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Guest: Karen J. Hewitt

In today’s interconnected economy, companies need all employees, not just senior leaders, to adapt to change and make decisions and take ownership of their work. This is commonly referred to as ‘employee engagement’ in management literature, but the real challenge lies not in making employees more engaged, but in making them more confident in their decision-making and ability to lead change. In EMPLOYEE CONFIDENCE: The New Rules of Engagement, expert Karen J. Hewitt explains what employee confidence is and how to instill it in all employees, not just the high potentials; the cumulative power of all employees thriving means the company operating at maximum potential too. While it’s ultimately the responsibility of individuals to become more confident, leaders have a responsibility to create workplaces that encourage Employee Confidence. Employee confidence is an approach to and evidence of culture change, giving you human capital that delivers value far beyond your expectations.

Guest: Christoph Hinske, Michelle Thatcher & Khoo Hock Aun

Business as usual can no longer be the leader thought pattern in regard to environmental impacts made by businesses. We are at a critical point where sustainability and impacts on the environment by business practices must be considered. What as leaders can we do to make a difference in these highly sensitive decisions? Christoph Hinske, Michelle Thatcher and Khoo Hock Aun discuss the options leaders have to encourage favorable corporate behavior and what leaders can do to make a difference.

Guest: Rainee Busby

EOS© (Entrepreneurial Operating System) builds a solid foundation necessary to grow a successful business. This system is designed for entrepreneurial organizations and the basics apply to well run businesses of any size. Rainee talks about implementing this system to help business owners and leaders maintain a solid balance between leading and managing a business with practical tools. The six key elements are: 1. Vision – defining the organizations vision and values using 8 key questions shared by all 2. People – getting the right people in the right seats 3. Data – Scorecard, measurables looking at leading indicators 4. Managing issues – using list and continually tracking accountabilities and resulutions 5. Documenting and following processes 6. Gaining traction through execution – managing the business through clearly defined goals and accountability meetings weekly For organizations to be successful, they need to perform at 80% on all six elements.

Season 5 Episode 27

Guest: Glenn G. Jones

Human resources executives are not typically thought of as being CEO-ready, though they play a major role in setting policy on employee engagement, culture and diversity. The common perception is that HR is not viewed as a profit center and is perceived as a drain on profits. These executives tend to be defensive about what they do. HR needs to gain the ability to look critically at the problems facing their companies and come up with 21st century options that fit today’s world. Glenn G. Jones will discuss how to give HR professionals a different view of what’s possible, open up new career paths and provide confidence that what they do is a positive for all. Non-HR executives will also gain perspective on gaining the growth mindset and courage to allow HR professionals to flourish outside the realm of human resources.

Guest: Chris Griffiths

Outmoded ways of thinking through problems will no longer suffice in a world where change is constant. To keep ahead of the competition, companies need to seek out innovation. Leaders need to be creative to help their employees thrive, not just survive. By applying the ideas and methods Chris discusses from THE CREATIVE THINKING HANDBOOK, leaders will be able to have confidence in the quality of their solution, adopt new thinking habits, attitudes and beliefs, and embed a creative culture in their company.

Season 5 Episode 29

Guest: Mike Kritzman

Current research is showing that upskilling, reskilling, and retention are new mandates for companies to retain talent but it’s easier said than done. Trying to use old methods that won’t scale or engage users doesn’t work so a new approach to personalized training is needed for leaders to retain the level of talent desired. Mike Kritzman of SkillNet shares how leaders can provide personalized training for each of their employees.

Season 5 Episode 31

Guest: Mark Kvamme

Business disruptions are occurring every day for entire business segments. Effective organizations are looking ahead to lead the disruptive efforts to set the new market. If you are not disrupting – you will get disrupted. Mark Kvamme joins Maureen to discuss how he works with organizations to identify opportunities and be the disruptor rather than being disrupted.

Season 5 Episode 34

Guest: Charles Morgan

For those wrestling with questions about business leadership, avoiding bad decisions, investing in a start-up, and turning a passion into a profitable venture, Charles Morgan shares his story of how he retired and then found himself back in the role of CEO for a struggling data and analytics startup company. His story is textbook entrepreneurialism, at least as ‘textbook’ as an entrepreneurial narrative could ever be. He will talk about the intersection of entrepreneurism and data.

Guest: Tony Saldanha

Digital transformations can be made routinely successful and is more important than ever now that we’re in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The lines between the physical, digital, and biological worlds are becoming more blurred. This however does not eliminate the fact that 70% of digital transformations fail. That failure is not due to technology or innovation itself but in fact comes down to the details. The lack of clear goals and having a disciplined process for achieving them is what leads to failure of digital transformations. Tony Saldanha will join us to discuss his new book, Why Digital Transformations Fail.

Season 5 Episode 35

Guest: Brian Ahearn

Understanding the principles of influence allows you to leverage human psychology and increase your opportunity to hear that magic word everyone wants to hear when they make a request – Yes! By discussing Brian’s book, Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical, we want to help individuals and organizations take the complex scientific research on the influence process and put it into practical application. The result of this practical application is more success at the office and peace and happiness at home.