Build High Performing Teams Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

“I feel like I'm not doing a good job at my work, in my life. I feel lonely and overwhelmed.” I hear this a lot. My advice is that you shouldn’t be navigating the work world alone. There are resources and people to have on your own personal “team”. If you don’t have this support team already, it is your job to build it and sustain it. In this episode, I’ll tell you the roles you need to support you in your work life, internal and external, and explain what exactly to seek from these roles. 

Discussed in this Episode:

• How to promote internal success as a leader
• How to have a consistent weekly communication
• The power of having a leader, team, mentor, and sponsor
• How to create your personal board of directors

Here are a few highlights:

• 03:26 LEADER “One of the best relationships, and most influential relationships that you can have is with your leader.”

• 4:54 TEAM “If you're a people leader or if you are thinking about your relationship with your leader, it starts by consistent communication and connection.”

• 14:38 MENTOR “A mentor is somebody who is going to be more behind the scenes; somebody who's agreeing to meet with you on a regular basis.”

• 17:56 MENTORS AND SPONSORS “The difference between a mentor and a sponsor is that a mentor is more behind the scenes and a sponsor is more upfront.”

• 25:38 HR “I want you to be friends with somebody in HR.”

I appreciate you listening and invite you to subscribe, like and share it with whomever may want to be high performing and own their career.

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Links to the Freebies Mentioned:

https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/anxietyatwork

https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedx-freebie-landing

If you or your organization are looking for a thought leader and strategic partner to address organization/team/employee performance, managing change, or people/culture strategy, please contact us at team@buildhighperformingteams.com.

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond

Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie

Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me @theannaoakes & my team @careerandculture on instagram, and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

In today’s episode, Anna interviews Alonzo Kelly, founder and CEO of Kelly Leadership.  As a sought after speaker and consultant, Alonzo leverages his corporate executive experience and 14 years as a coach and consultant to positively impact the world of work and leaders.

Alonzo shares advice on “Talking about Race and Other Taboo Topics At Work” and why it’s time we do it more and better.

Anna and Alonzo discuss:

• How to prepare for talking about race in the workplace
• How to create the change
• The power of "being a witness"
• How to create a safe place to talk about and understand different cultures

We appreciate you listening and invite you to subscribe, like and share it with whomever may want to be high performing and own their career.

Apply for Anna’s Own Your Career Accelerator: A 4-month program with 1:1 coaching, tools, and resources, and your secret weapon for deepening your impact. You'll leave with increased knowledge of how and when you can increase your impact through a career plan, time management plan, and project plan to present your current organization an idea that could add value to the business or its people.

Links to the Freebies Mentioned:

https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/anxietyatwork

https://bhpt.mykajabi.com/tedx-freebie-landing

If you or your organization are looking for a thought leader and strategic partner to address organization/team/employee performance, managing change, or people/culture strategy, please contact us at team@buildhighperformingteams.com.

“I've been using the anatomy of a tsunami [to explain what happened during the BLM movement]. So, out in the ocean, we've got these two things under incredible pressure, pressing up against each other, and then inevitably, something breaks and you have this ripple. And this ripple goes unchecked. So what was a 3 foot wave turns into 30, 30 turns into 300, and then it hits landfall. And at that point, there's really absolutely nothing you can do about it. So everything is about service recovery. So I feel like in the last month, this tsunami hit landfall. And it becomes impossible to not talk about all those things you prefer we not talk about at work, because we're in service recovery. We’re all in survival mode.” At minute 4:00, Alonzo shares how he visualizes the BLM movement. His analogy paints a picture in your mind that makes it easy to understand what happened, and why. 

“If I'm looking out and I see a flock of white sheep, all white, 100 of them, and one of them is black, for me to pretend like I don't see that denies that sheep. For everybody to pretend like they don't see that denies their experience with the world around them. 100 people walk by. I won't remember any of them, but the black one. So I don't know why we got to pretend like I don't see it. And so a lot of we don't we don't talk about race here. Well, then you've denied me. And it's really just that simple for me. It doesn't even have to be some of this stuff they think is uncomfortable. I just asked that you see me, I'll go back to the sheep. I'm a sheep. I'd like to be treated like sheep. And I need you to acknowledge that my experience as a sheep is different. And I have no idea why that turned into something taboo. I have no idea.” At 12:20, Alonzo emphasizes the importance of being able to talk about race, understand different experiences that different races go through, and make change. He wants people to understand and DO something about it. If we deny the conversation, we deny the humanity.

“I don't know how I would feel if I had a party and a bunch of people came to my party and didn't know my name. And here's what I mean by that; Martin is not his name. Harriet Tubman is not her name. Frederick Douglass is not his name. I could go on and on and on and on. So how about you honor these people by, at a minimum, learning what their real name is? How about that's my contribution. You can have the party, but at least know the name on the invitation.” At minute 36:20, Alonzo highlights the importance of understanding the past and knowing the truth behind Black History, in order to make the present better. 

Alonzo shared a lot of valuable information about how to address and be prepared to talk about taboo topics. He also gave a lot of helpful tips and insights for all of us, so make sure you stay tuned!

Don’t forget to connect and follow Alonzo through his website https://www.alonzokelly.com/, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and on LinkedIn. Check out his Youtube Channel! 

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond

Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie

Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hey, high performers! Welcome to a new episode of the Build High Performing Teams Podcast. Today, my guest is Lindsey Kunz. She's an author of a new book to be out in July, titled, “Why Women Innovate.” I wanted to bring her onto the podcast before her book launch because I love the work she's doing. She's a young professional, she's working for a startup, and she gave herself permission to play a learner role for a while to interview and research innovative women in the changing world of work. And so she's used all that knowledge and experience to write this great book. Our conversation can apply to both leaders and employees at all levels, because we're really talking about giving ourselves permission in our careers to claim that we both own our careers, and we can choose where they go. Meaning, that we can maximize where we're at right now, in order to get to our best next. If you've listened to me or know me well, that is the topic of my TEDx talk that I gave a year ago, “Leveraging Your Now to Get to Your Best Next.” Lindsey and I are very much in line and she gives some great tips, very tactical things that you can do as you're exploring how to be more innovative in line with your natural strengths, and then how to leverage that to get to new and different things, which is the definition of innovation. I truly hope you guys enjoy this episode with Lindsey. 

“I think one thing that I learned from my experience with sports that I still apply to my life today is that even if you are in an instructive role, you still have to be very cognizant and understanding of where the learner is coming from. Especially when giving constructive criticism. You have to do it in a way where they still feel supportive.” At minute 7:20, Lindsey shares how her background in both participating and coaching in sports help develop her leadership skills. She emphasizes the importance of following up with your teammates and encouraging them to be better in their performance.

“I think that actually, we need to take a step back and say, Where am I right now? And what can I do in the position that I'm in to start developing the skills that I need to get to my next step? I think that's where innovation comes in and plays a role is that the definition that I use for innovation throughout my book is just doing something different than what's been established. ” At 24:27, Lindsey talks about the value of self-reflection when pursuing your career and concentrating on what you are passionate about. Innovation is an important part of getting you to your best next!

“I think passions are something that can be explored and I think you have to go out and you have to try things. You have to have a “yes” mentality and do things outside of your comfort zone. Take those opportunities that you would never have thought you would have enjoyed and just see what you enjoy. You know, it's this playful mindset, I think really is what it's about is trying new things.” At minute 36:42, Lindsey shares with us that there is a lot of power in having a “yes” mentality and exploring new ventures, hobbies, and skills in order to find what you truly love in life. 

Lindsey shared a lot of valuable information about how to live with innovation and get to the next level in life. She also gave a lot of helpful tips for all of us, so make sure you stay tuned!

Don’t forget to connect and follow Lindsey on Instagram @lindseym_kunz and Twitter @lindsey_kunz. You can also preorder her book titled, Why Women Innovate. Go follow her now! 

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond

Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie

Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hello, everybody! My guest today is Kelly Roach. She is a coach who typically works with entrepreneurs online, but I believe a lot of the advice we talked about today is applicable to anyone in the world of work and right now it's the changing world of work. Kelly is an expert in a lot of places. She had a great career in corporate America like I did before going out on our own, had a tremendous trajectory there and now has built an organization of 23 people who are leveraging coaching, accountability, incubators, doing a lot of good work training up entrepreneurs for online selling. But let's break that down to how that applies to you. Our focus today is one that is near and dear to my heart, which is not only building and sustaining high performing teams, but nurturing. I think a lot of people hear that word and then like, “nurturing...ugh,” but let me give you the definition for nurture. It is the care for and encouragement of the growth and development of something. The process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something, what could be more important to a leaders job then nurturing your team, caring for and encouraging the growth and development of your team? So that's what's going to be our focus today. This is true during any time of the year, but it's especially true during this time of change of the pandemic of COVID. So this is our gift of conversation to you. Please check out Kelly Roach, she's got some amazing resources online. She's got a Facebook community that is strong and free for anyone who would like to hear more information. Check out her podcast, her blog, or any of her social media activities to get more involved. Sending you guys peace in progress. Enjoy this episode on nurturing your team!

“I've learned so much from every job that I've ever had. Because, you know, I think with all jobs, it really comes down to you learning the lesson that you can have, be, do. Whatever work you’re willing to go through to have, be or do. I think that's the lesson I've learned from all jobs that I've had. It's the degree to which you are willing to do what it takes. That is the degree to which it's gonna come into your life.” At minute 5:09, Kelly talks about the importance of learning from every job and empowering yourself to go after what you want, knowing that you are fully capable of it.

“You can feel fearful, you can feel uncertain, you can feel all those human emotions that we all feel. But you can still act in alignment with your convictions, you can still be certain about the value of what your company does or the service or the product or program that you provide. You can still authentically show up and be a true leader, despite none of us knowing what's right around the corner.” At 15:10, Kelly shares with us that it is okay to be afraid and uncertain during this time of change and to use those emotions to motivate you to take action and step up for both yourself and your career.

“If you're just navigating all of this, leading people for the first time and trying to carry them through a really tough time, I think over communication is huge. That's how you create trust, right? And trust is what is going to determine whether people will extend themselves to do the things that they feel scared about doing or do the things that maybe don't come naturally to them. Everyone will need to extend themselves to perform at a high level through turbulent periods like this.” At minute 27:01, Kelly talks about how building trust is the foundation to high performance. Once you have trust from your team, they are more likely to explore and be more willing to learn new skills. 

Kelly shared a lot of valuable information about how to nurture a high performance team. She also gave a lot of helpful tips for all of us, so make sure you stay tuned!

If you want to know more about Kelly and her programs, go to https://kellyroachcoaching.com/. Don’t forget to follow her on Instagram @kellyroachofficial and check out her free Facebook Group of Unstoppable Entrepreneurs. You can also check out her book titled, Bigger Than You. Go follow her now! 

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond

Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie

Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hey, peeps, I'm excited to share my next guest with you. She is a personal friend of mine, and an absolute powerhouse in the world of marketing in our community here in Milwaukee. Her name is Jackie Hermes. She is the founder and CEO of Accelity Marketing. She is also the co-founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week here in Milwaukee with two other multi-talented women. She is doing a lot of fun stuff. She's also a future pilot. She's training right now to be a pilot, but you will see how she has built her team from just her to now seventeen employees over the past seven years, making a huge impact in the marketing world. But really what I want to focus on in this episode is how she's established a culture of transparency and trust. You may be wanting to establish a culture of innovation, but we really dig into what it takes to build a culture. And hint, it's not the values that you put on the wall. It's not the vision that you put in writing and send it back to your customers. It's actually more focused than that. So take a listen and give us your feedback. Give us some love as we gave you some love in this episode with Jackie Hermes! 

“I think that every single job I've ever had has taught me how to work really hard. It was easy to see even when I was fourteen years old, how the discipline of working hard got you to the next place. ” At minute 4:28, Jackie recalls her first job and how she learned right away that hard work ethic allows you to have new opportunities and get to the next level in your career.

“I keep telling them right now we are doing okay and we have a contingency plan moving forward. We are hoping to sell more but this is a serious situation. I want everyone to know that they have to be really dedicated and working really hard to keep the business going right now. It feels like sometimes maybe more transparent than I should be but I’m just doing what feels right at this point.” At 26:05, Jackie shares about her transparency with finances with her team, due to Covid-19. It is important for leaders to be transparent during this time so that employees know how a shifting workload will affect the business moving forward.

“I am a part of what's leading the culture. But I've also put it largely on the team to help build a culture to learn to tell us what they weren't and to take part in building that culture. So we have a culture of transparency, which is probably not surprising to you. And we have a culture of working hard, but also not overworking people. ” At minute 40:22, Jackie talks about how she is establishing the company culture but is also empowering her leaders to help build the culture of the company. Collaborating with your team is so important when it comes to culture!

Jackie shared a lot of valuable information about how to build a company culture with transparency. She also gave a lot of helpful tips for all of us, so make sure you stay tuned!

If you want to know more about Jackie and Accelity Marketing, go to https://accelitymarketing.com/. Don’t forget to follow her on Instagram @thejackiehermes, Twitter @thejackiehermes and on LinkedIn. Go follow her now! 

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

Check out Anxiety at Work: A Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond

Download Virtual Teams During COVID-19: Mindsets + Values for High Performance Freebie

Watch my TEDx Talk on Leveraging Your Now to Get Your Best Next

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hello high performers and high performing leaders. I’m coming at you with a little bit of a heavy heart because we are in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. This episode is near and dear to my heart, both Jay Salim and I have a background and work with people in HR and operations and so we wanted to bring you an episode on the high performing teams podcast that really helps you. I would say we centered it a lot around at HR, right, so whether you are working with people or in operations or whatever you want to call it, we did gear a lot towards HR. But sort of stepping back and just hanging out with Jay, I think there are so many goodies in here for leaders. For those of you who may not be leaders or people leaders in your organization yet by title, but you are blazing a path, you are an influencer internally, you are called to serve and continue to do that. So I think you guys are all going to get a lot out of this. Specifically, Jay and I talk about tips for being a solid partner to both the business and employees during times of change. We give five or six tips that you can leverage. So take the time, pull out the notebook and pen because I think you guys are going to want to be taking notes in this episode. It is a lot of value, especially during times of change and what we are all experiencing right now. So look, I'm sending you all peace and progress wherever you are, hoping that you and your family are safe and sound and moving forward.

“You know, being a doorman, you're a problem solver. It taught me how to adjust my personality and communication to my audience, because the building of 200-300 different people and they all have different personalities. Some of them are very rich and pretentious, and you'd have to communicate with those people in a certain way and some are down to earth and you can be a bit more natural with them. It actually taught me to be a little bit of a chameleon which is something I actually pride myself on being able to adapt to my environment and situation and adjust accordingly.” At minute 5:15, Jay recalls one of his first job experiences as a doorman and how that job helped shape his communication skills for today. He also highlights the importance of adapting to your environment. 

“I once had a CEO ask me, ‘Why do you think Mercedes can charge 10 times what Kia can charge for a car?’ And I said, ‘Oh, it's quality. The parts are more expensive,’ and he was like, ‘No. It's about the brand, right? They have built a reputation of being elite, for lack of a better term, and you have to think of yourself as a brand too. And everything you do contributes to your perception what your brand is.’” At 19:38, Jay shares wisdom he learned from a colleague about the importance of branding and perception in your business. Paying attention to your brand will allow you to instill passion into your company’s culture, help you make pragmatic choices, and further your understanding of the business.

“You have to be strong for everyone, especially in HR. If I've had to catch myself a couple of times, to be like, ‘Okay, people are looking to me as the leader and the person that's supposed to bring a sense of calm and instill confidence in people.’ So I've had to be strong. But take this opportunity to step up as a leader to introduce new ideas. There's no way you're gonna make everybody happy at this time, but at least give them a little bit of an escape and have them stop thinking about life or work for a while and just be humans, you know?” At minute 33:56, Jay stresses the importance of looking out for the people of your organization and allowing them to be human. While also realizing that people will turn to their HR department for confidence and strength in uncertain times.

Jay shared a lot of valuable information about how to be a strategic partner during times of change. He also gave a lot of helpful communication tips for all of us, so make sure to stay tuned!

If you want to know more about Jay and Complex, go to https://careers.complex.com/. Don’t forget to follow him on Instagram @jayflatbush, Twitter @JayFlatbush and on LinkedIn. Go follow him now! 

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes and connect on LinkedIn to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hello, peeps. Okay, so today on the podcast, I would say you're getting a twofer. You're getting sort of two experts, two thought-leaders on this crazy world that we live in, the future of work, specifically we both look at leaders and teams. Steph Clark is joining me today! I have followed her work for quite a while and one of my favorite things about her is not only what she does to her organization called Spique but also what she does on her own. She's the host of Steph’s Business Bookshelf Podcast. It's super cool because I am such a book lover and she shares so many great summaries so Steph’s been my favorite person for a long time. She originated from the UK and now she lives in Australia. I just love to hear her talk. So enjoy this episode because I think you're going to get a really unique view of what people who work with teams and leaders often relating to high performance would say about what you can do either as an employee or a leader today. 

“...what I like to do is not just get in and do the task, but actually to find out a little bit about the person I was doing it with because let's face it was probably pretty painful for them as an experience to have the auditors in. So if I can make that slightly less painful by being just a kind of nice person to them and showing some interest in them.  ” At minute 8:24, Steph talks about the importance of learning more about your client in order to serve them in the most effective ways. This relational approach helps build trust with your clients!

“How are you contributing to that situation? And it's a question I ask myself whenever I'm complaining about something or not happy about something. My first question to myself is, how do I contribute to that?” At 17:22, Steph shares an important question regarding her own self-awareness when she is in the midst of difficult circumstances. Taking ownership of situations by asking this question will only help in moving forward, gaining insight, and learning.  

“Having a role model tenacity - we have this when we talk to clients and one of the things we want to share is, we have this kind of four part model of head, heart, hands and hunch. So these are the things and this is how we work.” At minute 34:05, Steph introduces us to the Role Model Tenacity, which helps teams identify and implement progress in the workplace using spirit, values, knowledge, curiosity, and more. 

Steph shared a lot of valuable information about building habits for high performance. She also gave a lot of helpful tips to leaders and teammates in the workplace so make sure you check it out!

If you want to know more about Steph, learn all about her at https://spiique.com/. Don’t forget to follow her on Instagram @stephsbizbookshelf and on LinkedIn. Go follow him now! And don’t forget to listen to Steph’s Business Bookshelf Podcast, hosted by Steph.

Here are some of the links we mentioned in this episode:

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

“The Power of Vulnerability” TEDx talk by Brene Brown

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Welcome to this bonus episode of the Build High Performing Teams Podcast. I have Steph Clarke here from Steph’s Business Bookshelf Podcast. She also works with a company called Spique. We did a full episode on the values that a team can adopt in order to be a high performing team day to day and we're both passionate thought leaders and experts in this area. But we wanted to do a more timely episode because this is launching right in the middle of the pandemic, or maybe even right at the beginning of the pandemic with Covid-19. So we want to give you some tips on how you can do four behaviors of your team - both as leaders and employees to make it through this time of change or crisis, but let's call it a time of change because nothing will be normal again. After this you will have adopted new habits, behaviors, you will have built trust in new ways. This could be a very tremendous opportunity for your team!

If you want to know more about Steph, learn all about her at https://spiique.com/. Don’t forget to follow her on Instagram @stephsbizbookshelf and on LinkedIn. Go follow him now! And don’t forget to listen to Steph’s Business Bookshelf Podcast, hosted by Steph.

Here are the links and resources mentioned in this episode:

What Google Learned from it's Quest to Build the Perfect Team

I hope you liked today’s bonus episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

So hey, guys! Welcome to a bonus episode. Richie Burke is joining me today and we just did an episode on anxiety in the workplace. Whether that's something that you are experiencing personally and bringing into the workplace or perhaps even experiencing that at work, but we're doing a bonus episode right now because this is airing during the pandemic of Covid-19 and we want you to have some support and resources. We're going to talk a little bit more about anxiety during a time of change. I know that a lot of you have had major disruption in the last one week or two weeks, depending on where you're watching or listening to this around the world, and you're being forced to work remotely. Maybe if you haven't before, you're suddenly having to figure out how to either lead or be on a virtual team, whether you've already had that experience or not, so a lot has shifted. In this bonus episode, we're just going to share our experiences in terms of an employee, what you can do, and as a leader, what you can do to potentially reduce your own or your team's anxiety during this time of change.

If you want to know more about Richie, learn all about him at https://ggmm.io/. Don’t forget to follow him on Instagram @richiegmm and on LinkedIn. Go follow him now! And don’t forget to listen to The Go Gedders Podcast, hosted by Richie.

I hope you liked today’s episode. Please don’t forget to subscribe on all podcast platforms and while you’re there, please don’t forget to rate and review! I truly appreciate and love you, and can’t wait to see you in the next episode!

P.S. Please don’t forget to tag me on Instagram @theannaoakes to share your big takeaways and for more Build High Performing Teams updates. I’ll see you there! 

Peace & Progress,

Anna

Hello, guys, I'm stoked to share this episode with you. I'm joined by Richie Burke. He is the founder and president of GGMM. They are a marketing company and they do automation, video, photography, and digital advertising. One of the cool things they do is podcast services and strategy and Richie and I have followed each other for a while. We recently connected live and I couldn't wait to bring him on. Our episode is focused on anxiety at work and so whether you are a person who has anxiety that you are bringing to the workplace, Richie and I have both had personal experiences in, or maybe you have anxiety caused by work, or even perhaps you are a leader who leads people suffering from anxiety. And by the way, that's probably every leader at some point. You're going to find some tips and tricks on what Richie and I have done to minimize our own anxiety, and how you can lead yourself and others through the anxious times. Enjoy!

“I've heard this statement from other people before - just firing yourself as fast as possible in the roles that you're not good at is what you should be doing if you're really serious about it. Growing your business and building a sustainable company. ” At minute 15:49, Richie talks about working to your strengths and hiring help to fill the gaps in your business. He adds the importance of knowing what you are good at and going from there to move forward.

“The main thing I realized is that everyone's going through something. And so many people are going through their own version of the exact same thing I went through. The variety of people that reached out whether it was people I hadn't talked to in high school, parents of people that I grew up with who had gone through something other business leaders who are pretty powerful and charismatic people, and you wouldn't envision them having to deal with this stuff. To anyone who's listening, if you are going through something similar, it's a lot more common than you think. And there are ways to fix it and get better. It's not easy, but it can be done.” At 30:06, Richie highlights the fact that no one is alone in their anxiety. There are more people around who are going through similar situations than you might otherwise think. Realizing this can give you a sense of community. 

“I think on both sides when it comes to work, being open in communicating and doing it sooner rather than later, is crucial. A lot of people like me who are non confrontational people, and if we have to have a difficult conversation, which is inevitably inevitably going to happen in the workplace and can happen quite often, we procrastinate.” At minute 49:26, Richie gives advice to communicate sooner rather than later of your anxiety. This will help give knowledge to those around you in the workplace and will help you avoid procrastination.

Richie shared a lot of valuable information about minimizing anxiety at work. He also gave a lot of helpful tips to friends and families of people with anxiety, so make sure to stay tuned!

If you want to know more about Richie, learn all about him at https://ggmm.io/. Don’t forget to follow him on Instagram @richieggmm and on LinkedIn. Go follow him now! And don’t forget to listen to The Go Gedders Podcast, hosted by Richie.

Here are some of the links we mentioned in this episode:

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

National Association for Mental Health Text “NAMI” to 741741 when you have a crisis.

Richie’s Podcast Episode on Overcoming Anxiety, Day by Day

Wim Hof Breathing Videos on Youtube

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Anna