Best Wehmiller Podcasts (2024)

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THL Refresher: Raj Sisodia and Michael Gelb, Business as a Healing Organization 36:22

10h ago36:22

36:22

Businesses destroy lives all the time. Not just by being poor partners to their consumers or communities, but through poor leadership and work environments where the employees feel overlooked or disregarded. But what if businesses could be instruments of healing instead of destruction? Our good friend Raj Sisodia and his co-writer, Michael Gelb, ha…

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THL Refresher: Jeffrey Pfeffer Thinks the Workplace is Killing Us 27:36

14d ago27:36

27:36

“Most leaders understand their influence on team members’ lives during work hours, but often enough, they don’t think about how their leadership affects team members outside of the workplace as well.” Barry-Wehmiller CEO, Bob Chapman, wrote this in a blog post on trulyhumanleadership.com titled “Wellness and Work: What's the ROI of Caring?” The con…

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THL Refresher: Bob Chapman, Inspiring a Human Revolution 27:04

29d ago27:04

27:04

A few years ago, BW CEO Bob Chapman had a conversation with Jane Adshead-Grant, a facilitator and coach in the UK and Europe. In this conversation, they talk about the concept of the need for a “Human Revolution” in business. Bob has written before about the trajectory of leadership in business from the Industrial Revolution to now. As we look at t…

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THL Refresher: Anese Cavanaugh on Building a Positive, Contagious Workplace Culture 28:54

1M ago28:54

28:54

Anese Cavanaugh is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc. She is the creator of the IEP Method (Intentional Energetic Presence) and the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative and a strategist and advisor to leaders and organizations around the world. She is devoted to helping organizations support their people so they are able to show up and bring their bes…

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Donna Hicks, Honoring Dignity with Leadership 39:08

2M ago39:08

39:08

Dr. Donna Hicks is an Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. You may recall that she has facilitated dialogues in numerous unofficial diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Libya and Syria. She has consulted with governments, corporations, schools, churches, and non-…

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THL Refresher: Teaching Empathetic Listening to College Students 41:18

2M ago41:18

41:18

Listening is not always a dedicated subject in educational curriculums. Think about it. There are speech classes, debate teams. You don't hear much about listening classes. That's why it's one of the foundational leadership classes taught in Barry-Wehmiller's internal university. We teach our people to "listen like leaders." It not only affects the…

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The Ripple Effect of Leadership with Laurie Butz, CEO of Capital Credit Union 43:34

3M ago43:34

43:34

Laurie Butz is the President and CEO of Capital Credit Union, a credit union with more than 120,000 members in northeast Wisconsin. And we at Barry-Wehmiller definitely consider Laurie part of our extended family. Laurie’s husband, Dennis, worked for many years for our Paper Converting Machine Company, or PCMC, based in Green Bay, WI, part of our B…

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Teaching Human Skills in Primary and Secondary Education 33:30

3M ago33:30

33:30

On several episodes of this podcast, you’ve heard about Barry-Wehmiller’s efforts to transform how business education is taught. If you want leaders who have the skills and courage to care, that should be part of their education before they are out in the world and in positions of responsibility. But what if we can reach people before they are in b…

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A Transformative Partnership for Teaching Leadership in Business Education 45:29

4M ago45:29

45:29

If you want to change the way people lead, maybe you should go to the source of where they’re taught to lead – business schools. Maybe the way we teach people to lead should change. Christopher Reina is the Founding and Executive Director of the Institute for Transformative Leadership and an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and E…

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THL Refresher: Redefining Leadership On and Off the Football Field with Steve Jones 40:19

4M ago40:19

40:19

Barry-Wehmiller CEO Bob Chapman met Steve Jones, former head football coach at Kimberly High School, several years ago through a mutual friend. Coach Jones said something to Bob that made a lasting impression: “When people truly care for one another, it’s amazing how hard they will work for each other.” When Coach Jones stepped down in 2021, his ca…

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A Truly Human Approach to Pre-Hire Assessments 53:49

5M ago53:49

53:49

The leaders of your business can affect its health and vibrancy. They also can have a tremendous impact on the people within their span of care in the business. So, when it’s time to bring someone new into your organization, how do you know when you’re hiring the right person? You can’t always rely on your gut or a couple of meetings. If you make t…

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Identifying Leaders with Melinda Bremley of Chapman & Co. 27:36

5M ago27:36

27:36

Dr. Melinda Bremley is the newest Partner at Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute, Barry-Wehmiller’s consulting arm that specializes in helping other organizations unleash the extraordinary in their businesses and their people. Melinda and the rest of the team at Chapman & Co do this by helping those organizations identify, develop and equip their le…

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Leadership in Times of Transition 28:13

5M ago28:13

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Times of transition can be challenging for any organization. But challenging times and times of change often presents many opportunities for growth. But the ability to maximize those opportunities depends on effective leadership. Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute is Barry-Wehmiller’s consulting arm that specializes in helping other organizations u…

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Bob Chapman Speaks to Business Leaders 29:39

6M ago29:39

29:39

It is a universal truth -- every one of us, no matter what our job or where we live, simply wants to know that who we are and what we do matters. As leaders in business, we have the awesome responsibility to let people know that they do. Our goal at Barry-Wehmiller is to show the world that business can be a powerful force for good when we realize …

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Leader Expectations and Commitments 32:30

7M ago32:30

32:30

At Barry-Wehmiller, we consider leadership to be an awesome responsibility--it holds the key to growing our business and, as important, improving the lives of our team members. It’s our job, as leaders, to help them establish goals so they know how to contribute, to remove barriers that get in the way of them achieving their goals, and help them ch…

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The Life-Changing Power of Meaningful Work 40:39

7M ago40:39

40:39

While presenting our message of Truly Human Leadership, our CEO Bob Chapman is often asked: What about the people who don't get it? What about the people who actively work against positive change? Barry-Wehmiller has acquired more than 130 companies and we've certainly found that the people within that company are a product of their experiences. Th…

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THL Refresher: Lean, Continuous Improvement and People 47:42

8M ago47:42

47:42

When Lean was introduced to the Barry-Wehmiller organization a number of years ago, CEO Bob Chapman's concern was that people would be lost along the way. But we found a way to adopt Lean methods and stay true to our Guiding Principles of Leadership. Instead of using Lean to reduce waste, we use it to reduce frustration. It's part of the bag of too…

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THL Refresher: Former Air Force General and Author, John Michel 34:20

8M ago34:20

34:20

John Michel is a former Air Force General who has not only used his leadership experience in service of his country, but also to help transform businesses into places that think more about people than profit. John has written two books, (No More) Mediocre Me: How Saying No to the Status Quo Will Propel You From Ordinary to Extraordinary and The Art…

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THL Refresher: Dealing With Crisis in Business, Bob Chapman and Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute 29:36

8M ago29:36

29:36

Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute is Barry-Wehmiller’s consulting company that helps organizations identify, develop, and equip leaders. They bring the lessons we have learned at Barry-Wehmiller and our principles of Truly Human Leadership alongside scientific methods to provide individual and organizational assessments, training, and consultation…

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THL Refresher: Building and Sustaining Company Culture w/ Rhonda Spencer 36:05

9M ago36:05

36:05

Rhonda Spencer is Barry-Wehmiller’s Chief People Officer. She has been with our company since before the development of our Guiding Principles of Leadership and was one of the major voices in its creation. It’s her primary responsibility to be the steward of our values and make sure that light shines to the furthest reaches of our organization. Rho…

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THL Refresher: Bob Chapman, Looking Back to Move Forward 52:25

9M ago52:25

52:25

Imagine going to get coffee for your team and finding your coffee maker had been repossessed. In the early 1980s, Barry-Wehmiller was in trouble as a business, but we learned to embrace the lessons that arise during times of adversity and uncover the opportunities hidden within periods of crisis. BW CEO, Bob Chapman, tells this story in his book, E…

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Burnout with Dr. Neha Sangwan 47:53

10M ago47:53

47:53

Here are some insights on the effects of burnout: The World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized burnout as an occupational phenomenon in 2019. It estimates that over 75% of professionals worldwide experience burnout at some point in their careers. According to Gallup, burned-out employees are 63% more likely to take a sick day and 2.6 t…

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THL Refresher: Bob Chapman and Jeffrey Pfeffer, Wellness in the Workplace 40:08

10M ago40:08

40:08

A few years ago, the World Health Organization added “burn-out” to the International Classification of Diseases. Here’s how they define it: Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Quite a while ago, we learned from the Centers for Disease Control that your immediate su…

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Modeling Truly Human Leadership in the Classroom 35:29

11M ago35:29

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As we’ve talked about in several past episodes of this podcast, Barry-Wehmiller’s CEO, Bob Chapman, has a passion for transforming the way business education is taught in our universities. We want to transform these institutions that train people to manage into institutions that foster Truly Human leaders who honor individual dignity and demonstrat…

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Raj Sisodia on Looking Inward as a Leader 47:01

11M ago47:01

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Throughout his writing career, Raj Sisodia has put together a roadmap of how businesses can be a powerful force for good in the world through powerful stories of conscious organizations and their leadership. However, in Raj’s new book, Awaken, The Path to Purpose, Inner Peace and Healing, he uses his own story to show others how to turn inward if t…

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THL Refresher: Simon Sinek and Bob Chapman 36:17

12M ago36:17

36:17

It was Simon Sinek who coined the term “Truly Human Leadership.” Simon and Barry-Wehmiller CEO Bob Chapman became fast friends when they first met years ago. Simon wrote about Barry-Wehmiller in his book, Leaders Eat Last, and he also wrote the foreword to Bob and Raj Sisodia’s book, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring For Your Peo…

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THL Refresher: A Harvard Case Study of Truly Human Leadership 22:00

12M ago22:00

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In 2016, Harvard Business School published a case study on Barry-Wehmiller's approach to leadership that is now taught at 80 business schools. In this episode of our podcast, its authors, Jan Rivkin and Dylan Minor talk about the case study method of teaching, why they chose Barry-Wehmiller as a subject, how business school students are responding …

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Joey Coleman and The Simple Path to Remarkable Retention 42:50

1y ago42:50

42:50

Joey Coleman is the founder and Chief Experience Composer of Design Symphony – a customer experience branding firm and also the author of Wall Street Journal bestseller, Never Lose a Customer Again. Joey has a new book that very appropriate for our current times where we’ve had a Great Resignation and people are demanding better leaders and better …

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Leadership Mindsets with Leanne Holdsworth and Naryan Wong 39:23

1y ago39:23

39:23

What if the best workplace we’ve ever experienced is just a fraction of what is possible? Dare we dream of something so far beyond ‘business as usual’ that it feels like a fantasy? ...to venture past the workplaces of the past and into the unknown to imagine and create something recognizably different. To create Truly Human work. The preceding pass…

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Stephen Shedletzky on Creating a Speak Up Culture 36:31

1y ago36:31

36:31

Does your organization have a Speak Up Culture? One where people feel it is safe and worth it to share their ideas, concerns, disagreements, and mistakes? Are you a leader who listens? What are you doing to make sure all voices in your organization are heard? These things are vital to having a thriving organization. You may recognize Stephen Shedle…

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THL Refresher: Starbucks Former President Howard Behar 36:28

1y ago36:28

36:28

Howard Behar, former president at Starbucks and a key figure in establishing their culture, talks about his views on leadership, his time at the coffee giant, Uber, Lyft, Amazon, Whole Foods and a whole lot else.

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Dr. Alise Cortez and the Great Revitalization 39:11

1y ago39:11

39:11

Over the past several years, for multiple reasons, we’ve seen an upheaval in the workplace. Not least of which is the so-called Great Resignation. But could the turmoil of the last few years result in better workplaces? Could business leaders really understand the value of caring for their people? Could we really see a massive shift from traditiona…

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THL Refresher: Your Leader is More Important Than Your Doctor 44:07

1y ago44:07

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You may have heard our CEO, Bob Chapman, say that the person you report to at work is more important to your health than your primary care physician. It sounds outrageous, but it underscores one of the profound truths we’ve discovered at Barry-Wehmiller: That the way we lead impacts the way people live. The research to back it up can be traced to D…

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Building a Mattering Movement, Jennifer Wallace and Sarah Bennison 36:29

1+ y ago36:29

36:29

Jennifer Wallace recently wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal, "The Power of Mattering at Work" that was forwarded to Barry-Wehmiller CEO, Bob Chapman. Jennifer has written a book that discusses the importance of mattering in children that comes out in August 2023, Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do Abo…

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THL Refresher: Shawn Murphy and the Optimistic Workplace 31:50

1+ y ago31:50

31:50

“Today, leaders need to recognize the impact work has on peoples’ overall life satisfaction. It is an antiquated belief that leaders should focus solely on the professional side of team members’ lives. Work needs to be a positive influence, given that it consumes much of our waking time. The work we do and how we feel about it shapes our identity. …

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THL Refresher: Sara Hannah and Matt Whiat of Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute 41:14

1+ y ago41:14

41:14

Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute is Barry-Wehmiller’s consulting arm that helps other companies and organizations through what we have come to call a Truly Human approach to business. They can help companies hire the right people, inspire them through a thriving and inclusive culture, develop and support your leaders and create stronger customer …

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THL Refresher: Getting to Yes with Bill Ury 47:29

1+ y ago47:29

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Bill Ury is the co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and is one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation and mediation. Trained as a social anthropologist, Bill has carried out his research on negotiation not only in the boardroom and at the bargaining table, but also among the Bushmen of the Kalahari and the clan warriors of New Gui…

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The Science of Mattering with Prof. Isaac Prilleltensky 43:50

1+ y ago43:50

43:50

One of the cornerstones of Truly Human Leadership is that everybody wants to know that who they are and what they do matters. Someone else that came to that same insight in a scholarly manner, through his experiences and his research, is Professor Isaac Prilleltensky. He, along with his wife, Ora, wrote a book on the science and importance of matte…

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THL Refresher: Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia on Everybody Matters 49:55

1+ y ago49:55

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It’s been almost eight years since the publication of Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family by Raj Sisodia, one of the founders of Conscious Capitalism and Barry-Wehmiller CEO, Bob Chapman. It’s the story of Bob and Barry-Wehmiller’s journey from traditional business thinking to Truly Human Leadership. All…

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THL Refresher: The Shape of Leadership 33:33

1+ y ago33:33

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At the start of every new year, many people make New Year’s resolutions to get in shape. They join a gym, go on a diet. But do we ever think about what shape our leadership is in and do we take steps to change it? On this podcast, David Vandermolen talks about the shape of leadership and offers tips on how you can improve yours.…

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Discussing Human Flourishing at the Vatican, Brian Wellinghoff and Matthew Lee 36:34

1+ y ago36:34

36:34

Matthew Lee, Baylor professor and Research Associate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and Brian Wellinghoff, Barry-Wehmiller Director of Strategy, Improvement and Culture, recently had the opportunity to speak at the Humanity 2.0 conference at the Vatican. This conference gathered distinguished academics, researchers, philanth…

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THL Refresher: How Would a Caring Family Respond? 21:38

1+ y ago21:38

21:38

Rightsizing, de-layering, business re-engineering, streamlining the organization…these are a few of the more current terms for the conventional business practice of eliminating jobs to improve profit. You rarely hear anyone talk about the impact on the lives of the individuals and the family members of those laid off after sending them home with da…

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Mark C. Crowley Talks Fallout from the Great Resignation 43:32

1+ y ago43:32

43:32

We first talked to Mark C. Crowley in May of 2021 when people were starting to return to the office amidst a global pandemic that transformed the remote work paradigm in 2020 Around that same time, something called the Great Resignation was happening and just starting to garner attention. According to a report by the BBC, in 2021 an average of near…

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Purpose and Fulfillment with Lynne Twist 38:25

1+ y ago38:25

38:25

Our friend Lynne Twist is a global visionary and pro-activist committed to creating a future that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just. Lynne has written a new book, Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself. Its stories demonstrate how a commitment to a purpose l…

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THL Refresher: Trust with the Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell 37:54

1+ y ago37:54

37:54

Building trust requires constant, authentic communication. Communication is not just about words; it is also based on actions. Every action communicates something to the people in an organization. Too many companies say one thing and do another, breeding deep cynicism among its people over time. This THL Refresher podcast features a discussion on t…

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THL Refresher: Kristen Hadeed on Leading Millennials 31:34

1+ y ago31:34

31:34

In 2009, at the age of 20, Kristen Hadeed started Student Maid, an all-student cleaning company that grew to employ more than 400 college students in two cities. In 2021, she took the lessons learned from that experience and moved fully into leadership development. This was our first interview with Kristen, originally from 2016, but she had a presc…

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Transforming the Healthcare Workplace with Paul DeChant and Bruce Cummings 43:26

2y ago43:26

43:26

Who heals the healers is a question Barry-Wehmiller CEO, Bob Chapman asked in 2019, long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the need for better leadership in healthcare has reached a breaking point. Healthcare professionals are suffering from burnout and other mental health issues and are leaving the profession in droves. On this episode of our p…

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Bob Chapman Talks to New BW Team Members 47:43

2y ago47:43

47:43

Recently, our CEO, Bob Chapman, spoke to a group of new Barry-Wehmiller team members in our St. Louis office. Bob gives a good overview of the history of our company, the development of our culture of Truly Human Leadership and how we are trying to trying to change the world. We decided to share this talk on this podcast in the hopes that it would …

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THL Refresher: Bob Burg, Author of the Go-Giver 24:17

2y ago24:17

24:17

Many people think of customers as existing externally from an organization, someone who pays for goods and services. We at Barry-Wehmiller feel that anyone becomes a customer at the moment we have an opportunity to serve. A culture of service is culture with a shared purpose where everyone is focused on meeting the needs of others inside and outsid…

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THL Refresher: Richard Sheridan, author of Joy Inc. 29:32

2y ago29:32

29:32

On this THL Refresher, we bring you the first interview we did with Richard Sheridan, the CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations. Menlo is a company that builds custom software, whose mission is to “end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.” Like Barry-Wehmiller, Menlo has a unique culture which they want to share with t…

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