Reality-Based Leadership

On today’s episode, I’m answering some of YOUR questions about how to succeed in spite of changes and stress at work. 1. My team gets stressed at work when someone else makes a mistake. How can I reduce their suffering and get them helping, instead of judging? 2. We are moving into a new space within the year and there is a lot of turmoil and drama on the team. How can I get them to see the new opportunities instead of the negative? Have a question you’d like me to answer? Submit it here: https://bit.ly/2Pc9LKa

You're in for a treat with today's guest: Meliessa Ogrodowski, HR pro and Director of Learning and Development at Craft Brew Alliance. She shares a behind-the-scenes look at how she built a learning and talent development culture from the ground up at CBA, using RBL philosophy as the foundation. In doing so, they transformed their hiring process, performance reviews and appraisals, employee survey, and so much more. You'll be blown away by their amazing results! Learn more about our Train the Trainer Certification program: https://bit.ly/2UPHpMm

Today my guest is Martha Bird, a Business Anthropologist with ADP. She and I are talking all about how we can use the discipline of anthropology to evolve and transform the way we work, our technology and products with curiosity and seeing the world through the lenses of others. Find Martha on social @anthro_tweeter Follow me everywhere @cywakeman Loving this podcast? I'd love your feedback! Please leave me a review and a rating!

This week, Alex Dorr finally pinned me down to talk about feedback in the workplace! He was able to pull out some of my best stories on the subject, which I'm confident will keep you entertained and learning how the ego can easily interfere in these conversations. Many fear giving and receiving feedback, but when it's based in reality - there's nothing to fear. This podcast is great for leaders and individual contributors alike! Loving this podcast? Leave me a review and a rating! I'd love to hear from you! Follow me everywhere @cywakeman Follow Alex Dorr @alexmdorr

This week's guest is Mikey Ellis, a Culture Strategist at Pragmatic Thinking. In our chat, we explore the age-old question of what it takes to build a great work culture, including the leader's responsibility, as well as that of the employee. Mikey and I share a passion for creating workplaces that empower people to do great things together, as well as a love and appreciation for a glass of great wine from time to time! Follow Mikey on IG @mikey.ellis Follow me everywhere on social @cywakeman

After a pivotal moment surviving a life-threatening bike accident, Michael decided it would be his last bad day. In his recovery, he made a commitment to stop chasing happiness. Now as a coach, speaker and author, he is on a journey from being a human doer to a human being. This episode will inspire you to look at your life differently and consider making today your last bad day. Learn more about Michael at MichaelObrienShift.com Loving this podcast? Please leave me a rating and a review!

This podcast is a call to greatness for leaders who are practicing the philosophy to stay true to a wider concept of keeping an open mind, an open heart and staying curious. It's about how we can fall into overusing one part of the philosophy - calling people to greatness, accountability - and underusing self-compassion and compassion towards others. When this happens, we find ourselves out of balance. My desire is for you to use this podcast as a self-reflection of how you are evolving yourself first, and then your talent, so you can go out and do great things in this world. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode! Leave a rating and a review! Follow me everywhere @cywakeman

I love this week's guest, as she takes an evidence-based approach to prepare and engage working moms (aka "LeaderMoms") in the sometimes wonderful, sometimes rocky, professional path. This episode is great for moms and employers alike as we find a way to address real business problems of unwanted turnover and gender equality, while reducing the guilt, anxiety, and fear that comes along with being a LeaderMom. Learn more at LeaderMom.com Follow on social @LeaderMomOfficial If you're loving this podcast, leave me a rating right here. I'd love to know what you think!

Marianne Williamson is at the very top of the list of profound teachers that I want to bring to this podcast, and I am thrilled to have her with me today! A Return to Love is one of my most loved, shared and used books on my bookshelf. Her message is powerful: Apply love to all of your affairs and you can be healed.   Read Marianne's books: A Return to Love: https://amzn.to/2w3OnOT A Politics of Love: https://amzn.to/2HpLGhl   Learn about Marianne's Presidential campaign: marianne2020.com   Follow me everywhere on social @cywakeman

If you've noticed that I've upped my speaking game, let me introduce you to my secret weapon: My speaking coach, Fia Fasbinder with The Moxie Institute! Every leader role comes with it a need for good speaking skills, whether you are in a 1:1, a board meeting or on stage. This podcast is full of techniques you can try out immediately to up your game so that people hear the wonderful content you have to deliver. Learn more about The Moxie Institute.  Follow me everywhere @cywakeman