Build a Vibrant Culture Podcast

What is the secret sauce of leading transformational change?

In uncertain times, leaders will face change...

But how can you create organizational changes that stick—even if your team fears change?

Beth Cohn of ADRA Change Architects is here to share her framework for leading through change.

We’ll discuss:

• How the 3 parts of the mind experience change
• Making difficult changes a positive experience
• Using the Kolbe Index to navigate change
• And more

You might be missing out on this incredible way to level up your leadership...

You can do it when you’re relaxing at the beach...

I’m talking about reading a book.

And though we love business books, fiction books are an untapped resource for leadership wisdom...

My guest Melanie Bell, the Co-Founder of Strategic Piece, benefited so much from reading fiction that she started Leaders Who Fiction, a virtual book club for leaders.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why fictional characters make great case studies
• What leaders can learn from The Hero’s Journey
• The importance of a growth mindset
• How Strategic Piece creates information-driven customer experiences
• And more

Listen in before your next meeting.

No one loves drama at work. But we’ve all had those meetings, the ones where everyone leaves nodding their heads and believing they’re all on the same page... only to receive an email several hours later from someone who wants to critique or change the plans.

Ego loves drama. And ego drives all the little actions we take to get through everyday tasks. When we don’t take time to focus, align, communicate our needs, and hold ourselves accountable, ego gets in the way of success.

Fortunately, Christie Garcia is here to explain the upside to ego and the 6 Pillars of ego management.

You do not want to miss this deep dive into ego and how you can lead a successful, drama-free team!

Don Schmincke is a planetary physicist turned management and leadership researcher. He is an Indiana Jones for the business world who has traveled to the Himalayas to study leadership in lost civilizations and poured over ancient Japanese manuscripts for management techniques CEOs and companies can apply to their organizations today. From Alexander the Great to the Vikings and the Samurai, Don discovers the strategies that have worked for centuries, distills them down and brings them back to the attention of anyone looking for proven ways to better manage their people.

We are so pleased to be speaking with Don on this week’s episode. His new online course, Becoming Samurai, takes a look at change resistance and the cycle of chaos and failure that accompanies many of the change programs companies and organizations try to implement. By studying the success of the Samurai, Don’s program identifies the root cause of change resistance and how to circumvent it by answering the following questions:

• What’s holding me back?
• What are we attached to?
• How do we let go?
• And more

Don’s work codifying management and leadership research and putting it together for CEOs and business leaders has paid dividends for companies and organizations around the world. Don’t miss out on the conversations and his insights for success!

We are so excited to have digital marketing expert Priscilla McKinney join us for this week’s episode of the Vibrant Leadership Podcast. Priscilla is the CEO of Little Bird Marketing and President of The American Advertising Federation Heartland. She is a popular keynote speaker, blogger, podcast host, industry innovator, and diversity champion. She has won numerous awards and has developed the SOAR System for creating sustainable lead generation. Priscilla runs three different companies concurrently, but Little Bird Marketing is her primary focus and she is here to share her expertise in digital marketing and leadership.

Educated as a Cultural Anthropologist, Priscilla brings a unique approach to her work with business clients. Her guidance to executives and companies flows from two questions: How do we relate to each other? And, what are the agreements we have in our relationships? The answers offer us insights into so many important areas of our business, including:

• The dangers of doing the right actions in the wrong order
• Remembering what has made you successful
• An understanding that collaboration is the new competition
• And so much more

Priscilla understands the tremendous confusion many leaders face in the digital marketing environment. The pressure to do a little bit of this and a little bit of that, without truly knowing what is working and what is not. To be successful in digital, it is essential to know who your ideal client is, plan out the content, remain accountable to the strategy, and collect data in order to replicate what works and stop what doesn’t. Priscilla shares with us her secrets to it all. You won’t want to miss this one!