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Episode 48 – Influence as a Strategy: Getting Better Outcomes with Others

June 28, 2024June 27, 2024Jennifer Long

Happy Summer! Beat the heat with Sandi and Jen and listen along as they tackle the topic of influence (as a person, not for social media)! Today they cover:

-How reciprocity is different within the workplace
-How you show up as a leader to your peers vs. to your boss
-The traits of a successful workplace influencer
-Their love and use of the EverythingDiSC® by Wiley within training they have done
-Negotiation awareness and the balance required to not cross the line into -manipulation
-Persuasion vs. Influence

and more!

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Episode 47 – Work-Life Bloom Interview with author Dan Pontefract

May 24, 2024May 23, 2024Jennifer Long

We have a real treat for listeners today! Jen and Sandi are joined by award-winning author Dan Pontefract to talk about his new book Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team that Flourishes! From his website: “Dan is a renowned keynote speaker who has presented at four TED events and delivers approximately 50 keynotes annually. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business and has received over 25 industry, individual, and book awards.” Listen along as Dan, Sandi, and Jen cover topics such as:

-The origin of Work-Life Bloom
-Personas in Work/Life Balance
-“Soil” vs “Water” tests in the workplace
-Workplace Vulnerability and Gen Z

You can connect with Dan on his website donpontefract.com, and you can check out the book’s page at worklifebloom.com
Dan’s Assessment: worklifebloom.com/work-life-assessment
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Episode 46 – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review

April 19, 2024April 17, 2024Jennifer Long

Welcome back to OT Book Club, er, we mean OT Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi invite you to listen in as they discuss “Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything” by Bryce G. Hoffman.

Enjoy the ASMR of Jen and Sandi flipping through to their favorite parts and points of the book and how you can empower your teams to think critically in tough situations, and how you can get that critical thinking to produce critical solutions! If you want Jen and Sandi to review more books/literature about teams or accountability in the future, let us know!

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Episode 45 – The Customer Experience and a Coaching Approach with Dan Coldwell

February 23, 2024April 8, 2024Jennifer Long

Here to tell you not to live in fear of bad reviews, Jen and Sandi are joined by Dan Coldwell this week, a colleague of Sandi’s at Satori Consulting, Inc. Dan has 30 years of experience in financial services as an executive and industry speaker and has also served as chief marketing and chief operations officer in past positions. He is a hockey certified coach, and he “cross-pollinates” (as he puts it) between the business and sports world.

Listen along as they chat about:

-acting on feedback/pain points
-the 3 steps of responding to feedback
-Feedback collection Do’s and Don’ts
-how to not fear bad reviews because of what they do for good reviews

Thank you so much for joining Jen and Sandi, Dan! If you’d like to chat more with Dan about the customer experience, you can contact him through the Satori Consulting, Inc. site.

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Episode 44 – Transformational Leadership with Cara Cameron

January 25, 2024February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

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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Episode 43 – Change Starts with You

December 28, 2023February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

Surprise! One additional episode before the New Year! This week, Jen and Sandi discuss changes in the workplace and how those changes come about. It all starts from the same place: you! Join them as they cover:

-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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Episode 42 – Leveraging Mastermind Groups to Grow Yourself and Your Business with Julie Ellis

December 12, 2023February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

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!

You can find Julie by clicking the following:

Julie’s Linktree
Julie’s Website
Julie’s LinkedIn
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Episode 41 – Strong Leaders Know They Are Imperfect

November 9, 2023February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

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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Episode 40 – Leadership Training at the Top

October 4, 2023February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

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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Episode 39 – Psychological Safety and Accountability

August 2, 2023February 12, 2024Jennifer Long

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 affect that can have on workplace accountability.

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