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**Gut + Science**

Gut + Science is a leadership podcast for executives, people leaders, and high achievers who want to build stronger teams, healthier workplace cultures, and higher employee engagement.

Hosted by Nikki Lewallen Gregory, each episode blends people-first leadership, practical leadership development, and real-world insight from executives and thought leaders.

Through candid conversations and powerful stories, Gut + Science explores culture, coaching, communication, performance, employee engagement, and the human side of leadership, giving listeners practical ideas and perspectives they can put into action.

Latest Episodes:

072: Dave Foellinger | Leading a People-First Organization Jan 30, 2020

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Make Building Real and Meaningful Connections Your Top Priority. Understand what motivates your people and get to know them personally to support them outside of their work role.
Measure Employee Engagement and Share the Findings with Managers. Empower your managers with data that gives them a roadmap to know where to focus on innovating for change. Be sure to encourage curiosity as a trait in this process.
Hiring Right is Critical. Hire great people - but make sure they're aligned with your company's culture and core values.

Full Show Notes:

https://gutplusscience.com/dave-foellinger

Book Recommendation:

The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly

071: Chad Peterman | You Can't Stop The Growth: Building a Culture That Takes Care of Your Customers Jan 23, 2020

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Empower Your Employees to Dream Big. Create a safe environment for your people to be themselves, and share their perspectives, strengths, and values. Psychological safety is a flagship driver for employee engagement.
Paint a Vivid Vision. Make sure employees know where the company is going. Illustrate what the company looks like in the future, as clarity of the future helps employees gain confidence in their role.
Ask Powerful Questions. It's easy to tell people what to do, but it doesn't help your employees know that you trust then. If your employees know you're listening, you're empowering them.

Full Show Notes:

https://gutplusscience.com/chad-peterman

Book Recommendation:

The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink

070: Nikki Lewallen | A New Decade to Live Intentionally Jan 02, 2020

Show notes

You'll want to listen to this when you have a pen and paper handy, Gut+Science listeners!

What are your hopes and goals for 2020? And how can you say 'no' to things that don't fulfill you?

Listen in as host Nikki Lewallen dives into a powerful tool that can help you live intentionally in the new year.

069: Deseri Garcia | Why Relationship Building is Crucial to Retention Dec 19, 2019

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Soft Skills Are Essential Skills. These skills are what make engagement and learning stick, and having relationships with coworkers is crucial when it comes to retention.
Make Onboarding a Journey, Not an Event. Everyone has different learning styles. Onboarding is not a check-the-box thing, so it can't be done in a few days.
Be Intentional About Building Psychological Safety. Set the stage for everyone to share their thoughts and to be heard in meetings. Psychological safety is a key driver of employee engagement.
Relationship Building. Make sure these relationship-building team events occur regularly. Bonus points if you have them offsite!

Full Show Notes:

https://gutplusscience.com/deseri-garcia

Book Recommendation:

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

Sponsors:

Emplify – Are you still using pulse surveys? How about annual questionnaires? If your organization relies on either of these, it's time to discover Emplify. Emplify has created a new way to measure employee engagement. It's where CEOs who want to know what's really happening within a workforce go… to get honest feedback… and to understand what needs to change for people to love their work using simple and trustworthy data.

068: Sarah Andreas | Learning to Lead Yourself First Dec 12, 2019

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Focus on Filling Your Cup First. You can't give if you're empty. Remember, if you aren't leading yourself well, you most likely won't be leading others well either.
Make Reflection a Habit. Take time to pause and debrief your experiences to learn from them. This is a great way for us to work to get better.
Proactively Seek Diverse Perspectives. Get involved with things you're passionate about with others who are different from you and ask them questions to understand their viewpoint.
Find Your Tribe. Have an inner circle that encourages you, and inspires healthy competition.

Full Show Notes:

https://gutplusscience.com/sarah-andreas

Book Recommendation:

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

Sponsors:

Emplify – Are you still using pulse surveys? How about annual questionnaires? If your organization relies on either of these, it's time to discover Emplify. Emplify has created a new way to measure employee engagement. It's where CEOs who want to know what's really happening within a workforce go… to get honest feedback… and to understand what needs to change for people to love their work using simple and trustworthy data.

#Insights: If It Was Easy, We Would All Be Doing It Dec 05, 2019

Show notes

It's a saying that comes up often: 'If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.'

We have spent the course of Season 3 of #Insights talking about our managers. How to help them get the most out of their employees, how to focus on their professional development, and how to build trust throughout an organization. But it's one thing to know what to do and another thing to actually figure out how to do it. So, what now?

In this episode, Emplify CEO and Co-Founder Santiago Jaramillo (@santiagojara), shares the importance of giving our managers data and doing this in a timely fashion. How can you be open about data? And how can you buy into this data as something that can truly improve the lives of our managers and employees?

You'll also hear from Jennifer Stauffer, a leadership consultant who currently leads the Manager Coaching arm at Emplify, and Angie Redmon, President of striveHR, about what to do next after we have identified areas of opportunity in our organizations around employee engagement.

Spoiler alert: It has to start from the top down.

Do you want to move from satisfaction to the kind of engagement that makes people stick around? You'll want to listen in to this episode of #Insights.

#Insights: Flipping the Script on Feedback Nov 21, 2019

Show notes

We ask a lot of our managers. But when we flip things around, are we delivering on our end of the deal?

This week on #Insights, Emplify CEO and Co-Founder Santiago Jaramillo (@santiagojara) is digging into feedback. As he says, we often ask the wrong questions of our managers. So, how can we start asking the right ones?

You'll also hear from Haley Aust, Vice President of Human Resources, and Carmen Price, Regional Property Manager, at Birge & Held. They are both keenly aware of how vital managers are to their organization, and you'll hear why in this episode.

Listening involves being proactive. What do we need to know in order to equip our managers with what they need? And tactically, how do we gather that information and then measure it to know if we are making progress?

If you want your people striving to be a 'next level manager,' you'll want to tune in to this episode of #Insights.

#Insights: People Don't Leave Companies, They Leave Managers Nov 14, 2019

Show notes

"People don't leave companies, they leave managers. And trust is a big part of this equation."

In this episode of Insights, we're taking a closer look at trust. What does it mean to develop trust with our managers? What does it look like in practice?

Listen in as Emplify CEO and Co-Founder Santiago Jaramillo (@santiagojara) dives into how you can make building trust a priority when coaching and developing your managers [and how this spills out to your other employees].

You'll also hear from Levi Schrock, of Custom Concrete, and Jennifer Orozco, a certified transformational life coach and leadership consultant, as they discuss some of the challenges that managers face today when it comes to transparency.

Spoiler alert: when trust becomes a core theme throughout an organization, your best employees are far more likely to stick around. Hear why on Insights.

#Insights: Getting the Best Out of Your People Nov 07, 2019

Show notes

In this first episode of Season 3 of Insights, we're diving into managers and how we can invest in them.

Managers have a hard job. They often don't know where to go to get answers to hard questions. So, how can we empower our managers to grow and lead in a way that both captures the mission from the executive level while meeting the needs of our employees on the frontlines? That's what this season of Insights is all about.

In this episode, you'll hear from Emplify CEO and Co-Founder Santiago Jaramillo (@santiagojara) on why your best employees want to lean in, and be engaged, challenged, and developed. How can they do this? [Hint: They need managers who are also being engaged, challenged, and developed.]

You'll also hear from Kevin Kruse (@kruse), Founder and CEO of Lead X, a company that offers AI-powered digital coaching for managers who are trying to improve employee engagement and the effectiveness of their teams.

Having a great relationship with a manager is certainly something that matters to employees, but it is far from the only thing. Hear why as we kick off Season 3 of Insights.

067: Tommy Richardson | Encouraging Personal Development [Part 2] Oct 31, 2019

Show notes

Truth You Can Act On:

Purpose unlocks engagement. On your spiritual growth journey, understanding your purpose is key. As leaders, make sure you know your team members' individual purpose. Help them help you understand their purpose.
The mental game is huge. We choose our attitude, and you can't be negative and in gratitude at the same time. Try shifting your attitude with the 'cancel-cancel' approach Tommy discusses in this episode.
Physical development journey. Physical activity can help immensely with stress management, energy, and confidence. Whether it's going for a daily walk or lifting weights, make sure your employees are getting the physical activity they need.
Social and emotional development journey. Don't live in isolation - it's important to build relationships and meet new people. Spend time listening to and understanding others.
Embrace feedback daily. Having a culture of feedback on your team can embrace transparency.
The importance of reading. What are you consistently doing to develop yourself as a leader? Try having a book going at all times to further develop your growth journey.

Full Show Notes:

https://gutplusscience.com/Tommy-Richardson-part2

Book Recommendation:

Bringing Out the Best in Others by Thomas Connellan

Sponsors:

Emplify – Are you still using pulse surveys? How about annual questionnaires? If your organization relies on either of these, it's time to discover Emplify. Emplify has created a new way to measure employee engagement. It's where CEOs who want to know what's really happening within a workforce go… to get honest feedback… and to understand what needs to change for people to love their work using simple and trustworthy data.

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