Culture Building Like A Pro

As leaders, we tend to shape our leadership philosophies and habits based on our professional and personal experiences throughout life. This can be positive or negative, and will ultimately affect how you lead your team. In this episode, we’re debunking 5 myths about being a good leader.Myth 1: You must have all the answers.Myth 2: Your employees work for you.Myth 3: Your employees should fear you.Myth 4: Correction is the only way to teach.Myth 5: You should now encourage fun at work.For culture building activities that help bring meaning to the workplace, check out Episode 15: 5 Simple Ideas that Help Promote Culture Change www.baproinc.com/ncn15Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/ncn21Questions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Organizational Culture | Culture Building | Professionalism | Influence | Effective Le

Today's #PROtalkTuesday question was submitted by "Professional seeking career advancement":With employee reviews right around the corner what recommendations or tips would you give to professionals on having the I need/deserve a raise conversation with their manager?Tune in for the recommended tips!Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/protalk3Questions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Organizational Culture | Culture Building | Professionalism | Influence | Effective Leadership |baproinc.com

As a leader, you have a lot on your plate. Meetings, deadlines, reports; there are tons of things on your to-do list and that can make it easy to forget about employee engagement. In this episode, we’ll go over 6 steps to help employee engagement feel more like second nature instead of a chore.1. Remove yourself from the equation. Focus on the employee experience.2. Be human. Employee engagement is a relationship, not a program. Check out the interview in episode 19 with Marcus Harris, store manager for Starbucks. He shares great examples and insight on employee engagement. www.baproinc.com/ncn193. Listen more than you speak. 4. Be clear in what your employees need. Engagement isn’t one-size-fits-all. Connect with your employees on a level that works for them. 5. Be intentional and plan your employee engagement efforts. What you plan represents priority and it’s no different with employee engagement. If you struggle with staying consistent with engaging your team, order the Employee Engagement Planning Packe

This episode features guest Marcus Harris; Starbucks store manager for multiple locations in the Cleveland, Ohio area. With over 10 years of experience in management, Marcus shares his insight and best practices on what it takes to be consistent with maintaining a great company culture. He gives great examples of how leaders can make culture building and employee engagement authentic and inviting. Although Starbucks is world known and very popular, Marcus shares how he’s been able to create a culture within his stores that retains great talent and represents the quality standard of the company.Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-harris-78622990/ or via email: us1443873@starbucks.com.Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/ncn19Questions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Organizational Cul

The ABC principles of introducing culture change in your company will help you align the expectations of your staff with the overall goal(s) you want to reach. It also opens the floor for you to get necessary feedback from your employees so you know exactly where they stand, what they need, and how to encourage them along the way.The ABCs mentioned in this episode stand for:A: ApproachB: Be openC: ConsistentThe ABCs should take place after you've determined the desired direction of your culture, and outlined/documented performance standards.Note that people resist change all the time. That's expected and in most cases, it's inevitable. You can’t control whether people resist change... But you can control your approach and how you plan & introduce change to them.People sense desperation and hidden agendas. Be strategic with your efforts, yet authentic with your intentions.Check out episode 17 for steps on How to be Intentional with Culture Building: https://baproinc.com/ncn17/Highlights from this episode c

If you’re trying to (re)build the culture in your company and your efforts don’t seem to be working, it’s likely because you’re missing this one thing;Being Intentional.This episode will help you become more intentional with your culture building by reverse engineering your efforts. This will allow you be more strategic and most importantly, get results.What does intentional mean?Oxford Dictionaries: done on purpose; deliberate (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/intentional).Merriam Webster: one by intention or design (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intentional). How to be intentional with culture building:1.Identify what results you want and why.2.Observe and identify what’s stopping you from seeing the results currently.3.Strategize how to get those results.4.List & plan each intentional action to reach your culture building goals.5.Make your actions intentional and a priority.Download your Intentional Culture Building Worksheet here: www.baproinc.com/ncn17Let’s continue the co

Here’s your challenge for the week. Answer the following question: If your company culture was an actual person, how would you describe it? This episode is meant for you to be very reflective about your company culture. As you listen to this episode, think about the questions mentioned and write down your answers. This is a challenge to help you shift your current mindset and perspective about company culture from a task or an objective to an actual living being that impacts your company and employees.The How to Detect Workplace Culture Workbook was designed to help leaders and managers assess current conditions of workplace culture. You can grab your free workbook by going to this link: https://app.convertkit.com/landing_pages/143992?v=6To understand why it’s important to know your current company culture, check out this blog post: http://baproinc.com/know-current-company-culture/Let’s continue the conversation about this episode on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BAPROINC. Use #NCN16.Highlights from this episo

One of the main ingredients to building a culture that your employees will love is to build a culture of inclusion. When your employees feel included in the changes you’re promoting, their buy-in increases and most of all, they feel valued & connected to the organization. Inclusion also helps you, as the leader, understand their thoughts about the change so that you can engage them better throughout the process.This episode provides 5 simple ideas – with a twist – that will help promote culture change and boost inclusion with your employees. These ideas are:1.Offer a casual dressing day or week with a donation to a charity of an employee’s choice.2.Host a fitness competition with a health goal or awareness of an employee’s choice.3.Host a workplace vision board party.4.Offer a learning experience that employees are interested in.5.Celebrate achievements that employees make outside of the workplace.To get a list of these ideas and suggestions on how to implement them, download your list here: baproinc.com/

Promotions aren’t usually handed out to everyone. Only to those who make a conscious effort to do more than the bare minimum, make a difference, and demonstrate effective leadership ability. If you want to get noticed for a promotion, this episode will give you 5 steps that will help you do just that!1.Show leadership ability even if you don’t have a leadership title.2.Do above average work.3.Avoid drama and following crowds.4.Offer solutions to problems and ideas for organizational growth.5.Develop your skill-set.Resources mentioned: Episode 08: How to Avoid Bare Minimum Syndrome (baproinc.com/ncn08)Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/ncn14Questions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Organizational Culture | Culture Building | Professionalism | Influence | Effective Leadership |baproinc.com

Many employees have ideas that they want to present to their boss but don’t know how to do so in the best way. Your ideas are valuable and deserve to be considered fairly. This episode gives you 5 important steps that will help your boss consider your ideas and not brush them off. 1.Do your research: This should be both internal research (trends, metrics, surveys, etc.) and external research (industry trends, competitors, etc.). Make sure that there’s a need for the idea you’re suggesting and have research to support it.2.Take initiative: You don’t have to wait for your manager or someone else to voice that there’s a need for something. If you notice a need or a problem, take initiative and determine whether your idea would be a good and effective solution for it.3.Test your idea: Always validate your idea by testing it in the best way possible. You want to ensure the solution will indeed work before presenting it to your boss.4.Put your idea in writing: Document why your idea should be considered, the benef

It's time for another PRO Talk Tuesday! These are episodes where listeners submit questions via email or on Twitter using the hashtag #PROTalkTuesdays and they’re answered here on this podcast.Today’s question comes from James (via email) and he writes:“How do I create culture with my clients? I am in the fitness industry and I want my clients to feel that they’re a part of a community more so than just another customer.”Here are 7 tips that will help you create the culture you desire with your clients:1.Pick the right clients and be sure to have an onboarding process that clearly explains your vision.2.Set clear expectations for each client and also know what your clients expect of you.3.Approach clients from a place of service.4.Coach through it: help your clients see the end result/outcome even when is seems impossible.5.Actively engage each client by knowing their individual motivators.6.Create and/or use systems that build collaboration and community.7.Influence each client.Highlights from this episode c

Christmas is over, the new year is here, the holiday party is a thing of the past, and so is the cheer. Once the holiday party has passed, it may be difficult to keep employees excited and enthusiastic as they get back into their daily work routine. This episode provides different ways that you can continue the holiday momentum well into the year, while being strategic in your employee engagement and culture building efforts.Here are 7 ways to keep cheer in your workplace after the holidays:1. Ask your employees about their professional (and even personal goals) for the new year and offer help/support to help them reach those goals.2. Give employees something to look forward to.3. Continue celebrations throughout the year.4. Include employees in upcoming plans and initiatives.5. Ask for employee feedback.6. Improve the problems that your employees may be facing.7. Lead with a positive influence.Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/ncn12Questions about this episode? Topic suggestions f

Most leaders may say that they don’t demotivate their staff, but have you considered whether your daily habits are demotivating? Here are 5 passive habits that may be demotivating your staff:1.Don’t ignore your employees.2.Don’t edit/change employee work without their knowledge.3.Trust employees to do their jobs.4.Delegate.5.Avoid passive micro-managing. Our actions as leaders have a great impact on employees. Be aware of these habits (and any others) so that you won’t cancel out any of your motivating efforts with passive and demotivating habits.Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/podcastQuestions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Organizational Culture | Culture Building | Professionalism | Influence | Effective Leadership |baproinc.com

As Leaders, it is our responsibility to motivate our staff but before we can do so, we must know How to do it effectively. This episode will help you do just that. The New Year is approaching (very quickly) and performance goals are being set as well. What better way to help your employees achieve those goals than by motivating each of them in the best way – the way that is specific to them individually. Here are 8 tips on motivating effectively: 1.Know what motivates your employees individually.2.Influence motivation by being an example.3.Succession planning and advancement opportunities.4.Inclusion.5.Make your employees a priority.6.Encourage employees often.7.Traditional motivators.8.Collaboration.As mentioned in this episode, I am a huge advocate of The Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment to help leaders understand how to motivate their employees. I’ve definitely recommended this assessment to my clients as well. The assessment objectifies workplace behaviors so you can predict the drives and motivation

2017 is literally a few weeks away and if you haven’t started planning for it yet, now’s the time!So many people make New Year’s resolutions to reach their goals, but those end up falling off to the wayside by January 10th. Why does this happen? Because many tend to stay in the inspiration mindset and don’t transition their inspiration to motivation. Although these terms tend to be used as one in the same, the results of each are different.I mentioned 2 definitions of inspiration; one from Oxford Dictionaries (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/inspiration) and the other from Merriam Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inspiration). I also gave the follow definitions of motivation as well: (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motivation) , (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/motivation).In this episode, you will learn why being inspired to reach goals just isn’t enough. You’ll be given 6 practical ways on how to stay motivated to get the results you want for the New

This is the last episode of the Back to the Basics Series and I hope you’ve enjoyed it. In today’s episode, I’m discussing what I like to call the “Bare Minimum Syndrome”. No, this isn’t an actual illness, but it can cripple the results that your expecting on your job. The definition of bare minimum mentioned in this episode is found at: http://www.yourdictionary.com/bare-minimum.Do you experience procrastination? Download this quick reference infographic with 7 ways to avoid procrastination: http://eepurl.com/ckKQ_v I also spoke a bit about focus and lack thereof. An amazing resource that has helped me stay on track of my focus is the book The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. I highly recommend reading this book and you can get this book using my Amazon Affiliate link to receive the most current discount (please note that this discount is for a limited time and it can also change at any time without notice): https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod

How to be an Effective Professional Pt. 2… It was just too good to only have one episode! As we continue the #BackToTheBasicsSeries, this episode reviews areas 5 – 9 of effectiveness as a professional. When it comes to professionalism, there are some characteristics and skills that come easily to us while others don’t and in the same instance, there may be some that we simply just don’t consider. For example, how many times do we (intentionally) consider how collaborative we are with others? What about being a good listener? Are you actively mindful of how you’re receiving and interpreting what others are trying to communicate? This episode discusses the importance of being a good listener and being collaborative in addition to a few other areas.Being a good listener also ties into being solution minded, which was discussed more in depth in Pt. 1 (Episode 06, baproinc.com/ncn06). Accountability was also mentioned briefly in this episode. For a better understanding of professional accountability, check out epi

How to be an Effective Professional - that is the question! Not good, not better, but effective. We are still in the #BackToTheBasicsSeries, going over the essentials of being professionals. This episode is part one of how to be an effective professional and we’re getting pretty specific with the list of how to do so. Effectiveness is very distinct although it may sometimes take simple actions. What is the most unprofessional situation that you’ve experienced or witnessed? I’m really interested in hearing your stories, so please send them to culture@businessadvocatespro.com. The importance of Planning will also be discussed in this episode. To help you get started with your planning, be sure to download your copy of the Free Performance & Goal Forecasting Progress Sheet at http://eepurl.com/coKVuTThis simple, yet effective PDF will help you get familiar with specifying and planning goal objectives.Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/podcastQuestions about this episode? Topic sugg

PRO Talk Tuesday 1: Leadership, Professionalism & Culture in Non-Company Settings - Q&A EpisodeToday's question comes from Mary and she writes: I noticed that the podcast speaks about leadership and professionalism. My question is does this service any other businesses or entities such as churches, personal ministries or groups, etc.?Leadership, professionalism, and culture are not limited to companies and business offices. For an overview of what culture means, I recommend listening to Episode 01: 5 Factors that Help Detect Workplace Culture (baproinc.com/ncn01) and Episode 03: Why is Culture Important? (baproinc.com/ncn03).Do you have any question? Send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.com or directly from the website at www.baproinc.com/podcast.Your question may be featured next!

Let’s get Back to the Basics and discuss Professionalism. This episode is the first of the #BackToTheBasics Series where we’ll go over the essentials of being professionals. As stated in the welcome episode, this podcast isn’t just for leaders, but it’s for professionals as well. This episode will provide the 3 things you must know as a professional and the necessary aspects of being an accountable professional. This may be a refresher for some and something new for others. Either way, it will help you take your professionalism to the next level.Highlights from this episode can be found at www.baproinc.com/podcastQuestions about this episode? Topic suggestions for future episodes? Please send them to: culture@businessadvocatespro.comThe New Culture Norm Podcast: Taking Workplace Culture to the Next Level!| Company Culture | Culture Building | Professionalism | Influence | Effective Leadership |baproinc.com