Even if your business isn’t a family business, you need to hear from Nike Anani. Nike is a consultant, family business therapist at times, and one of the top 100 Family Business Consultants in the world.  A few of the things we loved: How are you being in your business is a much more important question than what are you doing in your business.  You don’t emerge as a leader, you practice it. You don’t emerge as a visionary, you practice it. We laughed, we had “wow!” moments, and we got off track in all the best ways. We can’t think of a better way to finish up our third season than with this conversation.  Nike shares why she moved back to Nigeria after spending most of her life in London, how working with her dad in the family business changed her in ways she never expected, and what we can all learn from family businesses and how they exist in the world (hint: in Nike’s experience, they’re very rarely focused on profit-over-all.) Key concepts: Clarity Communication Collaboration: Nike’s 3 Cs for success in family businesses (ahem, or any business or team!) Past Present Future: the Past led us to where we are today & it’s important to understand history, we need to work in the Present to guide the future, and we need a vision of the Future to understand what we’re working toward. Learn more about Nike at https://nikeanani.com/ and check out her podcast, The Connected Generation 

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76 - Family business, personal leadership, and more with Nike Anani

Anthony Hayes is the Founder and President of The Hayes Initiative, an LGBTQ+ owned and operated public affairs firm based in NYC, and he joins Kelly and Lara to talk about the intersection of advocacy and leadership, and so much more! We know that inclusivity means different things to different people and Anthony gives us his definition (hint: it all starts with awareness!) and reminds the most well-intentioned leaders to take a breath before you take action.  What are some business practices that work? Kelly’s tracking-loving heart lit up when Anthony shared his experience on this one! Anthony helps Lara question an assumption and she is so glad to be wrong. We talk about transparency, authenticity, trust and the battle against misinformation - in addition to the what happens when the urgent rushes out the important, the perils of the 24 hour news cycle, and Anthony’s #1 tip to people or orgs in a crisis.  What gives someone who does crisis management & communication for a living hope? Stay tuned to the end to hear Anthony’s truly meaningful response.  The Hayes Initiative (THI) is a boutique, certified LGBTQ-owned and operated public affairs and strategic communications firm that helps organizations, leaders, and candidates focus on the issues that will advance their mission and better position them in the broader political, business, entertainment, or philanthropic landscape.

75 - Blending Leadership and Advocacy with Anthony Hayes

What happens when the CEO of a company has a personal awakening? Turns out, the answer is a whole lot of good business. D(g)B is thrilled to welcome Matt Tinney to the show. Matt is the Founder & Chairman of WME, a Microsoft solutions partner, and on Labor Day 2020, Matt became incredibly ill. A month later when he started coming out of it, everything changed - including his company. Matt did what few Founders would do, and he stepped down as CEO, promoting his then EVP Vickie Moore to CEO, and assuming the role of founder & chairman. He also made WME a culture first organization, wrote an ethics clause into their contract, and implemented 401K matching. What’s the business result? You probably already have a hunch! People can get a paycheck anywhere, but not every company genuinely cares about the employees at a human level. This was one of the most vulnerable conversations we’ve had, and Matt is truly an inspiring leader. Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matttinney/ 

74 - Leading By Example with Matt Tinney

If you have ever given or received feedback, listen in! There’s endless advice on giving feedback - how to do it, when to do it, how to coach instead of scold, etc...but there’s not a ton of info out there on receiving feedback - until now! Enter Glade Holman and Generative Feedback. Yes, we talk about giving feedback, and perhaps more importantly, we talk about receiving feedback. Whether you’re a people leader, business owner, spouse or friend, knowing how to receive feedback can truly be life changing. As Glade says, if you can get that one tool, you can get anything.  Glad is the Managing Director of LearningBridge and he knocked our socks off when he shared this, “Changing feedback from measure and assess to grow and improve.” BOOM!  Mic dropped.   Connect with Glade on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glade-holman-a7548b1/

73 - Changing Feedback from Measure & Assess to Grow & Improve with Glade Holman

Can you imagine a workplace without management structure and titles, and that talks about love? Doug Kirkpatrick can, and does, particularly at Morning Star, as well as in other teams & organizations he describes to Kelly & Lara.  It's called Organizational Self-Management and there are 2 simple principles: No Coercion and Keep Commitments.  Try this definition of work: creating value for another human being. If that was your definition, how would that impact your leadership and organization? Our mic drop moment: Bureaucracy is designed to destroy accountability.  Doug shared SO many fantastic resources:  CommitKeeper software Sylvia Garcia of Coca Cola Happiness Institute  Do you have the will to lead? Fast Company article  Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford The Winner Effect by Ian Robertson Maverick by Ricardo Semler  The backwards bicycle video on YouTube  The Brave New Work podcast  Find Doug on LinkedIn and check out his books (The No Limits Enterprise, Beyond Empowerment, and more)

72 - Organizational Self-Management with Doug Kirkpatrick

From self-awareness to #MeToo, Carol brings it all to this episode and we are here for it! Her first book, Breaking Through Bitch, got our attention, and her second book, Collaboration Code, is unbelievably timely.  Carol shares what her research revealed and a blueprint for men who want to become more collaborative leaders. Thinking about the shifts all leaders and workplaces have encountered in the last year, collaboration has taken a hit. Start getting it back with this episode.  Our biggest takeaway might be this simple statement: Look at people as a leading indicator; finances are a lagging indicator.    Books: Carol Vallone Mitchell, Ph.D.  Company: Talent Strategy Partners  Connect: http://www.linkedin.com/in/carolvallonemitchell Social: https://www.facebook.com/collaborationcode/ & https://www.facebook.com/btbbook/

71 - Carol Mitchell, author of Collaboration Code

In honor of Women's History Month, D(g)B welcomes the first of 2 amazing women! Meet Amy Lynn Durham, who takes us one step beyond Emotional Intelligence, into the realm of Spiritual Intelligence (SQ). As a “Corporate Mystic”, she shares how to foster SQ in the workplace through unique and effective strategies she's described in her new book, “Create Magic At Work”.   What in the world is SQ? Amy uses Cindy Wigglesworth's definition, which is, "the ability to maintain inner and outer peace regardless of the situations." It's faith neutral, and helps us to see our interconnectedness, and step more deeply into empathy.  Amy shared some really accessible practices that can be used to increase a team or organization's SQ. Other notes we took: Loneliness in the workplace (HBR) is as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day "Selectively data driven" executive sticks with what they’re comfortable with, which is why change often doesn't happen Arianna Huffington's recent Tweet: Leaders are paid for their judgment, not their stamina. “Powering through” is not a sustainable quality for leadership – it’s ultimately a recipe for failure. Be a magic maker and learn more about SQ21 at www.CreateMagicAtWork.com

70 - Amy Lynn Durham on Creating Magic at Work!

We can all use more play in our lives - especially right now - and our guest today brings just that! Jeff Harry helps companies play more. You read that right! Think play, leadership, and bottom line results aren’t related? Think again! Jeff’s work helps leaders pursue a future where the fun is, that is how they can navigate uncertainty and address problems head-on while creating a psychologically safe work environment.  He combines positive psychology and play to help organizations and individuals address their most challenging issues - like office politics, toxicity in the workplace, and many more.  Jeff has  been recognized as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers of 2020 by Engagedly and BambooHR, and recently had his work featured in the NY Times Article: How To Add More Play To Your Grown-Up Life - Even Now.   We really needed this time with Jeff, and know you’ll walk away feeling lighter and with tangible ways to add more play into your work. Connect with Jeff https://www.rediscoveryourplay.com and click Let’s Play!

69 - Jeff Harry on Play at Work!

Carley Hauck, Founder of Leading from Wholeness has a new book, Shine, coming out in February 2021 on conscious leadership and businesses. Shine highlights the way that anyone who feels called to lead can cultivate the qualities of consciousness on the inside and help to build a workplace and world that works for everyone and is living in greater harmony with the planet. In the book, Carley showcases 9 conscious leaders whom she has served who are really prioritizing people and planet as central to their businesses mission and making quite a positive wave of goodness as a result. Carley shares a sneak peek into 1 of those conscious leader case studies with us, and so much more! Notable leadership moments: Rhea Singhal...Founder and CEO of Ecoware We are part of an integrated system….Mark Benioff, Salesforce  By the Numbers: https://carleyhauck.com/developing-people/  Project ROI, by Campbell’s Soup & Verizon Want more from Carley? Hop onto her newsletter list for info on her free events and grab the book on February 23rd!

68 - Carley Hauck, Founder of Leading from Wholeness

Think personal development programs for employees is a “big company” thing or a “fancy startup/West Coast” mentality? Think again!  Erin Jernigan, CEO & Co-founder of Victory Supply Chain Services and team members Brandon George & Mary Anne DeCosta join Kelly & Lara to talk about Group Grow - a personal development program Erin brought into her organization after experiencing the value of working with her own personal coach.  There’s so much goodness in this episode - from how the idea came to Erin (and how she got support to implement it), to Brandon & Mary Anne’s feelings about participating in something like this (which, by the way, happens after work AND during a pandemic), and so much more. We get into what Group Grow is, how it’s going, and how it fit into Victory’s Fly Wheel.  Bottom line? You have to be a leader who cares about their team to make a program like this work - and if you are, it will make the organization even stronger.

67 - Erin Jernigan, CEO & Co-Founder of Victory Supply Chain Services, on Group Grow program

Grab a pen and paper for this episode! After the violence at the US Capitol on January 6th, Kelly called Lara with an idea for a bonus episode. Put simply, we want to support you more and share tools to help you get from here (probably feeling like we are, and having a hard time connecting to hope and taking action) to there (more creativity, more compassion, more capacity to show up the way you want to in the world). Think you can’t change the way you respond to things? Don't know how to get from reacting to thoughtful action? We walk you through the steps that you can take (for your organization AND yourself - because the micro is the macro and vice versa), to tap into creativity, look at things differently, and do good business.  What started as an idea for a “quickie” bonus episode became 30+ minutes of actionable content for the leaders, solopreneur, and individual contributor - complete with spoiler alerts about next week’s episode!

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Dana Rizer is the executive director of FEAST, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families learn how to navigate a broken food environment more healthily by promoting wellness and enriching lives through the power of healthy foods and human connection. Dana shares the ways in which COVID is increasing health risks in high-poverty neighborhoods AND how families living within these inequitable and inadequate food ecosystems can live healthier and more nourishing lives by addressing the individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle.   What does business have to do with it? We’re so glad you asked. Not only does Dana lead this non-profit, but other businesses can support FEAST’s work AND they reap the benefits. Healthier employees are always good business, and supporting organizations that create healthier communities benefits us all. This goes way beyond food.

Doing (good) FOOD Business with Dana Rizer, Executive Director of FEAST non-profit

Kelly & Lara are big proponents of bringing your whole self to work - and realize that as straight, white, cis-gendered women, it’s a lot easier for us to bring our whole selves to work than it is for those with marginalized identities. Robyn Gigl is a lawyer, author, activist - and she's also a transgender woman. She joins D(g)B to share how she used story in her career as a lawyer, even before she was an author. What it means for her to bring her whole self to work now, and what it looked like before she was free to be fully herself. She’s even got some advice for the folks who want to bring out more of their authenticity at work. What does an organization need to allow people to step into who they are? Inclusion with a capital I and diversity with a little d, because diversity doesn’t matter if we’re not Inclusive. Robyn’s #1 way for leaders to be more open & affirming? Humility. What to avoid? Walking away. What helped her most when she came out? Even if you don’t understand, be understanding. Robyn Gigl, is the author of the upcoming #OwnVoices novel By Way of Sorrow (Kensington Publishing Corp. / March 31st, 2021) and is an attorney, speaker, and activist who has been honored by the ACLU-NJ and the NJ Pride Network for her 40+ years of work on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community.  Find all the ways to buy By Way for Sorrow (including indie sellers!) at https://robyngigl.com/books/

Robyn Gigl: attorney, author, & activist on authenticity & story

How do mentoring and DEI intersect? We're glad you asked! Our guest today, Lisa Fain, CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence, has the answer. If you or your organization provides or wants to provide mentoring, you need to listen to Lisa (and read her book)! HUGE takeaways: Mentors doesn’t have to have the answers! What they do need is good questions - the goal is to move away from the sage on stage model to being a guide on side A recent study shows that mentors have improved leadership skills in self efficacy, cultural competency & more If your organization is talking about a career ladder, it's time to shift that to a career lattice  How to start? Have conversations in relationships to determine what is working and what can be done better - take baby steps to create psychological safety FIRST 3 important inclusive behaviors for mentors & mentees: my normal may not be your normal, name the dynamic, constantly stay in relationship with one another  Check out Lisa's book Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring 

Lisa Fain, CEO Center for Mentoring Excellence

Think marketing and pricing can’t be ethical? Think again - our guest Alice Karolina started a movement, aptly named The Ethical Move, to change that. After a profoundly impactful time in Belize and realizing that the online business space is rampant with manipulation, Alice started a movement.  The Ethical Move helps businesses commit to ethical business practices, including pricing, and as someone who has always been annoyed about $499 or $297 prices (AKA charm prices), Lara’s first question was how Alice turned that annoyance into a movement! Kelly and Alice remind us that if you ask different questions, you get different answers - on everything from sales & marketing, to the mindset needed to take on problems that can seem insurmountable in small businesses. Alice even shares her take on metrics and KPIs that we can follow to truly upend the traditional way of thinking & consumerism.  What we learned: Reach & resonate with your audience instead of convince and convert  This was a great reminder that language matters - and an invitation to consider what you language says about you Maybe personal values and business values shouldn’t be 2 separate things We need to have more mind-bending conversations & we’re capable of burning things down and building them back up! 

Alice Karolina - The Ethical Move

Where personal and professional development meets! Because why wouldn’t you bring the best of who you are to work and put it into practice? Doing (good) Business is a podcast for every person who believes that concern for society and the planet can co-exist with an ambition for profits. We discuss how you can cultivate your best self and apply those values, attributes, and traits as business practices or policies whether you're an established or emerging leader. You'll hear from subject-matter experts who share why it works and first-hand accounts of people who are doing it successfully.

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