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Bill Perry is a consultant, speaker, author, and coach who helps visionary leaders grow themselves, their teams, and their profits by creating authentic, healthy, highly engaging work experiences. Bill’s insight and practical strategies are built on the truth that as you grow, your team can thrive, your business can produce extraordinary results, and you get the freedom to pursue the life you’ve always imagined. Simply put, “better you, better team, better business, better life!” The Bill Pe ...
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As a leader, are your attempts at intended appreciation with your team falling flat? Maybe it's because you're not speaking their language. Today, I'm talking with Dr. Paul White, the man who literally wrote the book on appreciation at work. He is the co-author of the book, Five Languages of Appreciation in The Workplace. It is hands down one of th…
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It is a new year. It's a new decade. Welcome to 2020! With these moments on the calendar, there's always the hope of great change. But the reality is the movement of dates on the calendar doesn't create change, something else has to happen. Very little change occurs until you make a significant change in the way you see the world. And this is the t…
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Ho, ho, hold on…you don’t like Christmas? I understand this season can be painful for some. It can be a season where depression and suicide rates are on the increase. Or perhaps, as you get older the events of Christmas don’t match the warm, sentimental memories you carry for the season. Today, I want to offer you a message of kindness and hope. YO…
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Do you know how much it costs an organization when employees are not engaged? It can be very costly to the bottom line. Employee engagement is a vital piece to any organization and effective coaching on the part of your management and leadership can be a solution to engaging employees. My guest today is Keith Webb. Keith has years of experience tra…
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Emotional intelligence is a skill that is so important to everyone, including those in leadership. My guest this week is Teresa Quinlan. She has over two decades of experience in learning and development, and she has spent the last 15 years training leaders and their teams, giving particular attention to the area of emotional intelligence. On this …
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Today I’m talking with Jennifer McClure, a former executive recruiter and HR executive who offers a wealth of knowledge on the subject of corporate leadership. Jennifer is here to talk to us about developing corporate leaders and the importance of employee appreciation. People don’t leave companies, they leave managers It seems like common sense th…
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The holiday season is my favorite time of year. I grew up in a great family situation where holidays were marked with extended family time together with good food and great family engagements. However, there is a lot of pressure attached to the holidays. This year, I would encourage you to take a step back and relieve some of that stress during thi…
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Today I welcome friend and business leader, Charles Weathers to the show. I've known Charles for some time, and I've benefited from his extensive knowledge of leadership development. Charles spends time working with nonprofits and faith-based organizations. He loves working with them because they share his heart for the community. He has worked to …
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I am so pleased to welcome Laurie Ruettimann to the show. Laurie had spent many years in human resources leadership and realized she hated her job. She left her position in HR and is now on a mission to fix work. She has some ideas about what is currently wrong with work and some steps we can take to fix those problems; not only in our workplaces b…
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This week I am pleased to have Danny Ozment of Emerald City Productions on the show. Danny is the producer of this podcast and always works hard to make me sound good! Danny and I talk about the creative potential for leaders and human resources teams to utilize the medium of podcasting to drive vision, values and policies through every level of yo…
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It’s my pleasure to have my friend, Mike Kim, on the show this week. Mike is a marketing strategist, and his philosophy is, “Marketing isn’t about closing a sale. It’s about opening a relationship.” As we move through this discussion, you will hear that if you don’t love yourself, you’re not going to manage any other relationship around you. THE MO…
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My guest this week is doing amazing things for people and focusing on the dialogue of moving people forward at work. He has recently begun focusing on the value of humans, creating a community known as HumansFirst. One of the things he has identified is that we are in a current leadership crisis. But he has a potential solution for this. THERE IS A…
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Today it’s my honor to have a new acquaintance on the show with me. Steve Woodruff has a really interesting title. He is known as the “King of Clarity.” If your organization needs some guidance on getting through all of the “noise” that is out there, this is the episode for you! BREAK THROUGH THE GRAY MATTER OVERLOAD We live in an age of informatio…
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This week it is my privilege to have Dr. Michael Hudson on the show. Michael is a full-time speaker, coach, and consultant. He enjoys working with leaders and teams to build their strategic visions. Today we focus on the importance of being true to yourself to be the most effective leader. PUT YOURSELF IN THE RIGHT ROOM Are you in the right place r…
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This week we are introducing a new concept to the show in which I bring in trusted friends and advisors who have had a positive impact on my life and who, I believe, can be beneficial to you as well. It is my pleasure to welcome Kevin Monroe to the show. Kevin is a business consultant, podcast host, and, as he likes to highlight, a husband, father,…
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Change is in the air. The last several months, I’ve offered some thoughts and ideas regarding life and leadership and how to do both with all of your heart. It’s time to bring some other voices into the mix. Starting next week, I’m going to introduce you to some of my amazing friends. You’ll hear from accomplished leaders, consultants, and creative…
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Organizational health is often a messy process, and it requires a great deal of intentionality. As in any relationship, for a team’s health to be sustainable, we and others on the team need to make subtle adjustments at various crossroads. What you choose to do during challenges, difficulties, and opportunities will determine your growth and experi…
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How do you recognize the possibilities that business and life are handing you? In this leadership podcast episode, I expose an incredibly effective key to seeing more opportunities—gratitude. Be Present and Thankful to See More Possibilities We are pre-wired for negativity. When faced with a challenge, our default perceptions and our automatic narr…
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Often prospective clients ask if I can guarantee improvement in their leadership and work experience. They want to become a better leader, and they recognize the need for change in their business culture or personal life and leadership skills. I’ll tell you what I tell them: If you want different results, you must overcome the resistance to change,…
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In this leadership podcast series, we discuss the value of working as a community and collaborating as a team. In this episode, we dive into four benefits of not going it alone. Create Better End Products When we create and work with others, we are more likely to produce better quality work in a timelier fashion. This stems from an implied accounta…
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In this leadership podcast series, we talk about the value of working as a community collaborating as a team. In this episode, we look at how trust is built when we encourage healthy collaboration. Loss of Trust Much of our current work culture requires that we do more with less. This culture is placing increasingly burdensome workloads on individu…
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In this series, we are going to discuss about the value of working as a community and collaborating as a team. This episode highlights the dangers of isolation and what it can cost us in terms of perspective and creativity. Silos and Isolation Our current work culture requires that we do more with less. This is placing increasingly burdensome workl…
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In this series, let’s discuss the value of working as a community and collaborating as a team. This first episode is an invitation to think differently about how we approach work and enhance our organization’s development, creativity, and innovation. The Biggest Challenge Speaking to a large group recently, I asked the question, “What’s the biggest…
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In this leadership podcast episode, let’s get real about our productivity-driven hustle culture. To be an effective leader and work smarter not harder, we look to nature for a few best practices. Overworked and Under-Rested Many of the leaders I work with are burning their candles at both ends. They overwork to overproduce, and eventually, they bec…
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In this As One podcast series, we talk about why organizational alignment matters. If the organization or team that you lead is out of alignment around certain critical issues, your experience is going to be a rough ride. In this episode, we highlight the need for your leadership team to find agreement around the most important issue that your orga…
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In this As One podcast series, we talk about why alignment matters in organizational health. If the organization or team that you lead is out of alignment around critical issues, your experience is going to be a rough ride. In this episode, we talk about how your team’s behaviors are accurate representations of your core values, whether you like wh…
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In this As One podcast series, we talk about why organizational alignment matters. If the organization or team that you lead is not aligned around specific, critical issues, your experience is going to be a rough ride. In this episode, we talk about the value of your team being specific, clear, and aligned around why you do what you do. In their cl…
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In this As One podcast series, we talk about why organizational alignment matters. If the organization or team that you lead is out of alignment around certain critical issues, your experience is going to be a rough ride. In this episode, we look at the value of creating agreement and alignment around four key concepts. Know Your Why In order to en…
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In this “Leading with a Limp” podcast series, we talk about how leaders can effectively manage themselves and their teams during times of conflict and move toward organizational health. If you’ve been a leader for any time, you know that strife, betrayal, and even personal wounds will come. The secret to leading well isn’t to avoid these painful ti…
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In this “Leading with a Limp" podcast series, we talk about how leaders can effectively manage themselves and their teams during times of conflict and move toward organizational health. If you’ve been a leader for any time, you know that strife, betrayal, and even personal wounds will come. The secret to leading well isn’t to avoid these painful ti…
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In this Leading with a Limp podcast series, we talk about how leaders can effectively manage teams during times of conflict and move toward organizational health. If you’ve been a leader for any length of time, you know that strife, betrayal, and even personal wounds will come. The secret to leading well isn’t to avoid these painful times but to em…
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In this Leading with a Limp podcast series, we talk about how leaders can effectively manage teams during times of conflict and move toward organizational health. If you’ve been a leader for any time, you know that strife, betrayal, even personal wounds will come. The secret to leading well isn’t to avoid these painful times but to embrace them and…
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As leaders, we all have seasons that we're leading with a limp, that is when we've suffered a leadership injury, such as a betrayal or a loss of confidence in our team. The danger is, if left unresolved, our injury can cause our attitudes to calcify into patterns of highly-charged reactions. This erodes the harmony and trust within our team and lea…
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To create a healthy company culture, you need to get to know your employees’ needs and wants. We're continuing our podcast series on what your team needs to thrive. This week: your team’s need to feel valued. In episode 18 we introduced the idea of growing healthier teams as a function of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In order, they are survival, sa…
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What do your employees want most? In part five of this series, we uncover surprising findings on team culture and get to the heart of how you can make your employees happy. In a study conducted by the University of Minnesota, managers and employees were asked to rank work-related needs like job security, good wages, promotion, help with personal pr…
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Listen in to this week’s episode for leadership tips to improve your company culture and make employees happy. First, address your team’s safety, security, and social needs. Leaders, you can prevent high employee turnover by first ensuring that your employees’ needs are being met. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs comes into play here and ranked in order…
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Are you a safe leader—meaning, can your team trust you not to respond in an exaggerated way when under stress? Or does your team walk on eggshells, fearing volatility or withdrawal when stress hits? If so, you’re setting a culture that tells your team they aren’t safe when times are tough. We’re continuing our dialogue on the top three things your …
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Are you a safe leader? Can your team members approach you with concerns and challenges without being afraid of your response? In this series, we’re focusing on your employees’ top three needs. Number two: a safe leader. Job stress and anxiety don’t come from the actual work but from uncaring and unaware leaders. As a leader, you can develop a team …
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How is your company culture? Does your team have what it needs to feel safe? I’m not talking about physical safety here. I’m asking if your organization’s culture fosters an atmosphere of professional and emotional safety for your team. If you want to create a culture where employees are happy, engaged, and thriving, listen in. For the next few wee…
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Leaders can easily fall prey to workplace stress and the demands of the team. This can cause them to sacrifice the creativity that fuels innovation and progress. In this podcast episode, I talk about how to find proactive solutions during times of stress by taking a pause and practicing intentional mindfulness. We’re wrapping up our “Be Good to You…
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Is it possible that you are unintentionally sabotaging your own progress toward becoming a better leader? As we’ve written in this series, healthy teams require healthy leaders, so it’s vitally important you take care of yourself. In this podcast episode, we’ll talk about self-care in terms of self-talk, positive thinking and overcoming perfectioni…
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We’re continuing our leadership skills series, and we’re focused on why you, the leader, need to take care of yourself first. Healthy teams require healthy leaders. In this episode, we unpack leadership self-care tip #3: the critical importance of a good night’s sleep. Healthy, effective leadership depends upon your getting quality, neurochemical-r…
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We’re continuing our series on developing leadership skills, specifically focusing on taking care of yourself as a leader first. Why is this important? Because healthy teams can contribute significantly to your ROI and they require healthy leaders. In this week’s episode, we unpack leadership self-care skill #2: becoming chemically dependent! Healt…
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Healthy teams require healthy leaders. If you aim to become a better leader and to develop a healthy organization that delivers results, then it’s imperative that you focus on you first. It’s leadership development 101. Over the next few episodes, we’ll discuss the absolute necessity of leadership self-care. Step one in improving your leadership an…
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Settled, but not satisfied. Everyone has moments where that feeling prevails. When you realize that you have settled without fulfillment for an extended period of time, that’s when momentary despair becomes resignation! In Episode nine we’re wrapping up our conversation about the all-too-common pain of resignation. And the good news that you do not…
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Resignation is the primary symptom of disengagement, both personally and professionally. We’re continuing to look at the idea of resignation-the acceptance of something undesirable, but seemingly inevitable. And, the good news that you don’t have to live with that pain. Resignation and despair often find their conception in ‘settling.’ Settling is …
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Resignation is the primary symptom of disengagement, both personally and professionally. We’re continuing to look at the idea of resignation-the acceptance of something undesirable, but seemingly inevitable. And, the good news that you don’t have to live with that pain. Resignation generally presents in diminished productivity, a withdrawal from co…
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Resignation is the primary symptom of disengagement, both personally and professionally. Over the next few episodes, we’re going to look at the idea of resignation-the acceptance of something undesirable, but seemingly inevitable. And, the good news that you don’t have to live with that pain. Typically, resignation is marked by thoughts like, “life…
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In this episode, I talk about the path a leader has to take to create a culture that will engage, empower and inspire every team member and allow them to express their unique potential. The path starts with clarity and alignment. Clarity and alignment represent the foundation organizational health. For a leader to experience maximum impact, their v…
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A more rewarding and engagement work experience always begins in the heart of the leader. In fact, building a healthy team rests on the foundation of growing yourself as a leader. As a leader, you have to, “Put your own mask on, first.” It will enable you to survive, thrive and serve in seasons of stress, chaos and confusion. In this episode, I tal…
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