Questions are Greater than Answers Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this last episode of Season 6, Arielle Lapiano, a communication strategist,  shares how she developed her early leadership philosophy by watching her father.  In addition, she reflects on betting on herself from a career perspective, and it not working out the way she expected.

Arielle Lapiano is a brand and communication strategist, and a media and presentation trainer who helps companies and professionals become visible leaders

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In this episode, Love Rutledge, host of the FedUpward podcast shares her experiences navigating when there is a misalignment in core values.  She also talks about the power of saying, “No”, to strengthen her work/life harmony.

Love Rutledge hosts the FedUpward Podcast, a show for federal employees providing advice, resources and community for public servants. Love has spent more than 22 years working for the Department of Defense in the Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, the Joint Staff and the Office of Secretary of Defense. 

Love holds a master's degree in public administration from The George Washington University, a master's of science in resource strategy from the Eisenhower School at the National Defense University, and is an associate certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. She's a wife, and mother of two, and grew up in rural Alabama.

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The UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development released a report regarding employee wellness in the workplace. Often times, we focus on wellness based on physical, mental, and emotional aspects. Rarely do we focus on the impact financial wellness on how employees present themselves in the workplace.

This conversation focuses on financial wellness with Saundra and Sid Curry from BC Holding of Tennessee. The Curry’s share thoughts on how people at any level can build generational wealth based on their experiences collaborating with government agencies, church parishioners, and NFL and NHL athletes. And, they share how financial wellness impacts employee engagement. BC Holdings was selected as a part of Forbes Next 1000 for impact of their innovative financial education platform.

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Corey Greendale sits down and talks with Dr. Russ regarding Software-as-a-Service Tools. Corey is the Managing Director with First Analysis, which provides research and financial expertise to emerging growth companies through venture capital investments. In his role, Corey’s expertise is tailored toward the future of work, learning & education, and human capitals arenas.

On this conversation, Corey explains how he navigated his career to land at First Analysis. He also shares his thoughts on the past, current and future state of SaaS tools, and how he has come to embrace his company’s hybrid working model.

Jessica Broome, PhD shares her thoughts on both qualitative and quantitative research. As the Founder of Southpaw Insights, Jessica leads a team of researchers to help organizational leaders solve problems through the thoughts and concerns of stakeholders. She talks about some of Southpaw’s recent research and navigating the past two years as a small business owner.

Additionally, Jessica shares a report on Parenting During the Pandemic, which addresses the challenges with life, work, finances and health during the past two years. 

Click here to view report summary

On this episode, Valerie Jackson, the Chief Diversity Officer at Zuora, shares her views on Diversity & Inclusion. Valarie describes her thoughts on D&I through the prisms of strategy and change management; and the roles belonging and equity have in her D&I framework.

After a career of practicing corporate finance law and serving as the international policy advisor and negotiator for the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Valerie channeled her efforts towards the D&I field.

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On this episode, Bob Lavigna, the Director of the Institute for Public Sector Engagement with CPS HR Consulting, talks about the state of employee engagement in the public sector. As an employee engagement researcher, author, Bob offers solutions to have impact in federal, state, and local government leaders.

You click on the following link to out more about his book, Engaging Government Employees: Motivate and Inspire Your People to Achieve Superior Performance.

Dr. Rochelle Haynes, PhD, the founder of Crowd Potential Consulting shares her thoughts on how to create a flexible and agile HR enterprise based on remote work and the Great Resignation.   She also shares her experiences using resilience to navigate the craziness of 2021.

You can find more information on Dr. Haynes and Crowd Potential on their website (https://www.crowdpotential.co.uk).

On this pod, Dr. Russ talks about resiliency with Tameca Brown. Ms. Brown is an international learning and development professional with over 18 years of experience in research, training management, facilitation, curriculum design and development, implementation, and evaluation. In November 2019, she was recognized by the Leadership Center for Excellence and named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Honorees in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Tameca, a 100% Jamaican, is civil servant and produces the It’s a Learning Life blog, which shares thoughts and ideas on personal and professional development and self-improvement.

On this episode, we return to a conversation about the relationship between sports and leadership with Bill Banham of HR Gazette and Chris Bjorling of Fidello, Inc.

Bill, Chris and Dr. Russ talk about the teams they have supported and their fan experiences.  Then, they draw similarities between sports to culture, leadership and voice