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People Business w/ O'Brien McMahon

By: O'Brien McMahon
  • Summary

  • Every business is in some way a “people business” with success or failure often coming down to how leaders manage the people dynamics of their organization. People Business is a weekly podcast focused on what it takes to build and lead a successful, profitable business by navigating the human element.
    © 2024 People Business w/ O'Brien McMahon
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Episodes
  • Building Community & Personal Brands That Connect w/ Dr. Anna Stumpf
    Apr 23 2024

    With a career spanning leadership roles in the world's largest company, influential positions in education teaching personal branding and marketing, and a deep understanding of the professional services industry and HR, Dr. Anna Stumpf brings a unique perspective to coaching professionals and organizations through transformative growth. She joins the show to talk about how successful leaders and companies are building community and brands that connect.

    Mentioned on the Show:

    • Collective Energy Coaching: https://www.collectiveenergycoach.com/
    • Connect with Dr. Anna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amstumpf
    • Coming in June, 2024 - Designing Work for Humans: https://peoplebusinesssummit.com/
    • O'Brien's Dad talked small business on People Business: https://peoplebusinesspodcast.com/chrismcmahon/

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    Connect with O’Brien McMahon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienmcmahon/

    Learn more about O’Brien: https://obrienmcmahon.com/

    O’Brien’s new book—How You Become You—is available now: https://a.co/d/22kZ0sV

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    Timestamps:

    (2:04) - Welcoming Anna
    (3:12) - Who are you? What’s your background? What are you doing now?
    (11:09) - Can you talk about how important emotional intelligence is to marketing?
    (14:54) - Has marketing always been about community?
    (21:35) - What have you seen as far as companies using marketing for recruiting?
    (35:28) - How are you seeing leaders brand themselves successfully?
    (41:12) - How important is it to have a personal brand?
    (59:45) - Where can people find you if they want to connect?

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Human Side of Finance: What Makes a Great CFO w/ Pinky Raina
    Apr 16 2024

    Pinky is the Chief Financial Officer of Ideal Industries, a ~$400M manufacturing company with a global footprint. She leads several enterprise-wise transformation initiatives, enabling the company’s business model to adapt to changing market conditions and disruptive market forces. In her prior role as the CFO & COO at U.S. Soccer, Pinky led the organization through its challenges in a highly-visible media environment, including the Women's National Team Equal Pay Litigation. She was central to the company's most significant commercial, legal, operational, and financial events. In this conversation, she talks about what it means to be a strategic CFO and how she thinks about the human aspects of leading finance.

    Mentioned on the Show:

    • Ideal Industries: https://www.idealindustries.com/us/en.html
    • View Pinky's profile at Ideal Industries: https://www.idealindustries.com/us/en/about/leadership/pinky-raina.html
    • Connect with Pinky on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinkyraina

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    • Connect with O’Brien McMahon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienmcmahon/
    • Learn more about O’Brien: https://obrienmcmahon.com/
    • O’Brien’s new book—How You Become You—is available now: https://a.co/d/22kZ0sV

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    Timestamps:

    (1:49) - Welcome Pinky!
    (2:39) - What is a CFO’s job?
    (4:15) - What does "accelerating value creation" mean to you?
    (5:56) - What makes a good CFO?
    (8:10) - Do your peers have the same mindset you do?
    (9:48) - How handicapped are you working for a public company?
    (11:29) - Why do public company executives care about short-term market changes?
    (13:43) - Why is there a 3-5 year turnover rate for CEOs?
    (15:40) - How did you develop your mindset?
    (16:47) - How do you coach the people on your team?
    (22:03) - What’s your mindset and what types of things are you looking for as a CFO?
    (29:42) - Are you verbalizing your plan to your team on day one?
    (32:40) - Who do you use as resources to help you navigate onboarding?
    (34:08) - Can you talk about how you partnered with HR in onboarding?
    (36:34) - Can you tell how you came to be in HR?
    (39:28) - What surprised you the most about taking on an HR role?
    (40:10) - What did you learn from your HR experience?
    (43:26) - How do you plan succession roles?
    (48:50) - As a CFO how do you think about talent and leadership development?
    (55:04) - Do you have any final thoughts you’d like to share?

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    58 mins
  • Improving Manager/Employee Relations w/ Secchi Founders Mike White & Ken DeBauche
    Apr 9 2024

    Mike White and Ken DeBauche are Co-Founders of Secchi, an employee relationship management tool for manufacturing, healthcare, and other shift work environments. In this conversation, they share how the lessons they learned working in these environments influence how they are now trying to make work better for both leaders and employees.

    Mentioned on the Show:

    • Learn more about Secchi: https://secchi.io/
    • Connect with Mike White on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-white-secchi
    • Connect with Ken DeBauche on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-d-3b584110

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    Connect with O’Brien McMahon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienmcmahon/

    Learn more about O’Brien: https://obrienmcmahon.com/

    O’Brien’s new book—How You Become You—is available now: https://a.co/d/22kZ0sV

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    Timestamps:

    (2:38) - Introducing Mike and Ken and the Secchi origin story.
    (8:28) - Can you talk about the "Us vs. Them" dynamics often associated with manufacturing and warehouse environments?
    (11:57) - How do you see health care issues translating into a warehouse environment?(17:02) - How do you start skill building for supervisors to encourage them to adopt this new system?
    (21:17) - In what format are the employees getting the recognition?
    (23:42) - How do you get the supervisors to adopt recognition?
    (26:30) - What other elements allow employers to influence their supervisors and front-line workers?
    (30:51) - How do you reward employee points?
    (38:18) - What other elements managers and supervisors are tracking with your systems?
    (41:40) - What does a goal look like for these employees?
    (52:36) - Where can people find out more about Secchi?

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    55 mins

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