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Time Change

Season 2 · Episode 239

Thursday, March 18, 2021 • Duration 20:19

The most indelible cultural change is led from the top. Where the leader lives, promotes, recognizes, and corrects in furtherance of the effort. In this episode we explore a small example that can be a model for all organization culture change.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/time-change/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

Additional Music and Effects: https://zapsplat.com/

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Conversation with Donn Denman

Season 2 · Episode 230

Thursday, January 14, 2021 • Duration 39:58

Donn Denman was an engineer at Apple in the very early years and is now at Google. In our conversation he shares what it was like working with Steve Jobs, what it’s like today at Google, and how vision and passion can change the world.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/donn-denman/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

Sound effects: ZapSplat

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How's It Going

Season 2 · Episode 229

Thursday, January 7, 2021 • Duration 21:15

The series on communication continues with the best way to understand how your team and project are doing. There’s a wrong way and a right way to find out the answer to the question that keeps every leader up at night: “How’s it Going?”

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/hows-it-going/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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Bottom Feeder Redux

Season 2 · Episode 228

Thursday, December 31, 2020 • Duration 21:13

The exploration into firing continues with a look at the low end. What is magical about the bottom ten percent? How does stack ranking cheat some people out of a good performance review? What exactly is poor performance? This is Bottom Feeder.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/bottom-feeder-redux/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

Additional Music: https://musicbed.com

Sound effects: https://audiojungle.net

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Duck and Cover Redux

Season 2 · Episode 227

Thursday, December 24, 2020 • Duration 19:08

How a brutal performance review meeting ended with me getting a stapler hurled at my head. And how that lead to one of my most steadfast rules: in the workplace, no surprises.

More information, including a transcript and a place to provide comments, can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/duck-and-cover-redux/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme Music: John Stephens

Additional Music: https://musicbed.com

Sound Effects: https://zapsplat.com

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Conversation with Adam Bosworth

Season 2 · Episode 226

Thursday, December 17, 2020 • Duration 01:17:56

Adam Bosworth has led major startup projects both inside and outside of seminal companies of the tech world. In our talk he shares what he learned about building teams and about the impact of company culture on the products, the team, and himself.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/adam-bosworth/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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Survey Says

Season 2 · Episode 225

Thursday, December 10, 2020 • Duration 20:25

The series on communication continues with a look at how to get good feedback. We examine the many pitfalls and one good way to use surveys as a mechanism to gauge your organization’s health. This is Survey Says.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/survey-says/

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

Additional Sound: Family Feud

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Conversation with Somasegar Part 2

Season 2 · Episode 224

Thursday, December 3, 2020 • Duration 47:22

Somasegar pushed Microsoft to “build the muscle” of remote work, long before it was cool … or required by the pandemic. He also stretched himself to become a venture capitalist. In this episode he shares what we all can learn from his journeys.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/somasegar-2

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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Conversation with Somasegar Part 1

Season 2 · Episode 223

Thursday, November 26, 2020 • Duration 50:56

Somasegar traveled from India to the US for his advanced degrees and ended up joining Microsoft for an illustrious 27-year career. Now he’s a venture capitalist. In this first of two episodes, he talks with us about his journey and his thoughts on leadership.

More information, a transcript, and a place to provide comments can be found at: https://clwill.com/pod/somasegar-1

Written and Produced: Chris Williams

Original Theme written by: John Stephens

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