“Is your focus on departmental success actually sabotaging your organization’s future? In this episode, we dive deep into the paradox of collective responsibility in leadership—why balancing your own goals with the greater good isn’t just an option, but a necessity. Get ready to challenge your assumptions and rethink what it means to truly lead.”
Read MoreMany people want to work in organizations that prioritize their well-being. Leaders accustomed to driving results may view kindness and treating employees with compassion as a weakness or distraction. Are these two factors at odds with each other or is there a way to combine them? In this episode, we dive into the factors to be considered and how to think about it from various lenses, whether you’re an employee, leader, or CEO.
Read MoreIn this episode, we are going to dive into a topic that would help many of us right now given the daily clammer of the media and the busyness of our daily responsibilities all the while trying not to be influenced by those around us and what they are buying, what schools their kids are going to and where they are traveling to this year. We’re focusing on how one keeps perspective starting out with Vicki taking a once in a lifetime perspective changing trip … including the makeshift toilet!
Read MoreEntrepreneurship, for many of us it sounds like a dream. Having a greater impact in the world. Pursuing our passion. Building something from scratch. Being our own boss and having autonomy with the increased flexibility that comes from creating our own schedules. Not having to deal with office politics, unnecessary meetings, performance reviews and other administrative tasks that feel like a waste of time. Given all that, who wouldn’t want to be an entrepreneur?
Read MoreIn this episode, we discuss a truly joyous topic. Something everybody wants. Something that gets celebrated by colleagues, friends and family when it happens. Something that raises our levels of dopamine and makes us feel on top of the world. Promotions! We’re going to give you a sneak peak into the dark side of being promoted and give you food for thought so that you can make sure it is something you’re ready for and that it's actually something you actually want. Join us as we dive in and give you our fabulous perspective.
Read MoreIn this episode, we’re going to dive into a topic that is taking up mental space for many of us. We’ll be discussing AI and its impact on our jobs. While many experience some degree of low-grade anxiety, others panic when thinking about the idea. And then there are others who are excited about it and see it as a huge opportunity. And some of us experience both fear and excitement. In this episode, we’re going to dive into how to think about this topic so that you have a broader perspective and know what you can do now to start moving in the direction of the skills that are going to be the most highly valued.
Read MoreIn this first episode of the series, we’re tackling a topic that evokes a huge amount of emotion - working remotely. Employees question why they can’t work remotely forever as they value flexibility enormously. And they have proven the productivity benefits during Covid. If only it was that easy. Join us as we provide a variety of ways for fabulous people to truly appreciate the complexities as they look through the lens of their boss, the organization, the country, and even the world so that they can best navigate this complex topic without unknowingly creating longer-term unintended consequences.
Read MoreIt’s no longer good enough for companies to focus only on profits. Businesses need to not only drive economic value but also be socially conscious, meaning they need to focus on doing good in the world. Why is this? Customers expect it. Employees want to work for a purpose-driven company. Those companies who do will reap the rewards!
Read MoreUp until last year, hot topic conversations that are social or political in nature were an HR and Legal no-go zone for most Executives. This changed in 2020 where Executives are now seen as complicit if they don’t engage in these conversations. And they've never been trained how to navigate the complexities of these conversations!
Read MoreIn this episode we discuss why adaptability and re-skilling will matter more than ever in the post-Covid world. In fact, we assert that it is going to be more important than deep knowledge acquisition if you do want to be a Fabulous Leader!
Read MoreIn this episode we discuss a framework to become bulletproof and stop your brain from hijacking your success. We teach you how to thrive in our noisy world of disinformation and cancel culture where change and the need for adaptability is constant.
Read MoreThrough the lens of the 5 thinking levels - tactical, operational, structured, systemic and meta - we work through what’s going to stick and rebound in a post-Covid world. We cover everything from how zoom levels the playing field to what happens when you don’t have the same proximity to power and decision making. Organizations want the maximum amount of agility while humans want the maximum amount of clarity, stability, and flexibility - these are two opposing forces that are impossible to reconcile like repelling magnets.
Read MoreIn this 13-part series (or more … if we get carried away :-)), we explore the Future of Work in 2025. We’ll be exploring each topic through the lens of the 5 thinking levels we introduced in Series 1 as we’ve had requests from many of you to share more examples of how to think in levels.
Read MoreIn Episode 3, Sean helps us to imagine a new world of agriculture as he sees it. Today, you have to be middle class or higher to be able to afford fresh nutritious produce.
Read MoreIn Episode 2, we dive deeper with Sean McCall into his career journey learning about the wisdom he has for others making the shift from Techie to Business Leader. We conclude with finding out if Business Leader was the right call given all his learnings or does he wish he’d stayed a Techie.
Read MoreIn this special series 4, our guest Sean McCall takes up through his journey from Techie to Business Leader and how he successfully figured out how to navigate those painful Circles-of-Suck experiences when we’re not in alignment. People are inherently messy. We learn how he figured out whether he should choose the technology or traditional management track.
Read MoreIn this episode we talk with Robert Greiner on Crisis Leadership. Crises happen more than we realize - once in a 100 year events now happen about every decade. We explore Crisis Leadership as it relates to you as an individual leader of yourself and others.
Read MoreThe final episode in a 3-part series of the ‘‘why behind the why” ThinqShift exists. We help develop fabulous people to reinvent our work, and the world because we believe that deeply that you can be successful, kind, compassionate, high-performance and lead meaningful and happy lives.
Read MoreIn this new special series of the Be Fabulous Podcast, we are asking ourselves and our listeners to “ Imagine a Reinvented World” guided by our Fabulous special guest and big thinker: Sean Beard.
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