Transform Your Workplace

Join us in this episode, as I sit with Xenium’s new HR business partner, Nicole Blevins.  Nicole will share with us how she found Xenium from the podcast all the way from Florida, and what made her decide to make the leap and move to Oregon to work for Xenium. She gives an insider look at what it’s like to work at Xenium, her experiences with the company so far, the differences between being an in-house HR generalist for a city versus HR consulting, and how she helps clients as well as her workmates. Nicole shares what drives her to keep on achieving her goals and how you can make the best decision for yourself! In this episode, you will learn about: How Nicole found Xenium HR Nicole’s transition from Florida to Oregon What it’s like with Xenium HR The onboarding experience What drives Nicole to give it her best every single time Making the best decision for yourself What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

To sustain one’s best work, they need to be part of an environment that makes them feel they’re appreciated and needed. Showing gratitude to others boost their confidence and motivates them to perform at their best. And at the same time, you’re also helping your people’s mental wellbeing. In this episode, we are joined by bestselling leadership author and organizational culture expert, Adrian Gostick to talk about how leaders, bosses, and managers can lead with gratitude. He is the author of The Carrot Principle, All In, and The Best Team Wins, and he goes around the world to help leaders with employee engagement and other leadership related issues. Adrian shares essential leadership practices that are for sure will help you achieve the results you’ve wanted to see. We talk about the science behind being grateful, why managers should practice leading gratitude and positivity and not lead under pressure, as well as the benefits of appreciation in the workplace. Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results will be released on March 3, 2020. Pre-order your copy 👉 here  In this episode, you will learn about: Why leaders and bosses aren’t expressing that much gratitude to their employees at work? The psychology behind gratitude Positive feedback and appreciating Leading with gratitude vs. leading people in a fear-based culture How successful leaders integrate gratitude into their company culture Re-wiring your brain to be more grateful Cash and compensations as motivators Why showing gratitude for small things is just as important as the big ones Encouraging peer gratitude Problems that managers tend to do when it comes to gratitude and appreciation Connect with Adrian Adrian Gostick - Website LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Instagram

Wouldn’t it be great if your company had a 3-day weekend every week instead of the usual 2? Who doesn’t love long weekends?  Imagine if your company did implement a 4-day workweek, weekends will be longer, and breaks would be shorter, which won’t intervene with the normal business operations. Sounds great, right? The traditional workweek for Americans is five days a week and eight hours per day. When your organization opts for the 4-day workweek, that would be 10 hours per day and equates to 40 hours a week, which is the same as the standard hours an employee is required to render every week. In this episode, we’re going to talk about all the pros and cons of having a 4-day workweek system with Chamber Media founder and Media Hacker, Travis Chambers!   He was featured under Forbes 30 under 30, and he will share his story on how he left the corporate world to start Chamber Media.  Travis will also share how he came up with their unique culture and benefits, how he is handling deadlines in a 4-day working schedule, and how what he’s doing right now allowed him to travel more compared to when he was still hustling in his corporate days. In this episode, you will learn about: How Travis left his corporate job to start Chamber Media How Travis built the philosophy around the 4-day workweek What Chamber Media employees think about the 4-day workweek The benefits of working four days a week The impacts of having four days work week to the business’ operation Handling deadlines The pros and cons of the 4-day work week Connect with Travis LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Chamber Media What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Resources: Having Children Destroyed My Career

In this solo podcast with Brandon Laws, he describes Xenium's recognition programs and their effort over the years to connect their recognition program to their values and behavior statements. Download the WOW card template mentioned in this podcast  What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

It takes an extraordinary team to accomplish incredible things. But how do we build one? What makes a team extraordinary? Start this year off right by listening in today’s episode as an author, speaker, world-record athlete, and pro leadership coach Jason Caldwell joins us to share his amazing experience on how to build and lead an extraordinary team to accomplish incredible things! He is the founder of Latitude 35, a leadership training firm that operates around the world. He also wrote Navigating the Impossible: Build Extraordinary Teams and Shutter Expectations, a guidebook on how you and your team can turn impossible goals into reality. Jason also talks about his thrilling story of crossing the Atlantic and how he and his team were able to persevere despite the obstacles they’ve faced along the way! In this episode, you will learn about: How Jason ended up doing a rowing sport The importance of finding your “why” Suffering and sacrifice Why building a great team is important The difference between the best people and the right people Why losing is better than not having a purpose How Jason built his team What it means to “lead with emotion” Rallying for a purpose Why you should have a sense of urgency Resources: Navigating the Impossible: Build Extraordinary Teams and Shatter Expectations by Jason Caldwell What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.   Connect with Jason Instagram Twitter Facebook Latitude 35 Racing

If you think you can go to eat alone, you are bound to be disappointed, and you will eventually hit a dead-end in your life. There’s an entire generation out there that’s growing and finding it hard to connect with others and be successful in it. Though social media has emerged to help us connect with more people, sadly, it has made us more isolated. If you’re struggling to make connections with others yet want to build strong social bonds and unsure of how you should do it, Jason Treu, the author of Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network, shows us how to make meaningful connections and establish long term relationships that’ll benefit your organization and life in general. Jason is a Chief People Officer and Culture and Leadership expert who is in the business of helping leaders, managers, and HR professionals build high-performing cultures and teams have practical communication skills to form unbreakable bonds! He firmly believes that everything we accomplish in life is made possible through the connections we have built with others, which is our real wealth. Jason talks about the reason why he wrote his book, what social capital and wealth are all about, plus some practical and easy ways to build your social capital. Make sure you listen to this episode and learn how you can leverage your relationship-building and communication skills!  Grab your copy of Jason Treu’s and start building your Social Wealth! 👉 click here to get one now!  In this episode, you will learn about: Why Jason decided to write a book about building social wealth Why relationship is the biggest problem that we need to deal with What are social wealth and social capital Hard skills vs. soft skills Psychological Safety and Investing Why developing a personal brand is important How to walk the talk Practical ways to build your social capital Resources: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Connect with Jason LinkedIn Twitter Facebook

How you run your company says a lot about what you value, and it directly impacts the productivity of your people. Are you looking to take your company’s performance to the next level?  If you want to get more things done, you need to make some changes to improve work productivity and happiness in the workplace. To achieve all of this, Darren Chait, Co-Founder, and COO of Hugo, a connected meeting notes platform, joins us to talk about his book 10X Culture: The 4-hour meeting week and 25 other secrets from innovative, fast-moving teams. His book offers insights and many lessons from the most innovative teams to cultivate each team member to become leaders and decision-makers. We touched on everything from what it means to become an effective leader and drive a culture that propels the team to the top. We also talk about how teams can work more effectively together, the modern world with technology, how to make decisions, how to cut down on meeting times, how to communicate, and many more! Darren’s book is a must-have for every leader. It’s the perfect handbook for using culture to build a thriving organization! Make sure you grab yourself a copy, click 👉here.  In this episode, you will learn about: What it means to become an effective leader How teams can work more effectively How to cut down on medium ties What is a decision journal? Directly Responsible Individuals The purpose of a meeting Collaborative communication tools for teams What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Connect with Darren LinkedIn Twitter HUGO

A lot of us white-collar workers are poor when it comes to managing our health. Due to the nature of our job, which is sitting 9 to 5 staring at a computer screen, it’s no wonder a lot of us gain pounds and increase the digits on our waistlines.  And so not only are you stressed due to work, but you’re also overwhelmed by the fact that you’re gaining weight and becoming more unhealthy. How do we prioritize our mental and physical health so that we can grow and thrive more in our chosen career? In this episode of the Transform Your Workplace podcast, we are joined by Mark Mohammadpour, an accredited Senior Communications Executive, Certified health coach, and personal trainer and the owner of Chasing the Sun.  He will talk about how he transformed his life from being a busy, stressed PR person into someone who’s coaching and helping people incorporate fitness, health, and wellness into their lives so they can reduce their stress and thrive. Get inspired and start taking action on how to be more fit, healthy, and mentally well as mark shares how he lost and kept off 100+ pounds over the ten years. He brings up how his perspective on his PR job changed when he started his fitness and health journey. We also talk about how you can own your calendar, develop healthy habits, and what role an employer plays in all of this.   In this episode, you will learn about: How Mark started his transformation to drop his weight and become healthy Why PR is viewed as an extremely stressful profession Mark’s approach to health and wellness Controlling our eating to develop healthy habits How the decision we make impacts us in the long run Checking your ego and seeing who you inspire What Mark did to make his health transformation a success Empowerment of people The role of the employer concerning the workplace’s mental and physical health, and work-life balance Owning your calendar and set up your boundaries What did you think of this episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn. Connect with Mark LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Chasing the Sun - Health Coaching for Communicators, Marketers and    Resources mentioned in this episode: You can read Mark’s full transformation story here!

In this special bonus Thursday episode, Brandon speaks with Lacey Partipilo and Tyler Meuwissen of Xenium HR about crowd-sourced wage data, why employers should be aware of it, and what they can do about it. -- What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

Trust in the workplace is just as important as it is in our relationships. It’s the basis of all relationships and the one that holds an organization together. Building a culture of trust is essential in empowering, engaging, and retaining top talent within your organization. But how do we build trust back once it’s already broken? In this episode, Joel Peterson, author of The 10 Laws of Trust, joins us to talk about how we can establish a culture of trust, respect, and integrity within our organizations to ultimately achieve success. Joel is the Chairman of JetBlue Airways and the Founding Partner of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm. He shares what leaders and managers should do when there’s a low trust culture with your team. We’re also going to discuss the cause of betrayal, the importance of feedback, and explore the other laws of trust and create stronger bonds. If you lead others with trust and would like to create a culture of trust within your workplace, then be sure to listen to this episode! Don’t forget to grab a copy of Joel Peterson’s The 10 Laws of Trust. Order your book here! In this episode, you will learn about: Why trust is the number 1 competency leaders need today How to grant trust to others The recipe for building a high trust culture Why betrayal happens The two kinds of betrayal The culture of feedback How to earn others trust back when you’ve made a mistake Low trust culture vs. High trust culture Empowerment Why a lot of leaders choose to lead with power and fear Why humility is essential for a CEO who’s trying to build a high trust environment What did you think of this episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.   Connect with Joel LinkedIn Twitter Joel Peterson - Website 10 Laws of Trust Resources mentioned in this episode: The SPEED of TRUST: The One Thing That Changes Everything with Stephen M.R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey