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Inspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social Impact

In the United States, according to Gallup, nearly 70% of employees are not engaged in their work. Disengagement negatively affects profitability and productivity. I believe there are 3 ways businesses can improve engagement. One, they inspire with a clear vision. Two, they practice open-book management. Three, they intentionally build collaborative, accountable, strength-focused teams. My intention is to inspire owners considering a new way to run their business and to encourage those currently fighting the good fight to balance profits and social impact. Let’s be inspired. The show will touch on business strategy, vision, internal communication, finance, accounting, organizational development, team-building, marketing, sales, and operations. Inspirations for the show include The Great Game of Business, by Jack Stack; Zingermans Community of Businesses, Ari Weinzweig, Paul Saginaw, Small Giants by Bo Burlingham, Open Book Managment by John Case, Zappos, and others.
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Aug 2, 2016

Another repodcast (or should I say reToddcast?). This time Jamie Pritscher shares her experience sparking change to happen at a company called Tasty Catering. She then talks about beginning a new company called Neuphoriq Marketing. She's got a great spirit and shares some great stuff. Get your notepads out. This is all three episodes in one straight shot.

Be sure to subscribe to the community (ie newsletter) by clicking here. http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe_stay_inspired/

About Jamie Pritscher

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

Show page - http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode44

Jul 27, 2016

ZingTrain has graciously allowed me to replay their webinars on my channel. I've collected 16 of them into a series of deep dive business lessons. This is part two of series 1 on the broad topic of Visioning and Leadership. This gets into the specific topic of managing ourselves to be good leaders. Screen Shot 2016-07-18 at 10.49.31 PM

I've found in my discussions with leaders in the area of inspired and intentional organizations, self-reflection and starting with ourselves is a big part of creating a more human culture.

Enjoy.

Show page links to resources etc http://wp.me/p6jkSJ-6M

Jul 26, 2016

This is my repodcast with Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakehouse and Candy Manufactory.

Amy Emberling, Managing Partner of Zingerman’s Bakehouse, has been an avid food lover and baker since her childhood in Nova Scotia, Canada where she often treated friends to after-school concoctions. She grew up in a family business and always hoped to have her own business one day.

In addition to her work at the Bakehouse, Amy also teaches seminars for ZingTrain in two seminars: Leading with Zing and Bottom Line Training. She is also one of the partners of Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory (with Charlie Frank), which was developed in the bakery.

In this episode we talk a bit about:

Letting systems help during those times when your people aren’t at their best.
Finding and hiring the right kind of people.
One way of defining success for each member of your team.
Training systems
Culture and pulling dissenting opinions to make the team stronger.
Having the difficult conversations.
Keeping excitement and focus for a long term vision.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
A process for nurturing change within your organizationSuccession planning and what keeps Amy inspired to keep improving
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http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode43

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Jul 20, 2016

This is the first in a series of 16 ZingTrain webinar replays. They've been kind enough to give me permission to present these on the channel and I've curated 16 of the episodes into 4 distinct series that will help you change and intentionally create an inspiring culture.

This one covers mindfulness.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive1

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Jul 20, 2016

The group at ZingTrain were kind enough to give me permission to share episodes from their free webinar series. I've collected a few into 4 areas of business.

Series one is based on getting a good start with Visioning and Leadership. Begin with yourself by understanding the concept of mindfulness and self management. Learn the importance of being a servant leader. And then move onto creating a vision you and your team can believe in.

Once you have a vision you can move onto series 2 and begin to work on building the team around you to reach those goals. Here you learn how to tune up your team so they operate at full capacity. Once they're running you learn how to effectively measure their success with performance reviews. Because change is constant you will learn how to undertake bottom-line change.

In order for your team to work independently and fully engaged in how the company generates cash and runs profitably, you will deep deep dive into Open Book Management, or OBM. You'll learn what it is. Then you will learn how to make the concept of tracking numbers fun by playing games. After running OBM for a while, the ZingTrain crew share the lessons they've learned. Some years you will struggle hitting those targets. If so, listen to FIVE FANTASTIC TIPS TO MEET YOUR ANNUAL TARGETS.

You're in a perfect state of zen, have a great team, and are operating with open book management like no one's business. How do you handle the growth? They've got you covered with series 4. Instead of necessarily growing your core business, why not start a community of businesses? Who's going to run all these new businesses? Why not create a system to make employees owners and the processes used to accomplish this?

Here's the entire library of free webinars you can find at ZingTrain's site.

When you click the links below you will be directed to each webinar's specific page where you will find the audio files, the slides, and many other resources. The amount of material available for each webinar varies.

Intro Episode where I tell you briefly what I'm doing with the series. - http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Jul 19, 2016

This is a rebroadcast, or is that repodcast, of my entire chat with Cindy Stein, Greene County Missouri Auditor.

In this election season, and frankly a season of discontent and anger over government, I felt it important to look at one way of bring trust back to government. Opening up books and being more transparent should be the default of all government, but sadly it's not and we've let it become that way.

But Cindy shows that there is another way and that it can work.

I would love to see your thoughts and comments - go on over to http://inspiredandintentional.com

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This show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.

The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin McLeod, Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Jul 12, 2016

Join me as I replay my entire session with Ari Weinzweig. This was episodes 1-3.

Comment your ideas for future shows and what you want to hear about.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode41

Jul 7, 2016

My 2nd featured podcaster is Shawn Murphy of the Rebel Leader podcast. He's talking to leaders who are working to change the way business is run. Go check him out.

The Rebel Leader Podcast on iTunes.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rebel-leader-podcast/id1086483346?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Switch and Shift, Shawn's primary website for his business and podcast. http://switchandshift.com/

Jul 5, 2016

Taking a break for the summer and getting my wits about me. Here I talk for a few minutes to share what will be happening on the show for the next 6 weeks.

In addition, I mention briefly the upcoming webinar replay series featuring the ZingTrain team. They've given me permission to share their webinars, 'cause that's the nice kind of people they are.

Jun 30, 2016

This is the first podcast feature episode. I want to highlight podcasts that I believe will benefit those that listen to Inspired and Intentional.

Joe Sanok

This episode went longer than I'd planned. But that's ok, 'cause you're going to get some great small business/entrepreneur advice as well as learn about another podcast to add to your playlist.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/practiceofthepractice

Jun 28, 2016

Enterprise social networks, user interface, performance management, and human centered design. These are all topics Kevin Jone and I discuss in this 3rd and final episode with him.

 

Kevin Jones works with companies to help them reimagine and change the way they work, operate, and how they engage their employees.  The only way to do this is to challenge the status quo.

Kevin is an advisor, international speaker, and videographer, his expertise lies in organizational strategy, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), initiative adoption, and bringing the best out of employees.  He focuses on the human side of business and technology. Kevin’s clients include NASA, Lowes, JCPenny, Dell, and many other well known companies.  He’s authored two e-books, and produces videos that help communicate how we can challenge the status quo.

 

Questions

What technology could you implement that would improve the communication between teams at your company?

 

Do you really need to be doing everything you’re doing? Are there policies or traditional activities that could be dropped? What could you do to free up time to begin redesigning your workplace?

 

Are your employee surveys designed for the employees or managers?

 

What can you do to bubble up ideas for a new culture at your company?

 

Notes taken during editing

 

Resources

Kevin Jones at vinjones.com - https://vinjones.com/

 

Employee Engagement measurement tools at viaPing - https://viaping.com/

 

Kevin Jones interview on the Switch and Shift podcast The Rebel Leader, Our Complicated Fascination with Employee Engagement - http://switchandshift.com/fascination-employee-engagement

 

XPlane works on organizational design. http://www.xplane.com/

 

Barry Wehmiller Leadership Institute - http://www.bwleadershipinstitute.com/

 

Notes taken during the editing of the podcast

Q- we do things that keep us busy - cut it and need to trim it.

 

Traditional ways are working for you right now. But how can it be better?

 

User Interface and User Experience - how could you use design principles to alter the way your work is done? How your organization is structured?

 

How can you look at your performance management processes differently

 

Human centered design.

 

Portrait Artist - I discovered Meredith Binnette at her school’s senior art show. She's recently graduated high school and is pursuing art in college. Meredith, good luck in your pursuits.

The Inspired and Intentional business show is about those at the vanguard of a movement of business, government, and nonprofit leaders who believe work can be better...different.

 

You can run a business or organization that:

Affirms people

Is financially solid

Inspires your community

Operates openly with excellence

And

Communicates a clear, consistent vision

 

Now let’s be inspired.


The Inspired and Intentional podcast/business show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.  The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Jun 21, 2016

In part 2 of my series with Kevin Jones, I asked for details on his company viaPing and the work he’s doing around employee feedback. We’ve all seen the yearly, or in one case every 3 year, employee feedback surveys. We take them and very rarely see any results or actions taken as a result. Kevin’s thought of another method that he’s helped companies implement and it’s called viaPing and it’s a methodology of daily employee feedback. Yes, daily.

 

This talk is not just about his company it’s about loosening up control, giving employees more room to take chances, and creating opportunities for conversations to begin among all levels and departments of  your company.

 

Kevin Jones works with companies to help them reimagine and change the way they work, operate, and how they engage their employees.  The only way to do this is to challenge the status quo.

Kevin is an advisor, international speaker, and videographer, his expertise lies in organizational strategy, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), initiative adoption, and bringing the best out of employees.  He focuses on the human side of business and technology. Kevin’s clients include NASA, Lowes, JCPenny, Dell, and many other well known companies.  He’s authored two e-books, and produces videos that help communicate how we can challenge the status quo.

 

Questions -

How can you create communication methods so people who don’t know each other to meet and share ideas to create solutions?

 

Like the invoicing team at the consultants, what departments could start asking questions to the users to improve how they operate?

 

Resources

Kevin Jones at vinjones.com - https://vinjones.com/

 

Employee Engagement measurement tools at viaPing - https://viaping.com/

 

Kevin Jones interview on the Switch and Shift podcast The Rebel Leader, Our Complicated Fascination with Employee Engagement - http://switchandshift.com/fascination-employee-engagement

 

http://www.xplane.com/

 

Q 2423 We don’t care what our employees think.

 

Engagement and employee feedback can be more effective if it’s more grassroots.

 

Employee feedback should be more often than once a year. It should also be shared with each other to begin conversations.

 

Don’t assume management needs to solve the problems. Create something insourced management - let it come from the bottom/inside up.

 

Employee feedback needs to be the beginning of the conversation.

 

Be more open and let employees know the obstacles to change.

 

Initiative Adoption - how do you get your teams to adopt initiatives?  

One thing - does it align with how your team works?

 

With a robust employee feedback mechanism, you may see better adoption of new initiatives because they come from the people they affect and not from “on high”.

 

Portrait Artist - I discovered Meredith Binnette at her school’s senior art show. She's recently graduated high school and is pursuing art in college. Meredith, good luck in your pursuits.

The Inspired and Intentional business show is about those at the vanguard of a movement of business, government, and nonprofit leaders who believe work can be better...different.

 

You can run a business or organization that:

Affirms people

Is financially solid

Inspires your community

Operates openly with excellence

And

Communicates a clear, consistent vision

 

Now let’s be inspired.


The Inspired and Intentional podcast/business show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.  The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Jun 14, 2016

Kevin Jones is the featured guest for the next 3 episodes. In this episode we talk about:

Working through the balance of technology and human side of business and how we cap employees potential.

 

Even though we have the best intentions employees are still  disengaged.

The importance of designing our business for the employees not just the customers.

And one “simple” solution that can help move your organization to more collaboration and engagement.

 

Kevin Jones works with companies to help them reimagine and change the way they work, operate, and how they engage their employees.  The only way to do this is to challenge the status quo.

Kevin is an advisor, international speaker, and videographer, his expertise lies in organizational strategy, Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs), initiative adoption, and bringing the best out of employees.  He focuses on the human side of business and technology. Kevin’s clients include NASA, Lowes, JCPenny, Dell, and many other well known companies.  He’s authored two e-books, and produces videos that help communicate how we can challenge the status quo.

 

Questions

Are your company processes, structure, and culture truly aligned to relinquish some control to allow your team to be more agile?

 

Do your employees understand the why of their work? The purpose?

 

What can you do to design your work so that you enable employees to give their best to provide the best product for the cusotmers?

 

Resources

Kevin Jones at vinjones.com - https://vinjones.com/

 

Employee Engagement measurement tools at viaPing - https://viaping.com/

 

Kevin Jones interview on the Switch and Shift podcast The Rebel Leader, Our Complicated Fascination with Employee Engagement - http://switchandshift.com/fascination-employee-engagement

 

http://www.xplane.com/

 

Notes Taken During Editing

Technology’s advanced but how we design our work hasn’t advanced as much.

 

Are humans in the workplace just resources simply to be managed?

 

We’re marginalizing our people and capping their potential because of how we design our work.

 

Do you want to move beyond corporate zombies and tap into the potential of your employees? Listen here.

 

How often are you shooting down the ideas of your team members without consideration for validity.

 

Employee Capping example: Senior leader who is so busy that he doesn’t have the time to respond to the feedback, so people stop providing feedback, next time he asked.

 

Is your company set up to put caps on people?

 

Employees, do you want to love your work?

 

Engagement is more of a personal thing. Does the employee understand the why of their work? The purpose?

 

The culture is how we work together. The unsaid things. How we interact. How things get done.

1420 Cost of disengagement and bad culture: mediocrity.

 

When starting a company we design it for customers. At some point, we need to also think how we design our company for the employees.

 

Q 2100+-  Design to enable employees to  give their best to provide the best product for the cusotmers.

 

Change means change in the company structure and processes as much as in people.

 

Change can come from a scary yet simple solution: give up some control.

 

Do you want your company to be more agile? Release some control and let your people be more agile.

 

Portrait Artist - I discovered Meredith Binnette at her school’s senior art show. She's recently graduated high school and is pursuing art in college. Meredith, good luck in your pursuits.

The Inspired and Intentional business show is about those at the vanguard of a movement of business, government, and nonprofit leaders who believe work can be better...different.

 

You can run a business or organization that:

Affirms people

Is financially solid

Inspires your community

Operates openly with excellence

And

Communicates a clear, consistent vision

 

Now let’s be inspired.

 

The Inspired and Intentional podcast/business show is copyright 2016 by it's owner.  The music is Funk Game Loop, Kevin MacLeod Royalty Free from Incompatech.

Jun 7, 2016

Show notes, comments, and to subscribe go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode36

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

May 31, 2016

Show notes, comments, and to subscribe go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode35

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

May 24, 2016

Show notes, comment, and subscribe at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode34

Jamie Pritscher is an award-winning entrepreneur committed to excellence, professionalism, positive workplace culture and exceptional client experiences. In addition to positions as Director of Communications at full-service caterer Tasty Catering, Co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of creative marketing agency nuphoriq and Co-founder and CEO of socially-responsible high-end gift company That’s Caring, Jamie is also an active speaker and volunteer in the community.

May 17, 2016

No Question this week - simply buy Shawn's book, Optimistic Workplace and start working on the worksheets and questions he created at the back.

Notes taken during the editing of the show

Optimistic Workplace came about because of a terrible experience at a “Great Place to Work”.

Pay for classes that didn’t apply directly to their job.

“We’re not here to help people self-actualize.”

Who out there are creating great workplaces and how are they doing it.

Studs Terkel - Read him. “Often times our work is violent, to our spirit.”

You can continue to have a violent workplace or you can do something to make a more optimistic workplace. You don’t have to stay stuck there.

Management needs to evolve. Leadership and Stewardship. “Management” is about control and monitor and manipulate. People want to connect, want purpose, want freedom to get the job done, to be responsible. “Management” should steward and take care of the people and create an environment of success and creativity.

Not just people first. Purpose, meaningful work, and Extraordinary people to create an amazing work environment. The three work together as the origins of optimism.

Bob Chapman says that he’s yet to find someone disagree with him that “Everybody Matters”. What he does struggle to find, is the people willing to follow through and make the changes necessary to move the needle on human workplaces.

Somebody has to go first in creating a workplace where everybody matters. And they’re not sure what to do.

Shawn has created tools at the end of his book to help people, especially middle managers.

Optimism planner - 90 days. Personal values, meeting designs to get people on the same page on an optimistic workplace.

One on One format. Optimism One on Ones. Focus on work progress. Purpose and values alignment.

Are your managers, managers or stewards? What can you do to help this to change in your workplace?

Not a question: get his book and try those exercises at the end of the book. I don’t make any money from these purchases.

Shawn Murphy is the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, a boutique consultancy and advisory firm dedicated to developing and advancing positive organizational business and leadership practices.

He’s been recognized by Inc.com and The Huffington Post for his work on developing leaders for the future of the work. Shawn was hand picked to be part of IBM’s elite Futurist Group that advises and gives input on topics related to new ways to work.  You can listen to Shawn interview with his business partner business and thought leaders in their weekly podcast, The Rebel Leader.

Shawn holds a MBA from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business, and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco.

Shawn’s debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone (AMACOM), shares path-breaking beliefs and simple techniques to help leaders at all levels positively shift how people not only perform but how they feel while at work. You can also read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com.

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy

Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

May 10, 2016

Unleash The Unlimited Potential of Your Team, Shawn Murphy, Part 2

Questions

Does your company have a set of values that all know to help them be on the same page on how you're going to succeed as a company?

 

Does your team feel free to contribute ideas?

 

Switch and Shift - what does the “human side of business” mean?

 

Notes taken during the editing of the episode

They’re employees are spread out all over the country.

 

Discussion of how Switch and Shift’s story might help my wife as she structures her business to be family friendly.

 

Gig economy - flexibility to go where the work is and to help a variety of people who are also working on your gigs.

 

What is be be do at Switch and Shift. Instead of the normal core values they decided to create this saying as driving values behind their company. Be inspirational. (You know I like that one.) Be Heretical. Do Good. Their guiding principles.

 

They shape their intentions and decisions. They are also upgrading their values as the company has grown and they believe they need to be more defined and universal.

 

Lots of companies have financial success without thinking about all this human worth stuff. So why think about it? You remove the lid on performance and make it unlimited. Lift the lid on your team’s potential. People will contribute more when they are valued and allowed to be creative.

 

Is all this just an attempt by The Man to stick it to employees to get more out of them without more pay or more benefits?

 

If we and our people are spending so much time at work, shouldn’t we create an atmosphere of positive vibes, solid productivity, and mindfulness about the work being done. You want them inspired so they are open when the cool ideas come at those off work times.

 

Is this all just a first world problem? No matter where you are in the world, you are working and you want to do something that is meaningful and contributes to a greater many and not just to a few.

 

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

 

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

 

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

 

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

 

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy


Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

May 3, 2016
Questions from the episode

Is there a way to look at your work as purpose and not so much transactional?

What is your work climate?

Notes Taken during the editing.

[powerpress]

Work can be a source of joy. Working for a paycheck is transactional. What is it that you’re doing that is meaningful to you and purposeful to others? Don’t focus on joy directly. You focus on the things that help that feeling emerge. Knowing your work has meaning usually brings joy.

Meaningful work means you're getting something from the work being done.

Meaning - you get the satisfaction of doing the work for yourself.

You can find purpose in any kind of work.

Find purpose in what you’re doing and move from the transaction.

Company culture vs Company Climate

Company Culture - How things get done around an organization. Also the basic assumptions how the organization works.

Netflix - don’t have limits on vacation time and don’t have a policy on travel expenses. Assumption is made that people can be trusted.

This is why culture is so challenging to change. Because, often they’re based on deeper seated assumptions on human behavior and interaction.

Climate is what it’s like to work somewhere. (Hay group?) More influenced by someone’s immediate leader. How your leader shows up at work.

70% of the work experience is determined on your direct management experience.

Great company culture is not a millennial thing, but a human thing. However, 71% of millennials cite meaningful work as a priority.

Social Strategy  - Open, transparent - our brains are wired for connection and this is why social media is so popular. Create rich strong relationships within the workplace.

To thrive in this social environment - where are they creating social connections and being transparent.

Strengths - what energizes me and what I’m good at doing. Understanding strengths to make connections and open.

Shawn Murphy is the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, a boutique consultancy and advisory firm dedicated to developing and advancing positive organizational business and leadership practices.

He’s been recognized by Inc.com and The Huffington Post for his work on developing leaders for the future of the work. Shawn was hand picked to be part of IBM’s elite Futurist Group that advises and gives input on topics related to new ways to work.  You can listen to Shawn interview with his business partner business and thought leaders in their weekly podcast, The Rebel Leader.

Shawn holds a MBA from Drexel University, LeBow College of Business, and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from University of San Francisco.

Shawn’s debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone (AMACOM), shares path-breaking beliefs and simple techniques to help leaders at all levels positively shift how people not only perform but how they feel while at work. You can also read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com.

Resources

Strengths Scope - http://www.strengthscope.com/

Strengths Finder from Gallup - https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

Shawn’s company, Switch and Shift: http://www.switchandshift.com

Shawn’s podcast, The Rebel Leader: http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

Shawn Murphy on the INC. website: http://www.inc.com/author/shawn-murphy

Shawn’s Email: shawn@switchandshift.com

Apr 26, 2016

Dirt Cake and Open Book Management

David Burton Part 3

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In this episode David talks about mini-games, the steps to begin going down the road of opening up your organization, and finally, the importance of Dirt Cake! Our second guest to mention the importance of  yummy deserts in their pursuit of a more open, engaging workplace.

 

Social Shareables

We spend too much time at work to not have some fun being there.

 

Literal notes while listening to the episode.

The goal of a mini-game is get your team focused on hitting the critical number. They also call them drivers.

 

Struggles implementing the great game - getting people excited about it, both management and staff. Finding time to do it.  

 

No question, just the first steps to get started getting the whole team involved in the business of your organization:

Read the book

Pray/Meditate/Ponder if you’re ready and next steps

Search out others running the GGOB

 

First step in opening up the books: buy The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack. (not an affiliate link, they’re not allowed in Missouri - What’s Up With That!?)  http://amzn.com/0385348339

 

The importance of Dirt Cake. -

 

Natural Child World Dirt Cake Recipe. http://naturalchildworld.com/dirt-cake/

 

Integrative Mom Mostly Organic Dirt Cake Recipe - http://integrativemom.com/mostly-organic-dirt-cups-recipe/

 

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http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode30

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html


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Apr 19, 2016

Improve Your Bottom Line 20 Percent with OBM

David Burton, Part 2

 

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In this episode David shares how the great game interacts with their annual business plan, how they’re in the black for the first time in 6 years, and how everyone is participating in the financial accountability of the Extension office.

 

Social Shareables from Part 2 with David Burton

One small (/sarc) effect of running the Great Game at the Extension - 1st time in  6 yrs in the black.

 

Another small (/sarc) effect of GGOB at the extension - Council members are engaged and understand the financials.

 

Effect of GGOB at the extension - Everyone on staff coming up with ways to save on expenses. New ideas on income generation bubbled up from inside.

 

Aha moment - many/most people don’t understand the financials and maybe timid to admit it. No shame. Start educating.

 

Learn how a nutrition specialist helped to reign in travel spending.

 

Literal Notes taken while listening to the episode:

 

How the great game interacts with their process of creating an annual Business Plan - Business Plan is a Blueprint of what they need/want to do. While the Great Game is more of “how” they will achieve the plan. How they will implement.

 

Just opening up the books and teaching the team the financials has shown, on average, a 20% improvement in your bottom line. You see more benefits if you’re able to provide an incentive.

 

Mutli-year team member after implementing GGOB - This is the first time I’ve really understood what these numbers mean and how I can impact them.

 

Chart - Know and teach the rules, follow the action and keep score, and provide a stake in the outcome, and the Critical Number at the convergence of these three.

 

Know and teach the rules -  First, agree that you’re playing a “game” and that there is a score that measures the success of your organization. What numbers reflect success for your organization.

 

Follow the action and keep score - Everyone has a line item they’re responsible for tracking and projecting forward. They meet 30 minutes every week to cover the score. Creates a lot of interaction between team members.

 

Provide a stake in the outcome - can be as simple as having “dirt cake” after hitting a soil test threshold, to a larger “bonus” of development money if they hit the critical number at the end of the year.

 

Question:

How much would it help your organization if you admitted (if true) that there are elements of the financials you don’t understand? What if you started learning and then teaching on it?

 

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http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode29

 

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html



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Apr 12, 2016

David is a civic communication specialist for University of Missouri Extension and has responsibilities throughout the 17 counties of southwest Missouri. He is headquartered out of the Extension office in Springfield, Mo.

 

David is an award winning member of the extension as well as an award winning fiction writer.

 

In part 1 of 3 episodes, David gets into what open book management is for a small government/non-profit/complicated organization like his, how the great game has changed the mindset of the team, and how they’ve overcome skepticism.

 

Social Shareables from part 1

Open Book Management is both a life preserver and a motor boat. It helped pull us out of the financial crisis and at the same time moving us forward.

 

Literal notes taken while listening to the show:

Open book management is also financial transparency, financial education, team-building, and a philosophy that gets people on the same page on decision making and strategic planning.

 

After open book management we’re not just thinking, “what’s in it for me?”.

 

Questions

Are you and your people thinking about the day-to-day habits that are costing your organization money and time?

 

The extension has a complicated mission, management structure, and funding process. If they’re able to use open book management, do you think your department or company could manage it?

 

Might there be skepticism in your organization to open book management working? What could help convince your team to buy-in?



At the end of this episode is a quick interview with Shawn Murphy, co-creator of The Rebel Leader Podcast. This is the first podcaster highlight i wanted to share with you. I will choose a podcaster that I believe will help you run your business and life in such a way that you will intentional inspire yourself and those around you.

 

These interviews will normally be their own episode on the Inspired and Intentional channel, but I wanted to share the first one with you.

 

From the Rebel Leader Launch:

The Rebel Leader promises to bring together executives, leaders (both formal and informal), entrepreneurs, authors and influencers who make a difference by leading rebelliously. We’ll interview people you already know and admire, and many purpose-driven leaders you’ve never heard of – but should.

 

Through stories, interviews and analysis we’ll help you understand how much leadership is changing as we leave the Industrial Age behind – and embrace the Social Age.

 

The show will be hosted by the CEO and Founder of Switch & Shift, Shawn Murphy. He’ll be joined by Mark Babbitt, our President and Senior Partner.

 

The Rebel Leader on Switch and Shift - http://switchandshift.com/category/the-rebel-leader-podcst

 

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http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode28

 

Resources

Greene County Extension Council Business Plan - http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/PlansReports/businessplan-GreeneCountyExtensionCOUNCIL.pdf

 

Greene County Extension Great Game of Business  Presentation http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/ggob.aspx

 

Diagram and explanation of how Greene County Extension is implementing the Great Game of Business -  http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/documents/GGOB/Information%20chart%20to%20explain%20-%20LARGE.pdf

 

Explanation of how the Extension began using the Great Game - http://southwestregionnewsservice.blogspot.com/2015/04/greene-county-extension-begins-playing.html


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Apr 5, 2016

Here we are to share part 3 with Anese Cavanaugh, who is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® , an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives.

 

In this episode she shares how she knew she was onto something with IEP, and getting aligned with your purpose.

 

Let’s dig into these topics and more with Anese. We’ll see you on the other side.

 

Social Shareables

Are you aligned with your purpose? Are you listening to your day?

 

Do you remember those early days of your business when you were energized by the work? How can you tap into that again? Can the renewed energy help your team?

 

Are you speaking your true message/strength to your team and to your prospective customers? Are you being honest with who you really are?

 

Questions entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

She talks about her company’s beginnings and how she was so energized, to the point that it woke her up in the morning with ideas and energy. Do you remember those days? How can you tap into that again? How could renewed energy help your team?

 

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode27

 

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Join us next week as we begin our conversation with David Burton, Director of the Greene County Extension Office and how open book management is helping turn their little office around.

 

Until then, be inspired and intentional.

 

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

 

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

 

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

 

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

 

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Mar 29, 2016

Here we are for part 2 with Anese Cavanaugh, as she  continues her discussion of Intentional Energetic Presence and her book Contagious Culture.

Anese is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® , an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives.

We’ll see you on the other side of the conversation with our round of questions.

Social Shareables - Takeaways from part two with Anese,

When addressing culture, it is an inside out approach. Leaders, look inside and then move out.

We all have superpowers and have an impact on those around us. Choose today how you will use them.

Is the way I show up

Is the way I talk to myself

Is the way I talk to other people

Is the way I take care for myself

Is the way I regard others

...helping me have the impact I want to have on the world? If, “no”, then there is beautiful work to be done there.  

 

Showing up for yourself means you share the idea in a meeting when you normally wouldn’t share.

Make your next meeting more productive: make it shorter and make an agreement to have no phones in the meeting.

 

Questions for entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

Do you believe you have superpowers? IE, do you truly believe you impact those around you with your attitude and energy?

How can you approach your next meeting with intention that will affect the energy of you and your team?

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode26

Remember to subscribe to the podcast via itunes at

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2

Join us next week as we wrapup our conversation with Anese Cavanaugh. Until then, be inspired and intentional.

 

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

Remember to sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe
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Mar 22, 2016

My time with Anese has resonated with me for weeks. She is a living example of a contagious presence. I’m buzzing as I think about it. Enough gushing, here’s Anese:

Below for blog post:

Anese Cavanaugh is devoted to helping people show up and bring their best selves to the table in order to create significant positive impact in their lives. She is the creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence), an advisor and thinking partner to leaders and organizations around the world, and author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives. (McGraw Hill, 11/15).

Takeaways from part one with Anese,

Create impact -

How do you make people feel? We’re always impacting those around us.

How we impact ourselves. How we make ourselves feel.

How we impact the world around us. What have I left? What is my imprint?

The importance of words and how it affects how we show up.

Biggest Lesson: eat and serve more ice cream.

Questions entrepreneurs, leaders, and managers

How are you showing up? What does this mean for you?

How intentional are you in the words you use and the impact you’re having on the world around you?

What is a good first step for you to start paying attention to your impact?

Share your responses on the comments section of the blog or on social media. You can find the blog at http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode25

Remember to sign up for email updates at http://inspiredandintentional.com/subscribe

Join us next week as we continue our conversation with Anese Cavanaugh. Until then, be inspired and intentional.

Resources

Anese Cavanaugh.com - http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/

Contagious Culture Book - http://www.amazon.com/Contagious-Culture-Intentionally-Organization-Thrives/dp/1259584577/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455686232&sr=8-1&keywords=contagious+culture

Top secret resources page - http://IEP.IO

Anese’s resource kit - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resourcekit

Busy Blog Post - http://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inspired-intentional-business/id1049626659?mt=2


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