The Organizational Health Advantage

In this episode, James interviews Stanford volleyball coach, Kevin Hambly. Kevin has had great success over the years coaching at both Stanford and University of Illinois. He attributes a lot of his success to building a positive culture, growing in self-awareness, focusing on peer to peer accountability, and looking for both athletic ability and a positive culture fit when recruiting new players.

James interviews Ben Westra, CEO of WDS Construction. He explains how he evolved as a leader throughout his time working and leading the company.

James is joined by friend and colleague, Mike McHargue. Mike has 20+ years of leadership experience and is now serving as a Table Group consultant. In addition to being a consultant, he recently wrote the book "Rookie Mistakes". In his book, he provides a collection of wisdom and advice from some of the top executives in the US. On this podcast, he shares some of the leadership advice he has gleaned over the years from these leaders and how to apply it into a variety of situations.To find out more about Mike, feel free to visit his website www.mike-mchargue.com and be sure to check out his book Rookie Mistakes on Amazon.

This episode is all about the advantage a strategic HR leader brings to an organization. James brings in friend and colleague Joyce Schaefer. Joyce has been with the Table Group for 3 years. Prior to that, she founded the successful company, "Breakthrough ROI". Before starting her own company, she worked at Monsanto for 20 years where she made the unique career transition from accounting to HR. That pivot made her a valuable strategic HR business leader - the basis for our topic today.

Keith Hadley, a Principal Consultant with the Table Group, shares his insights on Leading Through Crisis. Keith brings over 20 years of organizational and strategy leadership to his partnership with The Table Group. Keith provides expertise in helping CEOs build cohesive teams and competitive advantage. Whether he’s consulting to CEOs one-on-one or with their teams, or leading a large workshop, Keith’s passion and excitement are contagious. His skill for helping teams tackle complex issues has made Keith a sought-after advisor.For more of his articles, please go to keithhadley.com.

What is organizational health all about? In short, it is increasing productivity and morale, while minimizing politics and confusion. James and Keith make the case for the powerful and simple discipline of Organizational Health.