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Reading Bottom Line Change and An Announcement13 Mar 201800:05:06

Last week I conducted my drawing for the giveaway of Ari Weinzweig's pamphlet entitled "Bottom Line Change: A Recipe for Effective Organizational Change." My winner appears to be out of pocket and I won't hear from them until later this week. In the meantime, I've been reading the book and listening to the previous episodes to prepare for a big project at my work.

Please rate the show. Also, go comment and join the email group at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode140

Tap Into the Ingenuity of Al Your People06 Mar 201800:48:38

This is an interview with Anne Claire Broughton, owner of Broughton Consulting, LLC.

In this 2016 interview we talk about ingenuity of all people, transparency, healing, purpose, and Open Book Management vs open book reporting.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode139 and Remember to leave comments. Also join the email group. I will be drawing for a booklet on Bottom Line Change by Ari Weinzweig. I will draw from all those who are a part of the email group as of March 6, 2018.

Start the Year with Humility and Learning02 Jan 201800:07:58

In the previous episode we talked about giving your employees the best present, your best self. Now let’s look at helping them start the new year on the right foot.

This episode is focused on that manager or owner who are wanting to begin to move their organization to one that balances profit and people. One that begins to engage their people at a new level.

Join us over at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode130 to comment, join the community, and find links and resources.

Remember to rate and subscribe

Give Up Control and Grow Ep 038 Kevin Jones Pt 0221 Jun 201600:18:57

In part 2 of my series with Kevin Jones, I asked for details on his company viaPing and the work he’s doing around employee feedback. We’ve all seen the yearly, or in one case every 3 year, employee feedback surveys. We take them and very rarely see any results or actions taken as a result. Kevin’s thought of another method that he’s helped companies implement and it’s called viaPing and it’s a methodology of daily employee feedback. Yes, daily.

 

This talk is not just about his company it’s about loosening up control, giving employees more room to take chances, and creating opportunities for conversations to begin among all levels and departments of  your company.

 

Kevin Jones works with companies to help them reimagine and change the way they work, operate, and how they engage their employees.  The only way to do this is to challenge the status quo.

Kevin is an advisor, international speaker, and videographer, his expertise lies in organizational strategy, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), initiative adoption, and bringing the best out of employees.  He focuses on the human side of business and technology. Kevin’s clients include NASA, Lowes, JCPenny, Dell, and many other well known companies.  He’s authored two e-books, and produces videos that help communicate how we can challenge the status quo.

 

Questions -

How can you create communication methods so people who don’t know each other to meet and share ideas to create solutions?

 

Like the invoicing team at the consultants, what departments could start asking questions to the users to improve how they operate?

 

Resources

Kevin Jones at vinjones.com - https://vinjones.com/

 

Employee Engagement measurement tools at viaPing - https://viaping.com/

 

Kevin Jones interview on the Switch and Shift podcast The Rebel Leader, Our Complicated Fascination with Employee Engagement - http://switchandshift.com/fascination-employee-engagement

 

http://www.xplane.com/

 

Q 2423 We don’t care what our employees think.

 

Engagement and employee feedback can be more effective if it’s more grassroots.

 

Employee feedback should be more often than once a year. It should also be shared with each other to begin conversations.

 

Don’t assume management needs to solve the problems. Create something insourced management - let it come from the bottom/inside up.

 

Employee feedback needs to be the beginning of the conversation.

 

Be more open and let employees know the obstacles to change.

 

Initiative Adoption - how do you get your teams to adopt initiatives?  

One thing - does it align with how your team works?

 

With a robust employee feedback mechanism, you may see better adoption of new initiatives because they come from the people they affect and not from “on high”.

 

Portrait Artist - I discovered Meredith Binnette at her school’s senior art show. She's recently graduated high school and is pursuing art in college. Meredith, good luck in your pursuits.

The Inspired and Intentional business show is about those at the vanguard of a movement of business, government, and nonprofit leaders who believe work can be better...different.

 

You can run a business or organization that:

Affirms people

Is financially solid

Inspires your community

Operates openly with excellence

And

Communicates a clear, consistent vision

 

Now let’s be inspired.


The Inspired and Intentional podcast/business show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.  The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Uncap Human Potential14 Jun 201600:26:52

Kevin Jones is the featured guest for the next 3 episodes. In this episode we talk about:

Working through the balance of technology and human side of business and how we cap employees potential.

 

Even though we have the best intentions employees are still  disengaged.

The importance of designing our business for the employees not just the customers.

And one “simple” solution that can help move your organization to more collaboration and engagement.

 

Kevin Jones works with companies to help them reimagine and change the way they work, operate, and how they engage their employees.  The only way to do this is to challenge the status quo.

Kevin is an advisor, international speaker, and videographer, his expertise lies in organizational strategy, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), initiative adoption, and bringing the best out of employees.  He focuses on the human side of business and technology. Kevin’s clients include NASA, Lowes, JCPenny, Dell, and many other well known companies.  He’s authored two e-books, and produces videos that help communicate how we can challenge the status quo.

 

Questions

Are your company processes, structure, and culture truly aligned to relinquish some control to allow your team to be more agile?

 

Do your employees understand the why of their work? The purpose?

 

What can you do to design your work so that you enable employees to give their best to provide the best product for the cusotmers?

 

Resources

Kevin Jones at vinjones.com - https://vinjones.com/

 

Employee Engagement measurement tools at viaPing - https://viaping.com/

 

Kevin Jones interview on the Switch and Shift podcast The Rebel Leader, Our Complicated Fascination with Employee Engagement - http://switchandshift.com/fascination-employee-engagement

 

http://www.xplane.com/

 

Notes Taken During Editing

Technology’s advanced but how we design our work hasn’t advanced as much.

 

Are humans in the workplace just resources simply to be managed?

 

We’re marginalizing our people and capping their potential because of how we design our work.

 

Do you want to move beyond corporate zombies and tap into the potential of your employees? Listen here.

 

How often are you shooting down the ideas of your team members without consideration for validity.

 

Employee Capping example: Senior leader who is so busy that he doesn’t have the time to respond to the feedback, so people stop providing feedback, next time he asked.

 

Is your company set up to put caps on people?

 

Employees, do you want to love your work?

 

Engagement is more of a personal thing. Does the employee understand the why of their work? The purpose?

 

The culture is how we work together. The unsaid things. How we interact. How things get done.

1420 Cost of disengagement and bad culture: mediocrity.

 

When starting a company we design it for customers. At some point, we need to also think how we design our company for the employees.

 

Q 2100+-  Design to enable employees to  give their best to provide the best product for the cusotmers.

 

Change means change in the company structure and processes as much as in people.

 

Change can come from a scary yet simple solution: give up some control.

 

Do you want your company to be more agile? Release some control and let your people be more agile.

 

Portrait Artist - I discovered Meredith Binnette at her school’s senior art show. She's recently graduated high school and is pursuing art in college. Meredith, good luck in your pursuits.

The Inspired and Intentional business show is about those at the vanguard of a movement of business, government, and nonprofit leaders who believe work can be better...different.

 

You can run a business or organization that:

Affirms people

Is financially solid

Inspires your community

Operates openly with excellence

And

Communicates a clear, consistent vision

 

Now let’s be inspired.

 

The Inspired and Intentional podcast/business show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.  The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Values Matter Ep 36 Jamie Pritscher Part 307 Jun 201600:28:43

Show notes, comments, and to subscribe go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode36

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

Build Companies to Keep Talent - Ep 35 Jamie Pritscher Part 231 May 201600:18:37

Show notes, comments, and to subscribe go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode35

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

Command and Control to Open Focused Team - Ep 34 Jamie Pritscher Part 124 May 201600:31:50

Show notes, comment, and subscribe at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode34

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

Management Needs to Evolve17 May 201600:22:35

No Question this week - simply buy Shawn's book, Optimistic Workplace and start working on the worksheets and questions he created at the back.

Notes taken during the editing of the show

Optimistic Workplace came about because of a terrible experience at a “Great Place to Work”.

Pay for classes that didn’t apply directly to their job.

“We’re not here to help people self-actualize.”

Who out there are creating great workplaces and how are they doing it.

Studs Terkel - Read him. “Often times our work is violent, to our spirit.”

You can continue to have a violent workplace or you can do something to make a more optimistic workplace. You don’t have to stay stuck there.

Management needs to evolve. Leadership and Stewardship. “Management” is about control and monitor and manipulate. People want to connect, want purpose, want freedom to get the job done, to be responsible. “Management” should steward and take care of the people and create an environment of success and creativity.

Not just people first. Purpose, meaningful work, and Extraordinary people to create an amazing work environment. The three work together as the origins of optimism.

Bob Chapman says that he’s yet to find someone disagree with him that “Everybody Matters”. What he does struggle to find, is the people willing to follow through and make the changes necessary to move the needle on human workplaces.

Somebody has to go first in creating a workplace where everybody matters. And they’re not sure what to do.

Shawn has created tools at the end of his book to help people, especially middle managers.

Optimism planner - 90 days. Personal values, meeting designs to get people on the same page on an optimistic workplace.

One on One format. Optimism One on Ones. Focus on work progress. Purpose and values alignment.

Are your managers, managers or stewards? What can you do to help this to change in your workplace?

Not a question: get his book and try those exercises at the end of the book. I don’t make any money from these purchases.

Shawn Murphy is the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, a boutique consultancy and advisory firm dedicated to developing and advancing positive organizational business and leadership practices.

He’s been recognized by Inc.com and The Huffington Post for his work on developing leaders for the future of the work. Shawn was hand picked to be part of IBM’s elite Futurist Group that advises and gives input on topics related to new ways to work.  You can listen to Shawn interview with his business partner business and thought leaders in their weekly podcast, The Rebel Leader.

Shawn holds a MBA from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business, and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco.

Shawn’s debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone (AMACOM), shares path-breaking beliefs and simple techniques to help leaders at all levels positively shift how people not only perform but how they feel while at work. You can also read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com.

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy

Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

Unleash the Unlimited Potential of Your Team10 May 201600:17:47

Unleash The Unlimited Potential of Your Team, Shawn Murphy, Part 2

Questions

Does your company have a set of values that all know to help them be on the same page on how you're going to succeed as a company?

 

Does your team feel free to contribute ideas?

 

Switch and Shift - what does the “human side of business” mean?

 

Notes taken during the editing of the episode

They’re employees are spread out all over the country.

 

Discussion of how Switch and Shift’s story might help my wife as she structures her business to be family friendly.

 

Gig economy - flexibility to go where the work is and to help a variety of people who are also working on your gigs.

 

What is be be do at Switch and Shift. Instead of the normal core values they decided to create this saying as driving values behind their company. Be inspirational. (You know I like that one.) Be Heretical. Do Good. Their guiding principles.

 

They shape their intentions and decisions. They are also upgrading their values as the company has grown and they believe they need to be more defined and universal.

 

Lots of companies have financial success without thinking about all this human worth stuff. So why think about it? You remove the lid on performance and make it unlimited. Lift the lid on your team’s potential. People will contribute more when they are valued and allowed to be creative.

 

Is all this just an attempt by The Man to stick it to employees to get more out of them without more pay or more benefits?

 

If we and our people are spending so much time at work, shouldn’t we create an atmosphere of positive vibes, solid productivity, and mindfulness about the work being done. You want them inspired so they are open when the cool ideas come at those off work times.

 

Is this all just a first world problem? No matter where you are in the world, you are working and you want to do something that is meaningful and contributes to a greater many and not just to a few.

 

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

 

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

 

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

 

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

 

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy


Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

Work As a Source of Joy03 May 201600:31:07
Questions from the episode

Is there a way to look at your work as purpose and not so much transactional?

What is your work climate?

Notes Taken during the editing.

[powerpress]

Work can be a source of joy. Working for a paycheck is transactional. What is it that you’re doing that is meaningful to you and purposeful to others? Don’t focus on joy directly. You focus on the things that help that feeling emerge. Knowing your work has meaning usually brings joy.

Meaningful work means you're getting something from the work being done.

Meaning - you get the satisfaction of doing the work for yourself.

You can find purpose in any kind of work.

Find purpose in what you’re doing and move from the transaction.

Company culture vs Company Climate

Company Culture - How things get done around an organization. Also the basic assumptions how the organization works.

Netflix - don’t have limits on vacation time and don’t have a policy on travel expenses. Assumption is made that people can be trusted.

This is why culture is so challenging to change. Because, often they’re based on deeper seated assumptions on human behavior and interaction.

Climate is what it’s like to work somewhere. (Hay group?) More influenced by someone’s immediate leader. How your leader shows up at work.

70% of the work experience is determined on your direct management experience.

Great company culture is not a millennial thing, but a human thing. However, 71% of millennials cite meaningful work as a priority.

Social Strategy  - Open, transparent - our brains are wired for connection and this is why social media is so popular. Create rich strong relationships within the workplace.

To thrive in this social environment - where are they creating social connections and being transparent.

Strengths - what energizes me and what I’m good at doing. Understanding strengths to make connections and open.

Shawn Murphy is the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, a boutique consultancy and advisory firm dedicated to developing and advancing positive organizational business and leadership practices.

He’s been recognized by Inc.com and The Huffington Post for his work on developing leaders for the future of the work. Shawn was hand picked to be part of IBM’s elite Futurist Group that advises and gives input on topics related to new ways to work.  You can listen to Shawn interview with his business partner business and thought leaders in their weekly podcast, The Rebel Leader.

Shawn holds a MBA from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business, and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco.

Shawn’s debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone (AMACOM), shares path-breaking beliefs and simple techniques to help leaders at all levels positively shift how people not only perform but how they feel while at work. You can also read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com.

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy

Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

Dirt Cake and Open Book Managemet26 Apr 201600:14:21

Dirt Cake and Open Book Management

David Burton Part 3

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In this episode David talks about mini-games, the steps to begin going down the road of opening up your organization, and finally, the importance of Dirt Cake! Our second guest to mention the importance of  yummy deserts in their pursuit of a more open, engaging workplace.

 

Social Shareables

We spend too much time at work to not have some fun being there.

 

Literal notes while listening to the episode.

The goal of a mini-game is get your team focused on hitting the critical number. They also call them drivers.

 

Struggles implementing the great game - getting people excited about it, both management and staff. Finding time to do it.  

 

No question, just the first steps to get started getting the whole team involved in the business of your organization:

Read the book

Pray/Meditate/Ponder if you’re ready and next steps

Search out others running the GGOB

 

First step in opening up the books: buy The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack. (not an affiliate link, they’re not allowed in Missouri - What’s Up With That!?)  http://amzn.com/0385348339

 

The importance of Dirt Cake. -

 

Natural Child World Dirt Cake Recipe. http://naturalchildworld.com/dirt-cake/

 

Integrative Mom Mostly Organic Dirt Cake Recipe - http://integrativemom.com/mostly-organic-dirt-cups-recipe/

 

To get the show sent to your phone automatically, subscribe via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

 

Sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

 

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode30

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html


The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Improve Your Bottom Line 20 Percent with OBM19 Apr 201600:17:53

Improve Your Bottom Line 20 Percent with OBM

David Burton, Part 2

 

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In this episode David shares how the great game interacts with their annual business plan, how they’re in the black for the first time in 6 years, and how everyone is participating in the financial accountability of the Extension office.

 

Social Shareables from Part 2 with David Burton

One small (/sarc) effect of running the Great Game at the Extension - 1st time in  6 yrs in the black.

 

Another small (/sarc) effect of GGOB at the extension - Council members are engaged and understand the financials.

 

Effect of GGOB at the extension - Everyone on staff coming up with ways to save on expenses. New ideas on income generation bubbled up from inside.

 

Aha moment - many/most people don’t understand the financials and maybe timid to admit it. No shame. Start educating.

 

Learn how a nutrition specialist helped to reign in travel spending.

 

Literal Notes taken while listening to the episode:

 

How the great game interacts with their process of creating an annual Business Plan - Business Plan is a Blueprint of what they need/want to do. While the Great Game is more of “how” they will achieve the plan. How they will implement.

 

Just opening up the books and teaching the team the financials has shown, on average, a 20% improvement in your bottom line. You see more benefits if you’re able to provide an incentive.

 

Mutli-year team member after implementing GGOB - This is the first time I’ve really understood what these numbers mean and how I can impact them.

 

Chart - Know and teach the rules, follow the action and keep score, and provide a stake in the outcome, and the Critical Number at the convergence of these three.

 

Know and teach the rules -  First, agree that you’re playing a “game” and that there is a score that measures the success of your organization. What numbers reflect success for your organization.

 

Follow the action and keep score - Everyone has a line item they’re responsible for tracking and projecting forward. They meet 30 minutes every week to cover the score. Creates a lot of interaction between team members.

 

Provide a stake in the outcome - can be as simple as having “dirt cake” after hitting a soil test threshold, to a larger “bonus” of development money if they hit the critical number at the end of the year.

 

Question:

How much would it help your organization if you admitted (if true) that there are elements of the financials you don’t understand? What if you started learning and then teaching on it?

 

To get the show sent to your phone automatically, subscribe via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

 

Sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

 

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode29

 

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html



The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Give the Best Gift to Your Team26 Dec 201700:04:28

It’s the day after Xmas and all through the office, not a creature is stirring, not even a boss…

Anyway, I’m not going to rewrite the entire story to fit my podcast, but I did wan to take this Tuesday, following Christmas and the next, following New Years to reflect and look forward.

This week, I’m thinking about mindfulness and your team. In the context of culture and work: mindfulness basically means that you look inward and with intention bring your best self to your work and interactions.

Join me for this short episode and go over to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode129 to join the email community, comment, and find links and resources.

Changing Mindsets with Open Book Management12 Apr 201600:38:33

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In part 1 of 3 episodes, David gets into what open book management is for a small government/non-profit/complicated organization like his, how the great game has changed the mindset of the team, and how they’ve overcome skepticism.

 

Social Shareables from part 1

Open Book Management is both a life preserver and a motor boat. It helped pull us out of the financial crisis and at the same time moving us forward.

 

Literal notes taken while listening to the show:

Open book management is also financial transparency, financial education, team-building, and a philosophy that gets people on the same page on decision making and strategic planning.

 

After open book management we’re not just thinking, “what’s in it for me?”.

 

Questions

Are you and your people thinking about the day-to-day habits that are costing your organization money and time?

 

The extension has a complicated mission, management structure, and funding process. If they’re able to use open book management, do you think your department or company could manage it?

 

Might there be skepticism in your organization to open book management working? What could help convince your team to buy-in?



At the end of this episode is a quick interview with Shawn Murphy, co-creator of The Rebel Leader Podcast. This is the first podcaster highlight i wanted to share with you. I will choose a podcaster that I believe will help you run your business and life in such a way that you will intentional inspire yourself and those around you.

 

These interviews will normally be their own episode on the Inspired and Intentional channel, but I wanted to share the first one with you.

 

From the Rebel Leader Launch:

The Rebel Leader promises to bring together executives, leaders (both formal and informal), entrepreneurs, authors and influencers who make a difference by leading rebelliously. We’ll interview people you already know and admire, and many purpose-driven leaders you’ve never heard of – but should.

 

Through stories, interviews and analysis we’ll help you understand how much leadership is changing as we leave the Industrial Age behind – and embrace the Social Age.

 

The show will be hosted by the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, Shawn Murphy. He’ll be joined by Mark Babbitt, our President and Senior Partner.

 

The Rebel Leader on Switch and Shift - http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

 

To get the show sent to your phone automatically, subscribe via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

 

Sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

 

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode28

 

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html


The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Start Creating a Positive Impact in Your Organizaiton05 Apr 201600:17:21

Here we are to share part 3 with Anese Cavanaugh, who is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® , an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives.

 

In this episode she shares how she knew she was onto something with IEP, and getting aligned with your purpose.

 

Let’s dig into these topics and more with Anese. We’ll see you on the other side.

 

Social Shareables

Are you aligned with your purpose? Are you listening to your day?

 

Do you remember those early days of your business when you were energized by the work? How can you tap into that again? Can the renewed energy help your team?

 

Are you speaking your true message/strength to your team and to your prospective customers? Are you being honest with who you really are?

 

Questions entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

She talks about her company’s beginnings and how she was so energized, to the point that it woke her up in the morning with ideas and energy. Do you remember those days? How can you tap into that again? How could renewed energy help your team?

 

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode27

 

Remember to sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

 

Join us next week as we begin our conversation with David Burton, Director of the Greene County Extension Office and how open book management is helping turn their little office around.

 

Until then, be inspired and intentional.

 

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

 

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

 

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

 

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

 

Remember to subscribe to the podcast via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

 

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

 

Managers, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders You Have Superpowers29 Mar 201600:20:44

Here we are for part 2 with Anese Cavanaugh, as she  continues her discussion of Intentional Energetic Presence and her book Contagious Culture.

Anese is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® , an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives.

We’ll see you on the other side of the conversation with our round of questions.

Social Shareables - Takeaways from part two with Anese,

When addressing culture, it is an inside out approach. Leaders, look inside and then move out.

We all have superpowers and have an impact on those around us. Choose today how you will use them.

Is the way I show up

Is the way I talk to myself

Is the way I talk to other people

Is the way I take care for myself

Is the way I regard others

...helping me have the impact I want to have on the world? If, “no”, then there is beautiful work to be done there.  

 

Showing up for yourself means you share the idea in a meeting when you normally wouldn’t share.

Make your next meeting more productive: make it shorter and make an agreement to have no phones in the meeting.

 

Questions for entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

Do you believe you have superpowers? IE, do you truly believe you impact those around you with your attitude and energy?

How can you approach your next meeting with intention that will affect the energy of you and your team?

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode26

Remember to subscribe to the podcast via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Join us next week as we wrapup our conversation with Anese Cavanaugh. Until then, be inspired and intentional.

 

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

Remember to sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe
The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Entrepreneurs Are You Intentional With Your Energy?22 Mar 201600:27:56

My time with Anese has resonated with me for weeks. She is a living example of a contagious presence. I’m buzzing as I think about it. Enough gushing, here’s Anese:

Below for blog post:

Anese Cavanaugh is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence), an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives. (McGraw Hill, 11/15).

Takeaways from part one with Anese,

Create impact -

How do you make people feel? We’re always impacting those around us.

How we impact ourselves. How we make ourselves feel.

How we impact the world around us. What have I left? What is my imprint?

The importance of words and how it affects how we show up.

Biggest Lesson: eat and serve more ice cream.

Questions entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

How are you showing up? What does this mean for you?

How intentional are you in the words you use and the impact you’re having on the world around you?

What is a good first step for you to start paying attention to your impact?

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode25

Remember to sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

Join us next week as we continue our conversation with Anese Cavanaugh. Until then, be inspired and intentional.

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2


The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

A Vision for More Open Government: Cindy Stein Pt 0315 Mar 201600:15:25

Welcome back, this is our last part with Cindy Stein, Greene County Missouri Auditor. She’ll talk about vision for the Great Game of Government and how everyone plays a role in determining the direction of their organizations, whether in government or business.

Social Media Shareables:

“My vision is that this would spread to all local, state and federal governments.”

“If someone believes in the mission, they can influence others, including leadership to join the cause of open-book management.”

“I would not be here talking with you if it weren’t for by Great Game Coach, Rhonda Alexander.”

Questions

  1. What can you do to help bring this to your local government?
  2. Long-term engagement is tough. The county government plays a variety of games to keep them engaged. In addition, Cindy shared that they come up a focus for the year. For example, learn all the different kinds of government funds. What game themes and areas of focus could help inspire your team to keep focused on the critical numbers?

Challenge:

If you’re in government or want to help your local government get a better handle on their/your finances, present this last series of episodes to them. I have no financial stake in the matter, perhaps  you should give the Great Game a call to get some ideas going.

The best place to share your answers is on the comments section on the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode24. You will also find links to the resources mentioned.

Right now, I’m hyper focused on increasing the number of subscribers to the show. This will help how this shows up on iTunes, making it easier for entrepreneurs, leaders in business and government find the show. There’s currently not a way to see how many subscribers are on iTunes, however, when we reach an average of 200 downloads per episode, I’ll have a drawing for book on this topic. Click the link in the show notes or on the blog that will lead you to the iTunes subscription page.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Next week we’ll begin our series with Anese Cavanaugh, coach, speaker, and author of Contagious Culture...it is awesome. You will be energized after listening to her.

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Resources

Great Game Coach - Rhonda Alexander - http://greatgame.com/about/meet-our-team/rhonda-alexander/

http://www.greenecountymo.gov

Moody’s upgrade of Greene County, Missouri - http://www.greenecountymo.gov/files/PDF/file.pdf?id=2159

Greene County, MO Auditor office info - http://www.greenecountymo.org/auditor/index.php

Greene County, Missouri’s Great Game of Government dashboard - https://www.greenecountymo.org/dashboard/ggg.php

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl

Believe It: Government Employees Solve Problems08 Mar 201600:22:14

Welcome to part 2 with Cindy Stein, Greene County Missouri Auditor since 1994.

We’ll continue our conversation with Cindy today about how the Great Game of Business is being implemented in the Greene County Government.

Social Friendly Shareables:

“Are your employees bringing solutions to the organization’s problems?”

“Moody’s cites Open Book Management as one of the reason’s Greene County has come out of it’s economic troubles.”

“It’s not the leadership, it’s the Greene County employees that got us to a better place financially.”

“Not only did we improve cash balance, but we also had 18 pages of efficiency improvements.”

“Getting fully engaged employees involved in projections helps expedite the budgeting process.”

Questions

  1. “Are your employees bringing solutions to the organization’s problems?”
  2. Cash balance is the critical number Greene County focused on for the first couple of years. Entrepreneurs, what is your number that is critical to your survival and ultimately growth? What departmental/division critical numbers do you have that can tie into a bigger critical number?
    1. Should you come up with this number or your team?
  3. Cindy speaks a lot about projections and how it helps stave off problems and helps expedite the budgeting process. How can you engage employees to project the numbers that are critical to your business?
    1. How would this improve your finances and budgeting?
  4. How can the leadership of the company understand how they fit into the bigger goals of the organization? Could something like HIPS or High Level Planning Sessions help?

The best place to share your answers is on the comments section on the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode23. You will also find links to the resources mentioned.

Right now, I’m hyper focused on increasing the number of subscribers to the show. This will help how this shows up on iTunes, making it easier for entrepreneurs, leaders in business and government find the show. There’s currently not a way to see how many subscribers are on iTunes, however, when we reach an average of 200 downloads per episode, I’ll have a drawing for book on this topic. Click the link in the show notes or on the blog that will lead you to the iTunes subscription page.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Next week we’ll conclude our discussion with Cindy as she explains her vision for open book management in government.

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Resoures

http://www.greenecountymo.gov

Moody’s upgrade of Greene County, Missouri - http://www.greenecountymo.gov/files/PDF/file.pdf?id=2159

Greene County, MO Auditor office info - http://www.greenecountymo.org/auditor/index.php

Greene County, Missouri’s Great Game of Government dashboard - https://www.greenecountymo.org/dashboard/ggg.php

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl

Great Game of Government w Cindy Stein Pt 0101 Mar 201600:23:51

Before we get started, I want to remind you of the drawing we’re having this week. (Of course many of you will be listening to this after the fact, sorry, it’s both the magic and curse of podcasting.) Anyway,  James Lehman, my previous guest offered up an opportunity for one listener to take a free Energy Leadership Index Assessment and phone evaluation with James after he receives the results. I found out it has a value of $419. I am still accepting entries until midnight March 5th. Go to inspiredandintentional.com/energy to register for the drawing.

I’m excited to begin a new 3 part series with Cindy Stein.

Cindy S. Stein, Certified Public Accountant and a graduate from Missouri State University.

Cindy began her career with a local public accounting firm and remained there until her election to Greene County Auditor in 1994.

We’ll be talking with Cindy today about how the Great Game of Business is being implemented in the Greene County Government. Greene County is in Southwest Missouri, the largest town being Springfield. Many of you have heard of Branson, it’s just North of them.

Tweetables - “It’s about the employees and the foundation they have developed and the culture they help foster.”

“We’re not questioning the person. We’re questioning the number.”

Questions for part 1 with Cindy Stein.

  1. What area of your government could use a dose of open-book management?
  2. Could you implement open-book management before a crisis arises?
  3. It’s about the employees and the culture they help foster. Is this true for your government?

Remember, James Lehman, my previous guest offered up an opportunity for one listener to take a free Energy Leadership Index Assessment and phone evaluation with James after he receives the results. I found out it has a value of $419. I am still accepting entries until midnight March 5th. Go to inspiredandintentional.com/energy to register for the drawing.

I’ve been asking for reviews of the podcast. While this is still important, my new call to action for listeners and readers is subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher. A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I would have a drawing when I reached 100 subscribers. This isn’t an easy number to get at this point. Instead, my critical number will be when my episodes average 100 downloads. Right now, they’re at 51. When they hit an average of 200, I’ll have a drawing for a book on this topic.

If you’re already subscribed, thank you and share this with as many of your peers who you believe would benefit. If you’re not subscribed, I’ll provide a link in the show notes or you can go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode22 and you may click the link. This link will lead you to itunes where you can subscribe to the Inspired and Intentional Toddcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Resources

http://www.greenecountymo.gov

Moody’s upgrade of Greene County, Missouri - http://www.greenecountymo.gov/files/PDF/file.pdf?id=2159

Greene County, MO Auditor office info - http://www.greenecountymo.org/auditor/index.php

Greene County, Missouri’s Great Game of Government dashboard - https://www.greenecountymo.org/dashboard/ggg.php

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl

iTunes subscription link - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Ep 21 Career Management for the Inspired Employee25 Feb 201600:13:21

James Lehman, Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader, and a Life & Career Transition Coach,  changes it up a bit and we discuss his book and what he’s focused on right now. It’s a slight diversion from the main topic of Inspired and Intentional business. However, it is about self management of your career which does align with employee accountability and engagement in their own career.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/leaders-do-you-fear-creativity-innovation-and-ideas-episode-18/james_lehman/ Maneuvering Your Career, Career Transition, Unemployment, career change, professional coach, Human Resources Transformation, James K Lehman

This 4th and first Thursday episode James will cover:

  • Creating a career plan like a business plan.
  • Why managing your career will become even more important in the “gig” economy.

[powerpress]

Questions for this episode:

As a leader, how could you take the topics about career management and help your team take more command of their careers? Would this help your company?

If you’re undergoing a career transition, what could you do to take  control over your career so you can find a place of meaning and purpose?

Perhaps coaching could help. With that in mind, James offered up an opportunity for one listener to take a free Energy Leadership assessment with an evaluation with James after he receives the results. I will accept entries during the next two weeks, from February 23rd to midnight March 5th. Go to inspiredandintentional.com/energy to register for the drawing.

Thank you so much for listening/reading and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

James K. Lehman is an Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader, and a Life & Career Transition Coach. After starting his career as a CPA, he transitioned into consulting, and then HR, focusing on HR Transformation.

James is the author of "Maneuvering Your Career - 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary (or Involuntary) Career Transition."  He is a SPHR, a Certified Professional Coach, and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner.  He also serves on the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Board of Directors .

Podcast worldview:

Gallup says 70% of US employees are disengaged from their work. This causes, what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. Lost innovation, productivity and profits. Not to mention the tolls on the communities.

There are companies and organizations working to improve this. they are creating more open and collaborative work environments. They are realizing that treating people with dignity and providing meaningful work can be done while also running a financially solid organization.

My hope with this podcast is to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs,  and those coming into leadership through transition, to make intentional choices to balance profit and social impact.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Resources and Housekeeping

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl

I’ve been asking for reviews of the podcast. While this is still important, my new call to action for listeners and readers is subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher. A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I would have a drawing when I reached 100 subscribers. This isn’t an easy number to get at this point. Instead, my critical number will be when my episodes average 200 downloads. Right now, they’re at 51. When they hit an average of 200, I’ll have a drawing for a book on this topic.

If you’re already subscribed, thank you and share this with as many of your peers who you believe would benefit. If you’re not subscribed, click here to s

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

James Lehman’s website, Maneuvering Your Career. - http://www.maneuveringyourcareer.com/index.html

Ari Weinzweig and Zingerman’s - Creating Good Organizational Energy

Ari Weinzweigh and Zigeman’s - Creating Good Energy -

Anese Cavanaugh - Author, speaker, advisor and creator of the IED method. IEP is the energy, intention, and presence that is a key to success as a leader in your professional and personal life.

Ep 20 Overcoming GAIL Energy Blocks James Lehman Pt 323 Feb 201600:18:15

In this week's podcast, James Lehman will cover:

  1. Strategies for overcoming the GAIL energy blocks.
  2. Aspects of a good manager/leader as defined by Gallup.

Questions for this episode:

  1. He spoke to a variety of ways you could overcome the energy blocks. Which one can you do today begin improving your leadership energy?
  2. Increase consciousness of energy levels
  3. Reframe thoughts - is what I’m thinking true?
  4. What can you do to help someone else?
  5. Acknowledge the GAILS and meet them face to face.
  6. Ask for input and validate.
  7. Journaling - why are you angry? why am i a victim? what is triggering this?
  8. Visioning a future - How would my day be different if I went in to serve my team?
  9. Coaching can also help.

With coaching in mind, remember, James offered up an opportunity to take the Energy Leadership assessment with an opportunity to get a free evaluation with James after he receives the results. I will accept entries during the next two weeks, from February 23rd to midnight March 5th. Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/energy to register for the drawing.

Thank you so much for listening and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

Resources & Housekeeping

I’ve been asking for reviews of the podcast. While this is still important, my new call to action for listeners and readers is to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher. A couple weeks ago I mentioned that I would have a drawing when I reached 100 subscribers. This isn’t an easy number to get at this point. Instead, my success metric will be when my episodes average 200 downloads. Right now, they’re at 51. When they hit an average of 200, I’ll have a drawing for a book on this topic.

If you’re already subscribed, thank you and share this with as many of your peers who you believe would benefit. If you’re not subscribed, click here to go straight to iTunes to subscribe to The Inspired and Intentional business podcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

James K. Lehman is an Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader, and a Life & Career Transition Coach. After starting his career as a CPA, he transitioned into consulting, and then HR, focusing on HR Transformation.

James is the author of "Maneuvering Your Career - 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary (or Involuntary) Career Transition."  He is a SPHR, a Certified Professional Coach, and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner.  He also serves on the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Board of Directors .

Podcast worldview:

Gallup says 70% of US employees are disengaged from their work. This causes, what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. Lost innovation, productivity and profits. Not to mention the tolls on the communities.

There are companies and organizations working to improve this. they are creating more open and collaborative work environments. They are realizing that treating people with dignity and providing meaningful work can be done while also running a financially solid organization.

My hope with this podcast is to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs,  and those coming into leadership through transition, to make intentional choices to balance profit and social impact.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl

James Lehman’s website, Maneuvering Your Career. - http://www.maneuveringyourcareer.com/index.html

Ari Weinzweig and Zingerman’s - Creating Good Organizational Energy

Ari Weinzweigh and Zigeman’s - Creating Good Energy -

Anese Cavanaugh - Author, speaker, advisor and creator of the IED method. IEP is the energy, intention, and presence that is a key to success as a leader in your professional and personal life.

Ep 019 7 Levels of Energy and GAIL Energy Blocks16 Feb 201600:23:05

James Lehman, Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader, and a Life & Career Transition Coach, continues his discussion on leadership energy in the workplace.

Maneuvering Your Career, Career Transition, Unemployment, career change, professional coach, Human Resources Transformation, James K Lehman
James K Lehman
This week James will cover:

The 7 levels of Energy. PDF illustrating the 7 Levels of Energy Chart
Energy blocks in our life as defined by something called GAIL.
[powerpress]

Questions for this episode:

He talks about mindfulness and consciousness and the 7 levels of energy (see below) where do you fall most of the time? If lower, what can you do right now to shift one level higher? The levels are:

apathy
conflict
responsibility - action cooperate and forgiveness
concern for others - action compassion and service
reconciliation
joy and wisdom - not about winning or losing but being in the present and finding joy
no judgement
We have areas in our life that limit our energy, he uses an acronym of GAIL. Which one of these blocks your energy most of the time? Are they true? Who can you turn to that will speak truth into your life?

Gremlins - Buttons that those around us put into us.

Assumptions - Because things have gone a certain way in the past, they may repeat.

Interpretation - An opinion or judgement that you believe to be true.

Limiting beliefs - the beliefs you carry through life hold you back.

I’ve been asking for reviews of the podcast. While this is still important, my new call to action for listeners and readers is to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher. Last week I mentioned that I would have a drawing when I reached 100 subscribers. This isn’t an easy number to get at this point. Right now, downloads will be my key measure. I'm currently sitting at 51 per episode. When they hit an average of 200, I’ll have a drawing for a book on this topic.

If you’re already subscribed, thank you and share this with as many of your peers who you believe would benefit. If you’re not subscribed, click this link to go to the Inspired and Intentional Podcast page on iTunes.


Join me next week as James talks about ways to overcome these GAIL energy blocks. Thank you so much for listening and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

Resources related to this episode:

James Lehman’s website, Maneuvering Your Career.

Ari Weinzweig and Zingerman’s - Creating Good Organizational Energy

Ari Weinzweigh and Zigeman’s - Creating Good Energy -

Anese Cavanaugh - Author, speaker, advisor and creator of the IED method. IEP is the energy, intention, and presence that is a key to success as a leader in your professional and personal life.

Podcast worldview:

Gallup says 70% of US employees are disengaged from their work. This causes, what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. Lost innovation, productivity and profits. Not to mention the tolls on the communities.

There are companies and organizations working to improve this. they are creating more open and collaborative work environments. They are realizing that treating people with dignity and providing meaningful work can be done while also running a financially solid organization.

My hope with this podcast is to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs, and those coming into leadership through transition, to make intentional choices to balance profit and social impact.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Website - http://inspiredandintentional.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ToddAReed
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddareed
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Inspired-and-Intentional-1658283491074728/?ref=hl
Subscribe on the iTunes page - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Transparency, Healing Organizations, and Purpose19 Dec 201700:16:17

How can transparency transform you and your organization? Could it help you become a “healing organization”? And it’s been said, I think a million times, how important a clear purpose is for your journey and the health of your organization. In this news update let’s look at (hear) a few things that caught my attention and you may find inspiring as you look to move your company to one that is able to balance profit and the human side of your business.

This content is also going to be in my newsletter that I send out very infrequently because of time and I get so many emails. I’m trying to stay out of your inbox as much as possible. Saying that, please join the email community list. Also, if you want more interactive interactions, go and join the Inspired and Intentional Business Podcast group on Facebook. D

Now to the latest in Inspired and Intentional organizations.

Go join the group and find all the links to the stories I'm sharing.
http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode128

Ep 018 Leaders, Are You Afraid of New Ideas, Innovation, and Creativity?09 Feb 201600:19:44

In this episode, James Lehman talks about

  • Organizational Development basics and how it applies to organizations of all sizes.
  • The importance of employee engagement.
  • Creativity, Innovation, and Ideas - the biggest fear of some managers?

[powerpress]

Questions for you to consider:

  1. James spoke about HR keeping the C-Level leadership accountable to the behavior reflecting the company values and culture. Do you allow your people to keep you accountable to your core values or will you hold it against them? Do they know they have this freedom?
  2. How are you showing up daily to your people?
  3. As crazy as it sounds, James suggests that some leadership may be intimidated by new ideas because it could lead to problems or failures. Are you truly open to new ideas and experimentation?

James K. Lehman is an Award-Winning Author, Speaker, Workshop Leader, and a Life & Career Transition Coach. After starting his career as a CPA, he transitioned into consulting, and then HR, focusing on HR Transformation.

James is the author of "Maneuvering Your Career - 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary (or Involuntary) Career Transition."  He is a SPHR, a Certified Professional Coach, and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner.  He also serves on the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Board of Directors.

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Gallup says 70% of US employees are disengaged from their work. This causes, what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. Lost innovation, productivity and profits. Not to mention the tolls on the communities.

There are companies and organizations working to improve this. they are creating more open and collaborative work environments. They are realizing that treating people with dignity and providing meaningful work can be done while also running a financially solid organization.

My hope with this podcast is to inspire leaders, entrepreneurs,  and those coming into leadership through transition, to make intentional choices to balance profit and social impact.

The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

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Ep 17 Employees Fixed or Variable Cost? Anne-Claire Broughton Pt 302 Feb 201600:24:40

We conclude our conversation with Anne-Claire Broughton. She is Principal of Broughton Consulting, LLC, Durham, NC. Her many publications include the Business Action Guide Series of innovative employee engagement practices (with The Hitachi Foundation). Anne-Claire is active with efforts to educate retiring business owners and their advisors about the possibility of employee ownership as an exit strategy. She also shares innovative employee engagement practices to help business owners thrive. In addition, she is President of EarthShare North Carolina’s Board of Directors, an active amateur musician, and parent of a teenager.

Some of the insights we’ll hear:

  • Seeing employees as a fixed cost vs a variable cost.
  • What are companies doing to differentiate themselves from the business as usual crowd.
  • The importance of training the culture of the company, not just the hard skills.

Questions

Anne-Claire shares several practices of leaders who are running business differently:

Careful hiring

Extensive (intentional) training

Setting up career ladders/paths and promoting from within

Clearly communicating core values and using them as a guide to action

Smart incentive systems that align to the interests of the organization and the employees

Transparency and Open-Book management

Which one of these could you consider to begin using to move your organization forward?

Are you ready to consider your employees as a fixed cost vs a variable cost? If not what parts of this principle could you consider for your business?

How could you begin training your team on your culture?

What books will you assign to your team to read to begin the move forward?

Where’s your heart on this issue?

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Gallup reports 70% of employees are disengaged from their work. This leads to high and expensive turnover, poor productivity, and what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. There are companies and organizations out there bucking this trend. By talking with these inspiring leaders, the goal of the Inspired and Intentional podcast is to help you know that you’re not alone. There are others that, not only, want to run a financially solid organization, but  also one that intentionally inspires those on their team and in their community to significance and purpose.

Ep 16 Open Book Reporting or Management Anne-Claire Broughton Pt 226 Jan 201600:15:55

We continue with Anne-Claire Broughton. She is Principal of Broughton Consulting, LLC, Durham, NC. Her many publications include the Business Action Guide Series of innovative employee engagement practices (with The Hitachi Foundation). Anne-Claire is active with efforts to educate retiring business owners and their advisors about the possibility of employee ownership as an exit strategy. She also shares innovative employee engagement practices to help business owners thrive. In addition, she is President of EarthShare North Carolina’s Board of Directors, an active amateur musician, and parent of a teenager.

Some of the insights we’ll hear:

  • Why you should choose to take the extra steps to engage your employees.
  • What is open book management vs open book reporting?
  • A “radical” approach that will encourage employees to share their ideas.

Questions

What are your “butts in the seats”? What is your key/critical/one number?

Belgium Brewing has 4 ways of making decisions:

unilateral

unilateral with input

group decision - consensus

group decision with input

How could you adapt these and Everyone just needs to know how decisions need to be made?

Are you ready to open up your business practices with your team?

I would love to see your answers to these questions. You can leave them in the comments on this episodes page at inspiredandintentional.com/episode16, on Twitter @toddareed, LinkedIn @ToddAReed, or on Facebook, search for the Inspired and Intentional page.

 

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The inspired and Intentional podcast is copyright 2016 by its owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Gallup reports 70% of employees are disengaged from their work. This leads to high and expensive turnover, poor productivity, and what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. There are companies and organizations out there bucking this trend. By talking with these inspiring leaders, the goal of the Inspired and Intentional podcast is to help you know that you’re not alone. There are others that, not only, want to run a financially solid organization, but  also one that intentionally inspires those on their team and in their community to significance and purpose.


This is Todd Reed, your host. I want to thank those who have provided feedback and downloaded the episode. Remember, you can leave comments and feedback at InspiredAndIntentional.com. You can also sign up for an update email to get the latest news in the world of Inspired and Intentional business.

Ep 15 Tapping the Ingenuity of All People Anne-Claire Broughton Pt 119 Jan 201600:18:40

Gallup reports 70% of employees are disengaged from their work. This leads to high and expensive turnover, poor productivity, and what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. There are companies and organizations out there bucking this trend. By talking with these inspiring leaders, the goal of the Inspired and Intentional podcast is to help you know that you’re not alone. There are others that, not only, want to run a financially solid organization, but  also one that intentionally inspires those on their team and in their community to significance and purpose.

 

This is Todd Reed, your host. I want to thank those who have provided feedback and downloaded the episodes. Remember, you can leave comments and feedback at InspiredAndIntentional.com. You can also sign up for an update email to get the latest news in the world of Inspired and Intentional business.

 

Anne-Claire Broughton is Principal of Broughton Consulting, LLC, Durham, NC. Her many publications include the Business Action Guide Series of innovative employee engagement practices (with The Hitachi Foundation). Anne-Claire is active with efforts to educate retiring business owners and their advisors about the possibility of employee ownership as an exit strategy. She also shares innovative employee engagement practices to help business owners thrive. In addition, she is President of EarthShare North Carolina’s Board of Directors, an active amateur musician, and parent of a teenager.

 

In this episode Anne-Claire shares

What a consultant do for a company wanting to make a change.

 

The power of appreciation.

 

What kind of mindset a leader needs to move their organization to one that intentionally inspires their people.

 

Questions

How can you increase the level of appreciation within your organization?

Are you consistent in your presentation of your values and culture or do you pay attention when you have the time?

What are metrics that your employees can measure and have an impact on?

And, what is the metric that really matters to your company?

 

I would love to see your answers to these questions. You can leave them in the comments on this episodes page at inspiredandintentional.com/episode15, on Twitter @toddareed, LinkedIn @ToddAReed, or on Facebook, search for the Inspired and Intentional page.

 

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Matthew Bodary Pt 3 Employee Training, Meetings and Engagement12 Jan 201600:17:42

I'm excited to continue with my conversation with Matthew Bodary, Account Manager for Zingerman’s Coffee Company.

This week Matthew we’ll cover topics like

    • Employee training
    • Visioning
    • Meetings
    • What is employee engagement?

1. Is your training given context? Is it explained why it’s there, what it’s about? Is it organized and easily tracked so they and their team know where they are in the training cycle?

2. Visioning - Are you and your people very clear on what success looks like in  your organization?

3. Meetings - are your’s focused, everyone prepared, expected roles, set agendas, starting on time, and have clear objectives?

4. Engagement - He said, “Picturing yourself sharing in the creation of something special.”- Again with the clear vision, where your organization is going and what it will look like. Can your team see that, understand, and see how they fit into that and what role they can contribute to be part of something bigger than themselves?

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

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Episode 11 Matthew Bodary Meaningful Workplace Measurements05 Jan 201600:17:52

This week Matthew we’ll cover topics like improving the customer experience, finding meaningful success measurements, and measuring things like workplace energy.

 

1. Are your people looking for ways to delight/improve the experience of customers, especially those everyday customers? Do you have a system to encourage this? What could you do to change this?

2. “I think it’s important, in some way, to see measurable affects of your work.” Matthew uses the analogy of putting and being able to see immediate results of your putting. And how important that is in improving your game. Things to check if they are impacting the bottom line in a positive way.

Things go measure:

Sales

Coffee Quality -

Effects of new systems implemented

Waste generated - compost (There is an example given in something I read where a dishwasher commented on how many fries he threw away. The Roadhouse lowered the portions, while offering free refills. There was a marked lowering of costs.)

 

He then talks about tying some of the gainsharing monetary reward to both profit and hitting some of these other measures.

 

What are some other areas you could measure within your business to improve your bottom line, profits, and employee engagement?

 

3.  He spoke about the Department Operating Report with measures like

How can you include your team to determine meaningful measurements? What way can you get them involved in the tracking and reporting of the results?

 

4. Another measure, energy. “You’re either contributing or detracting from the workplace energy.”

3 Types of energy

Physical

Mental/Emotional

Vibrational (How you’re appearing to others.)

What could you measure that would improve the overall vibe of your workplace?

 

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

 

You can find show notes, the questions, at inspiredandintentional.com/episode11. While there you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

 

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Thank you for listening and join us next week as we wrap our conversation with Matthew. Until next week, be inspired and intentional.

 

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Tweener Episode 1 Employee Engagement Lessons and Resources Learned So Far29 Dec 201500:16:12

A young chef finds her passion for cooking again, a factory worker's marriage improves because he's talking more with his wife, and an owner regains her energy and love for business as she finds a renewed purpose and a vision for her company.

These are a few of the stories I heard while interviewing the gang at Zingerman's for the first few episodes of the Inspired and Intentional business podcast.

This episode is going to be a brief overview of the top lessons learned and to also point out a few resources I've learned of while getting this podcast going.

Lessons:

1. There's an art to this whole culture thing. To creating and thinking about organizational development. Really thinking through how your people, customers, suppliers and community experience your company. Are you adding benefits beyond pay, product/services and taxes? Why should you?

2. People will make up stories in a vacuum. Fill in the holes with truth, openness, and authenticity. Work through what they need to know by putting yourself in their shoes and thinking through what they worry about. What questions will they ask you?

This really goes beyond the simple issue of being open during a crisis. This vacuum is filled day by day via the building of trust within the team. You can't be open in a crisis and expect people to believe you, you have to open all the time. During the good and the bad.

This topic came up during the discussion of numbers, salaries, profits and what the owners are making, and why certain decisions are made. If they don't understand numbers and how a company makes a profit and generates cash...on a daily basis, they will make up stories about where all that money is going. (Probably to the government and the bank! : )

3. Collaboration and consensus doesn't mean you have to agree all the time and always see eye-to-eye on all decisions. Collaboration does need the parties involved to share values and vision. It also doesn't mean that every decision has to be by consensus or by democratic vote. Just be clear on how the decisions are being made and who's involved in the process.

4. Systems help employees consistently perform their best when they otherwise don't feel like it.

5. Dissent - come up with ways to encourage it. There's the "what's working/not working" meeting or the open forum method.

6. Create a system for change. Some call it Kaizen and some continuous improvement. Zingerman's calls it Bottom Line Change.

7. The importance of a vision. So many of the issues brought up would come down to vision. Do your systems support you vision? Do you HR practices support the vision? People are engaged when they're clear on the vision, take part in creating it, and understand the role they play in making that vision a reality.

Clarity, communication, and consistency are the 3 "C" words I would use when working with my vision.

Resources

Classes - Books - Tours - Certifications

B-Corp - from their website - "B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency."
BW Leadership Institute - a Barry Wehmiller company

Everybody Matters Book by Bob Chapman
Great Game of Business - business coaching, classes, free resources

Hitachi Foundation - Good Companies at Work

Holocracy - A complete system for self organization

ZingTrain (Books, DVDs, classes, and free resources like essays and webinars.)
News Feeds and Blogs

Forbes - Bill Fotsch and John Case - They write We write about economic transparency and open-book management

Huffington Post - Impact News Feed - good news in the world of business and volunteers

Huffington Post - What's Working Purpose+Profit - News Feed

Truly Human Leadership - Barry Wehmiller blog written by Bob Chapman, their CEO. This also ties into their podcast, Everybody Matters. They claim to be transforming lives through people-centric leadership.

Talks - Webinars - Podcasts

TED Talk's Social Good, Inc - ways companies are contributing to the greater good.

TED Talk - Barry Schwartz - How we think about work is broken

TED Talk - Ricardo Semler - How to run a company with (almost) no rules

Businesses that seem to be running well.

Amy's Ice Cream

Barry Wehmiller - Building a better world through business.
SRC Holdings - The remanufacturing company that started it all - The Great Game of Business anyway.

Tasty Catering - Illinois catering company that has successfully changed the way they do business.

Zingermans Community of Businesses

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

You can find show notes, the questions, at http://inspiredandintentional.com/tweener1 . While there you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

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Thank you for listening and join us next week as continue our conversation with Matthew Bodary from Zingerman’s Coffee Company. Until next week, be inspired and intentional.

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Todd Reeds Zingerman's Guide to Great Service Book Review 22 Dec 201500:05:50

I review the Zingerman's Guide to Great Service book. It's small and a fast read full of great information on how to look at your customer service.

Find details at http://inspiredandintentional.com/toddreeds1

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Episode 10 Matthew Bodary A Zingerman's Employee Perspective15 Dec 201500:17:56

Gallup says 70% of US employees are disengaged from their work. This causes, what Ari Weinzweig calls an energy crisis in the workplace. Lost innovation, productivity and profits. Not to mention the tolls on the communities.

There are companies and organizations working to improve this. they are creating more open and collaborative work environments. They are realizing that treating people with dignity and providing meaningful work can be done while also running a financially solid organization.

My hope with this podcast is to inspired leaders to make intentional choices to balance profit and social impact.

Welcome to the inspired and intentional podcast, I’m your host, Todd Reed. I would like to thank all those who have reviewed the podcast.

Today will be the first part of our series with Matthew Bodary, Zingerman’s Coffee Company Account Manager. This first part is a slight departure from the other episodes in that this is more of a personal story of a young man at the beginning of his career journey. He  is an employee of a Zingerman’s company and not a managing partner like the previous episodes.

After recording this episode, I thought I would cut most of this first part and give you a brief synopsis. However, upon further listening I was convinced that I wanted to share his telling and version of the story because it gives insight into him and his view of Zingerman’s more clearly than I could. I also felt a tad like this episode channels a little of Studs Terkel.

Here are the questions for this week’s episode:

1. When new employees start working at working at your company, do they believe they’ve stumbled upon something special?

2. Great Food. Great Service. Great Finance. The 3 Bottom Lines of Zingermans. Is the “main focus” of your business this clear to your employees?

3. Do you have an opportunity for your people to grow within your current organization or by creating a new opportunity that supports your current business?

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

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Episode 9 Amy Emberling Organizational Change Process08 Dec 201500:21:42

Join me for the 3rd part of my conversation with Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakchouse and Candy Manufactory. This week we’ll talk about:

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

A process for nurturing change within your organization

Succession planning and what keeps Amy inspired to keep improving

Here are the questions for this week’s episode:

  1. Amy said that they’re more innovative than entrepreneurial at this stage of the business, because entrepreneur to her implies more risk and boldness. When they innovate, they’re not putting the business at risk as much. At what stage is your company? Do you need to take a few more risks?
  2. Amy talked to bottom line change. Their process, as outlined in the interview (I know there’s more involved here, get one of Ari’s books and see all the details.). Big thing I got from this: if you have an idea for a change realize that you’re going to need to sell this idea to the interested parties. (Maybe teach your team sales and negotiations even if that’s not their primary role.)
    1. Make the case for the change you are proposing. (Who, what, when, where, and why. IE the reasons you want or believe this change needs to happen.)
    2. Create a draft vision for it. Remember, this means: what does it look like after the change is in place.
    3. Start shopping it around and sharing it with people. I believe the current buzzword for this is socialize the idea. This step should reveal the inevitable resistance to the proposed change. You want resistance because if there’s no resistance then people may not be paying attention or they don’t care how it is. Resistance shows a commitment and engagement to the process.
    4. Once the idea has some energy and acceptance, gather a “microcosm” of people from around the organization to help you determine who to tell about the change and how to tell it. This is your marketing team. They help reveal the parties that this may affect that you’ve not thought of.
    5. Develop first steps and start the change.

Throughout the process, people will challenge it to see if it fits the vision of the company and business unit.

3. What inspires you to keep improving? Or, are you inspired to keep improving or innovating. She talked about new ideas just coming to her all the time. Do you have that? If not, how can you re-engergize that within yourself?

4. Have you consider succession planning and the future of your organization? How can you continue the vision?

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

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You can get hold of Amy by emailing her at aemberling@zingermans.com or by calling the bakery at 734-761-7255.

Martin Seligman - http://www.amazon.com/Flourish-Visionary-Understanding-Happiness-Well-being/dp/1439190763

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Do You Hire Adults or Children?12 Dec 201700:25:07

In this final episode, Ron Mauer shares the results that come from operating the business the Zingerman’s way. He also shares a couple ideas for someone wanting to change their culture and improve their employee engagement.

Thank you for your support, remember to join the conversation and community of business leaders wanting to create amazing workplaces to change the world, go to inspiredandintentional.com/episode99.

Amy Emberling Pt 2, Training Systems, Dissenting Opinion, and Vision01 Dec 201500:21:02

Join me for the 2nd part of my conversation with Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakchouse and Candy Manufactory. This week we’ll talk about:

Training systems

Culture and pulling dissenting opinions to make the team stronger.

Having the difficult conversations.

Keeping excitement and focus for a long term vision.

Here are the questions for this week’s episode:

  1. She talked about a training compact and setting clear expectations for the new hires. Also, that training is a two-way street and both parties are responsible. Do you have a system for new hires to take responsibility for their own training. More importantly, are you able to adapt to the various ways people learn.
  2. Amy presented a couple ways to get dissent to bubble up in the company. Either a “working, not working” set of questions during meetings. Or, to hold an open forum where ideas are presented and then teams share their likes and dislikes, thus allowing anonymity. What have you done that has helped bring up a diversity of viewpoints in order to get to the most unique and strongest ideas?
  3. In regards to your process for discipline/performance reviews - do you consider the following:
    1. The dignity of the person?
    2. How would you like to leave?
    3. What would like the story to be?
    4. Do you want to tell people or have us do it?

4. Keeping the momentum up for a long term vision. How can you break down your vision into smaller bite size pieces to keep the momentum and focus on the long-term goals?

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

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Next week we’ll continue our talk with Amy Emberling. She’ll cover entrepreneurship vs innovation, a process for organizational change and introduce me to Pavlova.

Thank you for listening and until next week, be inspired and intentional.

The inspired and intentional business  podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Zingerman's Amy Emberling on Hiring, Systems, and Success25 Nov 201500:23:57

Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakehousend, has been an avid food lover and baker since her childhood in Nova Scotia, Canada where she often treated friends to after-school concoctions. She grew up in a family business and always hoped to have her own business one day.

 

In addition to her work at the Bakehouse, Amy also teaches seminars for ZingTrain in two

seminars: Leading with Zing and Bottom Line Training. She is also one of the partners of

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory (with Charlie Frank), which was developed in the bakery.

 

In this episode we talk a bit about:

  • Letting systems help during those times when your people aren’t at their best.
  • Finding and hiring the right kind of people.
  • One way of defining success for each member of your team.

 

 

Episode 7 Questions

  1. Do your systems allow people to fall back on them to achieve the organizational goals if they’re not having the best day and need a hand to create a great customer experience?
  2. Are people aware of what your company really stands for and what they’re getting into when they choose to come work for your company?
  3. Is your hiring, training, and ongoing development in alignment with your mission and vision of what you want your company to look like in 5, 10, 15 years?

 

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

 

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You can get hold of Amy by emailing her at aemberling@zingermans.com.

 

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Next week we’ll continue our talk with Amy Emberling. She’ll cover issues like training systems, getting dissenting opinions to bubble up in your team, and having those difficult employee conversations.

 

Thank you for listening and until next week, be inspired and intentional.

 

The inspired and intentional business  podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Maggie Bayless Interview Pt 3 Business Systems17 Nov 201500:18:57

Last episode maggie talked about Zingerman’s managing partner program and the role of Zingtrain. This week we’ll talk about business systems, staying motivated as an owner and the future of Zingtrain.

 

When the interview begins, she’s telling us one of the reasons why someone decides to take a ZingTrain class, which very quickly moves into the conversation about systems.

 

  1. Maggie begins with systems - do you have any in your business? More importantly, are they focused on helping you achieve your mission? Do they allow your people to be creatively do things that will differentiate your business?

 

2. What energized you most when you started your business? Have you lost touch with that energy? What would it take for you to get back in touch with it? How could this help your employees be more excited about the work they’re doing?

 

3. Do you want your business to go beyond you? What would it take to make this happen in your business? If you have potential leaders in your business, could you sit with them to create a vision of succession that would get them and you excited about the future of your business?

 

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

 

You can find show notes, the questions, at inspiredandintentional.com/episode006. While there you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

 

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You can get hold of Maggie by emailing her at mbayless@zingermans.com.

 

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Next week we’ll talk with Amy Emberling of Zingerman’s Bakehouse.

 

Thank you for listening and until next week, be inspired and intentional.

 

The inspired and intentional business  podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

005 Maggie Bayless and Zingerman's Managing Partner Program10 Nov 201500:20:49

Cliff Hanger!!! Next week, in our final episode with maggie, we’ll learn how to keep your systems from creating too much corporate bureaucracy.

 

But for this episode here are three questions for you to consider:

1. The managing partner program - what are you succession plans? I really like how they looked outside of the concept of the deli to create opportunities for advancement. Did you get any new ideas on ways to open opportunities for potential leaders in your organization?

 

2. Maggie talks about potential managing partners having a vision for where they want the business to be in a certain time period. It got me to thinking - do I have a vision for the business I’m currently in? Do I have one for the podcast?  What kind of vision do you have for your business?

 

3. What could you learn from taking a class from someone like ZingTrain? I took their class while working at a Fortune 500 electrical/comm data wholesaler and learned tons that we could apply…or adapt for our business. I would encourage you to look them up. (I’m not making anything from this.)

 

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

 

You can find show notes, the questions, at inspiredandintentional.com/episode005. While there you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

 

I can also be reached on Twitter @ToddAReed, on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com/in/toddareed, and on Facebook, search for inspired and intentional.

 

You can get hold of Maggie by emailing her at mbayless@zingermans.com. 

 

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Thank you for the reviews from Jay, Kristy and Anthony Witt, creator of The Champion Entrepreneur - http://tcepodcast.com

 

Thank you for listening and until next week, be inspired and intentional.

 

The inspired and intentional business  podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Maggie Bayless on Consensus Decision Making03 Nov 201500:16:59

In this episode we learn a little about Maggie and her views on why Zingerman’s was such an attractive option for her. We also hear her views on consensus decision making. 

 

Three questions for you to consider:

1. Maggie talked about believing, as she grew up, that business was inherently a bad thing. What attitudes about work and the workplace does your team bring into the decision making process? 

 

2. Maggie says, “the leadership determines the culture of the organization.” What elements of the culture, in your organization, reflect this principle? Do these elements hurt or help the organization meets it’s goals?

 

3. What are 3 areas of your business would benefit from more consensus? I would challenge you to find some that would benefit from getting consensus from the most entry level people you have.

 

I would love to see your answers at one of the many Inspired and Intentional outlets:

 

You can find show notes, the questions, at inspiredandintentional.com/episode004. While there you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

 

I can also be reached on Twitter @ToddAReed, on LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com/in/toddareed, and on Facebook, search for inspired and intentional.

 

You can get hold of Maggie by emailing her at mbayless@zingermans.com. 

 

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Next week we’ll get a little insight to Zingerman’s process for developing new managing partners as a way to create opportunities for their emerging leaders.

 

Thank you for listening and until next week, be inspired and intentional.

 

The inspired and intentional business  podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

 

#003 Ari Weinzweig Interview Pt 03 Collaboration and Support27 Oct 201500:16:53

This is the third of three episodes with Ari Weinzwieg, co-founding partner of the Zingerman’s community of businesses. Last week he talked about the 3Cs of organizational design. This week he’ll cover collaboration and support.

The four questions
1. Is fear holding you back from sharing more information with your team, suppliers, and customers? Could your organization benefit from being more open?

2. He talked about collaborative decision making. What are some small steps you could take to begin incorporating more collaboration into the leadership of your company? What people could bring different insight to the decisions you’re trying to make?

3. Along those lines of collaboration - he talked about how Paul and He rarely see eye to eye, but what they do share are values and vision. Is your team on the same page around values and vision?

4. Do you have a community of like minded leaders to support you in your journey? Remember, you are not alone in wanting to create a more engaged, collaborative, and open work place.

You can get hold of Ari by emailing him at ari@zingermans.com. You can find show notes, the questions, at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode003. There you can also sign up to be kept up to date on the latest podcasts and happenings in the world of Inspired and Intentional business news.

One last favor, reviews and ratings really help other leaders looking for a podcast to inspire them. Please take a moment to review this podcast on iTunes or stitcher. There are links from my website to help you do this.

Next week, I start a 3 part series with Maggie Bayless, managing partner of ZingTrain. My time with her will cover topics like consensus (trend), creating new opportunities for your growing people, and the importance of systems. Until then, be inspired and intentional.

The inspired and intentional business podcast is copyright 2015 by it’s owner. The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incomptech. Thank you for sharing your talent.

#002 Ari Weinzweig Interview Pt 02 The 3 Cs of Organizational Design14 Oct 201500:20:50

In part 2, Ari shares his thoughts on comparing organizational design to graphic design using the 3 Cs. Content. Composition. Contrast. And the importance of undertaking them in the right order.

#001 Ari Weinzweig Interview Pt 01 Openness in Business14 Oct 201500:18:50

First of 3 episodes featuring Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founding partner of Zingerman's Deli. He shares about openness in business and how to engage your team by tapping into their natural desire to learn, improve and be around good people working toward a shared vision

#000 Todd Introduces Inspired and Intentional Business to the World13 Oct 201500:17:25

Todd A Reed, creator of the Inspired and Intentional business podcast introduces himself and purpose of this adventure. He covers what's inspired him, like Open Book Management, Jack Stack, Ari Weinzweig, Zingermans, Zappos and others.

How to Balance 3 Bottom Lines05 Dec 201700:25:02

In this episode, Ron Mauer, Managing Partner will share you ideas on how you could create a separate entity to support your core business. You will also hear why Open Book Management and the way they plan for the future could help you run a more solid business.

Ron runs the Service Network as a centralized business unit designed to facilitate essential business functions in a more streamlined manner than each Zingerman’s company could possibly do on their own.  Also they can get people with more knowledge than each company could get by themselves.

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Does Your Hiring Process Help Your Culture? 28 Nov 201700:22:24

When Ron was interviewing with Zingerman’s he wanted to do more than just accounting. He wanted a place where he could make a difference. In addition, he wanted to respect his coworkers. He found that at the Zingerman’s community of businesses.

This is part one with Ron Mauer, Managing Partner, Zingerman’s Service Network. The Service Network is a centralized business unit designed to facilitate business functions in a more streamlined version than each Zingerman’s company could possibly do on their own.

How your organization interviews and recruits has a direct impact on your culture and also future engagement. Here are a few things that stood out to Ron while he interviewed with Zingerman’s:

Paul and Ari were involved and knew their businesses deeply.

They were around the business a lot.

They interviewed in the business and not in some off-site locations or behind closed doors (i.e. very open).

They were fun loving and humorous and didn’t take themselves too seriously.

How they were open and honest during the negotiations.

How is your hiring process reinforcing or hurting your culture and engagement?

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OBM 80% of the Time it Works Every Time21 Nov 201700:18:46

Final episode with Tabitha and we learn more about Open Book Management. How could your business benefit if your people understood how your organization creates value and creates a positive cash flow.

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Choosing a Business Partner14 Nov 201700:14:43

Part 2 with Tabitha Mason, Managing Partner with Cornman Farms. We get into becoming a managing partner and what inspired her to make the decision to move from employee to co-owner. What intentionality can you take into leading your organization?

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Riverbanks for Service and Employee Freedom07 Nov 201700:15:29

Tabitha Mason, Managing Partner Cornman Farms - was venue manager when I recorded her. She gets into how she came into the Zingerman’s family and how her husband’s sudden job loss helped them to see the benefits of Open Book Management.

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