creating Healthy Work Environments for Church Teams
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According to Tim Peters, 1,700 Pastors leave the ministry for good every month! [ref] A large contributor to that fact is that we’ve structured our work environments to unhealthy and counter productive. In today’s podcast Mark Lesher talks about what he’s been doing at Christ Journey to reverse that trend and is doing to make it a healthy environment for his team. Tune in as he gives us practical advice on making your church a healthy place for people to serve....
2013-10-2417 min