How to create impactful culture in our teams with Mike Arzt from The Public Works

Welcome everyone to this episode of the Conscious Culture podcast with Sarah Riegelhuth, CEO and founder of Grow My Team!

I’m super excited today to be joined by one of my best friends, Mike Arzt, who lives here in Colorado where I’m also currently living. Mike was one of the first people I ever met in Denver, having met through an Entrepreneurs’ Organisation event. He’s been a great support to me personally and an inspiring leader in his business The Public Works which has an incredible culture.

I’m so happy to have Mike on the podcast to talk about what makes The Public Works what it is, how he cultivates team culture and how it all began with working at Burton Snowboards and soaking up Jake Burton’s leadership style.

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“Our lives were redefined by being there, but so were everyone else’s. That wasn't just Jake. That was what Jake created. And to me that’s culture.”

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Remote work has long moved beyond simply being a trend or a lifestyle. It’s a natural evolution in the way we work and collaborate and a complete and vital redesign with profound positive impact for businesses, teams and society as a whole.

With it comes a work culture revolution that requires putting culture, freedom, trust and conscious behaviour at the core of every business who wants to thrive.

I’m Sarah Riegelhuth, your host, and I’m a serial entrepreneur, investor and expert in growing happy, high-performing remote teams.

Since 2014 I’ve been running all of my businesses remotely and that has deeply changed who I am as a leader.

I’ve gone from micro-managing an unhappy team suffering high turnover and working long hours to moving to the US, traveling roughly six months of the year, loving the sh*t out of my team and being constantly amazed as to what we’re achieving!

Join me as we dive deep into conversations about remote work magic, conscious culture, and the future of work with some of the most inspiring founders and leaders in the remote work space.

Insights, tips, success and failure, innovation.. we share it all. Let’s dive in!

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“You cannot even begin to grasp the ripple effect in the world because of that one person who followed their passions.”

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In this episode, Mike Arzt and Sarah Riegelhuth get into passion in our work, the lasting affects of good leaders in our lives, and the sprawling effect of empowering our teams with conscious culture.

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“We get to just show up, all of it, as we are, and not have to hide and be this way or that way. When we bring our whole selves to work, when we have our crises people are like, You know what? I get it. They don’t see you as the big boss with all the money and you have all the masks on.”

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On this episode of Conscious Culture, Sarah Riegelhuth and her guest Mike Arzt also discuss:

• Pursuing the fun side of work
• All the people who count on us, from our team to our building tenants and their families
• Culture doesn’t always pay the bills
• COVID-19
• What ifs
• Challenges of running businesses
• Team loyalty
• Business opportunities that look good vs business opportunities that feel good
• Culturally aligned team members
• The delineation between our professional and personal lives
• Changes in mindset
• Solidifying our connection to our team
• Supporting team members going through hard times
• All the experiences that life has to offer

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“We don’t have to go and do this. We could quit. People could bail and do something else. But we get to get through this, as a team.”

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Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Public Works: https://www.thepublicworks.biz/
• Entrepreneurs’ Organisation: https://www.eonetwork.org/colorado
• Battery 621: http://www.battery621.com/

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Thanks for listening to this episode of Conscious Culture: The Evolution of Work. A podcast for conscious leaders, brought to you by Grow My Team.

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