Happy holidays from Organizational Transformational Kung Fu: The Podcast! Jen and Sandi are looking to the future this week and talk about goals and how to set them, keep them, and meet them! Follow along as they chat about:

• their year in review
• what reflection can do for you and writing vs. typing/digital record keeping
• hard vs. soft transformations
• the role of practice and support in discipline
• what we're really doing when we "let ourselves off the hook"
• the importance of the set up short term does for long term
• how we are influenced by the number of goals we set
• Atomic Habits by James Clear 
• considering a "shift" instead of a "stop"
• an exciting new change coming to OTKF in 2025!

We want to thank each and every one of you for your support all throughout 2024, and we cannot wait to see what we can do in 2025! See you next year!

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In this week's episode of OT Kung Fu, Jen and Sandi revisit the types of listening they talked about with author Sean Grace and ponder how the listening types affect us in the workplace. Join them as they cover:

• how virtual calls have affected listening
• the importance of body language
• what curiosity really does for you
• conversational blindspots
• levels of learning
• Neha Sangwan's book TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness

and more!

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Happy first podcast of 2024! We're starting out this new year with a treat for you- Jen and Sandi are joined by Sandi's colleague Cara Cameron, who holds the position of Chief Future of Work for Mutual Insurance. She has worked in Human Resources for over 15 years and is passionate about developing leaders. With her Chief Future of Work position, she is able to better analyze how the changing workforce impacts the organization, teams, and how those parties respond to the change. Listen along as Jen, Sandi, and Cara talk about:

• How do employees want to work/what they are looking for from a Chief Future of Work
• how the position develops and implements plans around intention and how HR supports those intentions
• how they meet skepticism and the "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude
• how supportive CEOs/Presidents/Leadership are the keys to enacting positive change
• what it means when you understand where your team is through touch points and intentional support
• that Performance Management is an ongoing process

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• -how change is not linear, but dynamic
• -how to go about thinking about change and understanding the "why" of change
• -how changing requires vulnerability
• -the Pyramid of Readiness model by Cy Wakeman
• -the level of awareness in change
• -self-reflection when it comes to change

and more!

Enjoy this last episode of 2023, and Jen and Sandi will see you in 2024!

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Happy December! This week, Jen and Sandi are joined by fellow entrepreneur and author Julie Ellis! Join the trio as they discuss:

• -Julie's start with Mabel's Labels and how she scales her leadership systems for different sized teams at different revenue numbers
• - Julie's new Mastermind project: a peer-reviewed mentorship for women in business and how to scale your successes
• -What evolutions take place as your business grows in sales and in people and the leadership needs that come from that
• - Julie's Book Big Gorgeous Goals:How Bold Women Achieve Great Things

Thank you so much for joining us, Julie! If you have a question for Jen, Sandi, or Julie, leave a comment below or connect with them on LinkedIn!

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Julie's Linktree
Julie's Website
Julie's LinkedIn
Buy Julie's Book

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In this episode of OT Kung Fu, join Jen and Sandi as they dive into how strong leaders are able to recognize their own shortcomings to encourage their own growth and stability as leaders. Topics in this episode include:

- self reflection and the act of identifying your own insecurities and how that is a helpful skill

-Imposter syndrome

-The Johari Window

-Humility and learning from mistakes

-How being vulnerable is vital to learning

-Adaptability and Inclusivity within that self-reflection

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Join Jen and Sandi LIVE from New York (not on Saturday Night, unfortunately) as they discuss how often the teams at the top and how the top team can be skipped when they start investing in team learning and workplace learning. They touch on the importance of top teams always checking in with their own learning as organizational health can shift and grow.

Editor's note: due the location and way of recording, there is a door noise at the 11:10 mark. Removing this would also remove the voice audio, so we were only able to dampen it. Jen is also wearing jewelry that clicks when moved, and we could not could not separate out without deleting voice lines as well. We apologize if these are distracting.

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Sandi and Jen explore the topic of what it means when someone feels psychologically safe in a workplace and where that starts for us, and what effect that can have on workplace accountability.

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Jen and Sandi take on a relevant topic of DEI- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the workplace to ensure it's not just a token requirement that is met simply to tick a box. They round out Pride Month by placing the workplace and ourselves under the microscope with how to we recognize and shift into DEI mindsets.

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Join Sandi and Jen as they tackle the topic of meetings, the kind of people who show up to them, and what makes a meeting actually worth your time to attend. As the nature of meetings has changed in recent years, Jen and Sandi encourage reflection on the hows and whys of meetings and their attendees at their cores.

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Join Sandi and Jen as they dive into what it takes and means to coach leaders and how to encourage them and keep them as new folks are stepping into leadership roles. They also discuss how leaders can learn and adapt that "coaching" role as modern leadership takes on more than previous years.

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Jen and Sandi come to you today talking about what it a team truly is and what it takes to establish that team and the normalities needed for the team to function cohesively and productively.

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Welcome back to OT Kung Fu: The Podcast!

Sandi and Jen are joined this week by the incredible author Sean Grace!

From Sean's website: 

"Sean Grace is a communication consultant, author, coach, and speaker, with over 25 years of experience developing and training sales, marketing, and leadership talent across diverse industries. His unique brand of business consulting is forged from his long career in media, advertising, and the creative arts.

Sean studied music performance at the Juilliard School and SUNY Purchase, and finance at Wharton. As an award winning musician and multi-instrumentalist, he borrows techniques from jazz improvisation to help foster creative collaboration and cooperation within and across teams.

Sean's track record of success as a consultant and coach has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor and trainer to some of the world's most innovative and successful organizations."

Listen along as Jen, Sandi, and Sean discuss topics from Sean's new book The Art of the Question: A Guide for Seekers, Dreamers, Problem Solvers and Leaders such as:

• the value of creative thinking in a post-pandemic workplace
• Sean's workflow in how he got started in the formulation of questions
• how vital curiosity and openness is to the process of questions
• the 3 phase model
• types of listening and the effect on conversations and situations
• the Socratic 8
• his work as a musician and his album "Wonderland"
• the origin of the name OT Kung Fu!

You can connect with Sean at peakluma.com and find his book over at Amazon!

Thank you so much for joining us, Sean!

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Join Sandi and Jen as they discuss good strategies in the workplace versus bad ones, and how to get your team through both. Listen in as they discuss some of their favorite strategy authors, resources, and inspirations to navigate process and product.

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This week, Jen and Sandi discuss the workplace post-pandemic, and the humanness of the stresses that are sourced from the adaptations we've had to make. They offer some solutions to keeping yourself and your team stress-free while navigating hybrid work environments.

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Sandi and Jen meet to discuss retention of employees in the workplace and what that looks like in 2023. With much of the workforce now remote, what can managers and leaders do to keep them engaged, and what does that look like versus those who wanted to come back to the office? Tune in to hear how things have changed and how to navigate the waves of management.

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Jen and Sandi discuss VUCA-Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity and what the impact of changing strategies can bring to the pace of our lives and the business world. What events in the workplace give us whiplash, and how do we come out of it?

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Sandi and Jen interview Reut Schwartz-Hebron. Reut, Sandi and Jen discuss how accountability interacts with neuroscience and how that affects work and life. Reut trains and supports coaches, consultants, and HR leaders to complete their Certification in Applied Neuroscience.

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Sandi interviews her co-host, Jen about her new book: Own Up! How to Hold People Accountable without all the Drama. Jen and Sandi talk about what is in the book and go through the Six Ownership Steps model of Accountability™ for Mangers and Leaders. Click Here buy and get more info about the Own Up! book

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Sandi and Jen have a discussion with Andy Storch, author of Own your Career Own your Life. They talk about what it means to Own you Career in a company setting and what are the issues that go with those decisions.

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Sandi and Jen discuss what is a self-directed team, what are the items and issues that come up for a good and for a bad self directed team.

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Welcome to Episode 51 of OT Kung Fu: The Podcast!

Joining Jen and Sandi this week is Curtis Bateman, co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity and vice president of direct international offices for FranklinCovey. From the FranklinCovey site: 

                "With over twenty-five years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is an internationally recognized presenter, content developer, change consultant, business leader, and coach. His passion for enabling organizations "at change" resulted in the co-creation of transformative, industry-leading solutions, including Change Element, Leaders@Change, Managing Millennials, Millennials@Work, and the Change Practitioner." 

We're thrilled to have Curtis join us to talk about what change means to a leader and the workplace as a whole! Listen along to the conversation as they cover: 

• the behaviors that show up when change comes
• what it means to be reactive vs. choosing a reaction
• what a change introduction does
• risks and rewards of change
• how leaders can maintain good effects of change
• compliance vs. engagement

and more!

You can read more about Curtis and check out more of his articles at his FranklinCovey page and follow him on his LinkedIn!

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Sandi and Jen discuss what Empathy is and what Leading with Empathy is all about.  They discuss empathy, sympathy, judgement and curiosity and how they are all related and how these affect leadership.

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Sandi and Jen discuss the opportunities and issues of coming back to work after the pandemic. They talk about the opportunity to remake and restart the workplace culture, that we are never going back to the same workplace, that work and home have collided, that short an long term decisions need to happen as a manager and how are you standing in the company values as you reshape the workplace.

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Sandi and Jen speak with expert Renee Bazile-Jones about Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the workplace.  They describe what DE&I is, how is it being done, what is currently right and what is wrong. They discuss leadership and DE&I and unconscious bias. Renee discusses data for good DE&I. She also relays an example about good DE&I practices. They also discuss the uncomfortable conversations about understanding this issue with leaders and managers. 

Renee's contact is renee@diversitygd.ca

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Sandi and Jen speak with guest Ray Kong about what it means to you and your organization to be in organization that is customer experience led and how to become a customer experience led organization.

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Jen and Sandi discuss what is human centered leadership and what does the workplace look like when we reopen.  We have so much data for decisions have we lost a human view on the workplace and workplace/business decisions?  They also discuss the science of values - and what does human centered leading look like.

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As we begin the new year, Jen and Sandi discuss  the best practices and pitfalls of goal setting. They go over some tools and methods that will produce excellent goals and move you and your business forward in the year to come.  

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Jen and Sandi have a discussion about the defining what Diversity and Inclusion is, what it means to business and what business's need to do be diverse and inclusive.

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Jen and Sandi have an in-depth conversation with Ben Harris, President of Production Solutions, about how to be an effective leader when leading a primarily remote workforce. Ben shares his experience, insights and strategies after having transitioned his company to over 70% remote working in 2015.

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Sandi and Jen talk with Gary Anderson, 'Chief Empowerment Officer' of Nova Mutual Insurance. Gary believes that culture will drive results and on this podcast they are going to tap into some to the interesting things that Gary and his team are doing. The discussion covers  servant leadership, self-managed teams and producing results with culture.

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Sandi and Jen sit down with Tony Gareri, CEO and "Chief of WOW" of Roma Mouldings  and talk about the importance of generating a productive workplace culture. Find out in's and out's of how Tony and his team have developed a passionate, open, fun and caring company culture keep the business successful! He talks about seven specific tactics he and his leadership team have engaged and have now taken root in the business, helping grow to the profitable and growing business it has become.

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It's OT Kung Fu's 50th episode!
We have another book review episode, this week featuring Hidden Potential by Adam Grant! Join Jen and Sandi while they cover topics like:

-Performance Reviews and how they have changed from potential to goal-oriented
-How imperfect leaders are more beneficial than "perfect" leaders
-How meeting folks where there are at instead of where you want them to be cultivates a better workplace culture
-High potential compared to related experience
-Why learning agility is more valuable as a leadership predictor
-Why self-reflection is such an important tool
-Learning curves and useful uncomfortability
-Imposter Syndrome and feedback
-Self-awareness and how it echoes into other aspects of life
-How a "scarcity"mindset affects you
-"Learning Organizations" and follow-through
-How tech and instant delivery plays in

You can check you more about Adam Grant book and take the assessment on his page at adamgrant.net!

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In this episode Master Coaches Jen and Sandi talk about change. Workplace organizations are going through seismic shifts in how work is getting done and leaders are faced with charting this new course in addition to getting everyone aligned to move forward together into the unknown of mid- and post-pandemic work.

The word "change" is as much of a problem as navigating through it. Jen and Sandi discuss the impact of how you language change and how it impacts buy-in and resistance. They offer new ways to position it and talk about how speed and frequency of change is creating anxiety and how to prime your workforce around a new mindset for the on-going change that's expected and to see the pandemic as the gift of meaningful change your company has actually been waiting for.

With rapid change comes the need for new skills as well as updated skills. This podcast covers some thinking and strategies around the need for on-going skills development, some solutions on how to incorporate skills development as managers and leaders as well as some of the most critical skills people need regardless of role and experience.

Sandi's Coaching and Leadership Offerings

Jen's Communication Skills and Coaching Course

Jen and Sandi talk about teaming and everything that goes into being a highly productive team.

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Sandi and Jen welcome special guest Trina Hoefling. Trina is an expert in Virtual Teaming.  Jen, Sandi and Trina discuss working as a virtual team and many of the issues that crop up and how to solve them.

Trina is the author of the book Working Virtually: Transforming the Mobile Workplace  and you can get more information and help at Trina's website  thesmartworkplace.com

Jen and Sandi shared some thinking, ideas and strategies for dealing with and leading during the pandemic. Stay Safe!

Jen and Sandi touch on the following topics around values:

• The importance of core values
• What are core values?
• Why are they important?
• How to choose them?
• True vs. aspirational vs. unintended
• Can values change?
• Alignment
• Hiring

Sandi and Jen talk about Trust in Management and Leadership roles as well as Trust in Teams and how to build trust for better business outcomes.  They also discuss tools to help with trust building. For more information about tools discussed please use these links: 

PXT Select™ Information

Five Behaviors of a Team Workshop from Sandi

Five Behaviors of a Team Workshop from Jen

Sandi and Jen take about trends. They discuss Teams, Trust, Courage and Vulnerability, Communication, Recognition and tools like the PXT Select and Five Behaviors.

Jen and Sandi talk about coaching vs managing and how coaching and managing work together. They also chat about what it takes to have a coaching culture and what are some of the pitfalls and positives to make that journey.

Jen and Sandi talk about conflict in the workplace and how to make that negative experience a more productive event for you and the business

You made it to the end of July, and we have a new episode of OT Kung Fu for you to celebrate and gear up before a new month begins tomorrow!

Jen and Sandi are joined on this episode by Dr. Todd Conklin, author of Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety  as well as host of his organizational safety podcast of the same name. From his website:
     "Todd Conklin spent 25 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Senior Advisor for Organizational and Safety Culture.  Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world's foremost research and development laboratories; Dr. Conklin has been working on the Human Performance program for the last 15 years of his 25-year career.  It is in this fortunate position where he enjoys the best of both the academic world and the world of safety in practice. 

        Conklin holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of New Mexico.  He speaks all over the world to executives, groups and work teams who are interested in better understanding the relationship between the workers in the field and the organization's systems, processes, and programs.  He has brought these systems to major corporations around the world.  Conklin practices these ideas not only in his own workplace, but also in the event investigations at other workplaces around the world.  Conklin's best selling book, Pre-Accident Investigations: An introduction to Organizational Safety is a best selling book on safety.  Conklin has several other books and a huge podcast following for his twice-weekly podcast of the same name.  Conklin defines safety at his workplace like this:  'Safety is the ability for workers to be able to do work in a varying and unpredictable world.'"

Listen along as they talk about the 5 HOP principles mentioned in Dr.Conklin's book and how leadership mindsets can flourish within those principles, what simply having confidence can do for you, "why?" versus "how?" and what kind of leader flocks to each question, and more! Thank you so much for joining us on this episode, Dr. Conklin!

You can find all of Dr. Conklin's books and his podcast on his page on HOP Hub here.
Dr. Conklin and Jen will be speaking at the next Conklin Conference in Santa Fe, NM from September 10th-September 12th 2024. You can sign up for the conference HERE.

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Sandi and Jen talk about business vision statements and the differences between business vision statements and business mission statements.

Jen and Sandi discuss accountability and how it relates to engagement and poor performance. They talk about what it really means to hold accountability in the workplace.

Sandi and Jen talk about defining company strategy and company strategy in relation to company mission, vision and goals.

An organization's or division's strategic plan is critical to set direction but is often confused with goals and tactics because executives are keen to see results. Learn to be comfortable with a broader view and how to approach strategy.