60 - The Art of the Mid-Year Check In

Ready for some self reflection? Here's episode 60 of Leadership Kung Fu! Sandi and Jen are asking us to take some time and join them a moment as they chat about the importance of a mid-year check in, not just with our teams, but with ourselves too! Listen along as they highlight: The importance of sense-making Measuring your efficacy, not your results How often are you getting feedback? Your leadership "brand" Behavior that reflects value Reactiveness and the signs of burnout, physical and non Intentional resets A.I. in leadership styles and the most popular uses as of recording Goals and the metrics of goals Are your metrics just a sign of activity? Driving focus The weights of risk and opportunity and much more! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a comment on LinkedIn! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

Travel back in time with Jen and Sandi as they chat about a topic that's not necessarily new, but is certainly still a topic of discussion: working remotely and hybrid workforces! Whether you're taking a break in the breakroom or moving laundry inbetween meetings, listen along as Jen and Sandi discuss: The importance of asking questions and the weight of listening a brief conversation about how engagement surveys can fail you thinking about how your work is best done could influece hybrid work management what working in a conducive environment to the work you do can influence work output looking at the work instead of seeking giving "same treatment" what can cause resentment among hybrid teams the strategy of shaping in office/remote work around the type of people who work for/with you the state of strategy your workforce is the solution if you are setting them up for success regardless of environment new terms and slang that have come from 5 years of hybrid workforces how celebrating success is important half thebattle is understanding the correct problems to solve Red Team Thinking benefits and more! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a comment on LinkedIn! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

Don't be afraid, it's a new episode of Leadership Kung Fu! This episode is all about fearful leadership and what that can cost your place of business. Jen and Sandi waste no time diving into what can truly be at stake when leadership takes a reactive instead of a strategic approach. Listen along as they delve into: what can trigger reactive leadership how you show up and how that can impact your team and their action what short-term thinking means for long term effects how reactionary actions affect overall messages/goals of a company what drivers trigger responses/what leaders might be afraid of talent drain the fear around fear-based decisions the dangers of a non-response impacts on factors outside of business what helps create strategic calm the importance of time for strategies tools that can help combat reactive leadership and more! Listen in to help give your leadership tips to retract the reactivity and hold space for strategy. Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Email us at [email protected] or leave us a comment on LinkedIn! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

How to deal with conflict can be, well, confliciting! In this episode, Jen and Sandi tackle the topic of conflict and how knowing yourself can aid you in knowing how to conquer conflict! Listen along as they cover: why conflict can be good for leaders the different types of conflict how to identify what your own conflict behavior is what harm withdrawing from conflict can do  the role of EQ (emotional intelligence) in conflict and the weight it carries the gift of considering different perspectives and the ability to get out of your own head how engaging with others is NOT a weakness in leadership increased communication versatility the importance of sleeping on a decision and taking time to process the information the cost of doing conflict poorly and more! Tune in to hear more tips so you can conquer conflict with ease! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn and be sure to leave us a review on your favorite listening platform!

Welcome to Episode 55 of Leadership Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi are back after a shiny new rebrand and  a first episode of 2025! To start out this year, listen along as they tackle topics such as:  what has changed within things you subscribe to and how the workplace is different than what it was 10/15+ years ago how "no" is not a bad word in the workplace vulnerability is a good, healthy thing not all leaders are charismatic Everything DiSC by Wiley results vs. relationships and the importance of workplace connections how relationships ≠ "liking" someone how our words set us up to show up time and energy management HBR: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time and more! Tune in as they bust more leadership myths to start your 2025 with clarity! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!   

Happy holidays from Organizational Transformational Kung Fu: The Podcast! Jen and Sandi are looking to the future this week and talk about goals and how to set them, keep them, and meet them! Follow along as they chat about: their year in review what reflection can do for you and writing vs. typing/digital record keeping hard vs. soft transformations the role of practice and support in discipline what we're really doing when we "let ourselves off the hook" the importance of the set up short term does for long term how we are influenced by the number of goals we set Atomic Habits by James Clear  considering a "shift" instead of a "stop" an exciting new change coming to OTKF in 2025! We want to thank each and every one of you for your support all throughout 2024, and we cannot wait to see what we can do in 2025! See you next year! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn! 

In this week's episode of OT Kung Fu, Jen and Sandi revisit the types of listening they talked about with author Sean Grace and ponder how the listening types affect us in the workplace. Join them as they cover: how virtual calls have affected listening the importance of body language what curiosity really does for you conversational blindspots levels of learning Neha Sangwan's book TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness and more! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn! 

Welcome back to OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Sandi and Jen are joined this week by the incredible author Sean Grace! From Sean's website:  "Sean Grace is a communication consultant, author, coach, and speaker, with over 25 years of experience developing and training sales, marketing, and leadership talent across diverse industries. His unique brand of business consulting is forged from his long career in media, advertising, and the creative arts. Sean studied music performance at the Juilliard School and SUNY Purchase, and finance at Wharton. As an award winning musician and multi-instrumentalist, he borrows techniques from jazz improvisation to help foster creative collaboration and cooperation within and across teams. Sean’s track record of success as a consultant and coach has earned him a reputation as a trusted advisor and trainer to some of the world’s most innovative and successful organizations." Listen along as Jen, Sandi, and Sean discuss topics from Sean's new book The Art of the Question: A Guide for Seekers, Dreamers, Problem Solvers and Leaders such as: the value of creative thinking in a post-pandemic workplace Sean's workflow in how he got started in the formulation of questions how vital curiosity and openness is to the process of questions the 3 phase model types of listening and the effect on conversations and situations the Socratic 8 his work as a musician and his album "Wonderland" the origin of the name OT Kung Fu! You can connect with Sean at peakluma.com and find his book over at Amazon! Thank you so much for joining us, Sean! Thank you so much for listening! If you like what you hear, leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform, and make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn! 

Welcome to Episode 51 of OT Kung Fu: The Podcast! Joining Jen and Sandi this week is Curtis Bateman, co-author of Change: How to Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity and vice president of direct international offices for FranklinCovey. From the FranklinCovey site:                  "With over twenty-five years of experience in the training industry, Curtis is an internationally recognized presenter, content developer, change consultant, business leader, and coach. His passion for enabling organizations “at change” resulted in the co-creation of transformative, industry-leading solutions, including Change Element, Leaders@Change, Managing Millennials, Millennials@Work, and the Change Practitioner."  We're thrilled to have Curtis join us to talk about what change means to a leader and the workplace as a whole! Listen along to the conversation as they cover:  the behaviors that show up when change comes what it means to be reactive vs. choosing a reaction what a change introduction does risks and rewards of change how leaders can maintain good effects of change compliance vs. engagement and more! You can read more about Curtis and check out more of his articles at his FranklinCovey page and follow him on his LinkedIn! Thank you so much for listening! Make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!   

It's OT Kung Fu's 50th episode! We have another book review episode, this week featuring Hidden Potential by Adam Grant! Join Jen and Sandi while they cover topics like: -Performance Reviews and how they have changed from potential to goal-oriented -How imperfect leaders are more beneficial than "perfect" leaders -How meeting folks where there are at instead of where you want them to be cultivates a better workplace culture -High potential compared to related experience -Why learning agility is more valuable as a leadership predictor -Why self-reflection is such an important tool -Learning curves and useful uncomfortability -Imposter Syndrome and feedback -Self-awareness and how it echoes into other aspects of life -How a "scarcity"mindset affects you -"Learning Organizations" and follow-through -How tech and instant delivery plays in You can check you more about Adam Grant book and take the assessment on his page at adamgrant.net! Thank you so much for listening! Make sure to check out the video cast under the "Videos" tab! Connect with Jen on LinkedIn and visit her website Own Up!® Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn and visit her website Satori Consulting, Inc! Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!