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Today, I'm excited to share my conversation with Joey Havens, author of Leading with Significance, published in 2023. Joey draws insights for leaders from his 39-year experience of growing Horn, LLP. from a startup to one of the top 25 Professional Services firms in the US. Joey's insights on intentionally fostering a healthy work culture that empowers leaders is particularly relevant today as leaders find themselves facing an unprecedented level of complexity in the workplace. Leading diverse teams, whether in-person or this hybrid environment we're all still getting used to, the increasingly polarized socio-economic and political environment we find ourselves in, and the unpredictable market environment all combine to keep us on our toes at best, and if I'm being honest, remind me and us how unprepared we and other leaders in our organizations are to face all that's ahead. I hope you'll take away as much as I did from this conversation with Joey.

Today, I have Kerry Olin, who until recently was corporate vice president of Human Resources at Microsoft. Over his 40-year career, spent almost equally at P&G and then Microsoft, Kerry is focused on helping architect the HR operating model and significantly shape people policy decisions at two of the largest and most successful companies in the world. In our conversation today, I asked Kerry to reflect on his 40-year career and share what he feels like separates the most effective leaders he's worked with from the good leaders. And share some insights into how we can not only develop these traits or aspects in ourselves but also in the people that we lead.

I'm excited to have Chet Kuchinard on the show today. Chet has executive level HR experience at various sectors like retail, consumer products, private equity, working with brands like Nike, Starbucks and McDonald's. Chet currently serves on the board of Jerónimo Martins, a €29 billion international retail company based out of Portugal, serves as board advisor to Recaro Health, and is a board member at Atlas Core, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C.

Today, we're talking about a transformation in change levers that leaders often overlook in large organizations based on chest experience, leading change initiatives, and lessons that you can apply today in your company.

I’m so excited to have my good friend Dr. Rebecca Newton. Bec is an organisational psychologist and a senior visiting fellow for the London School of Economics. Bec has advised leaders and teams in best in class companies like Accenture, Coca-Cola, Google, The United Nations, and many many others. Her book Authentic Gravitas: Who Stands Out and Why was published in 2019, and in our conversation today we talk about what gravitas is, why it’s even more important in this hybrid world we find ourselves living in, and practical things that you can do to help increase your own gravitas while still being authentic to who you are.

I'm really excited to have my friend and colleague, Kevin Mangum, on the show today. Kevin retired in 2017 after 35 years of service as a 3-star lieutenant general, where he served and commanded one of the most elite units in the world. He then joined Lockheed Martin as Vice President, where he served for four years before joining our consulting team here at Teamalytics. In our conversation today, we focus on Kevin's work in both the military and the business world to understand what the most elite teams do differently from good teams. And how you, as a leader, can take your team's performance to the next level.

In this next episode, I spend time with Lee Bason, one of the founders of our company who has worked closely with thousands of leaders over the last 33 years. As a coach and trusted advisor to senior leaders and CEOs all over the world, Lee shares some of the challenges that he’s seen all leaders face and some of the strategies that he’s used to help them work through these challenges. And as we head into 2023 I hope you’ll draw some encouragement, inspiration, and a renewed commitment to your team from what Lee shares in this episode of Optimize Your Team.