46 episodes

OT Kung Fu: Sandi and Jen created this podcast with agile leaders like yourself in mind, as a platform to share our best business development practices, self improvement tips, and share in our knowledge of what it means to be a high performing leader. We invite you to listen in as we chat with guests and provide our insight on various industry related topics, as two seasoned executive coaches.

Organization Transformation Kung Fu Sandi Verrecchia and Jennifer T Long

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OT Kung Fu: Sandi and Jen created this podcast with agile leaders like yourself in mind, as a platform to share our best business development practices, self improvement tips, and share in our knowledge of what it means to be a high performing leader. We invite you to listen in as we chat with guests and provide our insight on various industry related topics, as two seasoned executive coaches.

    46 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review

    46 - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Teams: A Red Teaming Review

    Welcome back to OT Book Club, er, we mean OT Kung Fu! Jen and Sandi invite you to listen in as they discuss "Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything" by Bryce G. Hoffman.

    Enjoy the ASMR of Jen and Sandi flipping through to their favorite parts and points of the book and chatting about how you can empower your teams to think critically in tough situations, and how you can get that critical thinking to produce critical solutions! If you want Jen and Sandi to reviews about teams or accountability solutions or situations in the future, let us know!
    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!

    • 39 min
    45 - The Customer Experience and a Coaching Approach with Dan Coldwell

    45 - The Customer Experience and a Coaching Approach with Dan Coldwell

    Happy February Podcast! Jen and Sandi are joined by Dan Coldwell this week, a colleague of Sandi's at Satori Consulting, Inc. Dan has 30 years of experience in financial services as an executive and industry speaker and has also served as chief marketing and chief operations officer in past positions. He is a hockey certified coach, and he "cross-pollinates" (as he puts it) between the business and sports world.

    Listen along as they chat about:
    Acting on feedback/pain points The 3 steps of responding to feedback Feedback collection Do's and Don'ts How to not fear bad reviews because of what they do for good reviews Thank you so much for joining Jen and Sandi, Dan! If you'd like to chat more with Dan about the customer experience, you can contact him through the Satori Consulting, Inc. site.
    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!

    • 47 min
    44 - Transformational Leadership with Cara Cameron

    44 - Transformational Leadership with Cara Cameron

    Happy first podcast of 2024! We're starting out this new year with a treat for you- Jen and Sandi are joined by Sandi's colleague Cara Cameron, who holds the position of Chief Future of Work for Mutual Insurance. She has worked in Human Resources for over 15 years and is passionate about developing leaders. With her Chief Future of Work position, she is able to better analyze how the changing workforce impacts the organization, teams, and how those parties respond to the change. Listen along as Jen, Sandi, and Cara talk about:
    How do employees want to work/what they are looking for from a Chief Future of Work how the position develops and implements plans around intention and how HR supports those intentions how they meet skepticism and the "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude how supportive CEOs/Presidents/Leadership are the keys to enacting positive change what it means when you understand where your team is through touch points and intentional support that Performance Management is an ongoing process 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!

    • 42 min
    43 - Change Starts with You

    43 - Change Starts with You

    Surprise! One additional episode before the New Year! This week, Jen and Sandi discuss changes in the workplace and how those changes come about. It all starts from the same place: you! Join them as they cover: -how change is not linear, but dynamic -how to go about thinking about change and understanding the "why" of change -how changing requires vulnerability -the Pyramid of Readiness model by Cy Wakeman -the level of awareness in change -self-reflection when it comes to change and more!
    Enjoy this last episode of 2023, and Jen and Sandi will see you in 2024!
    Check out the Video cast under the "Video" tab!
    Connect with Jen on LinkedIn
    Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn
    Visit Jen's website HERE
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    Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment on LinkedIn!

    • 33 min
    42 - Leveraging Mastermind Groups to Grow Yourself and Your Business with Julie Ellis

    42 - Leveraging Mastermind Groups to Grow Yourself and Your Business with Julie Ellis

    Happy December! This week, Jen and Sandi are joined by fellow entrepreneur and author Julie Ellis! Join the trio as they discuss:
    -Julie's start with Mabel's Labels and how she scales her leadership systems for different sized teams at different revenue numbers - Julie's new Mastermind project: a peer-reviewed mentorship for women in business and how to scale your successes -What evolutions take place as your business grows in sales and in people and the leadership needs that come from that - Julie's Book Big Gorgeous Goals:How Bold Women Achieve Great Things Thank you so much for joining us, Julie! If you have a question for Jen, Sandi, or Julie, leave a comment below or connect with them on LinkedIn!
    You can find Julie by clicking the following:
    Julie's Linktree
    Julie's Website
    Julie's LinkedIn
    Buy Julie's Book
    Check out the Video cast under the "Video" tab!
    Visit Jen's website HERE
    Visit Sandi's website HERE
    Connect with Jen on LinkedIn
    Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn

    Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment or connect on LinkedIn!

    • 38 min
    41 - Strong Leaders Know They Are Imperfect

    41 - Strong Leaders Know They Are Imperfect

    In this episode of OT Kung Fu, join Jen and Sandi as they dive into how strong leaders are able to recognize their own shortcomings to encourage their own growth and stability as leaders. Topics in this episode include:
    - self reflection and the act of identifying your own insecurities and how that is a helpful skill
    -Imposter syndrome
    -The Johari Window
    -Humility and learning from mistakes
    -How being vulnerable is vital to learning
    -Adaptability and Inclusivity within that self-reflection
    Check out the Video cast under the "Video" tab on the OT Kung Fu Website!
    Visit Jen's website HERE
    Visit Sandi's website HERE
    Connect with Jen on LinkedIn
    Connect with Sandi on LinkedIn
    Have a comment, question, or topic for Sandi and Jen? Leave us a comment!

    • 29 min

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