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Dr. Kumar is a consultant and a retired business academic specializing in global business. He has an undergraduate and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, an MBA from Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He is also a Certified Global Dexterity Trainer.Originally from India, Dr. Kumar has lived and worked in the United States, France, Finland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. He has taught at Penn State, Ohio State, Babson College, and Menlo College in the United States, the University of Nottingham in the U.K., and the University of Aarhus in Denmark, among others.Dr. Kumar specializes in the art of doing business across cultural boundaries. As companies go global they must deal with suppliers, customers, and even employees coming from different cultural backgrounds. This impacts all facets of business operations ranging from how you negotiate business deals to how you motivate employees and manage them.Dr. Kumar has led training programs for global companies on Doing Business in India, Negotiating Cross-Culturally, and Managing Strategic Partnerships. Global Strategic Advisory, of which Dr. Kumar is the principal, offers training programs to companies seeking to enhance their global presence. Dr. Kumar is also part of the Partner-Alliances Collective, a group of professionals involved in managing alliances.Dr. Kumar has a passion for reading, spirituality, and wine tasting. His global experience adds to his vast knowledge, in which he has many fascinating stories to tell. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Rajesh Kumar discuss:How your culture defines you Immersing yourself in a culture Giving value to both the process and the result The limits of social media interaction  Key Takeaways:Culture sets you out, it defines who you are - it creates that demarcation between you and the other. Simply traveling or passing by isn’t enough to understand a culture, you have to immerse yourself in it and internalize it. Something individualistic societies can learn from eastern, collectivist cultures is giving as much value to the process as one does the result. This in turn also prioritizes the relationship more than the transaction. Social media is great for creating connections and conveying information to a lot of people at the same time. However, the best way to develop relationships still lies in spending time together face to face.   "[On negotiation] Of course there’s a transaction, but it is much more than that. You really need to spend a lot of time in terms of… developing a relationship, becoming comfortable with each other." — Dr. Rajesh Kumar See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dr Rajesh Kumar:  Website: http://www.globalstrategicadvisory.comLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-kumar-81aa6a10  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla  Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.  See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Patrick B. Parker is an accomplished Tech Executive turned Founder with domestic and international experience in operations, custom software development, multi-channel product distribution, and marketing involving both start-up and growth operations. He has bootstrapped companies he founded to millions ($MM) in ARR and has raised venture capital to build out teams to refine product features and user experiences, and to execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies.Patrick has built award-winning products and led major growth initiatives in both the public and private sectors. He is a proven operations strategist with a track record of building successful businesses. If you want guidance that you can count on, then you have come to the right place.Today, his company works with amazing entrepreneurs that are looking to make a major impact within their industry. SaaS Partners helps clients with everything from business ideation to product/service development to building scalable marketing strategies and everything in between. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Patrick Parker discuss:Allowing your people to fail Being clear and being accountableHow to be consumer-centric Building a personal brand  Key Takeaways:Encourage people to fail. Give people the opportunity to experiment and try new things. Give them room to fail because through that failure they'll be able to create fresh ideas and learn new things. Communicate the company’s values clearly and hold yourself to those standards and values. Then, hold your staff accountable to those values as well. Be clear and be the example. For a business to be successful, you have to have a clearly-defined customer profile. You have to go deep on the pain points they’re having. If you want to build a personal brand, the key is in your visibility and consistency. You have to put yourself out there, make yourself discoverable, find out how people find you, and invest in that. You also have to cut out content consistently.  "Without accountability, everything falls apart. Without visibility and without clearly communicating and articulating what those values are, might as well not have them." — Patrick Parker See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Patrick Parker:  Website: https://saaspartners.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickbparker/  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla  Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.   See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Andrea T. Edwards, CSP, The Digital Conversationalist, is a globally award-winning B2B communications professional, who works with the world’s largest companies on the transformation needed to maximize business growth in our digital future. A change agent, provocateur, author, passionate communicator, and social leader. Andrea is all about helping businesses understand how they can empower employees to delight customers, grow personal career opportunities, and build brand success. Andrea’s book – Uncommon Courage – is a deeper reflection on life, plus an invitation to courage, so we can tackle the biggest issues the world is facing, together. Her first book ‘18 Steps to an All-Star LinkedIn Profile’ is on two Book Authority listings as the ‘100 Best LinkedIn Books of All Time’ and ‘22 Best New LinkedIn eBooks To Read In 2021 and 2022.’ In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrea Edwards discuss:Trusting your intuition What happens when we ignore intuitionFocusing on the solution Hearing your own voice again Key Takeaways:It’s important to pay attention to your intuition and to trust it. There is a sweet spot where intuition and data meet, but that opportunity doesn’t always present itself. Ignoring intuition is ignoring a level of intelligence that’s needed in this world. Intuition is a sensory faculty that sees, hears, and understands data that isn’t easily uncovered by ordinary means. We live in a world that’s saturated with many different kinds of fears. We should be able to listen to that fear but instead of feeling doomed, focus on how we could change what we need to in order to make things better. Find silence in your life. Turn off everything, and put the noise of the world out of your head so that you’ll be able to hear your own voice again. This is where intuition starts and this is how you’ll be able to cultivate it.   "Someone who’s intuitive is a data gatherer in their own right." — Andrea Edwards See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Andrea Edwards:  Website: www.andreatedwards.com | www.uncommon-courage.com  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaTEdwardsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreatedwards/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDigitalConversationalistFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uncommoncourageaninvitationInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncommonandrea/  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

About Dr. Nick Morgan: He is one of America’s top communication theorists and coaches. He is a passionate teacher committed to helping people find clarity in their thinking and ideas and then delivering them with panache.  Fortune 50 companies have commissioned him to write for many CEOs and presidents.  He has coached people to give Congressional testimony, appear on the Today Show, and deliver unforgettable TED talks.  He has worked widely with political and educational leaders.  And he has himself spoken, led conferences, and moderated panels at venues around the world.  His latest book, on virtual communication, is Can You Hear Me? published by Harvard in 2018.  Nick’s methods, which are well-known for challenging conventional thinking, have been published worldwide.  His acclaimed book on public speaking, Working the Room:  How to Move People to Action through audience-centered Speaking, was published by Harvard in 2003 and reprinted in paperback in 2005 as Give Your Speech, Change the World:  How to Move Your Audience to Action.  His book on authentic communications, Trust Me, was published by Jossey-Bass in January 2009.   His book on brain science and communication, Power Cues, was published by Harvard in 2014.  Nick served as editor of the Harvard Management Communication Letter from 1998 – 2003.  In addition, he has written hundreds of articles for local and national publications.  Nick is a former Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.    After earning his PhD. in literature and rhetoric, Nick spent several years teaching Shakespeare and Public Speaking at the University of Virginia, Lehigh University, and Princeton University.  He first started writing speeches for Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb and found his own communications consulting organization, Public Words, in 1997.    Nick attributes his success to his honest and direct approach that challenges even the most confident orators to rethink how they communicate.   In this episode, Dean Newlund and Nick Morgan discuss:Blindspots in communication Some tips on dealing with nerves Overcoming limitations in virtual communications Delegating tasks during a meeting Key Takeaways:Our fear response when communicating is a primordial instinct that is not relevant in our current day anymore. The tribe will not leave you to die to apex predators if you say something the wrong way anymore. Redefine nervousness into a feeling of fun, thrill, or excitement - like lining up for a rollercoaster ride. Virtual communications mess with our senses, and that affects our ability to communicate well and understand others. To combat this, play with the space a bit, use more hand gestures and try not to look at the screen that shows your face. Delegate an MC to keep track of and encourage audience participation in the meeting. It has to be someone other than the speaker, and it would be too much to handle for one person.  "All virtual relationships degrade over time; you need to have face-to-face meetings with business folks you have long-term relationships with." —  Nick Morgan.  See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Nick Morgan:  Website: https://publicwords.com/ | http://drnickmorgan.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/DrNickMorganLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drnickmorgan  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Dean Newlund is the founder and CEO of Mission Facilitators International, a boutique training and development firm based out of Phoenix, Arizona, with the sole purpose of helping organizations become more connected to their purpose and their people.Today, Mission Facilitators is a respected company, having worked with scores of Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and family-owned companies nationally and in 19 countries. Grounded in age-old wisdom, modern-day learning models, neuroscience, business acumen, and organizational development, their approach has helped companies increase sales, and engagement, create high-performing teams, and cultivate leaders.He has trained and facilitated teams in China, the UK, South America, the Middle East, India, Eastern Europe, and Indonesia. For years he had a weekly column on leadership at the Arizona Republic Newspaper. He’s authored dozens of articles and white papers and has presented on the TEDx stage in Bend, Oregon, in 2019. And he also has a popular podcast called The Business of Intuition.Dean is grounded in these beliefs: that when we understand our purpose, acknowledge our truth, honor our intuition and forge real connections with others, we all have the power to transform our lives and the workplace. As each person cultivates new mindsets and new skills, the fabric of our society is gradually repaired. In this episode, Dean Newlund discussed the three challenges in:Creating a roadmap Focusing on the purposeEffective communication  Key Takeaways:We miss opportunities and risks by developing only part of the business instead of seeing it as an interdependent whole. Employees don’t see how they add value to the organization. Lastly, we tend to address the symptom and not the root cause. We need a roadmap that aligns the individual to the team, from the team to the end-user, to the customer. If we have that spine, that connectivity, we now know that our work is valued by others and we see the benefit of our efforts to something greater than ourselves. We also can start to uncover where the symptoms are and find the root source. We need to focus on the individual, team, organizational purpose, and service. We need to be doing quality metrics, and cutting costs, we need to also keep closely connected to the reason why we’re here in the first place. What is our purpose? What is the product of our product? Why are we doing what we’re doing? We need to be able to say what we know in a way that we can hear it and we need an upstream tool that can help us answer fundamental questions that are vital for all the major aspects of the employee, leadership, team, and organizational development.Find Dean’s diagram for organizational value alignment here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1srP1Pm5BiKklHRfYwNctpUcVRenA0D4Y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116511858661867461136&rtpof=true&sd=true "We have a huge opportunity to be able to find a way to engage people in meaningful work that satisfies this need for connection and that they’re doing something bigger than themself." — Dean Newlund   See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7IConnect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Andrew Bartlow has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide spectrum of sizes, maturity stages, and industries.He is the co-author of “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations,” has a master’s degree from the top program in his field, and has been CECP, SPHR, Six Sigma, and executive coaching certified.Andrew leads Series B Consulting, which helps businesses to articulate their people strategy and accelerate their growth while navigating rapid change. He also founded the People Leader Accelerator, which is the preeminent development program for startup HR leaders.He’s worked with clients like Masterclass and many others to help them overcome obstacles in a hyper-growth phase. For the first time ever, he wants to share his lessons on podcasts. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Andrew Bartlow discuss:The age of opportunity for Human ResourcesHiring people in the current environment Shifting your mindset The roles of an HR professional Key Takeaways:This is an age of opportunity. Business leaders are demanding an answer from human resources, and this is HR’s opportunity to figure it out and create and deploy workable solutions for the organization. Start with the basics, and have a plan. Determine why somebody would want to work for you and why somebody who already does would want to stay, then, tell that story. Expand your pool as much as you can. The way that HR approaches the work will largely drive how they are perceived by the executive team. How they see themselves affects how the organization will see them. It changes the role when the mindset shifts and the HR aspires to be an executive. The HR can be more than just the organization’s mascot, they can be the person who lets the CEO know how they are received or are affecting the company or an internal management consultant that gives sound advice and provides solutions to organizational challenges.   "Figure out why you’re differentiated - why would somebody come work for you, why would somebody stay. And then tell the story. That’s powerful. Then, you can start fishing - if you have a clear, logical, story to tell." — Andrew Bartlow   See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Check out Andrew Bartlow’s book, “Scaling For Success” by clicking on this link: https://www.scalingforsuccessbook.com/Connect with Andrew Bartlow:  Website: https://www.seriesbconsulting.com/ | https://www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartlow/  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Dr. Nilda Perez helps behavioral health organizations to optimize operations and innovate their organization. She positions an organization with high-performing strategies and leading-edge practices.She has about three decades in behavioral healthcare, as a Clinical Social Worker and in various leadership roles. She also has a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership with a concentration in Strategic Foresight – essential for forecasting and helping you design your desired future.Dr. Nilda's expertise in operations, optimization, and high performance in behavioral healthcare qualifies her to help organizations. Then she merged that expertise with her knowledge in innovation strategies – the perfect blend for organizational success.Dr. Nilda had been working with businesses positioning them for innovative success. Yet, she always kept her private practice knowing that this is her calling and her passion. Since the pandemic she has decided to merge both her skills and is helping organizations by infusing innovation into behavioral healthcare. She does this by creating cutting-edge operations and preparing for any upcoming crisis so that organizations can stand apart from the competition in the behavioral healthcare space. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Dr. Nilda Perez discuss:Focusing on what you can controlInnovation and creativity Taking care of the caretakers Creating a better system  Key Takeaways:People who focused on the circle that they could control, rather than those that they can’t, tended to do better than most in the pandemic. Innovation and creativity are good tools to combat fear and anxiety. We need to take care of the caretakers. By giving them extra time to heal and rest, we can reduce the amount of burnout that caretakers are experiencing. Creativity makes the world more interesting and colorful. Innovation and creativity are the way towards progress, it is through these tools that we can create better systems.   "It was the person that was more productive and channeled, was able to make the change, was able to deal with the shift - those were the ones that fared better. The more time they spent creating, the better their mental health." — Dr. Nilda Perez See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7IConnect with Dr. Nilda Perez:  Website: https://www.drnildaperez.com/Email: nilda@drnildaperez.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/msnildaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnildaperez/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drnildaperezfanpageLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nildaperez/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrNildaPerezTV  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370  See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Gina McAndrew, CHA, is President and Owner of a training and consulting business and is recognized as a leading resource for employee training and development. She specializes in management, leadership, experiential, and customer service training. Her twenty-five-year-old business has been built on more than thirty years of experience.  She has an unmatched ability to simplify the learning process into easy-to-understand language and concepts which helps to make employee skill enhancement a fun, as well as an enlightening experience. Gina has consistently demonstrated the ability to “walk the talk”.Through her programs, presentations, products, and book, Gina empowers self-motivation in her clients so they can become their best selves.  In this episode, Dean Newlund and Gina McAndrew discuss:Taking the opportunity to pause and think Useful tools and resources for remaining grateful How gratitude helps you survive sadness Expressing gratitude in the workplace  Key Takeaways:The pandemic gave us a lot of bad stuff, but it also allowed us the opportunity to pause and think. The only way to survive and thrive at this current time is to live and breathe gratefulness. EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique is a good tool to use for healing a habit of fear. It involves tapping into specific points in your body to balance your body’s flow of energy.Living gratefully doesn’t mean blinding yourself to the awful realities that exist, it’s about seeing the positive. Don’t deny sadness, acknowledge it and use gratefulness as a tool to survive that sadness. People want to feel like their company or organization cares about them and values them. The best way to do this is to practice consistent expressions of gratitude. Thank your people for coming to work.   "You have to be intuitively connected to be grateful for things. You have to live it in every breath. Live in the moment of being grateful." — Gina McAndrew See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7IConnect with Gina McAndrew:  Website: https://www.mcandrewtraining.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginamcandrew/  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370  See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Alec Hanson is a contemporary leader within the Mortgage Industry. Constantly striving to improve, he began his career in origination in 2004 funding over $85M, and was named Rookie of the Year by Scotsman’s Guide. Every subsequent year Hanson landed on Scotsman’s Top 200 Originator list finishing his best year at $185M. From there Hanson began coaching and growing a successful branch network in Orange County with his peak year in 2010 funding over $1B at the branch level. Hanson has received HouseWire’s Rising Star award both in 2017 and 2019 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Production for loanDepot for the Pacific Southwest Division overseeing approximately $7B in annual production. A dynamic coach and thought leader Hanson believes in leading and coaching within the trenches of the business, loves leading originators across the country, and is the author of loanDepot’s Modern Lending Playbook. A strategic and tactical tool designed to equip, train, and evolve the traditional mortgage professionals skill sets into the modern era.  In this episode, Dean Newlund and Alec Hanson discuss:The transition to the digital city Present digitally and physically The ICE of social media marketing Being a decent and authentic person  Key Takeaways:The workplace has been less about geography lately. People are moving into the digital space and in it, location stops being a limit. You can be anywhere and still maintain business relationships. Digital interaction doesn’t replace the physical no matter how new the tech is, but it’s necessary that there is some kind of interaction. If you are neither digital nor physical, then that means you’re not there at all. Better yet, be present both physically and digitally. Identify, connect, and engage. Identify which community you’d like to be associated with and make sure you’re connected to them. Don’t send your content into the void, find your audience and engage with them. When posting on the internet, don’t forget to be a decent and authentic human being. Show your product or business in the best light but also talk about yourself - what do you value, what made you want to work in your industry.  "...Leveraging video, community technology, social - but I don’t think it necessarily replaces the physical, it just augments the experience. But if you don’t do that at all, then you’re not physical or digital, that’s a huge problem for culture." — Alec Hanson See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Alec Hanson:  Website:  www.alechanson.comLink Tree: https://linktr.ee/alecthehanson Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Jen Hope is a certified DISC workshop facilitator and Leadership Circle, practitioner. With a background as the Vice President of Marketing for multiple high-growth startup companies, Jen uses evidence-based techniques and strategies to help you live into the future you truly desire.Jen trains and coaches leaders and leadership teams, arming them with the skills they need to develop, grow personally and professionally, and retain their top-tier talent. In this episode, Dean Newlund and Jen Hope discuss:What the pandemic taught us Making movement a part of lifeBuilding internal emotional resourcesSlowing down to listen  Key Takeaways:The pandemic taught us that each one of us is human, even leaders. Moving forward right now means seeking new solutions instead of looking for a reference point in the past. Normalize movement in the workplace. Make it a part of people’s daily life that everyone doesn’t have to sit still on their chairs for their whole shift but each one is driven to move around from the start of our body. Think of self-care as building internal emotional resources. It’s not a luxury, it’s an essential - both for leaders and the people they serve. Slow down and pause to listen. We can’t hear our intuition if we’re running in every direction, going from one thing to the next.   "What I really wanna be mindful of when working with my clients is getting folks other skills… Generative versus reactive approach - drive and ambition, these are gifts. However, if we rely on them as the only two tools that we ever pick up, we’re going to hit places where this feels depleting versus generative." — Jen Hope  See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Jen Hope:  Website: https://heyjenhope.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyjenhope/Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyjenhope/  Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/Twitter: https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 See Dean’s TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.