The Reboot Podcast

On this episode of the Reboot Podcast, Jerry hosts a conversation with David Hieatt, co-founder of Hiut Denim Company. In this exchange, David recounts how the sale of his first company left him feeling listless and ungrounded. He shares how he regained his sense of purpose after founding Hiut, a company that revived the denim industry in the small town of Cardigan, Wales. David describes the difficult process of temporarily closing the factory due to COVID-19 and how these past few months have given him the space to reaffirm the company's values and solidified the importance of taking care of not only the people of his organization but the community as a whole. Jerry and David acknowledge the value of servant leadership, remark on the beauty of team building, and consider what happens when your company grows you. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

Erine Gray, founder of Aunt Bertha, shares his journey of growing up poor and struggling with insecurities. Jerry Colonna and Erine discuss the importance of loving your inner critic for compassionate leadership. Topics include childhood experiences, faith, insecurities, and self-love.

Chris Vandenbrink, Director of the peer group program at Reboot, teams up with Andy Crissinger to explore the often-overlooked skill of inquiry in leadership. They discuss how shifting from answer-giving to question-asking can transform team dynamics. The duo highlights the power of open-ended questions in fostering honest dialogue and psychological safety. By embracing a culture of inquiry, leaders can enhance collaboration, promote critical thinking, and create resilient teams ready to tackle challenges together.

Regina Smith is the Executive Director for Mission Integration at Naropa University and a specialist in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Amanda Aguilera is a trainer and consultant focusing on power dynamics. They delve into the transformative nature of conflict, urging listeners to embrace it as a catalyst for growth. Their discussion covers the intersection of power dynamics and racial equity, emphasizing the need for critical conversations to address societal imbalances. They advocate for love and community as essential pillars for social transformation, reshaping how we view and navigate conflict.

In this release, Jerry sits down with leading diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown to explore her latest book, ​How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive. In this conversation, recorded at the beginning of 2020, Jennifer reveals why inclusive leadership is not only risky, but often uncomfortable, and why discomfort is necessary for individual and organizational growth. Jerry and Jennifer analyze why true inclusivity requires removing the barriers to belonging in the workplace and share that when those with whom we work feel a true sense of belonging, trust and productivity increase within an organization. They examine the power of pronouns, make the distinction between allyship and advocacy, confront the ways in which our biases direct us, and describe why leadership without inclusivity is not true leadership. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

The fundamental unit of doing that great work is conversation. Conversations happen easier, clearer, and more harmoniously if we can connect as human beings, look each other in the eye, trust, and feel safe naming what's up for us. In this clip, coaches Andy Crissinger and Chris VandenBrink share Reboot's Red-Yellow-Green model for check-ins and how it's implementation can shift the tone of how you relate to folks and hold meetings such as 1-1's and offsites. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

On this episode of the Reboot Podcast, Jerry sits down with Rha Goddess, author, entrepreneurial soul coach, and founder of Move the Crowd. In this conversation, which centers around Rha's new book The Calling: 3 Fundamental Shifts to Stay True, Get Paid, and Do Good, Rha describes the ethos of soul work and shares why calling forth the qualities and attributes that live in the truest and purest expression of ourselves are crucial for those who lead. Jerry and Rha explore what it means to lead from a place of integrity and wholeness. Rha notes that personal commitment to doing the work that supports mental, spiritual, emotional, physical well-being is the ultimate prerequisite for leadership and Jerry stresses the importance for those who hold power to do their own work in order to reduce violence to our communities, the planet, and themselves. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

Feelings of isolation and loneliness have been well documented amongst today's leaders. That's why the simple question "Are you ok?", asked with genuine concern, can elicit such a profound impact for those who are struggling through a tough time, such as shutting down a business like Avni Patel Thompson. At the time of this recording, Avni was in the wake of shuttering her previous company, Poppy. In this exchange, Jerry and Avni discuss the trauma and pain that go hand in hand with closing a business, reflecting that failure is a foundational part of the vast majority of startup journeys. Avni describes how Jerry's open and honest question of, "Are you ok?", revealed a well of unprocessed emotions and kick-started the inquiry process about her next steps as an entrepreneur. Avni determines that while Poppy as an entity no longer exists, her overall mission and purpose that drove its existence lives on in her new company, Modern Village. As she sublimely reflects, the collapse of her previous business has driven her into greater alignment to her life's Work, leading her to exactly where she needs to be. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

The ability to differentiate between transition and change is important for leaders to understand when attempting to lead groups of people through uncertain times. In this short clip, Andy Crissinger, Reboot's Director of Coaching, introduces a helpful framework for leading teams through times of transition. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup

As leaders, necessity requires that we spend ample time designing for the future and building safety nets for the unknown, but what happens when life throws the unexpected our way and our best laid plans are torn asunder? In times of turbulence, it's not uncommon to feel suspended in space. To combat the unease of unknowing we search desperately for a map that might provide guidance in our path forward. In looking to the external, we often lose sight of the compass rose that lives deep within our being and the truth at our core. In this episode of the Reboot Podcast, you'll meet Thiyagarajan (Rajan) Maruthavanan, Partner at Upekkha, an Indian SaaS Accelerator. With all the uncertainty that has emerged in the face of the novel Coronavirus, Rajan comes to Jerry holding questions around the future of the business and how best to support the founders which are struggling. What follows is a thoughtful conversation about the power of radical self-inquiry, the undeniable truths that emerge when we align with our hearts center and how those values ultimately provide clarity around purpose in unpredictable times. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Follow our step by step guides: - How To: Leave a Review on Your Computer: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-computer/ - How To: Leave a Review on Your iPhone: www.reboot.io/leave-itunes-review-via-iphone/ Never miss an episode! Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on all our episode releases. www.Reboot.io/signup