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Brain Chatter
In Brain Chatter, we interview organizational leaders in diverse industries and roles at the intersection of Leadership, Workplace Culture, Profit, and Sustainability. Each offers insights into how they effectively lead themselves, their teams, and their organizations through all the ‘daily noise.’ What works and what doesn’t? What are key questions to ask? What leadership skills are most vital? What are the most valuable lessons they’ve learned? Brain Chatter is a production of Ken Chapman and Associates, Inc. www.LeadersCode.com For episode notes visit www.BrainChatterPodcast.com
Episodes
37 episodes
Engage & Retain: What Can You Do?
How can our organization retain our most valuable team members? The costs of turnover are startling and the benefits of key person retention are exponential. In this 23-minute episode, Ryan McShane explores what you or I can do to retain our be...
How To Get Promoted At Work
Getting promoted at work is not always straightforward. In this 28-minute episode, Alisa Patel, a VP of HR, talks candidly about what you need to do in order to be promotable, to learn about opportunities inside your company, and to effec...
Effective Workplace Feedback
The Effective Workplace Feedback episode of Brain Chatter explores the role of effective feedback in building strong workplace cultures and improving leadership. Organizational psychologist Dr. Ken Chapman, founder of Ken Chapman &...
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Building Trust Across Generations in Your Workplace
Having challenges and lack of understanding or lack trust between different generations inside your company? This 22-minute episode explores why that may be and what can be done to close the potential gap of trust. Organizational development an...
Day #1 as a Supervisor: Avoiding Common Tripping Hazards
What advice do most people wish someone would have offered when they were first promoted to supervisor? What are common missteps and mistakes newly promoted supervisors often make that are avoidable? What are strategies for navigating a promoti...
Onboarding + Career Pathing in Healthy Workplace Cultures
What impacts do effective onboarding and career pathing have on the health of a company culture? And what does such onboarding and career pathing look like? Patrick Frazier, Director of Organizational Development at ME Global (Tempe, Arizona) d...
A Playbook for Success: Tim Duncan
KC&A's David Stanfield explores the life and career of one of the NBA all-time greats, Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs). The focus in this episode is on the 'walking the talk' examples Tim Duncan provided throughout his basketball career, by ...
A Bull in the China Shop & Emotional Intelligence
Whitney Tate and Delcia Petersen explore the practical side of Emotional Intelligence as it is most often encountered in the workplace. What is the cost of being 'A Bull in the China Shop' as it relates to EIQ? How do we each avoid ...
Stuckeys: A Story of Grit and Brand Revival
Stephanie Stuckey recently released her book "UnStuck: Rebirth of An American Icon". In this interview she discusses reviving and rebuilding one of the most iconic American roadside brands, "Stuckeys." This 25 minute episode explor...
Generative AI & Workplace Culture: The Right Choices Provide an Edge
Michael Mendola is leading the effort at a 75,000+ employee consulting firm to implement Generative AI strategies for the benefit of their employees and clients. In this episode, Michael shares his insights on the impact Generative Artificial I...
An AI Literacy Primer for Organizational Leaders
Randy Sparkman delves into what an organizational leader needs to know about Artificial Intelligence (AI) right away. Randy is the author of LANGUAGE AI: A Guide...
Digital Transformation & How Success Hinges on Organizational Culture
Tom McNany walks us through the role of organizational culture in adoption outcome (success or failure) of new technologies that transform an organization. Rolling out a new technology that changes how business is done is stressful and difficul...
How To Find, Hire, Develop, and Empower Proactive Problem Solvers
Nisha Patel explores what it takes to populate an organization with problem solvers and how to be one. Problems at work are most often negatively associated with stress. Repeatedly, however, problems prove to be gates of opportunities for...
Critical Mistakes to Avoid if You Serve on a Board of Directors (For-Profit or Nonprofit)
Many company leaders are asked to serve on boards of directors, whether with nonprofits or for-profits of various sizes. There are many questions and issues to consider before saying yes and after saying yes. It is always an honor to be elected...
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The Agent of Your Own Life
The Agent of Your Own Life episode contrasts the long-reaching negative impacts of perennial victimhood mentality, with the never-ending positive impact of being an individual who is 'the agent of their own life.' As agentic, this i...
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Are Students Prepared for the Workforce? Insights from a School Principal
How are current high school students being prepared for the US workforce at a time when employers are desperate for qualified workers? What are the students' pathways and options? Are schools getting the input from local industry about what tho...
Practical Strategies for a Disability-Friendly Workplace
At the same time as historic unemployment, there has never been a greater number of well-qualified disabled people who want to work. These prospective employees are sitting on the sidelines. John D. Kemp, CEO of the Lakeshore Foundation and aut...
Sustainability & Pivoting Required to Last 100 Years as an Organization
What does it take to last 100 years? Nancy Meadows, CEO of BridgeWays, shares her insights on how and why her organization has lasted almost a century. She discusses necessary organizational pivots of mission, programs, branding, and more that ...
Do Company Wellness Programs Work and Do We Need One?
How does absenteeism and presentism impact a company's effectiveness and sustainability? Does my company need a wellness program? What are the goals of company wellness programs? How do corporate wellness programs work? How do you create a work...
Safety Beyond The Numbers
Tony Orlowski provides an overview of the new book on workplace safety, Safety Beyond The Numbers, co-authored by he and Dr. Ken Chapman. The two of them wrote the book based on their 80+ years of leading change in workplaces in the US, Canada,...
Mentorship: How to Find One & How to Be One
Shannon Allen walks through how mentorship works, sharing her experiences of both having mentors and serving as a mentor herself. What makes successful mentorships mutually beneficial to both participants? Who should seek out mentorships?...
Recipe for a Company Growth Culture: The Taziki’s and Greek Street Story
Keith Richards explores the importance of a strong company culture and purpose in building a strong restaurant and franchise business with unusually high team member retention. He and his wife Amy founded fresh-casual restaurant Taziki's in 199...
Balance & Planning in Leadership and Life
Tommie Goggans III, husband, father of eight, president of The Goggans Group, Financial Advisor, active community volunteer, and dedicated physical fitness devotee, delves into the ever-challenging topic of "Balance & Planning in Leadership...
Chapter 4, Trust / from The Leader's Code
In this episode of Brain Chatter, Derek reads Chapter 4 (Trust), a chapter from the book The Leader's Code (2023 version) authored by Dr. Ken Chapman. The chapter identifies why trust it is critical to high functioning teams and organizations, ...
Communication: Everybody’s Friend and Foe
Deborah Boswell, communication consultant, coach, and author, examines the practical side of effective communication in the workplace. Ask your peers and direct reports, 'do we do a good job with communication here?' How do they respond? Are yo...
