Lori Becker is the Chief Executive Officer of the Starkloff Disability Institute (SDI). In her role, Lori oversees the organization’s efforts to advance inclusion, access, and equity for people with disabilities in all aspects of society, and especially the workforce. As a leader with a disability herself, Lori is passionate about diversity and inclusion and was named a Diverse Business Leader in 2019 by the St. Louis Business Journal.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Starkloff Disability Institute: https://starkloff.org/
• Connect with Lori Becker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriannbecker
• Coming in June, 2024 - Designing Work for Humans: https://peoplebusinesssummit.com/
• Stella Young—I’m Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very Much (TED Talk): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9Gg164Bsw

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• 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:

(2:28) - Welcoming Lori.
(3:02) - What is Starkloff and how did you come to be associated with it?
(5:22) - Walk us through the history of disability law.
(14:34) - What does the range of disabilities look like?
(18:41) - How do you think about your work when it comes to this broad spectrum of disabilities?
(20:39) - What are the three levels of disability employment?
(26:30) - What are your thoughts on the language and stigma people use when talking about disabilities?
(41:59) - How can leaders mitigate employees from abusing certain accommodations?
(48:24) - What is inspiration porn?
(57:33) - Where do you recommend a new employer to get started with this?

Brad Karsh, founder of JB Training Solutions, returns for a short bonus discussion about developing training programs for companies.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Brad's First Episode: https://peoplebusinesspodcast.com/bradkarsh/
• JB Training Solutions: https://jbtrainingsolutions.com/
• Connect with Brad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradkarsh/
• Manager 3.0 by Brad Karsh (book): https://a.co/d/3QO4E48

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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:

(1:01) Welcoming Brad back to the show
(1:59) How should a company think about a training curriculum?
(3:16) Brad explains how to use a needs analysis at a mid-sized company
(4:35) Examples of how to teach hard skills internally
(7:45) How can companies work with you?

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?

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?

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?

Brent Kedzierski is a sought-after keynote speaker and a leader of connected-worker ecosystems at Hexagon, an international data company working in industries from oil and gas to AI and manufacturing. He is focused on improving the human condition at work and creating a seamless collaboration between humans and machines. Brent has been involved in human performance trends in significant government and commercial industries, including the Department of Defense, executive and judicial branches of the US Government, aviation, healthcare, and nuclear industries.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Connect with Brent on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentkedzierski
• Learn more about the concept of "cobotics": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobot

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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:

(2:05) - Welcoming Brent
(2:43) - What is your take on the state of employment these days?
(12:59) - Why should companies invest in people skills (soft skills) for their employees, especially if those skills are transferrable to other employers?
(20:17) - What are "cobotics"?
(24:37) - What recommendations do you have for business leaders today to prepare for the transformation from our current work setting to a work setting with generative AI?
(27:58) - What are the key traits from organizations that do training on new technology or business processes well?
(35:22) - What in your mind is the purpose of business?

Patti Temple Rocks is the author of I’m Not Done: It’s Time to Talk About Ageism in the Workplace, which was ranked as one of the 9 books Every Professional Should Read in 2019 by INC Magazine. Kirkus Reviews said, “Rocks writes succinctly but convincingly about the proliferation of age bias and its damaging, insidious, and demoralizing effects on businesses and employees alike.” She recently released a second edition called I’m STILL Not Done because of the impact she saw the pandemic have on older workers and the way they are treated.

Mentioned on the Show:

• I’m Not Done (book): https://a.co/d/hVSVdme
• I’m Still Not Done (book): https://a.co/d/dTtNayz
• Learn more about Patti Temple Rocks on her website: https://www.pattitemplerocks.com/
• Connect with Patti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattitemplerocks/

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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:

(2:15) - Welcoming Patti.
(2:58) - What is Ageism?
(4:06) - Has Ageism always been a problem?
(7:00) - Do you have examples of how this shows up differently for people?
(9:21) - How does Ageism show up differently for men and women?
(17:10) - Don’t people get less creative as they get older?
(22:17) - Why should employers care about ageism?
(26:26) - What do you think of the reasoning that the cost of the business requires it to replace older employees with younger ones?
(35:51) - How do we blend having difficult conversations and providing opportunities for young people?
(42:40) - What are things you see employers doing to get creative around retirement?
(46:20) - Are you not a fan of mandatory retirement?
(47:48) - Can you talk about mixing up social events?
(50:52) - Patti's final message.

Malissa Clark is an Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Georgia and Director of the Healthy Work Lab. She is the author of Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business—and How to Fix It.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Never Not Working (book): https://a.co/d/3xGh9q0
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• Malissa’s website: https://www.malissaclark.com/
• Connect with Malissa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malissa-clark-0387991a/

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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

(2:03) - Welcoming Malissa.
(2:24) - How did you come to study workaholism?
(3:41) - How do you define workaholism?
(10:48) - How much of workaholism is about the action work versus how you feel about the work?
(13:21) - It’s normal for achievement to take a lot of sacrifice. Don't we have to be workaholics to succeed?
(15:31) - What is "introjected motivation"?
(19:43) - How can we determine the difference between interjected and intrinsic motivation?
(24:05) - What impact does workaholism have on your health and relationships?
(28:46) - How influential are our phones and technology in fostering workaholism?
(31:08) - Can you explain what "working light" is?
(32:47) - Why is working light bad?
(34:47) - How do we break the cycle of responsiveness?
(48:05) - How do we let go of the guilt of not being productive?
(49:18) - What’s an example of a mastery experience?
(54:34) - Can you dispel the myth of needing employees to be workaholics for a company to succeed?
(1:00:49) - What one or two things someone struggling with workaholism should do to start?