The Culture Coach
I’m Wendy Brand, Your Culture Coach, dedicated to supporting people-first leaders. Each week we dive into strategies and insights to help you build a workplace where employees feel valued, motivated, and inspired. From fostering tribal values and improving core processes to developing inclusive communities and responsive listening strategies, we cover it all.
Join me weekly for practical tips, expert interviews, and real-world examples to help you boost productivity, extinguish burnout and cultivate a vibrant organizational culture that reflects your mission, vision and values.
Episodes
100 episodes
#099 Part 2: Change Management and Culture with Sarena Diamond
Part 2 of this conversation!! With recent Gallup data showing engagement at its lowest point in a decade, my guest Sarena Diamond and I explore one of the key drivers behind this troubling trend—rapid organizational change. To conne...
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#098 Part 1: Change Management and Culture with Sarena Diamond
With recent Gallup data showing engagement at its lowest point in a decade, my guest Sarena Diamond and I explore one of the key drivers behind this troubling trend—rapid organizational change. Stay tuned next week for part 2 of thi...
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#097 Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce with Hannah Dannecker
If you’ve ever struggled to find the right people in a labor-driven industry—or felt the pressure of filling high-turnover roles while still protecting your company culture—this episode is for you. This week, I sat down with Hannah ...
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#096 Final Four Local Organizing Committee Culture with Elena Wells
Culture Strategy Session Calls: https://culturecoachwendy.com/strategysessions/I’m thrilled to bring you a special conversation with Elena Wells, Executive Director for the Sa...
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#095 Wellness Retreat Culture with Shane Evans
✅ Take the Culture Compass Quiz: https://culturecoachwendy.com/quiz/📅 Join me for a free Culture Strategy Session: ...
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#094 THRIVE Culture to Combat Trending Employee Detachment
Join the conversation & sign up for the FREE Culture Check-In Strategy Sessions: culturecoachwendy.com/strategysessionsIn this solo episode of The Culture Coach...
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#093 Instilling a R.A.V.E. Culture with Chuck Salvo
Today, I sit down with Chuck Salvo, former Disney Institute veteran and self-proclaimed "Chief Happiness Architect," to discuss his new book "RAVE: How to Respect and Value Everyone." Drawing from his 15 years at Disney and extensive experience...
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#092 Building a High Performing Teams Culture
High-performing teams don’t happen by accident—they’re built intentionally. In this episode of The Culture Coach Podcast, I break down Wiley’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team and give you actionable strategies to strengthen trust, en...
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#091 A Culture of Mentorship with Dr. Deborah Heiser
Today, I’m sitting down with Dr. Deborah Heiser, an applied developmental psychologist and aging specialist, to explore a topic that every business leader should care about—how aging impacts leadership, career transitions, and workplace culture...
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#090 The Right People in the Right Seat with Dr. Michael Neal
If you’re a CEO or leader looking to build a high-performing, engaged team, this episode is full of game-changing insights. Dr. Neal’s journey is proof that hiring isn’t just about filling seats—it’s about building a thriving, scalable, and val...
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#089 Leadership Archetypes with Eric Charran
In this episode of the Culture Coach podcast, I sit down with Eric Charran, author of an upcoming book about workplace leadership archetypes. Through painfully relatable stories, Eric breaks down the various "boss types" we've all encountered (...
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#088 Kerbey Lane Culture with Rose Ann Garza
Rose Ann Garza, is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Kerbey Lane. Kerby Lane is a restaurant that was started in 1980 in Austin, Texas. If you’ve been to Austin, you’ve probably been to Kerbey Lane. During Rose Ann’s time at Kerbey Lane, th...
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#087 Hugging Face 🤗 Culture with Emily Witko
Emily Witko is a people-obsessed engagement specialist with master’s level DEIB training. In their current role at Hugging Face, they source, recruit, hire, develop, and retain top AI talent, with a dedicated focus on team happiness and growth....
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#086 Culture Case Study on e.l.f. Beauty
Happy New Year!!This week I look back at 2024 (and 2023) and look toward the future, sharing my vision and areas of focus for the new year.One significant part of my mission, which I intend to prove this year is the connection be...
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#085 Your Culture is Alive with Shauna Geraghty
Our episode this week wraps up my interviews during my time at CultureCon in Las Vegas this past November. These were 4 great conversations with leaders who are making a difference in the culture space. My final guest from the event...
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#084 High-Growth Culture with Nicci Arsenault
The Culture Coach Podcast guest this week is Chief People Officer, Nicci Arsenault. This episode was recorded at CultureCon West in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and it is a great conversation. If you are leading culture at a start-up or fast-grow...
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#083 A Culture of Listening and Engaging with Gianna Driver
This week’s podcast is episode 2 of 4, recorded at CultureCon in November. You may hear some of the background noise as we were seated right outside the conference hall at the Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas and there was an eve...
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#082 THRIVE Culture Maturity Model
Take the FREE Culture Quiz HERE.Black Friday SALE Ends Friday 11/29. This week I take you through my THRIVE Culture ...
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#081 Modern Work Culture with Mark Cruth
Grab my Black Friday specials through Friday, November 29th.From the conference halls of CultureCon West in Las Vegas last week, I bring you my interview with the Principal Modern ...
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#080 The Risk of NOT Becoming Intentional About Culture
If you don’t create your culture intentionally, it will create itself, and you might not like the result. But when you define culture thoughtfully, you’re not only enhancing your organization’s internal health, but you’re also building a brand ...
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#079 How my Burnout led me to build a T.H.R.I.V.E.-ing business
On October 31, 2022, I walked into my boss' office in my black-eyed pea costume and announced that I was leaving. Today, my THRIVE Culture Framework allows me to meet organizations where they are and help them create a culture where their emplo...
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#078 Financial Wellness as a Component of Culture with Irma Neal
This week as we look at organizational culture, my guest and I talk about how an employer has the opportunity to look more at the whole person and meet them where they are in the workplace. This approach can only help your productivity an...
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#077 Using Processes and Systems to Enhance Culture with Alane Boyd
If you are already familiar with my THRIVE culture framework then you know that the H in THRIVE stands for Helpful Processes and systems. This is the second episode that I’ve had a guest that has built a business around the use of tools l...
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#076 Culture Insights from a CTO with Corey Spitzer
My conversation this week was with Corey Spitzer and it was SO good. Corey is a Fractional CTO (or Chief Technology Officer) with over 20 years of software engineering expertise and a decade of startup experience. Today Corey specia...
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#075 Humanizing Your Organization with Ken Schmidt
I had such a great conversation with my guest Ken Schmidt this week. One of Ken’s great career successes came from his formerly held leadership role in Harley-Davidson Motor Company’s against-all-odds turnaround from the brink of financial ruin...
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