Managers and Mental Health
In this episode we discuss the effect that your manager can have on your mental health. Recent studies have shown that your manager can have a massive influence on your mental state, and that can affect your life in many ways. We will share some of our experiences and how that shaped our mental health […]
Managers and Mental Health
Sometimes, when doing research for our podcast, I come across articles that peak my interest like this one from Forbes: Managers Have Major Impact On Mental Health: How To Lead For Wellbeing (forbes.com). Feel free to go over there and browse, but I will give you what I pulled from it; managers have a tremendous […]
Leadership Hot Takes
In this episode we discuss some things that we as individual contributors view as controversial leadership opinions. We discuss why pizza parties are not good motivation and whether or not your title automatically means you should be respected more than your average worker. If you have ever wondered what your team really thinks about these […]
Pizza Parties as Motivation & Other Ways to Ruin Employee Morale
My first “pizza party as motivation” experience happened when I worked in a call center. Still very green to the industry, I had no idea that this would be our collective token of appreciation for a very successful Q2. In fact, I wasn’t even mad because I was grateful for the job and the opportunity […]
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Leadership with Ahli Moore
In this episode we dive into the often-contentious topic of DEI training and how it affects training, leadership, and company culture. We discuss how the year 2020 changed the focus on DEI training, and if this change was a lasting change, or just a flash in the pan. We also go talk about what role […]
DEI in Leadership
At my company X-Factor Solutions, we’re often asked about the intersection of topics on which we focus. I love it. In fact, when I founded the company, the “X” in X-Factor was always intended to be a visual representation of the intersection and connection between multiple professional and personal success factors… a reminder to investigate […]
Leadership and Delegation Styles with Dr. Don Azevedo
We start this season off by talking about the different types of leadership delegation styles, and to help us out we have Dr. Don Azevedo. We will discuss leaders that delegate too much and affect their employees work life balance, and can ruin their team dynamics, and we also discuss leaders that do not delegate […]
Delegation Is Not a Four Letter Word
Throughout my career, I have worked for a few different managers/supervisors and each one had their own style of leadership —some good and some not so good. These differences tended to shape not only how those leaders interacted with their employees, but also how they lived their lives outside of work. The term work-life balance […]
6 Ways to Use Videos Effectively in eLearning
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then consider a video priceless. Videos have become a hallmark trait of training. This is because when we’re seeing, hearing, and sometimes even doing a task, we’re more likely to retain the information versus when just seeing text on a page. In fact, studies have shown that […]
Leadership Training
In this episode we discuss leadership training, what it is and what it should be. We talk about training existing leaders, new leaders, and even those of us that want to be leaders in the future. We also discuss the impact that COVID had on the workplace, and the interactions between generations in the workplace […]
Leadership Skills You Can’t Afford to Miss
Being a leader in today’s workplace is not easy. You must balance an ever-changing marketplace of ideas and policies with the way things have always been done in your company; and most of the time, those two things do not line up. Often, your evaluation is based not just on your performance, but also on […]
Neurodivergent Individuals and Training with Whitney Sukonick
In this episode we have a guest speaker, Whitney Luffman from the Autism Society of North Carolina. We will be discussing how we as learning professionals can help and support neurodivergent employees when designing and delivering training. We will also go over what type of support these individuals get through their early education, and how […]