The AvoPODo Cast

Episode 24 Hansei

Hansei: Japanese.  HAN: to turn over, to examine. SEI: to look back upon, in review of the past. Self Reflection is a key ingredient of a thriving, growing and lasting business. Each day offers subtle opportunities to develop key  insights and understanding of managers interactions with others. A Learning organization aims to utilize Hansei as a developmental practice toward effective, respecting leaders. In this episode we will come to understand this private, quiet and essential growth activity that can shape your future starting tomorrow.

Episode 23 Leader Standard Work

Leaders need to say No!...What?...In this episode we will explore elements of Leader Standard Work-a tool that brings visibility and purpose to your time, tasks and behaviors in service to others. LSW primarily is aimed to bring balance to working in and on the business and be spread throughout management teams to form a new, more robust, aligned and practiced management and leadership team. This shared set of behaviors creates -as part of a daily management system- a leadership modeled continuous improvement culture.

Episode 22 Culture as Strategy

Culture is often talked about, but not actively worked on, or leveraged to support our workplaces. Developing and sustaining successful a business enterprise is 20% technical and 80% cultural. In this episode we will look at leadership, employee involvement and learning and the behavioral cycles that shape and power the culture we work in and serve as a strategy.

Episode 21 Cultures of CI

There is much talk about the power of culture within the workplace, but often times the perception is that "it is what it is" greatly discounting our ability to affect changes with it. In this episode, we will explore 8 attributes of culture across a spectrum of descriptors of; so-so, better, and good. From there we'll highlight the best attributes of a lean or better said, kaizen culture to understand how we might contribute more effectively as leaders.

Episode 20 Developing Leaders

The importance of making time to meet with people is part of the challenge, but a greater one is when the time comes, are we prepared to have progressive discussions that truly serve our people? This episode will explore the significance of having 1 on 1 meetings with direct reports as a standard of effective leadership and building people. We'll look into the how, what and why to amp-up your leadership and management technique, to better your relationships, motivate teams and spread leadership!