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Episode 52 – Say What? The Art of the Question with Author Sean Grace

Episode 52 – Say What? The Art of the Question with Author Sean Grace

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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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Episode 51 – Conversations on Change with Curtis Bateman

Episode 51 – Conversations on Change with Curtis Bateman

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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!
Thank you so much for listening! Make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!

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Episode 50 – Thinking About Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

Episode 50 – Thinking About Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

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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!

Thank you so much for listening! Make sure to check out the video cast under the “Videos” tab!
Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!®
Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc!

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

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

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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

Episode 46 – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review

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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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