WiseTalk

Sue Bethanis hosts Susan MacKenty Brady, co-author of the just-released book Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership. Susan is is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University and the Chief Executive Officer of The Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. As a relationship expert, leadership well-being coach, author, and speaker, Susan educates leaders and executives globally on fostering self-awareness for optimal leadership. She advises executive teams on how to work together effectively and create inclusion and gender parity in organizations. A highly sought authority on emotionally intelligent leadership, Susan has been featured on ABC’s Good Morning America and has keynoted or consulted at over 500 organizations worldwide.Sue and Susan discuss these “7 Impactful Practices”: Investing in Your Best Self Embracing Authenticity Cultivating Courage Fostering Resilience Inspiring a Bold Vision Creating a Healthy Team Environment Committing to the Work of an Inclusive Leader

Sue Bethanis hosts connection enthusiast and author, Ryan Jenkins. Ryan is the co-founder of LessLonely.com, the world’s first resource fully dedicated to reducing worker isolation and strengthening team connections. His new book with Steven Van Cohen is Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In.Ryan and Steven are experts on loneliness who help organizations create engaged, inclusive, high-performing teams. In this episode, Sue and Ryan discuss how remote or hybrid teams can implement the four-step framework: Look at loneliness – identify it in self and others. Invest in connection – improve the strength of work relationships. Narrow the focus – illuminate what’s most important at work. Kindle the momentum – inflame what’s working to sustain progress.

Sue Bethanis hosts culture critic and author, Anne Helen Petersen. A former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, Anne now writes about the future of work, celebrity, burnout, and more at her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. She is the author of four books, most recently Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home (co-written with Charlie Warzel) and Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. Her previous books, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and Scandals of Classic Hollywood, were featured in NPR, Elle, and The Atlantic. She received her Ph.D. in media studies from the University of Texas and lives in Lummi Island, Washington.  Sue and Anne discuss these four key aspects of tapping into the promise of remote work: Flexibility – the future of work has to be guided by a new form of flexibility in which the work, not the workers themselves, becomes more malleable.  Culture – a company culture can be shifted, but it has to start with a dramatic rethinking of what management actually looks like, in and outside of the traditional office.  Technologies of the Office – so much of office culture flows from our technology, tools, and design. Here we can see the most profound changes the quickest.  Community – if work were not the primary organizing factor of our lives, we could restructure our relationships with our community outside of work.

In this episode of WiseTalk, CEO and Executive Leadership Coach Sue Bethanis hosts Liz Wiseman, a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. Liz is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools, Wall Street Journal bestseller Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, and Wall Street Journal bestseller Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact. She’s the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. Some of her recent clients include Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other businesses and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at BYU and Stanford University.

Sue Bethanis hosts Amelia Dunlop, Chief Experience Officer at Deloitte Digital and leader of the US Customer Strategy and Applied Design practice for Deloitte Consulting LLP. Amelia helps companies develop winning strategies that combine innovation, creativity, and digital strategy. She received Consulting Magazine’s 2020 Top Women in Technology Award for Excellence in Innovation.Amelia leads a team of problem solvers who use human-centered design and customer insights strategy to help businesses shift their focus from the customer experience to the human experience. As marketers, she says we have an opportunity to create more human experiences—earning long-term loyalty and trust in the process. Amelia loves helping clients tackle their toughest problems and build organizational momentum to turn the future they imagine into a reality.Author of the new book Elevating the Human Experience: Three Paths to Love and Worth at Work, Amelia writes and speaks regularly about human experience, creativity, and customer strategy.Sue and Amelia discuss: Why love and worth at work? (There’s data…) How Hybrid is making this harder? Or is it? The “three paths” and practical tips from each.

Sue Bethanis hosts authors Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr. Lauren Wadsworth, two clinical psychologists at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, specializing in furthering diversity and inclusivity. Stephanie and Lauren have authored a highly practical book, Did That Just Happen?! Beyond “Diversity”―Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organizations. In it, they offer leaders practical ways to create and sustain diversity and inclusivity. We are curious to hear their take on how Hybrid and Remote workforces are faring on the inclusivity front and what leaders can do to ensure it becomes or remains a priority.For over 25 years, Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker has dedicated her work towards college student mental health. She is the founding director of McLean Hospital’s College Mental Health Program, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and the McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School’s chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer.Dr. Lauren Wadsworth serves as a senior advisor on the Anti-Racist, Justice, and Health Equity team at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She is the founder of the Genesee Valley Institute of Psychology (GVIP), a clinic providing treatment for OCD, trauma, DBT, and a newly launched Racial Trauma and Healing center.Sue, Stephanie, and Lauren talk about: The current challenges and opportunities that a Hybrid workplace creates for inclusive behaviors. Specific leadership behaviors that make a big difference, like "Empowering listening." What to do when you mess up.

Sue Bethanis hosts talent strategist and company culture expert, Steve Cadigan. Steve has been at the forefront of global talent strategy and company culture for the past 30 years. Most famous for scaling Linkedin from 400 to 4000 in 3.5 years, Steve also led the development of LI’s legendary company culture. Today, as Founder of Cadigan Talent Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based talent strategies advisory firm, Steve helps organizations worldwide develop winning talent solutions. With more than 25 years of leadership and executive experience in global Human Resources, Steve has practiced HR in the US, Canada, and Asia-Pacific within a variety of industries. Through leading worldwide HR efforts for more than 60 M&A transactions at three global organizations since 1998, Steve has cultivated a deep understanding of business cycles, patterns, high growth, and the key elements required to forge an organization’s sustainability. Over the course of his career, the teams, cultures, and organizations he has led and helped build have been recognized as exceptional, “world-class” performers by the Wall Street Journal and Fortune Magazine.Sue and Steve discuss his new book, Workquake: Embracing the Aftershocks of Covid-19 to Create a Better Model of Working, and: What rolling out Hybrid means for Talent, Teams, and Skills Development. Why it’s “Time to be More Human,” and how to do it. The why and how of “Iteration and Experimentation” to evolve your organization into a better model of working.

Sue Bethanis hosts Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson, Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities to find ways to mitigate those biases. She is the author of Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams, an award-winning and groundbreaking guide, outlining the transformative leadership skill of tomorrow—one that can make it possible to build truly diverse and inclusive teams which value employees’ needs to belong while being themselves.Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN.Sue and Stefanie discuss: how to support the seemingly contradictory needs of people to both standout and to fit in. the Inclusify Leadership Matrix – identify ways you can evolve your style to become an Inclusifyer. five specific habits for advancing inclusion in the remote/hybrid environment.

Sue Bethanis hosts Carole Robin, Ph.D., leadership expert, former award-winning Stanford Business School professor, and co-author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues. Carole is the Co-Founder and Head of Programs of  Leaders in Tech, a nonprofit which brings two decades of lessons to Silicon Valley startups. She was the Dorothy J. King Lecturer in Leadership at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business where she helped to further develop the Interpersonal Dynamics Course (a.k.a. the Touchy-Feely class) including co-developing the Executive version. She also became the Director of the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program. She was known as the "Queen of Touchy Feely" and received the MBA Distinguished Teaching Award and the Silver Apple award for contributions to alumni programming.Sue and Carole discuss: Why exceptional relationships are critical to effectively lead through these transitional and uncertain times. Ways to create connections and continue to build relationships virtually. Specific behavior tips to help build trust, share feedback, and handle conflict virtually.

Sue Bethanis hosts Kevin Oakes, author of Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company. Kevin is the CEO and Co-Founder of i4cp, the leading authority on next practices in human capital. He is a frequent author and international keynote speaker on next practices in human capital and works with business and HR executives on people practices that drive high performance. He is considered one of the foremost experts on organizational culture.In Culture Renovation®, Kevin provides tangible, tactical insights drawn from a robust data set and informed by CEOs and HR leaders at many of the world’s top companies. You’ll find everything you need to rebuild your corporate culture with care and expertise, including: Three phases and detailed action steps for architecting the change you want to see Practical insights and examples from T-Mobile, Microsoft, 3M, and other top companies The traits of a healthy corporate culture Proven talent practices to maintain your new culture for long-term success