In part two of this special 2-part series, I speak with Roy Johnson, former VP of Strategic Accounts at UniKey Technologies. Roy was a self-described “troublemaker,” using Slack to do “the devil’s work,” but eventually became an invaluable asset to UniKey. Join me to hear Roy – and former COO at UniKey, Lee Oddess – describe his journey and transformation.

In this episode, I talk with Lee Odess, former VP at UniKey Technologies about their bold decision to invest heavily in their leadership development, culture, and team cohesion. Odess describes what drove their decision to overcome the fear associated with self-improvement and self-awareness, their commitment to defend the investment to their board, and the impact it has had on him personally, as well as the team.

In part 2, we explore our Missing Link Culture Model through the lens of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, so you can take valuable lessons from NASA and apply them to your own organization. This episode features former NASA Deputy Chief Engineer, Chris Singer, former Director of Engineering at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Patrick Simpkins, and former Kennedy Space Center Change Manager and co-author of our new book, The Missing Links: Launching a High Performing Company Culture, Dr. Phillip Meade.

Join me to take a behind-the-scenes look at the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident and how it shaped our ideas about culture. I interview Chris Singer, former NASA Deputy Chief Engineer, Dr. Patrick Simpkins, Director of Engineering at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and Dr. Phillip Meade, who led the culture change initiative at Kennedy following the accident. If improving your company culture and developing your team’s communication and collaboration is important to you, then this series is for you!

In this episode, Jim Tamm joins me to discuss what inspired him to co-create Radical Collaboration – a powerful program with incredible results, centered around building successful relationships, both professionally and personally. He shares his success with reducing the amount of measurable conflict in nearly 100 various organizations by 67% and how it resulted in the state of California creating a non-profit foundation to continue his work.  It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!

Serial entrepreneur, Jonathan Taylor, has started seven companies, acquired 18 and sold three, for an undisclosed amount surpassing a quarter of a billion dollars. And yet he still was open to learning more effective ways to run businesses when he did the work of The Human Element. In this episode, he joins me to discuss his surprise at how often he was misunderstood, how openness was the grand simplifier and how quickly it accelerates trust between people.

Tom Cannon is the CEO of National Carts. He talks about the process of creating a common vision when stepping into somebody else’s company, as well as the process of realizing that nothing about the culture was aligned with that future vision. He describes his investment in changing the culture, including taking everybody through Radical Collaboration®, which focuses on self-awareness.

I talk to Suneera Madhani, the founder and CEO of Stax by Fattmerchant. My purpose in life is to help teams increase their cohesion and effectiveness, ultimately driving organizational performance, and a lot of that involves growing individual self-awareness to create more self-accountable team members who then communicate and collaborate more effectively. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to grow a company, or a leader who wants to create a kick ass culture, you don’t want to miss this conversation.

Dr. Stephanie Lopez joins us to discuss everything SELF. She shares her personal struggles with a never-ending desire for self-improvement - always trying to accomplish the next thing and never taking time to acknowledge and celebrate achievements along the way.  Tune in to find out how to spot signs that you are struggling with accepting yourself exactly as you are, right now, and ways to practice self-acceptance to truly harness the power of it. Listen TODAY on your favorite podcast platform!

Cultural translator, storyteller and activist, Tayo Rockson, gets real with us about racism. He discusses the importance of seeing it as a whole and not simply looking at it through our own individual lens. Push outside your comfort zone as we talk about self-reflection, tone policing and approaching differing opinions, the power of choice, and more! Be a part of the change. Listen and subscribe!