People Business is a weekly podcast exploring human nature in the workplace. Every business is in some way a "people business" and it's often how we manage these dynamics that leads to long-term success or failure.
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Navigating Life’s Disruptions w/ Linda Rossetti
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Positive Influence w/ Brian Smith
Brian Smith is the Founder and Managing Partner of IA Business Advisors, a consulting and coaching company, and co-author of The I In Team book series. He joins the show to talk about influence. Mentioned in this Episode: IA Business Advisors https://iabusinessadvisors.com/ Individual Influence – Finding the I in Team (book) https://www.amazon.com/Individual-Influence-Find-Team/dp/1641467207 Positive Influence – Be the …
Speaking Assertively w/ Lisa Kleiman
Lisa Kleiman is the principal and founder of Speaktopia, a public speaking coaching and training organization. She has held management and consulting positions at Fortune 500 companies and has served as a faculty member at Boise State University for over 15 years teaching undergraduate and graduate English and Business & Managerial Communication courses. Lisa is …
Experience Design 101 w/ Mat Duerden
Mat Duerden is a Professor of Experience Design and Management in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University and the co-author of the book Designing Experiences. He joins the show to talk about the elements of experience design and the framework anyone can use to enhance the experiences they plan for themselves and …
Venture-Backed People Strategy w/ Jim Conti
Jim Conti is the Talent Partner at Hyde Park Venture Partners. In this role, Jim provides strategic talent support and consulting to the firm’s portfolio of companies. In this conversation, we talk about how to build a people strategy in a lean, fast-paced environment and the lessons he’s learned from working across a venture-backed portfolio …
The Ultimate Guide to Executive Assistants and Creating Leverage w/ Bonnie Low-Kramen
For twenty-five years, Bonnie Low-Kramen worked as the personal assistant to Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis. Now she writes, coaches, and speaks to audiences of business leaders and assistants, helping them each make the most of this powerful relationship. Mentioned in this Episode: Staff Matters: People-Focused Solutions for the Ultimate New Workplace: https://www.amazon.com/Staff-Matters-People-Focused-Solutions-Workplace/dp/0976326841 Bonnie’s Be the Ultimate Assistant …
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Lessons in Corporate Giving w/ Skye White
Skye White is a Vice President at Deed, a workplace giving platform. She joins the show to talk about the different ways companies provide giving opportunities to their employees and the reasons why you may or may not want to consider doing the same. Mentioned in this Episode: Connect with Skye White on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skye-white-sustainability Learn …
Developing Mental Toughness w/ Sean Bacon
Sean Bacon is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran who served 12 years as a Paratrooper and as an instructor at the Canadian Forces Military Police Academy. During that time, Sean developed a system of training that psychologically and physically prepared both soldiers and police to thrive in some of the worst situations the world has …
Growing People Without Promotions w/ Gustavo Serbiá
Gustavo Serbiá is the Head of Human Resources at Hair Cuttery, a retail hair salon with 5,000+ employees across 10 states. In this episode, we talk about the challenges of leading a workforce with few promotion opportunities. Gustavo shares lessons on how they recruit, develop talent, and help people grow inside and outside the organization. …
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Growing People Without Promotions w/ Gustavo Serbiá
Gustavo Serbiá is the Head of Human Resources at Hair Cuttery, a retail hair salon with 5,000+ employees across 10 states. In this episode, we talk about the challenges of leading a workforce with few promotion opportunities. Gustavo shares lessons on how they recruit, develop talent, and help people grow inside and outside the organization. …
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The Psychological Safety Playbook w/ Karolin Helbig & Minette Norman
When Minette Norman and Karolin Helbig heard about psychological safety, they knew it could have a big impact on their workplaces. But they struggled to find guidance on how to put the principles of psychological safety into practice. Like all good self-starters, they decided to write the book they wished they’d had. In this episode, …
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The Work Better Project w/ Rebecca Ryan & Libby Castro
Professional Futurist Rebecca Ryan returns to the podcast and brings with her Libby Castro, Founder and Principal at LP/w Design Studios. The two have joined forces to create the Work Better Project, a community geared towards redesigning the what, where, and how of work. Mentioned in this Episode: The Work Better Project: https://www.linkedin.com/company/work-better-project/ “People First: The …
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Building a Committed Team w/ Andy Bass
Dr. Andy Bass is the founder and principal of BassClusker Consulting. He works with leaders of successful businesses who are acutely aware of the rapid pace of change in the world. Andy specializes in getting them ahead of the change and bringing their people with them, and he does it in a very unusual way …
Recovering From the Marathons of Life w/ Dr. Sunitha Chandy
Dr. Sunitha Chandy, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Artesian Collaborative, returns to the show to talk about ways we can recover after expending all of our energy and resilience running life’s great marathons (for example, coming out of a global pandemic). Mentioned in this Episode Sunitha Chandy, PsyD is the lead trainer at Artesian …
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Improving Population Health w/ Todd Hlasney
Todd Hlasney is the Director of Health Risk Solutions at Lockton where he and his team help companies build wellness programs that improve health and lower cost. In this episode, Todd shares best practices, how to make data actionable, and the ways to approach different segments of your employee base. Mentioned in this Episode: Lockton …
Building a Healthy Business w/ Dr. Richard Safeer
Dr. Richard Safeer is the Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being @ Johns Hopkins Medicine. He works to help leaders understand how to build cultures of health in their own organizations. He holds faculty appointments in both the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His book, A …
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Tough Conversations w/ David Wood
David Wood has spent over 20 years coaching thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders across 15 countries on how to do what matters, get there faster, and be extraordinary. He is the author of Mouse in the Room: Because the Elephant isn’t Alone, a book about naming and overcoming the small voices we all have inside that keep …