Ideal Outcomes Podcasts

Teamwork has the incredible power to increase productivity, job satisfaction, workplace engagement, and each person’s individual performance.

Michael Jordan once said: “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."

Join Leo Bottary and Jason Richmond as they discuss the use of peer groups to capture intelligence and create a more powerful workplace culture.

No one wants to be blindsided professionally or personally. A good way to prevent this is to diversify our perspective with input from both inside and outside our organizations. External peer advisory boards, corporate or business advisory boards and internal peer forums can help gain perspective, prevent blindspots, and lead to innovation. Join us with special guest Udo Doring, Chairman of the Advisory Board Centre, as we explore ways to develop an advisory advantage. 

A healthy workplace culture can help grow your business, and it is vital to nurture your culture to ensure it stays that way. Negativity, dysfunction, and a lack of trust are characteristics of a toxic culture, and can grow quickly as employees become disengaged. What should you look for, and how can you turn the negativity around? 

Career paths have typically been linear with a singular focus; career journeys can include a variety of assignments that might span functional areas or disciplines. The landscape of talent management, development, and career planning is shifting. What does it mean for you as an employer, as an employee, and as a leader? 

It’s been a year of bewildering phrases from the Return to Work, to the Great Resignation to Quiet Quitting. How do you make sense of it all? More importantly, where is it all going? What does it mean for you as an employer, as an employee, and as a leader? Join Jason Richmond and Mike Richardson to hear them tackle these issues.

As we review the vertical structure of our companies—Senior VPs, VPs, Directors, Managers, etc., it's important to remember that it's what runs horizontally that gives strength to the vertical. Leo Bottary will walk you through the power of peers in your organization and how it impacts culture and organizational agility.

The new normal is employees asking leaders previously unasked questions. The environment has changed and old answers don’t work well anymore. Do you have the new answers? What are the new demands on you and how can you step up? Join Jason Richmond and Mike Richardson as they explore this topic.

New research from McKinsey illuminates the challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining talent. Employers have to take a multi-faceted approach to attract and retain talent. The old “one size fits all” approach doesn’t work well anymore. Instead, how can you target different talent based on what motivates them? 

How should you be driving your organization’s Learning and Development in today’s marketplace? Join Jason Richmond and Bill Bertolet as they discuss current trends in Learning and Development. 

When do most people get ready for a recession? Day 1, when headline news announces we are in a recession. The technical definition of a recession is 2 quarters of negative GDP Growth...which means we are already at day 181! What chance do you have of being recession-ready on day 181 of a recession? Instead, how can you be recession-ready at all times? 

Ep: Peer Groups + Culture = Business Results 

Culture is the difference between good organizations and great ones. We can’t leave the number one guiding force for our organizations up to chance. To have an evolving, sustainable culture, the integration of effective peer groups needs to be at the forefront of your culture and aligned with executive-level strategy. 

Learn how to create a high-performing, healthy culture that instigates deliberate action for engagement, success and profits when special guest, Jason Richmond joins David Mammano on The Gonzo Experience.