Explore every episode of the podcast Inspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social Impact

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.

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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.

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Gauri Thergaonkar was the Community Manager for ZingTrain when I recorded this interview. Gauri helped me to set up many of my interviews with the ZCOB team and has since moved to India. [powerpress] I decided it was time to turn the mic to her. In this conversation we cover the following:

• Grant your team their adulthood
• Open Book Management
• The importance of vision

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I'm not going to talk about backs or cars and proper alignment. Instead, in this "Best Of" episode I'm sharing my 2016 talk with George and Mollie. They're employees at Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor and talk about a variety of subjects. The one that stood out to me was the importance of aligning your policies and practices with your vision and purpose.

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James Goebel at the time of this interview was COO and Co-Founder of Menlo Innovations, a software development company based in Ann Arbor Michigan. 

His topics included:

• Hope, Processes, and Fear in the Workplace
• Everybody as Manager Open Salaries
• Open Interviews and Diversity

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BLC or Bottom Line Change. 

Positive effects of an effective change process:

• Reduce stress
• Teaching everyone leadership because there’s a plan to implement
• Save time on the back-end by spending it on the front

Go to the Inspired and Intentional site for this episode to see how you can win a ZingTrain booklet on Bottom Line Change by Ari Weinzweig.

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Anyone signed up for the email group will be eligible for the drawing February 6, 2018 to March 6, 2018.

Don't worry, you won't have to dust off your math books. This equation is pretty simple to learn, though more possibly more challenging to live out day-to-day.

Ari shares what the formula stands for and how it not only help change effectively happen in your organization but also help engage your team to contribute to the overall success of the company. 

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How do you handle an employee complaint about equipment, processes, policies, etc? Many organizations have a “suggestion box” program. But often times the ideas don’t go anywhere. What does this do to employee engagement?

What if you had a defined process for creating change that could be initiated by anyone, even the newest employee, in such a way that ideas are properly vetted and and also properly rolled out to ensure success? Many employees just want to know they’re heard and their ideas are considered fairly. In addition, if they can be taught the right way to introduce organizational change, you’ve now given them a skill the can use in their jobs now, in the future, and in their world outside of work.

Listen as Ari Weinzweig and I talk about the basics of Bottom Line Change.

Tell me about how you introduce change at your organization in the comments in the comments at the blog. 

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Listen in to this Best Of episode as Jamie Pritscher shares how she helped to lead a family business to change to a more engaging culture.

Then she shares what it's like to start a company with a focus on open book and employee engagement.

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Go see show notes etc at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode43

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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Ji Hye Kim - Founding Partner of Miss Kim, a Korean restaurant in Ann Arbor.

We’ll hear her story from moving to the US, to taking a 90% pay cut to join the Zingerman’s family, to bringing the Zingerman’s ethos alive in a new venture. It’s not easy, but being open with numbers, lean, and mindful have helped her to create a new business that will enrich the lives of the employees and customers.

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First a shout out to a listener…my mother, Connie. She listens sporadically to the show, but she tuned into my episodes with Scott and they really grabbed her attention. She was so excited what Scott is doing that she shared with her local family owned restaurant (I think they might be there everyday) the story of what Scott’s doing. They then got her into contact with their distributor who really caught on to Scott’s vision for creating work for those living with disabilities and they have now brought his wine into their area, a new market for Scott and 100% wine. So cool.

Scott was one of my first guests that I asked what challenge the world could help him with and finding new markets was one of them. Who knew it would be my mom spurring that on! That’s why you put the challenge out there.

Anyway, let’s listen to the full episode with Scott Monette, Founder of 100% Wine, a company dedicated to giving 100% of profits to organizations that are creating meaningful work for the 53 Million Americans living with disabilities. In addition, we’ll hear his thoughts on being a B Corporation.

Be inspired that you can create a business that is driven by a strong calling or purpose.

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Great story of an English kid, a prodigy really, in music and cooking that has found a new family in the town of Dexter, Michigan and his business that is part of the Zingerman’s Community, Cornman Farms.

Creating a work family.
Lean and it’s importance to business and employee engagement.
The value of failure as a stepping stone to move forward.

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Spent a few minutes with Valentina Silva, Communications Specialist at the Zingerman's Service Network, to get an employee's perspective of the Zingerman's Community of Businesses.

The hiring process - pay attention and care
She’s working harder than she ever has, yet loves it more than any job she’s had.
Creating uplifting open workplaces are good for society. Let’s not downplay it.

If you enjoyed the episode and believe we can create meaningful work that balances purpose, people, and profits, then please participate in the community. You can do this by going to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode90 and clicking on the “join email list” link, joining our Inspired and Intentional Facebook group, and rating us on your favorite podcast app.

Share this with your fellow inspired leaders and until next time, be inspired and intentional.

In the first episode we learned that Kieron Hales, Managing Partner of Cornman Farms, is multi-talented and is moved to creating a family. He intentionally looks to garner the input of his team through lean and open book practices. This week we look at the results of this inspiration and intentionality. The biggest lesson, he didn’t know anything when he started and failure is the best way to move the company forward.

Show notes, comment, join the email community, to see links for resources mentioned: http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode89

In this episode Kieron Hales, Managing Partner of Cornman Farms, will go into more of the philosophies of running an event space and working farm. It’s cool to hear his passion to run a purpose, people, profit driven business that equals his passion for food.

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At 13, Kieron Hales was a classically trained bassoonist and on his way to chef school and apprenticeship in London.  He would go on to serve the Queen, 3 US Presidents, and live in 27 countries. After all that he finds himself managing partner (owner) of Cornman Farms, the Zingerman’s Catering and Event Space located near Ann Arbor, MI.
To find show notes, books mentioned, join the mailing list, and to comment, go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode87

In the first 8 months Ji Hye, founder and managing partner of Miss Kim, has learned the great responsibility of being a leader especially in regards to: the importance of personnel energy in the workplace, the impact of the hiring process, and gratitude (even in the smallest of details.) In this final last episode with Ji Hye, you will hear about the results of her work thus far in her new restaurant.

You’ll hear how she’s grown and how her inspirations and intentions are affecting her business.

I would love to see your comments below, on our Facebook group page, or in an amazing review on your favorite podcast app.

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In part one with Ji Hye Kim, Managing Partner and founder of the new Zingerman’s Korean restaurant, Miss Kim we learned about her origin story coming to the US at 13 to being a new managing partner and founder of Zingerman’s newest restaurant.

In this episode we’ll look at what intentional actions she’s taken to bring the Zingerman’s ethos to life in a new venture. In her case, Visioning (something she once viewed as new-agey or just some warm and fuzzy), Bottom Line Change, Open Book Management, and Servant Leadership.

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What’s interesting and what I would like you to hear from this set of interviews is their heart. The consistencies of the stories. The consistency I got from editing this set of episodes with Ji Hye Kim, managing partner of Miss Kim, was an institutional heart for the worth of people.

This is part 1 of 3.

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Scott Monette is the founder of 100% Wine. His company was created because he has a son living with disabilities and he saw a need for more job opportunities for people in this population group. We’ve talked about his inspirations and how he is intnetional. In this part we’ll discuss the business benefits of running a company with this intention. In addition he’ll share his vision for the future and his challenge to growing the company.

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Scott Monette is the founder of 100% Wine. His company was created because he has a son living with disabilities and he saw a need for more job opportunities for people in this population group. This conversation reveals that running a company with intention doesn’t mean that it will be easy. You will be confronted with your ideal and the challenges of the real world.

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Scott Monette is the founder of 100% Wine. His company was created because he has a son living with disabilities and he saw a need for more job opportunities for people in this population group. My conversation with Scott opened my eyes to my own discriminations and to a need to bring meaningful work to the 53 Million Americans living with disabilities.

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I wanted to take another week from the normal episodes to share some behind the scenes work I’ve been doing on the podcast and to also share about inspiration coming to me from two very different sources. What unexpected place has inspired you? Leave comments, join the community and find past episodes at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode81

Chris Dimock, Co-Founder of Elation, has a sense of deep purpose in the work he’s doing. He’s able to change the lives of people in their work and personal lives by helping them understand the power of how they think.

Show notes and to join the community - go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode80

Chris Dimock, Co-Founder of Elation, had tried conventional wisdom in running his business and was getting average results. He says, "I was running a normal company." He thought there must be a better way. After talking with another local business person, he had a humbling experience because he realized that the results were related more with HOW he thought than some kind of simple behavior change.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode79 for show notes and to join the community

Chris Dimock, CoFounder of Elation, and his team look at research of people who consider themselves successful and happy in their life. What are the common characteristics of them based on contemporary studies focused on brain science?

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With July 4th coming up, I started thinking about this topic of Independence and as it usually goes, several items of interest came to my attention that made me think of this topic, declaring your independence from independence to interdependence.

See notes, links to stories and posts mentioned in the show. As well find links to join the new Facebook Group.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/independence

Importance of Changing How Your Think

Chris will show how Elation is working with companies that want to create sustainable improved performance.

Helping to create an organization where your team:
Has more purpose
Has an increased sense of self-accountability.
Actually enjoys coming into work.
Has clarity in what their goals are.
Communicates more with each other and there is clarity in what is being said.
Is more selective in what they chose to work on.
Are more consistent in what they achieve.

They also help leadership
Be more purposeful.
Know why the organization exists and where it needs to go.
Know what it needs to do to get there.
Have improved confidence that they know people are doing all they can to work toward that shared goal.

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The summer chill continues with this replay of my interview with Kathryn Wagner. At the time of the interview, she was a new employee at Zingerman's Coffee Company.

Enjoy and I hope your summer is chill.

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I'm taking a break for a couple weeks to enjoy the summer. Here are some podcasts, books, and some thoughts on meditation that can help you create the kind of organization that you want to see.

See links to the podcasts and book sites at
http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode75

Building a company that inspires and is engaging needs to start with intentional hiring. Listen to this webinar replay by the team at ZingTrain where they talk through their processes for hiring the right people.

Get more information, slides, etc at http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

"From being Open Book for over a decade, from teaching Open Book to hundreds of seminar attendees, from helping businesses and organizations all over the country to implement Open Book Management, we know this : Open book is all of those things but most of all Open Book is a way of BEING."

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Click here to go to the main Deep Dive page on this site to see a listing of all the shows and their respective links to ZingTrain.

The 3rd of 3 in the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees that aren't part of your ownership group get the same level of input in your larger business decisions.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

The 2nd of 3 in the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees the opportunity to become a partner in your community of businesses.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

The beginning of the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees the opportunity to grow by allowing them to pursue their passion, while at the same time helping to improve the bigger mission of your company.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

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http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode74

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

Please join the Inspired and Intentional community here.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode73

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

Notes, Links, and Bios
http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode72

We continue the replay series of the ZingTrain webinars with, "5 Fantastic Tips To Meet Your Annual Targets". This is information that can help for-profit, non

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, go to the website and comment or to the ZingTrain page.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

We continue the replay series of the ZingTrain webinars with, Realizations, Recognitions and Re-Learnings on Open Book Management".

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, go to the show page or ZingTrain.

Go to this page to find links to the ZingTrain page for resources discussed.
http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive