Month: June 2024

Ep 142: WinShape Marriage’s Julie Baumgardner—Healthy People Make Healthy Employees

Posted on June 25, 2024 by - Character, Communication, Influence, Leading Yourself, Managing People, Podcasts, Replenishment, Team Building, Wellness

Now introducing The Global Leadership Podcast presented by the Global Leadership Network.

SUMMARY 

Global Leadership Podcast team members Eric Case and Aubrey Wentz recently sat down with Julie Baumgardner, Senior Director of WinShape Marriage, to discuss the relationship between the health of our home and relational worlds and our work performance.  Julie has spent over 20 years working—first as a counselor and now as an executive-level leader—to build healthy families, and in this conversation with Eric and Aubrey she shares how work life can be impacted by challenges at home and offers some practical tips for starting healthy conversations that can lead to healing.  

 

IN THIS EPISODE: 

  • What was Julie’s favorite vacation that she has taken? 
  • What brought Julie to her work of strengthening marriages and families?
  • What was the transition from counselor/practitioner to executive leadership like?
  • How did Julie know it was time to move on from her role at First Things First?
  • When we think about our relational worlds, both inside and outside of work, is there such thing as “work/life balance”?
  • How does the burden of a hurting home or relational life affect how we show up as a leader?
  • Do men and women respond differently to the need to ask for help?
  • Are there communication tools for spouses to talk honestly and productively with each other about the state of their relationship?
  • What is a good communication framework for starting daily conversations in order to go deeper with each other?  

 

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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS 

  • When people move from a position of peer to a position of leadership, the relational dynamic does change, and it has to change, because you’re in a position of responsibility now. 
  • It’s not so much about “work/life balance” as much as it is being in a healthy rhythm, and being able to know what does “thriving” look like? If there is distress in your world, it impacts your ability to show up at work, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with acknowledging that and with asking for help.  
  • Sometimes it’s helpful to reach out and talk to someone who is just a little further down the road than you are.  
  • Make sure you regularly take time—ideally on a daily basis—to address the state of your relationships outside of work.  
  • It’s a learning process; the best thing you can do is stay at the table, and if you need to ask for help from a third party, that’s okay.  
  • If you learn to do conflict well, you are teaching your team/family/friends how to be more connected, which can lead to more creativity and higher performance.  
  • Sometimes we get hung up by trying to solve “ten things,” instead of just focusing on one thing to address.  
  • After we identify the one situation we are trying to address, take some time to identify what your desired outcome might be.  

 

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Ep 141 – Chick-fil-A’s Cliff Robinson on Valuing People and Offering Excellent Products and Services

Posted on June 11, 2024 by - Collaboration, Communication, Culture, Influence, Leading Organizations, Leading Others, Managing People, People Operations, Podcasts, Process, Servant Leadership, Team Building

Now introducing The Global Leadership Podcast presented by the Global Leadership Network.

SUMMARY 

Recently, GLN CEO & President David Ashcraft sat down with Cliff Robinson, Executive VP and “Chief People Person” at Chick-fil-A. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to sit in a room with an experienced, high-level leader and listen to them share practical experience and wisdom, this is a great episode to dive into!  Cliff discusses how the Chick-fil-A is able to place such a high value on people while simultaneously maintaining a high standard of product and customer service. Cliff also shares about the role of innovation at Chick-fil-A, and some techniques he personally leverages to maintain his effectiveness as he leads.  

 

IN THIS EPISODE: 

  • How did Cliff get started at Chick-fil-A, and how did his career progress? 
  • How did he keep going when he encountered difficult times?
  • How do you create community for 250,000 employees?
  • What’s the value proposition of building community in a business?
  • How does Cliff define “circles”? Is a circle comprised of similar roles, or does it transcend roles?
  • How does thinking of your team as family impact employee transitions, particularly separations?
  • What is Cliff’s “Three Buckets” approach to dealing with situations, and how does he use it?
  • Where and how does innovation factor into Chick-fil-A?
  • How does Cliff prioritize his week?
  • How does he recharge?  

  

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STANDOUTS AND TAKEAWAYS 

  • Ideally, people help the business grow, and the business helps people grow.  
  • People are always the most important, but you can never lose sight of the fact that the customer is giving you money for certain brand distinctives.  
  • There is power in offering great product and services, while at the same time remaining in the people business.  
  • Our world draws lines and separates people, but there’s tremendous benefit if we can bring people together in relational circles and find common ground.  
  • If you look at every person as bringing unique strengths and capabilities, and if you can mesh them in a team, and let people learn from each other, the business will be better.  
  • Anything in your life can be placed in one of three buckets: things you can control, things you cannot control, and things you can influence. 
  • Living in the bucket of things you cannot control results in fear and worry.  
  • Things that you can influence usually lie closer to someone else’s control bucket. Your role is usually to come alongside and help.  
  • Allow as much freedom as you can, but also be very clear on what needs to be consistent within the company.  
  • Leaders should prioritize knowing themselves.  

 

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